How lackluster has the Eagles’ passing offense been by two video games?

We thought we’d take a crack at quantifying the Eagles’ lack of firepower within the passing recreation up to now this 12 months. And it’s not good.

With a tip of the cap to Stathead, listed here are 10 methods the Eagles’ passing offense has struggled by two video games.

Now, the Eagles are 2-0 going into Tampa for a Week 3 Monday night time recreation, in order that they’ve discovered methods to win video games regardless of their lackluster passing recreation. But I feel all of us perceive that if the Eagles don’t get Jalen Hurts and the aerial assault fired up, they’re not going to be a Super Bowl contender.

For the sake of consistency, all these rankings and stats are by Week 2 and don’t embody something that occurred up to now in Week 3. But the Eagles’ rankings generally wouldn’t change a lot if in any respect even together with Week 3 video games.

√ On first down, the Eagles are averaging 4.2 yards per play, which is 25^th-best within the league. They’ve recorded first downs on simply 11.1 % of their first downs. Only the Buccaneers – who the Eagles face Monday night time in Tampa – are worse, with 4-for-56. 

√ The Eagles have thrown the ball 12 instances on third down, changing simply two of these into first downs for an NFL-worst 16.6 %. The Chargers (22.2 %) had been the one different crew below 25 % going into Week 3.

√ Through two video games, the Eagles had an NFL-low 9 move performs of 10 yards or extra. The league common was 18.4, so they’d lower than half the NFL common. Last 12 months the Eagles averaged 10.5 move performs per recreation of at the very least 10 yards.

√ Nearly half of the Eagles’ complete move completions have gone for fewer than 10 yards (21 of 43, 48.8 %). That was the bottom within the league by two weeks.  

√ DeVonta Smith has 178 yards this 12 months and A.J. Brown 108, however no one else on the crew has greater than 22 yards. This is the primary time in 66 years that the Eagles haven’t had at the very least three gamers with 25 receiving yards after two weeks. In 1957, Bill Stribling had 44 yards after two video games however Ken Keller had the next-most yards with 24. 

√ The Eagles are averaging simply 8.1 yards per move completion, which was 28^th-best within the league after two weeks. The lowest the Eagles have ever had over a full season is 8.2 again in 1976.

√ Their 12 complete passing third downs is fewest within the league. The Jets (13) and Steelers (15) have the subsequent fewest. The final time the Eagles had 12 passing first downs by two video games was 1999, when their quarterback was Doug Pederson. They had 25 after two video games final 12 months.

√ The Eagles’ 162.5 passing yards per recreation ranked 29^th within the league. This is first time since 2003 the Eagles have netted fewer than 175 passing yards in every of their first two video games and solely the fifth time since 1980. 

√ Jalen Hurts has been sacked seven instances on simply 63 drop-backs (11.1 %), which was the 27^th-highest sack ratio amongst beginning quarterbacks by two weeks and highest by an Eagles QB since Michael Vick was sacked eight instances on 66 drop-backs the primary two weeks of 2010 (12.1 %).

√ The Eagles ranked lifeless final within the NFL in yards after the catch per completion at 2.4 going into this weekend’s video games. That’s 96 yards after the catch on 40 completions.