Nick Sirianni praises D’Andre Swift’s ‘unique ability’
After acquiring running back D’Andre Swift this offseason, the Eagles are pushing all of their chips in the middle for this upcoming season. In doing so, Swift has impressed the Philadelphia coaching staff, especially head coach Nick Sirianni, who has praised the halfback for his “unique ability” in training camp.
The NFL running back community has been out of control recently, but not in Philadelphia. The Eagles are ready for their running back in Swift. Having only spent a few months with his newfound team, Swift is already fitting right in with the Philadelphia roster.
“He has a unique ability,” Sirianni told reporters on Sunday, regarding Swift. “He has unique ability, which is part of the reason why we wanted him to be on this football team. So we really like some of the things that he can do out of the backfield as a runner and also as a receiver. He is showing that he has that ability of what we thought that he had when he was in Detroit and then coming out of Georgia also.”
With Swift’s skill set, the Eagles can now design passing plays with him in the backfield — something they weren’t able to do last year with their running backs.
“With that being said, you have these different boxes that you want to be able to check of plays that you know or schemes that you know are important to attack a defense,” Sirianni said. “Those can be supplemented in a lot of different ways as far as the way your backs get touches, the way your tight ends get touches. You can put a receiver in the tight end spot as a number three, or whatever, number two and do some different things.“
“So, you can supplement these things different ways, but the harder you are to defend — you’re harder to defend when you have a lot of guys in different positions that can do it so you can be in these different personnel groups and still running similar plays for your quarterback,” Sirianni said.
Last season, the Eagles were only one half of football away from securing their second Super Bowl victory in six seasons. Now, with Swift and a jam-packed team full of talent, there will be nothing stopping the Eagles from challenging for the Lombardi Trophy once again.
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