With Lane Johnson? Quick: what’s the biggest issue for the Philadelphia Eagles http://www.eagleslockerroom.com/authentic-fletcher-cox-jersey , right now?I’d argue it’s pure execution. They’re just dropping the ball — literally and figuratively — in key moments. That’s little stuff that you expect to regress back to the mean; you expect to get ironed out by veterans and competitors. But it is neither fun nor constructive to write about the crazy fumbles that haven’t fallen Philadelphia’s way; the small penalties that put them behind the sticks.So we go to the next answers to the question: what’s the biggest issue for the Philadelphia Eagles?Some would say the secondary; I certainly would. That’s something I wrote about last week, and will continue to touch on throughout the season.Some will say the offensive line, and that’s what I’ll be covering here.The offensive line is playing wellSorry, I needed to get that in there, clearly and unequivocally, before we got into the film. The offensive line is generally playing pretty well — better than a lot of lines in the league. They remain an elite run-blocking unit that has opened up rush lanes regardless of who’s touting the football; their athleticism and power show up in pass-protection.They’ve been struggling with blitz recognition and the consequent coordination among one another and the ancillary pieces (running backs and tight ends). These are unit-wide issues that usually cannot be attributed to any one player every single time; they belong to the recognition and communication of every player along the line, the running backs, the quarterbacks, and the coaches in film study the week previous.Charted pressure does not interest me very muchI know, when I say that Womens Jake Elliott Jersey , the first response will be the pressure statistics offered by charting services at the end of every NFL week.I was talking with a bunch of football guys a while back, and we brought up Pro Football Focus. Anybody involved with football to a certain degree knows that PFF is a controversial service, in terms of accuracy and value of information. But this isn’t even about PFF — they just happened to be the example here.I was told that, among the services that provide charting data to NFL teams, the degrees of variance between services is staggering. Upwards of 70% differences between PFF, SIS, ESPN charting data, NFL Next Gen Stats, et cetera. NFL teams basically throw away pressure data they get from these services, because of how much it varies from their internal numbers.Who’s right? I don’t really know. But I know I’ll trust good film analysis before I’ll trust highly subjective charting numbers.Even within the same service — PFF grades the Eagles’ offensive line with worse pressure rates this season Derek Barnett Jersey , as compared to last — I still take pause. I don’t dispute more pressure has been surrendered, but the origin and affect of this pressure is far more interesting to me than whether or not it happened.Let’s look at an example.Carson Wentz was pressured on this play: PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Treyvon Hester’s fingertips made the second-year pro a popular guy in Philadelphia.The Eagles (10-7) are heading to New Orleans (13-3) for a divisional playoff game Sunday because Hester barely tipped Cody Parkey’s 43-yard field-goal attempt just enough to send the ball bouncing off the upright and crossbar, securing a 16-15 win at Chicago in the wild-card round.“It’s crazy. My social media (following) tripled,” Hester said Friday.The 6-foot-2, 304-pound defensive tackle didn’t even see where the ball went after he touched it.“I felt I didn’t get enough of it because when I looked back, it looked like it was on the right path,” Hester said. “I turned back and it bounced off and the rest was history. I didn’t see it bounce off because I was so frustrated. I heard the reaction of the crowd and saw the team running out there. It was a surprise. I couldn’t believe it happened.”Hester began the season on Philadelphia’s practice squad after Oakland released him at the end of training camp. He was a seventh-round pick by the Raiders out of Toledo in 2017 and appeared in 14 games as a rookie.The Eagles promoted him to the active roster in October and he worked himself into becoming a part of the defensive line rotation. Hester has played anywhere between 16 and 58 percent of the snaps in 12 games. He got his first NFL sack on Deshaun Watson in Week 16 and was on the field for 12 snaps against the Bears.“Treyvon has come up big for us,” defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz said. “He got his hand up and did what he was supposed to do at the right time and we were able to get the win.”Hester is surrounded by talented, experienced guys on the defensive line, including All-Pro Fletcher Cox http://www.eagleslockerroom.com/authentic-ronald-darby-jersey , Brandon Graham, Chris Long, Tim Jernigan and Haloti Ngata.“I’m trying to make a name for myself but I got a lot of vets out here helping me out, helping me improve my game, so I’m grateful,” he said. “Without Haloti Ngata, I wouldn’t have been able to get the push that I got because we both get down there and try to get the guy in front of us out of the way, so credit to him.”Hester said it was the first time he blocked a field goal in his career and it was the first one in the postseason in franchise history.“First of many,” Hester said. “It’s definitely a big confidence booster and I would like to continue to make more plays and help this team win any way I can.”Hester has found his role on the Eagles, giving the defending Super Bowl champions an opportunity to continue their quest for a repeat.“It’s fulfilling Womens Chris Long Jersey ,” Hester said. “Philadelphia proved me right, allowed me to show what I can do. I owe them everything.”Notes: LT Jason Peters (quadriceps), DE Michael Bennett (foot), CB Sidney Jones (hamstring), WR Mike Wallace (ankle), WR Shelton Gibson (hamstring) and LB D.J. Alexander (hamstring) are questionable.
