By Patrick Del Gaone, Sports Talk Philly staff writer 
At Thursday's presser, Eagles' defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz grew incensed at the notion that he's avoiding accountability by not addressing the media after games.
"I'm gonna do what's required," Schwartz said. "I don't wanna take away from coach Pederson on game day. I've been a head coach before, I understand the way that goes, there needs to be one voice. I think that's important. You don't know me well enough to think that I'm getting away from accountability. There is absolutely no question about that, we're all accountable. I take incredible pride in what we do defensively, and I take ultimate responsibility for what we do on defense, but I'm the defensive coordinator."
A subpar performance from Schwartz's unit earlier this week had the former Detroit Lions' head coach nearing his boiling point even before the implication was made. Philly's defense ceded 71 percent of Green Bay's third down attempts in Monday's loss, the worst third down performance in any NFL game this season.
"If he was gonna get it out quick, we had to find a way to win on third down," Schwartz said. "We didn't do that. Coverage go hand-in-hand with rush. If we can get those guys covered well enough, that can make the quarterback hold onto the ball a little bit longer. The other part that goes into it, if you can put them in third-and-long situations, they can't throw quick. I think all of those things go hand-in-hand, combination [of] rush and coverage."
After allowing a total of 38 points in their first four home games, Schwartz's defense was carved up for 27 points by Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. The former Cal Bear became the first quarterback to throw for over 300 yards against Philadelphia this season.
"We haven't had sacks the last couple weeks," Schwartz said. "We need sacks to be able to help our team. It puts them in third-and-long, it gets us off the field on third-and-long, it forces turnovers. We haven't forced turnovers the last couple of weeks. I think the best way to help any individual player is the other players around him do their job, and he does his job the best he can. You can't get frustrated, and you can't press to make a play, because that's where you start bleeding in other places. Fletcher [Cox] understands that it's [about] the performance of our defense. He's not a selfish player."
"We didn't do anything to help our team win. You could make a case in our other losses that we did something to put us in position to win. We were poor on third down, we didn't get turnovers, we allowed long drives, offside on third down, rough the quarterback after we get a stop. We had 12 guys on punt return team. In my mind, that's a defensive thing, that's not a special teams thing, most of those guys are defensive players anyway, [it] gave them another chance to convert. All of those led to points. When you play an offense that's highly efficient, you can't make mistakes. We made too many mistakes in that game, and mistakes for the most part came on third down."
Equally ineffective in the team's first home loss was Frank Reich's offensive unit. The Packers allowed an average of 38.3 points in their last four games prior to Monday's showdown, but Philly's eroding offense mustered just 13 points in the primetime matchup.
Reich's perspective on attempting to match scoring drives with one of the NFL's most prolific passers brought about a compelling analogy.
"I said to a buddy of mine, it's like you're playing a basketball game against Steph Curry," Reich said. "He's hitting every [shot]. You can have him guarded perfectly, and he's still knocking down threes everywhere it goes. We faced a guy who was a hot shooter. On the other side, we have to match that. Our quarterback has to match that, our offense has to match that. You've just gotta try to do the best you can to execute, and not stretch out after things. So that's the goal going in every week, just find ways to be good one play at a time.
You can watch the full press conference from Reich and Pederson below.
