Adrian Fedkiw
We all know how bad Halapoulivaati Vaitai was on Sunday, but Connor Barwin was pretty atrocious too.
Vaitai ranked fourth and Barwin sixth in Pro Football Focus’ weekly 10 Worst Performances list.
Here’s what they had to say about Big V.
At least on first look, the downgrade from the suspended Lane Johnson to the Big V for the Eagles at right tackle is a colossal one. Johnson had given up five total pressures in four games, across 275 snaps of action, but Vaitai surrendered five in Sunday’s loss to the Redskins alone, on only 29 pass-blocking snaps. That would be bad enough if he was a match for Johnson in the run game, but he was no better there, giving the Eagles a big problem at the position all of a sudden with Johnson suspended for 10 games.
I’ve spent a lot of time talking about Vaitai this week, so if you really want to get an in-depth breakdown on him, check out my film study post from this morning.
What about Barwin?
Working primarily against Washington left tackle Trent Williams was always going to be a tough ask for Barwin this week, but he was practically erased from the game by the big tackle. He notched just two total hurries and two stops in the game, but was routinely dominated at the point of attack and he rushed the passer 31 times to get that output. Barwin was simply outmatched in this game, going up against one of the league’s best.
Barwin, Brandon Graham and Vinny Curry all struggled to generate pressure against Washington’s pair of stud tackles and because of that, Philadelphia’s suspect cornerbacks were exposed. Barwin also failed to set the edge on many occasions, something he’s usually a lot more profound at.
It was a tough Week 6 all the way around that’s for sure.