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Nick Sirianni and Vic Fangio the Eagles youth movement.<\/p>\n

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After\u00a0spending years dominating the NFC East\u00a0with one of the more experienced lineups in the NFL, the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles find themselves in relatively uncharted territory, with only a few veterans playing on the defensive side of the ball.<\/p>\n

That’s right, gone are the days of\u00a0Fletcher Cox manning the middle, a veteran secondary loaded with experienced talent, and whatever middle-of-their-career linebacker Howie Roseman could find in week two of free agency, and in their place are a bunch of players in their 20s, many of whom are still on their rookie-scale contracts.<\/p>\n

Is this a benefit or an issue for an Eagles team with Super Bowl aspirations? Well, in the opinion of\u00a0Nick Sirianni, it falls somewhere in the middle, with youthful energy often coming with inexperience, but overall, he likes the direction things are going because his players will\u00a0only get better with more experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously when you play together you gel together, you get more time together. The more plays you play in this league, the more you see, the more football IQ you\u2019re going to gain. When you watch the Bulls documentary, Michael Jordan talked about the game against the Celtics when he scored 63 points, he\u2019s like, \u2018I just let my youth and energy go, and I didn\u2019t stop.\u2019 He said something like that. I kind of felt that, especially seeing [DB Cooper DeJean] Coop on the field. I just saw his youth and his energy,\u201d Sirianni told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, did we make some mistakes? Sure, we made some mistakes. But I saw him flying to the football. I saw him being physical and violent when he got to the football. And that\u2019s for a lot of the guys, but I\u2019m thinking about Coop in my mind right now. When that happens, that can be really exciting because you\u2019ve got youth and energy just flying around to the football. But it\u2019s our job as coaches and their job as players to learn the plan, try to put themselves in situations. We try to put them in situations so that we\u2019re accelerating that play as much as we possibly can as far as the football IQ goes. And that\u2019s where walkthrough comes in, and practice comes in.\u201d<\/p>\n

After barely playing defense in Weeks 1-4, DeJean really had a breakout effort in Week 6 against the Cleveland Browns, putting in work in coverage, as a blitzer, and as a punt returner for good measure, too. Even if he had a mistake or two along the way, it’s hard to say he didn’t bring some excitement to a game that desperately needed it and shouldn’t remain in the slot for the foreseeable future as a result.<\/p>\n

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Vic Fangio\u00a0admits to some Eagles defensive growing pains<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Asked in his own media availability session about the youth on display weekly in the Eagles’ defense, Vic Fangio admitted that he has had to change things up a bit to adjust to the inexperience of his players but hopes that they can\u00a0find a happy medium that works for everyone.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYeah. The makeup of your squad always affects how you call it. That\u2019s not the only place where we have young players, either. Our two inside linebackers are young. [LB Zack] Baun is a veteran, but he never played inside linebacker until he got here. [LB] Nakobe [Dean] is a third-year player, but this is the first year he\u2019s playing. Nolan Smith, we\u2019ve talked about, really the first year he\u2019s playing, et cetera, et cetera. So yeah, the makeup of your team, you can\u2019t ignore it. You\u2019ve got to try and find the right fit that fits everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

On paper, it makes sense that Sirianni would be a little more optimistic than Fangio when he isn’t the one coaching up the players weekly. But then again, if even an old-school DC like Fangio is willing to make it work with the cards he’s dealt, maybe there’s still hope for the Eagles’ defense yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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