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-arrownoyesBleeding Green Nation homepageHorizontal - WhiteBleeding Green Nationa Philadelphia Eagles communityFollow Bleeding Green Nation online:Follow Bleeding Green Nation on TwitterFollow Bleeding Green Nation on FacebookLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchBleeding Green Nation main menuFanpostsFanshotsEaglesOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Eagles StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Eagles NewsYahoo Eagles Team PageYahoo Eagles ReportYahoo Eagles Depth ChartYahoo Eagles TransactionsYahoo Eagles PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub ✕3 under the radar areas the Eagles can improveNew Womens Josh Sweat Jersey ,36commentsGet better every dayEDT“Get better everyday” is a mantra that coaches and players alike use in the summer. Improvements come in all shapes and sizes, and today we’ll look at three areas that the Eagles could improve on that may not be high profile but certainly would help them win games. Coincidentally, they cover the offense, defense, and special teams. Offense: Stop fumblingSheil Kapadia touched on this last week:Last season the top 32 running backs by carries fumbled on 0.7% of their touches, half the rate of the Eagles under Staley’s tenure.Unfortunately for Staley and the Eagles, there’s no one player skewing the results for everyone else. Five running backs have fumbled on at least 1% of touches under Staley: Jay Ajayi (1.1%), Corey Clement (2.1%), Ryan Mathews (2.0%), Wendell Smallwood (1.1%), and Darren Sproles (1.5%). There have been successes though Mike Wallace Jersey , as LeGarrette Blount was excellent at 0.5%, and LeSean McCoy’s 0.7% in his two seasons with Staley was solid.That may be one reason why they traded for Jordan Howard. Howard has just 5 fumbles on 850 touches, a 0.6% rate. However Miles Sanders fumbled on 3.2% of his touches in college. Staley has his work cut out for him.Defense: 1st downsFinding the first domino that fell is the key to fixing problems. Being good on first down isn’t the reason why defenses are good on third down, but it sure helps to avoid third and short if you’re not giving up yardage on first down. In 2017 the Eagles defense gave up just 4.33 yards per play on 1st and 10. On the ground they gave up just 3.5 yards per attempt, and in the air they were suffocating, averaging just 5.5 yards per pass attempt for a 77.1 passer rating. They made QBs play like Blaine Gabbert on first down. As a result, just 21% of third downs were of 3 or fewer yards, and they gave up a first down or touchdown on 1st or 2nd down on 3% of plays. 2018 was comparatively a disaster, averaging 6.68 yards on first and 10. There were no bright spots. They gave up 5.0 yards per carry. QBs averaged 8.5 yards per attempt and a 96.8 rating. The rate of short 3rd downs increased to 29%, and they gave up a first down or touchdown on 1st or 2nd down on 7% of plays. Special teams: PenaltiesGood or bad special teams gains or costs you “hidden yards.” It’s the same for penalties, so when you combine the two http://www.eagleslockerroom.com/authentic-haloti-ngata-jersey , it’s magnified.Eagles special teams struggled in 2018, and one reason was penalties. In 2017, Eagles special teams committed 0.79 penalties for 7.26 yards per game. In 2018 those rose to 0.94 penalties for 8.83 yards per game.Less than a penalty a game may not seem like much, but the Eagles ST penalty rate increased 15% and the yardage they gave up increased by even more. If that happened on offense or defense, it would be crippling.The Eagles were fortunate that none of the special teams penalties cost the Eagles a game in 2018. But they may not be so lucky in 2019 if they don’t improve. Foles, Bortles, Rosen, and Kyler Murray’s agent fights back..."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Eagles StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Eagles NewsYahoo Eagles Team PageYahoo Eagles ReportYahoo Eagles Depth ChartYahoo Eagles TransactionsYahoo Eagles PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub 鉁旴reaking NewsThe Eagles' 2019 draft class is finalized 脳BGN RadioDiscussing the NFL’s quarterback carouselNew,29commentsFoles, Bortles, Rosen Womens Nate Gerry Jersey , and Kyler Murray’s agent fights back...ESTShareTweetShareShareDiscussing the NFL’s quarterback carouselSteven Bisig-USA TODAY SportsAs the incomparable Mike Leach once told his locker room, “your current living situation is gonna change.” That quote also applies to some quarterbacks around the NFL.It applies to Nick Foles, who reportedly is expected to sign with the Jacksonville Jaguars. It applies to Blake Bortles, who is likely cut. If that happens the Jaguars not only be paying Foles but also will be incurring $16.5M in dead money from Bortles’ release. The Jaguars can designate him as a post-June 1st cut and spread that out over two seasons. Foles’ proposed market value (via Spotrac) is estimated at $19.2M. You don’t need to do that math to know that overall it’s a large sum to invest in what amounts to one starter.Overall that’s still a lot of money invested in the quarterback position.Arizona Cardinals’ quarterback Josh Rosen may see his living situation change too. The heavier the smoke gets, the better the odds that there’s serious fire to the rumors. Peter King of NBC Sports asked a “renowned GM” and Kurt Warner what Rosen would fetch in the trade market. The answer from both was a third round pick.My co-host on The QB Scho Show, Mark Schofield, has already written up Rosen for Pats Pulpit. Could the New England Patriots be interested in bringing Rosen into the fold as a possible long-term answer? What about the Washington Redskins? Rosen’s contract doesn’t eclipse the $5M cap hit mark until 2021. It makes sense that Redskins would take a swing on securing the positions’ future on the cheap. (Update: Oh man)The reason Rosen being on the outs in Arizona is linked to Kliff Kingsbury’s reported interest in drafting Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray with the first overall pick. That’s not the only interesting part about this story.Recently Murray’s agent Erik Burkhardt fired back at NFL Network analyst and former Houston Texans’ general manager Charley Casserly for the following:Burkhardt fired back while talking with Dan Patrick about the rumors that Murray bombed the interview process of NFL Combine. After defending his client, Burkhardt turn his attention to Casserly:We talk about that exchange and all the other aforementioned topics on The QB Scho Show #16! Listen to it on the media player below or click here if the player doesn’t load. New to podcasts? 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