Philadelphia Eagles’ Jalen Hurts, center, scores a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh understands the daunting task in front of his defense on Sunday when the defending NFC Champions come to town.
The Philadelphia Eagles are 5-0 on the young season and they haven’t even played their best football. They have All-Pros at every position and a coaching staff that is extremely underrated for a group that has won 22 of their last 23 games.
If that wasn’t enough to keep the Jets coaching staff up at night, what makes the Eagles such a daunting team isn’t the fact that their quarterback is playing at an MVP level again, or the fact that they acquired the best defensive line prospect in last season’s draft though. It’s the vaunted offensive line that has been together for the better part of the last decade and is considered the best position group of any in all of football.
“It’s like playing the Peyton Manning of the offensive line,” Saleh said Wednesday. “A lot of respect for Jeff Stoutland, their offensive line coach, he’s one of the best in ball. You see it in the way they play and adjust…you can hit them once, but I promise you they’ll make the adjustment and fix it. It’s pretty cool to watch them play.”
With the likes of All-Pros such as Jason Kelce and Lane Johnson, along with Pro-Bowl talents like Landon Dickerson and Jordan Mailata, the Eagles offensive line has been a group that is beginning to etch their names into football history. Like any all-time great group in the annals of NFL history, the legacy the Eagles offensive line is leaving behind is one of carnage and reverence. Perhaps no play encapsulates that the most than the “Brotherly Shove.”
Philadelphia’s 93% success rate at their quarterback sneak, which sees Hurts being pushed forward by an army…
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