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  • birria_tacos_BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Hi Dave! Do you think there’s more opportunities for this offense to improve by getting the ball to D’Andre Swift more, especially when he’s in space as opposed to just on delayed handoffs and RPO’s? We’ve seen glimpses of his play-making ability when we use him as a pass-catching option on screens or sweeps, but I’m surprised Brian and Nick aren’t designing other plays such as tosses, end-arounds, wheel routes, etc. for him.

    Swift’s pass catching ability seems to be underutilized in our short passing game. Since opposing defenses how been sending additional coverage over AJ and sending more blitzes the past few weeks, we could use Swift more to open up our quick passing game so Jalen is able to get the ball out sooner, thoughts?

    • PhiladelphiaEaglesOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I think he is getting plenty of touches. He’s averaging 17.7 touches per game. I think that is a great number. They have tried to get him a time or three on wheel routes etc and it’s worked at times and not worked at others – he has 34 receptions on 39 targets. No, I’m fine with D’Andre and I’m fine with an offense that is third in the NFL in scoring points.