Todd Bowles: “I Don’t Think It’s Bad Tackling”
How do you explain why the Eagles defense has gotten worse under new defensive coordinator Todd Bowles? Yes, they did give up a couple of last minute leads with Castillo at the helm, but how
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Todd Bowles Could Thrive As Defensive Coordinator
Now that the Juan Castillo experiment has blown up in Andy Reid's face and been canned, the Eagles will turn the defensive reins over to secondary coach Todd Bowles. Unlike Castillo, Bowles brings a wealth
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Eagles Young Defenders Must Learn From Steelers Game
Rookie linebacker Mychal Kendricks and rookie defensive back Brandon Boykin were taken to school by the Steelers, especially on the final drive of the game. The youngsters were telegraphing the coverages on the last drive
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Eagles Defense Good This Week, But Not Good Enough
With the inability to stop the Steelers with the game on the line this week, the Eagles defense needs to improve. Still after five games they are the strength of this football team. In earlier
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Eagles Secondary Didn’t Focus On Stopping Larry Fitzgerald
Everybody in the National Football League knows that you have to stop Pro Bowl wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald if you want to beat the Arizona Cardinals. For a number of reasons the Eagles were unaware
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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 Defense Has Much Improved Open Field Tackling
One of the reasons the Eagles defense has been able to perform much better in the team's first two games has been their open field tackling. It's not an easy job to approach a speedy
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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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Fantasy Football: McCoy Will Miss Jason Peters As Much As Vick Will
I know Eagles running back LeSean McCoy was a tremendous asset a year ago, if you had him on your Fantasy Football team, but I don't think he's going to be nearly as beneficial this
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