“We know what our defense can do, how we can move pieces,” Judon said. The combination of retention and having versatile players that Judon refers to as “unicorns" helped contribute to the strong start. Then they used their top three draft picks on defensive players - starting cornerback Christian Gonzalez (all 66 snaps, 7 tackles, 1 sack, 1 pass defended in Week 1), reserve defensive end/outside linebacker Keion White (multiple pressures), and versatile linebacker/safety Marte Mapu. The Patriots returned every player but safety Devin McCourty from their 2022 defense no other team retained as many players on that side of the ball. “Those are tone-setting drives,” Phillips said. Phillips didn’t like how the Eagles held the ball for 7 minutes, 18 seconds on their opening drive Sunday, which culminated in a field goal, and then strung together a 10-play march early in the third quarter that also ended with a field goal.
How, then, might they create the same type of disruption against the speedy Dolphins?Ĭoaches will begin putting a game plan together Tuesday, but even before that happens, players have already highlighted one area of note: more urgency at the start of the game and second half. Hurts was 21-of-24 for 161 yards and a touchdown when not pressured. Meanwhile, the ability to pressure Hurts was critical, as he finished 1-of-9 for 9 yards and three sacks under duress, according to ESPN Stats & Information. “There’s a lot of good players on that Patriot defense, starting with Judon,” noted Eagles coach Nick Sirianni. He said the tackling was sound Sunday, which is always a wild card in Week 1 with limited full-pads practices to prepare. Patriots coach Bill Belichick often says that the most effective defenses sync their rush with coverage and tackle well. Last season, the Eagles had only one game with four three-and-outs. The Eagles went three-and-out on four straight possessions during one stretch Sunday, which has been a rarity since Hurts became the starter. What you see on film might not be what we do, and I think that’s hard for a quarterback." Said veteran Patriots safety Adrian Phillips: “Ultimately our defense is very multiple, and we do a lot of different things. Hurts, who was held to just 170 passing yards and lost just the third fumble of his career when safety Jabrill Peppers delivered a bruising hit late in the fourth quarter, noted how effectively New England disguised its intentions. The Eagles scored on a pick-six, settled for four field goals, and their lone touchdown drive on offense was a short one, coming after they recovered running back Ezekiel Elliott’s fumble at the New England 26-yard line. There are no moral victories in New England, but the play of the D was an obvious silver lining in Sunday’s loss. They are a very athletic, fast, physical defense.” “They hold their coverage and disguise it until the last second. “That’s a great defense,” Eagles receiver DeVonta Smith marveled. It’s a collision course after the Dolphins rang up 536 yards in their season-opening 36-34 win over the Los Angeles Chargers and the Patriots bottled up quarterback Jalen Hurts and the Eagles by holding them to just one offensive touchdown drive - tied for the fewest in any Hurts start. The unit took a decisive step toward sacking that narrative in Sunday's 25-20 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and now can make a statement as one of the NFL’s best with Tua Tagovailoa, Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle and the high-flying Miami Dolphins coming to town on Sunday (8:20 p.m. If there was a knock on the New England Patriots' defense last season, it was that it feasted on lesser quarterbacks and skill-position talent but wasn’t always as stingy against the elite.
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