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The Eagles blitzed early and often during their second exhibition game against the Bills last week, it actually could be a sign of what’s to come.，Authentic Dawuane Smoot Jersey, and unlike much of what we see in preseason

No NFL defense used a standard four-man pass rush with greater frequency than the Eagles in 2016 at 79.3 percent of the time, according to Football Outsiders Almanac. (Conversely, who prefers to generate pressure from the front four without drawing on help from linebackers and defensive backs.,,Authentic Leonard Fournette Jersey, the team that rushed four the fewest was the Jets at 49.2 percent.) This has long been the philosophy of defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz

the defense may have the freedom to send additional pressure.,Schwartz also may have been more hesitant to blitz than usual last season out of fear a weak secondary would not be able to hold up in coverage. Now that the Eagles acquired cornerback Ronald Darby in a trade'womens Dede Westbrook Jersey,

“A lot of times, the less guys that you can use to blitz, your blitz really depends on how well your corners are going, so they certainly both go hand in hand.”,” Schwartz said Monday after practice (see 10 observations). “The more help you're getting in the corners, obviously

The Bills game almost certainly does not represent a fundamental shift in Schwartz’s strategy. The Eagles are not expected to go from blitzing the least in the league to sending extra rushers on every other play.

It’s only preseason — a time when coaches are evaluating everything.'womens Leonard Fournette Jersey，

we used more of our scheme,“We didn't scheme up,” Schwartz said. “Everything that we ran in that game, but there were some different things we were looking at.”,Authentic Tarell Basham Jersey, we had run 50 times in training camp. It was all sort of base stuff

right? Maybe,Authentic Marlon Mack Jersey,So nothing to see here,womens Zach Banner Jersey, but if nothing elsewhen the Eagles rigidly sent four rushers down after down., this goes to show Schwartz is working from a larger playbook than it might have seemed in '16

Having a potential shutdown cornerback in Darby，Authentic Cam Robinson Jersey，, or at least a competent tandem along with Jalen Mills, considering his arrival was less than two weeks ago., could provide the Eagles' defense with the flexibility it sorely lacked last season. It may merely be a matter of getting Darby up to speed in the system

“He's pretty close, but everything is installed.,”Authentic Dede Westbrook Jersey Schwartz said. “There are some situations that don't come up very often where he's still maybe a step slow when a safety makes a call

and we're still a work in progress there.”,“He has it. It's just a matter of repping it enough times that he feels comfortable with it

Darby impressed in his Eagles debut last Thursday, womens Cam Robinson Jersey，recording one interception and letting another go through his fingertips (see story). However, so it’s not necessarily a given he’ll continue producing at a high level., the third-year defensive back is coming off of a down season in Buffalo

In order for Schwartz to feel comfortable with getting creative, but that he’s also able to work in concert with the rest of the secondary., Darby must continue to demonstrate not only his individual ability

” Schwartz said.womens Dawuane Smoot Jersey， “The safety is making calls,“There is something with a corner and safety communication, there’s a lot of moving parts — motion can change a technique the corner makes, and sort of being one step ahead — so it certainly would help a corner to have that.”, and anticipating that motion

Since his arrival,womens Tarell Basham Jersey，Darby has already changed the complexion of the defense and catching balls from the JUGS machine in the hopes of converting more pass breakups into picks., putting another playmaker in the secondary. The Eagles are making some tweaks to his technique — he’s working with legendary safety Brian Dawkins,womens Marlon Mack Jersey,

he may even allow the Eagles' defense to get after the quarterback a bit more.，Authentic Zach Banner Jersey，
And if Darby turns out to be everything the Eagles hope