Gerald McCoy isn’t sounding the alarm on the Eagles just yet, even with the noise around Philadelphia getting louder by the week.
After a narrow Week 2 escape against the Tennessee Titans, a lopsided Week 3 loss to the Case Keenum-led Chicago Bears and then a messy home collapse against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, the Eagles have given fans plenty to gripe about. The roster is beat up, the execution has been shaky and the coaching staff is taking heat. McCoy, though, sees a team that has lived through this kind of turbulence before.
“They've been here before,” McCoy told “The Dan Patrick Show” on Monday. “They've got a lot of injuries and that's just always been their thing.
I don't like the scheme they went with. Jalen Hurts has had most of his success in the shotgun.. what best suits him is not being under center and getting the play action going and turning your back to the defense.
He needs to be able to see everything from the jump.
“If you want to {play under center}, you have to have an offensive line that can hold up… and then all of your weapons started going down.”
That injury pileup has been a major part of the problem. Philadelphia was already without DeVonta Smith and Dallas Goedert against the Rams, then lost Saquon Barkley to a hamstring injury. The offensive line has also been banged up and hasn’t played anywhere near its usual level, while new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion is still trying to find his footing.
Fans have pointed plenty of blame toward Nick Sirianni, but McCoy believes the coach has earned the benefit of the doubt because he has shown he can adapt.
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“They have a coach who knows how to adapt and adjust,” the former First-Team All-Pro defensive tackle said. “They're going to have to figure something out and simplify things, but I wouldn't panic just yet in Philly, simply because they've been here before.”
The Eagles have spent the last five years drawing scrutiny and still came away with a Super Bowl, another trip to the big game and three divisional titles. That doesn’t erase the complaints about the offense or the uneven start, but it does explain why some people around the league are reluctant to hit the panic button after three weeks of sloppiness.
Philadelphia is still in a tricky spot, and nobody is pretending everything is fine. But at 2-2, the Eagles have a chance to steady things quickly when they face a Jacksonville Jaguars team that is 3-1 and has looked strong through four games.
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