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X-factors for every NFC team in the Wild Card round - SB Nation
Philadelphia Eagles: Safety Reed Blankenship. We tend to think of Vic Fangio as the master and ultimate dispenser of Quarters coverage, and there’s a lot to that from a historical perspective. The Eagles’ legendary defensive coordinator has half the league copy/pasting his Cover-4 stuff at any given time, but Philly’s outstanding defense has not led with Fangio’s allegedly primary construct. In fact, the Eagles have lined up in Cover-4 just 18% of the time this season, and they’ve been in Cover-1 (man coverage with a single-high safety) more often (22%), and they really lead with Cover-3 (zone coverage with a single-high safety), which they do 35% of the time.