PHILADELPHIA — Jordan Davis flew into the end zone, arms spread wide looking out into a sea of madness at the Linc. After the Eagles’ defensive tackle completed his scoop-and-score blocked field goal against the Rams, Davis thought about what to do next.
“When I turned around, everyone was running toward me,” Davis said. “All I could do was stand there and wait for them to come. Because if I started to run away, I was going to get moshed.”
Nobody could blame Davis for not wanting to run anymore anyway. The 6-foot-6, 336-pounder couldn’t have had much energy leftover after calling game, blocking Rams kicker Joshua Karty’s 44-yard attempt and running it back to secure a wild 33-26 win.
Davis — the new and improved Davis, who lost 26 pounds this offseason — was moving on his 61-yard touchdown gallop. Officially, he topped out at 18.59 miles per hour, the fastest speed ever recorded by a 300-pound ball-carrier, according to Next Gen Stats.
Davis’ blocked field goal, his second of the game, capped a legendary performance for the 25-year-old. Davis did more than just stand out on special teams. He had five tackles, including a third-and-short sideline chase down of Matthew Stafford and a fourth-down run stop.
Davis has had a special start to the 2025 season. In Week 1, Davis thrived while playing a career-high snap count against the Cowboys after Jalen Carter’s swift ejection. In Week 2, the 2022 first-round pick had two pass breakups in a road win against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs.
On Sunday, he made his presence felt throughout and, somehow, finished with the ball in his hands in the end zone.
“I don’t want this to be a flash play,” Davis said. “I don’t want to be a ‘flash play’ player. I want to be a, ‘He’s an every-down guy. He has the ability to stop the run, stop the pass.’ … My role coming into this year was higher. They asked more of me. And you have to work a little bit harder to answer the call.”
Davis certainly answered the call when Karty lined up for what would have been a walk-off Rams winner.
Every Eagles fan will remember where they were, whether it was at the Linc, at a bar, in the car listening to Merrill Reese or on their couch at home, when Davis blocked that kick.
And Davis will always remember the celebration after and what Sunday’s win showed him.
“My thing was just the fight that we had, the fight in the team, the pride, the hunger that we had,” Davis said with a smile. “Not being out of the game. Fighting and clawing until the end of the game, until the very end. That’s something that hit me when I saw everybody. I was like, ‘Man, what a way to end the game. What a way to end a game.’
“Just to see the light on everyone’s faces, you know? If we came in and we didn’t win the game like how we were supposed to, it would have been all hell breaking loose. … But the thing that I can appreciate with the guys is the culture that we have, the fight that these guys have. You see it in everyone’s eyes. … We were frustrated, of course. But at the end of the day, we knew we had to fix it. We knew we had to get it right. Lo and behold, here we are.”