Eagles RT Johnson calls for 'less predictable' attack

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Philadelphia Eagles close tackle Lane Johnson said that 1 of the keys to improving the discourtesy pursuing a 34-17 nonaccomplishment to the New York Giants was to beryllium "less predictable."

Johnson was focused chiefly connected the crushed attack. Philadelphia entered the crippled ranked 26th successful rushing with 95.3 yards per crippled aft finishing 2nd successful that class successful 2024 with 179.3. Reigning Offensive Player of the Year Saquon Barkley had 58 yards connected 12 carries against his erstwhile team. It was the 5th clip successful six games that helium has been held to 60 yards oregon little connected the ground.

"It seems a batch harder than it needs to be," Johnson said. "Maybe moving forward, conscionable person a small spot much variety, hitting the perimeter some."

They person to look for keys that could beryllium giving distant what they're doing to the defense, Johnson said, and "need to beryllium capable to support defenses guessing."

He added that this is not a "finger-pointing show" and specifically that the digit is not being pointed astatine caller violative coordinator Kevin Patullo.

"I'm with Kevin until the end. A batch of it comes down to execution," helium said. "We'll spell backmost and look astatine this portion and spot what we've got to fix, but moving forward, possibly much efficient, little predictable and capitalize connected large plays and explosives."

Barkley had a antithetic viewpoint, noting that determination was a level of predictability to past year's discourtesy arsenic good successful that opposing teams knew they were going to tally the ball, and the Eagles inactive recovered a precocious level of success.

"I deliberation we besides person to get backmost into that attitude, that mindset, not truly giving a f--- what radical are trying to do," Barkley said. "That's thing that I'm looking for."

The Eagles dropped to 4-2 connected the season. They person been outgained successful each of their archetypal six games -- the archetypal defending Super Bowl champs to bash so. They besides necktie the longest streak of being outgained by immoderate defending champ astatine immoderate constituent successful a season.

This is their archetypal clip suffering back-to-back losses since the 2023 season. They person a abbreviated interruption earlier trying to get backmost connected way astatine the Minnesota Vikings adjacent week.

"You play the crippled to win," said backmost Jalen Hurts, who threw a captious interception successful the 4th fourth Thursday, his archetypal prime of the season. "Obviously, we're competitory successful that successful trying to fig it out. We've got immoderate enactment to do."