Barrett Brooks breaks down one of the many failed blitz pickups by the Eagles in Week 18.
Are you a glutton for punishment? You’ve come to the right place!
Our final regular-season installment of Roob’s Eagles Stats focuses not only on the wretched season finale against the Giants but the horrifying finish to the regular season.
But don’t worry. We’ve got a handful of positive stands at the end. And trust me … they were not easy to scrounge up.
Please make sure you’re sitting down and then continue.
1. The Eagles are the fifth team in NFL history to lose five of its last six games but still reach the playoffs. And get this – three of the first four actually won a playoff game. The 1986 Jets and 1999 Dolphins both won a playoff game after their late-season collapse. The 1986 Jets were 10-1 and lost their last five games before beating the Chiefs 35-15 in a wild-card game in East Rutherford, the 1997 Vikings were 8-2 and lost five of their last six games to finish 9-7 but beat the Giants 23-22 in a wild-card game in East Rutherford and the 1999 Dolphins were 8-2 before losing five of six to finish 9-7 and beat the Seahawks 20-17 in a wild-card game in Seattle (the Seahawks had also lost five of their last six to finish 9-7). The only team to reach the playoffs after losing five of its last six games to not win a playoff game was just last year. The Dolphins were 8-3 before losing five of six to finish 9-8. They lost to the Bills 34-31 in a wild-card game in Orchard Park.
2. The Eagles this year faced the most pass attempts in NFL history by a team without recording at least 10 interceptions. Opposing quarterbacks threw 652 passes against the Eagles this year – 8th-most in NFL history – but got picked off only nine times. The Eagles’ nine INTs are just one off the fewest in franchise history. The 1983, 2012 and 2020 teams had eight.
3. The Eagles finished the season without a sack from an edge rusher in their last four games. It’s the first time in 18 years the Eagles have gone four straight games without getting a sack from an edge. Late in 2005, they had one sack against the Packers and it was from defensive tackle Mike Patterson, then no sacks vs. the Seahawks, then one sack vs. the Giants from safety Brian Dawkins, then no sacks vs. the Rams.
