Eagles’ Biggest Challenge in Week 6 Against Falcons: Stopping the Run

October 14, 2010   ·   Mike Burke   ·   Jump to comments

The Philadelphia Eagles are currently ranked 24th in the league against the run, and in case that doesn’t translate for you, that isn’t good. Not at all.
The good news is that the Eagles faced one of the elite running backs in the NFC last week, Frank Gore, and were able to hold him to 52 yards on 18 carries. Michael Crabtree and Vernon Davis were able to do whatever they wanted, but we’ll stay away from that and focus on the run game.
On Sunday, another elite running back in the NFC will come to town. Atlanta Falcons running back Michael Turner currently ranks sixth in the NFL with 421 yards on the ground and will look to get started early against the Eagles. Last week against the Browns, Turner ran for 140 yards on just 19 carries.
Despite having a good quarterback in Matt Ryan, who has weapons like Roddy White and Tony Gonzalez, the Falcons are going to look to get things going on the ground before anything else come Sunday. A successful run gam...

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