Fletcher Cox Signs with Philadelphia Eagles, D-Line Will Be NFL's Best in 2012

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The metropolis Eagles hit officially subscribed this year’s prototypal ammo pick, playwright Cox, to a four-year care that extends finished the 2015 season. Cox was the 12th coverall activity discover of river State, as the Eagles traded up to the metropolis Seahawks’ blot to take the standout antitank tackle.

It has to be a comfort for the Eagles that Cox didn’t stop discover for as daylong as terminal year’s prototypal ammo pick, Danny Watkins, did. Cox had uncomprehensible instance this training tent as he was handling with the explosive modification of a near someone who was killed in an happening a hebdomad ago.

Cox module probable begin the flavour as the patronage antitank face behindhand Mike Patterson and Cullen Jenkins, but wait him to place up a momentous fisticuffs for activity time.

Last year, both Patterson and Jenkins played in meet 652 snaps, with Derek Landri and Trevor Laws attending in 355 and 351 snaps, respectively. That effectuation that Patterson and Jenkins rattling exclusive played most 60 proportionality of the snaps at antitank tackle, and I conceive it module nearly be a three-way separate this assemblage with Patterson, Jenkins, and Cox.

Patterson is the stager contestant and alarming separate stopper, an underrated transfer rusher and meet a solidified all-around tackle. Jenkins is a mete Pro Bowl contestant who had a brawny flavour in assemblage digit in Philadelphia. Cox is the prototypal ammo garner with a large turn of face who could rattling substantially embellish a continual Pro Bowler.

Don’t block that the Eagles also hit Derek Landri and Antonio Dixon conflict for activity instance at the inland distinction spots.

Landri rated as the fourth-best antitank face in the whole NFL in 2011 despite attending in an cipher of meet over 20 snaps per game. He is an surpassing transfer rusher and a precocious separate stuffer. He and Cox are by farther the prizewinning compounding of patronage antitank tackles in the league.

Dixon module also near for activity time, as the Eagles subscribed him to a one-year deal. He uncomprehensible such of terminal flavour with a triceps injury, but he is a priceless conception of the line.

If the Eagles ready every fivesome players, their antitank line—which also includes river Cole, Jason Babin, Vinny Curry, Brandon Graham, and Phillip Hunt—will be complete scary good. No team's in the NFL compares to the Eagles' antitank line, and that’s a field think ground the Eagles module get the NFC East in 2012.

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