15 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Jeff McLane on his podcast brought up something that I haven't really thought about and he said the Eagles having so many different OCs over the years has affected the offense because they have no core philosophy it's just a mish mash of like 4 different OCs that have each borrowed from one another to try to keep things consistent for Hurts, but also trying to tailor an offense to fit his skill set.

He also said he thinks the #1 reason the run offense is struggling is Jalen Hurts. He said teams simply don't respect him as a passer, it's why they use 5 man fronts against the Eagles so often, every team knows how to play the Eagles, they know exactly what's coming. He said he's not absolving Barkley or the OL either, but he said the rumblings coming out of Novacare from various reporters about them being unhappy with Hurts and the offense, he believes it's centered around this. And said he thought it was interesting that Dickerson chose last night to speak out about the 5 man fronts when Dickerson usually isn't a guy who speaks up about stuff.

We’ve had one of the best run offenses in the league every other year with Hurts and he was often credited as a reason. But now all of a sudden we’re to believe he’s the reason they’re struggling with the run this year?

27 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

I partially agree. The OL deterioration was the spark that got this fire going. But it’s deeper than that. An OL that can pass protect and not run block is not supposed to be the absolute death of an offense. We have an OC/HC that have completely failed to adjust and acknowledge that circumstances have changed. We have a qb who can excel with opportunistic low volume passing but who consistently cracks and looks like a fish out of water when you ask him to run a traditional volume passing offense to move off the stagnant running game.

So the OL has fallen off badly, but that had been drastically amplified due to the inadequacies of other areas.

When it comes to the OL, I have been preaching since the offseason that the long season ending in the SB has had an impact on the OL health. Players need a standard recovery time that can not be accelerated...the OL was very banged up by the end of last season and I think there is enough evidence to suggest that they started this season not fully healthy. That being said, the blueprint for controlling the Eagles O was laid out by KC last season and it has been exacerbated with the absolutely horrible play calling. The opposing defenses are crashing gaps when the OL pulls with zero hesitation, because they are not fearing any misdirection or traps. There are absolutely no attempt at running counters to slow the D down...Barkley is getting consistently met in the backfield play after play....it is absolute coaching incompetence.

I wanted to see how much less hurts has run this year compared to previous years. It felt like Jalen hurts wasn’t running as much. I think some of that is because he’s gotten banged up at the end of years and he’s trying to make it through all 17 games as fresh as possible for the postseason. I went and looked at the last four years previous to this.

2022: 165 rushing attempts (15 games)

2023: 157 (17 games)

2024: 150 (15 games)

2025: 80 so far. He’s on pace for 123 over 17 games

This would be the lowest rushing attempts he’s had in his entire career. Even in 2024 he was on pace for 170 if he played all 17. As much as you don’t want him taking the punishment and hits, i think we need to incorporate him running more particularly when we get to the playoffs

I think Hurts can turn it on in the playoffs but the OL still needs to be better and the play calling can’t suck

3 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

I think Hurts can turn it on in the playoffs but the OL still needs to be better and the play calling can’t suck

Well, I think the oline has its issues with run blocking and isn’t doing Barkley any favors. I do think there is some validity to what whitworth is saying about Saquon looking for the big home run (he also said the OL issues and banged up)0 whereas bigsby is just taking what’s there and that’s why he’s getting positive yardage every carry.

2 hours ago, 315Eagles said:

Jason Kelce is 100% correct and very little of us are acknowledging it.

The O-line is really struggling and not being able to run the ball is what is hurting the offense the most. Not Patullo, not Sirianni, not Hurts, not AJ. It's the O-line. Not being able to have any resemblance of a run game is killing everything. Just makes them much easier to defend. I find it hard to believe that a back as amazing as Saquon is struggling this much after rushing for 2K just last year. He didn't fall off like that in 1 season. It's the O-line.

If they can figure something out and get the run game going, it will open up everything for the offense. If not then they won't repeat. Simple as that.

Agreed that the "Barkley lost a step" narrative seems to have taken on a life of its own as of late. Like you said, the OL hasn't just regressed a bit from their own lofty standards they set last year, they've regressed into being one of the worst run blocking units in the league.

32 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Agreed that the "Barkley lost a step" narrative seems to have taken on a life of its own as of late. Like you said, the OL hasn't just regressed a bit from their own lofty standards they set last year, they've regressed into being one of the worst run blocking units in the league.

I would say it’s a tie with the raiders for the worst