The Eagles continued their historic rushing attack
With the game out of hand early, the Eagles ran for 268 yards on 44 carries and 2 TDs. The Eagles totaled 17.02 total EPA rushing against the Giants, the 3rd best rushing game in the entire league this season.
The only two better games? The Eagles in week 14 against the Giants (with 19.178 EPA) and again the Eagles in week 12 against Green Bay (19.127 EPA). The only other game this season that was close to the Eagles performance against the Giants was Cincinnati in week 9 when the Bengals totaled 16.982 EPA against Carolina, gaining 241 yards on 39 carries and 5 rushing TDs.
Miles Sanders and Kenny Gainwell had 8 explosive runs with four rushes of 12 yards, a 14-yarder, 16-yarder, 18-yarder, and Gainwell’s 35-yard TD run at the end. Only one team had more explosive rushes in a game this entire season when Carolina had 9 in week 16 against the Lions.
I wrote several weeks ago about just how dominant this team is running the ball and, if you missed it, here is the link. And with this game, the 2022 Eagles now have 4 of the top 25 rushing games since 2010.
The Eagles defense held Daniel Jones to his worst game of the year
The entire Eagles defensive line got to Daniel Jones, adding another 5 sacks to their historic season total. The only time Jones was sacked more times this year was week 11 against… the Eagles.
Jones had a -0.195 EPA/play and a -10.49 CPOE in the divisional round loss. This is Jones’ worst game of the season by EPA and second worst by CPOE. The last time Jones played the Eagles in week 11 he had his 3rd worst game of the season.
And this isn’t new. Nine opposing quarterbacks – Tannehill, Pickett, Cousins, Goff, Mills, Wentz, and Rush – have had one of their worst games of the season against the Eagles this year. One of the QBs not on this list? Dak who statistically had his 5th best game of the season against the Eagles in their week 16 win.
100% of the time the Eagles win a playoff game 38-7 they have gone on to win the Super Bowl
I didn’t actually go research this one to make sure there isn’t some old game I forgot about but pretty sure a 38-7 win means a Super Bowl.
It gets harder from here as both Dallas and San Francisco are much, much better teams. But this team has shown they can win mutliple ways and rarely are in trouble unless they turn the ball over.
Fly Eagles Fly!
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