“The most important thing is to take care of the deep ball,” McKelvin told reporters. “That’s always the most important thing I tell everyone is to take care of the deep ball. There’s certain things Jim [Schwartz] wants us to play but I also just tell them to take care of the deep ball and break up everything that stops in front of you. Other then that, if we take care of the deep ball everything will be fine.”
In recent memory, taking care of the deep ball isn’t something the Eagles’ secondary did efficiently. They weren’t even mediocre in the defensive passing game, it was embarrassing to see the numbers put up each week by opposing offenses without changes being made to the scheme.