The Eagles' offense will have a lot more under center looks this season under new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion.
Barkley said during OTAs that he has been studying Todd Gurley, who produced some monster seasons running out of a similar scheme under Sean McVay in Los Angeles. Our Geoff Mosher wrote a good article on what to expect from Barkley in Mannion's likely "wide zone" run scheme. Running backs are typically factors as receivers in this type of scheme. Guys like Gurley and Christian McCaffrey, for example, posted huge receiving numbers playing in this scheme. The Eagles have hit on some big plays to Barkley in the passing game, mostly on wheel routes, but overall Barkley has not shown much as a back who can effectively run a full complement of routes. We'll see if that's an area of focus in improving his game this summer.
Cameron DaSilva·
I’m pretty high on Kyren. I know some people are down on him coming off a 300-carry season, but there’s really no doubt he’s the starter, the goalline back, and the guy getting the red-zone touches that matter. Mike LaFleur mentioned yesterday that they’d like to scale back his carries and keep everyone fresh, but we’ve heard that before, both with Kyren the past two years and with Todd Gurley before him. In reality, Sean McVay has always leaned on a true workhorse, and I think we’ll see the same again this year with Kyren.
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