It is 3rd and long. Long. 10 yards or more long. You have outstanding pass catchers and your QB is playing great this year. Your run game is struggling. What do you do?

If you’re the Philadelphia Eagles, you run the ball.

No team has handed off the ball to a running back on 3rd and 10+ more than the Eagles, who have done so seven times. Last season the Eagles handed the ball off on 3rd and 10+ seven times all season.

Counting stats can often be misleading, and with the third most 3rd and 10+ so far this season the Eagles have had plenty of opportunities to unintentionally pad the stat. But they hand the ball off on 3rd and 10+ 21.9% of the time, second only to the Colts at 30%. Last season they handed it off on just 11.3% of the time. This isn’t a case of it if it ain’t broke, don’t fix

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