Beyond Jim Schwartz’s own natural inclination to present himself as the boldest, brashest coach in the building, there are good reasons for him to be strutting around the NovaCare Center these days.
Through two games, the Eagles are 1-1 — a record that, if anything, exceeded expectations for a team that began its season with two difficult road games — and Schwartz’s defense has been their greatest strength. It has forced four turnovers. It has collected eight sacks. Already without its best cornerback, Ronald Darby, the defense lost two more defensive backs, Rodney McLeod and Jaylen Watkins, to injury Sunday, and still it kept the Eagles close against the Kansas City Chiefs.