While you’ve probably spent the weekend gritting your teeth over Syracuse Orange football, there are numerous SU alums that are enjoying success at the NFL level. Every Tuesday we look at how they all fare as Syracuse rebuilds its pipeline for the league.
Here’s how former Orange standouts performed in week 6:
Chandler Jones, Arizona Cardinals
We haven’t seen many (most would agree) of the best defensive players in the league since his five-sack start into the regular season. He was also put on the reserve / COVID list a week ago, although he is fully vaccinated. We’ll see when he can return to the field.
Justin Pugh, Arizona Cardinals
The former first-round pick has been in and out of the line-up this year but has still not admitted sacks while blocking for an offensive with the lights-out cards. In case you needed more reasons to believe the Giants have been run like a garbage organization lately, it would be another …
Zaire Franklin, Indianapolis Colts
The Colts special team captain had a solo tackle and an assist in the 31-3 demolition of the Texans in Indianapolis. With nine tackles in six games, he’s well on his way to racking up the second-most stops of his career.
André Cisco, Jacksonville Jaguars
After Cisco played a lot at the start of the season, Cisco’s posts have decreased significantly until now it stops playing. That’s not a good sign for him, but who knows how much that could change if the Jags look to secure a better draft position later in the year.
Trill Williams, Miami dolphins
We thought secondary school would be overcrowded for the Dolphins at the beginning of the year, and that’s ultimately because Trill hasn’t recorded any statistics yet. That could change, however, as Miami has struggled with a 1-5 record so far.
Riley Dixon, New York Giants
Speaking of the Giants … while New York was largely closed against the Rams on Sunday, Dixon had nothing to do with those fights. The best player who ever lived averaged 52.5 yards on four attempts that weekend.
Alton Robinson, Seattle Seahawks
Robinson had always looked better at the start of the season but unfortunately couldn’t record statistics in the overtime loss to the Steelers on Sunday night. As the season progresses and Seattle (excluding QB Russell Wilson) it seems likely that it will drop out of the competition, it will be interesting to see if the team gives it more run.
Some unfortunate news lately for Chris Slayton, who has just been fired from the Atlanta Falcons.
Ifeatu Melifonwu remains in the injury reserve for the Detroit Lions, while Trishton Jackson is still on the Minnesot Vikings training roster. Koda Martin was fired by the Cardinals, but resigned from the training squad within a few days.
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