Broncos Talking Points: Teddy Bridgewater should be allowed to dissect Eagles’ pass defense

Over .500 done 9 games for the archetypal clip successful 5 years, the Broncos (5-4) volition look to station their 2nd three-game winning streak of the play erstwhile they big Philadelphia connected Sunday (2:25 p.m.). The Eagles (3-6) are winless astatine home, but 3-2 connected the road. Here are 3 talking points for Week 10:

1. Creating an identity

The Eagles, nether first-year coach/first-time play-caller Nick Sirianni, spent the archetypal 7 games spinning their wheels offensively, failing to people 22 points 5 times (four losses). But successful the past 2 weeks, the Eagles person committed to moving the shot and taking unit disconnected second-year backmost Jalen Hurts. Philadelphia rushed 46 times for 236 yards successful a 44-6 triumph astatine Detroit and 39 times for 176 yards successful Sunday’s 27-24 nonaccomplishment to the Los Angeles Chargers. Hurts’ 494 rushing yards leads the squad and is 13th successful the NFL. Starting moving backmost Miles Sanders (ankle) is connected injured reserve, but Jordan Howard and Boston Scott person combined for 228 yards successful the past 2 games.

2. Teddy’s clip to throw

Philadelphia’s defence has allowed 5 quarterbacks this twelvemonth to implicit astatine slightest 80% of their attempts: Dallas’ Dak Prescott (80.8%), Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes (80%), Tampa Bay’s Tom Brady (81%), Las Vegas’ Derek Carr (91.2%) and the Chargers’ Justin Herbert (84%). Herbert was 32-of-38 passing for 356 yards and 2 touchdowns connected Sunday. First-year antiaircraft coordinator Jonathan Gannon is not large connected blitzing, which should let Broncos backmost Teddy Bridgewater (70.2% this year; Philadelphia’s opponents are astatine 75.5%) to propulsion abbreviated to receiver Jerry Jeudy and choky extremity Albert Okwuegbunam and agelong to receivers Courtland Sutton and Tim Patrick.

3. Pressuring mobile quarterback

There are 2 directions to spell erstwhile facing a mobile quarterback: Rush 4 and usage a defender to spy oregon nonstop other rushers to unit throws nether pressure. Broncos manager Vic Fangio took the second attack successful Week 4 against Baltimore, rushing 5 oregon much players connected 26 of Lamar Jackson’s 43 drop-backs (60.5%; the highest complaint of his tenure). Jackson rushed lone 7 times for 28 yards, but threw for 316 yards. So what’s the program for Hurts erstwhile helium drops back? At this signifier of his career, helium whitethorn beryllium much consenting to permission the pouch to summation yards, but Fangio indispensable besides relationship for his cornerback wounded concern and the spot helium has successful Ronald Darby, Kyle Fuller and apt Nate Hairston to play antheral coverage.