Defense

My friend PK compares McDermott's 2009 with recent (Jim Johnson) vintages.

Who was on that '00-'03 defensive line? Other than Ambassador Hugh Douglas, I can't remember. I feel like they used to create a lot more pressure than this current crop. Aside from Cole, no one on this current D-line gets more than 4 sacks a season.

OK, i just looked it up. 

There's the '02 season, when Douglas, ND Kalu and Darwin Walker combined for 28 sacks.

This year, Cole, Parker and Howard were roughly the same, combining for 27 sacks.

Although, I just looked, overall, in 2002 we had 56 sacks and in '09 we had 44 sacks. But a quick review of other years shows that the Eagles regularly got anywhere from 40-47 sacks.