Now that the Philadelphia Eagles’ 2021 season is over, we’ll be taking a position-by-position look at which players will likely be back with the team in 2022, and which ones won’t. But first, let’s start with a few key coaching and front office positions, beginning with defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, since he has been interviewing for head coaching jobs with other teams around the league.
The Eagles’ defense in 2021 was fine against bad quarterbacks, but they barely made the good ones break a sweat. A visual:
| Opposing QB | QB rating vs. Eagles |
| Dak Prescott, Cowboys (Week 3) | 143.3 |
| Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs | 131.1 |
| Justin Herbert, Chargers | 123.2 |
| Tom Brady, Buccaneers (Playoffs) | 115.2 |
| Derek Carr, Raiders | 113.6 |
| Tom Brady, Buccaneers (Week 6) | 102.1 |
| Jimmy Garoppolo, 49ers | 100.6 |
| Daniel Jones, Giants | 94.0 |
| Jared Goff, Lions | 90.6 |
| Zach Wilson, Jets | 83.9 |
| Garrett Gilbert, WFT | 81.9 |
| Taylor Heinicke, WFT | 81.6 |
| Teddy Bridgewater, Broncos | 79.2 |
| Trevor Siemian, Saints | 74.4 |
| Matt Ryan, Falcons | 71.6 |
| Jake Fromm / Mike Glennon, Giants | 46.8 |
| Sam Darnold, Panthers | 44.5 |
*Week 18 practice squad game omitted.
The good/great quarterbacks performed better against the Eagles than the bad ones, which obviously isn’t surprising. However, the Eagles made life far too easy on the good quarterbacks, who picked apart the Eagles’ soft coverage defense with ease. The super basic way of putting it is that they took what Gannon’s defense gave them until the ball was in the end zone. It often looked like this:
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