Speaker 1: Eagles Opening Day always an air of excitement backed with
Speaker 1: hopeful anticipation, but never never in my previous thirty nine
Speaker 1: openers as your guy on the broadcast booth, have I
Speaker 1: had less of an idea of what to expect? And
Speaker 1: it is caught graf behind the shoulder cat by Zach Ertz,
Speaker 1: the first completion of Carson Wentz's NFL career. Lenz takes
Speaker 1: the snap, he steps up, firing for the end zone,
Speaker 1: can touchdown a nineteen yard striking a start. They took
Speaker 1: a one wise gamble as they snapped it directly to
Speaker 1: Duke Johnson and he was tackled in the backfield. Second down,
Speaker 1: it is a running play from minus yard fires over
Speaker 1: the middle. It is juggled and inter stepped by the
Speaker 1: Eagles out of the couction, picking it up off the
Speaker 1: hands as Bradley McCloud and the snap is over his
Speaker 1: head into the end zone. That won't be a safety.
Speaker 1: He is looping it down the right side. He's got
Speaker 1: aggle or he's got a touchdown. One stag along. He
Speaker 1: steps up. They got him, They got him, They flapping
Speaker 1: them buck at the twenty four back goes RG three.
Speaker 1: He's head head down, he goes the sack by Connor
Speaker 1: cor One. This is another sack and give this one
Speaker 1: the Brandon Graham. Ryan Matthews in the air, touchdown, Brian
Speaker 1: Matthews hands of the end zone. Eagles wind decisively on
Speaker 1: a wonderful debut for Doug Peterson, his head coach at
Speaker 1: Carson Winch has the quarterback Welcome everybody, Eagles three sixty
Speaker 1: Eagles Insider Dame's fiderow along with the Hall of Fame
Speaker 1: of Brian Westbrook in the house, and we've got a
Speaker 1: lot to talk about. The Eagles start the season the
Speaker 1: right way with a twenty nine to ten win over
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns, and we know that the city and
Speaker 1: the world of Eagles fans all cut up in a
Speaker 1: certain number eleven, right, I mean absolutely, And so were
Speaker 1: you and so were you? So am I What do
Speaker 1: you think of the kid? I think he has a
Speaker 1: great arm, he has great potential. He's still continued to learn.
Speaker 1: But I think some of the things that we saw
Speaker 1: yesterday surprise a lot of people, surprise me just because
Speaker 1: of the limited reps. But I think at the same time,
Speaker 1: he has a long way to go, but he's getting
Speaker 1: to that place very quickly. Okay, So if you are
Speaker 1: a teammate of Carson Wentz before the game, after the game,
Speaker 1: do you have a different feeling about him, a different
Speaker 1: level of confidence in him. Well, anytime that you go
Speaker 1: into the first game of the season, you're you're wondering
Speaker 1: how or thing is going to happen, which way are
Speaker 1: you going to go? And after the game, after you
Speaker 1: see Carson step into the huddle, have a nice command
Speaker 1: of the offense, You step into the huddle and make
Speaker 1: nice throws, NFL caliber throws. Now you understand he belongs
Speaker 1: in this league. He belongs as the head of this offense,
Speaker 1: and as things continue to develop, I think he'll lead
Speaker 1: this team. And we've got a lot to talk about
Speaker 1: here in addition to the performance from Carson Wentz and
Speaker 1: the offense. And we'll get to that a little later
Speaker 1: in the show, but right now, Doug Peterson, he had
Speaker 1: his press conference today and he updated things. Now the Eagles,
Speaker 1: as you know, as it works in the NFL, the
Speaker 1: coaches turned their attention squarely on the next opponent, and
Speaker 1: that's next Monday nights team, the Chicago Bears. So let's
Speaker 1: get our three sixty update from Alex Smith. It's about
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson meeting the media the day after the Eagles
Speaker 1: opened the season the right way, high Eagles fans. I'm
Speaker 1: Alex Smith and this is your three sixty update. It
Speaker 1: is the first victory Monday of the season for the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, as they are coming off of Sunday's twenty
Speaker 1: nine to ten victory over the Cleveland Browns at Lincoln
Speaker 1: Financial Field. Today, we had a chance to hear from
Speaker 1: head coach Doug Peterson, who had the opportunity to watch
Speaker 1: and break down the film with his assistant coaches earlier
Speaker 1: this morning, and Peterson gave an injury update, saying that
Speaker 1: both tight end zach Ertz and cornerback Leotis McKelvin were
Speaker 1: injured during Sunday's game and they will be monitored on
Speaker 1: a week to week basis. A couple injuries from yesterday's game.
Speaker 1: First one is Leotis McKelvin. He's got left hamstring strain
Speaker 1: that's going to be weak to week with him, so
Speaker 1: we'll monitor that. And then zach Ertz has a it's
Speaker 1: on his left shoulder. It's a first rib displacement and
Speaker 1: he's also week to week, so those two are in
Speaker 1: that situation. Everybody else, Trey Burton, Vinny, Ryan Matthews, Isaac, Bryce, Tregs, Fletcher, Jordan,
Speaker 1: those guys are all all good and practice this week.
Speaker 1: And what three sixty update would be complete today without
Speaker 1: some reaction to Carson Wentz his stellar debut passing for
Speaker 1: two hundred and seventy eight yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Today,
Speaker 1: Coach Peterson was asked which one of Carson Wentz's place
Speaker 1: was his favorite, and he said that while there are
Speaker 1: many to choose, there are a few that stand out. Obviously,
Speaker 1: that first touchdown pass, what was tremendous, you know, making
Speaker 1: that making that throw. Um. It was great to see
Speaker 1: him throw the ball down the field a couple of
Speaker 1: times to Jordan and also to to Nelson. You know
Speaker 1: that that play really really sparked us there. But uh,
Speaker 1: two throws that kind of stick out. One to Hum
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews was a quick slamp pattern to his left.
Speaker 1: Um just made a tight window throw. And then of
Speaker 1: course the fourth and fourth played to Zach was was
Speaker 1: a big time, big time throw with with them, you know,
Speaker 1: rushing six guys with five to block, so it was
Speaker 1: it was it was a big time throw whence his
Speaker 1: debut took home most of the headlines from Sunday, but
Speaker 1: of course, it was also the debut for Doug Peterson
Speaker 1: as a head coach in the NFL after years as
Speaker 1: an assistant and for Coach Peterson, he talked about how
Speaker 1: he was just trying to take in everything in his
Speaker 1: first game at the Reins. You know, it was it was,
Speaker 1: it was, It was great. It was great. I uh,
Speaker 1: you know, standing there holding the flag and just kind
Speaker 1: of looking around the stadium and just kind of soaking
Speaker 1: everything in was a great feeling for me, you know,
Speaker 1: to stand here and see the people, what a great
Speaker 1: crowd we had, and and you know it was I
Speaker 1: was calm, you know, yeah, I had the internal butterflies
Speaker 1: like like probably every coaching player in the National Football
Speaker 1: he has on any game. But you know, it was,
Speaker 1: it was calm. I was excited. I was ready to
Speaker 1: watch our guys perform. If you missed any of Coach
Speaker 1: Peterson's press conference from earlier today, you can catch it
Speaker 1: in its entirety on demand right here on Philadelphia Eagles
Speaker 1: dot com and the official Eagles mobile app with your
Speaker 1: three sixty update. I'm Alex Smith, Thank you so much, Alex.
Speaker 1: A little later in the show here we'll talk about
Speaker 1: some of our breakthrough performers not named Carson Wentz. We'll
Speaker 1: dig a little bit deeper underneath the surface of this
Speaker 1: victory for the Eagles. But next up it is about Carson.
Speaker 1: It is about the offense. We've got a lot to
Speaker 1: get to you on Eagles three sixty, so stick with us.
Speaker 1: We got to talk a little offense with the Hall
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Speaker 1: Dave Spidero Eagles Insider along with Brian Westbrook Eagles twenty nine,
Speaker 1: Cleveland ten And in this segment, we're going to talk
Speaker 1: about the offense, beginning with Carson Wentz first drive, Brian
Speaker 1: four or five fifty seven yards, nineteen yard touchdown pass
Speaker 1: to Jordan Matthews. Your thoughts on what you saw from
Speaker 1: Wentz well coming into the game, You're saying, you have
Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback going against a veteran defensive coordinator that
Speaker 1: last year against Jameis Winston, had guys coming from all
Speaker 1: different directions and he really thoroughly confused Jamis Winston, and
Speaker 1: so you're thinking that same type of thing he's going
Speaker 1: to throw at Carson Wentz. But the truth is is
Speaker 1: that Carson Wentz stepped into the huddle, stepped to the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, understood where the defense was coming from
Speaker 1: with the blitz and things like that, and delivered the
Speaker 1: ball with poise. And as the game continue to go on,
Speaker 1: that first series is started with confidence and it ended
Speaker 1: with confidence. That's what you want to see from your
Speaker 1: starting quarter. What surprised me was not that he was calm,
Speaker 1: cool and collected. I think what surprised me the most
Speaker 1: pride is that he didn't really seem to have to
Speaker 1: adjust to the tempo of the game. There weren't passers
Speaker 1: way behind receivers or sailing or late decisions. He seemed
Speaker 1: like he caught up to the tempo right away. One
Speaker 1: of the things that you always wondered about as far
Speaker 1: as a rookie quarterback and the rookie head coaches, how
Speaker 1: are they going to mesh in gel together as a unit,
Speaker 1: collective unit, those two at the beginning of the football games.
Speaker 1: And I think Doug did a great job of making
Speaker 1: sure that Carson had nice, easy, confidence building throws so
Speaker 1: they can move the ball down the field. But also
Speaker 1: something easy. He's not taking seven step drops getting hit
Speaker 1: by guys rushing off the edge. Dog said, three step jobs.
Speaker 1: Get the ball out of their hands. Make easy decisions
Speaker 1: for yourself. And I think Carson did a great job delivering.
Speaker 1: And we saw Carson at the line of scrimmage setting
Speaker 1: the protection, changing the protection, changing the plays. What does
Speaker 1: that tell you? That tells me that he First of all,
Speaker 1: he's a good film study. He knows where the defense
Speaker 1: is doing and that comes only from film study. Doug
Speaker 1: did a great job of teaching them listen that this
Speaker 1: guy's coming down here, we want to run the ball
Speaker 1: to the other side. If he comes down on the left,
Speaker 1: we want to run the ball to the right. That
Speaker 1: means that you're learning, you understand what you're looking for.
Speaker 1: Your coach is telling you what you're looking for, and
Speaker 1: you're actually doing it on the field. So many times
Speaker 1: as a player, you hear it in the classroom, you
Speaker 1: do it well in practice, but then in the game
Speaker 1: time you forget everything. For Carson Wentz, everything slowed down.
Speaker 1: He did a great job yesterday. Now, it was obviously
Speaker 1: more than Carson Wentz. The other ten players had to
Speaker 1: do their jobs for this offense to work. So let's
Speaker 1: talk about some of those units. Offensive line. Brian sometimes
Speaker 1: during the game where it was a little slow offensively,
Speaker 1: the running game not there, but then you look up
Speaker 1: and Eagles had more than four hundred total yards of offense,
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty three on the ground five point
Speaker 1: seven yards per carry. Your thoughts on the offensive line, Well,
Speaker 1: I think the offensive line at the beginning, You're right,
Speaker 1: they did start a little bit slow. As a game
Speaker 1: went on, they did a much better job of setting
Speaker 1: their pads, blowing guys off of the ball, and allowing
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews the final space in the run game. But
Speaker 1: again it's the first game of the season, first time
Speaker 1: with the rookie quarterback. I think the offensive line did
Speaker 1: start slow, but I think they progressed as a game
Speaker 1: goes on, and that's the most important thing. You have
Speaker 1: to continue to get better as a game goes on,
Speaker 1: and I think as a season goes on, they'll continue
Speaker 1: to get better. And a group that has been maligned
Speaker 1: for the last year plus, the wide receivers, came to
Speaker 1: play on Sunday, Jordan Matthews targeted fourteen times. He had
Speaker 1: seven catches one hundred plus yards, a touchdown, Nelson Aguilar
Speaker 1: four fifty seven and a touchdown thirty five yards, and
Speaker 1: then the tight ends also contributing. Brian, I mean, that's
Speaker 1: a great confidence building game for a group that I
Speaker 1: think really needed it. Well, we hadn't seen Jordan Matthews
Speaker 1: play inside or outside in this offense all off season,
Speaker 1: and even in the preseason. We didn't see very much
Speaker 1: from Nelson aguilor as in the preseason goes, and so
Speaker 1: there was a lot of questions there did they have
Speaker 1: enough time, did they have enough reps with Carson Wentz.
Speaker 1: But what we saw yesterday, even against Pro Bowl caliber
Speaker 1: cornerbacks and Joe Hayden, was these guys they can get open.
Speaker 1: They can make the players in Kestel football. The other
Speaker 1: thing we saw was that Carson Wentz is willing to
Speaker 1: air the ball out deep to these guys, and I
Speaker 1: think that's very important as far as setting defenses up
Speaker 1: and making the respect your deep ball. And then finally, Brian,
Speaker 1: I thought I would see kind of Andy Reid offense
Speaker 1: two point zero. Yeah, because this is of course, what
Speaker 1: we've all thought Doug Peterson's offense would be very similar
Speaker 1: to Andy's. I don't think I feel that way though.
Speaker 1: I felt like there was a lot of motion. I
Speaker 1: feel like the Eagles mixed up their formations a lot more,
Speaker 1: a lot of trips. I didn't feel like it was
Speaker 1: the same old offense. Well, just a couple of years
Speaker 1: ago Andy Reid's Kansas City Chiefs offense, they didn't throw
Speaker 1: a touchdown to a wide receiver. Yesterday, we saw Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz take shots down the field, getting his wide receivers involved,
Speaker 1: and that comes strictly from Doug Peterson. He did a
Speaker 1: great job of mixing things up, and as a game
Speaker 1: went on. I mean at the beginning he started slow
Speaker 1: with Carson Wentz kind of baby fed him, spoon fed
Speaker 1: just as slowly at time, and then as a game
Speaker 1: went on, he opened the offense up. He sold out.
Speaker 1: He saw that Carson was handling things greatly, and he
Speaker 1: continued to give him more and more and more. Carson
Speaker 1: did a great job of handling it. The team around
Speaker 1: him did a great job of supporting him. We didn't
Speaker 1: talk about the running backs. We will a little bit later.
Speaker 1: The Eagles got a bunch of yards on the ground.
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews ran hard, Kenyon Barner explosive the Eagles with
Speaker 1: a time of possession of more than thirty nine minutes.
Speaker 1: That is just great to see. Because it's back to
Speaker 1: football here in Philadelphia. We're gonna talk about our breakthrough
Speaker 1: performances in a bit, but first when we return to
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Speaker 1: and we are coming your way this week Monday through
Speaker 1: Friday in preparation for Monday nights game against the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 1: And I think, Brian, this game on Monday night will
Speaker 1: be a much more difficult test for the Eagles defense
Speaker 1: as expected, not really challenged by a fairly anemic Cleveland
Speaker 1: Browns offense. Yeah, yesterday you saw RG three, who hasn't
Speaker 1: started in a couple of years in Washington and then
Speaker 1: you have receivers that you know, Terrell Pryor had been
Speaker 1: a quarterback for a long time, he hadn't been a
Speaker 1: receiver for that very, very very long. We saw Gary Barness,
Speaker 1: who was a pro bowler, job a couple of balls.
Speaker 1: But we did see our defense who we really counted
Speaker 1: on that front step to get some pressure early, and
Speaker 1: I think they struggled just a little bit early to
Speaker 1: get pressure on RG three because he was doing a
Speaker 1: fantastic job of getting the ball out of his hands.
Speaker 1: But as the game went on, we started seeing some
Speaker 1: more pressure from Vinny Curry, we saw we started seeing
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox show up a little bit, Carnal Barwin got
Speaker 1: involved in Brandon Graham continued. Really surprise me because he
Speaker 1: plays the run very well, but he also is able
Speaker 1: to add pressure to the quarterback, and that's what you
Speaker 1: need from the imposition. I agree with you about Graham.
Speaker 1: I think he's one of the most improved players on
Speaker 1: this team these last couple of seasons. He plays with
Speaker 1: the tenacity that I really didn't see those first couple
Speaker 1: of years. He's very comfortable with his hand in the dirton,
Speaker 1: you know, actually making a transition to stand up linebacker.
Speaker 1: Impressed the heck out of me. That's not easy to do.
Speaker 1: And now he's back in a more comfortable spot where
Speaker 1: you can use his speed to get up the field.
Speaker 1: We know about the front four. How about the linebackers, Brian,
Speaker 1: how do you feel? I know you mentioned Briden, who
Speaker 1: I thought played well. Kendricks and Hicks. Didn't hear much
Speaker 1: about them, but maybe that's because Cleveland wasn't on the
Speaker 1: field that Yeah, the most important thing is that you
Speaker 1: didn't hear them say, you know what, Kendricks is out
Speaker 1: of the place, Hicks is not in his right place.
Speaker 1: Those guys played a solid game, and any time that
Speaker 1: you slow a team's running game down, especially in this
Speaker 1: type of defense, I think the linebackers played well. The
Speaker 1: other thing that I love to see about this defense
Speaker 1: is a safety play. I love watching McLeod and Jenkins
Speaker 1: playing combination together. Those guys do a very good job
Speaker 1: of making sure that everyone's lined up, making sure this
Speaker 1: defense is actually sound and something to watch moving forward.
Speaker 1: Here at the cornerback position, Leodis McKelvin goes out of
Speaker 1: the game on Sunday with a hamstring injury, replaced by
Speaker 1: Jalen Mills and next week it's all Sean Jeffrey, it's
Speaker 1: Eddie Royal, it's Kevin White. It's a very good group
Speaker 1: of receivers in Chicago. Much better quarterback and much better
Speaker 1: quarterback in j Cutler. How about the special teams on Sunday, Well,
Speaker 1: let's see Donnie Jones averages forty nine point two yards
Speaker 1: per puns. Calebster just missed the field goal, but was
Speaker 1: two of three great coverage on the punts. Eagles. Interestingly enough,
Speaker 1: Brian preferring to kick off through the end zone. I
Speaker 1: kind of thought they'd dump it down to the goal line.
Speaker 1: But why give Cleveland chance? You never never give your
Speaker 1: team a chance, especially if you don't have to. You
Speaker 1: saw an offense that was not able to move the
Speaker 1: ball very well. The other thing that did you talk
Speaker 1: about Donnie Jones. You talk about helping a young quarterback.
Speaker 1: You say the run game, you say the offensive line,
Speaker 1: receivers need to cast the football, but you also need
Speaker 1: a strong special teams corps. And Donnie Jones provided that
Speaker 1: all game long. He changed the field position. He made
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns go eighty yards every single time. That's
Speaker 1: what you need from your punner. Continues to be a
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl type of player. I think that will help
Speaker 1: this team when we return. Brian and I are going
Speaker 1: to talk about some of the breakthrough performances from Sunday's win,
Speaker 1: and we'll take a look ahead at next week's game
Speaker 1: against the Bears. Who comes through out of the blue
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Speaker 1: this is Eagles three sixty. I'm Dave Spidero Eagles insider
Speaker 1: along with Brian Westbrook, the Hall of Famer, and we
Speaker 1: know the Eagles won on Sunday. It was a great
Speaker 1: game against the Cleveland Browns. We know Carson Wentz was outstanding.
Speaker 1: It's been a talk of the town, of course. Have
Speaker 1: about some of the under the surface standouts from the
Speaker 1: football game. Brian, your breakthrough performer from Sunday's win. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go defensively with Roden McCleod. I think he sets
Speaker 1: the tone defensively because he's a physical safety. He's a
Speaker 1: guy that can step up in the box and make
Speaker 1: plays in the run game as well as the past game.
Speaker 1: The other thing is that you know, you say so
Speaker 1: many times you see the defenders have an opportunity to
Speaker 1: catch the football and make interceptions and they drop it.
Speaker 1: Yesterday he did a great job of catching that tip ball,
Speaker 1: and that's what you really want in the safety a
Speaker 1: guy that can get lined up in the right place.
Speaker 1: He can tackle and force a hit, but he also
Speaker 1: can catch the ball if he needs to make the interception.
Speaker 1: And Eagles did that in their own territory, stopping a
Speaker 1: Cleveland drive, turning it right around the momentum of the game.
Speaker 1: My breakthrough performer ken Yon Barner. Now, Kenyon Barner had
Speaker 1: four carries forty two yards, and he wasn't like he
Speaker 1: was a star, but he showed explosiveness, he showed decisiveness.
Speaker 1: He showed that he can be reliable in the regular season.
Speaker 1: And as the Eagles rely more and more on the
Speaker 1: run game, which they will have to do as the
Speaker 1: opponents become more difficult, a player like Kenyon Barner really
Speaker 1: serves a valuable role. So it was great to see
Speaker 1: Barner follow up on his terrific preseason with a really
Speaker 1: encouraging game in the regular season. I'd love to see
Speaker 1: this young kid you're talking about a guy that has
Speaker 1: ability to get outside with speed. He can't run inside
Speaker 1: of the tackles, he can cass the ball out of
Speaker 1: the backfield, and he could be a returner as well.
Speaker 1: That's what you went out of a guy that's not
Speaker 1: going to be your daughter. He needs to be able
Speaker 1: to do multiple things. He did a great job of
Speaker 1: that all preseason long and yesterday as well. Okay, so
Speaker 1: on Monday night, the Eagles go to Chicago to play
Speaker 1: the O and one Bears, who lost to Houston on Sunday,
Speaker 1: And we're gonna look into the future just a little
Speaker 1: bit here. Brian's gonna give us his Breakthrough Performer of
Speaker 1: next week, as will I. You're up first, I'm thinking
Speaker 1: about Ryan Matthews. You're talking about supporting your young quarterback.
Speaker 1: You still need to have that running game, and what
Speaker 1: we saw from this past week is that Ryan Matthews
Speaker 1: still is going to run hard. He's still going to
Speaker 1: hit the holes, but he's patient as a runner. He's
Speaker 1: not speeding to the hole, but he's speeding through the hole.
Speaker 1: And that's what you want to see out of your
Speaker 1: running back. And then when you get to that second level,
Speaker 1: I want to see a guy punished someone. Ryan Matthews
Speaker 1: does a great job of making the defense respect him
Speaker 1: and punish him them every time they want to contact him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he was good. If you could just keep him healthy,
Speaker 1: that's right, you got it. All Disney. My breakthrough performer
Speaker 1: is going to be a little bit farther down the
Speaker 1: roster here. It's going to be on the defensive side
Speaker 1: of the ball. The Eagles may or may not have
Speaker 1: Leodis McKelvin on Sunday, but they will have Jalen Mills,
Speaker 1: the seventh round draft pick from LSU. He played twelve
Speaker 1: snaps on defense on Sunday. Looked good, not overwhelmed by
Speaker 1: the moment, looked fast, looked confident, and I think he
Speaker 1: has a chance to play a lot on Monday Night.
Speaker 1: And I'd like to see him line up against Allshan Jeffrey.
Speaker 1: I'd like to see just how good Jalen Mills can be.
Speaker 1: The Eagles high on him. He's one of those talents
Speaker 1: that came through the draft and was there in the
Speaker 1: seventh round. He's a much better player than a seventh
Speaker 1: round pick, and I think he's got a chance, Brian
Speaker 1: to be a really good player. He's going to have
Speaker 1: a lot of opportunities. It's going to be a hard
Speaker 1: test for him. Jake Cutler has a strong arm. Ours
Speaker 1: Alshon Jeffries is one of the better receivers in the league.
Speaker 1: This is gonna be a hard test that front seven
Speaker 1: is going to go a long way to his sussess. Yeah,
Speaker 1: no doubt. Well, we'll talk about the Bears all week long.
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Speaker 1: Dave and Brian as we look ahead to the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 1: A tough game in primetime in Chicago, Brian, what changes
Speaker 1: when the lights go brighter and you're the only game
Speaker 1: in town. Well, going into the first game, you have
Speaker 1: the nerves, there's not a lot of expectations because you
Speaker 1: just don't know what you're going to get from a
Speaker 1: rickie quarterback and a rookie coach. At this point, now
Speaker 1: you have to understand how do you handle success? How
Speaker 1: you go from having a great game that first week
Speaker 1: as that Carson Wentz did and Doug Peterson and this
Speaker 1: football team, and now you're going into the second week
Speaker 1: on the road in primetime. How do you handle that
Speaker 1: type of success? And then I starts at practice, how
Speaker 1: does this practice go this week? Are these guys fired
Speaker 1: up for next week? All these guys building. You have
Speaker 1: to every single week in the NFL. You have to
Speaker 1: build little by little by little until you get to
Speaker 1: the end and hopefully by the end of the season
Speaker 1: you're into the playoff form. That's what I'm looking forward
Speaker 1: to seeing. Yeah, it's a great test for a young
Speaker 1: team that I mean, let's be honest here, and I'm
Speaker 1: not sure a lot of people out there have a
Speaker 1: lot of expectations, certainly not the same as the expectations
Speaker 1: that the people in here have. Carson Wentz will be
Speaker 1: hearing all week how great he is, and as he
Speaker 1: said after the game on Sunday, he's going to block
Speaker 1: out all that noise, the good and the bad. So
Speaker 1: be a wonderful test for him and for the defense.
Speaker 1: As we discussed during the show, what's ahead for you
Speaker 1: here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com or Amrosso's on the menu.
Speaker 1: Look as we take a peek into Tuesday, head coach
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson in studio with me. Glenn mcnow also joins
Speaker 1: me in studio with his takeaways, and we'll take a
Speaker 1: look around the NFC East. The Cowboys may not be
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Speaker 1: Brian Westbrook, thanks man, great to see you. I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna see all week. I'm going to see you next Tuesday.
Speaker 1: Can't wait? All right, let's do it. Eagles and the
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Speaker 1: Dave Spidero. Thanks for joining us. Have yourselves a great
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