PHI doesn't play dime?

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Apparently Greg Cosell on NFL radio mentioned that PHI hasn't played a single down of dime defense this season and that we've got more empty backfield snaps than any other offense in the league.

Did anybody here happen to hear this by any chance? It's another interesting tidbit in what's going to be a really fun game to watch this weekend, if true. Even if it's only nearly true. Is this a Kelly thing? Or is it something unique to the Eagles squad this season somehow? Anybody follow Kelly at Oregon or the Eagles this season closely enough to know, one way or another?
 

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we don't play dime either. We stay nickel. At least that's been my observation .
 

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Have we not played at all? I know we don't do it much, because it's been discussed as an option for improving our coverage woes.

The more interesting matchup, though, is our empty-set against PHI. I was curious going in to see if we'd stick with that, and thought this week might be a return to more of the balanced running formations to try to sustain drives. If nothing else, though, it'd be fun to put some pressure on them now that we should be more confident in the ability of our OLs to pass protect without a lot of support.
 
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