Philadelphia Eagles Week 3 Game Ball - Trevor Laws
Every week we'll giving out a game ball to the Eagles player who most impressed us on the previous Sunday. He may not have been the flat out best player on the field, but the guy still made a big impact and probably surprised some.
This week, it goes to Trevor Laws. The guy the Eagles actually selected above DeSean Jackson had spent two rather unimpressive seasons in the NFL prior to this one. Then this offseason we started hearing all the stories about how hard he'd worked in the offseason and how impressed all the coaches were with him... Blah blah stuff we've all heard before.
But then, Laws started to really play the part. He had a great camp and won the #3 DT job. He's been getting pressure in the first couple games, but he took over against the Jaguars. To the point where he seemed to get more snaps that Mike Patterson & Broderick Bunkley. He had his first career sack and was credited with knocking down two passes. I actually thought he had two sacks, but apparently he was only credited with a tackle for loss when he brought down David Garrard for a two yard loss early in the game.
Laws talked about getting his first career sack after the game.
I came in today and played like I feel like I should have been playing for my whole career, got my first sack which is a great feeling out there. I went camp healthy for the first time this year. I've been banged up the last couple of years and it's all about having a healthy body for me."
In his must read weekly "Man Up" feature Sheil Kapadia also noted Laws' standout performance.
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While we're handing out awards
was their ever an official announcement for the Na Brown Award winner?
If I’m lame and I missed that 300+ comment post, tell me to fuck off…but please, tell me who won first
No official post yet but no doubt it’s Riley Cooper. Minimal impact so far.
by Route36 on Sep 27, 2010 3:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Hes been playing ST doing well
His role will increase eventually. he is a rookie and it IS only the 3rd game of hte season
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!
Would Charles Scott count?
My quarterback hunts wild hogs and kills rattlesnakes in his free time...What does your quarterback do?
Why would he win it?
He was awful in camp/preseason – exactly the opposite of a Na Brown candidate
That's great Bobby, but we don't have Dance Dance Revolution, so... you're dumb.
by alcatraz0109 on Sep 27, 2010 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
But I thought the Eagles' DT aren't supposed to rush the QB . . .
Or that is at least what we are told constantly on why Patterson/Bunkley almost never generate pressure in a pashing attempt on 1st and 2nd down.
He generated most of his pressure
On 3rd and long plays where we play a 1 gap system, as per his sack and his other near sack.
LOL! I got killed on here for suggesting the 2-gap sucked. But I heard Hugh Douglas
say the same thing, that the DT STILL HAS TO PUSH THE MIDDLE! Not just sit back.
GO VICK! (And Kolb too if necessary!)
by Lombardi and Broad on Sep 27, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Really nice to see Trevor getting pressure like that. Its also good to see a guy that we all considered a bubble player (and the coaches all but called a bubble player) really respond and justify that draft pick. Here’s hoping he keeps it up throughout the season.
Let the beasting begin.
by TransplantedFan on Sep 27, 2010 4:09 PM EDT reply actions
I hope this is him turning a corner in his career and not just some anomaly. Would be great for us, and for him, if he can continue to play like he did here.
"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else." Frédéric Bastiat
by Euler.is.a.Pimp on Sep 27, 2010 11:23 PM EDT reply actions
+1
Gerrard is the worst starter in the nfl right now with no weapons besides mjd, awful
by Get Jackson a better nickname on Sep 28, 2010 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm in cautious optimism about him.
I’m really hoping that it wasn’t just because he was playing the Jaguars. But it looked to me like he was really playing well. Our Front 4 were already playing well and getting good pressure on QBs, just imagine if he continues playing like this Brandon Grahan continues maturing, and Juqua Parker can keep up his play with the reduced number of plays in every game. Our D would be scary.
Also, this is kind of off-topic, but I was looking at some Statistics today and was comparing Nate Allen to Brian Dawkins. Dawkins didn’t start all the game his rookie year, but Nate Allen is already just one pick away from Dawkins’s 3 in his rookie year. Not saying this means he’s the next Dawk (I don’t think anyone will ever really replace him), and I don’t think he’s as solid a tackler as Dawkins, but if he can turn out to be a ball hawk on his level, I’ll be absolutely thrilled. He’s already shown some really good stuff in coverage.
Brent Celek is my boy
R.I.P. JJ (7/28/09)

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