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Last year’s collapse looks like a thing of the past as Saquon Barkley and a defensive revival have the Eagles looking primed for another Super Bowl run similar to 2022.
They have won eight straight games and look as dominant as any team in the NFL right now thanks to that lethal combination.
They currently have the league’s No. 1 rusher (Saquon Barkley) and the NFL’s No. 1 total defense (allowing 282.8 total yards per game).
That’s a winning formula, especially if we are talking about holding a lead. The Eagles have outscored teams 140-67 in the second half during their win streak and haven’t trailed in the fourth quarter during that span.
It also puts them in rare air. The Eagles are one of two teams since the merger to have the NFL’s leading rusher and the top-ranked total defense. The other would be the 1992 Super Bowl-champion Dallas Cowboys with Emmitt Smith.
The similarities do not stop there. Not even close.
Both were NFC East teams off to 10-2 starts that won 11 games the previous season.Both had a 26-year-old quarterback (Troy Aikman vs. Jalen Hurts) who also happened to make a short stop at Oklahoma in college.Both had a fourth-year coach (Jimmy Johnson vs. Nick Sirianni) seeking their first Super Bowl ring.Both had two of the younger defenses in the league and the top-ranked total defense in the NFL.Both drafted two defensive backs in the first two rounds that year. Dallas notably took Darren Woodson in the second round. The Eagles drafted Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean in the first two rounds. And both will surely have Pro Bowl triplets (Aikman, Smith, Irvin vs. Hurts, Barkley, Brown)
1992 Cowboys vs. 2024 Eagles
Division
NFC East
NFC East
Wins in previous season
11
11
Record in first 12 games
10-2
10-2
QB age
26
26
Coach year number
4th
4th
QB/coach titles entering year
0
0
Individual rushing rank
1st
1st
Total defense rank
1st
1st
Defensive backs drafted in first 2 rounds
2
2
Season…
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Author : Douglas Clawson
Publish date : 2024-12-03 21:50:00
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