Eagles 2021 training camp preview: defensive tackles

Before the start of training camp (basically in the absence of other news to report), we will look at every player on the Philadelphia Eagles roster and how well they fit the team. Today we will look at defensive tackles.

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Preview of previous boot camps

Quarterback • Run back • Offensive tackle • Guard • center • Wide receiver • Tight knot
Defensive end

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First look at the depth map of the defensive tackle:

Fletcher Cox

Cox has entered the Pro Bowl for the sixth consecutive time in 2020, but this is mainly due to reputation and lack of DT competition in NFC. Although still a very good player-and may still be the best player in the Eagles defense-but Cox is no longer the elite star he once was. For example, in 2018, Cox had 10.5 sacks and 34 QB hits. In the total of 2019 and 2020, he has 10 sacks and 19 quarterback hits.

Cox received huge ceilings in the next two seasons. In 2021, his worth will reach US$23,879,939, and in 2022, the last year of his transaction, it will reach US$23,779,939. In addition, due to some previous mistakes, the Eagles will face a salary of nearly 6.5 million U.S. dollars after the end of his contract.

If the Hawks have a bad start to the 2021 season, they should seriously consider providing Cox with entertaining trade offers, Cox can help the Super Bowl competing teams. They can improve their future ceiling situation and get some good returns for him while he is still valuable.

Javin Hargrave

During the 2020 offseason, Hargrave signed a three-year, $39 million contract with the Hawks. After missing almost all training camps due to a chest injury, Hargrave did not appear in the first 10 or so games of the season, and then opened it in December.

The early lack of production is attributed to missed training camp time, or because of learning a new defensive plan, but it is clear that this is a free agent contract that the Eagles may want to dispatch.

Looking to the future, Hargrave is a good player. He can still help the Eagles. If he is healthy this year, the defense may not have to wait until December to see some positive results.

Milton Williams

After Williams was selected-once we passed Disputes in the Eagle War Room In any case, after the draft-the most obvious gain in Williams’ draft dossier is the incredible exercise test he received in professional day training.

Compare him to Miles Sanders, who is also well tested As a running backAnd this is what you get:

The long point we have to say here is that Williams is an elite athlete.

Williams started his career at Louisiana Tech University and then went inside during his junior season. In a small sample of DT (10 games), his weight was in the 260-270 range, he had 45 tackles (10 losses) and 4.5 sacks. He has received very impressive representatives in 2020:

Williams is obviously a player interested in Camp.

Marlon Tuplotu

After choosing Williams in the third round, the Eagles continued to increase their DT depth in the sixth round. They chose to push Plotu, a shorter 6’2, 317-pound nose tackle type. In the past three seasons of USC, in 29 games, Plotu has 102 tackles, 15 losses and 8.5 sacks.

Tuipulotu is an excellent running defender and his value may fall in the early days. As a pass rusher, even if he is not close to the quarterback, he can effectively push the pocket and provide more opportunities for the edge rusher to go home because the passer cannot get into the pocket. As we mentioned earlier, early in his career, he may even have played earlier than third-round player Williams, because as a burly runner, he needs to adapt less to the NFL.

Hassan Ridgeway

The Eagles initially acquired Ridgway from the Colts during the 2019 NFL Draft to obtain the seventh-round pick. In 2018, he played for one year under defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon.

Ridgway has always been a good rotation defensive tackle when playing for the Hawks, but he has missed 29 games in the past three years, including 18 games with the Hawks in the past two years.

In 14 games with the Hawks, Ridgeway has 19 tackles (6 losses), 3 sacks and 5 QB hits. He only counts the $950,000 salary cap, which looks good on the surface, but the risk of signing him is that if he makes the roster and the team relies on him for a rotation role, they will have to change if he is in the season In the middle of another injury, he will be with someone on the street.

TY McGill

McGill’s contract with 2021 is $850,000. 7 games in 2020, 9 tackles, 0.5 sacks. While delving into some of the other defensive players I reviewed in the “Introduction to Eagles” series, McGill occasionally flashes. If the Eagles maintain five DTs, I believe he has a great chance to beat Ridgeway to get a roster position.

Raquen Williams

Williams is the first free agent to lose in 2020. He played six games, completed five tackles and one sack. He spent most of the 2020 season in the training team, so unless he kills him in the preseason, the Eagles can easily hide him in the training team again.

Willie Henry

I will tell the truth. When I sat down to write this article, I forgot that this person was on the list. Henry was a fourth-round pick in Baltimore in 2016, which means that Andy Weidel knows him well. As a rookie, he did not play at all, but he played 15 games (3 starts) in 2017, completed 33 tackles and 3.5 sacks. He has only appeared in four games since.

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