The Defense Rests

PK bolsters his case against the defense:

Here's the key difference between last year and this year's defenses: In '08 we had the 3rd best defense against the pass, giving up just 2,900 yards over the 16-game season.

Check out this year's defense: No 17 against the pass, giving up almost 3,500 yards for the season. 

That's saying something about the defense. Saying a lot.

 

A quick check shows that this year's defense against the pass was the worst ever against the pass of Eagles teams that made the playoffs in the Reid/Johnson era.

Season totals for yards passing allowed by the Eagles defense:

'00: 2,990

'01: 2,864

'02: 3,094

'03: 3,236

'04: 3,212

'06: 3,067

'08: 2,913

'09: 3,462