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Quote: Originally Posted by ajblithe20

The Eagles defense gave up a lot of YPG last season, and they had 2 or 3 really bad games pointwise. But they had a pretty long stretch through the season when they gave up less than 20 points in each of the games. They were a bend and not break defense last season. Their offense was great so I think their rating seems right. I think most of the ratings are accurate except the Raiders don't deserve to be dead last.

Eagles were ranked 29th in defense due to the large amount of yards given up. However, when you consider that they had the most defensive snaps in the league, that shouldn't be surprising. If you look at yards given up per play, they were 12th in the league.... that's pretty darn good.


They were also 5th in take aways and 17th in points (with only two real blowouts in the Denver game and Minnesota game).

The Eagles defense is not nearly as bad as people think and if they can generate a consistent pass rush, they will be a force.