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We’ve got DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown on the brink of a historic feat, we’ve got an unprecedented achievement by Kelee Ringo and we’ve got an Eagles accomplishment they hadn’t done vs. the Giants in 70 years.
The Eagles finally won a game and that means Roob’s Eagles Stats isn’t just about turnovers, penalties and blown leads.
1. Last year, DeVonta Smith had 95 catches for 1,196 yards and seven touchdowns and A.J. Brown had 88 catches for 1,496 yards and 11 TDs, and with two games left this year Smith has 78-for-1,036 and Brown has 101-for-1,394, and both have seven TDs. If Smith has two catches for 64 yards in the Eagles’ last two games, the Eagles will become the first team in NFL history with two wide receivers having consecutive seasons with at least 80 catches, 1,100 yards and seven touchdowns. Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce both reached those milestones in 2020 and 2021, but no team has ever had two WRs reach those benchmarks in back-to-back years. In fact, only the Broncos and Packers have ever had multiple seasons in their entire season with two WRs hitting those plateaus – Ed McCaffrey and Rod Smith in 2000, Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker in 2013 and Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders in 2014 for the Broncos and Donald Driver and Javon Walker in 2004 and Randall Cobb and Jordy Nelson in 2014 for the Packers. Until last year, only four Eagles in franchise history had 80 catches, 1,100 yards and seven TDs in a season – Irving Fryar in 1996, DeSean Jackson in 2013, Jeremy Maclin in 2014 and Zach Ertz in 2018. Now four will reach those benchmarks in two seasons.
2. Kelee Ringo became the youngest defensive player in Eagles history to start a game last week in Seattle. In the Giants game Monday, he became the youngest Eagle ever with an interception. Ringo, at 21 years, 181 days on Monday, was 18 days younger than rookie 25th-round pick…
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Publish date : 2023-12-27 14:59:50
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