Jim Schwartz and the Eagles' defense came through for the team on Sunday in a big way, limiting the top-ranked scoring offense in football and the league’s most dynamic passing attack to just 15 points. How did they do it? Let’s go to the tape.
From the very start of the game, Schwartz showed confidence in his secondary to do the job. On four of Atlanta’s first six passing plays, the Eagles manned up on star receiver Julio Jones with no immediate safety help (two plays for Nolan Carroll, two for Jalen Mills). In fact, by the end of Sunday’s action, Jones was on the field for 32 pass attempts, and the Eagles manned up on him 16 times with no safety help.