Greenard’s Impact Powers Eagles Defense | NFL News

0:00On September 7th, so, the Eagles defense just got ranked number 5 overall by NFL.com, which is pretty solid. A big part of that ranking, and honestly, the whole vibe of the defense this year hinges on their new guy, Jonathan Greenard. He's the past rusher they brought in to really make some noise. They lost some key players in free agency, like Reed Blankenship and the Coby Dean, and Jalen Phillips also moved on to Carolina. To fill that gap on the edge, they traded some draft picks to get Greenard, and then immediately signed him to a big extension, four years four. $98 million. Greenard's been putting up numbers with back-to-back seasons of 12 or more sex. The Eagles have been looking for that kind of consistent pressure since haste and retic left, especially since their pressure rate has been kind of low. For a few years now, now Greenard did have an injury earlier this year, a pectoral strain in July that kept him out of training camp. He was on the PUP list, but is expected to be back within the first four games of the

1:01season. While he's out, the focus shifts to Jalix Hunt and Nolan Smith to generate pressure. Word is, Hunt has been looking really good in camp, almost unblockable. If he can keep that up, the past rush might not even skip a beat before Greenard is back to full strength, giving them a serious one-two punch on the defensive line. Football News, powered by AI. This is NFL News Today.