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PHILADELPHIA – Other than the actual scoreboard, Philadelphia Eagles’ coach Nick Sirianni values two numbers above all others – turnovers and explosive plays.
Win both of those categories on a given game day and an act of God has to occur for you to lose the football game.
Philadelphia currently has a minus-6 turnover differential, 23rd in the NFL in the former. As a comparison last season, the Eagles were a plus-8, third in the NFL en route to an NFC title and a berth in Super Bowl LVII. Back in 2017 when they won the Super Bowl the Birds were plus-11.
That part of the equation has to get better.
The X-play part, though, has been OK for most of the season, not as good as 2022 when the Eagles were a gaudy plus-49 in the category. But Philadelphia has generated 45 pass plays of 20 yards or more and eight runs over 20 yards so the offense is still capable of gashing people significantly at times.
During Monday’s 20-17 loss at Seattle, the Eagles generated only one 20-plus play, a 20-yard scramble by quarterback Jalen Hurts. The longest pass play was 18 yards to Dallas Goedert on a short pass over the middle.
With the Seahawks playing their safeties deep most of the night, the splash play wasn’t there down the field and Hurts’ two interceptions in the game were poor shot-play attempts to Quez Watkins and A.J. Brown.
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