Insein said:
They read a stat on the air today. With Hicks on the field, the opposing QBR was 35.8. With him off the field, it was 76.2. Amazing really.
Hate seeing this. I'm worried about our D without him. Would have loved to have him to help stop Lamar.
Yeah, Hicks was playing special football. At least it is mitigated with Demeco returning; last we saw him he was making a game-changing interception against the NYG. Eli was moving right down field looking to make it 14-0 and Ryans made an incredible play. Maybe we are quick to forget how well Ryans was playing, as Hicks has burned so brightly.
Plus, Kiko should be more of an impact player in his second game back from the knee injury. He played sparingly v. Dallas last week and only recorded 1 tackle. Week 1, he had a beautiful INT against Matt Ryan that changed the momentum of that game and began a solid comeback. Then, of course, injured early in the week 2 game. We really haven't seen Kiko yet.
And that Kendricks guy? He's a beast. 17 tackles the first two games before injury cost him a month. Back to back weeks with a sack and knocking the rust off.
All this to say that losing Hicks sucks, but this is the one position where we have depth and talent, and just haven't had our players able to perform over the last 4-5 games. Hicks was a season-saving impact player at a 3rd round price tag who bridged that gap. The Eagles front office has done a masterful job of bring in LB talent and depth to run the 3-4 scheme. In fact, the whole front 7 is special and the talent pool is deep.
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Winners of 3 of 4, with only a road loss versus Carolina a blemish on the record in the last month.
Leading the league in takeaways.
Run game #3 in the league the last 4 weeks.
Miami playing 3rd straight road game and got gashed trying to stop the run without Cam Wake last week.
Do we smell a trap? Nope. Eagles 26 Miami 16