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Eagles Film Analysis: All-22 defense takeaways from the Giants game

I said last week that I saw some positive signs from Matt Patricia’s debut, and I think that continued this week. It’s hard to judge the Eagles’ defense too much in this game because the Giants' offense is terrible, but I enjoyed some of the changes I saw.

Defense

I wasn’t too harsh, but I was very critical of Shaq Leonard last week. So it’s only fair that I point out he played a lot better this week. He seemed to play with a lot more freedom, and I wonder if he started to trust his body just a little more.