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Weapon X Mailbag: What’s the ceiling for the Eagles’ defense?

31 more days.

Let’s hit this week’s questions...

@Ollie92557880: What’s the ceiling for the defense this year? Top 15? Top 10? Top 5!?

If we’re talking ceiling, being a top-five unit is on the table. They’ll comfortably be an above-average defense and I expect them to be in the top 10.

For as bad as the Eagles’ defense might have seemed in 2020, they still came in at 15th in Football Outsiders’ Defensive DVOA.

They’re even better now.

Steven Nelson and Anthony Harris will bolster the secondary.