Interesting read on Johnson and the Eagles offense this year.
Key takeaways:
- Very similar statistical performance this year and last in PPG (28.18 this year and 27.55 last year), Yards per play (5.4/5.8) and 3rd down % (47.3/47.2)
- After all the justifiable complaints about Red Zone, we are now 5th in RZ conversion (62.8%)
- We went 10 for 10 in the RZ against Cowboys, Chiefs and Bills
- He comes off as self-aware and confident in the quotes, and even has a great line about his mom telling him he’s going to give her a heart attack with these crazy finishes.
i don’t see how this is not the obvious take. The Eagles win games in the 2nd half. This is now an observable pattern. Everyone lauds the half time adjustments but i sometimes i think they’re part of the game plan. If you stomp the competition every week they’re going to key in on how to stop you (with the exception of the shove of course) Why not keep it close until the final lap?
I used to suspect belichik did something similar where he’d let the other team keep it close by playing conservative to start and let the opposition think they’re countering all game and in then the 4th he’d take mask off and be like PSYCH GOTCHA eat shit. When do the eagles play their best offensive ball? When it’s time to win.
The fact that so much of this fan base is sooooo certain he should be gone is ridiculous. As the saying goes, keep the main thing the main thing.