Eagles vs. Redskins The Tale of the Tape

Statistics are a vital aspect of any sport. They provide a unit of measure by which we can evaluate performance to make sense of the past as well as help predict what might happen in the future. Here is a breakdown of all the vital statistics, or what I like to refer to as "the tale of the tape" for Monday night's game between the Eagles and the Redskins.

 Offense

   Total Yards per Game: Philadelphia- 352   Rank-12th

                                    Washington- 294    Rank-23rd

    Passing Yards per Game: Philadelphia- 252  Rank-12th

                                          Washington- 195   Rank-20th

    Rushing Yards per Game: Philadelphia-100  Rank-20th

                                           Washington- 99   Rank-23rd

    Points per Game: Philadelphia- 27   Rank-9th

                               Washington- 13   Rank-29th

Defense

    Total Yards Allowed per Game: Philadelphia- 283  Rank-4th

                                                  Washington- 287  Rank-5th

     Passing Yards Allowed per Game: Philadelphia- 179  Rank-5th

                                                        Washington- 169  Rank-3rd

     Rushing Yards Allowed per Game: Philadelphia- 104  Rank-15th

                                                        Washington- 118  Rank- 22nd

     Total Points Allowed per Game: Philadelphia- 20  Rank-11th

                                                    Washington- 16  Rank-8th

After reviewing these numbers you can see that while the Eagles are fairly balanced between their offense and defensive in terms of overall rank, the Redskins defense is the unquestionable strength of this team. If you want to attack their strength it should also be noted that there is quite a disparity between Washington's pass defense and their run defense in terms of yards allowed per game as was the case last week with the Raiders.

While I am certainly not sitting in on the game plan strategy meetings this week, I would think that somebody on the offensive coaching staff might suggest that they should should try and run the ball more than 14 times this Monday night. Only time will tell if this actually happens, but you know what they say, "numbers don't lie."