On October 9, 1966, the Eagles faced the Cowboys in the Cotton Bowl. The Cowboys started the game by scoring touchdowns on their first six drives. Don Meredith’s TD pass to Dan Reeves, Hall of Famer Bob Hayes, Hayes again, then Reeves’ short TD run, then Meredith’s TD run to Frank Clark, and finally Meredith’s short run. The match has begun. Rookie Walt Garrison – First touchdown of his career.
6 drives, 6 touchdowns.
Why is that game still relevant 57 years later?
That’s because it was the first time since Sunday that the Eagles’ defense allowed a touchdown on six consecutive drives.
This was a historically poor performance by the Eagles defense.
The 49ers went 3-and-out on their first two drives and didn’t stop scoring after that until he took a knee with his backup quarterback in the final seconds.
From 14:11 left in the second quarter to 5:19 left in the fourth, he had touchdown drives of 85, 90, 75, 77, 75 and 48 yards.
49 points in 39 minutes.
During that time, the 49ers outscored the Eagles 452-153. He didn’t even face third down on two of his TD drives.
The Eagles allowed 11 75-yard touchdown drives all year. After that, they conceded five consecutive goals.
When the game mercifully ended, the 49ers had suffered their ugliest home loss in history to the Eagles, 42-19.
The last time a playoff-bound Eagles team lost a meaningful game at home by 23 points was against the Saints in 2009. Before that was the 1947 card game.
How bad was it?
• The 49ers averaged 8.0 yards per play, the highest since averaging 8.6 yards per play against Washington at RFK in 1989, and at home against the Eagles, the 49ers averaged 8.4 yards per play in 31 games. This was the highest record since the acquisition. -3 wins in 1971.
• After starting 0-for-4, Brock Purdy completed 19 of his last 23 passes for 314 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. Over the past three quarters, Purdy has had as many touchdowns on his passes as incomplete passes. His 148.8 passer rating is 3.rd-This was the best record for an opposing quarterback in Philadelphia, behind Peyton Manning in 2002 (158.3) and Sammy Baugh in 1940 (149.0).
• The 49ers beat the Eagles in both base running and pitching. They became the seventh team in history to have at least 300 passing yards and 140 rushing yards against the Eagles in Philadelphia (but only the second team in eight days).
• The 49ers converted 73 percent of their third downs and fourth downs.th-Highest record against Eagles and 2n.d.-Best in Philadelphia. His third down conversion number has been maintained since 1991.
• Over the past five games, the Eagles have allowed more than 1,500 yards and 15 passing touchdowns for the first time in franchise history in a five-game period. The average opposing QB during this period was 28-of-43 completions for 306 yards, half an interception, and a passer rating of 103.9.
Breakdowns occurred at every level of the defense.
Haason Reddick sacked Purdy on his third dropback, and the Eagles only recorded one more sack the rest of the game. For the fourth time this year, they did not record a takeaway. They missed tackles all over the place. He allowed two 40-yard touchdowns, compared to just one in his first 11 games.
What’s most concerning is that this didn’t happen out of the blue. This was not unusual.
The Eagles have struggled defensively for a while, and they’ve only masked their problems with late stops here and takeaways there.
But all the issues they’ve been covering up for the last month came to the forefront Sunday.
Before Sunday, the last team to have a winning percentage as high as the Eagles (.909) and lose a game by 23 points was the 1967 Baltimore Colts, when the team went 10-1 and lost 34-10. had 11 wins, 0 losses, and 2 draws. -2 Ram at the LA Coliseum.
The last team to have a winning percentage as high as the Eagles and lose a home game by at least 23 points was the 1961 Chargers. The Chargers entered the game against the Boston Patriots 12-1 in Week 13, but lost 41-0 at Balboa Stadium. In San Diego.
This will not happen.
Through seven games following the win over the Dolphins, the Eagles ranked 6th in the NFL in defense, 1st in run defense and 17th in the NFL.th in pass defense.
In the past five games, his total ERA is 25, which is the lowest.th Run defense and finally pass defense.
He has allowed 2,175 yards in the past five games (three games).rd-The most yards they allowed in franchise history over a five-game span.
And they should get Zach Cunningham back on Sunday, which should help. And maybe they’ll sign Shaq Leonard, which might help. But the reality is this has been the worst defense in the NFL since Week 8, and the Eagles are about to face the NFL’s top scoring offense in a key game Sunday in Dallas.
Sunday, the Eagles’ defense looked old, tired and overstretched. They couldn’t even compete with the 49ers’ offensive line.
There are a lot of things to fix, and you may not be able to fix them.
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