As we’ll do every week to get you ready for the upcoming game, our X-Factor of the week. Sometimes it’s a player, unit, concept, or scheme. Here’s our X-Factor for Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
X-FACTOR: Second Quarter Defense
I’ve highlighted this point several times this week but I have to repeat it once more and to isolate it in a post like this. For all the weird stats, there might not be a stranger one than what the Eagles are doing in the second quarter. They are one of the league’s worst scoring offenses in the first, third, and fourth quarters.