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Andy Reid Used Doug Pederson Stuff (which is really his stuff) to Beat the Eagles
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Jacksonville also killed the Eagles with pre-snap motion earlier in the year:
Doug Pederson, Reid's former protege, used the same short motion KC did twice in the SB for a TD against the Eagles earlier in the season pic.twitter.com/tMa2gmNQgC
— Ted Nguyen (@FB_FilmAnalysis) February 13, 2023
The question you’re probably asking is something along the lines of “why do the Eagles do this in the first place?” They’re basically trying to get leverage on the motion guy. Instead of going straight man and following the player across the formation, they try to get ahead of it to beat the guy to the outside, which I’ve attempted to illustrate here in a very rudimentary fashion:
Sad/ironic thing is that Andy Reid and Doug Pederson used a lot of the same stuff with success against the Eagles: pic.twitter.com/j3wS1pLcQj
— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) February 13, 2023
Bummer. Womp womp.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com