The Eagles superior to 8-2 with a … commanding … win over Washington on Thursday Evening Soccer. After an in depth few quarters, the Eagles pulled away within the closing 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 are going to get Quinyon Mitchell’s first profession interception. The issue is that groups are simply form of not focusing on him. In opposition to Washington, Mitchell was focused as soon as and didn’t surrender a single catch. That is whereas he spent a very good a part of the sport trailing Terry McLaurin, who isn’t precisely a slouch. Via 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 by means of the primary 10 video games of his rookie season and he was named All-Professional. To this point, so good for the Defensive Rookie of the Yr candidate.
Cooper DeJean: C
This was Cooper DeJean’s worst recreation of his younger profession, but it surely nonetheless wasn’t terrible. The Commanders picked on DeJean a bit in the midst of the sector, and he additionally missed some tackles to surrender extra yards. He nonetheless gave loads in run assist, however this was a very good recreation for DeJean to be taught from.
The Relaxation
Each Johnny Wilson and Ainias Smith noticed some snaps on offense however didn’t end the sport with any targets.
