The Eagles have become accustomed to elite defensive results lately. In the Doug Pederson years, Jim Schwartz - now crafting one of the best defenses in the league with the Browns - built a fierce unit that made it very hard for opposing offenses to score. Schwartz was followed by Jonathan Gannon, a longtime Mike Zimmer disciple whose defense played well enough (sans Super Bowl) to earn him a head coaching gig with the Cardinals.
Now there’s a new face running the defense in Philadelphia. Sean Desai came over from Seattle, where he spent one year as the assistant head coach of defense.