Week 7 Eagles Power Rankings Round-Up: Another Ugly Win
The Eagles got a win on Sunday. So why does it feel like they lost? They turned in a lackluster performance vs maybe the worst team in the NFL, and the head coach became a national punching bag. So what are they saying about the Eagles around the NFL? Let’s find out in the Week 7 Eagles Power Rankings Round-Up.
Week 7 Eagles Power Rankings
ESPN- 13 (Previously 11)
“The Eagles are 3-2 and have looked perfectly ordinary despite boasting one of the better offensive rosters in the league… Maybe things will settle down as we get deeper into the season, but that’s hard to picture at the moment.”
It is hard to feel optimistic about this team right now. We saw them underperform all of last year, and now they have underperformed through the first 5 weeks. You can say the roster on defense is just flawed, but the defense has actually been fine. It is the offense that is underperforming, and on paper, they should be a top 5 offense in the league.
NFL.com- 12 (Previously 12)
“They’re 3-2 now but have been outscored on the season, largely thanks to opponents’ 23-0 first-quarter scoring advantage. Yep, we’re five games in, and the Eagles haven’t scored in the first 15 minutes in any of them.”
More than that, they have barely moved the ball in the first quarter. In the first two drives of the game this year, they have just 140 yards. That is 14 yards per drive. They also have 4 turnovers on those drives. They have scored on two drives this year that started in the 1st but ended in the 2nd. But slow starts have been a problem in every game this season.
CBS- 15 (Previously 16)
“They won a game against Cleveland, but it still doesn’t look right. The offense isn’t good, which remains a concern. Nick Sirianni needs to focus on coaching and not the fans.”
The offense still looks the same as last year. We were told Kellen Moore was bringing over his offense. But it looks more like Nick’s offense with a little bit of Moore thrown in. What happened to the 95% new offense? Why are they still doing the same things that failed last year?
The Athletic- 18 (Previously 18)
“The Eagles head coach showed up after the bye week with a shaved head, chirped at his home fans late in the game and then showed up for the postgame news conference with his three young children in tow. Sirianni doesn’t call the offense or defense for the Eagles, so if his only contribution is this kind of stuff, will Philly make a change?“
The Eagles aren’t going to fire him unless things completely collapse. But his job is absolutely on the line, and after his PR written apology, it is clear some people in that building are not happy with his antics. For a guy on the hot seat, it would do him well to start acting more like a professional, especially considering these antics were already a talking point before the season.
Sports Illustrated- 11 (Previously 10)
“Philly did enough to pick up a win over the Cleveland Browns, but the offense isn’t completely clicking just yet. The Eagles actually dropped from +1400 to +1500 in the latest Super Bowl odds.”
It is hard to see a Super Bowl in this team’s future right now. They have the talent to change that, but after watching them play 5 games, there is nothing from those games that screams Super Bowl for this team.
Yahoo Sports- 11 (Previously 9)
“If we believe fans on Reddit, via Eagles Nation, they were getting on Sirianni to run the ball more, Sirianni said they would and at the end he was telling the fans he did what he said. Seems innocuous. If that changes the perception of what happened.”
The content of why he was yelling is not that point. It is his continued unprofesional behavoir, that carried over into the press conference, and has followed him since he got here. When they were winning, people didn’t mind. But him acting like this when in charge of a underperfoming team is an awful look, and a distraction.
USA Today- 11 (Previously 9)
“Never a good sign when your head coach is becoming a chronic distraction, especially at a time when you’re struggling to beat, arguably, the worst team in the league. Worth monitoring, even though Philly isn’t scheduled to face an opponent currently with a winning record until Nov. 14.”
That is the lone bright spot. The have Giants, Jaguars, Bengals, Cowboys coming up. It is a good spot to get yourself right. That said, if they don’t right the ship vs these teams, it will tell you that something is very wrong.
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6 Numbers That Tell The Story Of The Eagles Lackluster Win Over Browns
A win is a win. We told ourselves that so many times last year, we started to believe it. But those ugly Eagles wins eventually turned into ugly losses. And now it carried into this season despite the new Coordinators and some new faces on the roster. Their latest ugly win came over the Browns.
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They did get the win. It is more than you can say about any other team in their division. But squeaking out a win vs the now 1-5 Browns is not going to make anyone feel better. They were 9.5-point favorites over this team. The expectation was that they would demolish them. But this offense, with all the weapons they have, crawled across the finish line, managing just 20 points.
This offense was talented last year. It got even better this year with the addition of Saquon Barkley. Yet somehow it is still underperforming. The Browns’ defense is not Swiss Cheese, but a roster this talented should score more than 20 points.
The defense meanwhile looked great. They allowed just 3 field goals and held the Browns to 244 points. They also finally got pressure, specifically from the edge where both Bryce Huff and Nolan Smith got in on sacks. But it is also the Browns, the worst offense in the league. They deserve credit for doing what they need to do, but it is hard to crown them for doing what every team has done to the Browns.
Still, they got the win and kept themselves in the running for the NFC and the NFC East. With the schedule coming up, they could be 7-2 when they go into the Thursday Night Game vs the Commanders. But they don’t look right, just like they didn’t look right last year when they were 10-1.
So what should we take away? Were there any positive takeaways to be had? How bad are they in the 1st quarter right now?
Here are 6 Numbers That Tell The Story Of The Eagles Lackluster Win Over The Browns
21.2
This Eagles offense should be great. It has the talent to be a top 5 offense. But 5 games in, they look average. They average only 21.2 pts per game. That is 18th in the league. not only are they not a top offense, but they are also a bottom-half offense. They are 10th in yards per game at 366.8. Something is wrong. The talent is there, which makes it a coaching issue. Whether it is Nick or Kellen Moore, they need to get more out of this talented roster. You can say they have missed some of their players, but they had both WRs this week and still struggled to score. If this offense is not elite, this team isn’t winning anything.
