Eagles Edge Out Lions 16-9 Amid Offensive Struggles

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00:00The Eagles getting a 16-9 victory over the Detroit Lions,

00:03and Joe, understandably,

00:06singing the praises of this Eagles performance,

00:09and defensively, every single ounce of it is warranted.

00:14And Jake Elliott, too.

00:17Outside of that, we've got some questions.

00:20Lane Johnson has basically been the most important Eagle for a decade,

00:24and whenever he is out there,

00:26the offense always ends up on uneven footing,

00:28and he may be out now for over a month moving forward for Philadelphia.

00:33They're going to have to figure something out.

00:35But when we evaluate this Eagles team,

00:37we try and figure out what are the biggest issues.

00:40The run game still cannot get fully going.

00:44Saquon Barkley with another game under 3.5 yards per carry.

00:51Jalen Hurts does not seem to be the most willing runner.

00:55I think you can give that a pass

00:57because it's the regular season,

00:59and we see the great quarterback save some of that for the postseason.

01:02It feels noteworthy.

01:05Nick Sirianni took his very questionable decision against Green Bay

01:10and quadrupled down on it with decisions against the Lions yesterday.

01:15They weren't questionable.

01:16They were flatly incorrect and insane.

01:19And I am, I have to be the premier Sirianni guy.

01:23Lee C's the Eagles guy.

01:24I'm the Sirianni guy.

01:25That was a mess.

01:27But for me, when I look at this game,

01:30what was most unsettling is for not the first time this year,

01:35they were on the, here, fine, will this get you happy?

01:38Offense to A.J. Brown.

01:40And unsurprisingly, the results were bad.

01:44He's quitting on deep balls down the field,

01:46and people will say, oh, the passing game to A.J. Brown

01:49is the only one that worked.

01:50Jalen Hurts actually averaged more yards per attempt

01:55when targeting the rest of the team,

01:59despite a significantly lower completion percentage in those games.

02:04A.J. Brown, will he be satisfied off this one?

02:08I assume not.

02:09But this Philadelphia Eagles team has got to get this under control

02:15because they're not even out there playing real games.

02:18They are, they are almost practicing, Joe,

02:23in an attempt to appease A.J. Brown.

02:27And they're not, these are not real plays.

02:30It's not real offense.

02:31It's muddy.

02:32It's messy.

02:33And it leaves Philly vulnerable back-to-back weeks in games

02:37with that defensive effort they should not be vulnerable in.

02:41No, they shouldn't, Kevin.

02:44You're right.

02:44I mean, I'm watching that game in first drive.

02:47A.J. Brown is targeted, what, basically almost two or three times,

02:52you know, in multiple back-to-back drives.

02:55They did try to force feed him.

02:57And maybe at the end of the day, Sirianni is tired of hearing it.

03:02He wants to feed his playmaker.

03:04But I will say this.

03:05I think the rushing attack eventually will get going.

03:09And I understand Lane Johnson goes out in the first quarter of that matchup.

03:13They have implemented Tank Bigsby in certain sets.

03:17He's a dominant runner that could help out Saquon Barkley

03:21if they start running more out of passing sets, right?

03:24And again, what does this offense look like in a playoff type of environment

03:29if A.J. Brown is not getting, let's say, what, 10 or 11 targets per game?

03:37You know, if they beat, I don't know, let's say they beat the Rams,

03:41you know, in their first game and they win by 15 points,

03:44but A.J. has three catches for 40 yards.

03:47Is he going to quit on the NFC Championship run?

03:51That's what you have to worry about now.

03:54Again, I still think they're okay.

03:56I think they've rallied around this situation.

03:59Yes, to a degree, they force-fed him,

04:02but I also think that they sort of went to the Detroit weaknesses in the back end,

04:07and that's why they dialed it up.

04:09But it doesn't change my assessment on Nick Sirianni, Kevin,

04:15and the Philadelphia Eagles.

04:16I think entering week number 12,

04:19I think they still are the most complete team in the NFL

04:22with all of the sidelines

04:25and with all of the storylines surrounding A.J.

04:28and everything you can maybe assume injury-wise,

04:31this team is still built for a Super Bowl run.

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