Trade Alert! Eagles Add DE Robert Quinn
Howie Roseman has begun his Trade Deadline shopping a few days early.
The Trade Deadline is officially at 4PM ET on November 1st.
Howie came out with yet another great trade. Only sending a 4th round pick for the Bears to take on $7.1M of Robert Quinn’s deal this year was a great depth addition to the Defensive Line. If reports were true that the Panthers were rejecting a two 1st round pick offer for Brian Burns. Then I’ll gladly hold onto the top 5 and 32nd pick the Eagles currently possess.
With the deadline coming 2 days after the Eagles game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, today was the perfect time to add Quinn. Getting in a few days of practice should hopefully see Quinn get a handful of snaps against a Steelers offence that has struggled with rookie Kenny Pickett.
The Good Part
Last season, Robert Quinn broke a Bears franchise record set by Richard Dent in 1984. Passing his 17.5 Sack season with a total of 18.5. You can check out that record setting sack here.
On top of having 18.5 sacks. Quinn finished last season with 4 Forced Fumbles, 17 Tackles For Loss and 22 QB Hits. Pretty good for a 31 year old defensive end.
New Systems Not Working
7 Weeks through the 2022 season – and something’s different about Quinn’s stat line. 1 Sack, 3 QB Hits and 2 Tackles For Loss. I wonder what could have caused that? The Bears loss of Khalil Mack on the defensive line? Yeah, that would probably do it.
Considering through 7 weeks this is what Quinn’s Double Team Pass Rush Win Rate looks like:
(Stats thanks to @SethWalder)
Thankfully, with a Defensive Line that includes Jordan Davis, Haason Reddick, Brandon Graham, Josh Sweat, Javon Hargrave and Fletcher Cox. opponents Offences will struggle with who the right target to double team will be.
I’m not expecting Quinn to ramp up his production immediately in Philly, but his projected numbers will surely go up from the 3 Sacks, 9 QB Hits and 6 Tackles For Loss that he’s currently on pace for.
I wouldn’t expect to see a lot from Quinn against the Steelers on such short notice, but with Brandon Graham’s reported Hamstring injury this afternoon. There’s a potential Quinn might have a bigger role in his first game as an Eagle if BG has any setbacks.
Do the Eagles continue the undefeated streak on Sunday?
Go Birds!
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