Evaluating The Eagles Defensive Players
Defensive Ends Trent Cole I have a lot to to say about Cole, who I've been very disappointed with this season. The former fifth-round pick has just 1.5 sacks this season, and hasn't been nearly
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Why Did Eagles Change Coverage On Calvin “Megatron” Johnson?
The Eagles defensive unit outsmarted themselves yesterday. During most of the game, Eagles cornerbacks Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie were playing very well. Asomugha played his best game of the year and he had done
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Will Eagles “D” Focus On Double-Teaming Calvin Johnson?
The Eagles defense will be undergoing another test on Sunday which is very similar to a test they had a few weeks ago in Arizona. In the Cardinals game their test involved Pro Bowl wide
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Eagles Matched Up DRC On Cruz And Asomugha On Barden
The Eagles made a nice adjustment in the secondary on Sunday night which helped them prevent what happened a year ago when Victor Cruz had his "national coming out party" against Nmandi Asomugha. Usually they
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Eagles Defense Makes The Plays When They Must
The Eagles defense started strong last night and barely hung on at the end to help the Birds to a hard fought 19-17 win over the Giants. This was by no means a great performance,
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Eagles’ Secondary Has Greatly Improved In 2012
The big, bad Baltimore Ravens came into last week’s matchup with our Philadelphia Eagles and were met with frequent flashes of lightning from an offense that has not yet found its groove. And Joe Flacco
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Eagles Pass Rush And Pass Coverage Is Strength Of Team
We've done a lot of talking about the Eagles offense, their talent and explosiveness, but don't get it twisted, right now the Birds defense is the strength of this football team. Their run defense isn't
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Eagles Coleman Comes Down With Two Key Picks
The safety position has been a question mark for the Birds the last couple of years, but yesterday Birds safety Kurt Coleman had an excellent game. He displayed his nose for the football and ability
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Eagles Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie Puts On A Show
The Eagles defense particularly the secondary played well in the first game of the season. They took advantage of rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden by pressuring him with their pass rush and for the most part
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Eagles Defense Plays Hard, But Must EliminateThe Penalties
The Eagles defense and their defensive line in particular did a great job of playing with intensity, but they've got to be more disciplined. You can't constantly get roughing the passer and off sides penalties.
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