6/19/2023 0 Comments Coach notebookHe was sentenced to 12 months of probation, 80 hours of community service and fined $1,000. LeCroy’s vehicle was reportedly traveling over 100 mph.Ĭarter changed his story under questioning by police, per reports, and pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of racing and reckless driving. Carter, police alleged, was racing LeCroy in his Jeep when the wreck occurred shortly after Georgia’s national championship victory in January. Also named in the suit, among other entities are the University of Georgia athletic department.Īthens, Ga., police charged Carter with speeding and reckless driving for his role in an automobile wreck that killed Bulldogs teammate Willock and football staff member Chandler LeCroy. That according to reports citing the father of Willock, Dave Willock Sr. The other shoe dropped on embattled Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter, the first-round pick being named in a $40 million lawsuit alleging wrongful death of Devin Willock, Carter’s roommate at Georgia. He’s very intentional about what he wants, and that shows on a daily basis in how he operates.” “I think with Jalen, nothing that he ever does will surprise me. “One of the messages that we spoke about to the offense was ‘yeah, there’s no ceiling, but let’s have an extremely high floor, too, and have a level of play that’s really consistent at a high level, and then his talent can take over.’ “We’ll never put a ceiling on what he can accomplish,” Johnson said of Hurts. Had Gannon’s defense gotten one stop, Hurts might have been Super Bowl MVP, as well. Hurts was runner up in the MVP voting to Patrick Mahomes in the regular season. The Eagles promoted him to the job from quarterbacks coach partly because he’s close to Jalen Hurts, and because he was an important cog to the game-planning that helped make the unit one of the top offenses in football last year. While Desai is new to the Eagles, offensive coordinator Brian Johnson is not. We want to make sure that people feel us.” We’re not going to take anything from anybody. “I really believe the city’s teams (have) to reflect the city, and we’ve got some grit, we’ve got some toughness, we want to be able to impose our will. “The one thing that we’ve agreed on and we’ve talked about as a staff and a group is there’s a certain mentality that we want to reflect,” Desai said. Right now he has a “get after it” defensive approach where almost everything is in play and hopefully a credit to the tough Philly market. Last year he helped mold a playoff defense for the Seattle Seahawks. There’s only so many times you can stomach the greeting, “Happy (fill in the day)” as the most revealing quote of his sessions with reporters.ĭesai previously worked several years with the Chicago Bears, who got rid of most of their highly paid talent. Though that doesn’t necessarily guarantee victory it beats the schtick Gannon rolled with. To come full circle almost and up the other side of Broad Street where it’s a different level of football is really special.”Ĭompared to Jonathan Gannon, who after becoming head coach of the Arizona Cardinals buried the Philadelphia media – though a source said his ire was directed at talk show critics, but then, who cares? – Desai is a transparent breath of fresh air. I started my coaching career here at Temple University down the road, and we helped turn that program around there. “There’s a lot of pride that we take in this city. “This is an emotional kind of homecoming for me to come back to Philadelphia,” Desai said. Or what it’s like to have fellow newbie Matt Patricia looking over your shoulder as the senior defensive assistant.ĭesai, 40, is enjoying the rush of returning to Philadelphia, where he worked with former Temple coach Al Golden to resuscitate the Owls after so many years of pain. With the first real test months away, Thursday was not the day to ask new Eagles defensive coordinator Sean Desai if he felt he could have gotten one lousy stop in the second half of Super Bowl LVII.
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