In the second quarter of Sunday’s game against Washington, the Eagles tried to run the ball against the most favorable pre-snap look they’ve gotten all year:
The defense is showing two safeties, each almost 15 yards downfield. Only five defenders are in the box facing five blockers. Both slot defenders are shading inside, but no one is close enough to plug that gap off the right shoulder of center Jason Kelce.
For reasons I don’t understand, the Eagles don’t fire straight off the ball here, sticking double teams on the defensive tackles, since there’s no one at the second level they could come off and block anyway.