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Article: Buccaneers' offense doesn't fool Eagles; Tampa Bay averaged 37 passes a game, but Philly is focused on stopping the run.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- January 11, 2002
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Byline: Jerry Brewer
PHILADELPHIA _ The Philadelphia Eagles refute the idea that Tampa Bay has become a passing team, that it no longer can get it done on the ground because Warrick Dunn is having a bad year and Mike Alstott is, well, a fullback.
On the surface, and statistically speaking, this is a much different Buccaneers team than the one the Eagles flattened in last year's playoffs. But that will not change the Eagles' approach to stopping Tampa Bay's offense Saturday in an NFC wild-card matchup.
Stop the run, and go from there. That's all the Eagles' defense is thinking about.
From the Eagles' viewpoint, Keyshawn Johnson's 106 ...