Seventeen games are just great. Fantastic. The more Eagles football, the better. Bring on the road game and the New York Jets in 2021! And, for this moment, let's consider what it means to play a 17th game as it pertains to the franchise record book. The NFL moved to 16 games from 14 games way back in 1978, and when you look through the Eagles' record book, well, there just isn't much from the 14-game era.
How much, then, will a 17th game alter the team's single-season records? In the course of time, significantly is the answer. Here is a look at some of the single-season records and how "threatened" they are with the added game …
PASSING RECORDS
Carson Wentz holds the team's single-season mark with 4,039 yards, a number that has been routinely topped in the modern era – 12 quarterbacks passed for more yards in 2020. This one is in definite jeopardy, as is Wentz's franchise mark of 33 touchdown passes and 388 completions in a single season. Interestingly, Wentz broke the previous touchdown record of 32, set by Sonny Jurgensen in 1961. This is a pass-happy league. Single-season marks will fall quickly. Safe for the near future, at least, are Donovan McNabb's career marks of 32,873 yards and 216 passing touchdowns. The best quarterback in Eagles history? It's hard not to say McNabb, whose jersey No. 5 hangs in the rafters at Lincoln Financial Field.
RUSHING RECORDS
This is another category very much subject to change.
LeSean McCoy holds the team's single-season record of 1,607 ground yards, so a running back needs to average 94.6 yards per game to pass that total. What number could be safe is McCoy's rushing touchdown total of 17, set in 2011. Scoring a touchdown a game? Only 23 times have backs scored more than 17 touchdowns in a season in the history of the NFL, led by LaDainian Tomlinson's 28, set in 2006. Given the length of the season and the way teams use running backs these days – the committee approach is preferred, clearly – McCoy's franchise records may stand the test of time.
Steve Van Buren, by the way, scored a rushing touchdown in eight straight games in 1947, a mark that continues to lead the franchise and that one is going to be difficult to top, as it has been 73 years later. Van Buren was remarkable, by the way. Way before our time, yes, but he's an all-time NFL great. He scored 18 touchdowns in only 10 games in the 1945 campaign. McCoy, who scored a touchdown in nine straight games in that magical 2011 season, also holds the Eagles mark with 20 total touchdowns scored that season. McCoy's 2,146 yards from scrimmage – 134.1 yards per game – could hold for some time, again because of the durability question and the way skill-position players might be used moving forward. Is every player going to suit up for 17 games, or will coaches opt to rest some players from time to time to keep them fresh for later in the season?
"will" - Google News
March 31, 2021 at 06:44AM
https://ift.tt/3sEWNb9
news With a 17th game, what Eagles records will be broken? - PhiladelphiaEagles.com
"will" - Google News
https://ift.tt/2xyU8J2
https://ift.tt/2zfWs7Z
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "news With a 17th game, what Eagles records will be broken? - PhiladelphiaEagles.com"
Post a Comment