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Washington Football Team: Studs and duds from Week 17 win over Eagles

By Jacob Camenker

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 03: Strong safety Kamren Curl #31 of the Washington Football Team celebrates with defensive end Chase Young #99 after an interception during the first quarter of the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on January 03, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 03: Strong safety Kamren Curl #31 of the Washington Football Team celebrates with defensive end Chase Young #99 after an interception during the first quarter of the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on January 03, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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Jan 3, 2021; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Washington Football Team defensive end Chase Young (99) runs with the ball against Philadelphia Eagles running back Boston Scott (35) after recovering a fumble during the fourth quarter at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 3, 2021; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Washington Football Team defensive end Chase Young (99) runs with the ball against Philadelphia Eagles running back Boston Scott (35) after recovering a fumble during the fourth quarter at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /

Stud: EDGE Chase Young

For all the issues that Washington has had at quarterback this year, I don’t think they have regretted taking Chase Young No. 2 overall for one second. Young has quickly emerged as one of the league’s best pass rushers and the pressure he generated against the Eagles was critical to helping Washington win this one.

One play from Young stands out, and it’s not one that will show up on every stat sheet. It came on the first Washington defensive drive of the half.

It was a third-and-three for the Eagles and Jalen Hurts was scrambling out of the pocket to his right with his eyes downfield. He was motioning to his receiver to do something specific and was getting set to throw when he suddenly felt Young screaming up behind him. Hurts had to rush the throw and it fell incomplete.

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That may sound like a normal play, but Young had come from all the way on the left-tackle-side of the play to chase down Hurts. He did that despite being a solid 44 pounds heavier than the Eagles quarterback. That type of athletic ability is incredibly rare and it makes him a threat to make a play every time he’s on the field.

Young also had a nice sack of Hurts when he sniffed out an RPO, faked liked he was going after the running back, and quickly turned back upfield to wallop Hurts. Again, you don’t see that type of athletic ability very often.

Young finished up the day with a sack, a tackle for loss, three quarterback hits, and a fumble recovery that set up Washington’s insurance field goal. He had an excellent rookie season and ended the year with 7.5 sacks. He surely should win Defensive Rookie of the Year and this game will just add more to his already-strong career highlight reel.

Also, as usual, Montez Sweat had a great game. He could’ve just as easily been included as a stud here as a partner for Young. He had five tackles, a sack, a pass defense, and played a key role in Young’s fumble recovery that set up points for Washington.

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