Jalen Carter Is DOMINATING, Performing Better Than Any Rookie Pass Rusher Ever | Pat McAfee Reacts

There's another guy that just came into the league out of Georgia playing for the Philadelphia Eagles, and obviously during his draft process, a lot happened. Yeah. A lot happened during the draft process, both physically and mentally tasking on him, and I assume a lot of different situations, but he got drafted to the right place. There are stats now coming out that Jalen Carter, okay, of the Philadelphia Eagles, has 25 pressures already, nine more than any other rookie defensive tackle in their first five games during the next-gen stats era. Just give him the defensive rookie of the year now. Now, I do believe we're all on the same page, but I don't think those particular stats were something we fully understood. Twenty-five is nine more than any other rookie defensive lineman's ever had in the history of the NFL. Why has he had so much success so quickly, and how do you stop that particular guy, and what type of career – is he at his best already, or is he going to only get better somehow? Listen, we were talking before the show. During the draft process, I compared him to Chris Jones. He's as good as Chris Jones right now. Right now. At least what he's doing right now. Now, will he hit the rookie wall? Who knows? But what he's doing, and their ability and their scheme with the other guys they have on their defensive line, their ability to get him in one-on-one situations, especially against the center with the mismatch you can have there, it's incredible. He's getting pressures. He's disrupting. He's becoming a game-wrecker already. So, what is it? He's just fast, strong, quick? What is it? 330, fast, strong, quick. He's got it all. He's got pass rush moves, which a lot of times rookies come in, they don't have that because they're so used to just being able to press people or be able to run around guys on the edge. But once you develop moves, then you get pretty good, right? This guy's got it already. In college. Unbelievable. He was going against a pretty good O-line on Bloody Tuesday. Yeah, down there in Georgia. I would say that probably helped him in the SEC. You're talking about his hand movement, though. Yeah, he's like an MMA guy whenever he's in there already. That's something you see with Mathis and those guys, even with the gridiron gang, you're always working those hands. He's just natural. He has the lateral quickness, like you said, the explosiveness. He's a finisher, too. He's not just getting there. He finishes when he gets back. He's a dog. It feels like Philadelphia is the right place for him to land, as well, because Sirianni has really brought out the best of him. And also, there's like, what, 15 Georgia Bulldogs there? Yeah. So, he's got a lot of people that he knows, especially with what he was coming through, went through, how it was all going. Him getting dropped into a familiar place and a coaching staff that appreciates everything he's about has obviously made him great. Good for the Eagles. They lose Sioux. Yeah. Right? And Dombikin Sioux was there last year. Hargrave. Lose Sioux. Lose Hargrave. What do you got? Oh, now we got Fletcher Cox and a guy that they're calling a rhino. Yeah. They just reload. Good for Howley over there. Well, and like the rookie wall, you guys can probably speak on it more, but I assume it's because, you know, that happens to players because they use them. They overwork them. Like, with the Eagles, their defensive line rotation is so good that it's hard to imagine he hits a rookie wall like everyone else does just because they don't need him for, you know, every single down. He can come in and do what he's been doing, just wrecking every single game. We got a guy who's definitely not garbage. Jalen Carter in Philly. We see what this guy can do on the interior D line. When you watch him play, like, how do you ever block this guy? Dude, it's fun to watch him play, man. I mean, he is big. He moves extremely well, and he is strong as an ox. I mean, he throws people out of the way. He understands the position very well. He knows how to play double teams. He knows how to rush the passer. He has good counter moves. To be as big, physical, and strong as he is as a rookie, combined with the knowledge and the technical ability of playing the position he has, man, is it a lot of fun to watch. And it's a position that, you know, people don't love. Like, it's not like people are cracking on the tape and they can't wait to watch D tackle play. Trust me, I know. I've been one. But he makes it fun to watch the position, and he's just throwing giant human beings out of the way. Looks like Philly's got a special one for a long time up there. Only going to get better, too, right? That's like a matter of fact. The more reps you have in the NFL, the better you're going to get, and the stronger he's going to somehow get as well. Yeah. I mean, obviously, he's got now the full-time job. Now, I always tell people that when I got to the NFL, you don't have classes anymore. You have enough money to have the proper nutrition, to buy the proper things, to recover, to have the best bed to sleep in. You know, you got all the right things. So now he's only going to get bigger, faster, stronger. And he's going to get comfortable playing against NFL offenses. He's going to learn these cadences and rhythms. He's going to learn little tips and tricks. He's going to get good, man. They call him the Rhino over there. Makes a lot of sense.