Eagles-Lions prediction
1. How will the Eagles offense do?
Jeff McLane: Hello, wide nine, my old friend. The Eagles will once again encounter the old defensive scheme that former defensive line coach Jim Washburn brought to Philly in 2011. We all know remember how that ended. It wasn’t as much the scheme as it was the personnel that sunk that defense. The Eagles didn’t have the right pieces at middle linebacker and safety to fill the run gaps the wide nine left to those players. Washburn is just a helper assistant with the Lions, but the scheme is essentially the same.