Initially, it appeared the Eagles had way too much faith, way too soon in their revamped defense that received a boost from three trades ahead of last week’s deadline.
It wasn’t pretty and it was confusing at times watching the Eagles settle for dump-offs and short runs on a handful of third downs in Monday’s showdown against the Packers. It was even more baffling watching Eagles coach Nick Sirianni go away from the conservative approach in the final minute of the eventful 10–7 victory. But outside of a reckless fourth-down decision that nearly cost Philadelphia the game, the conventional plan to eliminate star edge rusher Micah Parsons from the game worked to perfection.
