Position Groups Eagles Might Try to Make Better Before Deadline
The Eagles are still the last remaining undefeated team after beating the Cowboys 26-17 last Sunday night. The Birds could not have asked for a better start to the season. The bye week came at a perfect time, as the Eagles can assess what they need to make the team better to make a legitimate run at the super bowl, and they will have 6/7 weeks of tape to assess. Howie is known to be an aggressive trader, so lets take a look at a few position groups that the Birds should want to make better before the trade deadline.
Firstly, the Eagles should look into the running back position. Specifically, the Eagles should look into the “big bruiser back” archetype. In the past, the Eagles have always had a big back to compliment the shifty and fast Miles Sanders. They have had players like LeGarrette Blount, Jay Ajayi, and Jordan Howard in the recent past. It is hard to point out positions to upgrade when the Eagles are undefeated and everyone is playing at a high level, and it might be easy for someone to say that the Eagles are fine in short down situations with the talented O-Line, and Jalen Hurts ability to run. While all this is true, adding a big back would make defenses have to respect another part of the offense, and it would open things up for other players to add someone like that.
Next, they should look into adding another receiving threat at tight end. Jack Stoll does what is asked of him, and he surly isn’t the worst option to have at tight end two. The problem is that he is more of a blocking tight end, and that is not what is necessary needed right now. Geodert is already a really good blocker, and stoll isn’t much of a receiver, so whenever Stoll is in it is pretty obvious that they are going to run the ball, or Stoll is going to stay in to block. The coaching staff has done a great job of disguising things to make it harder on defenses, but if Stoll is in, they are more limited as a team.
The Eagles are sitting pretty and it is hard to pick a spot that needs an upgrade. If the Birds can add someone to the team from the mentioned positions above, then they will really become the biggest threat in the NFC.
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