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.
Just like Jonathan Gannon last year, he doesn’t pass the eye test. Remember last year we were freaking about Gannon, but you looked at his stats and realized the eagles D showed great stats? In my mind, the only reason they lost the SB last year was because the defense couldn’t make a play. All they needed was one big play in the second half, but Gannon could not dial up a sack, a big tackle per loss or a turnover.
I hope we’re not looking at the same thing with Johnson in some playoff game.