In the loss, he had one catch for 10 yards. Period. He was only targeted twice, and the first time didn’t come until the first quarter.

Was that because Mitchell locked him down or because Daniels, who was under duress from the Eagles’ pass rush most of the night, didn’t see him? What?

McLaurin said that the Eagles didn’t do anything they weren’t expecting.

“The ball just didn’t come my way,” he said. “It happens. I can only control what I can and I’m just gonna focus on that.”

The receiver did throw some flowers Mitchell’s way.

“I think he’s a good corner,” said McLaurin. “He played well. He doesn't really play like a rookie.”

Mitchell isn’ a brash talker. Heck, he doesn’t even like to talk much about himself, so all he had to say about the job he did on McLaurin was, “I feel like we did, defensively, we did a good job with him and their offense just limiting explosives. I feel like we had great preparation and went out and executed.”

Head coach Nick Sirianni didn’t give Mitchell much credit, either, calling the job on McLaurin, “just good team defense."

The corner and receiver will see each other again on Dec. 22 in Landover, Md., for the rematch, so the less said, probably the better, but Mitchell has been shutting down top-level receivers for the first 10 games of his career, probably long enough to make this determination: The Eagles have themselves a bona fide shutdown corner.