Vic Fangio explains the next step after Jalen Carter’s dominant Week 3 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni revealed on Monday that Jalen Carter was the team’s player of the game against the Saints. For his performance, Carter got a game ball.
No surprise there.
The Eagles’ second-year defensive tackle put together an absolutely dominant performance against the Saints on Sunday in New Orleans.
“Obviously, this past game was his best game by far,” defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said. “And hopefully that will set the trend moving forward. I don’t know what actually triggered it, other than he, and we as a D-Line unit, didn’t play good in the previous game. So I’m sure that had something to do with it.”
Carter has an unbelievably high ceiling. The 9th overall pick from the 2023 draft has legitimate All-Pro potential and he flashed it all afternoon at the Superdome on Sunday.
The next step for Carter is finding a way to be consistently dominant.
What’s the key to that?
“Just keeping him on point on a day-in, day-out basis,” Fangio said. “Not just game day, but practice, also. Because the way you practice, usually, is the way you’ll play.”
Carter is still just 23. A couple weeks ago, he was late for a team meeting and was disciplined by the team by way of sitting out the first series of the Falcons game. And on Tuesday, Fangio praised Carter but also pointed out the importance of keeping him focused and making sure he practices hard.
If Carter never becomes an All-Pro, it won’t be for lack of talent.
Against the Saints on Sunday, Carter didn’t get a sack but he filled up the stat sheet with 4 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 batted passes and a quarterback hit.
The #Eagles DT Jalen Carter had the greatest game I have ever seen from a DT vs the Saints.
He impacted 18 total plays (in 51 snaps). I have never seen a DT have that high of a rate when it comes to his impact on a game. Absolutely incredible game by one…
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Publish date : 2024-09-25 11:00:00
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