For Eagles Coach Andy Reid, It’s Still a Pass-First Play-Calling World

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Published: May 27, 2009

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If anyone knows how it feels for LeBron James to be asked over and over again if he’s leaving Cleveland for Madison Square, it’s the Philadelphia Eagles head coach. Only unlike LeBron, Reid doesn’t enjoy the one relentless query that hounds him with the dogged persistence of a professional debt collector. In fact, he pretty much hates it.

 

So Andy, are you going to run the ball more this year?

 

Reid usually answers by arguing that the Eagles’ run-pass ratio gets blown out of proportion. He’ll insists that he doesn’t harbor some deep-seeded resentment of Woody Hayes’ old “three yards and a cloud of dust” offensive philosophy.

 

Eagle observers—and opponents—know better of course. The stats do not...

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