Given the challenges the offense has absorbed through six weeks, the Eagles are looking for positive building blocks, anything the offense can hang its hat on and get back in the win column.
“We all have to do better,” Head Coach Nick Sirianni said. “I think that’s the whole consensus here is it’s not just one thing. It’s not just one player on an island. It’s not just one coach on an island. This is a team game, an ultimate team game, and we all have things to get better. So, of course, we’re going to go through that game and we’re going to say, ‘Hey, we’ve got to do this, we’ve got to do that. We could change to this; we could change to that. I mean, we could keep doing this, we could keep doing that.’
“That’s what you go through in a weekly process. Again, the goal, I mean, offensively, you’ve got to score points and we’re not doing that right now. There’s a lot of reasons why that we’ve got to improve on.”
The sample size with McKee will grow. He and the coaching staff will work together to mold the offense to his particular strengths and McKee will gain footing and confidence running the show. He was down on his performance – hey, the whole locker room felt the same way – and the importance of staying together, staying strong through tough times is really, really important.
“I feel like I have a good preparation process,” McKee said. “Obviously going to meet a little bit more with Sean and (Quarterbacks Coach) Parks (Frazier) and Nick more than just doing it by myself, I guess. But yeah, I think stick to the process. Obviously stings a little more. There’s things that are more frustrating and you make a mistake or something like that. But obviously it’s another opportunity to learn, to grow, and to get better. I think that’s something that’s very positive about this team. We’re all we have, that’s all we need. And I think people underestimate how tight-knit we really are.”
Keep it positive. Understand the big goal. Stay in the moment and be diligent and steadfast in fixing everything – starting at the quarterback position and the offense.