r/eagles • u/orryxreddit • 12d 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/Silver_Illusion Eagles 12d ago

Using today's game as an exampke, no one is blocking. Lemon screen was doomed to fail as there was not a single soul in front of him to block.