NFL News NFL News, Reports and Updates
They’re the best defense in the NFL and it’s not even close originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
They do this every week.
Another game holding an opponent below 200 yards, another game not allowing a point after halftime, another game stuffing a pretty good running back, another game not allowing any big plays.
The Eagles’ defense is rolling, and they put together another routinely dominating performance Sunday night in the 27-13 win over the Steelers.
The Eagles’ defense has now held 10 consecutive opponents to 20 or fewer points, their longest such streak since a 14-game streak the first 14 games of the 2001 season.
“I’m really proud of the performance,” Zack Baun said. “I mean, put in tough situations, having to get stops when we needed to. We did a really good job overall. We were very detailed.”
The Steelers got those two 1st-quarter takeaways but managed just three points off of them, and that was pretty much ballgame.
The defense got a 3-and-out after T.J. Watt forced a Jalen Hurts fumble near midfield and then held the Steelers to a field goal after Cooper DeJean fumbled a punt at the Steelers’ 11-yard-line.
The Steelers also had a drive down to the Eagles’ 31 in the second quarter that resulted in a field goal and a drive down to the 26 that resulted in an Eagles takeaway.
Pittsburgh’s only touchdown drive was aided greatly by a bogus personal foul on Reed Blankenship. Without that call, the Steelers might not have gotten into the end zone all day.
“Defense did a phenomenal job of holding them,” Nick Sirianni said. “They’ve played good red zone defense. We’ve played good red zone defense the entire year, dating back to the very beginning of the year when we turned it over early in the game and held Green Bay to six points, and they did a good job there.”
The Eagles held the Steelers to 163 yards, the 2nd-fewest the Steelers have netted in 18 years under Mike Tomlin. In 2010, they managed just 127 yards in a 19-11 win over the…
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/theyre-best-defense-nfl-not-163528843.html
Author : NBC Sports Philadelphia
Publish date : 2024-12-16 16:35:00
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
