PFF: Derek Landri Is Trending Up

by JasonB on Feb 11, 2012 12:00 PM EST in Philadelphia Eagles News

Pro Football Focus took a look at their individual grades for players now that the season is over and identified who made the biggest jumps up and drops down for each team. For the Eagles, Derek Landri was up and Nnamdi Asomugha was down..

Derek Landri: From -7.1 to +22.0

So where did that come from? Landri started in Carolina, and despite having one of the quickest first steps of any interior lineman, failed to impress the longer the season went on. Yet put him in the wide-nine scheme and watch him go. Landri played so well as a backup in his 355 snaps that he has many thinking he could handle a full-time role in the Eagles’ defense. What was so impressive was how the former Jaguar was able to make plays rushing the passer and defending the run, showing the kind of discipline that the scheme relies on. Great find.

And for the downside....

Nnamdi Asomugha: From +10.0 coverage, to -1.0 coverage

First, don’t take this as saying Asomugha was terrible, he wasn’t. He simply had plenty of moments where he looked completely out of place in a scheme that didn’t seem to suit him. He got better as the season went on and but never justified the price tag, and failed to look like the shutdown corner he had become in Oakland. By the end of the season he had given up twice as many yards and four more touchdowns than he did in all of 2010. You do feel he’ll get better in 2012, but for now, Eagles fan can be understandably disappointed.

PFF also identified the Eagle who most deserves more snaps... Check out the article here.

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by immynimmy on Feb 11, 2012 3:16 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Remember when we were all clamoring for Doug free?

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by immynimmy on Feb 11, 2012 3:16 PM EST via mobile reply actions

ahh those days

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by dday on Feb 11, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions

This is nothing

Andy still sucks at spotting defensive talent.

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by philiafan14364 on Feb 11, 2012 6:06 PM EST reply actions

Quick to forget they actually cut this guy after preseason. We’re really lucky no one else signed him.

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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Feb 11, 2012 7:19 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

One middle linebacker can mask all the deficiencies of everyone else on the LB corps. We’re on player away from having a dominant defense. Todd Bowles will whip theses secondary into shape.

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by TyeWD on Feb 11, 2012 6:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Man PFF does a really good job with their statistics. They are slowly but surely taking over FO as my stat place.

by dlem7 on Feb 11, 2012 7:16 PM EST reply actions

They make a good point about Phillip Hunt

He’s a great pass rusher and both Babin and Cole are every down players. Between Hunt and the (hopeful) return/emergence of Brandon Graham, it’s a STACKED DE team.

Will Washburn start rotating more often to keep fresher legs? If he does. Scary.

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by Djax10 on Feb 12, 2012 1:46 AM EST up reply actions

Our backup usually get 20-25 snaps per game

With Parker probably on his way out, I could see Hunt beating Tapp for the other backup spot – that would mean about twice as many snaps as he had this season, which he might be happy with.

Or, as you say, we could rotate more often and be even more awesome :p

by deg0ey on Feb 12, 2012 4:50 AM EST up reply actions