We've got Jalyx Hunt and Tank Bigsby numbers in this week's Roob's Eagles Stats
We've got Jalyx Hunt and Tank Bigsby numbers in this week's Roob's Eagles Stats originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
It was quite a challenge finding acceptable stats offthatgame. Yikes. But we did our best, and our final regular-season edition of Roob's Eagles Stats is jammed with some pretty impressive Jalyx Hunt, DeVonta Smith, Tank Bigsby and pass defense numbers.
We've even got a Bosh Pritchard reference. Gotta love a good Bosh Pritchard reference!
1. With his interception off Josh Johnson, Jalyx Hunt joined a select group of defensive linemen in NFL history with three interceptions and an even smaller group of defensive linemen with three INTs and at least six sacks in a season. Hunt is only the 11thdefensive lineman with three INTs in a season and the second from the Eagles, joining nose tackle Charlie Johnson, who had three in the 1980 Super Bowl season. The only defensive linemen other than Hunt with three INTs and six sacks are Hall of Famer and one-time Eagle Richard Dent in 1990 (three INTs, 12 sacks), Aidan Hutchinson in 2022 (3, 9 ) and the Colts' Laiatu Latu this year (3, 8 ). Hunt had as many interceptions this year as every Eagles cornerback combined and became the first player in franchise history to lead the Eagles in both sacks and interceptions in the same season. Hunt is one of only three defensive linemen Eagles with three interceptions and six sacks in their entire Eagles career. The others are Mike Golic (3, 10 ) and Jerome Brown (3, 29 ), who were teammates from 1987 through 1991.
2. The Eagles finished the season allowing an NFL-best 56.8 percent completion percentage, lowest by an NFC team since the 2012 Cards allowed 54.3 percent and the Eagles' lowest since the 2008 team allowed 54.1. They allowed an NFL-low 14 touchdown passes, fewest by an NFC team since the 2017 Vikings allowed 13 (with a secondary coached by Jonathan Gannon). They held opposing QBs to a 75.4 passer rating, 2nd-lowest in the league behind only the Chargers at 75.0. The last NFC team to allow below 57 percent completion percentage, 14 or fewer passing TDs and a passer rating under 76 was the 2005 Bears under defensive coordinator Ron Rivera.
3. Tank Bigsby finished the season with 58 carries for 344 yards for a 5.9 rushing average. That's the highest by an Eagles running back with at least 50 carries in 64 years and 3rd-highest all-time. In 1949, Bosh Pritchard averaged 6.0 yards on 84 carries and in 1961 Timmy Brown averaged 6.8 on 50 carries. Bigsby's 5.9 average drops to 5.7 for the season if you include his five carries for 12 yards with the Jaguars.
4. The Eagles allowed just 751 net passing yards in their last six games. That's the fewest net passing yards they've allowed in any six-game span in 27 years. They allowed 738 during a six-game stretch from Week 6 through Week 12 of the 1998 season. They allowed just nine passing TDs over the last 13 games of the season, the fewest they've allowed in a 13-game span since 2000.
5A. With 52 yards in the first quarter, DeVonta Smith went over 1,000 yards for the third time in his career and actually finished the season as the Eagles' leading rusher with 1,008 yards - five more than A.J. Brown. The Eagles were one of only three teams with two 1,000-yard wide receivers, along with the Cowboys with CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens and the Lions with Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams. The Cards had two 1,000-yard receivers with Michael Wilson and tight end Trey McBride. This is the third year Smith and Brown have both gone over 1,000 yards. The Eagles never had two 1,000-yard receivers in the same season before they first did it in 2022.
5B. DeVonta Smith is only the fourth Eagle with three career 1,000-yard seasons. Brown has had four and Mike Quick, DeSean Jackson and Hall of Famer Harold Carmichael each had three. So Smith is the first player the Eagles have drafted with three 1,000-yard seasons since Jackson recorded his third in 2013.
6. He didn't play Sunday, but Dallas Goedert finished the season with 11 touchdown catches, tied for second in the NFL this year behind only Rams wide receiver Davante Adams and tied with Trey McBride for the most by a tight end. The last NFC tight end with more in a season is the 49ers' Vernon Davis, who had 13 in 2013. Goedert's 11 TDs are tied for 5th-most in Eagles history behind T.O. (14 in 2004), Mike Quick (13 in 1983) and Tommy McDonald (13 in both 1960 and 1961).
7. The Eagles led the Broncos 17-3 going into the fourth quarter, they led the Cowboys 21-14 going into the fourth quarter and on Sunday they led the Commanders 17-10. They lost all three games, making this the first time in 26 years they've lost three games in a season that they led by at least seven points through three quarters. Before this year, they were 81-4 in their last 75 games when they took a seven-point lead or larger into the fourth quarter. The Eagles and Cards are the only teams to lose three games this year that they led by seven or more points going into the fourth quarter. The Eagles were 5-3 when they led by a touchdown going into the fourth quarter. The rest of the NFL was 170-17.
8. Braden Mann set a franchise record this year for highest punting average at 49.9, breaking his own record of 49.8 that he set in 2023. Mann punted 72 times for 3,591 yards and fell six yards shy of becoming the first Eagles punter to average 50 yards in a season. Mann holds Eagles career records for highest gross average at 49.5 and highest net at 42.9. He finished fourth in the league with his 49.9 average.
9. With the Panthers winning the NFC South over the Bucs, the Eagles are the only 2024 division winner to repeat in 2025. Last year's other division winners were the Bills, Ravens, Texans and Chiefs in the AFC and the Lions, Bucs and Rams in the NFC. This year, the division winners were the Patriots, Steelers, Jaguars and Broncos in the AFC and Bear, Panthers and Seahawks in the NFC. And with the Bucs failing to reach the playoffs, the Eagles and Bills are the only teams to reach the playoffs in each of the last five seasons. The head coaches of both teams were fired by Andy Reid.
10. The Eagles' 123 penalty yards Sunday were their most in eight years, since they had 126 against the Panthers in 2017. It's their most at home in 15 years, since they had 125 penalty yards against the Colts in 2010. It's their 6th-most penalty yards in the last 30 years. It's also their most penalty yards ever in 183 all-time games against Washington. The previous high was 114 yards at FedEx in 2016. The Eagles averaged 63 penalty yards per game this year, 5th-highest in the NFL and 4th-highest in franchise history. It's their highest since the 2016 team averaged 69 penalty yards per game.