1 minute ago, RememberTheKoy said:

The Jordan Davis haters are going to look so dumb this season.

I would be ecstatic if Davis proved me and all the Haters wrong, as would the Eagles.

I dont think any birds fan is hoping Davis sucks.

We'll see how it goes

2 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

The Jordan Davis haters are going to look so dumb this season.

there are no Davis haters. learn to read. 

1 minute ago, HazletonEagle said:

there are no Davis haters. learn to read. 

Seriously…

Just now, Utebird said:

I would be ecstatic if Davis proved me and all the Haters wrong, as would the Eagles.

I dont think any birds fan is hoping Davis sucks.

We'll see how it goes

the jordan davis haters at the jordan davis hating convention

 

Just now, HazletonEagle said:

the jordan davis haters at the jordan davis hating convention

 

If you relax and unfocus your eyes you can see a schooner in the carpet. 

my biggest disappointment regarding Davis so far is that he hasnt appeared more on the eagles christmas albums. He MAY be the best singer of all of them, even including Mailata.  Want to hear more.

1 minute ago, ManuManu said:

If you relax and unfocus your eyes you can see a schooner in the carpet. 

Whats a Schooner?

24 minutes ago, Mike030270 said:

The arguments for Davis have been pretty weak

There’s a NT behind door number 2 who’s cheaper and nearly as good is a compelling argument…or that guy could be Mazi Smith.

Just now, Waiting4Someday said:

There’s a NT behind door number 2 who’s cheaper and nearly as good is a compelling argument…or that guy could be Mazi Smith.

We could just let Tom Donohoe pick 

7 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

there are no Davis haters. learn to read. 

Yeah, just like there weren't any Hurts haters. 🤣😂🤣😂

17 minutes ago, Waiting4Someday said:

There’s a NT behind door number 2 who’s cheaper and nearly as good is a compelling argument…or that guy could be Mazi Smith.

That’s the thing: We’ve got some expensive players to have to pay soon. Where would Davis rank?

Just now, ManuManu said:

We could just let Tom Donohoe pick 

Good call.

4 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Yeah, just like there weren't any Hurts haters. 🤣😂🤣😂

I think there are more RTK haters. 

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Wonder ifnwe sign Amdre Dillard after the draft if we don't end up drwfting an OT.

3 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

That’s the thing: We’ve got some expensive payers to have to pay soon. Where would Davis rank?

I don’t think JD is getting extended - he might be worth the $, but we don’t have it (like Becton)… the club option supports the SB window, it’s not a 3yr/$51M albatross.

5 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

That’s the thing: We’ve got some expensive payers to have to pay soon. Where would Davis rank?

At this point it’s between Davis, Jurgens, Dean and Calcaterra. His spot dramatically reduces when you include the 2023 draft class.

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

At this point it’s between Davis, Jurgens, Dean and Calcaterra. His spot dramatically reduces when you include the 2023 draft class.

There can only be one… Jurgens.

8 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

At this point it’s between Davis, Jurgens, Dean and Calcaterra. His spot dramatically reduces when you include the 2023 draft class.

And then the 2024 class…

Nets within 5 at halftime. Probably lose by 25 but something to keep an eye on.

I think people seem to be assuming that Jordan Davis is all he will ever be. I like to look back on Javon Hargrave's career and use that to compare to Davis. Hargrave was a 3rd round pick, so I do get the argument that it's expected for 3rd round picks to need time to really break out and that you'd prefer a 1st round pick to perform at a higher level earlier. But regardless of that, I still think it's fair to compare Davis' progression to Hargrave's since they are both NFL players and both played NT to begin their careers.

Hargrave flashed a little more pass rush ability as a NT, but was not quite the force Davis is vs the run. But let's look at Hargrave's stats:

normal:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	AV	Awards
2016	23	PIT	NFL	NT	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.0	27	18	9	5	3	0	7
2017	24	PIT	NFL	NT	16	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	32	21	11	4	5	0	6
2018	25	PIT	NFL	NT	16	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	49	32	17	6	8	0	8
2019	26	PIT	NFL	NT	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	60	35	25	7	6	0	7
2020	27	PHI	NFL	LDT	15	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	38	16	22	5	8	0	6
2021	28	PHI	NFL	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.5	63	27	36	9	18	0	9	PB
2022	29	PHI	NFL	LDT	17	17	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	11.0	60	37	23	10	16	0	9
2023	30	SFO	NFL	DL	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	44	25	19	8	14	0	10	PB
2024	31	SFO	NFL	DL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	4	3	1	1	0	1

 

Advanced:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	Yds	Yds/Cmp	Yds/Tgt	TD	Rat	DADOT	Air	YAC	Bltz	Hrry	QBKD	Bats	Sk	Prss	Comb	MTkl	MTkl%	Awards
2018	25	PIT	NFL	NT	16	14	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	2	1	0	6.5	10	49	1	2.0
2019	26	PIT	NFL	NT	16	13	0	1	1	100.0	12	12.0	12.0	0	116.7	-6.0	-6	18	0	8	2	0	4.0	14	60	5	7.7
2020	27	PHI	NFL	LDT	15	11	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	9	2	0	4.5	17	38	4	9.5
2021	28	PHI	NFL	LDT	16	16	0	1	1	100.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	79.2	-3.0	-3	3	0	6	10	1	7.5	24	63	2	3.1	PB
2022	29	PHI	NFL	LDT	17	17	0	1	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	39.6	4.0	0	0	1	2	5	2	11.0	18	60	1	1.6
2023	30	SFO	NFL	DL	16	16	0	1	1	100.0	11	11.0	11.0	0	112.5	-2.0	-2	13	0	1	5	1	7.0	14	44	2	4.3	PB
2024	31	SFO	NFL	DL	3	3	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	3	7	0	0.0

Snap counts:

					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2016	23	PIT	NT	79	15	13	0	0%	492	50%	81	19%
2017	24	PIT	NT	79	16	12	0	0%	455	46%	20	5%
2018	25	PIT	NT	79	16	14	0	0%	455	44%	4	1%
2019	26	PIT	NT	79	16	13	0	0%	680	63%	4	1%
2020	27	PHI	LDT	93	15	11	0	0%	601	58%	66	16%
2021*	28	PHI	LDT	97	16	16	0	0%	728	68%	17	4%
2022	29	PHI	LDT	97	17	17	0	0%	712	64%	31	7%
2023*	30	SFO	DL	98	16	16	0	0%	632	62%	6	2%
2024	31	SFO	DL	98	3	3	0	0%	104	64%	1	1%

 

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Here are Jordan Davis' stats:

 

Normal:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	AV	Awards
2022	22	PHI	NFL	DT	13	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	18	8	10	1	0	0	3
2023	23	PHI	NFL	DT	17	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.5	45	18	27	2	5	0	6
2024	24	PHI	NFL	DT	17	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	27	15	12	3	1	0	8

 

Advanced:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	Yds	Yds/Cmp	Yds/Tgt	TD	Rat	DADOT	Air	YAC	Bltz	Hrry	QBKD	Bats	Sk	Prss	Comb	MTkl	MTkl%	Awards
2022	22	PHI	NFL	DT	13	5	0	1	0	0.0	16		16.0	0	79.2	-3.0	-3	19	1	1	0	1	0.0	1	18	0	0.0
2023	23	PHI	NFL	DT	17	17	0	1	1	100.0	-3	-3.0	-3.0	0	79.2	-6.0	-6	3	1	5	1	1	2.5	10	45	3	6.3
2024	24	PHI	NFL	DT	17	17	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	0	0	2	1.0	1	27	3	10.0

 

Snap counts:

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2022	22	PHI	DT	90	13	5	0	0%	224	26%	79	23%
2023	23	PHI	DT	90	17	17	0	0%	519	45%	139	31%
2024	24	PHI	DT	90	17	17	0	0%	388	37%	145	32%

 

Jordan Davis turned 25 years old this January. I think it's important to keep that in mind. He's still a young player. He only had 1 sack in his 3rd year, but added 2 more in the final 2 playoff games. In 2023, our defense couldn't get off the field and 45% of the snaps on defense was 519 snaps. Everybody agrees that Davis looked gassed late that season. This year, 45% would have only been 448 snaps. But we had a pretty good rotation and Davis was only asked to play 388 snaps (37%). So many teams abandoned the run late in games against us and Davis saw his 2nd half usage significantly reduced. 

Now, I can't promise that Davis will continue to improve as a player, but at his age, with his physical gifts, I do expect him to. I don't feel it's uncommon for a DT to take a few years to become more than just "solid." In fact, I think it's normal for it to take a few years for them to become the best version of themselves ... for them to develop skills that make players better. In a way, it might be a blessing that his development is slow --- so long as he becomes what they thought he could become. We know we're going to be paying Carter like the highest paid defensive player when the time comes, but it would be nice to not have to break the bank with Jordan Davis before that. Think about it, Milton Williams is the 3rd highest paid DT in the NFL after amassing 11.5 sacks in 4 seasons. 

6 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

I think people seem to be assuming that Jordan Davis is all he will ever be. I like to look back on Javon Hargrave's career and use that to compare to Davis. Hargrave was a 3rd round pick, so I do get the argument that it's expected for 3rd round picks to need time to really break out and that you'd prefer a 1st round pick to perform at a higher level earlier. But regardless of that, I still think it's fair to compare Davis' progression to Hargrave's since they are both NFL players and both played NT to begin their careers.

Hargrave flashed a little more pass rush ability as a NT, but was not quite the force Davis is vs the run. But let's look at Hargrave's stats:

normal:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	AV	Awards
2016	23	PIT	NFL	NT	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.0	27	18	9	5	3	0	7
2017	24	PIT	NFL	NT	16	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	32	21	11	4	5	0	6
2018	25	PIT	NFL	NT	16	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	49	32	17	6	8	0	8
2019	26	PIT	NFL	NT	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	60	35	25	7	6	0	7
2020	27	PHI	NFL	LDT	15	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	38	16	22	5	8	0	6
2021	28	PHI	NFL	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.5	63	27	36	9	18	0	9	PB
2022	29	PHI	NFL	LDT	17	17	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	11.0	60	37	23	10	16	0	9
2023	30	SFO	NFL	DL	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	44	25	19	8	14	0	10	PB
2024	31	SFO	NFL	DL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	4	3	1	1	0	1

 

Advanced:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	Yds	Yds/Cmp	Yds/Tgt	TD	Rat	DADOT	Air	YAC	Bltz	Hrry	QBKD	Bats	Sk	Prss	Comb	MTkl	MTkl%	Awards
2018	25	PIT	NFL	NT	16	14	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	2	1	0	6.5	10	49	1	2.0
2019	26	PIT	NFL	NT	16	13	0	1	1	100.0	12	12.0	12.0	0	116.7	-6.0	-6	18	0	8	2	0	4.0	14	60	5	7.7
2020	27	PHI	NFL	LDT	15	11	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	9	2	0	4.5	17	38	4	9.5
2021	28	PHI	NFL	LDT	16	16	0	1	1	100.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	79.2	-3.0	-3	3	0	6	10	1	7.5	24	63	2	3.1	PB
2022	29	PHI	NFL	LDT	17	17	0	1	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	39.6	4.0	0	0	1	2	5	2	11.0	18	60	1	1.6
2023	30	SFO	NFL	DL	16	16	0	1	1	100.0	11	11.0	11.0	0	112.5	-2.0	-2	13	0	1	5	1	7.0	14	44	2	4.3	PB
2024	31	SFO	NFL	DL	3	3	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	3	7	0	0.0

Snap counts:

					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2016	23	PIT	NT	79	15	13	0	0%	492	50%	81	19%
2017	24	PIT	NT	79	16	12	0	0%	455	46%	20	5%
2018	25	PIT	NT	79	16	14	0	0%	455	44%	4	1%
2019	26	PIT	NT	79	16	13	0	0%	680	63%	4	1%
2020	27	PHI	LDT	93	15	11	0	0%	601	58%	66	16%
2021*	28	PHI	LDT	97	16	16	0	0%	728	68%	17	4%
2022	29	PHI	LDT	97	17	17	0	0%	712	64%	31	7%
2023*	30	SFO	DL	98	16	16	0	0%	632	62%	6	2%
2024	31	SFO	DL	98	3	3	0	0%	104	64%	1	1%

 

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Here are Jordan Davis' stats:

 

Normal:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	AV	Awards
2022	22	PHI	NFL	DT	13	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	18	8	10	1	0	0	3
2023	23	PHI	NFL	DT	17	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.5	45	18	27	2	5	0	6
2024	24	PHI	NFL	DT	17	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	27	15	12	3	1	0	8

 

Advanced:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	Yds	Yds/Cmp	Yds/Tgt	TD	Rat	DADOT	Air	YAC	Bltz	Hrry	QBKD	Bats	Sk	Prss	Comb	MTkl	MTkl%	Awards
2022	22	PHI	NFL	DT	13	5	0	1	0	0.0	16		16.0	0	79.2	-3.0	-3	19	1	1	0	1	0.0	1	18	0	0.0
2023	23	PHI	NFL	DT	17	17	0	1	1	100.0	-3	-3.0	-3.0	0	79.2	-6.0	-6	3	1	5	1	1	2.5	10	45	3	6.3
2024	24	PHI	NFL	DT	17	17	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	0	0	2	1.0	1	27	3	10.0

 

Snap counts:

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2022	22	PHI	DT	90	13	5	0	0%	224	26%	79	23%
2023	23	PHI	DT	90	17	17	0	0%	519	45%	139	31%
2024	24	PHI	DT	90	17	17	0	0%	388	37%	145	32%

 

Jordan Davis turned 25 years old this January. I think it's important to keep that in mind. He's still a young player. He only had 1 sack in his 3rd year, but added 2 more in the final 2 playoff games. In 2023, our defense couldn't get off the field and 45% of the snaps on defense was 519 snaps. Everybody agrees that Davis looked gassed late that season. This year, 45% would have only been 448 snaps. But we had a pretty good rotation and Davis was only asked to play 388 snaps (37%). So many teams abandoned the run late in games against us and Davis saw his 2nd half usage significantly reduced. 

Now, I can't promise that Davis will continue to improve as a player, but at his age, with his physical gifts, I do expect him to. I don't feel it's uncommon for a DT to take a few years to become more than just "solid." In fact, I think it's normal for it to take a few years for them to become the best version of themselves ... for them to develop skills that make players better. In a way, it might be a blessing that his development is slow --- so long as he becomes what they thought he could become. We know we're going to be paying Carter like the highest paid defensive player when the time comes, but it would be nice to not have to break the bank with Jordan Davis before that. Think about it, Milton Williams is the 3rd highest paid DT in the NFL after amassing 11.5 sacks in 4 seasons. 

I don’t think it’s really fair to compare Hargrave to Davis. Completely different stylistically. Davis is in the absolute best defense for his skill set. Hargrave wasn’t in Pittsburgh. 

13 minutes ago, brkmsn said:

I think people seem to be assuming that Jordan Davis is all he will ever be. I like to look back on Javon Hargrave's career and use that to compare to Davis. Hargrave was a 3rd round pick, so I do get the argument that it's expected for 3rd round picks to need time to really break out and that you'd prefer a 1st round pick to perform at a higher level earlier. But regardless of that, I still think it's fair to compare Davis' progression to Hargrave's since they are both NFL players and both played NT to begin their careers.

Hargrave flashed a little more pass rush ability as a NT, but was not quite the force Davis is vs the run. But let's look at Hargrave's stats:

normal:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	AV	Awards
2016	23	PIT	NFL	NT	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.0	27	18	9	5	3	0	7
2017	24	PIT	NFL	NT	16	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	32	21	11	4	5	0	6
2018	25	PIT	NFL	NT	16	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	49	32	17	6	8	0	8
2019	26	PIT	NFL	NT	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	60	35	25	7	6	0	7
2020	27	PHI	NFL	LDT	15	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	38	16	22	5	8	0	6
2021	28	PHI	NFL	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.5	63	27	36	9	18	0	9	PB
2022	29	PHI	NFL	LDT	17	17	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	11.0	60	37	23	10	16	0	9
2023	30	SFO	NFL	DL	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	44	25	19	8	14	0	10	PB
2024	31	SFO	NFL	DL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	7	4	3	1	1	0	1

 

Advanced:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	Yds	Yds/Cmp	Yds/Tgt	TD	Rat	DADOT	Air	YAC	Bltz	Hrry	QBKD	Bats	Sk	Prss	Comb	MTkl	MTkl%	Awards
2018	25	PIT	NFL	NT	16	14	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	2	1	0	6.5	10	49	1	2.0
2019	26	PIT	NFL	NT	16	13	0	1	1	100.0	12	12.0	12.0	0	116.7	-6.0	-6	18	0	8	2	0	4.0	14	60	5	7.7
2020	27	PHI	NFL	LDT	15	11	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	9	2	0	4.5	17	38	4	9.5
2021	28	PHI	NFL	LDT	16	16	0	1	1	100.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	79.2	-3.0	-3	3	0	6	10	1	7.5	24	63	2	3.1	PB
2022	29	PHI	NFL	LDT	17	17	0	1	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	39.6	4.0	0	0	1	2	5	2	11.0	18	60	1	1.6
2023	30	SFO	NFL	DL	16	16	0	1	1	100.0	11	11.0	11.0	0	112.5	-2.0	-2	13	0	1	5	1	7.0	14	44	2	4.3	PB
2024	31	SFO	NFL	DL	3	3	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	3	7	0	0.0

Snap counts:

					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2016	23	PIT	NT	79	15	13	0	0%	492	50%	81	19%
2017	24	PIT	NT	79	16	12	0	0%	455	46%	20	5%
2018	25	PIT	NT	79	16	14	0	0%	455	44%	4	1%
2019	26	PIT	NT	79	16	13	0	0%	680	63%	4	1%
2020	27	PHI	LDT	93	15	11	0	0%	601	58%	66	16%
2021*	28	PHI	LDT	97	16	16	0	0%	728	68%	17	4%
2022	29	PHI	LDT	97	17	17	0	0%	712	64%	31	7%
2023*	30	SFO	DL	98	16	16	0	0%	632	62%	6	2%
2024	31	SFO	DL	98	3	3	0	0%	104	64%	1	1%

 

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Here are Jordan Davis' stats:

 

Normal:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	AV	Awards
2022	22	PHI	NFL	DT	13	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	18	8	10	1	0	0	3
2023	23	PHI	NFL	DT	17	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.5	45	18	27	2	5	0	6
2024	24	PHI	NFL	DT	17	17	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	27	15	12	3	1	0	8

 

Advanced:

Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	Yds	Yds/Cmp	Yds/Tgt	TD	Rat	DADOT	Air	YAC	Bltz	Hrry	QBKD	Bats	Sk	Prss	Comb	MTkl	MTkl%	Awards
2022	22	PHI	NFL	DT	13	5	0	1	0	0.0	16		16.0	0	79.2	-3.0	-3	19	1	1	0	1	0.0	1	18	0	0.0
2023	23	PHI	NFL	DT	17	17	0	1	1	100.0	-3	-3.0	-3.0	0	79.2	-6.0	-6	3	1	5	1	1	2.5	10	45	3	6.3
2024	24	PHI	NFL	DT	17	17	0	0	0		0			0			0	0	0	0	0	2	1.0	1	27	3	10.0

 

Snap counts:

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2022	22	PHI	DT	90	13	5	0	0%	224	26%	79	23%
2023	23	PHI	DT	90	17	17	0	0%	519	45%	139	31%
2024	24	PHI	DT	90	17	17	0	0%	388	37%	145	32%

 

Jordan Davis turned 25 years old this January. I think it's important to keep that in mind. He's still a young player. He only had 1 sack in his 3rd year, but added 2 more in the final 2 playoff games. In 2023, our defense couldn't get off the field and 45% of the snaps on defense was 519 snaps. Everybody agrees that Davis looked gassed late that season. This year, 45% would have only been 448 snaps. But we had a pretty good rotation and Davis was only asked to play 388 snaps (37%). So many teams abandoned the run late in games against us and Davis saw his 2nd half usage significantly reduced. 

Now, I can't promise that Davis will continue to improve as a player, but at his age, with his physical gifts, I do expect him to. I don't feel it's uncommon for a DT to take a few years to become more than just "solid." In fact, I think it's normal for it to take a few years for them to become the best version of themselves ... for them to develop skills that make players better. In a way, it might be a blessing that his development is slow --- so long as he becomes what they thought he could become. We know we're going to be paying Carter like the highest paid defensive player when the time comes, but it would be nice to not have to break the bank with Jordan Davis before that. Think about it, Milton Williams is the 3rd highest paid DT in the NFL after amassing 11.5 sacks in 4 seasons. 

Hargrave early on was a 2 gapper in Steelers 34 D, Then when he got to philly he played 3 tech in a  lot of 5 man rushes then in SF was a 3 tech as well, which would probably explain the increase in sack production after leaving the 34 

If you think Jerry Jones is the worst owner in sports, it can always get much, much worse:

 

"I think Justin Fields is going to be a total winner for us," Woody Johnson said. "He's going to be the starter, as you found out. I've been impressed with him since his college days. It was he or Trevor Lawrence.”

 

Someone needs to remind Woody that he had the #2 pick and he took Zach Wilson. 

John Spytek’s welcome to the NFL moment:

 

(Raiders new GM) on NFL Radio if there’s any GMs he wanted to wait before chatting with after taking the job and he said: 

> "Howie Roseman of the Eagles called me 7 minutes into the job trying to trade Maxx Crosby for a 5th. I had to tell him give me a chance to get my feet wet before you hose me.”

 

Howie on all the FA signings. Interesting how high he sounds on Shipley and Adoree Jackson. He said they had interest in Uche at the trade deadline and in FA last year  

https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/howie-roseman-offers-scouting-report-on-the-newest-eagles