Eagles Haason Reddick proves to be steal
PHILADELPHIA -- 's eyes couldn't help but light up Matt Joyce Jerseywhen he saw a tight end line up against him one-on-one. The most dominant edge rusher in the NFL this postseason, Reddick prognosticated what would happen once Kyle Shanahan set up the formation."Really, really bad things."Reddick was able to get to on that second-and-6 rush, knocking the rookie quarterback out on just the sixth offensive play of the NFC Championship showdown. It was yet another game-changing play by a pa s rusher who has lived off them in the playoffs."It was a play-action pa s. I was literally ripping it to BA (49ers wide reciever )," Purdy said. "He was coming open and I thought it was going to be a big play. He just came from my blind side at the time, from my right side, and the ball came out."Reddick has Philly going wild. : on FOX: Stream on NFL+NFL (@NFL)Each of Reddick's franchise-record 3.5 postseason sacks have turned out to be a huge difference maker in Philadelphia's run to the Super Bowl. His first sack Sunday knocked Purdy out of the game and resulted in an UCL injury for the 49ers quarterback. The second sack was also on a second-and-6, knocking backup Jose Ramirez Jerseyquarterback back nine yards and putting San Francisco in a third-and-15 situation with a fourth-string quarterback.Reddick even knocked out Johnson later in the game with a concu sion in the third quarter, forcing Purdy to reenter the contest even though he couldn't throw the ball. The 49ers Josh Donaldson Jerseywere out of options because of Reddick."He wouldn't have gone back in unle s he had to," Shanahan said of Purdy's injury, . "We knew the second he was out we were going to go wildcat, so we would've mixed both in but we didn't get long enough drives to show that either." PHIOLB#7Reddick finished with two sacks, three pre sures, a quarterback hit and a tackle for lo s in the dominant win -- all of his plays coming in the first 33 minutes as the Eagles built a 14-point lead thanks to his pre sure on the quarterback. This is part of a dominant postseason for Reddick, who has 3.5 sacks, 12 pre sures, four quarterback hits, and a pre sure rate of 31.6%.Not only has Reddick taken overGreg Maddux Jersey the postseason, but he leads the NFL in sacks with 19.5 (including postseason). Reddick has 80 pre sures and 30 quarterback hits to go with his 19.5 sacks in 19 games. Since the startMark Melancon Jersey of December, Reddick has 11.5 sacks and 48 pre sures -- a span of eight games.The Eagles signed Reddick to a three-year, $45 million deal in the first week of free agency. Of all of their free agent signings who have sparked this Super Bowl run, Reddick has been the best one of the bunch.He's the best offseason signing in the NFL, too -- the most dominant pa s rusher the Eagles have employed since Hugh Douglas was terrorizing quarterbacks in the early 2000s."He's been a bad dude all year," Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts said. "That's what we need going forward."
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