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Originally Posted by ping2000
Lots of blame to throw around. What are they doing at halftime?
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Watching the RGR guys and they made a good point. They came out and tried to do the same thing they did in the first half and the Eagles committed to stopping the run and stopping Kelce. Teams know that if you do that we will eventually fumble, throw an INT, or do something stupid to kill the drives.
Past three games in the second half we are:
7 plays for 31 yards - PUNT
11 plays for 49 yards - DOWNS
4 plays for -17 yards - INTERCEPTION
5 plays for 19 yards - PUNT
5 plays for -4 yards - FUMBLE
7 plays for 24 yards - PUNT
3 plays for 9 yards - PUNT
4 plays for 22 yards - PUNT
3 plays for 3 yards - PUNT
12 plays for 65 yards - FUMBLE
6 plays for 24 yards - PUNT
3 plays for -2 yards - PUNT
9 plays for 25 yards - DOWNS
So that's 13 drives (4.3 drives per second half on average). Five ended in turnovers (3 INT/FUM, 2 on Downs), 8 ended in punts.
That's 248 yards gained in 3 halves of football or 83 yards per half(!!!). We're not converting third downs in the second halves leading to drives ending prematurely (we have only 3 drives of more than 7 plays and all ended in turnovers).