1 positive takeaway from Eagles' ugly Week 4 loss to Bucs
The Philadelphia Eagles looked awful in all three phases as they fell 33-16 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon. Once again, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni blamed himself. “We didn’t play good enough offensively or defensively and we didn’t coach well enough on either side,” Sirianni said. “When the shift of time of […]
The Philadelphia Eagles looked awful in all three phases as they fell 33-16 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon.
Once again, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni blamed himself.
“We didn’t play good enough offensively or defensively and we didn’t coach well enough on either side,” Sirianni said. “When the shift of time of possession is what it was in that first half, we didn’t do a good enough job on offense of giving our defense a rest. … Again, that all starts with me.”
But while the Eagles looked overall like a bad team, there was at least one positive takeaway from the loss: rookie cornerback Quinyon Mitchell.
Mitchell logged six tackles and batted down one pass out of Mike Evans' hands in the endzone.
Through four games so far, Mitchell has registered 18 tackles and six passes defended all while looking like a well-seasoned veteran.
Before Week 4, Sirianni said no moment was too big for Mitchell — not even shutting down the Bucs' star duo of Chris Godwin and Evans.
"Q doesn't react. Q gets to go against AJ [Brown] and DeVonta [Smith] every day," Sirianni said. "And Q is a guy that is not phased by the moment. So, this is a big moment in his career but I know he'll be ready to play and won't be phased."
According to Pro Football Focus, Mitchell has an 86.9 passer rating when targeted.
In Week 4, he was targeted six times where he allowed four catches for 67 yards against Tampa's wide receivers which included Evans, who is one of the toughest in the league.
