Edward Jasperis a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas A&M... (wikipedia)
He's a backside runner. If he catches you running to the ball, he'll make you pay for it. Him making you pay for it is a lot different than other backs. Most times, it will cost you 10 yards or so. With him, he'll take it 50 yards for a touchdown.
We need people. We got money. We don't have people.
When you're playing every snap, the problem is you can't give 110 percent on every play.
It's a shame the way that game turned out because Tommy deserves more recognition than he's going to get now.
It's kind of like the old Barry Sanders Rule. The first person to him wouldn't take a shot at him. First person to him would break down in front of him and try to mirror him to give everybody else a chance. You weren't gonna tackle him by yourself.
That's one of the main reasons he deserves this (Pro Bowl). Teams are having to change their blocking schemes and change their offenses, trying to slow him down. They stick a tight end over there to cover him. They send multiple guys out to check him.
Because it's easy to play defense like this. It's harder when the other team has 10 minutes more of possession time than you do.
I bull-rushed the guy. He tackled me. The ref threw the flag, late. So I'm thinking he's calling holding. But it wasn't. It was tripping. On me.