Final 12 months’s collapse appears like a factor of the previous as Saquon Barkley and a defensive revival have the Eagles wanting primed for an additional Tremendous Bowl run much like 2022.
They’ve received eight straight video games and look as dominant as any crew within the NFL proper now because of that deadly mixture.
They at the moment have the league’s No. 1 rusher (Saquon Barkley) and the NFL’s No. 1 complete protection (permitting 282.8 complete yards per sport).
That is a successful components, particularly if we’re speaking about holding a lead. The Eagles have outscored groups 140-67 within the second half throughout their win streak and have not trailed within the fourth quarter throughout that span.
It additionally places them in uncommon air. The Eagles are certainly one of two groups because the merger to have the NFL’s main rusher and the top-ranked complete protection. The opposite could be the 1992 Tremendous Bowl-champion Dallas Cowboys with Emmitt Smith.
The similarities don’t cease there. Not even shut.
- Each have been NFC East groups off to 10-2 begins that received 11 video games the earlier season.
- Each had a 26-year-old quarterback (Troy Aikman vs. Jalen Hurts) who additionally occurred to make a brief cease at Oklahoma in faculty.
- Each had a fourth-year coach (Jimmy Johnson vs. Nick Sirianni) searching for their first Tremendous Bowl ring.
- Each had two of the youthful defenses within the league and the top-ranked complete protection within the NFL.
- Each drafted two defensive backs within the first two rounds that 12 months. Dallas notably took Darren Woodson within the second spherical. The Eagles drafted Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean within the first two rounds.
- And each will certainly have Professional Bowl triplets (Aikman, Smith, Irvin vs. Hurts, Barkley, Brown)
1992 Cowboys vs. 2024 Eagles
|
Division |
NFC East |
NFC East |
|
Wins in earlier season |
11 |
11 |
|
File in first 12 video games |
10-2 |
10-2 |
|
QB age |
26 |
26 |
|
Coach 12 months quantity |
4th |
4th |
|
QB/coach titles getting into 12 months |
0 |
0 |
|
Particular person dashing rank |
1st |
1st |
|
Whole protection rank |
1st |
1st |
|
Defensive backs drafted in first 2 rounds |
2 |
2 |
|
Season outcome |
Gained Tremendous Bowl |
?? |
We’ll see if Philadelphia could make good on all of the similarities and win a Tremendous Bowl just like the Cowboys, however issues are wanting up.
Barkley is on tempo for two,123 dashing yards, which might break Eric Dickerson’s NFL file (2,105 in 1984). He is averaging 81.8 rush yards per sport on 7.6 yards per rush within the second half, each could be information since they have been first tracked in 1991 (min. 100 rush makes an attempt).
Plus, the Eagles protection has achieved a 180 beneath new defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. The unit is permitting 74.7 fewer passing yards per sport this 12 months vs. final 12 months, the largest turnaround by any crew because the 2012-13 Saints.
Eagles defensive ranks final 2 seasons
|
PPG |
thirtieth |
4th |
|
YPG |
twenty sixth |
1st |
|
Go YPG |
thirty first |
third |
They owe that to the youngest protection within the NFL led by gamers like Jalen Carter, Nolan Smith, Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean.
Rookies Mitchell and DeJean haven’t allowed a landing on 109 targets in protection this 12 months and are limiting quarterbacks to 4.3 yards per try in the course of the eight-game win streak. No. 1 large receivers are averaging 40.5 receiving yards per sport vs. the Eagles in the course of the streak.
No. 1 WRs vs. Eagles throughout 8-game win streak
Add in Jalen Hurts, who’s again in MVP type, and the Eagles are a significant drawback and may make good on the above 1992 Cowboys comparability.
