Philadelphia Eagles: Stats That Matter at the Bye Week

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Stats don't ofttimes verify the full story, but most are germane when place into context. Here are quaternary stats attendant to the metropolis Eagles that support vindicate ground they defence where they do at the six-week evaluation of the 2012 NFL lawful season.

 

13.8

That's how some nowadays the Eagles opprobrious distinction is allowing push on a per-game basis, according to Pro Football Focus.

Michael Vick was already digit of the most pressured quarterbacks in the association terminal year, but in 2011, metropolis exclusive gave up 10.1 push plays per game. Last year, Vick was pressured on a league-high 39.8 proportionality of dropbacks. This year, that sort has someways accumulated to 45.4.

It's meet awful Vick has survived, but this measure isn't sustainable.

 

3.0

That's Philadelphia's profit percentage, which Pro Football Reference calculates as how ofttimes a accumulation takes downbound an anti back on a per-snap basis.

That sort ranks ordinal terminal in sport and represents a hammy drop-off from 2011, when the Eagles led the NFL in this collection with a profit proportionality of 8.8.

Have offenses figured discover how to care with Jim Washburn's Wide 9? How added do you vindicate ground the flourishing Eagles antitank distinction is effort sacks most digit ordinal as ofttimes this assemblage as it was terminal year?

 

6.7

That's how some tackles the Eagles are absent per game, according to Pro Football Focus.

While it feels as though they haven't been tackling every likewise poorly this year, that sort is actually exclusive 0.1 proportionality beneath their per-game cipher from 2011, which was ordinal poorest in football.

I suppose they haven't had as some glaring or difficult whiffs, but it's ease concerning that—even with a revamped linebacking corps—they're ease struggling to twine up.

Rookie Mychal Kendricks has already uncomprehensible 10 tackles, which is more than some another right back in the league.

 

31.6

That's the cipher field distinction where the Eagles' prototypal sextet opponents hit started their drives, which according to Football Outsiders, ranks ordinal terminal in the NFL.

For comparison's sake, the undefeated Falcons advance the association here at 23.1. That's an 8.5-yard gap.

The field supply is that the Eagles exclusive move on the 23.5-yard line, which ranks 29th. A demand of power on kickoffs, punts, squawk returns and boot returns is ending them.

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