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Connection between Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith alive and well in new offense originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Eagles’ offense has more bells and whistles this year.
After Nick Sirianni’s scheme got stale in 2023, the Eagles hired Kellen Moore to be their new offensive coordinator and the differences are obvious. Whether it’s pre-snap motion or play action or different formation, it looks different.
One thing hasn’t changed.
The pass offense is still going to run through A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith. And Hurts’ connection with both of his top receivers is clearly translating to the new system.
“I think you have that rapport,” Hurts said after the Eagles’ joint practice with the Patriots on Tuesday. “When I came here, the first thing I said about it was learning their way of doing things and then in the end making it my own and our own. I think it’s this meshing point of all these great things but we just have to make it our thing and find our new rhythm in it.
“I think when you have some continuity there from player-to-player, it is a point where some things are going to carry over. But you just want to make it a new thing. This is this year’s team. It’s not anything of the past, it’s not anything that’s happened in the past or anyone else’s experiences. Everybody’s experiences will come together to try to make a nice product on the field for us.”
The idea is for the Eagles’ to embrace what has made their offense good over the last couple of seasons but to also be innovative enough to turn good into elite. Those bells and whistles should help to freshen up the offense, but the ball is still going to No. 11 and No. 6.
We have seen that all summer and we saw it again in New England on Tuesday. In the first 7-on-7 session of the joint practice, the Eagles’ first-team offense ran six plays — four of the passes went to Brown and two of them went to Smith. Just one was incomplete.
That…
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Publish date : 2024-08-14 11:00:00
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