Speaker 1: Hello everybody, Welcome to Eagles three sixty on this Thursday.
Speaker 1: Welcome to December. Dave Spidero, Glenn Mac now with you
Speaker 1: here and we enter the crucial part of this season. Unfortunately, Glenn,
Speaker 1: as we've gone through this season, this roller coaster of
Speaker 1: a year, Eagles at five and six, losers of six
Speaker 1: of their last eight games. Your assessment of this football team, Well,
Speaker 1: the loss against Green Bay was really the tough he
Speaker 1: going out and losing the Seattle there's no shame in that.
Speaker 1: That's a very good team and that came out kind
Speaker 1: of as I thought. But this was an opportunity at
Speaker 1: home against a opponent that was reeling and the Eagles
Speaker 1: have been so good at home to get back in
Speaker 1: there to get some momentum. Now, Dave, the playoffs look
Speaker 1: very remote, not impossible. It's always possible. We've seen teams
Speaker 1: do We've seen Eagles do it. But really, at this point,
Speaker 1: you're now playing to assess what you have for the future. Yeah,
Speaker 1: quickly quickly help things change, huh. But the Eagles are
Speaker 1: going out to Cincinnati on Sunday with one objective and
Speaker 1: that is to beat the Bengals, who are struggling at
Speaker 1: three seven and one, A busy day here at the
Speaker 1: Novicare Complex, the coordinators meeting with the media. Alex Smith
Speaker 1: our Eagles three sixty update to get you caught up
Speaker 1: with everything happening today. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith here
Speaker 1: with your three sixty update. The Eagles are back at
Speaker 1: work here at the Novocare Complex as they get set
Speaker 1: for Sunday's game in Cincinnati against the Bengals. And while
Speaker 1: it is a short week of work coming off Monday
Speaker 1: night's loss, veteran players inside the locker room, like Brent Sellick,
Speaker 1: know that there's still plenty to play for for this
Speaker 1: Eagles team. In the final five games of the regular season.
Speaker 1: You don't get the many opportunities to play in the NFL,
Speaker 1: and I think guys unders and that you know you're
Speaker 1: always playing for some and obviously we still got a
Speaker 1: lot of stake here right now. But it's not easy
Speaker 1: to get to this point. And I don't see anyone
Speaker 1: on this team in this locker room ever backing down,
Speaker 1: because you know, guys, guys who played football their whole
Speaker 1: lives to get to this point. You know that's you
Speaker 1: don't you don't back down just because you know our
Speaker 1: record isn't exactly what we want it right now. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: many of the Eagles inside the locker room are participating
Speaker 1: in the NFL's My Cause, My Cleats campaign, in which
Speaker 1: players can wear custom cleats this weekend to help promote
Speaker 1: a cause that means something special to them. So we
Speaker 1: caught up with Malcolm Jenkins and Marcus Smith to get
Speaker 1: their thoughts on what they're wearing this weekend against Cincinnati. Now,
Speaker 1: players cleats have become like a big thing with the
Speaker 1: custom um CLEATSA. Instead of finding guys, you give guys
Speaker 1: an opportunity to promote something good, especially what guys support,
Speaker 1: either themselves or other organizations that they support. Let me
Speaker 1: talk about charities and good work we're doing. So I
Speaker 1: think it's just a cool way to allow players to
Speaker 1: express themselves, to use this stage to kind of promote
Speaker 1: what they're doing in the community. So I think it's
Speaker 1: a win win for everybody. Just this means the AO
Speaker 1: one means audience A one, and it really means like
Speaker 1: romance vave a just means that since we all of
Speaker 1: us be saying God still loves us, so we kind
Speaker 1: of just want to portray that same thing. Because me, Carson,
Speaker 1: Jay Man, all of us we'll believers in Christ and
Speaker 1: we just want to show our love for Christ. And
Speaker 1: we'll close things out here with an injury update. Some
Speaker 1: good news for the Eagles as wide receiver Jordan Matthews
Speaker 1: went from a did not participate to a limited participation
Speaker 1: in today's practice. Meanwhile, Halipoolavadi Vitai and Ryan Matthews still
Speaker 1: not yet practicing. Here for the Eagles, we have the
Speaker 1: complete injury update and everything you need to know from
Speaker 1: inside the locker room right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot
Speaker 1: com and the official Eagles mobile app. Thank you so much, Alex.
Speaker 1: We've got a lot to get to on the show today.
Speaker 1: We'll have a progress report with one of the young
Speaker 1: players at the Eagles. Really high on Isaac Sayamalo played
Speaker 1: right guard, seem to do a nice job. We'll also
Speaker 1: go behind enemy lines and we'll obviously talk about the
Speaker 1: Bengals who are struggling at three seven and one. When
Speaker 1: we return, however, we're gonna be visited by safety Malcolm Jenkins,
Speaker 1: one of the leaders in the locker room. We'll talk
Speaker 1: about what's going on with this football team from his perspective.
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Speaker 1: going into this game against Cincinnati Bengals. We're joined in
Speaker 1: the studio by safety Malcolm Jenkins. I guess my first
Speaker 1: question you're Malcolm, is we're into this season, December's here.
Speaker 1: How does your body feel relatively good for this point
Speaker 1: of the year. You know, we're pretty healthy as a team,
Speaker 1: but definitely takes you a little longer to get warmed up.
Speaker 1: You start to feel those eggs and pains as they accumulate.
Speaker 1: But luckily for us, you know, you go into the
Speaker 1: last month or so over the season, we're in a
Speaker 1: pretty good spot. We talked about guys being healthy. When
Speaker 1: you walk off the field after a game Monday night game,
Speaker 1: Doug talks to you. Media comes in. Do you take
Speaker 1: a nice path at any point? Like what do you
Speaker 1: do to rejuvenate your body? Yeah? For home games, you know,
Speaker 1: we got the tubs and everything there, so I'll jump
Speaker 1: into cold to you know, for five ten minutes just
Speaker 1: and then try to get a good night's sleep. Really,
Speaker 1: that's the biggest part. As you get to the back
Speaker 1: end of the season, games count more. You know, we've
Speaker 1: had we got the Monday night. We got a Thursday
Speaker 1: night here soon. So sleep is one of those things
Speaker 1: that seems to run away from you, especially with the
Speaker 1: holidays and all of that stuff. But you know, this
Speaker 1: is the time where everybody's trying to pull and tug
Speaker 1: on us. But we've got to stay focused and find
Speaker 1: time to take care of your body because it's a
Speaker 1: long season. At what point in your career, Malcolm, did
Speaker 1: you grasp that, understand that embraced that really probably over
Speaker 1: the last two or three seasons really really since I've
Speaker 1: gotten here, just when I was playing as many snaps
Speaker 1: as I wasn't in Chip Kelly, that was one of
Speaker 1: the things I had to constantly do was take care
Speaker 1: of my body. And now this's being my ape season
Speaker 1: in the league, we know how important it is, especially
Speaker 1: at the back end of the season where usually every
Speaker 1: team is fighting for playoffs, so everybody's looking for that
Speaker 1: little bit of advantage and usually that's the fresher, healthier team.
Speaker 1: I'd like to get some perspective. You mentioned Chip Kelly
Speaker 1: and last year the Eagles were coming off a really
Speaker 1: bad loss in Detroit on Thanksgiving, still in the playoff
Speaker 1: race as the team is now, is there a different
Speaker 1: feeling last year's team to this year's team. Um, Now,
Speaker 1: we're kind of in that same spot where all you
Speaker 1: have to do is focused on the here and now
Speaker 1: and then you know, let the rest take care of yourself,
Speaker 1: and you know, one thing that you need to do
Speaker 1: is win. UM. I think this year, obviously having a
Speaker 1: little bit more veterans and and some guys who've been
Speaker 1: through it, UM, we kind of understand what it takes.
Speaker 1: And I think we're in a better, better spot mentally
Speaker 1: where we know what's going wrong, we understand what we
Speaker 1: need to correct, and so you know, we feel like
Speaker 1: it's in our control. And I think that's that's a
Speaker 1: good feeling to have when when you know you know
Speaker 1: where you can get better, where you can improve, and
Speaker 1: so you know what you're working towards. So correct me
Speaker 1: if I'm wrong, because let's not spark about this a conversation.
Speaker 1: Different perspectives. I felt last year, after that lost in Detroit,
Speaker 1: that it could be the start of the end of something,
Speaker 1: and this year tough loss against Green Bay. I agree
Speaker 1: to Green Bay. I feel like it's the start of something.
Speaker 1: Does that even into your thoughts? Does that make any sense? Um?
Speaker 1: I mean, if we're talking about anything past this season,
Speaker 1: I'm not really there yet. I think this is a
Speaker 1: team learning to come together. Oh yeah, well, yeah, this is.
Speaker 1: We got a lot of new players, obviously, first year
Speaker 1: head coach, a new defensive coordinator, a new deference or
Speaker 1: offensive scheme. Um, A lot of new players that are
Speaker 1: learning to play together. And we got a pretty young team.
Speaker 1: Um So there's definitely some growing pains and things that
Speaker 1: we're um learning as we go through the season. And
Speaker 1: we've been through a lot as a team, um So,
Speaker 1: I think all of the lessons learned are definitely something
Speaker 1: that we're building on. We're not on the decline. We're
Speaker 1: definitely rising. I mean, we've had a pretty tough schedule.
Speaker 1: But looking at this next month, we'll really see where
Speaker 1: we're at if we've really taken anything from what we
Speaker 1: the experiences we've had this season. Um but I definitely
Speaker 1: think that we're it's the beginning of something. What is
Speaker 1: it going to take to play a great defensive game
Speaker 1: against Cincinnati? We gotta get our d lineback activated and
Speaker 1: get them being disruptive when they're when they're active and
Speaker 1: being disruptive and Russian as a unit. And that's where
Speaker 1: the interceptions comes, where the turnovers come, that's when we
Speaker 1: get off the field on third down UM and from
Speaker 1: a secondary at standpoint. The way we can help that
Speaker 1: is we got to take away quick throws from the quarterback.
Speaker 1: We've got to be able to match those first and
Speaker 1: second reads to give our defensive line a little bit
Speaker 1: more time to get there and win. They're one on
Speaker 1: ones um. But we've got to be strong, and I
Speaker 1: think it's all situational football. Our front has got to
Speaker 1: be disruptive and our secondary has got to show up
Speaker 1: when we get to third down as well as red
Speaker 1: zone situations. Just it makes sense to expect Andy Doll
Speaker 1: to kind of whether he can pull it off or not,
Speaker 1: try to do the same things that Aaron Rodgers did
Speaker 1: get the football out of his hands. I mean, why
Speaker 1: wouldn't every quarterback want to do that against his defense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: some some offensives aren't built that way. You know, a
Speaker 1: lot of the stuff that Aaron Rodgers did wasn't the
Speaker 1: play call. You know, they have a run called or
Speaker 1: a different pass, and he just looks at a receiver
Speaker 1: and they'll run what he wants in the run. And
Speaker 1: so not every quarterback can operate like that. I think
Speaker 1: within this scheme that they have, they might try some
Speaker 1: quick passes. But Andy Daland's a good decision maker and
Speaker 1: his whole system is run off of making good decisions
Speaker 1: and usually taking what the defense gives you. So if
Speaker 1: we give him quick throws, he'll definitely take them. But
Speaker 1: we got to make sure that we we're in those
Speaker 1: windows early in and down. But you know, they do
Speaker 1: a better job, i think than Green Bay than running
Speaker 1: the ball. So that's one thing that we've got to
Speaker 1: make sure we get a hold of earlier in the game,
Speaker 1: is to make them one dimensional because they do have
Speaker 1: a solid running game. How much of a loss for
Speaker 1: the Bengals is Aj Green wide receiver, Geo Bernard running back.
Speaker 1: You've watched film, I'm sure of them in the lineup
Speaker 1: and them out of the lineup. Is it a stark difference, Well,
Speaker 1: it's not a huge difference, but there's there's obviously difference
Speaker 1: when you talk about the matchup that Aj Green presents,
Speaker 1: and you know he can get you out of trouble
Speaker 1: regardless if he's covered or not. As a quarterback, you
Speaker 1: feel confident in throwing him the ball. So not having
Speaker 1: him there, um it takes kind of a little bit
Speaker 1: of that, that that gray area out and now you
Speaker 1: have to be disciplined and your decision making and making
Speaker 1: sure whoever you're throwing too is open. Um it Also
Speaker 1: Giovanni bernard Is he's a special back that is a
Speaker 1: third down back that gives you a bunch of different
Speaker 1: options coming out of backfield catching the ball. So missing him,
Speaker 1: um is a little bit different. But they've got guys
Speaker 1: that are field then nice that are still making plays.
Speaker 1: They're throwing into Brennan lapel Um Boyd in the slot
Speaker 1: and and obviously Tyler if coming back has been a
Speaker 1: huge boost for them. Um, So we understand that that
Speaker 1: those are some guys we're gonna have the key and
Speaker 1: on and they're more than capable of and making plaints.
Speaker 1: Last one, Malcolm Mood of the locker room after a
Speaker 1: tough lost Monday night. Uh, well, just as the weeks,
Speaker 1: as the week goes on, it gets better and better.
Speaker 1: You know, this is a short week, so we were
Speaker 1: back in you know, pretty much two days after the game,
Speaker 1: black on the practice field and so as a quick turnaround,
Speaker 1: your body sore. You're still kind of dealing with a
Speaker 1: hangover from the game a little bit. And and but
Speaker 1: now today we're onto you know what is that Thursday
Speaker 1: in our in our day or week, and the mood
Speaker 1: is a lot more optimistic. We're completely focused on the
Speaker 1: Cincinnati game. Um, we're feeling good about the game, playing,
Speaker 1: feeling good about getting back to playing uh together, having fun. Um.
Speaker 1: So as we get deeper and deeper into the week
Speaker 1: and more and more focused on the game at hand, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's it's easier to get over last week. Let's
Speaker 1: usshure in December with a victory on the road. Malcolm Jenkins,
Speaker 1: thanks so much, good luck against the Bengals. Thank you.
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Speaker 1: because this is Glenn mcnow's time to give us bold predictions,
Speaker 1: three of them for Sunday's game against the Bengals. All right,
Speaker 1: I'm fired up for this. Good laugh. If you will
Speaker 1: do I will. Yeah, it's Nelson Aguilar's return. Oh, I
Speaker 1: won't laugh, and I think the opportunity is there for
Speaker 1: him to have a good game. We'll see how healthy
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews is, how the ankle is doing. I think
Speaker 1: we saw last week that there's there's the chance there
Speaker 1: for Nelson to come back and play. It's not like
Speaker 1: the other wide receivers came in and wowed everybody. So
Speaker 1: he's got the chance. So here is my prediction. It
Speaker 1: doesn't sound bold, but it is four catches sixty five
Speaker 1: yards For a lot of guys, that's a day. For Nelson,
Speaker 1: sixty five yards would be a career high. I think
Speaker 1: he will get it because I think they will want
Speaker 1: to feed him the ball, and I think that it's
Speaker 1: now or never, Nelson. If you're going to have a career,
Speaker 1: this is your moment. Interesting on the road, so not
Speaker 1: a daunting fan base in Cincinnati would be great to
Speaker 1: get him in the flow and just have him out
Speaker 1: there enjoying himself, relaxing, having fun. I'd feed him early too,
Speaker 1: try to get him right on there all right. Number two,
Speaker 1: this is another one where it's been a while since
Speaker 1: we've seen this. A sack for Fletcher Cox started out
Speaker 1: so well in September, and I know his job involves
Speaker 1: a lot more than sax allow defensive tackle. You don't
Speaker 1: always measure it by stats. He's been okay, Fletcher Cox.
Speaker 1: He's been fine. He hasn't been great. It'stive for him
Speaker 1: to be great. He hasn't had a sack in six games.
Speaker 1: It is coming this week. They have a patchwork offensive line.
Speaker 1: I know we've said that before. We said it against
Speaker 1: Green Bay, we said it against Seattle. But Cincinnati's center
Speaker 1: and right guard are not the guys who started the season.
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox has the opportunity, he's going to take it.
Speaker 1: And it's a different offensive scheme, more of a drop back.
Speaker 1: And while Andy Dalton is mobile, he's not at the
Speaker 1: level of Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers. You got the
Speaker 1: ball off so fast on Monday night, very difficult for
Speaker 1: the Eagles defensive front. He gets him, Fletcher Cox. It's
Speaker 1: not about the contract, it's about what the Eagles need
Speaker 1: from him. They need him to dominate. This defense does
Speaker 1: not go anywhere without the front dominating, and they have
Speaker 1: not been dominating. Yeah, so contract number almost becomes a
Speaker 1: Jersey number for fans. Fans see that, But that it
Speaker 1: doesn't impact the way he plays one way there. He's
Speaker 1: not playing poorly because he got the money, nor is
Speaker 1: he going to play better because he got the contract.
Speaker 1: But he does have to play better. Number three, I
Speaker 1: would like to give you the guy who's gonna hurt
Speaker 1: you and the guy you're gonna hate this week is
Speaker 1: not a guy in their offense. It's a guy in
Speaker 1: their defense. Vontz perfect. He is a terrific player. He's
Speaker 1: almost perfect. Yeah, there you go. Had eleven solo tackles
Speaker 1: last week. He is all over the field. He's a playmaker.
Speaker 1: He can sack, you can intercept, you can force a fumble.
Speaker 1: He's really good. He's also arguably the dirtiest player in
Speaker 1: the league. Was suspended the first three games this year
Speaker 1: for stuff he did in the playoffs last year. He
Speaker 1: got He did a flop last week, drew a penalty
Speaker 1: on Steve Smith. He's been known to give the finger
Speaker 1: on national TV. He's all over the place. You will
Speaker 1: hate him and he'll hurt the Eagles somewhere along the line.
Speaker 1: All right, I hope he hurts the Bengals somewhere along
Speaker 1: the discipline. We've seen that in the FF. So those
Speaker 1: are Glenn's three predictions. He's got two more coming on
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Speaker 1: though to go away from Glenn and myself, Chris McPherson,
Speaker 1: Katherine Tarrell ESPN dot com and Cincinnati Behind Enemy Lines
Speaker 1: talking about the three seven and one Bengals. It's time
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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles dot com and this week, the Eagles look
Speaker 1: to remain perfect going against the AFC North as they
Speaker 1: travel to Cincinnati to face the Bengals and to help
Speaker 1: US preview the matchup, we bring Katherine Terrell from ESPN. Now, Katherine,
Speaker 1: the past five years has been almost automatic that the
Speaker 1: Bengals will reach the playoffs. You figured the trend would
Speaker 1: continue in twenty sixteen. Doesn't quite look like that would
Speaker 1: be the case in your estimation. Why do you think
Speaker 1: that's so? I think everyone went into the season thinking
Speaker 1: the Bengals were going to be good again, kind of
Speaker 1: pick up where they left off, But for whatever reason,
Speaker 1: that just hasn't happened. I think, first of all, their
Speaker 1: offense hasn't clicked. All they did was replaced the right tackle,
Speaker 1: but it just seems like that kind of threw off
Speaker 1: their offensive line. For whatever reason, they're not playing well.
Speaker 1: They've given up the third most sacks in the NFL.
Speaker 1: The offense in general isn't playing well. And then you
Speaker 1: add to that that AJ Green is now down and
Speaker 1: Giovanni Bernard is down for the season, and they're essentially
Speaker 1: not going anywhere. Catherine, you mentioned the losses of AJ
Speaker 1: Green and Giovanni Bernard. Who do you expect to pick
Speaker 1: up the slack? Who? Well? Since and I rely upon
Speaker 1: to try to get the offense going with them out
Speaker 1: of the lineup. Well, I think that they're going to
Speaker 1: have to turn to Tyler Boyd a little bit more,
Speaker 1: and they have. His snaps have increased significantly. That's their
Speaker 1: rookie second round draft pick this year, and I think
Speaker 1: that Boyd has played well. They haven't really been able
Speaker 1: to count on Brandon LaFell. He did have some touchdowns
Speaker 1: earlier in the season, but he hasn't really done much
Speaker 1: of anything the last few weeks. And then, of course
Speaker 1: their best weapon is Tyedan Tyler Eiffert who said he's
Speaker 1: now experiencing the pain of double coverage like Green used
Speaker 1: to get. I think Green told him it's not fun,
Speaker 1: is it. So? I mean, those are just two of
Speaker 1: the guys who are going to have to rely on.
Speaker 1: But it really their offense is so dependent on Green.
Speaker 1: It's just it's kind of when you take them out,
Speaker 1: they don't really know what to do. It almost seems like, Katherine,
Speaker 1: you robert great stat about the sacks allowed by the
Speaker 1: offensive line this season. But there's still a Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: quarterback in Andy Dalton, So how would you evaluate his performance?
Speaker 1: Is the offensive line contributing to his performance? Is twenty
Speaker 1: sixteen outing or do you think that maybe Andy Dalton's
Speaker 1: just in a little bit of a slide here this season.
Speaker 1: I think he's been up and down these last four
Speaker 1: games when they have it won, he hasn't had a
Speaker 1: passer rating of over eighty since they played against Cleveland.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's all his fault, though. I mean,
Speaker 1: first of all, we already talked about the offensive line,
Speaker 1: but also I don't think his receivers are really getting
Speaker 1: open quick enough to help him. But I also think
Speaker 1: that because he's been hit so much, he's probably making
Speaker 1: some poor decisions, maybe trying to run first instead of
Speaker 1: pass first so that he won't get hit. I'm not
Speaker 1: going to say that's the case with every snap, but
Speaker 1: I think it probably does contribute. So I would probably
Speaker 1: give him a BRB minus. Some days he plays grade,
Speaker 1: some days he doesn't. I think that's always been the
Speaker 1: knock on Dalton, but I think that his supporting cast
Speaker 1: is just really not helping him this year, Catherine, The
Speaker 1: Eagles offense only scored thirteen points on Monday Night against
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers, a Packers defense that had been
Speaker 1: struggling in terms of historic proportions. Bengals, meanwhile, maybe oh
Speaker 1: and three since the bye week, but they've allowed twenty
Speaker 1: one or fewer points in each of those contests. What
Speaker 1: do you think the Bengals and the veteran leaden unit
Speaker 1: will have in store for the rookie quarterback and the
Speaker 1: offense as a whole. Well, I think the Bengals defense
Speaker 1: is playing so much better than they were a few
Speaker 1: weeks ago. They were forcing the Ravens to kick field
Speaker 1: goals all day. Unfortunately for them, the Ravens have the
Speaker 1: best field goal kicker in the league, so that didn't
Speaker 1: really help. But I definitely do not see this as
Speaker 1: a high scoring game on both sides. The Bengals offense
Speaker 1: can't move the ball right now, haven't have only scored
Speaker 1: one offensive touchdown in six quarters. But on the defensive side,
Speaker 1: I think they're just really close to I would say
Speaker 1: they're close to putting it together, but they just haven't
Speaker 1: had a complete game. So I think the defense is
Speaker 1: it's probably going to have another good game. They're at home.
Speaker 1: I just don't expect the Eagles to be scoring touchdowns
Speaker 1: on them on Sunday. The Eagles have had struggles on
Speaker 1: the road, only one to win this season that came
Speaker 1: way back in Week two. I'm Monday night football against
Speaker 1: the Bears. Catherine, last question for you. Eagles fans aren't
Speaker 1: too familiar with the sin to any Bengals only play
Speaker 1: them once every four seasons. But who's maybe an under
Speaker 1: the radar play or someone who Eagles fans should be like,
Speaker 1: you know what, that's a guy that we have to
Speaker 1: watch out for this Sunday. Well, I think that would
Speaker 1: definitely be running back Rex Burkhead. He's kind of the
Speaker 1: guy that has to fill Giovanni Bernard's role. When he
Speaker 1: was at Nebraska, he could kind of do everything. He
Speaker 1: could catch passes, he could be he could line up
Speaker 1: as traditional running back even through three touchdown passes, and
Speaker 1: I think that the Bengals just haven't really utilized him
Speaker 1: that much. Even last week against the Ravens, they didn't
Speaker 1: really turn to him until the fourth quarter, but then
Speaker 1: he did some good things. He was kind of catching
Speaker 1: a couple of passes. He looked good, and that was
Speaker 1: towards the very end of the game. So I could
Speaker 1: see them trying to use him more in Bernard's role,
Speaker 1: both of the traditional running back and as a pass
Speaker 1: catching back. Receiving backs have given the Eagles struggles at
Speaker 1: time this season, especially with that aggressive front four. Katherine
Speaker 1: Tarrell covers the Bengals for ESPN. Thank you so much
Speaker 1: for taking this Behind Enemy Lines presented by Gatoray here
Speaker 1: on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. Thank you Chris, Thank you
Speaker 1: Katherine Glenn your thoughts on the Bengals. I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a very low scoring game. I don't think
Speaker 1: either team's gonna get in the twenties. And I will
Speaker 1: tell you the matchup, the key matchup of the game
Speaker 1: is gonna be Bengals tight end Tyler Eiffert against Nigel Bradham,
Speaker 1: who's done a great job this year against tight ends.
Speaker 1: They are missing a lot of their offensive weapons, a
Speaker 1: great wide receiver, their best running back. So Tyler Eiffert
Speaker 1: is the guy who last week they tried to feed
Speaker 1: eleven targets. I think he had eight catches. They'll do
Speaker 1: it again if the Eagles can cover him. And Bradham's
Speaker 1: done an all year. I love the Eagles chances. I
Speaker 1: also caution those who are overlooking rookie wide receiver Tyler Boyd. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I had a nice game. Good football player will be
Speaker 1: a very good receiver in this league. The Tyler stop
Speaker 1: the tylers. It's an easy one. So there you go,
Speaker 1: all right. That's the Bengals are behind enemy lines. Look,
Speaker 1: when we return Eagles three sixty, we're gonna talk about
Speaker 1: one of the Eagles players. Third round draft pick Isaac
Speaker 1: Sayamalo missed most of the organized team activities because of
Speaker 1: that silly NCAA slash NFL rule about graduating classes. While
Speaker 1: he's trying to make up for some lost time. Last
Speaker 1: week he had his first start. Mike Quicken, I grease
Speaker 1: break him down when we return. He's good, dad, I'm
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Speaker 1: on Eagles three sixty A little progress report, Absolutely, I grace, Mike,
Speaker 1: take a look at offensive line in Isaac say him
Speaker 1: allow all right, Q. Progress report brings us to rookie
Speaker 1: third round draft pick Isaac Sayamalu got his first start
Speaker 1: last week. Get some really good things in this game.
Speaker 1: He did a lot of really good things. We're gonna
Speaker 1: go through some of them. But Mike, watch the footwork.
Speaker 1: I know he can dance because if you watch the
Speaker 1: way he's able to slide, stay square, keep this defender
Speaker 1: in front of him. The kid has to be able
Speaker 1: to dance. Yeah, No, doubt about it. You gotta have
Speaker 1: the ability, if you're gonna play old line in this
Speaker 1: league to block a guy one on one. That's a
Speaker 1: great job by Isaac, Sayamalu keeping his man in front
Speaker 1: of him, like you said, keeping his shoulder square. He
Speaker 1: gives no ground. He's able to slide side to side
Speaker 1: and keep a three hundred pound men from getting penetration.
Speaker 1: Watch him again here in the run game. I think
Speaker 1: this is where he's gonna really excel at as an
Speaker 1: officers line. The great job with Jason Kelsey on the
Speaker 1: tandem block here, not allowing any penetration, but his job's
Speaker 1: not done. He's able to get Julius Peppers as well.
Speaker 1: I'm trying to blit a little bit later here. This
Speaker 1: is what you have to have, especially in this type
Speaker 1: of offense from your offensive line. This ability to square
Speaker 1: up for Kelsey and then come off on Julius Peppers.
Speaker 1: That is just a great job. And I love what
Speaker 1: Isaac was able to do in this game. Now we're
Speaker 1: talking about a kid that didn't get much time practicing
Speaker 1: at right guard, hadn't step in there an emergency situation
Speaker 1: for Brandon Brooks who wasn't able to go this week,
Speaker 1: and when you get a guy like Dom Capers who's
Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator and he knows that there are new
Speaker 1: faces on the offensive line, they're gonna say an exotic
Speaker 1: blitzes Ye. This is a nice job from Isaac, Sayamalu,
Speaker 1: not over committing, allowing this play to develop in front
Speaker 1: of him and then picking up the blitzer late. Just
Speaker 1: a great job and recognizing what's going on in front
Speaker 1: of him, passing this guy off and making sure that
Speaker 1: this guy doesn't penetrate the a gap. But he's also
Speaker 1: got this second level defender coming from the outside, he's
Speaker 1: able to pick him up. That's just an outstanding job
Speaker 1: by a very young player and as you said, thrown
Speaker 1: into the situation like overnight, having to play and having
Speaker 1: to start at the right guard position, No doubt about it.
Speaker 1: We've seen so many times young guys get quitting that situation.
Speaker 1: They have a little frantake and they tend to panic
Speaker 1: at times when they get sort of mixed looks. I
Speaker 1: thought Isaac did a great job last week basically relying
Speaker 1: on this fundamentals, trusting his guys around him and let
Speaker 1: plays development. Following great progress from the rookie out of
Speaker 1: organ state. Thanks so much, guys, we'll get to set
Speaker 1: up here for what's happening on Friday? Are Amurosso's on
Speaker 1: the menu segment? Howard Eskin, the Bearded One, joins me
Speaker 1: in studio. You like that right the bed. Doug Peterson
Speaker 1: makes his final media address of the week, and Chase
Speaker 1: Daniel is our crunch time fellow, our participant there as
Speaker 1: he talks about his season, which is an odd one
Speaker 1: for a backup quarterback who's been watching in a mentoring role.
Speaker 1: Really yeah, sure, Amar Rosso's the reason Philly Sandwiches are
Speaker 1: so famous. Eagles win this game. Eagles win this game
Speaker 1: if their defense plays as we know their defense can play.
Speaker 1: Didn't happen at home against Green Bay. I think this
Speaker 1: is one's gonna be a low scoring game. If the
Speaker 1: defense can't hold Cincinnati seventeen or less points, the Eagles win.
Speaker 1: Can the Eagles defense do that? Yes, and the Eagles
Speaker 1: offense will score some points in this game. I'm tired
Speaker 1: of hearing about Carson Wentz's regression. I don't buy it. Okay,
Speaker 1: I don't think it's about Carson Wentz's revision. I think
Speaker 1: I think it's about Carson Wentze. I think people aren't
Speaker 1: giving enough credence to what is around cars. But what
Speaker 1: you and I know is he's playing very well. He's developing.
Speaker 1: He's had some bumps in the road, but I think
Speaker 1: he's playing very well. He's a rookie. It wasn't all
Speaker 1: going to be what it is in the first three games.
Speaker 1: On the other hand, well, because life ain't always that good.
Speaker 1: On the other hand, he needs some help. He needs
Speaker 1: help from his line, he needs help from his skill
Speaker 1: position play. According to Glenn McNew nelson, Aglor steps back
Speaker 1: onto the field for the Eagles and has a solid
Speaker 1: game solid on Sunday against the Bengals. Glenn macnowl Dave Spidero,
Speaker 1: we thank you for joining us here on Eagles three sixty.
Speaker 1: I'm here tomorrow with Howard Esking. Until then, have yourselves
Speaker 1: a great