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Roob’s Obs: Putting Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean into context originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Can you imagine a time when there’s a Roob’s 10 Random Eagles Observations every day?
That would be 70 observations per week, 3,650 obs per year and 365,000 each century.
You never know what the future holds!
For now, we’ll put Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean’s performance into perspective, we’ll take a look at one of the greatest plays in Eagles-Washington history and one Eagle who’s been a little disappointing so far.
And lots more.
1. It’s not easy to put into words just how rare it is for a team – especially a good team, a playoff contender – to start two rookie defensive backs. The Eagles have only had one rookie defensive back who was a full-time starter in the last 25 years – that was Nate Allen in 2010 and he was a functional safety but hardly a special player like Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean. Before that you go back to Wes Hopkins in 1983, Eric Allen in 1988, Bobby Taylor in 1995 and Dawk in 1996. But two? At the same time? Joe Lavender and Randy Logan were both rookie starters in 1973, and they both became very good players but that was a 5-8-1 team that ranked 25th out of 26 teams in defense. Only 12 playoff teams in NFL history have had two full-time starting rookie defensive backs – just four since 1986. Most recently, the Saints went 11-5 in 2017 with Marcus Williams and Marshon Lattimore – who’s now with Washington. The others since 1986 are the 2003 Seahawks (Ken Hamlin, Marcus Trufant), 2010 Chiefs (Eric Berry, Kendrick Lewis) and 2016 Giants (Andrew Adams, Eli Apple). But the 2003 Seahawks ranked 27th of 32 teams in pass defense, the 2010 Chiefs ranked 17th, the 2016 Giants ranked 23rd and the 2017 Saints 15th. The last playoff team with two rookie starters in the secondary with a top-10 defense? That would be the 1964 Chargers with rookie starters Kenny Graham, a safety, and Jimmy Warren, a cornerback….
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Author : NBC Sports Philadelphia
Publish date : 2024-11-14 01:46:31
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