One Eagles player earns NFC Player of the Week recognition while another gets snubbed

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesFor the third week in a row, the Philadelphia Eagles have a player taking home an NFC Player of the Week award.

Zech McPhearson won NFC Special Teams Player of the Week in Week 1.

Now it’s Brandon Graham who is being honored as NFC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 3.

Graham notched five total quarterback hits, 2.5 sacks, two tackles for loss, one forced fumble, and one pass deflection in the Eagles’ 24 to 8 win over the Washington Commanders. He regularly terrorized Carson Wentz.

Making Graham’s production even more impressive is that he only played 27 snaps (35%). And only 19 of those were pass rush snaps.

That Graham is still playing at a high level…