By the Numbers: Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles have been playing football since 1933, including one as the Phi/Pit Eagles/Steelers in 1941, and in those 91 seasons they have played in four championship games, winning three – 1948, 1949 and 1960, and then another four Super Bowls (XV, XXXIX, LII and LVII) winning their only SB crown 41-33 over New England in 2017. The Eagles are now 623-632-27 in the regular season and 25-25 in the playoffs, while currently amid one of the best runs in franchise history. Here is a look at the Eagles by the numbers before Sunday night’s game against Dallas at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
14.4 – Philadelphia wide receiver A.J. Brown is just about unstoppable. The Eagles top wideout has caught 81 passes for 1,164 yards for a 14.4 yards per catch average. That is more than a first down, which he has earned 53 for his team, every time he catches the football. If Brown, who is averaging 97 yards receiving per game, continues his current pace he will set the Eagles franchise record for receiving yards in a season with 1,649. He currently holds the Eagles record with 1,496 yards receiving, set in 2022. This season, when looking over all the wide receivers with at least 100 targets this season, Brown is ranked second with an offensive grade by Pro Football Focus of 90.7, tied with the Cowboys CeeDee Lamb and behind only Miami’s Tyreek Hill (93.9). He’s also tied with Carolina’s Adam Thielen and Detroit’s Amon-Ra St. Brown for the lead in the NFL with just two passes dropped that were thrown on target.
65.3 – It doesn’t seem like much, but that is exactly what running back D’Andre Swift is averaging per game in his first season with the Eagles. Swift has 783 yards rushing, good enough for fourth in the NFL behind only San Francisco’s Christian McCaffrey (1,032 yards), Tennessee’s Derrick Henry (841 yards) and Miami’s Raheem Mostert (828 yards), on 167 carries. If Swift keeps up this pace, he will finish the season with 1,109 yards rushing and that would be good enough to push himself into the franchise’s top 15 for yards rushing in a single season – in front of LeSean McCoy’s 1,080-yard season in 2010 and just behind Ricky Waters’ 1,110-yard season in 1997. It is already the best season of his four-year career, with his previous high was a 617-yard season in 2021 for the Lions.
140.5 – When Brandon Graham and Fletcher Cox are on the field, opposing quarterbacks should be worried. The duo has combined for just over 140 sacks during their time together in Philadelphia. Graham, who has been with the Eagles since 2010, has 73 sacks which is good enough for fourth all-time among the Eagles’ sack leaders, while Cox, who has been there since 2012, has 67.5, which is fifth on the same list. The two trail Eagles great Reggie White, who finished his Philadelphia career with 124 sacks in eight seasons. They are also behind Trent Cole (85.5 sacks, 2005-14) and Clyde Simmons (76 sacks, 1986-93). Against the Cowboys, the duo has recorded 17 sacks – Graham has 11, while Cox has the other six sacks.
171 – Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts has been under pressure this season. Of his 472 passing plays in 2023, Hurts has been under pressure on 171 of those pass plays that began in the pocket. And according to Pro Football Focus, he is responsible for getting himself into just over 25-percent of those pressures, which is the worst in the NFL by a quarterback this season. Hurts has been sacked 32 times, fifth most in the league behind only Washington’s Sam Howell (58), Carolina’s Bryce Young (44), the New York Jets’ Zach Wilson (38) and Denver’s Russell Wilson (36), while also being pressured a total of 195 snaps. He has thrown 29 passes away, been hit five times as he threw the ball and had four passes batted down. All of this while having a 3.23-second window to throw the ball, the second most time of any quarterback in the league with at least 220 passing attempts, in front of only Chicago’s Justin Fields (3.31).
2,946 – In his 46 games with the Eagles, wide receiver DeVonta Smith is close to going over the 3,000-yard mark. His 2,946 career receiving yards in now his fourth season, is good enough for 23rd on the Eagles all-time receiving yards list. He is just 400 yards behind Timmy Brown (3,346 yards, 1960-67) who sits 20th on the list currently. Smith, who has averaged 64 yards per game in his career, would need another 95 games at his current production to pass Harold Carmichael (8,978 yards, 1971-83) for the top spot on the list. That would be sometime in the 2028 season if Smith stays healthy. His 18 career touchdowns, barely cracks the top 30 on the franchise list of touchdown receptions by a single player in their career. Carmichael tops that list with 79.
10,901 – In just four seasons and 57 games, Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts has almost reached 11,000 yards passing, which is good enough for sixth on the franchise’s all-time passing yards leaders. He just passed Tommy Thompson, who had 10,240 yards passing from 1941 to 1950. Hurts has a ways to go to reach Donovan McNabb (32,873 yards, 1999-2009) at the top of the list, much less a spot inside the top 5, currently occupied by Ron Jaworski (26,963 yards, 1977-86), Randall Cunningham (22,877 yards, 1985-95), Carson Wentz (16,811 yards, 2016-20) and Norm Snead (15,672 yards, 1964-70). Hurts has completed 916 of 1,443 passes, with 63 touchdowns and 29 interceptions in his career, while leading the Eagles to a 33-13 regular season record in games he has started.