Thought this was pretty interesting.

It’s worth 1:25 of your time:

Never take plays off.

👀 Incredible video:

On one of the biggest plays of the game, the Saints WANTED to run a fake punt into the Eagles *regular defense* because they knew Fletcher Cox was going to play passively from film study. They ran right at him & converted the 1st down. pic.twitter.com/DhlWD8Yt9Q

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) January 17, 2019

Probably also worth pointing out that Cox was triple-teamed on the play. And there’s a high probability of pushing for a yard there whether you go traditional QB sneak or direct snap from a non-punt formation.

Still, these are good videos. I could watch stuff like this all day.

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It’s never too early to look ahead.

The Eagles have a lot of work to do this spring and summer, and it starts right now with free agent decisions and (continuing) NFL draft research.

They’ll pick 25th in the 1st round, twice in the second round, and then a projected six more times in the later rounds. Here’s what the list looks like as of January 17th:

• 1st round (natural)
• 2nd round (natural)
• 2nd round (via Ravens, Eagles traded out of first round last year and Baltimore took Lamar Jackson)
• 4th round (natural)
• 4th round (compensatory, Trey Burton)
• 5th round (natural)
• 6th round (natural)
• 6th round (compensatory, Patrick Robinson)
• 6th round (compensatory, Beau Allen)

No natural third round pick this year. That went to Detroit in the Golden Tate trade. The compensatory picks are projections via Over the Cap and should be confirmed in February:

As for the current roster, here’s where the Eagles stand:

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This is from earlier in the week but I forgot to post it.

Colin Cowherd, who earlier this year criticized the Eagles for being too loud and also believes that the Sixers are “dysfunctional” with Jimmy Butler, did what talking heads rarely do. He said something nice about a Philly sports team:

"What this Nick Foles-Carson Wentz quarterback "dilemma" has proven to me is that the Philadelphia Eagles are the best run football operation in the NFC." — @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/4ywHxlEitt

— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) January 15, 2019

I’d have to agree. Lots of “emotional intelligence” down there at NovaCare.

Doug Pederson confirmed yesterday that Mike Groh, Jim Schwartz, and Dave Fipp will return as his coordinators in 2019.

One month prior, the Eagles’ head ball coach also confirmed that former quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo, who had just been fired by the Vikings, would not be coming back to Philadelphia. 

So the landing spot for “Flip” is Jacksonville, the new offensive coordinator under Doug Marrone:

The #Jaguars are expected to hire former #Vikings OC John DeFilippo as their new offensive coordinator, sources say. Doug Marrone took his time with such a key hire, but when the deal gets done, he’ll have his guy.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 16, 2019

Nick Foles to Jacksonville?

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I missed this yesterday, but it’s worth posting today because it’s Jerry Jones again saying less-than-inspiring things about “America’s Team,” the Dallas Cowboys, who have won 3 playoff games since 1996.

Jerry goes on a Dallas radio station after every game, and Tuesday he told 105.3 The Fan that field conditions at the Los Angeles Coliseum contributed to the Cowboys giving up 273 rushing yards to the Rams:

“I’ve had the benefit of the tape, looking at the tape, the evaluation by both scouts as well as the coaches. We frankly had never gotten traction. And I mean that literally. That was a slippery field. If I had to do it over again, we would be really scrutinizing our footwear. Our cleats. We had trouble digging in, so to speak.

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“Well you say, ‘That’s an excuse.’ It is not because not only physically but we had trouble digging in with just the effectiveness of our defense. And we did not stop them, and we did not stop the run.”

The Rams did not have trouble with their footing, as they held Zeke Elliott to 47 yards on 20 carries.

Speaking of digging in, Jerry also backed head coach Jason Garrett for the umpteenth time, after the jump:

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