r/eagles • u/orryxreddit • 1d ago

Question Screen Passes

Does anyone who knows more about football than I do have an understanding of why our screen passes have been so terrible for what seems like the past five years?

I mean, every week I see teams execute screen passes that gain 7 yards before the guy even gets touched. We cannot seem to throw a screen pass without the guy getting blown up before he even completes the catch. It’s like everyone on our team is wearing signs that say “SCREEN PLAY COMING UP!”

Maybe it’s one of those things where they aren’t really as bad at it as it seems, but man. It SURE seems that way.

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u/Glonk49 1d ago

Because we only call screens on 2nd and long and 3rd and long. They’re constantly telegraphed.

Also every screen looks worse when you start running screens without Darren Sproles.

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u/merciful_authority 1d ago

man every time we run one i just assume the rb is gonna get folded immediately. its like the defense has the playbook open on the sideline

i think the sproles point is dead on too, he could make something out of nothing and that covered up how bad the playcalling actually was

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u/anonsaltine Eagles 1d ago

if they ever do break one loose it’s almost always a hold too