Sean Desai on improving the Eagles' pass defense

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Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Sean Desai says he has to do better to help the team's pass defense climb out of its standing near the bottom of the league
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00:00 >> I think it's ranked second overall, but passes, I think, 30th or 31st.
00:05 Is that a matter of the young guys kind of feeling their way?
00:08 What else can be done to kind of improve the pass defense?
00:11 >> Yeah, it starts with me.
00:12 I gotta do a better job in terms of our preparation and our techniques and
00:16 fundamentals and I think a better job in terms of putting our guys in positions
00:20 to make those plays.
00:21 And then collectively, I think that there are some things that we know that we
00:27 gotta get cleaned up with our techniques and fundamentals that we gotta emphasize
00:32 better and differently from my end as the coordinator.
00:35 And then we keep mixing things up with coverages, and
00:38 keep putting our guys in better positions, on better situational plays to make some
00:42 plays, and then when we've got opportunities to get eyes on the quarterback,
00:45 our eyes on a check down, or a ball carrier, we go.
00:48 And then we make them feel the presence of a bunch of guys coming to break on that
00:52 ball and tackling it.

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