Bleeding Green Nation: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:



Sports blogs for fans, by fans.
Around SBN: Steve McNair Found Shot to Death


Eagles' blitzing defense giving wings to playoff run

"We work every week on stripping the ball and scoring on defense. We started with that on Day One and it has carried us to this point," defensive end Chris Clemons says.

In returning to their blitz-oriented style, the Eagles scored five times on defense during the 2008 season while creating 29 turnovers for defensive coordinator Jim Johnson. They ranked third in the NFL in total defense.

"We've been getting it done," says defensive end Trent Cole, who had nine sacks. "He (Johnson) has been putting us in the right position at the right time."

Mistakes by the offense are a result of pressure and the Eagles bring it. Opposing quarterbacks had a passer rating of 72.9, fifth lowest in the NFL. The Eagles forced 58 three-and-out series in the regular season, second best behind the Baltimore Ravens.

The Eagles' 48 sacks were third best in the league and they did it by getting nearly everybody involved. They had 16 players get at least a piece of a sack.                         

story By Larry Weisman, USA TODAY

ok  now time for some really cool pencil drawings  i found of two philadelphia eagles players that need no introduction

">

Photobucket


">Photobucket


0 recs | Comment 1 comment

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

Good report

and those drawings are awesome, who did those?

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Jan 7, 2009 1:11 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Welcome to the SB Nation blog about Philadelphia Eagles.
Start posting about the Eagles »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recommended FanPosts

Greenman2_small
Part 2 of 32 - Dallas Cowboys - Do the Eagles have the potential to be THE dominant team of the next decade?
Greenman2_small
Do the Eagles have the potential to be THE dominant team of the next decade? 32 part series...
1331858627_f97bbd36d2_small
An Eagles Rookie You May Not Know
Greenman2_small
3 things you might not know about our NFC East opponents...

Recent FanPosts

Eagles_small
Homer poll
T1_freddie_media_all_small
Pete Prisco's Over and Underrated Players
Lebron1_1__small
Your Second Favorite Team
Nfl_philadelphia_eagles_1_small
Expect Big Things from the Big Kid
Bear-bryant_small
Really interesting series of articles on factors to success
Newaerial_small
First time Fantasy Football player
Eagles_giants_06_002_small
Seven Eagles Destined for Success
C93089635ea6d51006daa92676c6dde8_small
Rookie Free Agents - Diamonds in the Rough?

Post_icon New FanPost All FanPosts Carrot-mini

SPONSORS


Official Partner of Yahoo! Sports