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Rashaan Evans in the first round of this year’s draft Customized Tennessee Titans Jerseys , there were pretty high expectations for this Titans’ defensive front. But with injuries limiting his impact in the first half of the season, things went south for Evans. Thankfully, that seems to be out of the picture, as Evans has gradually gotten better through the season’s progression. It’s tough to take anything away from tackle stats, as they can boil down to where the play ended. Still, Evans has 40 tackles in his rookie season, with 18 in his last three games.Again there’s nothing we can take away from tackles, but I’ll say this: Evans looks more and more like a key part of this Titans defense, showing up in a big way in the team’s wins against the Jets and Jaguars. So with that in mind, let’s dive into what stands out about Rashaan Evans’ rookie season.gamepass.nfl.comAt Alabama, Evans’ aggression stood out. His ability to go from 0 to 100 while maintaining a high degree of power rushing the passer or the run were part of why the Titans traded up to get him.Here, he rams his own teammate—nose tackle Austin Johnson—out of the way and stuffs Isaiah Crowell. How he’s able to find this tiny gap to make the tackle I don’t know, but he gets it done and in a big way.gamepass.nfl.comPerhaps my favorite trait of Evans’ young NFL career is his patience as a linebacker. He does these fast, short hops in the air whenever he remains hesitant and it’s pleasing to eye because he gets a clean burst off of it. As shown here, he displays that quickness and patience www.authenticstennesseetitans.com , and uses his chase down speed to take down Carlos Hyde.Evans has held his own against the run, and he’s also growing against the pass as well.gamepass.nfl.comEvans was also instrumental on the Titans shutting down the Jaguars offense (although they seem to do that pretty well themselves). On this 4th and goal, Evans’ aggression and power both come into play yet again. At the same time he understands to control his speed, and instead of watching Leonard Fournette sail past him, he makes an incredible shoestring tackle to stop Jacksonville’s drive and turn the ball over on downs.One complaint I had about Evans at Bama was that he’d occasionally tackle far too high, resulting in some slip ups and broken tackles. He’s appeared to clean that up nicely, and I haven’t seen much of the slip ups from him. I would like to see him more and more as a pass rusher, as that was my favorite part of his game in college.Nevertheless, Rashaan Evans was one of my favorite draft prospects of 2018, and he’s turning into the impact player much of us thought he’d be when Tennessee drafted him. His skill set has high potential; His quickness, patience, power, burst, and ability to find tiny creases and meet the player at the right time make him so enticing as a young defender. Here’s hoping even better things come from Evans. The Philadelphia Eagles are the healthiest they've been with now both Carson Wentz and wide receiver Alshon Jeffery back in the lineup.Getting the timing and chemistry back might take a little bit more work.The Eagles blew a 14-point lead midway through the third quarter and still had chances at the end of regulation and in overtime, needing a touchdown to win but settling for a pair of field goals that weren't enough Sunday in a 26-23 loss to the Tennessee Titans ."It's frustrating Tennessee Titans T-Shirt , obviously, to come up short, especially as an offense when you have chances," Wentz said."We had chances to finish in the end zone at the end of the game, finish in the end zone in overtime. And we just didn't execute in the red zone the way we wanted to, and you can look at all sorts of plays from the game. At the end of the day, we just didn't finish as an offense and as a team either."Philadelphia (2-2) outgained Tennessee 432-397. Wentz threw for 348 yards and two touchdowns, and Jeffery finished with eight catches for 105 yards and a TD in his season debut . Zach Ertz led the Eagles with 10 catches for 112 yards.The Eagles led 10-3 at halftime, 17-3 midway through the third quarter and even 23-20 in overtime. They simply couldn't find the play to pull out their third straight win.Coach Doug Pederson said he thinks the effort is there."The mistakes we're making are all fixable, whether it's a coverage element being out of position or just a holding along the perimeter offensively we can't do," Pederson said. "It's things we can correct in practice during the week, and that's what we have to do."Pederson said the Eagles stopped themselves on the two late drives. The Eagles also gave up four sacks, the last with Wentz stripped of the ball setting up a Tennessee field goal early in the fourth quarter. That was the lone fumble of three Philadelphia lost.The Eagles also were flagged eight times for 77 yards."Whether it was just execution, maybe a penalty backed us up just a touch, a sack Tennessee Titans Hats , something negative happened," Pederson said. "It just got us out of our rhythm. It's seems like we got down there fine, and Tennessee bowed their neck and kept us to three, much like our defense has done for the first month of the season."The Eagles also had some dropped passes, particularly Nelson Agholor, who caught only five of the 12 balls Wentz threw at him with four drops."That's not something you want to do," Agholor said. "You take the frustration outside of it, you know, that's your job. You just get a little upset because you prepare for it, but you have to work harder and you have to bounce back."The Eagles couldn't convert on a pair of third downs late.Wentz threw the ball away on third-and-3 just before Jake Elliott kicked a 30-yard field goal with 16 seconds left in regulation. Wentz said the Titans had them covered, along with some miscommunication. Ertz couldn't pull in Wentz's pass on third-and-12 at the Titans 19 in overtime before the Eagles settled for Elliott's third and final field goal.Ertz said the Eagles cannot simply rely on what worked last season."We can't say that we're just going to flip a switch, and we're just going to start going on a roll and win nine in a row," Ertz said. "We're playing really good football teams, and we've just got to find a way to win. The thing that sticks out about this team is typically we find a way to win. Today we just dropped the ball. They beat us and my hat's off to them."Follow Teresa M. Walker at teresamwalker