Eagles have ended takeaway drought in record-setting fashion

Eagles have ended takeaway drought in record-setting fashion originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Let’s put this in perspective real quickly:

From Week 4 last year through Week 7 this year – a span of 21 games and 1,350 snaps – the Eagles forced 12 turnovers.

About half a turnover per game and one every 113 plays.

Since then – a span of three games and 165 snaps – the Eagles have forced 10 turnovers.

Almost 3 ½ per game and one every 17 plays.

The Eagles couldn’t buy a takeaway for most of last year and the first two months of this year. They were only the third team in NFL history to get 12 or fewer takeaways in a 21-game span.

Now they can’t stop.

Two vs. the Bengals. Three vs. the Jaguars. Five Sunday vs. the Cowboys.

“We just balling,” Jalen Carter said post-game. “We feeling it. We all together. We all eating as one. And it’s showing on film and it’s showing in the game.

“Our goal was to get more and more turnovers. And the coaches told us that it’s going to happen. We ain’t got to rush, it’s going to happen. And to find out we have five, that’s a big accomplishment.

“And trying to get seven next week.”

Ten takeaways equals the most the Eagles have had in a three-game span since 2009. They also had 10 in three games in 2015.

And it’s been everybody.

Those 10 takeaways include two C.J. Gardner-Johnson interceptions and a forced fumble, a Zack Baun interception and forced fumble, a Nakobe Dean interception and forced fumble, a Reed Blankenship interception, a Milton Williams fumble recovery and a Bryce Huff forced fumble.

“Just focusing on it,” Dean said. “I know, the linebacker room, especially, but the whole defense has been making it such a point of emphasis in practice. And that’s where everything starts. That’s where the block construction, being able to get on and off blocks, the communication, that’s where it all starts, in practice.

“Just taking those habits into the game. I’m glad we are seeing things show up in…

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Publish date : 2024-11-11 15:10:01

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