Comments on: 538: Analyzing The Eagles Surprising 3-0 Start http://www.footballperspective.com/538-analyzing-the-eagles-surprising-3-0-start/ NFL History and Stats Sat, 01 Oct 2016 17:08:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Adam http://www.footballperspective.com/538-analyzing-the-eagles-surprising-3-0-start/#comment-319338 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 20:17:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=30814#comment-319338 In reply to Tom.

The closest comp is probably the ’09 Broncos – unexpectedly dominant defense to start the season with a rookie head coach. But then they took a major step backwards in the second half of the season. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the same thing happen to the Eagles.

]]> By: Tom http://www.footballperspective.com/538-analyzing-the-eagles-surprising-3-0-start/#comment-319337 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:54:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=30814#comment-319337 What I’m following is Philly’s defense…they’ve allowed 20 points (not counting return scores) in 3 games, putting them at 6.7/game. Only 18 teams since 1970 have allowed fewer (defense only) points through three games. 12 of those teams went to the playoffs, 3 of them went to the Super Bowl – ’77 Broncos, ’80 Eagles, ’06 Bears…and they all lost. This should be interesting…

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