Mychal Kendricks was asked how the change up front from Jim Washburn‘s Wide-9 to Tommy Brasher‘s more traditional scheme impacted what he was doing on Sunday.
The rookie linebacker paused a beat, gave a quick laugh, then turned to Jamar Chaney and said, ”Should I answer that?”
He already had.
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Here’s the All-22 breakdown of the Eagles’ defensive performance against the Redskins. And since it’s the holiday season, I threw in some positives – primarily of Fletcher Cox, who turned in a 10-tackle/one-sack performance.
With 13:05 left in Sunday’s game, the Redskins ran a toss left to Alfred Morris.
Trent Cole crashed inside and was immediately out of the play. Derek Landri gave chase, but couldn’t get outside quickly enough. Kurt Coleman attacked the line of scrimmage, but was taken out by the fullback. And Mychal Kendricks couldn’t get off the block of left tackle Trent Williams.
DeMeco Ryans, meanwhile, methodically made his way from the middle of the field to the right sideline. He fought off the block of the Redskins’ center, made sure he took the right angle and delivered a punishing blow to Morris, knocking him 5 yards out of bounds.
It was a 17-yard run. The Eagles were down, 24-6. They were minutes away from cementing a sixth straight loss, falling to 3-7 on the season.
But there was no letting up from Ryans.
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Sheil Kapadia has been writing about the Eagles since 2008. His previous Philly.com blog, Moving the Chains, was named one of the best in the state by the Associated Press. Sheil's main joys in life are family, football and finding good parking spots.
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