4 Philadelphia Eagles Week 6 narratives: Overreactions or serious issues?
By Ben Swanger
1. Yes, it’s time for the Philadelphia Eagles to fire DC Jim Schwartz.
The Steelers offense is explosive. The Steelers were the favorites. The Steelers are the better team. But the Philadelphia Eagles offense was cooking. And on a day the Eagles offense is cooking (rare) the defense has to find a way to help out the “O.” It didn’t happen.
Shoulder the blame on Jim Schwartz. In fact, don’t bother, just hand him a cardboard box and send the coordinator packing. Along with Schwartz, get Ken Flajole out of Philly also. He isn’t working with much, but the leash has run out.
The Eagles linebacking unit was the worst unit in 2019 and through five games in 2020, nothing’s changed. The team continues to invest in undersized, underperforming, project linebackers. It’s been a failed experiment and it’s time to reinvest in the prototypical linebackers.
The daunting pass rush combined for one sack and two QB hits. If the team plans on winning games, its necessary the defensive line leads the way.
The secondary was bad. God-forbid a team wants to run motion or a bunch formation. It’s going to work every time for opposing offenses. Throw in a few pass interference calls and it just adds up to failure. Time and time again the Eagles defense was out of position, caught off guard, out-schemed, and out-hustled. And it all comes back to Schwartz.
The Rams obliterated this defense with jet sweeps and pre-snap motion, the 49ers tried it, but luckily their QB gifted the Eagles a victory. And now, for the fourth straight game, Schwartz’s defense crumbles anytime an offensive weapon moves in motion or a bunch formation is staring down the Eagles. It was a nice run Jim, but its time for the Philadelphia Eagles to move on. Let’s transition to some positivity.