Stoutland deserves a ton of credit for Eagles’ historic rushing streak

[time2rock]

Stoutland deserves a ton of credit for Eagles’ historic rushing streak

 

The Eagles made history on Tuesday night, becoming the first team since the 1985 Chicago Bears to rush for 175 or more yards in seven consecutive games.

The Bears had Walter Payton.

The Eagles have Jeff Stoutland.

That’s not to diminish the contributions of Miles Sanders, Jordan Howard, Boston Scott, Kenny Gainwell or any of the Eagles’ starting offensive linemen during this stretch. They’re the ones on the field, after all.

But more than any of them — and there are some good players there — Stoutland is the star of the operation. And the fact that a statement like that would bother the hell out of him tells you all you need to know.

There’s a reason the 59-year-old offensive line coach has now served for three different head coaches in Philadelphia and keeps getting retained. There’s a reason why he has the title of run game coordinator in addition to his job as offensive line coach. There’s a reason why his players have piled up six All-Pros and 17 Pro Bowl bids during his years in Philly.

There’s a reason why Nick Sirianni earlier this month called Stoutland "the best offensive line coach I’ve ever been around.”

It’s because Stoutland really is a great coach. And the Eagles are so lucky to have him.

He was already one of the best position coaches in Eagles history before this historic run and he has further cemented his legacy with it. Over the last seven games the Eagles have dealt with injuries to Sanders and Howard, they’ve been down to their third option at left guard and their fourth option at right guard.

Through all of us, the operation hasn’t changed. The Eagles keep running at will against all of their competition.

On Tuesday night against Washington, after just a few days of notice and without any practice, the Eagles were forced to start Sua Opeta at left guard in place of Landon Dickerson. That meant Eagles used their seventh different offensive line combination of the season to face the NFL’s fifth-ranked rushing defense.

Didn’t matter.

The Eagles still managed to run all over Washington, piling up 238 yards on the ground.

Earlier in the season, the Eagles were a heavy passing offense until Sirianni figured out that running the ball was really the formula. Since then, no one can stop them. The Eagles lead the NFL with 200+ yard rushing performances this season with five and all five have come during this incredible seven-game stretch.

When Sirianni was still in Indianapolis, he heard about the legend of Stoutland. Sirianni jokes that he used to think he was Frank Reich’s favorite coach until he heard him talk about Stout. So when Sirianni got hired in Philly, it was a no-brainer to keep him on staff.

And in the months since, Sirianni has gotten an up-close-and-personal view to watch a master at work.

"No detail is left unturned,” Sirianni said last month. "To me, Coach Stout is as advertised.”

Stoutland is overly passionate about his work and that’s why those details matter so much to him. It’s why he doesn’t just coach the Eagles starters, but develops everyone from giant former rugby players to Army graduates. Everyone gets better because everyone might need to play.

Before the Jets game back on Dec. 5, Stoutland wasn’t feeling well and he needed to be taken to a local hospital in North Jersey for an evaluation. But a little later, there he was, back on the sideline, coaching the Eagles to another win behind an impressive rushing performance.

"He's really important to this coaching staff and this team,” Sirianni said. "He's the best offensive line coach I've ever been around and just excited that he's here and he's healthy and he's on this staff.”

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[UK_EaglesFan89]

The sheer fact that there's been so many contributors to the run numbers says a lot about how good this OL has been. I mean Hurts, Sanders, Howard, Scott and Gainwell have all contributed. 

[SlimReaper4Six]

Think about what he has dealt with ec e since he has been hired by Chip. The countless players he has developed. Evan Mathis wasn’t nearly All prod until he was coached by Stoutland, Big V a 5th rounder became a 50 million dollar man, Kelce was actually close to being demoted for good. Brooks never made a Pro Bowl and is now a All Pro , Lane was QB and DL and LT and became the best RT in the game, Matt Pryor is now a above average starter as a 6th round pick. Sua Opeta, Helped is have a 200+ rushing game. Nate Herbig has shown to be one of the best interior backups that can play anywhere inside in the NFL. He turned a 6’8 380 lb rugby player from Australia into one of the best tackles in the game within 3 years. His only failure and this really isn’t a failure is Andre Dillard. He is a first rounder that can only play one posistion. He still has been a good starter when called upon at LY but I don’t blame this on Stoutland, this is Howie not actually scouting a prospect because you thought he was too high of a prospect and not knowing exactly what hat your getting when you draft him l. The same thing happened with Jeremy Maclin but they got luck that time and hit on Maclin but he was a bit of a disappointment early in his career because fans expectations  were sky high l. The thought of DeSean Jackson  and Maclin was extremely exciting hi

[time2rock]

10 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

The sheer fact that there's been so many contributors to the run numbers says a lot about how good this OL has been. I mean Hurts, Sanders, Howard, Scott and Gainwell have all contributed. 

And the fact that we have started 4 different players at RGs and 3 at LG and the group continues to function at such a high level … that’s crazy.  They need to have a positional coach of the year!

[Procus]

Duce Staley was disrespected when the Eagles did not hire him as the head coach.

[Breeze 44]

Stoutland and the O-line have been what has carried this team this year... just a fact.