The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny on Jalyn Phillips

PodcastWon’t You Be My Nabers: X-Factors for Every NFC teamJune 10, 2026

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he's so clearly a top tier defensive lineman to me or top tier edge to me... if Phillips is Phillips, if Phillips is hits his ceiling, this is at minimum an average defense, which is a leap.

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Positive signalProjection

Phillips is a top-tier edge rusher and good run defender who is underrated due to lack of sack production, and if he hits his ceiling, the Panthers defense becomes at minimum average, which is a significant improvement.

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Jalyn PhillipsPositiveProjection

Phillips had 31.2% of the Panthers' pressures last year but only 14.9% of sacks, and he must convert those pressures into sacks to justify his contra...

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Jalyn PhillipsPositiveProjection

Phillips was sixth in pressure rate last season and is a complete player good in both run defense and as a pressure getter, fitting the profile Fangi...

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Jalyn PhillipsNeutralRole

Phillips' $112M deal demands productivity; must improve from Eagles role.

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