Philadelphia Eagles: Fletcher Cox (finally) finds a way to save the season
After a down season, Fletcher Cox finally flashed his vintage form by forcing a Tony Pollard fumble to save the Philadelphia Eagles’ season.
For the majority of the 2019 season, Fletcher Cox has been a non-factor for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Blame it on an offseason foot injury that never really had time to heal over the course of a grueling 17 week season, but after finally recording double-digit sacks for the first time in his career in 2018, it’s hard not to look at 2019 as a bit of a down year for Philly’s OG million dollar man.
With the season on the line, Cox stepped up in the most important way.
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In a still relatively close game at the top of the third quarter, Cox left the field injured after a 10 yard run by Ezekiel Elliott. Three plays later, Cox was back, and he made his return known by blowing up a toss play to Tony Pollard for a one-yard loss on third down.
But wait, there’s more.
Not only did Cox thoroughly stuff the former third-round pick out of Memphis with all of his 6-foot-4, 310-pound frame, but he also ripped the ball out and gave Malcolm Jenkins his first fumble recovery of the season after Doug Pederson won a coach’s challenge.
Now granted, it’s not like the Eagles really did all that much with the free possession, as they punted on a (basically) 3-and-out, but one series later, the Eagles scored their final touchdown of the game to put away them Boys once and for all.
That play may have saved Jim Schwartz‘s job (ugh) and cost Jason Garrett his. That play also brought the Linc oh so much joy on the game before Christmas (more on that here). And most importantly of all, it all but ended the Cowboys’ season.
Santa Cox (Christmas Cox?) was very good to the people of the Delaware Valley this year.
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Will this play go down in team history as an all-timer? No. Will it even show up on Fletcher Cox’s highlight real – for 2019, or his career – maybe, maybe not, but it’s safe to say that without that fateful forced fumble, the Philadelphia Eagles may not have won their Week 16, winner-take-all contest against the Dallas Cowboys. In sports, momentum is a powerful thing, and that one, weird, trick play for a one-yard loss secured it in Philly’s court once and for all with a new lease on postseason life.