Philadelphia Eagles' Defensive Struggles Continue in 2024

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00:00There's also the negative outlook for Philadelphia.

00:06They still are 1-1.

00:08They still had an impressive victory in Sao Paolo, but there's a couple of concerning

00:13things in my estimation for this Eagles side.

00:16They were the second worst passing defense in the National Football League a season ago.

00:20One of the reasons, Scott, I bought back into Philadelphia was Vic Fangio.

00:24Boy, a lot of questions after the performance last night, not only the final drive, but

00:29they gave up to Atlanta 152 yards on the ground.

00:34That was 5.4 yards per carry.

00:36They gave up more than $1.60 in Sao Paolo.

00:40Field conditions weren't great in the Brazilian opener.

00:42Everybody was slipping and sliding everywhere, but the Packers still ran it for 7.8 yards

00:48per carry.

00:49Last year, it was Philadelphia's secondary.

00:52This year, it might be the front seven.

00:54Either way, the defense not all that stout this year in Philadelphia.

00:58No.

00:59Two times last night, Sirianni relied on his defense.

01:03First half, they go for it on fourth down instead of kicking the field goal.

01:06No doubt thinking, even if we don't get it, we're going to keep them inside their own

01:09five-yard line.

01:11They don't get it.

01:12What happens?

01:13Atlanta moves the ball.

01:14They don't score, but at least they move the ball deep from their own territory.

01:16Then at the end of the game, obviously, they're thinking the same thing.

01:19We're going to take a chance.

01:20We're going to throw.

01:21We don't get the first down.

01:22Okay, we'll kick the field goal, and we're going to hand it over to our defense not having

01:26to give up a touchdown.

01:27A couple times, obviously, the defense failed.

01:30When does that flip, Ben?

01:32All the expectations, that great draft they had at the end of last year, last season heading

01:37into the year, getting all those Georgia guys who's going to be the greatest defense in

01:41the world.

01:42When do we just accept the fact that this Eagle defense really isn't that good?

01:47They're certainly not at this moment, and you thought with guys like N'Kobe Dean and

01:51Jordan Davis and, of course, Jalen Carter, who was a top 10 pick in 2023.

01:58Nolan Smith got decked last night as B. John Robinson was helping out in some pass blocking.

02:03It has not been great for Philadelphia.

02:05Now, the Eagles are still a conference contender.

02:08There's still an odds-on favorite to win the NFC East, but, Scott, the NFC East as a whole,

02:13as we'll highlight the success of the NFC South before we get to some big quarterback

02:17news in that division and, of course, in the National Football League.

02:20The NFC East is the only division of the eight around the National Football League without

02:25a perfect undefeated 2-0 team.

02:28Everybody is 1-1, or, of course, you're the Giants who are 0-2.

02:33Commanders 1-1, Eagles 1-1, and the Cowboys all at 1-1 at this moment.

02:38Philly remains the odds-on favorite at minus 140.

02:40Yeah, it kind of lessens the pain if you're a Dallas fan, right, of losing a game against

02:46the Saints.

02:47You're thinking, oh, wow, two weeks in, we're already one game behind.

02:50Now you find out Philadelphia loses, and maybe you could kind of, at least, I won't say justify

02:56it, but just ease the pain a little bit of what happened on Sunday.

02:59I still think it's going to be Philadelphia's division.

03:01I'm still going to buy in.

03:02We're going to find out how long A.J. Brown's going to be out, Ben.

03:06He's on the sidelines telling the four-letter network, oh, yeah, I'm going to miss a couple

03:09of weeks.

03:10That's news to the head coach, who afterwards said, really, I don't know about that.

03:17More indications of discourse on that Philadelphia Eagles' sidelines, but without A.J. Brown,

03:23he's a mope.

03:24No two ways about it, but he's a pretty darn good mope, and there's a reason why he's the

03:27highest paid wide receiver in the game, or at least one of them, anyway.

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