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Philadelphia Eagles debate table: 5 Reasons to fire Jim Schwartz

By Geoffrey Knox

DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 09: Defensive Coordinator Jim Schwartz of the Philadelphia Eagles and formally head coach of the Detroit Lions watches his defense at Ford Field on October 9, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 09: Defensive Coordinator Jim Schwartz of the Philadelphia Eagles and formally head coach of the Detroit Lions watches his defense at Ford Field on October 9, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – FEBRUARY 04: Rob Gronkowski #87 of the New England Patriots celebrates a touchdown reception against the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Eagles defeated the Patriots 41-33. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – FEBRUARY 04: Rob Gronkowski #87 of the New England Patriots celebrates a touchdown reception against the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Eagles defeated the Patriots 41-33. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /

We hate to kick a guy when he’s down, but hey. Everyone’s down right about now.

1. Looking back, the Super Bowl wasn’t an isolated incident.

You remember the Super Bowl right? That vaunted Eagles defense was supposed to be good enough to, at least, slow down the New England Patriots.

That didn’t happen.

On that night, Tom Brady threw for twenty miles, and Philly’s best defense was to be effective on offense. In the end, if you count holding the Pats to a field goal on their first drive, a missed field goal and New England, basically, just running out of time at the end of the game, then the Eagles really only stopped New England once.

When Brandon Graham‘s strip-sack forced a turnover.

We thought that was an isolated incident, but it wasn’t. That’s carried over into 2018, and things are getting worse.

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