The Eagles superior to 8-2 with a … commanding … win over Washington on Thursday Night time Soccer. After a detailed few quarters, the Eagles pulled away within the last 10 minutes of the sport to take lead within the NFC East race. Right here’s a rookie overview!
Quinyon Mitchell: A+
Each week I hope we’ll get Quinyon Mitchell’s first profession interception. The issue is that groups are simply form of not focusing on him. Towards Washington, Mitchell was focused as soon as and didn’t hand over a single catch. That is whereas he spent a part of the sport trailing Terry McLaurin, who isn’t precisely a slouch. By 10 video games, Quinyon Mitchell has given up 23 catches on 41 targets (per Professional Soccer Focus). For context, Sauce Gardner gave up 22 catches via the primary 10 video games of his rookie season and he was named All-Professional. To date, so good for the Defensive Rookie of the Yr candidate.
Cooper DeJean: C
This was Cooper DeJean’s worst recreation of his younger profession, however it nonetheless wasn’t terrible. The Commanders picked on DeJean a bit in the midst of the sphere, and he additionally missed some tackles to surrender extra yards. He nonetheless gave lots in run help, however this was recreation for DeJean to study from.
The Relaxation
- Each Johnny Wilson and Ainias Smith noticed some snaps on offense however didn’t end the sport with any targets.
