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In Roob's Eagles Observations: How red-zone defense saved the day in opener

In Roob's Eagles Observations: How red-zone defense saved the day in opener originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

A deeper look into what went right and what went wrong for the defense, a crazy Nick Sirianni stat a lot of Eagles fans won’t like and why not playing the starters in the preseason was absolutely the right thing to do.

Here's this week's batch of 10 Random Eagles Observations after the Eagles' seventh straight September win.

1. A lot of issues showed up on defense Friday – lack of pass rush, tackling, stopping the run – and the field condition could definitely have something to do with all of them.