In the occasion you, in 2018, told an Eagles fan Doug Pederson would be on the current seat, you will probably be called loopy.
Yet, that is where we are headed in Philadelphia after the Eagles’ most modern loss. Philadelphia dropped to three-7-1 with its 23-17 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Monday evening, hanging the Eagles in third field in the NFL’s worst division. Or no longer it’s no longer exactly just company, and it will silent carry out for a much less complex going for Pederson’s crew, but it completely is no longer.
A fundamental venture is quarterback play, which we’ll delve into quickly, but it completely’s no longer the completely venture. And after taking the publicly irked methodology weeks ago, Pederson’s crew is no longer playing any better.
When that is the case, the microscope on the general shifts from participant to educate. Pederson is now officially under it.
NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported Monday evening Eagles proprietor Jeffrey Lurie is unhappy along with his crew, and performances admire Monday evening’s “will maintain him seriously assessing his coach’s advise.”
The coach acknowledged Tuesday he hasn’t “been reassured by some means” about his job advise, including his relationship with Lurie “is simply.”
“We discuss loads all the strategy in which by the week,” Pederson acknowledged. “Now we maintain our same old weekly assembly and cloak a spread of ground.
“Nonetheless that relationship is simply. Listen, a majority of these questions would possibly perchance additionally be for Mr. Lurie obviously, but my job is to put together the crew and catch prepared for Green Bay.”
One cure would possibly perchance additionally be a commerce in play-caller. Philadelphia has scored exactly 17 functions in three straight games, and hasn’t broken the 30-point label all season. On Monday evening, Philadelphia’s promising operating assist ?Miles Sanders? used to be a nonfactor, totaling 22 scrimmage yards — his first sport under 75 scrimmage yards this season.
Love his fellow Andy Reid coaching tree branch in Chicago, Matt Nagy, Pederson has change into to a familiar phrase referring to consideration of a commerce.
“I stare at every thing. Engage every thing into consideration,” Pederson acknowledged Tuesday. “Or no longer it’s on the table, wouldn’t swear it be off the table.”
Pederson would possibly perchance additionally preserve the heat, admit his struggles, pass the duty to 1 more particular person and forge onward with ?Carson Wentz? as his quarterback. Nonetheless Wentz’s play hasn’t been simply ample to correct blindly send him out and refuse to acknowledge questions on the matter.
For now, Pederson acknowledged, Wentz is Philadelphia’s quarterback.
“That one is my willpower, if and when we carry out that commerce, but just now we’re no longer doing it,” Pederson acknowledged.
Wentz has been vulgar in 2020, particular, but the drop-off from one season to the following is what’s assuredly referring to — and an unlimited reason on the assist of why the Eagles can no longer seem to preserve a lead in a abominable division.
From 2017 to 2019, Wentz owned a passer ranking of 98.3, a completion percentage over 64 and a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 81-21. His snatch-loss story used to be predictably above .500 at 25-15, and at one point in 2017, he used to be in the MVP conversation sooner than a knee damage ended his season.
In 2020, Wentz’s completion percentage is under 59, his touchdown-to-interception ratio is 16-15, his story is 3-7-1 and his passer ranking has fallen off a cliff, from 98.3 to 73.4. Since 1950, six quarterbacks (including Wentz) maintain viewed their passer ranking fall by 24 or more functions, per NFL Learn. All were over the age of 30 and 4 of the five were of their closing professional seasons.
Wentz is 28 and is supposed to be in the high of his occupation. He is being paid as if he’s, and he’s no longer producing.
A truly legitimate explanation for his struggles is Philadelphia’s rotating solid on the offensive line, which has viewed Wentz sacked 46 times up to now. He is on coast to turn out to be the first quarterback in the Super Bowl generation to be sacked 65-plus times and throw 20-plus interceptions. The Eagles rolled out their 10th different starting offensive line Monday evening, joining the 1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the completely two teams in the final 40 years to maintain 10 different starting line combos of their first 11 games of a season.
Tampa Bay done 2-14. The Eagles don’t seem to be headed in the direction of a critically better closing story — and they would perchance perchance additionally pause up with a brand current coach if that proves to be fact.
