The Eagles are 10-2 and roaring toward another deep playoff run.
Still, Philadelphia and head coach Nick Sirianni’s biggest concern is the Birds’ offense’s penchant for stagnation and inefficiency during the first quarter of games.
The Eagles rank last in first-quarter points with 17. Overall, Philadelphia’s offense has been one of the NFL’s best, finishing No. 3 in total offense through 13 weeks while averaging 377.7 yards per game.
During his weekly press conference, Kellen Moore addressed some of the struggles.
We’ve navigated this in different ways. We’ll talk about it again this week to find us the best way to execute. L.A., felt like we had a good drive going. Ended up short in the red zone. This past week, one first down, got stalled out.
It’s a frustrating aspect of our thing. We’ll keep working.
Jeff McLane of The Inquirer asked Moore about potentially abandoning scripting his first 15-20 plays and letting the offense flow.
It’s definitely something we’ve had a lot of discussions about. Different ways that we can attack the defense play to our strengths, focus on us, make the adjustments as the game goes that we need to make. Obviously it’s something that we’ve started slow unfortunately for too many games. Something we’ve got to do a better job of.
In the Eagles’ 24-19 win over the Ravens last Sunday, the offense went three-and-out on all three first-quarter drives.
Thanks to weapons like quarterback Jalen Hurts, wide receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, and running back Saquon Barkley, Philadelphia has the ability to work through any slow start and promptly adjust at the half.
