Eagles

Jordan Mailata Says Brian Johnson Took Responsibility for Subpar Play Calling

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Dec 13th, 2023 · 2:23 PM EST

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Eagles Nation via 94 WIP:

Jordan Mailata says Brian Johnson came to the team and took ownership for his poor play-calling against SF, and that he’s “learned a lot” since. He says that Brian did a “great job play-calling” against Dallas, “But you can’t win games when you turn over the ball, get silly false… pic.twitter.com/OD3MVZ7KtE

— Eagles Nation (@PHLEaglesNation) December 13, 2023

“…we’re just doing a terrible job at executing the plays he’s called.”

Agree or disagree? I’d probably agree. Don’t think play calling was the biggest issue in Dallas. They did move the ball to the tune of 6.2 yards per play. They only had one three-and-out. They were a just-missed end zone toss from cutting the score to 27-20. The fumbles were a big joke and they didn’t do a great job handling Dallas pressure and/or getting the ball out on time, especially on that sequence of plays that led to a 4th and 8 try.

I’d love a deep dive that draws a distinction between play calling issues and schematic issues. Maybe I’ll do it. How much of the problem is Brian Johnson’s play calling vs. just having a goofy playbook full of slow-developing receiver routes? That’s a good topic to dive into.