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Originally Posted by jerryaldini
Do the Eagles really have an advantage running the ball? Their ypc is identical to the Chiefs on offense, and their ypc given up on defense is worse. They rack up yards because they run on half their plays (4th) compared with 38 percent for KC (25th)
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yeah, they do. That running attack is pretty sophisticated, much more so than their passing attack. Jalen is the key. As a runner, he changes the numbers, plus he's just really damned good at RPO/option plays, meaning he has an extremely good grasp of how the decision-making protocol works and processes that part of the game better than anyone. He's better at the decision-making portion than Lamar, I think. Thank God he's not nearly as fast.
I think Spags will have a good plan for slowing them down, but we don't want to get into a straight up open field battle with PHI and that running game, imo. They're just too good at it, and they have the horses. Gotta get them to be more pass-centric by mid-third quarter.