Eagles’ offense has star power but needs to find consistency

Eagles’ offense has star power but needs to find consistency originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

After the Eagles’ 20-16 win over the Browns, star right tackle Lane Johnson eloquently described the Eagles’ offense in a way only he could get away with.

“We’re a constipated offense,” Johnson said. “That’s what it f—ing feels like.”

It’s not like the Eagles were awful on offense in their Week 6 win over the Browns. They did some good things. And they did enough to win a football game — that matters.

But they also scored just 20 points and failed to get any points in the first quarter for the fifth straight game to start the 2024 season. That’s a problem that dates back to last year.

For an offense that’s loaded with star power, that’s just not consistent enough.

“We’re definitely frustrated,” Johnson continued. “We have a lot of ability, a lot of talent and we are making games more competitive than they need to be. It’s something that we’ve got to fix. As far as talent-wise, this is one of the more loaded offenses I’ve been a part of but we still have to go prove it.”

The Eagles actually ended up with 372 yards and 19 first downs on Sunday. But they need to find more consistency.

There’s no question that this offense has star power. And getting back A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith after the bye week was a huge boost. Brown had 6 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown and Smith had 3 for 64 and a touchdown. (It is worth noting that Dallas Goedert left this game in the first quarter with a hamstring injury and did not return.)

Having Brown and Smith means that the Eagles are always seconds away from a big play and they got a few on Sunday. But, at times, they end up being overly reliant on those guys making that big play.

All you have to do is look at the Eagles’ drive chart to find the inconsistency in their play offensively:

Punt
Punt
Field goal
Touchdown
Blocked FG
Punt
Field goal
Touchdown
End of game

The Eagles are the only…

Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/eagles-offense-star-power-needs-110000345.html

Author : NBC Sports Philadelphia

Publish date : 2024-10-14 11:00:00

Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.