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Desai explains why he’s confident defense will fix issues originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Eagles’ defense has not been good recently but defensive coordinator Sean Desai is confident they will be able to turn things around.
On Wednesday, the Eagles’ somewhat embattled first-year coordinator was asked why he’s confident his unit will be able to fix some of the issues that have plagued them in recent weeks.
“I know the people in the building,” Desai said. “I know the culture we have, the staff that we have, the leaders we have on defense. Everybody is excited about the opportunity that we have ahead of us.
“The cool thing is we have every goal still to be reached ahead of us. We have to really lean into that. We learn from our past. The good and the bad in the past. Then we have to move forward and own all of our responsibilities and roles and go master them.”
While the Eagles were able to keep pace and beat the Bills in late November, the Eagles’ defense is coming off a rough three-game stretch. The Eagles in the last three weeks have given up 109 points (36.3) and 1,355 scrimmage yards (451.7).
That’s not great.
And if you break down their performances even further, there are some specific areas of concern:
Situational struggles
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni is always harping on situational football and his defense has been awful in a couple of key areas.
“I think it’s just we have been inopportune,” Desai said. “We have not been able to get off the field when we need to get off the field. Yeah, in third down and situational football we got to be better, third down, red zone. Those have been our bugaboos. Not going to lie to you. That’s been our Achilles’ heel right now.”
The most obvious area the Eagles need to improve is on third downs. They have the worst third-down defense in the NFL, giving up conversions on 48.1% of their third-down snaps during the season. But it’s been way worse over the last three games, when…
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Publish date : 2023-12-14 12:00:00
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