By Patrick Del Gaone, Sports Talk Philly staff writer 
In his weekly presser, Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz countered Bennie Logan’s claim in a recent radio interview that he "didn’t think" Washington’s strapping halfback, Rob Kelley, was even on Philadelphia’s scouting report.
He wasn’t indignant, but Schwartz’s response directly contradicted Logan’s claim.
“There was no new runs that they ran at us,” Schwartz said. “They ran the inside-zone weak, the zone-stretch weak, the zone-stretch strong, actually we did a fairly decent job of stopping the zone-stretch strong, the zone-stretch weak was a problem for us. They were all plays that we were prepared for, but practicing and preparing for them, and talking about them, and throwing them on the practice field, that doesn’t mean anything if you don’t do it on Sunday. We didn’t do a good enough job on Sunday. R. Kelley was on the scouting report."
Philly’s usually stout front-seven was manhandled throughout last Sunday’s loss in the nation’s capital. The domino effect began when Kelley rumbled up the gut for a backbreaking 45-yard scamper, a play in which the Eagles missed tackles, had poor leverage and failed to shed blockers.
The play epitomized Philadelphia's afternoon, and the Redskins would go on to finish the game with a whopping 230 yards on the ground.
“We were bad at all three levels, let’s put it four levels,” Schwartz said. “We were bad at defensive line, we were bad at linebacker, we were bad in the secondary, and we were bad at the defensive coordinator position. It wasn’t just one thing in that game. We missed tackles on the back-end, we didn’t get off blocks on the front-end, we were bad with leverage at times. Yeah, there’s a reason it looked so bad, and that’s cause we were so bad.”
“We got no sacks in the game, that’s not us. We gotta have pressure, our front four has to carry us. We have good players up there and they gotta do it. When they’re not having a good day rushing, our blitz package has to come through, and we weren’t successful in that. We had opportunities to get off the field on some third downs. It started with the very first one early in the game, there was no points on the drive, but I think that set the tone. We did a poor job with a blitz on that one, they were able to throw the ball outside, convert it. We got them stopped later in the drive, but the damage was done there.”
Turning his attention to the Vikings, Schwartz commended former Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford on his vigilant pocket presence through four games as Minnesota's signal-caller.
Despite losing injured tailback Adrian Pederson, known not only for his ferocious running style, but also his dependability as a pass blocker, Bradford’s completing 70 percent of his passes. Moreover, Minnesota’s offensive unit has turned the ball over just once in five games.
“After watching us on film last week, they’re gonna test us,” Schwartz said. “I don’t care if they’re averaging one yard [per] rush… they’re in their game plan right now saying we’re gonna run it 65 times. It’s our job to make sure that they don’t have success doing that. If they’re not having success doing that then it’s not opening up the play-action game, and it’s also not slowing down our pass rush.”
You can watch the full press conference from Reich and Schwartz below.
