By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor 
When Chip Kelly and the Philadelphia Eagles selected Texas Linebacker Jordan Hicks in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft, many took it as a sign that Kelly was overmatched as an executive, because Hicks wasn't expected to be drafted in that range. As it turns out, Kelly was overmatched — both as someone in charge of personnel and eventually as a coach — but the Hicks selection was actually the best pick he made in the 2015 NFL Draft.
After a torn pectoral cut short a promising rookie campaign in 2015, Hicks played all 16 games in 2016, posting 58 total tackles and leading the team with five interceptions, en route to looking like the most promising linebacker that the team has had since Jeremiah Trotter.
Two of Hicks' team-leading five picks came yesterday against Dallas Cowboys quarterback Mark Sanchez, who was with the Eagles during Hicks' rookie season. Hicks told the collective media after the game, including Dave Zangaro of Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, that he and Sanchez had a funny exchange after the game:
"I know Mark (Sanchez) well. Mark threw me a couple (INTs). I obviously said thank you after the game. We’re good buds." — Jordan Hicks
— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroCSN) January 1, 2017
On a serious note, it probably felt good for those Eagles that were still with the team in 2014, which doesn't include Hicks, to be on the other side of two pretty bad interceptions from Sanchez. Sanchez may have been the quarterback for two blowout losses during Hicks' rookie season, but in 2014, when the Eagles had a chance to be a playoff team, he played more than half the season for the team, becoming part of one of the biggest collapses in franchise history.
We'll probably never know what Sanchez's reaction to Hicks thanking him was, but judging off of this picture, he probably didn't lose any sleep after throwing two interceptions in his most extended playing time of the 2016 season:
A picture really is worth a thousand words. (Credit: Getty Images) pic.twitter.com/x4hnoBBlrv
— Tim Kelly (@TimKellySports) January 1, 2017
