“Eagles don’t value LBs”. While all things point to that statement being true, it doesn’t mean it shouldn’t change. The Eagles linebacking corps may actually be among the worst in the NFL and it’s being picked on by opposing offenses as a result.
League leaders…in missed tackles
Pro Football Focus measured missed tackles in ratios to number of tackle attempts, hence avoiding over-exposing missed tackles among LBs that tackle a lot. In their measurements, Eagles LBs ranks as follows:
- Nate Gerry: 15 missed tackles, 4.8 tackle attempts per missed tackle (ranks 4th worst of NFL LBs)
- Nigel Bradham: 8 missed tackles, 6.