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BALTIMORE — There wasn’t a single player surrounding Jalen Carter who disagreed when C.J. Gardner-Johnson gave his strong opinion on his teammate’s dominance.
“Best f—ing defensive lineman in the league,” Gardner-Johnson said as Carter smiled upon the compliment. It was just another reason for Carter to smile on a day where no one on the Baltimore Ravens could stop him.
Carter finished with eight pressures, a sack, two quarterback hits and three tackles for loss in Sunday’s win over the Ravens.
Oh, and the Philadelphia Eagles star defensive tackle did this against Lamar Jackson.
Perhaps the hardest quarterback to bring down, Carter and his massive 314-pound frame saw Jackson stand up in the pocket and move to his left. The Eagles defensive tackle pushed past Ravens left tackle Patrick Mekari and got a hold of Jackson’s leg at full speed. Jackson tried to escape, but couldn’t escape Carter.
Jackson was sacked for a 13-yard loss after the play was initially ruled intentional grounding, showcasing how dominant Carter is on a weekly basis. In a game where the Eagles defense held the Ravens to 19 points and 372 yards, both their second-lowest totals, Carter was the best player on what has been the best defense in the league over the past two months.
“I have the mindset that nobody can outdo me,” Carter said. “I see what he [Jackson] does. I see all the film. He had an opportunity to break that tackle, and I wasn’t going to let that happen. I was talking about it all week that if he tried to escape on me, I’m not letting him go.”
Carter was the best player on the Eagles defense Sunday, but that won’t shortchange what the entire unit did as a whole. The Eagles finished with 35 pressures on Jackson, and Carter wasn’t the team leader in that statistic. Milton Williams, playing the majority of snaps at edge rusher in the wake of Brandon Graham’s season-ending injury, led…
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Author : Jeff Kerr
Publish date : 2024-12-02 18:33:00
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