"It's hard to Preston Tucker Authentic Jersey focus on him because they do so many things with the football,"
Fletcher Cox told the team's official site. "But I think we did a pretty
good job on a short week preparing for a very creative running game. We
were physical up front."
The secret is not over-complicating things. Like the Broncos did in
Super Bowl 50, the Eagles pinned their collective ears back and went
after the Panthers' QB. According to Next Gen Stats, Newton was
pressured on Reymin Guduan Authentic Jersey almost half of his snaps -- and on those snaps he had a passer rating
of 28.2 (12-of-21 for 91 yards and two INT).
Rookie Derek Barnett was on average 2.93 yards from Newton when Newton
was dropping back in the tackle box. For perspective, the average
"clean" NFL pocket allows a quarterback about 4.5 yards of separation
from the nearest defender.
But Cox was the catalyst, logging 10 pressures or a pressure on almost
25 percent of his snaps.
Much of the praise will Roy Oswalt Authentic Jersey continue to be heaped on quarterback Carson Wentz, but what this Next
Gen Stats package shows us is how valuable the Eagles defense has really
become under coordinator Jim Schwartz. By clogging up the run
(Christian McCaffrey led running backs with four carries for eight
yards, while Jonathan Stewart carried the ball eight times for -4
yards), they forced Newton into a night-long trap. Even though Newton
had 71 yards on 11 carries, those were taxing and almost certainly
effected his timing and stamina in the pocket.
Some viewed this game as an early look at the NFC Championship game, and
while the Panthers have to find fluidity on offense, the Eagles are
looking like a defensive unit to be reckoned with deep into the
postseason. ?
