The Philadelphia Eagles have been an absolute mess on offense this season. They’ve struggled to run the football, looked out of sync as a unit and the passing game has been predictable, with mostly short and intermediate passes.
The numbers show production has dropped significantly. The team ranked No. 4 in total offense last season, as they averaged 396.8 yards per game. But they’ve dropped to No. 26 this year (312.5 ypg). Still, it’s a long season, and quarterback Sam Bradford is confident they can right the ship and turn things around.
Things aren’t going to get any easier for the Eagles anytime soon, though, as they’re poised to face what many believe to be the league’s best defense on Sunday. The Jets have allowed only 17 points total thus far this season. Bradford, however, remains optimistic about the Eagles’ offense, even with all the woes they’ve been experiencing.
“I’m very confident,” Bradford said, via Darryl Slater of NJ.com. “I’ve got no doubt in my mind. I think you look at some of the things that we did during training camp, some of the things that we did during preseason, what some of these guys have done here in the past, and we know that we’re capable of it.
“I’m not sure if it was a matter of us pressing a little bit in the first two games, trying to make plays, and trying to do more than we needed to do. But I think that we are very capable of coming out and doing those little things, because we have done them right before.”
The Eagles certainly have the weapons on offense to fix the mess and turn things around, but Jets head coach and defensive mastermind Todd Bowles won’t make it easy on them as he prepares to face his former team. The Jets’ defense creatively brought pressure from all over the field on Monday night and made Andrew Luck look like a rookie making his first NFL start. He was confused throughout the game and never got into a rhythm.
For the Eagles’ offense, there’s really nowhere to go but up, so they do have that on their side.