PHILADELPHIA — Frustration a couple of passing assault that has but to hit its stride bubbled to the floor for members of the Eagles following Sunday’s slim win over the Carolina Panthers.
The Eagles have gained 9 straight video games to enhance to 11-2. The floor sport, led by MVP candidate Saquon Barkley, continues to hum. The protection has performed above expectation all season.
An aerial assault that options some top-tier gamers, together with receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, noticed its struggles proceed Sunday as quarterback Jalen Hurts completed with 108 yards on 21 passing makes an attempt.
The floor sport, in the meantime, racked up 209 yards, averaging 6.7 yards per try, on a day when Barkley set a new franchise record for dashing yards in a single season (1,623).
So what’s lacking?
“Being on the identical web page,” stated Smith, who later famous he was speaking about this week particularly. “Thinking the identical. Seeing the proper indicators. Just going on the market and making it work.”
The Eagles entered Week 14 with an NFL-low 307 passing makes an attempt on the season. Given the group’s success and Barkley’s prowess, the receivers have taken their decreased roles in stride.
There had been a pair situations when Brown cleanly beat 1-on-1 protection and was not focused. He didn’t have a go thrown to him till the waning moments of the primary half. He tossed his helmet after coming off the sphere following a three-and-out within the second quarter.
“Passing,” Brown stated, on what the offense wants to enhance on.
When requested how onerous it’s for a receiver to get right into a rhythm when the offense is not passing the ball a lot, Brown responded: “Incredibly robust.”
The requirements are excessive amongst a gifted group of gamers with championship aspirations. It’s not a giant shock, then, that Smith’s takeaway postgame, which echoed the ideas of a number of others, is that “offensively, we must be higher.”
“I feel [the Panthers] did an excellent job; I feel we did a foul job,” Hurts stated of the passing sport. “That begins with me, how I execute. Ultimately, you yearn and I yearn for higher synchronization, for a extra complimentary fashion of ball, in a way.
“You know, some issues do not get you till it will get you. And there’s positively been some urgency there, attempting to determine it out. And acquired to maintain climbing and attempting to progress.”
So ought to the dialog of being on the identical web page be occurring this late into the season?
“No,” Hurts replied. “I’ll simply say no.”
