The Eagles finished among the top 10 in the NFL for third-down conversions this season, a great improvement over the year before, when they were well into the bottom half of the class. That was one big reason the offense was able to sustain drives and ring up more than 26 points per game.
All season long, the coaches never talked much about the third-down production except to compliment it and move on. If it was that remarkable, and not just one byproduct of an offense that was chugging right long, you’d think someone would have remarked on it more.