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Not much as of yet due to them still trying to absorb the implications of their sucky loss to the 49ers yesterday. My guess is that when the fans on the boards start discussing their upcoming game against the Rams that 75% of the comments will imply an easy win for them. The other 25% will claim it's a trap game. We shall see.
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What's wrong with the Eagles' run game?
September 29, 2014, 4:00 pm
What’s wrong with LeSean McCoy?
Absolutely nothing, Chip Kelly says.
McCoy set NFL records with his remarkable production the last few years and now he’s setting records for futility.
On Monday, a day after McCoy’s second straight astonishingly unproductive performance, Kelly insisted there’s nothing physically wrong with the two-time all-pro running back and said the Eagles’ problems in the running game are solely the product of a beat-up offensive line and nothing McCoy is doing wrong.
But 17 yards on 10 carries a week after 22 yards on 19 carries from the 2013 NFL rushing champion?
That’s unfathomable.
But Kelly maintains he doesn’t see anything different in the McCoy of 2014 than the McCoy of 2013, who ran for over 1,600 yards and over five yards a pop.
“I don’t think we’ve been able to spring him,” Kelly said Monday, a day after the Eagles suffered their first loss of the season. “We haven’t gotten him to the second level. We’re losing some battles at the line of scrimmage, so obviously it’s tough getting going and I think the same thing with the whole offense. …
“I think everybody at every position is pressing and we have to just settle down and play football.”
McCoy has rushed for just 192 yards on 70 carries, a 2.7 average. Among backs with 20 or more carries, his average ranks 45th out of 47, ahead of only Toby Gerhart and Donald Brown.
His 192 yards are the fewest through four games by a running back with 70 or more carries since Reggie Cobb had 181 in 1993.
So this is the worst start by a regular NFL running back in more than two decades.
And it’s all the offensive line?
McCoy was very brief in his postgame comments Sunday after the Eagles lost 26-21 to the 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif.
And he was vague when asked about his health.
“It doesn’t matter,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if I am healthy or not. We have to win games. I am fine.”
McCoy hurt his foot in the Patriots preseason game on Aug. 15 and left the Redskins game in the second quarter after a helmet-to-helmet hit.
But Kelly also said McCoy is fine.
“Yeah, he’s healthy,” he said. “He’s not on the treatment list. He has normal maintenance like everybody, but he doesn’t have any injuries.”
One of the big mysteries about the last few weeks is why Kelly hasn’t used Darren Sproles more as a change-up, just to see if the Eagles can get the running game going with a different type of back.
In the opener vs. the Jaguars, McCoy struggled and Sproles ran 11 times for 71 yards.
Since then, however, Sproles’ carries have gone down each week – four vs. the Colts, two vs. the Redskins and just one – for four yards – on Sunday.
Sproles’ 6.7 average is second-best among all running backs after four weeks. McCoy’s 2.7 mark is third-worst.
Over the last two weeks, McCoy has 39 yards on 29 carries. Sproles has 24 yards on three carries.
So McCoy has 15 more yards on 26 more carries.
What is wrong with this picture?
And why not at least try giving Sproles a shot?
There’s also Chris Polk, who showed his explosiveness with that 102-yard kick return but doesn’t have a carry yet this year.
“We’re not running the football at all,” Kelly said. “We’re not getting anything running the ball. We’re banged up up front. It’s not the ball carrier. I don’t see it as it’s the ball carrier right now.
“We’re not generating what we need to do in the run game at all, so it doesn’t matter who we’re giving it to, if we give it to LeSean or Chris or Darren or whoever in that situation, that’s not what we’re seeing.”
So then what is the problem?
The Eagles last year led the NFL with 160 rushing yards per game and 5.1 per carry.
This year, they are 23rd at 87 yards per game and 22nd at 3.6 yards per carry.
“We got to get everybody to execute,” Kelly said. “It’s a byproduct of everything. We’ve got to be able to throw the ball quickly, get some people off us and spread the field. …
“We’ve got to sustain blocks a little better up front and we’ve got to hit the hole. Combination of all those things.”
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http://boards.philadelphiaeagles.com/topic/700113-whats-wrong-with-the-eagles-run-game/
What's wrong with the Eagles' run game?
September 29, 2014, 4:00 pm
What’s wrong with LeSean McCoy?
Absolutely nothing, Chip Kelly says.
McCoy set NFL records with his remarkable production the last few years and now he’s setting records for futility.
On Monday, a day after McCoy’s second straight astonishingly unproductive performance, Kelly insisted there’s nothing physically wrong with the two-time all-pro running back and said the Eagles’ problems in the running game are solely the product of a beat-up offensive line and nothing McCoy is doing wrong.
But 17 yards on 10 carries a week after 22 yards on 19 carries from the 2013 NFL rushing champion?
That’s unfathomable.
But Kelly maintains he doesn’t see anything different in the McCoy of 2014 than the McCoy of 2013, who ran for over 1,600 yards and over five yards a pop.
“I don’t think we’ve been able to spring him,” Kelly said Monday, a day after the Eagles suffered their first loss of the season. “We haven’t gotten him to the second level. We’re losing some battles at the line of scrimmage, so obviously it’s tough getting going and I think the same thing with the whole offense. …
“I think everybody at every position is pressing and we have to just settle down and play football.”
McCoy has rushed for just 192 yards on 70 carries, a 2.7 average. Among backs with 20 or more carries, his average ranks 45th out of 47, ahead of only Toby Gerhart and Donald Brown.
His 192 yards are the fewest through four games by a running back with 70 or more carries since Reggie Cobb had 181 in 1993.
So this is the worst start by a regular NFL running back in more than two decades.
And it’s all the offensive line?
McCoy was very brief in his postgame comments Sunday after the Eagles lost 26-21 to the 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif.
And he was vague when asked about his health.
“It doesn’t matter,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if I am healthy or not. We have to win games. I am fine.”
McCoy hurt his foot in the Patriots preseason game on Aug. 15 and left the Redskins game in the second quarter after a helmet-to-helmet hit.
But Kelly also said McCoy is fine.
“Yeah, he’s healthy,” he said. “He’s not on the treatment list. He has normal maintenance like everybody, but he doesn’t have any injuries.”
One of the big mysteries about the last few weeks is why Kelly hasn’t used Darren Sproles more as a change-up, just to see if the Eagles can get the running game going with a different type of back.
In the opener vs. the Jaguars, McCoy struggled and Sproles ran 11 times for 71 yards.
Since then, however, Sproles’ carries have gone down each week – four vs. the Colts, two vs. the Redskins and just one – for four yards – on Sunday.
Sproles’ 6.7 average is second-best among all running backs after four weeks. McCoy’s 2.7 mark is third-worst.
Over the last two weeks, McCoy has 39 yards on 29 carries. Sproles has 24 yards on three carries.
So McCoy has 15 more yards on 26 more carries.
What is wrong with this picture?
And why not at least try giving Sproles a shot?
There’s also Chris Polk, who showed his explosiveness with that 102-yard kick return but doesn’t have a carry yet this year.
“We’re not running the football at all,” Kelly said. “We’re not getting anything running the ball. We’re banged up up front. It’s not the ball carrier. I don’t see it as it’s the ball carrier right now.
“We’re not generating what we need to do in the run game at all, so it doesn’t matter who we’re giving it to, if we give it to LeSean or Chris or Darren or whoever in that situation, that’s not what we’re seeing.”
So then what is the problem?
The Eagles last year led the NFL with 160 rushing yards per game and 5.1 per carry.
This year, they are 23rd at 87 yards per game and 22nd at 3.6 yards per carry.
“We got to get everybody to execute,” Kelly said. “It’s a byproduct of everything. We’ve got to be able to throw the ball quickly, get some people off us and spread the field. …
“We’ve got to sustain blocks a little better up front and we’ve got to hit the hole. Combination of all those things.”
