As Sheil and Derek pointed out very well, Jim Haslett's plan against this Eagles offense was very clear early on in this game. They were going to stack the box and make Foles beat them. So what did Chip and Nick do? They obliged.

A few weeks ago, I did a write-up for Bleeding Green Nation on How Do You Stop Chip Kelly's Offense? In that article, I pointed to how Chip Kelly manipulates the box by stretching the defense horizontally with bubble screens to force teams to pick their poison. You add in the big plays, the screen game, and even Nick Foles' legs, and it turns out this offense has been pretty tough to stop the last 3 weeks.

Check out how they lined up early in the game. That's 8 in the box with one safety only 10 yards off the ball. That means single coverage on the outside for Cooper and Jackson.

Post-snap, you see Merriweather going to top to help on Jackson. So you are going to leave Riley Cooper one-one-one at the bottom of the screen? Have you watched this team the last few weeks? Not surprisingly Foles like that match-up:

And throws a perfect ball. Unfortunately, the Skins DB got away with a PI that wasn't called and fell down. Riley lost the ball in the sun and it fell harmlessly for an incompletion. For all of the "luck" Foles has had this past week, this should have been a TD. Haslett dodged a major bullet there:

Just to show that Chip and Nick weren't kidding, when we get single coverage again based on a 7 man box:

Foles doesn't hesitate. This time there's a little bit of back and forth down the sidelines, probably a good no-call. I do like however that Nick put it in a good spot along the sideline and well away from the safety. Incomplete pass, but just a reminder to Haslett that we are going to throw that all day if we keep getting that coverage. For now, Haslett's plan to trust Brian Solmon, has seemed to work.

But then there is this. Eagles backed up in their own territory. 7-man box, one deep safety. Single coverage on the top of the screen for Cooper:

Thank you very much. 20+ yards and a first down.

How about now? 7 man box, one deep safety:

Jackson underneath, 20+ yards, 1st down:

A little later, deep in Redskins territory. 7 man box, one safety, one-on-one coverage. We scored on a play very similar against the Raiders where Nick ate up that one-on-one coverage on top:

So we try again. Again, no hesitation, nice anticipatory throw from Foles:

Defender gets called for an illegal hands to the face and slows Cooper down, otherwise, perhaps he runs under this for a TD.

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Finally, Haslett, you keep stacking that box, we'll keep thinking outside of it.

Like this:

and this:

And maybe you'll hold your breath, and hope the Eagles don't make these explosive plays (they've been making all year). But all the while, with your 7-man and 8-man boxes, you still surrender 136 yards and 3 TDs on the ground. Not to mention having your guys constantly run to the sidelines against a fast-paced offense isn't doing them much good either.

Your move Todd Bowles.