Quote:Whaa? That's just bad.

 

 This tempo call was an Eagles go-to: inside zone<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">. When Sproles was tackled on the screen, the game clock read 12:08. When Jason Kelce snapped the ball to Nick Foles on the next play, it read 11:52. Just 16 seconds had elapsed.</span>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:15px;">"I don’t know what the defensive call was, but it didn’t seem like they were lined up properly," Kelce said. "Usually on a 4th-and-1, you don’t want two three-techniques [defensive tackles lined up between the guards and tackles], but we just ran our track, the way that we always do on that play. ...I think that’s what this offense can do. When you’re really moving fast, going quickly, it forces people to line up. And if they’re not gonna line up, that’s when big plays can happen."

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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:15px;">Even Jaguars head coach Gus Bradley acknowledged what had happened.

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:15px;">"We had some miscommunication with the defensive line and in the back end [on that play]," he said. "Our front didn't match the back end and they got the 49-yard run. ...When we line up and play, we played very well. But we can't do that. I think some of those plays that they got in the second half, they executed in a time that we weren't ready."

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:15px;">Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/birds247/2014/0...AExjWQE.99

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