After swatting passes all week, Jordan Davis is getting some hardware.
Davis won NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Lions, where he batted three passes at the line of scrimmage, tied for the most by a player in a game this season. Davis’ first tipped pass resulted in a Cooper DeJean interception that put the Eagles on the board early in the game.
“I told everybody at practice today after it was announced that I really couldn’t do it without them,” Davis said on Wednesday. “Not only because of the things on the field, but also because of the energy that they have. It brings me joy to come to work every day. Getting to know these guys and sharing that, it’s one thing to work with these people but to actually get to know them and have fun and crack jokes with them, that’s special to me. I wouldn’t have that same juice, that same drive, if I didn’t have them.”
This is Davis’ second weekly honor of the season after he won NFC Special Teams Player of the Week from his game-winning blocked field goal turned touchdown against the Rams. He is the first Eagle in franchise history to win Special Teams and Defensive Player of the Week in the same season.
The 6-foot-6 Davis is in the midst of the best season of his career. He has a career-high three sacks to go along with 33 tackles and 10 quarterback pressures while playing 61% of the defensive snaps. — Written by Matt Ryan