Film review: The Eagles got a lot of positive contributions from their rookies against the Cowboys

On By Littum

In their blowout win against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles got positive contributions from five of their rookie draft picks. Let’s look at them one by one.

Quinyon Mitchell

The Cowboys got nothing going in their passing game. Mitchell had two good pass breakups.

Mitchell, at the bottom of the screen, uses the sideline as his friend and simply dumps the receiver out of bounds for an incomplete action:

Here at the top of the screen, Mitchell’s mirroring of Jalen Brooks’ route is impressive. Brooks’ and Mitchell’s feet look almost in sync at the top of Brooks’ route, and then Mitchell tomahawks the ball away:

Cooper DeJean

DeJean made some nice plays as a tackler on passes to the perimeter. Here he attacks Jalen Tolbert (1), who is lead blocking on a WR screen, before disconnecting and making a tackle. I think it boils down to DeJean wanting to play more at the ball carrier than the receiver wanting to block.

No YAC for CeeDee Lamb on this short pass:

Here is DeJean in the opening at the top of the screen. Tolbert kicks it into high gear knowing he’s a primary in the play. The pass is way off target, but DeJean has no problem running stride for stride with Tolbert.

He also recovered a fumble in the end zone:

And of course he had a 32-yard punt return:

Jalyx hunting

Hunt, rushing opposite RT, had a batted pass that almost led to a Nakobe Dean INT.

Will Shipley

Shipley got some carries in garbage time, so I wouldn’t necessarily say he was a major contributor to the win, but I liked this run. He does a little shuffle cut to the left while letting Jack Stoll come by to pick up a block, then accelerates and draws a tackler for another 5+ yards.

Johnny Wilson

On his first career TD, Wilson stayed alive and worked in the back of the end zone as Jalen Hurts extended the play. You can also see Wilson’s catch radius in action here.

It’s also worth noting that 6’6 Wilson is covered by 5’10 slot corner Jourdan Lewis. As Wilson grows as a receiver, the Eagles can look to take advantage of these types of matchups in the red zone.

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