Vic Fangio Says He Feels ‘Good’ About Eagles’ Protection This 12 months

The Philadelphia Eagles gained Tremendous Bowl LIX and look poised to make one other deep playoff run this season regardless of some adjustments to the roster.

The Eagles dominated the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs due to their protection, specifically their cross rush.

Philadelphia’s line of defense managed the road of scrimmage, bullying Kansas Metropolis and getting fixed strain on Patrick Mahomes.

Whereas the Eagles’ offense stays largely intact, a number of key defensive gamers left this offseason.

Josh Sweat, Milton Williams, Brandon Graham and Bryce Huff are gone, forsaking a youthful and extra inexperienced cross rush.

Nonetheless, defensive coordinator Vic Fangio likes the gamers they’ve left and believes they’ll nonetheless compete.

“I be ok with Nolan [Smith],” Fangio mentioned, by way of Michael David Smith of Professional Soccer Discuss. “I believe we’ll be ok with Jalyx [Hunt] now that he’s gonna get plenty of reps and develop. He performed good for us down the stretch final yr, and performed rather a lot, as you noticed, so I be ok with these two guys, and I believe they’ll proceed to enhance. We’ve bought [Josh] Uche, we’ve bought Azeez [Ojulari], we’ve bought three different guys there. I believe we’ll be advantageous.”

Smith is in line for an even bigger function, and Hunt, Uche and Ojulari could have ample alternatives to show themselves on the sphere.

Shedding gamers like Sweat…