Tableau: Eagles Defense

The Eagles' defense has drastically improved in its first three games of 2016
The Eagles’ defense has drastically improved in its first three games of 2016

The Philadelphia Eagles have had a remarkable turnaround in their first three games of 2016. I had a feeling why, but I wanted to investigate. One of the biggest knocks on Chip Kelly as a coach and his offensive scheme was that it forced the defense to stay on the field for too long. 2015 obviously saw the departure of Kelly. I wanted to use a baseline stat like yards allowed to illustrate the discrepancy that already exists with the implementation of Doug Pederson as head coach and in control of the offense and Jim Schwartz in charge of the defense. The Eagles now have a more pro-style offense, and the benefits have been reaped immediately. The personnel is largely the same, and that same personnel is allowing almost half the yards through three games this season compared to what it did in the last three games of last season.