Did Jim Schwartz save the Eagles’ 2018 season?

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty ImagesWith his back against the wall and depleted resources at his disposal, did Jim Schwartz save the 2018 Philadelphia Eagles season late in the year? A polarizing figure amongst Eagles’ fans, Schwartz isn’t perfect, but he might not get enough credit for one of the best gameplans of his career.

Here’s how I arrived at that conclusion... I started a project after my talk with Matt Manocherian and Bryce Rossler of Sports Info Solutions on Fireside Chats #12. I charted every third down pass and scramble the Eagles’ defense faced in 2018. I’m still sorting through that data to assemble concrete theories on Schwartz’s blitz tendencies, but I did notice something…