By the way, here is a link to the way, way, way, WAY too early Mock Draft that we just did over on the Bootleg channel that you can watch after you're done with this one! -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1hpHKk4xWAQ.html
So I have a question @brettkollmann is this a OC problem HC problem or a QB problem because we didn't run this kind of offense last year? So I guess I am trying to ask are they running it this way because of our HC is now calling the offense or do we need new OC or maybe Jalen said this is the offense he wants to run? Please give me a answer
thanks for the video! Even before the 3 losses I was mad about the offensive scheme, because it felt like other teams work really hard and are creative to bring their players in favourable positions, while the eagles just asked their guys to win 1v1. While other teams run routes that work off each other, our offense seemed too dependant on defenses leaving gaps instead of actively creating holes in zones. Also the run game is so frustrating because everything is out of shotgun, I think we could dominate if we ran more under center with 12 personell. Also, we have no gadget players, I wanted the eagles to draft a receiver with that skillset, but was hoping that swift would do some of that after the trade, but he has been non existent in the pass game. Instead they kill countless drives by running billions of screens for negative yards, asking guys like smith for a key block outside
@stevenreese4419 It's a combination of Brian Johnson being an inexperienced NFL play caller. And Nick Sirrriani is doing a lot of things like in 1st year when they barely made the playoffs. If Brian Johnson gets fired and the offense looks like this next year, Sirriani is probably gone.
It was crazy to me listening to people put them as SB favorite after losing BOTH coordinators. Its hard enough losing 1, but both is something you almost never see overcome. With a new coordinator calling plays theres a natural feeling out process which can lead to extended slumps and when you can't lean on the other side of the ball because they have the same problem it's going to be tough. Then, because they were a great team, the idea of bringing in a new DC/OC, whose best for the job is secondary to keeping the same system by hiring from within. Sometimes, it's a seemless transition, but a lot of times, it's not. Lucky for the Eagles that even with all their problems they're still 10-4, you'd think they were the Jets/Giants/Panthers with such a critical video. It just goes to show how insanely talented their roster is and how Roseman runs circles around the rest of NFL GMs and as a Giants fan I hate him for it, almost as much as I hate Siriani for his antics.
When we were 10-1 I was of course happy but thought it was glossing over our horrible playcalling. You hit the nail on the head with 'they make their players out-talent the opponents'. Our GM has gotten us to 10 wins because we havnt out schemed anyone.
@@kodyeilers6938 I mean Steichen was calling plays from the same playbook from Sirianni last season and he had a much better result. Albeit he had Hurts with healthier legs as well as a runner. Even shows in the video that Steichen is willing to be flexible in adding motion and adding OZ with the Colts to be consistent with his offensive philosophy. Which has been consistent with his time running offenses for 3 different teams. So it is both on Sirianni/Johnson as the staff on offense to be stubborn with their approach of winning by being better than the opposing defense.
@@t4d0W I mostly agree and think Steichen is better than BJ at using Sirianni's crap playbook, but, also, we had a very easy schedule last year and a very difficult one this year. Also, lots of teams were not prepared for how good we'd be last year whereas everyone paid attention to us this year and figured out how to shut down Nick's shit offense.
Thanks Brett this is what a lot Eagles fans have been talking about this season. The OC and HC have essentially been making the game harder for the offense.
@@denbron11coaches. One is a first year OC with no real indication he had a talent for offensive play calling. The other is the HC who is 3 years deep and still coming off a Super Bowl high. Jalen was effecient and poised last year and gotten better.
@denbron11 Honestly, I couldn't tell you. When they open the playbook, they look like a top 3 offense (1st drive of the Seahawks game, for example). At this point, its laziness, the inability to adapt, or just an outright refusal to try and improve. And the main people responsible for this crap are Johnson and Sirriani.
I’m not gonna speak for others cause he definitely gets a lot of hate considering it’s not mostly him but this is the exact reason I was never sold on Jalen like eagles fans thought people should be and this season has kinda proved that. He can only elevate this team so much at this point with where he’s at, which is very scary considering his cap hit is gonna kick in hard and they have way too many key pieces to pay within the next couple years. Either the Eagles staff gotta keep cooking in the draft or Jalen needs to take the kinda step he took going into last season, he’s very good but I’m not sold he can win it all unless everything is going right.
was in the middle of pulling an all nighter just to refresh youtube and was greeted by a damn near 20 minute video of why my team is bad at 5AM. Never change brett!!
I didn't realize this video is three weeks old until I was more than halfway into it. The Eagles died tonight & got bounced out of the wildcard round by the Bucs with Baker Mayfield. This video might as well have predicted it. So.... well done.
I really believe the loss of both coordinators in Jonathon Gannon for the defense and Shane Steichen as the offensive coordinator has been the foundational piece in the eagles meltdown.
They for sure miss Gannon. Even with how bad their offense is right now, they could still win if their defense wasn't bottom half of the league. If their goal was to run it back and make the Superbowl, they should've gone for Bienemy and tried to keep Rallis from getting poached by Gannon, because these dudes they have aren't cutting it.
Still don’t miss Gannon lol call it coping if you want but I can assure you that almost no Eagles fan actually misses Gannon the Eagles would be winless from the Miami game to now (except for the Washington game) if he was still DC
@@mysteriousj3019absolutely we do not miss gannon. He was awful and didnt adjust. Our defense has just been too hurt to mesh with the new DC, patricia is better for us as well
I miss Gannon when you put him next to Sean Desai but that is absolutely no compliment to Gannon. Definitely miss Steichen though, he's one of the big reasons we made it to the SB last year.
The defense shined last year because we had big leads and the D line pinned their ears back. The offense has been the problem all year. Defense basically had 3 bad games(BUF, SF, DAL) and that’s it
seeing the offense in "must-score" situations is fascinating bc for most coaches, it's the time when you unleash all your creativity and guaranteed plays. the tough Lions loss still showed Campbell & Co showing off their tricks and gameplanning vs. the Cowboys to attempt to win the game (and they did, basically) we've seen so so little of that with the Eagles. that last drive you mention was unbelievably awful. i sat there thinking... that's the best Sirianni's got for this??
As an eagles fan, after watching Brian Johnson consistently call the wrong plays so far this season, I can confidently say that quite literally ANYBODY would be better than Brian Johnson. if Howie Roseman dug up my dead grandmother's rotting skeleton, sat it upright in a chair on the sideline, and put a pair of dice in her bony hands and shook them; whatever number that came up correlating with a numbered play on the play sheet would probably be a better option than whatever tf BJ is doing. I wish we didn't let Shane Steichen go, and I wish we would sign Frank Reich already.
Given the messy quagmire that the Panthers' offense was this year, even after FR took back playcalling duties, I don't know if Reich is the savior that Eagles' fans assume he'd be. Probably more like the Shaq Leonard signing: better than not having him on board, but just a shadow of what he was in his prime. Coaches can regress over time as much as players can - get stuck in their ways, unable to adapt, etc.
Seems to me, the coach who insists on pushing his personal strategic philosophy on his team will always be less successful than the coach who seeks out the strategy that gets the most out of the team. A good coach is a teacher, cultivating the abilities of the players, not a general, who expects players to conform.
Also speaks about an offensive minded coach who desires to juice what he can out of his talents. The Shanahan offense guys this season have showed that in varying degrees this season. Mike McDaniel and Kyle Shanahan are the consistent guys at the top for their respective teams offenses. Sean McVay is getting top 10 offense piloted by obvious stars along with new talents coming into their own. Bobby Slowik of course has CJ Stroud playing like an all-pro with a functional receiver group and an O-line that was ravaged early this season with a running game that was inconsistent.
This is the shit that is driving me crazy and people that aren’t eagles fan don’t understand. It’s depressing that Brett made a video about us but it’s nice seeing someone explain and show the problems so clearly. Thank you!
This youtube guy assumes Hurts can handle a more complex offense and the Eagles coaching staff and organization, paid huge amounts of money to spend 8+ hours a day thinking about this stuff, don't share youtube guy's opinion. Gosh, I wonder which party knows Jalen Hurts better?
@@bigdongbob838Relax. Man you seem to have a few personal issues with mobile quarterbacks. Taking your subjective opinion of calling Jalen Hurts and mobile quarterbacks “dumb”, I have a question for you to ponder. Do you consider the GM, and the owner and the coaches “dumb” ? I ask this because the GM drafted him, the owner is paying him, and the coaches have prospered (getting a head coaching job in large part for directing an offense around a mobile quarterback) I wouldn’t consider it smart to draft, and pay a quarterback to be the face of the organization, and design an offense around a dumb guy? You need to reevaluate the way you think man. Such a hater. Probably never played a down of football outside of youth football. I wonder do you feel this way about all “mobile” quarterbacks? Or are the quotations coded for “black quarterback” Do you have the same criticism of Josh Allen, Justin Herbert? Mobile quarterbacks of the past? Who weren’t “mobile” because it wasn’t used as a code word back then? If you weren’t so concerned with narratives and actually listened and watched the video for clarity then maybe you’d understand what Kollerman was referring to when he spoke of the offensive system being stale and vanilla, and how difficult it makes for offensive efficiency when you constantly run from shotgun. Either have to run from the pistol or from under center. Pure pocket passers actually have more time to process the defense and the receivers have more time to run their routes. If you’ve ever played football you would understand that being under center gives the QB more time in the passing game. Due to play action,m. It creates rhythm and open lanes to throw. In shotgun the defense doesn’t honor the play action especially when the run game isn’t working. anyway I don’t have time to educate a hating troll. You don’t want to listen to this RU-vid guy but want to run wild with an unsubstantiated argument that mobile quarterbacks are dumb. While at the same time implying the Eagles management and ownership are dumber for investing in a dummy. You’re the biggest dummy of them all. Hating clown 🤡 I’m not even an Eagles fan. Not a Jalen Hurts fan. Go wrap some Christmas presents and stay off the internet for a while
@@bigdongbob838 He can run complex offenses. We've seen him do it. I wonder if there's such a thing as incompetent coaching with star power. There's maybe even another team in PA that has the same problem, who knows!
@@bigdongbob838 I have a different take on Brett's intent... I assumed the same as what you're saying - especially how much they avoid him being under center - but I felt Brett is just stating the actual design/calls and not placing the blame on Jalen-vs-Coaching, more felt that he's just pointing out what is going on. I don't recall him putting it on either - right?
Man, I really appreciate this channel and your analysis. I feel like there are so few people in football who talk about this game that understand it and can explain it this effectively. I get so tired of fans and talk show hosts who do nothing but talk about quarterbacks being the source of all ills and successes by every team, it is SO nice to watch someone who can break down film and show you what's really happening on the field.
Yeah that time when Hurts ran a complex offense and succeeded mightily shows us that the Eagles organization has totally dragged him down! WTF? College football hasn't totally dumbed-down football and elevated the dumbed-down "mobile QB" to the detriment of the game, or anything.
I'm awake at 5:30 AM because of a terrible combination of seasonal depression and insomnia, but hey, that just means I get to be amongst the first to enjoy this breakdown! EDIT: I gotta say as someone who watched Brady use motion to help him decipher defenses for years I have no idea why more offenses don't try to utilize it more often. Obviously it's not a "Win play" button, but it does give your QB more information to work with pre-snap while helping to manipulate coverages and those are valuable things to have.
The lack of pre-snap motion and plays from under center have been driving me MAD this season! Also... Where is the hard-count during home games?! It is such an effective element in football. Oh yeah... Hard-counts are best utilized under center... Something the Eagles are incapable of doing! AS ALWAYS... GREAT VIDEO BRETT!
@@bigdongbob838 because you're suggesting Jalen Hurts is not a smart person let alone QB. And your point about staying in shotgun to help with reads in the first place is just not true. Can it help? sure, but that is so far down the list of reasons why they run shotgun that it shouldn't even me mentioned.
I applaud Brett for being an American who is very, and consciously, considerate of his European fanbase. Top marks for purposefully delaying the posting of the video to a time that suits us, thank you!
@@joaorobalo7594 for us Americans Brett uploads in the middle of the night but for Europeans he uploads in the middle of the day. So, Brett, despite being an American has tailored (unintentionally or intentionally) his upload schedule to appeal to Europeans. But you’re right you can watch whenever you want
@@joaorobalo7594 It's an inside joke within the community that Brett uploads literally last minute for us American viewers (based off his schedule he made for himself) so I think this comment is just referencing how instead of it being last minute, it's a perfect time for them.
Extremely pained eagles fan here. This is so spot on! And in Philly we are way more upset with Brian Johnson and Nick than we are with Jalen. Something needs to change because my god we aren't setting anyone up for success.
That can turn quickly though, especially if Hurts keeps forcing the ball into coverage and missing guys running wide open (DeVonta) in favor of just another heave to AJ downfield. Both his in-game decision making and running have regressed significantly this year, I think the latter b/c of the ongoing knee issue that may be affecting the rest of his game.
Its def not changing by the playoffs. I think the athletes are playing as well as they can. They are hampered by their tactician on the sidelines who don't know how to apply some flexibility to make more out of their talents.
@@bigdongbob838 the wonderlic is pretty goddamn meaningless unless you're about to try and argue Carson Wentz makes better decisions than Lamar Jackson. Dan Marino scored a 16, btw. Think that guy could run a good offense?
@@fanboy50 Wonderlic is only meaningless to the innumerate; no one has ever claimed it's the only important metric. Same as IQ; it's better to have a high IQ than a low IQ, but nothing in that statement implies that it's the only important metric. Have a good one!
As an Eagles fan, this episode hurt. And with Brian Johnson basically coming out and saying, "We need more explosive plays!" which is the opposite of the solution to this problem, it looks like things are gonna continue to stay bad.
Well he's not exactly wrong right? In this video he says the Eagles run game doesn't generate explosive plays because they refuse to play the outside or motion to create space. Explosive plays in the run game open up the defense and allow someone not named Brown or Smith to get more then 10 yards a play.
As an eagles fan, watching this video speaking on something I’ve said all year about what’s wrong with the team pisses me off. The personnel on the offensive side is too good to be playing as is, the OC and company will continue to hold back this offense if something isn’t said or done sooner than later, great video hit everything right on the money!!
As an eagles fan I really wish we hired Shane Steichen as our head coach. Dude calls a damn good offense and is a great leader. I would have preferred him over Nick easily.
how do you feel about sirianni? when he got hired i thought he was such an idiot and would be gone real fast obviously he proved himself but im curious how an eagles fan feels. this comment reminds me, a celtics fan, of wishing for ime udoka while putting up with joe mazulla
This reminded me a whole lot of the buffalo Bills episode with the shotgun formation and refusing to call effective runplays, before our saviour joe Brady was put in charge… Would be very interested in an episode updating us how the Bills offense has changed and turned things around under joe Brady Keep up the good work Brett !
@@dylangrantz8124 They're one of the few teams that beat the ravens this year. Sure there were some bad calls at the end but the fact that the ravens let it get that close is bas enough
Eagles fans have been known for a long time, I said that the way the Eagles are winning games isn't sustainable, and it could catch up to them, and people kept saying "did we win"? It was so annoying, I told em.
Watching this video, I'm getting flashbacks to when I was in high school... The Eagles offense just reminds me of concept, the coaches wanted to run back then... In 2010-2014...
That eagles offense reminds me of how the cardinals were under Kliff kingsbury. No undercenter concepts, run game is all out of shotgun, and no pre snap motions. It was basically “go be Superman Kyler” and yea it worked for a while but after adjusting for it Kingsbury wouldn’t adjust his offense. Also what a lot of Eagle fans don’t want to admit is losing both coordinator hurt them more than what they would’ve thought.
I think all Eagles fans admit losing both coordinators (plus a LB and secondary coach) had hurt. It wasn't so bad when they were 10-1, but the cracks were there and we saw them. Now, they've been exposed on both sides of the ball as one coordinator has already lost his job and the fans are begging for the other to go, too.
@@bigdongbob838 Performance on a written vocabulary test doesn't correlate with 3D spatial pattern recognition and processing ability, so you'd have to be trying real hard to forgive bad coaching TO THINK THAT! More importantly, sending receivers in motion, mixing up snaps (more under center, not always in shotgun), and varying where receivers line up (Kingsbury's was the only NFL offense to not do this), makes it EASIER on the QB, not more difficult - maybe try watching this video again since it didn't sink in.
@@JMacSD Yes, it does actually. There's high correlation between verbal IQ and spatial IQ. Same goes for pattern recognition (Raven's matrices are literally all pattern recognition and there's a high correlation between scores on that test and verbal-oriented IQ tests and wordsum scores). Maybe some remedial reading on psychometrics for u?
I am an Eagles fan and I have been saying the same things Brett has been since week 2 or 3 of the season. I even tweeted Brian Johnson about the same issue(even tho i never expected a response). Tbh the Eagles mostly ran only inside zone last year but Steichen always had ways of keeping the defense off the inside zone with rpo's and other plays that forced the defense to play the whole field and every week he had a few plays or a small scheme especially for that game to frustrate the other teams defense. Also it seems like Johnson(or Sirianni whoevers offense it is) don't seem to understand how play action works on a very advanced level. Tbh the under center thing really pisses me off even tho I have studied the most versions of the spread and the air raid offense and tbh maybe i wud be less irritated if it seemed like they understood the spread running game better but constantly being in the shotgun with 11 or 12 personnel and no motion is making it so easy for the other teams defense. The eagles hardly use single back looks and never run the i formation and they don't use bunch or condensed looks either. Has anyone not noticed how the Chiefs are using more under center now than ever in the Mahomes era and they started using it more last year and when Tyreek was there they might stay in shotgun trips 80% of a game. Im just irritated that as an Eagles fan I have watched Jalen talk after every game this season about how the team has issues and then after last week they tried to say he hasnt said anything about the teams issues until his "commitment comments" and i think he meant the coaches because they havent been committed to putting anyone on the offense in a position to win and just expect them to win with talent alone. Tbh last week I wasnt able to tell if the defense really did any better under Patricia but it like the forgot how to run cover 4 when they ran it all the time last year and it was great until the Chiefs ran the ball down their throat in the second half of the super bowl. Tbh I like Sirianni as the head coach mostly cuz all my issues with him have been about the gameplans and playcalling and I understand there wernt a lot of good coordinators after Fangio went to the Doplhins but with the talent the Eagles have on offense they cud have hired any proven OC in the league and been fine as long as it was someone who actually understood NFL schemes.
This is either the best rope a dope in the history of football or the most arrogant, "we know how talented we are so it is simple by design and we dont think you can stop us" garbage I have ever seen.
The number one thing that’s hurting our offense is the lack of commitment to the run game. Swift will have two or three big runs during the script 15 then they just immediately go away from it. Our success on offense has been tied to the run game. Yet for some reason they won’t stick with it. Idk who needs to get the blame Brian Johnson or Sirianni but this shit ain’t working.
Honestly their offense has seemed so anemic recently, that ive been wondering if this was some attempt by the Eagles to hide a completely different more diverse offensive scheme until the playoffs. So that they could prevent teams from being able to scheme against it ahead of time. While i would be shocked if that was actually the case, it would certainly be some 5D chess.
I am hoping the same, like when they struggled against the Giants backups to get the 1 seed last year...and then eviscerated them in the playoffs. The game looked so different offensively. That being said, I think it's wishful thinking, but we can dream 😂
I wondered that for awhile as well, and if that’s also why we weren’t using Penny, but Lawd have mercy we are terrible and the fact that we blew the #1 seed seems to have blown this theory out of the water.
I watch Brett Kollmann videos for the fantastic insight, but gotta say the video production has become so good. The pacing of everything, the cuts between him talking and the film, the music, the festive background. Just such high quality on every front. Thanks as always for a great video.
Their defense also isn’t helping them, they really only have a front. They have 1 good linebacker and their secondary is old old and not playing the best and they play man D not zone.
Talent wise it is still very good and can keep up with possible playoff matchups. The problem is exacerbated when the offense can't solve the defenses to put up points in the playoffs.
The secondary losing a step could be a significant issue, yeah; if you're playing a lot of man, if your DBs start consistently losing a step, it snowballs quickly. That's part of why I think Baltimore moved on from Wink, for instance, because the man did not understand the concept of zone coverage/not using pure man coverage and bringing the house, and it started really biting us in the ass once Peters began falling off and Marlo was hurt. Philly might be seeing the same thing happening.
What's really interesting about this is Frank Reich had the same predictably issue that Nick Serianni is having now. I'm hoping Shane Steichen won't be the same way in a year or two from now.
Watching this again after the loss to the Bucs. Pretty ridiculous to see the lack of adjustments and creativity. Especially in a very winnable wild card game.
The eagles not running from under center has been a revolving issue since like 2018. They won the Super Bowl because of it then just disregarded it ever since.
Shane Steichen made Hurts and Justin Herbert much better. When Shane was with Herbert he was a rookie with no offensive linemen and less help yet played better. Shane also made Joshua Dobbs look good enough to be traded. Steichen needs more respect.
Great ep, Brett, as allways. I have two questions regarding this: 1.) You well described the drawbacks of the shotgun heavy offense. But what about the benefits? In particular I think those should be the RPOs. Weren't Eagles super-good at them last year? What happened to that?! 2.) What is the advantage of not running the motion again? I still don't get it. Every year the analysts on TV just mumble something about the reads for QB being clearer, but that sounds like a poor excuse. Is it harder to coach? More susceptible to errors by the players? Why is there not a motion on EVERY single play? I guess what I am trying to say in those questions is. Thank you, Brett for exlaining what the Eagles are not even trying to do, although it would be a good idea. But what is it that the Eagles ARE trying to do and why the F*** is it not working?
Hurts has worn a knee brace or wrap most of the season - speculation is that he has a long running low-grade injury that he can still play on, but that's affecting his ability to run and decisions on when to run & whether to try to plow through or go down at the end. Having seen every game this year, he just does not look as dynamic or fast when he does take off. Some of that may be muddled play design, but I think a good amount of it is just physical limitations compared to last year.
"2.) What is the advantage of not running the motion again? I still don't get it. Every year the analysts on TV just mumble something about the reads for QB being clearer, but that sounds like a poor excuse. Is it harder to coach? More susceptible to errors by the players? Why is there not a motion on EVERY single play?" OMG easier reads? For a QB with a Wonderlic score of 21? Heaven forbid.
Glad you released this. 10-1 was nice... but we could see the cracks in the foundation. Losing OC, DC, LB and Secondary coach in one offseason has been a really horrible transition. These coaches are destroying this talented team.
Thanks for the analysis, I've seen others point out the over use of inside zone and the continual pressure put on Hurts to make plays but this really helps illustrate the full picture. I couldn't understand why this continued each game. The OC needs to go after this season. It literally feels like he uses the talent on the team to justify lazy play calls.
This is so funny to me because I said we had no offensive creativity and the defense looked stale and static after week 4 and I was annihilated by Eagles fans because “we’re 4-0” now literally everyone is saying it. Great video man loved it
This reminds me of the panthers offense while Reich was still there. Very little pre-snap motion, mostly shotgun formation, only inside zone runs. And the hilarious part is that I see Eagles fans clamoring for Reich to replace Brian Johnson as the OC. The difference between Brian Johnson's offence and Reich's offense would be fewer QB draws and...nope, that's about it
Brett your breakdowns are great, and as an eagles fan, Its wild to me that we have a 1000 yard rusher, 2 1000 yard receivers and Hurts might throw for 4000 yards this year, all with bad scheming, it shows truly how talented the team is and how our both our head coach and oc aren't playing to the strengths of the team, and it still somewhat works.
Also I've been saying the problem with this team is very clearly the coaching and not the players. Boring offense, boring defense, overreliance on high-end talent (what team from a few years ago does this remind you of?). So thrilled Brett made a video confirming my beliefs. Maybe I have actually learned some things over the years (from watching channels like yours). Hope you have a great holiday Brett!
@@jimiyu. oh I'm dumb, I see what you mean now. I misread your comment. This Eagles team looks a lot like the Steelers from a few years ago. Squeaked by with inept coaching by their high end talent at skill positions
The crazy thing is, the pats figured it out in the second half of WEEK 1!!!! They came out the tunnel for the second half and threw to the te up the middle every dang play for completions, it’s a miracle we made it as far as we did
Brian Johnson's offense is an insult to elite high school offenses. I played college ball with a guy from Pulaski Academy, the OG analytics driven HS that never punted, their Coach Kevin Kelley is light years ahead of the Eagles.
Great breakdown as always. Seems painfully obvious when someone with knowledge points out these flaws and makes you wonder why coaches don’t address it sooner
As an eagles fan me and all my friends knew the eagles were getting by on talent, not coaching. Mediocre play calling all around. Brian Johnson’s play calling was god awful
Weird how the national media has a completely different take on who's to blame for this mess. In Philly, all the blame is going to OC Brian Johnson. According to this video, the national media is blaming Hurts. This is a good example of how surface level national media analysis truly is - anyone with half a brain can see the massive difference between a well coached offense, and the garbage we see on the field this year. The blame should be shared between Sirianni and Johnson. It's a coaching issue
i’m an eagles fan, the owners son is the head of the analytics department, makes a lot of damn sense why he still has his job. any other person not benefiting from unfettered nepotism would’ve lost their job after one season
To address point 3, for what it's worth, I think someone pointed out that the downside with motion is when the defense shifts to account for it, it screws with the rules of blocking and confuses the assignments on who blocks what. It's quite possible the Eagles don't have anything built into their scheme where, if a defense does a late shift before the snap, they will re-align their blocking assignments. Which, if that's the case, I wonder if that's an OC problem or a Jeff Stoutland problem (or a Kelce problem)... I'm not as knowledgable on football as the experts here on RU-vid, so I'm not sure how true that answer is, but I do know that that's why Coach Sirianni said that "the informtation most teams get pre-snap via motion, such as what type of defense they're running, we can learn through other ways, such as our alignment and how they line up to it" (this is a paraphrase of his answer in a press conference a few weeks ago as to why the team never uses pre-snap motion). I have no idea whether that's a legit answer or that's coach speak, though. :/ EDIT: Also, this whole "we only line up under center to run" is giving me 2010's Sewhawks vibes. Hoping Jalen doesn't turn into Russ. 😭
I FUCKING KNOW😭😭 god damn this has been horrible since the beginning of the season i have seen about 3 creative plays and my goodness im both upset and happy you’re finally making this video😂 GREAT WORK! Fire Brian Johnson
DUDE! You *just* explained Inside vs. Outside zone to me, conceptually, *beautifully*. And yes, I've seen your and others' videos on it, and I think you've said it before, but: Inside: Runs downhill, likely to cut inside. Outside: Runs to the sideline, still probably doing an inside cut but not in like the A gap. So the *initial vector* and the *expected cut* are completely different, even if the actual run does go similarly.
Spot on. And the fact that they're tied for the best record in the league despite running a high school offense against the most difficult schedule in the league, shows how good they really are. It's really the ultimate compliment to the level of talent they have on this team. Pretty remarkable. When they fire Brian after the season for a competent coordinator I guess they have a real chance to go undefeated.
I feel for Jalen. At the end of the game when he only needed about 14 yards to tie the game, he felt like the only thing he could do was chuck the ball up, despite the good coverage and the obvious check down wide open. This offense has broken him more than his leg did
@@liam4603he’s won several games with his arm ? Play calling has made the offense one dimensional and predictable so opposing defenses make it hard for hurts
@liam4603 Bad take. The last three games he has been ass, but you do know up until then he has the best completion percentage from the pocket, right? He literally has won most of thier close games by himself this year, notably the Commanders and Bills game winning drives. Don't be a prisoner of the moment.
@@liam4603 The meme of Hurts having a weak arm refuses to die...but, somebody was throwing to AJ Brown when he broke the NFL record of most consecutive 125+ yard games receiving, and pretty sure it wasn't Mariota. There's a lot of things wrong with the Eagles this season, but JH's arm strength isn't one of them. "Arm" and "accuracy" are different things, if that's what you were trying to say...
The Athletic article about the Eagles offense was better. The percentage of plays under shotgun and pre-snap motion is similar to when Steichen called the offense. But Hurts is less explosive in the run game this year, so the RPO concepts aren't working, along with a few other issues.
Great video. Its pretty consistent with what many see as the weakness of the Eagles offense and their inability to adapt when their initial gameplan isn't working. Which is worse when you consider Howie drafted/paid for great talent on the Eagles offense to do other things. The numbers at 4:13 are interesting too since those teams at the top have a more dedicated run game not involving a mobile QB.
I haven't really watched any eagles games this year until yesterday. I will say that it was like watching Kliff Kingsbury all over again. Between the bizarre reliance on bubble screens and shotgun it was uncanny.
That and the reluctance to attack deep on early downs with routes that go target receivers beyond 21+ yards. For some reason they lean in more on passes behind the LoS like the screens in those situations. With the shotgun its worse when Hurts isn't the same threat with his legs on RPOs so the predictability works against them in high leverage situations when they need their athletes to win.
having watched every eagles game this season the eagles have 5 plays in the playbook. Go route, curl, qb draw, bubble screen, zone run with swift 7 times per game. hurts has attempted 1 pass from under center this season. its absolutely miserable to watch
As an eagles fan we’ve been complaining about the offensive playcalling the entire season and this video outlines all of that. They were able to get to 10 wins based on talent alone and winning in spite of coaching instead of because of the coaches. They need to figure it out and adjust. Jalen keeps talking about the standard and not playing to it but the coaching staff is doing nothing to actually fix it. With 3 bad teams to play at the end of the year and the division on the line they need to win out to prove to themselves that they are among the elites in the nfl
as a Giants fan(and more of a Rutgers fan anyhow), I have mostly resigned myself this season to just rooting for the NFL underdog and rooting for the Eagles to lose because watching their fans become enraged makes me feel very good. Very good indeed, call me crazy.
I miss these film breakdowns. I like the podcast but I love this channel. We need more film breakdowns. Why cant NFL teams run the ball anymore? Has the offensive line talent dropped off? Is College teaching bad habits?
It's partially the college game and lack of preseason reps I think. Also the pure analytics tells you your average passing play is just more efficient than a run. For example I'd still rather have the Eagles offensive philosophy than the Falcons'. The analytics are best used in philosophy like throwing early down and running late down, situationally going on 4th...etc which the Eagles do quite well.
Hell is an accurate description of what it's like to be a Philadelphia sports fan. Teams are usually just good enough to give you hope until they fall apart late in the season.
bro such a great video, all season I’ve been frustrated and this really helped me recognize the problems and what to look for in the playoffs playcalling wise
As an eagles fan, I definitely agree with everything you said about how bland the eagles offense looks this year BUT 1) when it comes to the inside zone, you gotta mention how you have to run inside zone if you incorporate zone read for a running QB. Can’t run zone read from under center and the eagles run enough zone read each game, but doesn’t feel like it as much compared to last year. Would be nice to see the stats comparison of zone read keeps vs gives from last year to this year. Gives obviously equate to becoming inside zone plays 2) when it comes to the lack of motion (and I hate the lack of motion by the eagles), there’s gotta be a reason right? Whether it’s the QB that doesn’t like motion (pretty sure I heard Rodgers doesn’t like motion either), the OC doesn’t know how to teach taking advantage of motion (ie steelers under Matt Canada), or if the o-line is inexperienced at how motion changes their blocking assignments (kelce dictates blocking assignments more than hurts will) or a combination of all 3? 3) when it comes the pass game and how bad they look against the blitz (which has been the case since hurts took over), the tape always shows the lack of hot routes built into the pass game against blitzes, which can also be a result of the QB not dictating the blocking assignment right?
It should also be noted that Philly runs so much from shotgun formation because not all QBs, including Jalen Hurts, aren't comfortable with turning their backs to the defense and still being able to read and adjust, which is why shotgun has become so popular in HS, college, and professional football; as a Niners fan, I can tell you that this is the biggest difference between Jimmy G and Brock Purdy and the reason Kyle has always been looking to replace Jimmy. The inability to play from under center limited the unpredictability of his playbook.
Brian Johnson and Sirianni couldn’t beat an 8th grader in Madden. The defensive struggles stem from the offense putting them in bad spots all season long and wearing down the starters. It’s malpractice to be wasting this much talent on offense… they won’t have a team this good again for decades
I can't believe anyone would steal Tom Herman's offense from Texas. If they only throw to stationary receivers that are outside the numbers, and get into the shotgun and run the QB on 1st and goal from the one, 4 times, and come away with no points, this would be the Longhorn's offense under Herman. I also used to say that Herman just decided that my guy will beat your guy and would do nothing to give a player an advantage or try to design a play that put Texas' best player against the opponent's worst player.
I know basically nothing about football except watching a game, yet you communicated everything so clearly I even feel like I understand what you’re saying and how this game is played! Well done. And though I don’t follow football, I subscribed just because of this video!