PHILADELPHIA — Quinyon Mitchell has been a saving grace for the Philadelphia Eagles cornerback room. The Eagles were fortunate to get Mitchell at No. 22 overall, but few could have predicted the rookie having this type of impact on the secondary during the first half of the season.
Opposing quarterbacks targeting Mitchell have completed 51.2% of their passes for 277 yards with a 57.3 passer rating. Mitchell hasn’t allowed a touchdown nor has an interception in 283 coverage snaps.
Mitchell is aware he hasn’t given up a touchdown yet, along with the other impressive numbers he’s racked up.
“I don’t pay attention, but I’m on social media so it would be hard not to see,” Mitchell said. “But I try not to feed into that stuff. I just want to stay in the moment and continue to work. I feel I have to get better each and …