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Why didn’t Eagles’ excellent pass protection lead to success vs. 49ers? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Eagles faced a really good 49ers defensive line on Sunday and their offensive line was up to the task.
It just didn’t lead to a lot of offensive success.
“I would assess that the offensive line did a fantastic job in pass protection all evening against an excellent front,” offensive coordinator Brian Johnson said. I can’t give Lane Johnson enough credit to how he performed in that game on Sunday night blocking one of the best players in the league in Nick Bosa.
“It was really a sight to see when you go back and watch that film in terms of how those guys protected all night long. They did an excellent job.”
While Hurts ended up getting sacked three times, it’s certainly hard to pin that on the offensive line. In fact, Hurts’ average time to throw in this game was 3.85 seconds, according to ProFootballFocus. That’s an eternity in the NFL.
In fact, that’s Hurts’ longest time to throw over the last two seasons.
Some of that was just good protection from the offensive line but it was also clear that some indecision from Hurts also led to that inflated number. It wasn’t the finest game for the Eagles’ MVP candidate.
But still, you’d expect that receivers would be able to get open as the 49ers were forced to cover for nearly 4 seconds on average.
So why weren’t the Eagles able to capitalize? Johnson offered a bit of a theory.
“I think when we talk about being able to activate our scramble rules and being able to make some plays down the field,” Johnson said. “So, I think, a couple of those times, there were some opportunities for us, and we didn’t connect for a couple of different reasons. But that’s something that we have to continue to improve upon.”
Off-schedule plays have become a really important part of the Eagles’ offense with Hurts at quarterback because of his ability to extend plays. Heck, that Olamide Zaccheaus…
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Publish date : 2023-12-06 12:00:00
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