Speed doesn't help if the opponent is pounding the ball down your throat.
Speedy pass rushers are of little value when the ball is pounded down their throats.
patsfans.com has a certain fascination with pass rushers. I bet BB and BOB are not looking at the Eagles as the game they throw 60 yard bomb after bomb.
I'd look at the drive tape of the KC game. Notice once the adjustments were made the offense rolled. That's why I don't fixate on a few plays during a limited portion of the game.
Perhaps someone can explain why they think the Patriots are NOT a matchup nightmare for the Eagles.
And what makes you so confident that we will be able to 'pound the ball down their throats?' I hope we do, but I haven't seen much of anything besides the first Jets game to prove that. Having a good day rushing vs the Chiefs doesn't prove too much to me. We have proved time and again, that our rushing game just does not usually get enough done, and we have to rely on the pass to successfully score points. I don't see this matchup being so one sided as you do.
The offense has not done a good job of beating any sort of man coverage, as we all saw for the past 5-6 weeks. With completions to the WR only a handful of times, you don't envision Philly doubling Welker again? Limiting the effectiveness of the WR's (again) and using their pressure in the front 4 and blitz package vs Brady has been quite a blueprint to slowing this offense down.
Again, I don't see anything that is so clearly one-sided in this regard. I don't see why Philly's pass defense and LB'ers are going to be so much worse than the last 4 or 5 teams that we've played?
As far as our matchups on defense, we are obviously going to try and limit the effectiveness of Philly's QB with containment to slow down his scrambling and rush success. That will be a test. So will the matchups of their speedy WR's, who could arguably be one of the season's toughest matchups.
Again, I don't see what is so one-sided in this regard, if anything, the favor goes to Philly and their WR's.
As far as their RB McCoy, he is a weapon in every sense. When the game is simulated 10,000 times in a row, Philly has a 59% chance of winning when McCoy runs for 75 yards. You don't see that happening? What is so "one-sided" about Philly's rushing game vs our depleted LB core? We just allowed Thomas Jones (a significant backup) a 6 yard per average on Monday night...and McCluster a 5 yard average.. Once again, I ask you what is so one-sided to Philly having "matchup nightmares" as you state?