The Eagles gained their ninth straight recreation on Sunday and so they clinched a playoff berth for the fourth straight season, nevertheless it wasn’t all smiles within the locker room after the 22-16 win over the Panthers.
Quarterback Jalen Hurts threw for 108 yards within the win and the staff netted 83 yards within the passing recreation as soon as the yards misplaced on 4 sacks had been taken away from that whole, which made it unsurprising to listen to vast receiver A.J. Brown say that “passing” is one thing the staff wants to enhance on. Brown had 4 catches on 4 targets and advised reporters within the locker room that it’s “powerful” to get in rhythm when the offense isn’t doing a lot by means of the air.
Wide receiver DeVonta Smith additionally had 4 catches and shared what he thinks must occur for the Eagles to attain higher outcomes.
“Being on the identical web page,” Smith stated, through audio from the staff. “Thinking the identical. Seeing the appropriate alerts. Just going on the market and making it work.”
Hurts stated he would “simply say no” when requested if there needs to be conversations about being on the identical web page at this level within the 12 months and stated that the need of Brown, Smith and anybody else to be doing extra is a pure one.
“It isn’t about fixing something,” Hurts stated, through the staff. “Everybody has a motive to need extra. It’s a good want of being in fullness to the place we could be as a result of we’ve executed it earlier than. Just bought to construct, bought to progress. Have to discover a technique to come collectively and are available and synch as a unit and play complimentary ball.”
The excellent news for the Eagles is that their points within the passing recreation haven’t stopped them from piling up wins, however it’s one thing they’ll want to determine with a purpose to end the job.
