You’ll often see or hear, at any point in any game, a fellow fan say, “we need a touchdown this drive” or “we can’t beat this team with field goals”. Yes, ideally you want to score every drive. Yes, ideally you would rather punch it in rather than settling for a field goal. Luckily for the Super Bowl Champion Eagles, settling for field goals in scoring position was not the standard operating procedure in 2017.
Including on running and passing plays, the Eagles executed 145 plays in the red zone. They ran 77 passes and 68 runs.