Welp, it's time for our annual stats summary of the Philadelphia Eagles… and looking back at the 2012 season, it was not very pretty.
We ranked 29th in the league in points scored per game (17.5), 15th in total yards gained per game (354), 13th in passing yards per game (237) and 13th in rushing yards per game (117).
Compared to our opponents, here is how the rest of it breaks down offensively:
| Team Statistics | ||
| Eagles | Opponents | |
| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 332 | 317 |
| FIRST DOWNS (Rushing-passing-by penalty) | 111 – 190 – 31 | 108 – 178 – 31 |
| THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS | 83/222 | 83/203 |
| FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS | 14/24 | 2/10 |
| TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS | 5665 | 5491 |
| OFFENSE (Plays-Average Yards) | 1079 – 5.3 | 994 – 5.5 |
| TOTAL RUSHING YARDS | 1874 | 2021 |
| RUSHING (Plays-Average Yards) | 413 – 4.5 | 479 – 4.2 |
| TOTAL PASSING YARDS | 3791 | 3470 |
| PASSING (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 367 – 618 – 15 – 6.6 | 292 – 485 – 8 – 7.6 |
| SACKS | 30 | 48 |
| FIELD GOALS | 27/31 | 27/29 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 29 | 52 |
| (Rushing-Passing-Returns-Defensive) | 10 – 18 – 1 – 0 | 11 – 33 – 1 – 7 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 29:43 | 30:31 |
The stat that will now be revealed is most telling: we were -24 in turnovers against our opponents. Imagine that— our opponents had 24 more takeaways than we did!
I guess you could say it gets worse.
But in reality, the Eagles ranked middle of the pack defensively — 15th— in total yards allowed. Not all that bad considering we allowed fewer yards per game on average than Minnesota, Baltimore, New England and Washington—all of whom are headed to the playoffs.
The problem is we got burned for more points (444) than most teams. A lot of that is tied into our massive turnovers total, of course. But around the league, only the Titans and the Saints gave up more points. Jacksonville tied us with 444 points allowed, and that should be your major clue as to how bad our team performed in 2012.
We ended up allowing about 28 points per game to our opponents. That was among the worst defensive numbers in the league.
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Michael Vick | 351 | 204 | 2362 | 58.1 | 6.7 | 12 | 3.4 | 10 | 2.8 | 77 | 28 | 153 | 78.1 |
| Nick Foles | 265 | 161 | 1699 | 60.8 | 6.4 | 6 | 2.3 | 5 | 1.9 | 46 | 20 | 131 | 79.1 |
| Trent Edwards | 2 | 2 | 14 | 100.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| LeSean McCoy | 200 | 840 | 4.2 | 34 | 2 |
| Bryce Brown | 115 | 564 | 4.9 | 65 | 4 |
| Michael Vick | 62 | 332 | 5.4 | 20 | 1 |
| Dion Lewis | 13 | 69 | 5.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Nick Foles | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Stanley Havili | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 8 | 1 |
| Damaris Johnson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DeSean Jackson | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Jeremy Maclin | 69 | 857 | 12.4 | 70 | 7 |
| Brent Celek | 57 | 684 | 12.0 | 34 | 1 |
| LeSean McCoy | 54 | 373 | 6.9 | 36 | 3 |
| Jason Avant | 53 | 648 | 12.2 | 39 | 0 |
| DeSean Jackson | 45 | 700 | 15.6 | 77 | 2 |
| Clay Harbor | 25 | 186 | 7.4 | 19 | 2 |
| Riley Cooper | 23 | 248 | 10.8 | 23 | 3 |
| Damaris Johnson | 19 | 256 | 13.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Bryce Brown | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Stanley Havili | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Dion Lewis | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Field Goal Statistics | ||||||||||
| Player | 1-19 A | 1-19 M | 20-29 A | 20-29 M | 30-39 A | 30-39 M | 40-49 A | 40-49 M | 50+ A | 50+ M |
| Alex Henery | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Mat McBriar | 55 | 46.5 | 7 | 13 | 66 | 1 |
| Chas Henry | 16 | 48.5 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 71 | 46.3 | 7 | 15 | 66 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 77 | 43.7 | 8 | 22 | 66 | 1 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Damaris Johnson | 26 | 23 | 11.2 | 98 | 1 |
| Brandon Boykin | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DeSean Jackson | 1 | 0 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 30 | 26 | 10.3 | 98 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 40 | 15 | 13.6 | 78 | 1 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Brandon Boykin | 45 | 1037 | 23.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Bryce Brown | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Stanley Havili | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dion Lewis | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Riley Cooper | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Akeem Jordan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cedric Thornton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Polk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 60 | 1259 | 21.0 | 44 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 41 | 1012 | 24.7 | 53 | 0 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| DeMeco Ryans | 113 | 86 | 27 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Kurt Coleman | 93 | 70 | 23 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Nate Allen | 73 | 60 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mychal Kendricks | 75 | 58 | 17 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Nnamdi Asomugha | 55 | 47 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie | 51 | 43 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Akeem Jordan | 44 | 35 | 9 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Fletcher Cox | 39 | 32 | 7 | 5.5 | 1 |
| Brandon Graham | 38 | 30 | 8 | 5.5 | 2 |
| Colt Anderson | 33 | 30 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Brandon Boykin | 31 | 29 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Trent Cole | 40 | 24 | 16 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Cullen Jenkins | 26 | 22 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 |
| Cedric Thornton | 27 | 19 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Jamar Chaney | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Derek Landri | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Darryl Tapp | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 |
| David Sims | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Curtis Marsh | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Casey Matthews | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hughes | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Vinny Curry | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Phillip Hunt | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Stanley Havili | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brian Rolle | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mike Patterson | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Antonio Dixon | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jason Avant | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Riley Cooper | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jon Dorenbos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Bryce Brown | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Michael Vick | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ryan Rau | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Damaris Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Marvin McNutt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dallas Reynolds | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jake Scott | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Clay Harbor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dennis Kelly | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Nick Foles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| DeSean Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Alex Henery | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Demetress Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| King Dunlap | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Chris Polk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Todd Herremans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Emil Igwenagu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| LeSean McCoy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 995 | 805 | 190 | 30 | 13 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 1015 | 837 | 178 | 48 | 25 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Kurt Coleman | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Colt Anderson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DeMeco Ryans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nnamdi Asomugha | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 15 | 391 | 26.1 | 99 | 3 |
Depressing numbers, to say the least. If you just go by the numbers, the Eagles were overwhelmed in 2012. But the only number that counts right now is "zero", as in 0-0.
We start over. Fresh approach. New coaching staff. Big draft coming up. Everyone in the league will be 0-0.
Eagles 2013 schedule—
Home: Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, San Diego, Arizona, Dallas, New York Giants, Washington.
Away: Green Bay, Minnesota, Denver, Oakland, Tampa Bay, Dallas, New York Giants, Washington.
Haha! —Kansas City— Welcome back, Big Red!
It's getting weird.
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