The Philadelphia Eagles entered the offseason looking to get younger and faster on both sides of the ball. That mission has been accomplished with noted acquisitions like Darius Slay, Javon Hargrave, Will Parks, Jalen Reagor, K’Von Wallace, and several others.
Eagles brass entered the offseason with an agenda on offense and Doug Pederson’s deliberate approach with retooling the coaching staff now makes sense after seeing his comments in a recent Inquirer article detailing how the Birds are looking to become the 49ers of the east in some sense.
Last season the Eagles ranked 16th in passing yards, 11th in rushing yards and 12th in total touchdowns scored. Those are playoff worthy numbers, but it speaks to the Eagles too often needing luck or a big play to bounce their way down the stretch.
Pederson addressed his evaluation process and the schematic changes we can look forward to in Philadelphia this coming season.
“I think what we’ve done as a staff in the offseason with our scheme evaluation, making things better, the staff hires that I’ve done to bring in new thoughts and new ideas and ways to enhance our offense, I think (the offense) is going to look a little bit different,” Pederson recently said, via the Inquirer.
Rich Scangarello appears to be the central figure in the retooling of the coaching staff and although Pederson calls his own plays and Press Taylor was elevated to the passing game coordinator, it’ll be the 49ers, former assistant coach making all the waves.
Scangarello has worked with Shanahan and has a history with Sean McVay, so Doug Pederson appears to be banking on the offensive consultant providing the Eagles with different looks, formations, and schematic advantages that Carson Wentz can take advantage of.
Shanahan’s offenses preach space, efficient use of the open field, with zone-blocking concepts in the running game, and devastating play-action passing.
Scangarello we’ll most certainly incorporate some of Shanahan’s offensive concepts that allowed San Francisco to finish the 2019 season in the Super Bowl after they finished second in scoring, fourth in total yards, second in rushing and fifth in third-down efficiency.
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