Everybody can agree that this hasn't been the sort of season anybody expected from Vinny Curry.
After moving back to a 4-3 under a defensive coordinator who seemed to understand the best way to use him - and owning a huge new contract - a lot was expected of Curry.
Clearly, it hasn't panned out.
Curry, whose five-year, $47.25 million contract extension included a $10 million signing bonus, has only 1½ sacks to show for the 2016 season.
Disappointing, no question about it.
Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz was quick to point out, though, that it was Curry's relentless pressure on Eli Manning that forced his interception at the end of the Giants game Thursday night, resulting in Terrence Brooks' clinching interception and the Eagles' first win in a month and a half.
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"He came through for us when we needed him in that game," Schwartz said Tuesday. "That was big. It's hard to get pressure with three guys. He was able to get pressure (and Eli) floated that ball up. And you talk about slow motion, that ball was in the air for about a half hour. I thought Terrence was going to have to fair catch it.
"You see so much when you are looking at those plays. You're feeling the quarterback and you see the ball go up and you see the flash of that player sort of look like he's open. And then to get that play at the end, Vinny had a lot to do with that."
It was widely seen as a risky move when the Eagles gave Curry that huge contract which next year makes him the eighth-highest-paid defensive end in football.
Curry had the nine-sack season in 2014 but just 3½ sacks last year. He now has just five sacks in his last 33 games.
"With him, he hasn't finished the quarterback as well we would like him to, as well as he would like to, to be able to finish with getting those sacks," Schwartz said.
"But he's been consistently around the quarterback, and he's affected the quarterback when he's in there. Vinny gives great effort. He's really a tough player. Sometimes he can be a bull in a China closet in a good way."
Curry, a second-round pick in 2012, isn't going anywhere. It would be a $15 million cap hit to release him now and even a $6 million hit in 2018 and $4 million in 2019.
Schwartz said that although the production hasn't been there from Curry, he's been happy with his effort and his discipline in not letting his frustration affect his performance.
"Not just rushing the passer (but for) a linebacker and trying to make tackles or being a DB and trying to make interceptions, the second that you start playing out of the scheme, the second that you start cheating to try to make a play, you are going to hurt the whole defense," Schwartz said.
"Vinny hasn't done that this year. He's kept on coming. Like I said, we'd like his production to be better. I know he would like his production (to be better). He's a very, very prideful guy.
"But he found a way to contribute and I think this was a good example of it. He didn't get outside of himself, he didn't get outside the scheme, he just kept plugging away. When he did, he found a way to help us make the play that won the game."
