Eagles All-22 Film Review: What to make of Jordan Davis

Earlier than we actually get into the depths of the low season, it’s time to overview the Philadelphia Eagles’ 2022 NFL Draft class. I received’t overview anybody until they performed sufficient snaps (so this might be a really brief sequence!), and I did break down every choose’s faculty movie, so I’ll use that as the premise for breaking down their movie. First up is Jordan Davis. Right here is my faculty overview of Jordan Davis. I’m going to summarize what I stated about Jordan Davis final yr and determine whether or not he outperformed expectations or underwhelmed, in addition to some basic ideas about him, and what to anticipate from him shifting ahead.

Nothing too surprising from the Professional Soccer Focus numbers. There’s nothing too elite, however I wouldn’t fear an excessive amount of in regards to the run protection numbers specifically. Nostril tackles are by no means going to have unbelievable numbers and Davis in all probability received’t see a statistical uptick till he begins taking part in in additional 4-man fronts and getting some extra pass-rushing alternatives.

That is what I stated had been Jordan Davis’ strengths from the school movie overview. Beneath every energy, I’ve highlighted a play or two from this yr that showcase his means to nonetheless do that on the subsequent stage. I’ll do the identical for the weaknesses.

+ Spectacular lateral motion and vary for an enormous DT, can shut down outdoors runs. He’s a big-time run defender.

+ Fast ft, strikes like a person lots lighter. The athleticism is out of this world for somebody his dimension.

+ Merely huge body and powerful anchor.

+ Has actual energy and can drive linemen again into the quarterback, particularly within the uncommon occasion he’s not double-teamed.

+ Can ‘stack and shed’ offensive linemen and make them look foolish at occasions. Can throw offensive lineman out of his means with insane energy

+ Does he ever miss a deal with? When he will get his arms on you, it appears to be over.

+ Has an absurd means to shoot by means of gaps when not requested to 2gap contemplating his dimension.

Jordan Davis was a unbelievable participant in faculty, however he completely had some weaknesses that all of us knew about.

– His greatest weak point is conditioning and whether or not he can deal with extra snaps. Everyone knows by now he solely performed 38% of the snaps final season and we clearly want him to play extra.

He solely performed 364 snaps in 16 video games this yr (a median of 23 a sport) and he didn’t look good down the stretch final yr, was this damage associated, or is that this the affect of a protracted season having an affect?

– Restricted cross rush strikes, didn’t get the prospect to see him ignore duties and get after the quarterback on third down.

– Doesn’t get as a lot of a constant inside push as you’d count on from a person his dimension. Performs excessive and loses the leverage battle at occasions.

– I might additionally add one other weak point after this yr… he performs excessive too usually within the run sport and might get stonewalled at occasions one-on-one. This was a difficulty down the stretch after his damage specifically. Your nostril deal with just about has to take up two offensive linemen otherwise you count on him to win within the run sport.

That is what I completed up by saying about Jordan Davis final yr.

I believe Davis goes to stroll into the NFL as an excellent starter on early downs. I don’t suppose it should take too lengthy earlier than Davis is seen as an elite early down run defender. He isn’t the completed venture and does want some teaching however the expertise jumps out on movie and also you clearly see elite traits from him, by way of the quickness and energy of a person that dimension.

By way of projecting him shifting ahead, I do suppose he can have the prospect to play on third down as he progresses all through his profession. I believe he can have the energy and quickness to tackle offensive guards and I believe groups will immediately wish to double-team him which can assist release the opposite defensive tackles and provides the EDGE defenders one on ones on the skin.

I believe that to be utterly sincere, Jordan Davis underachieved primarily based on these expectations. I believe we noticed that he was an excellent run defender on early downs, however he by no means jumped to the extent of an elite run defender final yr. Possibly I anticipated an excessive amount of, as I did level out that he wasn’t the completed product, as a result of I believe he was an excellent beginning nostril deal with however didn’t carry out to the heights I anticipated. I projected that he might sooner or later play on third down, however he definitely isn’t at that stage but. Nonetheless, I didn’t count on this to be in yr one so I’m not worrying about that side but.

Judging Jordan Davis’ first yr is actually difficult as a result of I believe we noticed a much better participant earlier than his Week 8 damage. Davis missed 4 video games and I don’t suppose he ever seemed the identical when coming again, and he struggled to even win his beginning job again from Linval Joseph. It’s simple to overlook that on the most important stage of all of them, the Tremendous Bowl, Davis solely performed 10 snaps when the Eagles merely couldn’t cease the Chiefs’ working sport. To be blunt: Davis simply didn’t look excellent down the stretch of final season.

I believe Jordan Davis was on his solution to changing into an impressive early down-run defender earlier than his damage. I do suppose the damage is a slight fear, contemplating the scale of Davis, and the truth that his conditioning in faculty was a difficulty. However so long as the damage doesn’t affect him over the long run, we should always see a greater Jordan Davis sooner or later.

I’ve just about zero doubts about Davis creating into the elite-run defender we noticed at occasions final yr. There are 2 issues I’m actually searching for from Jordan Davis subsequent yr, which he wants to realize to take his sport to the following stage.

The power to play as a 1-tech in a 4-down entrance extra, and never simply as a nostril in a 5-man entrance.
The power to get extra strain on the quarterback.

If Davis can obtain each of these objectives, he ought to turn into an impressive total participant. If he solely ever achieves the first one, a prime run-stuffing deal with remains to be an enormous a part of a protection. I might like to see Jordan Davis add some cross rush to his sport, and I actually hope we see that a part of his sport develop over the course of the following season. My considerations with Davis are largely round accidents and conditioning, and I’m nonetheless very optimistic that he develops into the participant I believed he would turn into.