NFC East Rushing Defenses Rankings

[JohnsKey19]

Wow, I would have thought the Eagles would be higher. It always seemed we had issues running against them.

We did. Their run D always gave us problems.

NYG should be improved in this area with the addition of Harrison to pair with Hankins. Also they will have a "healthy" JPP this year who for whatever reason does relatively well vs Tyron.

 

[The Quest for Six]

The road to the playoffs always begin with winning the NFC East first. After drafting Zeke, it's clear that we will go back to punching teams in the mouth this year, just like 2014, by running the ball.

I got to thinking, what does the NFC East look like stopping the run? Here's what I found out:

NFC East Team - Rank - Rushing Yards Allowed

'boys - 22nd - 1,934 yards
Giants - 24th - 1,942 yards
Skins - 26th - 1,962 yards
Eagles - 32nd - 2,153 yards

LINK: http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/aggregates...t=900&statgroup=rushing&category=rushingYards

That being said, I fully expect us to rush our way to the NFC East crown, and beyond.

Defense wins championships..

 

[mcmvp]

Wow, I would have thought the Eagles would be higher. It always seemed we had issues running against them.

They will be higher 'statistically'. Those overall yardage numbers say nothing of the overall story. They actually have a very stout front 7.

Eagles were on the field for 1,148 defensive snaps because of Kelly's offensive temp...more than any other defense. Cowboys were on the field for 998 snaps. Both defenses allowed an average of 5.6 yards per play

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Defense wins championships..

Especially pass defense.

 

[jazzcat22]

They will be higher 'statistically'. Those overall yardage numbers say nothing of the overall story. They actually have a very stout front 7.

Eagles were on the field for 1,148 defensive snaps because of Kelly's offensive temp...more than any other defense. Cowboys were on the field for 998 snaps. Both defenses allowed an average of 5.6 yards per play

Yes, Chip's style did not allow Eagles d to really have a chance to be even average. not that I think they would have been even a top 15, but the stats would have been better.
And if things go in 2016 as they did in 2014, the Dallas defense will have around 12 plays less per game.

 

[RandyOh]

What out for the Giants. They add some very solid pieces on the defensive line. Don't really know much about their linebacker group which was trash last year. Still expect Zeke to have a good game against them but they may be the toughest we face in the division defending the run.

 

[DandyDon52]

Ok here are pass and run defense standings
** I was surprised dallas was # 5 lol so not as bad as some think, but just bad at key points in game lol.
I ranked the pass by yds per game not total yards
rush was I think by total yds.
With this you can predict what JG will attack in first 4-5 games
Like with cinn, 7 rush, 20 in pass, so they will try to win passing
The bears 4 in pass, 22 rush so they will plan on running to win.
It will vary though with players added , like the giants were 32 in pass def,
but they added some players on defense, but the east teams were bad in both
areas ,so it could be either way or just balanced attack.


pass defense

Dallas ................5/227

Week 1:Vs Giants.......32/299
Week 2 :At Commanders....25/258
Week 3 :Vs Bears.......4/225
Week 4:At 49ers........27/261
Week 5 Vs Bengals......20/249
Week 6 At Packers......6/228
Bye
game 7 Vs Eagles.......28/267
game 8 At Browns.......22/251
game 9 At Steelers.....30/272
game 10 Vs Ravens......10/234
game 11 Vs Commanders....25
game 12 At Vikings.....11/235
game 13 At Giants......32
game 14 Vs Buccaneers..16/240
game 15 Vs Lions.......14/237
game 16 At Eagles......28


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2016 schedule rush defense

Week 1:Vs Giants........22/1942/4.4/121.4
Week 2 :At Commanders.....26/1962/4.8/122.6
Week 3 :Vs Bears........22/1934/4.5/120.9
Week 4:At 49ers.........29/2020/4.0/126.3
Week 5 Vs Bengals.......7/1477/4.3/92.3
Week 6 At Packers.......21/1905/4.5/119.1
Bye
game 7 Vs Eagles
game 8 At Browns........30/2055/4.5/128.4
game 9 At Steelers......5/1459/3.8/91.2
game 10 Vs Ravens........12/1661/4.0/103.8
game 11 Vs Commanders
game 12 At Vikings......17/1748/4.3/109.3
game 13 At Giants
game 14 Vs Buccaneers...11/1606/3.4/100.4
game 15 Vs Lions........19/1820/4.0/119.1
game 16 At Eagles.......32/2153/4.5/134.6

Dallas..................23/1934/4.5/120.9

 

[percyhoward]

League leader in team rushing yards over the last 10 seasons (playoff wins)

2015 Bills (0)
2014 Seahawks (2)
2013 Eagles (0)
2012 Commanders (0)
2011 Broncos (1)
2010 Chiefs (0)
2009 Jets (2)
2008 Giants (0)
2007 Vikings (0)
2006 Falcons (0)

 

[KJJ]

Especially pass defense.

There's defenses that have given up over 500 yards passing and won games Denver beat us a few years ago with Romo passing for over 500 yards. You don't see many teams win games that give up over 200 yards rushing because that's usually a sign that the opponent was able to enforce their will on you. Warren Moon has the second most passing yards in a game of 527 yards and his KC team got blown out by 17 points.

No question you have to be able to stop the pass in the NFL but if you can't stop the run your defense is going to be on the field all day and your offense won't get many opportunities with the ball. Usually the first thing teams want to do is stop the opponents running game. Back in the day the Cowboys rarely lost when Dorsett rushed for 100 yards.

 

[Ken]

gurley blows elliott out the water in terms of speed and explosiviness.

Well...blows away is a bit much. I am willing to concede he is faster.

I found Hurley's high school 100m time of 10.7, which is amazing. Zeke's was 10.9.

Now, this doesn't mean they are the same speed as they were in high school because they both have put on considerable mass.

To say Zeke isn't explosive when he was the Missouri state champion in the 100m is ignorant.

 

[percyhoward]

There's defenses that have given up over 500 yards passing and won games.

Of course. When teams are behind, they pass the ball to try to catch up.

That's why passing yardage stats are practically meaningless, and why the NFL invented passer rating -- to measure efficiency. The teams with the most efficient pass offense and/or pass defense win a lot more games than the teams who either accumulate the most yards or give up the fewest yards.

 

[KJJ]

Of course. When teams are behind, they pass the ball to try to catch up.

That's why passing yardage stats are practically meaningless, and why the NFL invented passer rating -- to measure efficiency. The teams with the most efficient pass offense and/or pass defense win a lot more games than the teams who either accumulate the most yards or give up the fewest yards.

You can win a lot of games running the ball efficiently. When the Cowboys played Denver in 2013 Romo passed for 506 yards completing almost 70% of his passes and had a passer rating of 140.0 but the Cowboys only averaged 3.6 per rush while Denver averaged 4.9. The Broncos had 31 rushing attempts in that game compared to only 14 rushing attempts for the Cowboys which put the game entirely on Romo's shoulders. Obviously it's a passing league but passing the ball a lot and not having an efficient running game to compliment it puts it on your QB to have to win games which many times leads to the big mistake as we saw with Romo vs the Broncos. The years Brady and Manning set the single season TD pass record they both lost the SB.

When Seattle beat Denver in the SB 2 years ago they rushed the ball 29 times for 135 yards averaging 4.7 per rush while Denver only rushed the ball 14 times for 27 yards averaging only 1.9 per rush. Obviously Denver got behind but any team that lives with the pass usually dies by the pass. Marino set all kinds of passing records in 1984 but his Dolphins got blown out in the SB. SF had 40 rushing attempts for over 200 yards while Miami only had 9 rushing attempts for 25 yards. SF was able to control the ball for over 37 minutes compared to just over 22 minutes for Miami. An efficient running game helps make the passing game more efficient. Teams that lean heavily on the pass every week and ignore the running game don't win championships.

 

[percyhoward]

An efficient running game helps make the passing game more efficient.

It does, if you've got a good passing game to start with. If not, you get what happened to the Bucs and Cowboys in 2015 -- and what would have happened to the Rams and Vikings if their defenses hadn't been good enough -- double-digit losses. If we stay healthy, the offense will be more than good enough. But unless we get really lucky with the schedule, I'm afraid the defense will struggle.

 

[DTown214]

And our pass defense was ranked like 6th in the league last year (idk how but lol) so we officially have the best defense in the division plus the best offense in the league. Gonna be a fun year guys.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

We did. Their run D always gave us problems.

NYG should be improved in this area with the addition of Harrison to pair with Hankins. Also they will have a "healthy" JPP this year who for whatever reason does relatively well vs Tyron.

A healthy JPP? Did his fingers grow back

 

[muck4doo]

gurley blows elliott out the water in terms of speed and explosiviness.

Your troll-** is weak. You've barely been here, and are an obvious troll. You need to question yourself:

 

[muck4doo]

Well...blows away is a bit much. I am willing to concede he is faster.

I found Hurley's high school 100m time of 10.7, which is amazing. Zeke's was 10.9.

Now, this doesn't mean they are the same speed as they were in high school because they both have put on considerable mass.

To say Zeke isn't explosive when he was the Missouri state champion in the 100m is ignorant.

He is either an Iggles, Gnats, Cheetahs, or Potatos fan. He's a troll with a brand spanking new account to be proud of.

 

[Scandri100]

Gurley looks like lightning in a bottle when you watch his highlights,he clearly he deserved to be a top 10 pick compared to Elliott who was picked 4th overall and looks like a solid 2nd rounder.

 

[Scandri100]

The only 4 players who actually looked like 1st rounders in this draft were:


1.Jared Goff
2.Laremy Tunsil
3.Joey Bosa (could of easily been 1st ovr)
4.Vernon Hargreaves


The rest of the 1st round looked bad so I don't really blame Jerry for taking Elliott who I think could turn into a star.

 

[TwoDeep3]

Defense wins championships..

When was the last time you saw a defense keep the opposing offense from scoring in a game?

Defense wins championships isn't accurate.