The tone was set early on Sunday when the Eagles hosted the Steelers, and it solely took into the primary quarter for the groups to sq. off after the whistle. Steelers TE/OT Darnell Washington sort of man-handled Darius Slay via the endzone, leading to your entire Eagles protection getting their Captain’s again.
Notably, it was the younger guys like Jalyx Hunt and Quinyon Mitchell who let Washington know they have been to not be messed with. Jalen Carter was within the scrum and definitely edging in direction of Washington to provide him a chunk of his thoughts, too.
Slay wasn’t shocked that Mitchell was one of many first guys to defend him, saying that’s his little brother and so they present up for one another, so after all he could be proper there.
Ultimately issues cooled down, and the melee resulted in offsetting penalties, however Slay was simply comfortable there have been no ejections. The Eagles protection was dynamic all sport — though they solely performed two drives within the second half — and seeing them combat for one another is what you need in mid-December.
