Defensive formation on 3rd and 16 in Eagles game.

I've never tried to pretend that I'm a fan of DA as a HC but I like the man as a DC. If there was any way I could put this loss on DA then I'd grab a pitchfork and go to town. But on this one I just can't. It would be intellectually dishonest of me to blame DA for a fluke blown coverage like this. There was no way for DA to know that three of his defenders were going to play bumper cars.

Stuff happens. Had he went with a zone then maybe they get the stop. Maybe they don't. Had he run soft zone and given up a big play then we'd be bagging on him for running a soft zone. Sounds like they were trying to pay extra attention to Goedert but it didn't work out. That's football.

Bottom line, it should've never came down to that last drive. Even with not taking the FG and failing to convert on 4th down. The offense just couldn't get anything going so the defense was out there the whole game. They gassed out and made some crucial mistakes. This was a team loss and I'm sure that's how they carried it after the game. We all knew they'd get punched in the mouth at some point. Let's see how they respond. On to the falcons.