Derek Barnett fulfilled what the Philadelphia Eagles envisioned out of him in Sunday's win over the Indianapolis Colts. Barnett turned in the most dominant game of his short career, as the second-year player finished with five tackles (two for loss), two quarterback hits and 1.5 sacks.

Barnett's solo sack was the biggest play of the game for the Eagles in the 20-16 win over the Colts. With the Colts facing a 4th-and-3 on the Eagles' 4 yards line, Barnett sacked Andrew Luck for a 16-yard loss to preserve the Eagles' victory with 1:19 remaining.

That's what the Eagles drafted Barnett in the first round for.

"This kid keeps getting better and better," said Eagles head coach Doug Pederson. "I have been pleased with how he works in practice. He's an unselfish ballplayer. He'll play special teams if you ask him. He'll rush the passer if you ask him. He does so many great things, and we're so excited to have a player like Derek and a young player like Derek who can play extensively and work in the rotation. It just seems like somewhere in the game, 96 is going to show up and make a play, and he did that several times today."

Barnett produced his third-career multi-sack game in the win and is now tied with Jordan Hicks for the second-most sacks on the team, trailing only Fletcher Cox (3.0). With a 0.5 sack in the win, Cox is now tied with Seth Joyner for the eighth-most sacks in Eagles history and currently ranks second among all-time Eagles interior defensive linemen, trailing only Andy Harmon (39.5). Cox has contributed to sacks in all three of the Eagles games this season.

The focus was on Barnett, who was simply dominant.

"Derek is a great player. I think the biggest thing is he understands the situation and knows what part of the field we’re in. You know, just doing his job," Cox said. "On that play right there, he didn’t do anything special. He just did his job around the edge, and that’s why we brought him here to rush the quarterback. He did a good job today getting around the edge and got the quarterback on the ground in a critical situation."

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Barnett coming up with a clutch play isn't anything new in his 22 career games with the Eagles. After all, Barnett was the one who strip-sacked sacked Case Keenum in the second quarter of the NFC Championship Game on third down with the Eagles up 14-7 in the second quarter.

Two weeks later in Super Bowl 52, Barnett was the player who recovered Brandon Graham's strip-sack fumble on Tom Brady with the Eagles up 38-33 with 2:24 left (arguably the greatest defensive play in Eagles history).

Barnett just has a knack for big plays, something this Eagles defense has built a reputation over the last two seasons.

"That’s our standard for the defense," Barnett said. "We may give up a play here and there, but we really hold our hat on not letting them get into the end zone for seven points."

Mission accomplished.