Speaker 1: Wow, what a game. It lived up to the height.
Speaker 1: It was a four to thirty game nationally televised pretty
Speaker 1: much throughout the country. The Eagles escape with a forty
Speaker 1: three to thirty five victory over the Los Angeles Rams
Speaker 1: to clinch the Amfacy East Division title, the team's first
Speaker 1: playoff birth and division crowns sent twenty thirteen season. But
Speaker 1: of course we all want to know what's the status
Speaker 1: of quarterback Carson Wentz moving forward. Hello everyone, I'm Chris
Speaker 1: McPherson and welcome to the postgame show presented by Rico.
Speaker 1: I'm joining alongside former Eagles linebacker Ike Reas. So much
Speaker 1: to unpack from this victory, Such a resilient game, Just
Speaker 1: one of the most hard fought Eagles victories that I've witnessed,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure you probably you could say you've witnessed
Speaker 1: I think all of us in Eagles Nation have witnessed
Speaker 1: in quite some time. Ike. So in the short term,
Speaker 1: we are all celebrating the fact that Eagles are definitely
Speaker 1: going back to the postseason, and certainly we all thought
Speaker 1: that this time was coming. But of course, big picture,
Speaker 1: we all want to know who is going to be
Speaker 1: the quarterback moving forward. All we know at this moment
Speaker 1: is that quarterback Carson Wentz injured his left knee in
Speaker 1: the third quarter running into the end zone. He stayed
Speaker 1: in and he threw the touchdown pass on fourth down
Speaker 1: to Alice John Jeffrey. He came out, went to the
Speaker 1: locker room. The team told the media that he has
Speaker 1: a left knee injury. We're gonna hear from head coach
Speaker 1: Doug Pearson in a little bit. At this point, that's
Speaker 1: all that's official. That's all that's known. All the other reports,
Speaker 1: whatever else you're reading on social media, that's just conjecture.
Speaker 1: At this point. We are waiting to find from the
Speaker 1: head coach what the latest is. But first we should
Speaker 1: celebrate such a resilient victory by this Eagles team, which
Speaker 1: has been through so much, not just this season, but
Speaker 1: through the course of this game alone. Trailing seven nothing
Speaker 1: early after the wins interception, getting a twenty one to
Speaker 1: seven lead, having a ten point lead a halftime. A
Speaker 1: special team's play helped brought the Rams back in the
Speaker 1: third quarter, but the Eagles get behind Nick Foles, get
Speaker 1: a couple of field goals late and hold on for
Speaker 1: the forty three to thirty five victory. Yeah, it's tough
Speaker 1: to bury the lete here though, great win by the
Speaker 1: Eagles today. I mean, it was an exhausting football game.
Speaker 1: When you look at two of the top offenses in
Speaker 1: the league, they certainly lived up to that, both teams
Speaker 1: coming in averaging over thirty points in this game. You
Speaker 1: see the final score of forty three to thirty five,
Speaker 1: late defensive touchdown from Brandon Graham to really push this
Speaker 1: game with it to eight points. But this was a
Speaker 1: closely contested game from beginning to end. It started off
Speaker 1: with a turnover, ends with a turnover in favor of
Speaker 1: the Eagles. But I can't help but be somewhat a
Speaker 1: little bit tempered in my excitement, not knowing what the
Speaker 1: future holds for our franchise quarterback right now who left
Speaker 1: this game late in the third quarter after putting the
Speaker 1: Eagles up late in the game with a touchdown past
Speaker 1: the cars. I mean to al Sean Jeffrey, But if
Speaker 1: you just want to go back to the game and
Speaker 1: you look at the ends and out to the game,
Speaker 1: I mean, you're talking about two of the heavyweights in
Speaker 1: the NFC. This game was built up Carson versus Jared
Speaker 1: Golf the number one and number two picks of last
Speaker 1: year's draft. It certainly lived up to that, billing Carson
Speaker 1: with an early interception that led to the Rams first
Speaker 1: score of the game, Jared Golf with a costly fumble
Speaker 1: sacked by Chris Long late in this game, which led
Speaker 1: to the Eagles taking the league. I mean, just a
Speaker 1: great game. You talk about all the hype leading up
Speaker 1: to this game. Sometimes the matchups don't necessarily play out
Speaker 1: the way you sort of break them down throughout the
Speaker 1: week and you sort of anticipated. But for me, easily
Speaker 1: the game of the day, quite possibly the game of
Speaker 1: the year in the seventeen season. Just a great victory
Speaker 1: for the Eagles on the road against a very tough
Speaker 1: team who knew that they needed to win this game
Speaker 1: at home before they head out on the road to
Speaker 1: face Seattle next week and then Tennessee two weeks from now,
Speaker 1: these two teams fighting for positions in the postseason, fighting
Speaker 1: for that bye week. Eagles get the tough win clinch
Speaker 1: the NFC East, so where we're assured a home playoff
Speaker 1: game as division champs. To this point, We'll see how
Speaker 1: the rest of the season plays out. But Chris I can't.
Speaker 1: I can't get it off my mind. Man. The quarterback
Speaker 1: went out of the game, and until we hear from
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson that everything is gonna be okay, whether we
Speaker 1: hear it when Doug takes to the podium in a
Speaker 1: few moments or whether it's tomorrow when I'm sure he's
Speaker 1: probably gonna have an MRI and they find out definitely
Speaker 1: what the situation is with Carson's need. It's really tough
Speaker 1: to really celebrate such a great victory because you just
Speaker 1: didn't know how this game was gonna turn out coming
Speaker 1: in and the Eagles, coming off a tough loss last
Speaker 1: week in Seattle, certainly want to get a split versus
Speaker 1: these two teams. They able to persevere in a back
Speaker 1: and forth game. Defense had really struggled all day to
Speaker 1: slow this Rams offense down. Chris Loan comes up with
Speaker 1: the big sack late in the game, strip fumble and
Speaker 1: Jared Golf, great recovery from Rottney McCleod, and eventually Jake
Speaker 1: Elliot is able to put the Eagles ahead thirty seven
Speaker 1: thirty five, and from that point on, Eagles Deepens still
Speaker 1: had to go out there and stop this Ram offense.
Speaker 1: It was more than enough time on the clock for
Speaker 1: the Rams to go down and kick a field goal.
Speaker 1: And we know that kickers areline He can kick it
Speaker 1: from about sixty five yards, so they certainly wouldn't have
Speaker 1: need a much field position. So when the Eagles defense
Speaker 1: took the field, even after they took the lead, they
Speaker 1: certainly still had to come up with a stop on
Speaker 1: downs against the Rams. They able to get a three
Speaker 1: and out, force the Rams to punt. Rams don't get
Speaker 1: the ball back until it's one second left in the game.
Speaker 1: Great first down pick up Nelson Aguilard. Nick Foles able
Speaker 1: to come in like Mariano Rivera to close the game out,
Speaker 1: had some timely throws. We'll keep it on again, is
Speaker 1: my man. So coming in in a tough situation, in
Speaker 1: a close game, not not easy to close that game
Speaker 1: out against the Rams, He's able to come up with
Speaker 1: some timely throws, none bigger than that first down he
Speaker 1: picked up the Nelson Aglo. This is the reason why
Speaker 1: Nick Foles was brought in. And it seems very fitting
Speaker 1: to me that Nick Foles happened to be the quarterback
Speaker 1: back in twenty thirteen when the Eagles last won the division.
Speaker 1: And you go back to Nick foles grace performance of
Speaker 1: his career seven touchdown throws against the Oakland Raiders happening
Speaker 1: in the state of California. Today's game is here in California.
Speaker 1: He's a West Coast guy from Arizona, so you know,
Speaker 1: it was a perfect setting for him to be able
Speaker 1: to come through in a big way from Texas players
Speaker 1: college ball at Arizona. So huge performance for him. And
Speaker 1: you know, again just the resiliency of this football team
Speaker 1: through losing key guys throughout the course of the season.
Speaker 1: They've lost the leaks of Jason Peters, of Jordan Hicks,
Speaker 1: Darren Sprowles, and they're able to find ways to come
Speaker 1: back and still be the top. Right now, they are
Speaker 1: the number one team in the NFC. There's no tiebreakers,
Speaker 1: no nothing there. Minnesota lost to Carolina, the Eagles are
Speaker 1: the top team with an eleven and two record, So
Speaker 1: as long as they take care of the business down
Speaker 1: the stretch and they have three very winnable games no
Speaker 1: matter who's in at quarterback. The rest of the way.
Speaker 1: They have the Giants who lost to the Cowboys today,
Speaker 1: they have the Oakland Raiders who have struggled their six
Speaker 1: and seven after losing to the Chiefs, and then they
Speaker 1: end the season against the Cowboys. Okay, So if the
Speaker 1: Eagles can handle their business in the last three weeks,
Speaker 1: the road to the super Bowl will go through Philadelphia. Okay.
Speaker 1: So you're not just gonna get that home field, You're
Speaker 1: not just getting the first round by You're gonna get
Speaker 1: home field advanced throughout the course of the playoffs. So
Speaker 1: no matter what happens to this team moving forward, that
Speaker 1: they will have the play at the link in order
Speaker 1: to be knocked out. So that's something that's at least
Speaker 1: reassuring as we try to figure out what's going to
Speaker 1: happen with this team moving forward. But just an amazing
Speaker 1: scenario for Nick to come in and on the last
Speaker 1: offensive drive the third down call. Easily Doug could have
Speaker 1: just said we're gonna take a run, hand it off
Speaker 1: to the Ji, keep the clock running, force a time
Speaker 1: out by the Rams, but no, he threw the ball
Speaker 1: to sticks Aglare caught the ball away from his body,
Speaker 1: a tremendous throw, brilliant catch, Gussie call there, clutch played
Speaker 1: by both the players involved. There they get the first
Speaker 1: down and that allowed them to whittle the clock down
Speaker 1: to the final seconds where all the Rams had was
Speaker 1: that Gadget trick play which Brandon Graham was able to
Speaker 1: recover the fumble and return it for the touchdown. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, Doug Peterson, I mean you just think about
Speaker 1: some of the aggressive calls that he made today, going
Speaker 1: for it on fourth down to put the Eagles up.
Speaker 1: When Carson Wentz was able to hit al Sean Jeffrey
Speaker 1: for that touchdown, most people would have kicked the field
Speaker 1: goal there. Doug said, no, we're going for it, and
Speaker 1: his team came through for him. They backed him and
Speaker 1: every aggressive call that he's made it throughout the year,
Speaker 1: and they typically come through for him. You know, lost
Speaker 1: in all of this with Nick Foles closing out the
Speaker 1: game and Carson Wentz being injured on that go ahead
Speaker 1: touchdown al Sean Jeffrey is the magnificent performance that Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz was putting on throughout this game. I mean, four
Speaker 1: touchdowns before he exited the game, close to three hundred yards.
Speaker 1: I mean, he answered every call that needed to be answered.
Speaker 1: When the Rams made a charge, Carson Wentz was there
Speaker 1: to come up with big throw at the big throw,
Speaker 1: timely play at the timely play showing while he's a
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback and while the future is bright for this
Speaker 1: ball club as they moved forward. I mean, just a
Speaker 1: magnificent performance between really both of these young quarterbacks. Again,
Speaker 1: Carson made the early mistake with the interception that led
Speaker 1: to the touchdown for the Rams to give them the
Speaker 1: early league. But I love the way he settled down,
Speaker 1: collected himself, kept his composure and became the aggressive, gunslinging
Speaker 1: quarterback that we've grown to love in the time that
Speaker 1: he's been here as the franchise QB for this team,
Speaker 1: leading this team back. Every time the Rams took the lead,
Speaker 1: he was able to come back and answer it with
Speaker 1: the touchdown himself knows zach Hurst today his number one
Speaker 1: target out. Did that change the game plan? No? Did
Speaker 1: it change where Carson was gonna go with the football
Speaker 1: with the plays that are being called. No, Trey Burton,
Speaker 1: Brent Sellick big days today absent zach Ertz tight end
Speaker 1: still stepped up. Love the way Carson Steele showed the
Speaker 1: confidence in the rest of those guys. And how about
Speaker 1: Tory Smith's day. Tory Smith, with his best game as
Speaker 1: an Eagle, he came up with some big plays, I
Speaker 1: mean right before the half, the big play that he
Speaker 1: had for the Eagles to get the field goal. I mean,
Speaker 1: it was just it was just say, a good well
Speaker 1: balanced offense all around the day, really high powered, back
Speaker 1: and forth all day long. Look at one hundred yards
Speaker 1: for Tory Smith. Two huge catches, both coming on third down.
Speaker 1: The one at the end of the first half was
Speaker 1: so critical because if the Rams got the ball back right,
Speaker 1: they could have had a chance to go down and
Speaker 1: score and add some more points to cut into that
Speaker 1: Eagles lead just before the half. But that, like you said,
Speaker 1: kept the Rams from getting the ball and gave some
Speaker 1: additional points for the Eagle, so they took a ten
Speaker 1: point lead into the airmission. And the other third down
Speaker 1: on one just flipped the field position. Okay, So Tory
Speaker 1: Smith using that speed in a huge way to help
Speaker 1: boost the Eagles offense today. You know, the best thing
Speaker 1: that we've seen is someone has stepped up. It seems
Speaker 1: like in recent weeks where a couple of weeks ago,
Speaker 1: you know, Zach Ertz gets one hundred yards, Okay, last
Speaker 1: week in the losing effort to Seattle, it was Nelson
Speaker 1: agil Are having a big day today, it's Tory Smith.
Speaker 1: There's so many weapons on this offense, and you go
Speaker 1: back to the day by the tight ends, not just
Speaker 1: the performance they had, but Trey Burton. I think back
Speaker 1: to that second touchdown grab with the pinpoint accuracy by
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz on the throw, the tough grab in traffic.
Speaker 1: It was nice coverage by the Los Angeles Rams defense
Speaker 1: on the play, but still to be able to come
Speaker 1: down with that and to showcase then show that no
Speaker 1: matter who's injured, guys are going to step up to
Speaker 1: fill that role. And we just saw that throughout the
Speaker 1: course of the day. Even when number eleven goes down,
Speaker 1: Nick Foles comes in and is able to leave the
Speaker 1: offense to a pair of scoring drives, which was just
Speaker 1: enough to get the victory today. So you know, Doug
Speaker 1: has pushed the right funds with this team pretty much
Speaker 1: all season long, and I really wanted to know how
Speaker 1: this team was going to respond after the loss, and
Speaker 1: in some ways, to me, I think the interception was
Speaker 1: probably the best thing because I think it kind of
Speaker 1: settled the Eagles down, at least settled. I think Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz down to say he's probably thinking I'm going against
Speaker 1: Jared goff. It's the you know, not the primetime game,
Speaker 1: but the big national four thirty game. Everybody's gonna be watching.
Speaker 1: We're coming off the loss. You know, we're playing another
Speaker 1: playoff bound team. What are we gonna do? You know,
Speaker 1: he throws an interception early. It kind of lets him
Speaker 1: step back say, okay, I've made my mistake. I can
Speaker 1: settle down and now I can get into my rhythm.
Speaker 1: And after that he was on five okay, you know,
Speaker 1: And the best thing about the offense was getting up
Speaker 1: early twenty one to seven. That took Todd Gurley out
Speaker 1: of the game. Todd Gurley was just a man among
Speaker 1: boys out there for the Rams offense today. The defense
Speaker 1: struggled all day long trying to contain him. He was
Speaker 1: able to get easily through the defensive line. And you know,
Speaker 1: Sean mcvats, who his credit, does a great job of
Speaker 1: scheming the offense so that it spreads out the defense
Speaker 1: to open up those huge gaps. And the Eagles they
Speaker 1: like to play the nickel defense. Only you know what,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have an extra defensive back on the field
Speaker 1: if you're not playing that base defense. It's gonna lighten
Speaker 1: things just a little bit there, and I think the
Speaker 1: Rams are the great job of taking advantage because even
Speaker 1: if you say you want to load up and stop Girly,
Speaker 1: there's weapons on the perimeter. Sammy Watkins had the touchdown,
Speaker 1: you know, Robert Woods obviously was was injured tape. But
Speaker 1: they have Farrell Cooper. Yeah, there's Cup Cooper Cup obviously
Speaker 1: with that one play that nobody could stop, There's plenty,
Speaker 1: there's play other weapons in the arsenal. It's not just
Speaker 1: a one man show there in Los Angeles. Jared Goff
Speaker 1: doing a great job distributing the ball to all the
Speaker 1: weapons to you know, really pick apart this Eagles defense
Speaker 1: until the very end when Eagles had to bear down, thinking, look,
Speaker 1: Carson's doze saving us today, We've got to back Nick
Speaker 1: Foles up. And they were able to step up in
Speaker 1: a huge way to get the win and seize the
Speaker 1: division crown in the process. Well, listen, make no mistake
Speaker 1: about it, Jim Schwartz saying, Way Phillips will both be
Speaker 1: burning this game tape. Either one either one of those
Speaker 1: defensive coordinators are going to be proud about what they're
Speaker 1: see on film. But the fact that Jim Schwartz guys
Speaker 1: came up with the plays late in the game. That's
Speaker 1: something he'll certainly hang his hat on. Once the Rams
Speaker 1: became sort of one dimensional, it became a little easier
Speaker 1: for the Eagles to defend them once they got down
Speaker 1: and it looked like Sean McVay was gonna abandon the run.
Speaker 1: Jared Golf dropping back time at the time. It gave
Speaker 1: a chance for that Eagles defensive line to pinning their
Speaker 1: ears back and get after Jared Golf. Fletcher Cox was
Speaker 1: in Jared Golf's face all day to day. Brandon Graham,
Speaker 1: we know he lives in the backfield on a regular
Speaker 1: basis week in and week out. Tim Jernigan around the
Speaker 1: quarterback throughout the day, so you know the secondary Listen,
Speaker 1: they gave up plays, but they were able to come
Speaker 1: up with plays as well late in that game. And
Speaker 1: when you're facing two high powered offenses that can sort
Speaker 1: of beat you through the air and on the ground,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be difficult to slow him down. It just is.
Speaker 1: And I would have been surprised had either of these
Speaker 1: defenses were able to hold the other's offense two under
Speaker 1: twenty points. I expected this game to be in the
Speaker 1: high twenties. I'mwhere got up a little higher than I anticipated.
Speaker 1: But when you're looking at the type of offensive firepower
Speaker 1: both teams possess, you got to expect points to be
Speaker 1: on the board. And the Rams even came away with
Speaker 1: special teams points. Being able to block a point, I
Speaker 1: mean block a punt, you rarely see that from the
Speaker 1: Eagles special teams, but they gave up a pump block
Speaker 1: for a touchdown to day also, and it's amazing that
Speaker 1: that wasn't a backbreaker because at the time you're thinking
Speaker 1: to yourself, the Eagles are unraveling. The Eagles had the
Speaker 1: ten point lead a halftime, but can't get things going
Speaker 1: there in the second half. You thought, Okay, if the
Speaker 1: Eagles can stop the Rams offensive start the second half,
Speaker 1: you know that would be tremendous. It would put the
Speaker 1: Eagles in position to add to that lead and make
Speaker 1: the Rams one dimensional once again. But the Rams march
Speaker 1: down the field and score. The Eagles struggle through a
Speaker 1: three and out, go to punt the ball away and
Speaker 1: then it's blocked in Former Eagles draft pick Blake Countess
Speaker 1: is the one who's returning the ball into the end zone,
Speaker 1: and right there the Eagles could have just packed up
Speaker 1: shop and said, you know what, it's not going to
Speaker 1: be it for us, all right, But that's not the case.
Speaker 1: It's been this way throughout the course of the season
Speaker 1: where they've had their backs against the wall and they've
Speaker 1: been able to fight back. So you love seeing that
Speaker 1: fight from the team, and they're just gonna have to
Speaker 1: have it moving forward, you know, whether or not Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz's injured, they're gonna need to show this resiliency because
Speaker 1: this is a team you might see again in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: I mean, the last two weeks you've seen teams who
Speaker 1: are most likely going to be in the playoffs here
Speaker 1: and you might be seeing them, thankfully, you know, getting
Speaker 1: the edge day over the Rams. They'll have to come
Speaker 1: to Philadelphia most likely instead of traveling back out on
Speaker 1: the West Coast to whether it's Los Angeles or Seattle.
Speaker 1: And again we don't we don't know how long or
Speaker 1: if anytime, Carson is gonna miss because we don't know
Speaker 1: the extent of the injury. But I will tell you this,
Speaker 1: I've been on teams that have experienced with losing key
Speaker 1: guys late in the season. Los Donovan McNabb after he
Speaker 1: broke his ankle against the Arizona Cardinals. I believe it
Speaker 1: was the tenth game of the season. He missed the
Speaker 1: last six games of the season. Veteran lating team. We're
Speaker 1: able to go five and one with AJ finally at
Speaker 1: the quarterback position. Lost Tho in two thousand and four,
Speaker 1: I believe in the thirteenth or fourteenth game of the season.
Speaker 1: We all know how that turned out. Still able to
Speaker 1: go to the Super Bowl. TiO made this return. So
Speaker 1: I think regardless of the extent of the injury and
Speaker 1: how much time Carson may or may not miss, this
Speaker 1: isn't something that the team can sort of let hang
Speaker 1: over their heads. They certainly have goals in mind. The
Speaker 1: mantra for this team has always been about the team.
Speaker 1: There is no I in team, so there's never it's
Speaker 1: never about one person, right, so you lose a guy,
Speaker 1: it's been about next man up every time, and so
Speaker 1: when the news comes out, to the extent of the
Speaker 1: team will just have to rally around the situation and
Speaker 1: keep this train rolling until Carson is able to get
Speaker 1: back on the field as soon as possible. Let's go
Speaker 1: back to two thousand and two. Their first second okay,
Speaker 1: because it was the latter half of the season, you know,
Speaker 1: and it was the year after the run away to
Speaker 1: your first run to the NC Championship game where you
Speaker 1: guys lost to the Rams, so obviously big things are expect.
Speaker 1: Did you're on your way to win the division again?
Speaker 1: How did you guys keep things from unrival? How did
Speaker 1: you guys say to yourselves, all right, we're gonna trust
Speaker 1: in you know, Koy Detmer and aj Feely and be
Speaker 1: able to trust in them to lead us down the
Speaker 1: stretch and not knowing whether or not Diamond would be
Speaker 1: able to make a return for the playoffs. What I
Speaker 1: will say the big difference for us was that we
Speaker 1: were a team that had gone through a couple of
Speaker 1: postseasons together. We were a veteran laden team that had
Speaker 1: experience went winning. We were a defensive, really oriented team.
Speaker 1: We really the defense was really our calling card for
Speaker 1: that team. We held teams of seventeen and other points.
Speaker 1: I think that was one of our best seasons of
Speaker 1: the gym when they came to fewest points allowed, So
Speaker 1: we didn't put a lot of pressure on our offense
Speaker 1: to have to score a ton of points. Could allow
Speaker 1: Andy to let A. J. Feeley and Coy Depper for
Speaker 1: the game that he was in against San Francisco, to
Speaker 1: sort of feel their way through a game and really
Speaker 1: just not give up a ton of points. We know
Speaker 1: this is an offensive team. This team can put up
Speaker 1: thirty points a game. But what's good for them is
Speaker 1: that they have a good defense. This isn't a defense
Speaker 1: that's given up a ton of points all year long.
Speaker 1: Despite what you saw today, I think this is something
Speaker 1: that they'll be able to rally around again. We don't
Speaker 1: know how long they will have to do this. But
Speaker 1: when you got veterans like Chris Long, Malcolm Jenkins, guys
Speaker 1: of that nature, Rodney McCleod, guys that have been in
Speaker 1: this league, Patrick Peterson, who've been in this league for
Speaker 1: a long time. There's won a lot of football games.
Speaker 1: They know that the strongest link, you know, comes together, right.
Speaker 1: You're only as strong as your weakest link, and when
Speaker 1: you lose a guy, the next man has to step up.
Speaker 1: That's three cliches for you right there in one sense?
Speaker 1: How you like that? Like that? That's that's three Eagles
Speaker 1: touchdown celebrations. But now, since you guys back in two
Speaker 1: thousand of two, or a defensive laden team. Did you
Speaker 1: guys talk amongst yourself to say we got to pick
Speaker 1: up the slack. Okay, we lost a quarterback, we lost
Speaker 1: the franchise number five. Yeah, but it's on us to
Speaker 1: make sure we don't put added pressure on whoever has
Speaker 1: to step in there. Yeah. I can remember Jim Johnson
Speaker 1: in the meetings that we that first meeting saying, hey,
Speaker 1: we know we need to do. We got to pick
Speaker 1: it up in here cave. We can't give up a
Speaker 1: ton of points. Can't give up a ton of points.
Speaker 1: And so we went out there at San Francisco and
Speaker 1: played well and coy Deverid gets hurt, then we're coming
Speaker 1: back to play the greatest show on turf. I think
Speaker 1: it was a Sunday evening game, four to thirty game,
Speaker 1: bitter code outside, defense, stepped up, didn't give up a touchdown,
Speaker 1: even scored a touchdown, wind up winning the game ten
Speaker 1: to three. And really from that point on we sort
Speaker 1: of took off as a defense and didn't give up
Speaker 1: a ton of points and was able to get home
Speaker 1: field advantage and hold down the fort until Donovan was
Speaker 1: able to come back in the playoffs. Now take us
Speaker 1: through two thousand and four, what would you say was
Speaker 1: the difference, because obviously it's not the quarterback, but TiO
Speaker 1: was an integral part of the offense that season, and
Speaker 1: Paul Alile, the swagger to that football team, to that offense,
Speaker 1: really got things go on that side of the ball.
Speaker 1: So but at that point, it was later in the
Speaker 1: season and you guys already knew you were destined to
Speaker 1: pretty much win the division. You were running away with it.
Speaker 1: You're gonna have probably you know, the buy for the
Speaker 1: first round at the least home field advantage. All wrapped up,
Speaker 1: what was the difference going from two thousand and two
Speaker 1: and what you learned then and being able to apply
Speaker 1: it in two thousand and four, Again, another veteran laden team,
Speaker 1: you know, a team that had been together for years,
Speaker 1: that have gone through the wars of going through you know,
Speaker 1: tough seasons. We had the experience of losing Donovan and
Speaker 1: prior seasons, and TiO was our offense. I know, we
Speaker 1: had Brian Westbrook and other guys, but t O was
Speaker 1: the guy that made everything go. Because he drew so
Speaker 1: much attention wherever he was on the field, it made
Speaker 1: the rest of the offense easy to operate, and this
Speaker 1: is a similar situation. I think we lost t O
Speaker 1: in the thirteen to fourteen game of the season. We
Speaker 1: had just locked up the number one seed in the NFC.
Speaker 1: Andy eventually set the starters the last two games of
Speaker 1: the season, not worried about it if we won those games,
Speaker 1: and the first team offense the first team defense basically
Speaker 1: rested for the next three to four weeks until we
Speaker 1: had to play the Minnesota Vikings. And the Eagles locked
Speaker 1: up the NFC East, so they've locked up a home
Speaker 1: playoff game to this point. Right now they sit as
Speaker 1: the number one seed, but there's still three games left
Speaker 1: the goal and there's team there are teams that are
Speaker 1: right behind them. So I'm not so sure whether or
Speaker 1: not dug and sit guys, because you don't have the
Speaker 1: number one seed locked up, and that's certainly still going
Speaker 1: to be a goal of there. So they still have
Speaker 1: the pressure of having to play at least for another
Speaker 1: week until you see the rest of the NFC play
Speaker 1: itself out. Whereas we had the benefit of the game
Speaker 1: we lost t O n we locked up the whole
Speaker 1: NFC and so it didn't matter who played the last
Speaker 1: two weeks of the season. The Egels are very fortunate
Speaker 1: that Minnesota lost because when you looked at the schedule
Speaker 1: of the last couple of weeks, it seemed like that
Speaker 1: this was the gauntlet where the Vikings were gonna slip
Speaker 1: up at some point. They figured the Eagles gotta be
Speaker 1: able to take advantage to get a game on them
Speaker 1: moving forward. So it looked like that they were going
Speaker 1: to try a rally to beat the Panthers today. But
Speaker 1: luckily the Panthers, they two had something to play for.
Speaker 1: They're in the mix of the NFC South, so for them,
Speaker 1: it was good that they were able to sustain and
Speaker 1: get the victory there the scenes. Losing on Thursday night
Speaker 1: also helping the Eagles. So finally, after for a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks it felt like all the teams the Eagles
Speaker 1: need to lose kept on winning. Some things went the
Speaker 1: Egels way. It's just unfortunately that while the Eagles clinched
Speaker 1: the division, they get the win over the Rams, that
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz gets injured and we just don't know at
Speaker 1: this time what his dask is going to be for
Speaker 1: the rest of the twenty seventeen regular season and now
Speaker 1: we can say postseason because the Eagles will be in
Speaker 1: the tournament. So again, if you're just joining us, we
Speaker 1: are waiting to hear from head coach Doug Pearson from
Speaker 1: the Kyle Sium in Los Angeles. Carson Wentz left the
Speaker 1: game in the third quarter with the left knee injury
Speaker 1: after engineering a touchdown drive. That is what we note
Speaker 1: to this point. I'm sure Doug Pearson has been speaking
Speaker 1: to the trainers that that's gonna be the big story
Speaker 1: at this press conference is what is the situation regarding
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. What's the quarterback situation going to be moving forward.
Speaker 1: That's what we know at this time, and at any
Speaker 1: moment we're gonna be able to bring you Doug Pierson live.
Speaker 1: I don't expect to hear from Carson went since he
Speaker 1: left the game with an injury. Whether or not we
Speaker 1: hear from Nick Foles. If we do hear from them,
Speaker 1: we will bring that to you. So we're just standing
Speaker 1: by here as probably any moment now. As the Eagles
Speaker 1: beat the Los Angeles Rams by a score of forty three,
Speaker 1: I'm just catching my breath there forty three to thirty
Speaker 1: five to again win the NFC East for the first
Speaker 1: time since twenty thirteen, and now here's what everyone wants here. Hey,
Speaker 1: coach Doug Pierson at the coliseum, let's bring it to you.
Speaker 1: I'll find out more tomorrow. I just don't know. I
Speaker 1: don't know anything yet until we evaluate him fully tomorrow.
Speaker 1: It's just a report. Yeah, trying to read your mind,
Speaker 1: you guys, well, I mean you you're speculating. You know
Speaker 1: that he's gonna be out. So until I know more tomorrow,
Speaker 1: UM on him. You know, it's hard, it's hard to say,
Speaker 1: but listen, there's a lot of leaders on that football
Speaker 1: team right now. Uh. And you saw it tonight, you
Speaker 1: know what. I was really blocked on the play. So
Speaker 1: I gotta check out the tape tonight on the way home. Um,
Speaker 1: he did get up a little hobbly, you know. Um,
Speaker 1: I knew something was up, but didn't know the extent
Speaker 1: of it. Obviously, he'll have it tomorrow. Yeah, I love it.
Speaker 1: I love it. You know, this guy's come in and
Speaker 1: he's played a lot of football games in this league.
Speaker 1: He started in this league. Um, guys have confidence in him.
Speaker 1: I have confidence in him. Um, A great way to
Speaker 1: step in under these circumstances and pull this game out
Speaker 1: and It's huge for Nick Jubilasian. I mean this is uh,
Speaker 1: this is one of those heavyweight fights. I mean, this
Speaker 1: is the Rams great football team. We knew that coming
Speaker 1: in here. Uh give them a lot of credit that
Speaker 1: you know, um, their playoff caliber team, and we we
Speaker 1: we found a way. You know, this team has been
Speaker 1: resilient all all season long. We're on the road, um,
Speaker 1: back to back. We spent a week out here. Guys
Speaker 1: did a nice job focusing in and then getting this win. Well,
Speaker 1: first of all, congratulated them on you know the NFC East. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, they're proud of the guys where they fought.
Speaker 1: But you know, we get back back to Philly and
Speaker 1: and and we still have three games left and we
Speaker 1: still have an opportunity. The road is uh um or
Speaker 1: I should say, everything's still right in front of us,
Speaker 1: um for us to take and we just got to
Speaker 1: make sure we take care of business again. This week,
Speaker 1: they lost, they rallied. Well that's what you gotta have.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, when you're in these type of
Speaker 1: games and playoff type atmosphere and and uh, you know
Speaker 1: your back's a little bit against the wall. You need
Speaker 1: guys to step up and you need players to make plays,
Speaker 1: and um, that's what happened. Second half of this football
Speaker 1: game was just a gut check and uh um, just
Speaker 1: so proud of the guys for the way they battled
Speaker 1: and hung in there tonight. What kind of response did
Speaker 1: you get talking about I never did uh talk to
Speaker 1: you mean when during the game tonight? Season? Oh, I mean,
Speaker 1: we just have conversations about uh, you know, just understanding
Speaker 1: where you are and when what you're doing and then
Speaker 1: getting down and sliding and protect your body. And he's
Speaker 1: a quarterback, he under he understands that. And uh, um,
Speaker 1: you know, we we we we talk about it. Uh
Speaker 1: you know, with all you know, with all our guys,
Speaker 1: did you address Carson's injury? I don't know. I mean,
Speaker 1: not until I get further information. I didn't. I didn't
Speaker 1: address any injury after the game before laughing same, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's it's a great question. Um. It just
Speaker 1: shows how how tough he really is, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: to to to be to be a little banged up
Speaker 1: at that time, and then to on a fourth down
Speaker 1: to make that throw and I was trying to make
Speaker 1: that catch and um, again, just mental and physical toughness
Speaker 1: by he as a quarterback. But but we also had
Speaker 1: a lot of guys kind of make plays in that
Speaker 1: second half that we needed and showed a lot of
Speaker 1: a lot of toughness by the football team. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's really a it's an ideal situation.
Speaker 1: Even if you don't get it. You know, they're backed
Speaker 1: up on about the two yard line and and um, again,
Speaker 1: anything can happen at that is early in the game.
Speaker 1: And you know, you get a chance to early in
Speaker 1: the second half, as you say, and you get a
Speaker 1: chance to uh um really if you if you if
Speaker 1: you make it, obviously, it's it's a it's a it's
Speaker 1: a shot for us offensively and for the as a team.
Speaker 1: If you don't make it, our defense takes the field
Speaker 1: at the at the two yard line, three yard line,
Speaker 1: and uh um, you know it's uh it's it's sort
Speaker 1: of a win win, you know, fro us for some reason. Well,
Speaker 1: we brought Nadin here for that reason obviously, and um,
Speaker 1: you know, going forward, we'll we'll evaluate that. But but
Speaker 1: we're comfortable with the guys that we have. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: just saw him inside. Yeah, Oh, he was excited. He
Speaker 1: was excited. NFC's champs. I mean he's he's fired up.
Speaker 1: You know, he's excited, and uh, we'll get back on
Speaker 1: the plane and uh, you don't get ready for next week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, Treys Trays a tremendous athlete. He works extremely hard,
Speaker 1: he's a you know, he's a core special teams player
Speaker 1: for us. And and really, you know, Trey hasn't probably
Speaker 1: gotten a lot of offensive plays this year, but when
Speaker 1: he has, if you go back to the Denver game,
Speaker 1: when he has, he's made the most of his opportunity.
Speaker 1: He did that tonight. Uh, real, proud of were proud
Speaker 1: of the way Trey played. And consider no, no, I
Speaker 1: didn't excuse me. It just gets us to eleven, just
Speaker 1: gets us to eleven, and we're we're one step closer
Speaker 1: to where we want to be. Um My mentality all
Speaker 1: along has been you know, and we set goals before
Speaker 1: the season starts. Obviously NFC East, we check the box,
Speaker 1: put it behind us, We move on. It's the New
Speaker 1: York Giants next week. To keep him out. Yeah, right now,
Speaker 1: he's still in challenge. Today the game were stopped at
Speaker 1: the end of the day. Well, again, offensively, they're very explosive.
Speaker 1: You're coming in with two offenses that are that are
Speaker 1: uh tied in points and you look at the score tonight,
Speaker 1: I mean it's uh, you know, a two point game,
Speaker 1: and it's uh, it's unbelievable. Um, they're a good offense.
Speaker 1: I mean, they got a great running back. Their offensive
Speaker 1: line is is uh again one of the one of
Speaker 1: the best in the league. Their quarterback has been real
Speaker 1: efficient all season long, making plays down the field. And
Speaker 1: um defense, I mean this you saw tonight, a solid
Speaker 1: football team over there. And uh they they've you know,
Speaker 1: there's probably a chance we see them so somewhere in
Speaker 1: the near future. What happened to left guard? Uh just yeah,
Speaker 1: with with you know, with ankle and uh and then
Speaker 1: again went with went with chance because the ankle, why Isaac,
Speaker 1: Just get them both in there, um, you know, and
Speaker 1: get them both some work in this in this game.
Speaker 1: All right, guys, all right, there's head coach Doug Pearson
Speaker 1: leaving the podium at the College Seemed in Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: Carson wentz while a full evaluation on Monday, nothing new
Speaker 1: to report anything else. The coach has just speculation at
Speaker 1: this point, so we know that he has suffered a
Speaker 1: left knee injury. Let the game in the third or
Speaker 1: to put anything beyond that. We just don't know, and
Speaker 1: unfortunately won't know until Monday morning after the team returns
Speaker 1: from its week on the West Coast. Be a long
Speaker 1: night to night. Everyone's gonna be waiting and hoping and
Speaker 1: praying and cross their fingers hoping for good news to
Speaker 1: come out of it. And that's all we can do
Speaker 1: at this point and sit there and hope that it's
Speaker 1: a spraining, it's something that he'll be able to come
Speaker 1: back from. You know, I know, so close to the
Speaker 1: end of the regular season, and you just hope that
Speaker 1: maybe it's something you can be back from in a
Speaker 1: short amount of time. Yeah, because again I hate to
Speaker 1: even speak on it, but you know, worst worst case scenario,
Speaker 1: you're talking about an injury that could potentially affect your
Speaker 1: two eighteen season as well. I mean, we're this late
Speaker 1: in the season and to have an injury like this,
Speaker 1: you know what it could potentially be. Again worst case scenario,
Speaker 1: this thing could run into the twenty eighteen season. So
Speaker 1: you know, there are a couple of different layers to
Speaker 1: this whole equation that we ought to be hoping for him.
Speaker 1: We're certainly hoping that he's going to be healthy and
Speaker 1: back as soon as possible. But you're talking about something
Speaker 1: that could be a few weeks, something that could be
Speaker 1: six weeks, something that could be six, eight, twelve months.
Speaker 1: You just don't know at this point. You just don't know. So,
Speaker 1: like you said, you just gotta go. You gotta hope
Speaker 1: for the best when it pertains to Carson. But obviously
Speaker 1: Doug has a job to do as a head coach
Speaker 1: to get his team mentally ready for whatever the situation
Speaker 1: may be and get them prepared for next week. You
Speaker 1: know you you you sit back, You got a long
Speaker 1: plane ride home. You enjoy today's victory. You are NFC
Speaker 1: East champions, will join the playoffs. That it is no
Speaker 1: easy feat. Every team goes into the all season with
Speaker 1: the goal of winning their division. That's their number one goal.
Speaker 1: You know, everyone's number one goal, ultimately, yes, is to
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl. But when you start about realistic goals,
Speaker 1: it's about winning your division. And the Eagles can check
Speaker 1: the box for their number one goal, which is to
Speaker 1: win the NFC East. They've done that. They're gonna be
Speaker 1: assured of a home playoff game, whether it's in the
Speaker 1: first round or the second round. That's something that all
Speaker 1: those layers should celebrate because it was a long offseason
Speaker 1: with a lot of people that didn't have high expectations
Speaker 1: for this team, and this team should be proud of
Speaker 1: themselves that they've exceeded expectations. And I remember Malcolm Jenkins
Speaker 1: talking in the preseason the week leading up to the
Speaker 1: first game. I don't know if he did this interview
Speaker 1: with you or someone else with the team, but I
Speaker 1: remember him saying he was asked the question, who's the
Speaker 1: team to beat in the NFC East, and he said,
Speaker 1: we are. We're the team to beat in the NFC East.
Speaker 1: And that was prior to the season beginning. So you know,
Speaker 1: this team obviously had that as a goal for themselves
Speaker 1: and they were able to accomplish that goal with a win. Today.
Speaker 1: He has speaking Malcolm Jenkins, he has the goals not
Speaker 1: just for himself with the team written in his locker
Speaker 1: and winning. He's a first one. That's always the first one.
Speaker 1: He wants it out there, he wants it publicly known
Speaker 1: that the goal is to start off by earning a
Speaker 1: spot in the playoffs and winning the division. That's the
Speaker 1: first and foremost, and he wants it out there publicly.
Speaker 1: He's not afraid to, you know, back his team up
Speaker 1: and be able to say that we can accomplish this. Okay.
Speaker 1: Nalav analyst at the be game season, thought that the
Speaker 1: Eagles would win the NFC East. A lot of people
Speaker 1: thought the Cowboys would repeat. A lot of people thought
Speaker 1: the Giants, okay, one of the biggest stories of the year.
Speaker 1: The Giants coming off they're eleven win season would be
Speaker 1: in the mix for a playoff spot. They thought the
Speaker 1: Reggins could still be in the mix there, okay, with
Speaker 1: the quarterback in Kirkcutt will say, I picked in the
Speaker 1: B eleven and five at NFC East, Chaps, so I
Speaker 1: hope that we're gonna stop at eleven. They won eleven
Speaker 1: games that at least, yes, okay, I was eleven at
Speaker 1: this point. They just because I don't want you know,
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens down the stretch here. They got
Speaker 1: the eleventh win, which was a big one, and again
Speaker 1: they are right now. If this season were to end today,
Speaker 1: they would be the number one seed to have home
Speaker 1: field advantage throughout the playoffs, so the road to Minneapolis
Speaker 1: and the Super Bowl would go through Philadelphia. But here's
Speaker 1: what we got to give a little bit of credit
Speaker 1: to Howard Okay, Howie Roseman and the job he did
Speaker 1: this off season is that he didn't leave that backup
Speaker 1: quarterback position uncovered. Okay, a lot of teams and look,
Speaker 1: I'll say it. You can look at the Green Bay Packers. Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: I have one of the best quarterbacks in league and
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. Because of him alone, the Packers are in
Speaker 1: a mix each and every year. But Aaron Rodgers goes
Speaker 1: down with the collarbone injury, Bret Henley comes in, struggles,
Speaker 1: He's won a couple of starts of late. But you know,
Speaker 1: if Aaron Rodgers were in there, they'd be in this discussion.
Speaker 1: They would be one of the teams here jocking for
Speaker 1: top position in the NFC. And there was even talk
Speaker 1: that if they were still in the mix, Rodgers could
Speaker 1: come back. And one of my fears, I'll be honest,
Speaker 1: was that the Packers. Packers slide in it a like
Speaker 1: number six seed and Aaron Rodgers comes back and just
Speaker 1: runs a table to the playoffs, similar we he ran.
Speaker 1: He went to the NFC championship game last year. I
Speaker 1: think about two Thousen when he came to Philadelphia in
Speaker 1: the first round. Okay, there was the Michael Vickier the
Speaker 1: year he was comeback Player of the Year. You know
Speaker 1: the game went to the final seconds, But that's the
Speaker 1: year the Packers wanted to win the title and it
Speaker 1: could have been the Eagles year if it weren't for
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. But back to your original
Speaker 1: point about bringing Nick Foles in. It was the reason
Speaker 1: why I was excited about this move this offseason when
Speaker 1: we signed Nick Foles, because you brought in someone who's
Speaker 1: familiar with this offense, the Dug's familiar with, who has
Speaker 1: enough starting experience under his belt, has played in some
Speaker 1: big game situations where if something unfortunately happens like today
Speaker 1: with the Winz injury, the season wouldn't be lost, right.
Speaker 1: You got a guy who can go in there and
Speaker 1: can win you some ball games as long as it's
Speaker 1: for a nice little window there. Now, we don't know
Speaker 1: how long this or how big this window will be
Speaker 1: the Nick Foles may have to play. But I tell
Speaker 1: you what, I'm not as concerned when I know Nick
Speaker 1: Foles is out there, because you got a veteran quarterback
Speaker 1: that knows the offense that if that's played in big games,
Speaker 1: he's played in the postseason, there's enough help around him
Speaker 1: that he doesn't necessarily have to do all of it himself.
Speaker 1: Got a good defense and so Nick can be able
Speaker 1: to navigate you through this little this little period here,
Speaker 1: depending on how long it has to be. I think
Speaker 1: that the team will be able to rally around him,
Speaker 1: and this could be a positive having a guy like
Speaker 1: Nick Foles and in the fold. Certainly hope to see
Speaker 1: Stefan Wisnouski back out there on the field. Yeah, Okay,
Speaker 1: didn't realize how he would be such an integral part
Speaker 1: to this team. When you look back to the beginning
Speaker 1: of the season, go back to training camp, preseason, everyone
Speaker 1: thought Isaac Sayamal, third round pick a year ago, he'd
Speaker 1: be the guy left guard in that position, would be
Speaker 1: locking you feeling good moving forward with that spot. Okay.
Speaker 1: They even traded Alan Barber okay to Denver, feeling good
Speaker 1: about that position. But sayam Ale struggled. Okay, they gave
Speaker 1: Chance Warmack the opportunity. He wasn't getting it done. So
Speaker 1: Wisnowski went in there, locked it down, and it had
Speaker 1: been the guy there was a rotation early on with Warmack,
Speaker 1: but the Eagles realized that the offense was just moving better,
Speaker 1: more consistently with Wisnowski and place, and then all of
Speaker 1: a sudden the second quarter today we start seeing Warmack
Speaker 1: in there. We're like, are they doing the rotation again?
Speaker 1: There's gotta be something going on. Whisnoski gets the ankle injury,
Speaker 1: he comes out, Warmack struggled. I mean basically they just
Speaker 1: moved Aaron Donald to whoever was playing that left guard
Speaker 1: spot and say blow by that person. So Warmack was benched.
Speaker 1: Samala came in, he struggled. You know, that led to
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure on Carson Wentz. He was hit
Speaker 1: multiple times because of it. It's initially when you look
Speaker 1: at the statue for Carson Wentz, he's only sacked once
Speaker 1: in a game, but he was hit with countless time
Speaker 1: over a dozen times in his football game just because
Speaker 1: he did such a great job eluding the pressure that
Speaker 1: was coming in from the offensive line. So it'll be
Speaker 1: great to get whiz. That's gonna be a key injury
Speaker 1: to watch because you want to give Nick as much protection.
Speaker 1: Another thing to know here is certainly not It's almost
Speaker 1: like the difference in going from facing Russell Wilson up.
Speaker 1: Speaking of Nick Foles, let's send it back to the
Speaker 1: Kyle seeing where he's going to address the media. I
Speaker 1: mean I just saw, you know, him favoring him his
Speaker 1: leg a little bit, and UM, it's just one of
Speaker 1: those things where, um, you know, he toughed it out
Speaker 1: and you know, throw a touchdown and you know he's
Speaker 1: one of the toughest players I played with. And then
Speaker 1: Canada Sione got checked out. I was just told, you know,
Speaker 1: be ready to go in and uh, you know that
Speaker 1: that's when I went in so hardest to be ready
Speaker 1: to situation. Um, I mean it's not I mean, you
Speaker 1: just have to do what you gotta do. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: you go in there a lot of times you're just
Speaker 1: trying to find completions, trying to play fast because it's
Speaker 1: been a while, so you try to pick up the
Speaker 1: speed as much as you can and um, don't make
Speaker 1: a bad play worse. Um, So you're just go in
Speaker 1: there and you're really just trying to get the win.
Speaker 1: You're trying to get the win leaning on the guys
Speaker 1: and they did a really good job defensive, awesome job
Speaker 1: stepping up when carsoning down and Guy's really rallied. Um
Speaker 1: it means a lot to this team means a lot
Speaker 1: to me. So I'm excited we're Innoc's champs. But you
Speaker 1: know it's emotional. Guy you work with every day, you
Speaker 1: think the world of I know it's earlier. I think
Speaker 1: he's the MVP. Um. You know it's not easy, but uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I know this team will step up, um
Speaker 1: and rally no matter what. So we'll see what happens
Speaker 1: from here. This team the rest of the season. I'm
Speaker 1: absolutely ready. Um. I mean that's why I'm here. So
Speaker 1: I'm ready to go. Um, prepare every day, work every day,
Speaker 1: so I'm ready to go. Need be franchises, Yeah, you can't.
Speaker 1: You know, it's just one of those things where you
Speaker 1: don't think too much about it. You really just thinking
Speaker 1: about getting to win. Um, you're really thinking about just
Speaker 1: coming out, finishing the game and getting a W and
Speaker 1: we did. Uh. You know it's a big one on
Speaker 1: the road. Um. You know, it's a good environment for football.
Speaker 1: So yeah, Carson's there waiting for everybody when they were
Speaker 1: walking in. So, I mean, like I said, he's one
Speaker 1: of the leaders on the team. He was right there um,
Speaker 1: making sure you know, congratulate, congratulating and celebrating with everyone.
Speaker 1: So UM, it's really you know, one of those things
Speaker 1: where um they went two man coverage and it was
Speaker 1: one on one inside and Nelson did a great job
Speaker 1: of you know, getting off his defender and I threw
Speaker 1: it away from his defender. He did a great job
Speaker 1: catching and getting the first down, and that allowed us
Speaker 1: to run a lot of the clock out, which is big. Um,
Speaker 1: it's based on coverage. So that was my that's you know,
Speaker 1: that's my job. That's that's why they brought me here.
Speaker 1: Uh and uh, just going in there getting a win.
Speaker 1: Like I said, everyone stepped up when Carson went down, Um,
Speaker 1: because he means so much to his team in the city.
Speaker 1: So it's great to get a win. I mean that's one.
Speaker 1: I mean, everyone's really excited because we put in a
Speaker 1: lot of work this season, Um, a lot a lot
Speaker 1: of work. We've won a lot of games. You know,
Speaker 1: it's been a great team effort. Carson's been a big
Speaker 1: piece of that puzzle. Um, Everyone's really excited about the win.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean you have you know, your your
Speaker 1: starting quarterback go down. It's uh, it's emotional it's emotional
Speaker 1: for me. I work with him every day, we do
Speaker 1: everything together. Um, I'm excited we won, but at the
Speaker 1: same time, you know I'm doing emotionally with you know,
Speaker 1: seeing him go down that and you never want that conversation,
Speaker 1: just seeing how he's doing. Um, and then you know
Speaker 1: he was watching every single play and just sitting on
Speaker 1: pins and needles watching so and you know he wants
Speaker 1: to be out there obviously. Sure, yeah, that's fine for sure,
Speaker 1: And um, yeah absolutely. I mean I want the ball
Speaker 1: in my hands. You know, I love throwing the ball.
Speaker 1: I love having the ball in my hands making decisions.
Speaker 1: And it's one of those things in those situations you know,
Speaker 1: hey it's not there. You either run, you know, you
Speaker 1: know what you gotta do, Just don't don't make a
Speaker 1: bad play worse. And that was one of those things
Speaker 1: where Nelson Nelson did a great job winning, showed coach
Speaker 1: Peterson showed a lot of confidence. I mean, I have
Speaker 1: a long history with him, and he knows I can't
Speaker 1: go out there and play, So we'll see what happens.
Speaker 1: You know. Right now, I'm just I've always tried to
Speaker 1: live in the moment. It's really just a lot of adversity. Um.
Speaker 1: For our team, tonight is a win tonight. Um, I'm
Speaker 1: blessed to do what I do. It's no hard feelings.
Speaker 1: It's crazy that it was with the Rams going out there,
Speaker 1: but at the same time, I'm just really happy to
Speaker 1: celebrate with the Philadelphia Eagles, you know, being NFC's champs.
Speaker 1: These guys are put in so much work. We've worked
Speaker 1: so hard this season, the coaching staff and everyone at
Speaker 1: the facility, and it's really you know, it's testament to them.
Speaker 1: So uh, that's really what I focus on these moments. Starter. Um,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be me. Um. When you are the starter,
Speaker 1: obviously you're more vocal, you're getting more reps, so that
Speaker 1: stuff changes. But I'm gonna be me Um. So I
Speaker 1: don't have to change. I just you know, but we're
Speaker 1: gonna see what happens here Carson's doing and go from there.
Speaker 1: There a couple of games that you gotta yeah, does
Speaker 1: that We're just yeah, I mean it helps. Anytime you
Speaker 1: get into a game and you have game reps, it helps. Um.
Speaker 1: So you just you get out there and you try
Speaker 1: to pick up the speed as much as you can
Speaker 1: because the game, just as the season goes on, the
Speaker 1: game gets faster and faster, so yeah, you know he yeah,
Speaker 1: I was just trying to get the ball away. One
Speaker 1: of those things. We're not making bad play worse. And yeah,
Speaker 1: we won't design any place for him. But he does
Speaker 1: a great job bocking. Awesome, thank y'all. So there is
Speaker 1: Nick Foles addressing the media that Kyle see him again
Speaker 1: the state where he had his amazing seven touchdown performance.
Speaker 1: Gets a different team from the West, this time of
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Rams, getting a couple scoring drives coming
Speaker 1: of a relief for one and only Carson Wentz help
Speaker 1: the Eagles get the forty three to thirty five victory.
Speaker 1: Just I'm still blows my mind here in the score
Speaker 1: coming out of this football game, the two top offenses
Speaker 1: scoring wise and early coming to this matchup, living up
Speaker 1: to his name by being able to put points going
Speaker 1: up and down the field all throughout the course of
Speaker 1: the game. But basically Nick saying he's going to remain himself. Okay,
Speaker 1: it's emotional seeing Carson, someone who's very close to go down,
Speaker 1: but you know, he doesn't all of a sudden say
Speaker 1: to himself that if this is going to be his
Speaker 1: job for the foreseeable future. He's not gonna try to
Speaker 1: do anything different. Okay, this is a guy, like you said,
Speaker 1: he started in the league. Look, he won the twenty
Speaker 1: third NFC East Divisional championship game in Dallas. Okay, He's
Speaker 1: played in the playoffs. Okay, so he's been through the
Speaker 1: fire before, he's been the starting quarterback. This is nothing
Speaker 1: new to him. He's just coming into a situation now
Speaker 1: where the team is already cleansed the division title with
Speaker 1: three games to go and is playing for playoff seating
Speaker 1: and potential home field advantage through the entire course of
Speaker 1: the way. And one positive thing you could say for
Speaker 1: the Eagles, they're six to no at home. Okay, so
Speaker 1: at least are undefeated home, So you figure out you
Speaker 1: feel better about your chances if you can get teams
Speaker 1: to come to Philadelphia, especially if you can get that
Speaker 1: bye week. So hopefully that extra week could mean something
Speaker 1: positive for Carson. Once but again, we're all gonna be
Speaker 1: holding our breath pretty much until Monday morning whenever the
Speaker 1: Eagles were able to do the MRI evaluation to find
Speaker 1: out and get the full evaluation that the full results
Speaker 1: from the testing there, Well, let's just assume though, that
Speaker 1: Nick Foles will have to be the guy for the
Speaker 1: foreseeable future. This isn't all bad. I view Nick Foles
Speaker 1: as a guy that's unflappable, a guy who's gonna go
Speaker 1: in there. He knows how to keep control of his emotions.
Speaker 1: You're not gonna get too high, too low. Certainly, a
Speaker 1: player that teammates love playing with. He certainly has that
Speaker 1: type of personality, will spread the ball around, will stay
Speaker 1: within the offense, not try to do too much. Rarely
Speaker 1: makes a bad throw. Difficult to judge Nick Foles and
Speaker 1: Jeff Fisher led offense. But when he was in Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly's offense, when he was in Andy's offense as a rookie,
Speaker 1: when he got to play late in the year, when
Speaker 1: he went out to Kansas City last year and had
Speaker 1: to fill in for Alex Smith, nick Foles has done
Speaker 1: a pretty good job. Again, if you have talent around him,
Speaker 1: If you have talent around him, he's more than capable
Speaker 1: of using the weapons around him and stand within the
Speaker 1: framework of the offense. I have no issue if Nick
Speaker 1: Foles has to take over, regardless of how long it is.
Speaker 1: This is board down to the game plan and calling
Speaker 1: the game. How what positions are you gonna put Nick
Speaker 1: Foles in? Are you gonna run the football a little
Speaker 1: bit more? Are you gonna play the Nick stremps? He
Speaker 1: can throw the ball down the field at times, but
Speaker 1: he doesn't have as stronger went on as Carson Wentz.
Speaker 1: He's not the athlete. He's not the athlete that Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz is, so there are some things different. Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: gonna be able to do so you got you gotta
Speaker 1: account for those things. And when you have an offensive
Speaker 1: line that's banged up a little bit, you're also gonna
Speaker 1: have to account for that. So I'm not so much
Speaker 1: worried about Nick Foles if he has to go in there,
Speaker 1: because I think there's enough help around him and he's
Speaker 1: more than capable of being able to run an offense.
Speaker 1: As long as you put him in the right positions,
Speaker 1: I think Nick Foles can guide you to victories. How
Speaker 1: do you think the run game will change? Because one
Speaker 1: thing that was quite noticeable down the stretch was Jagi
Speaker 1: was the feature Paul looks. He's look comfortable, doesn't he do?
Speaker 1: Fifteen carries by far the most he's had in his
Speaker 1: time with the Eagles. Hadn't been above ten carries in
Speaker 1: the game prior to today, so to me, maybe he does.
Speaker 1: Doug Pearson and Frank right, do they lean more on
Speaker 1: a Ji saying, look, we know you could be the
Speaker 1: bell cow. We need you to be the guy to
Speaker 1: take some of that pressure off of Nick Foles. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you have to. I think you had to.
Speaker 1: You gotta run the football. I think Jayagi looked as
Speaker 1: well as he did today over five yards per carry.
Speaker 1: Gave him the ball late in the game. He's able
Speaker 1: to tote the rock and hold on to it. You
Speaker 1: can tell he's running with a lot of determination. He's
Speaker 1: running with purpose. He's running as if he wants you
Speaker 1: to continue to feed him the ball, and that's what
Speaker 1: you want at this time of the year. So I
Speaker 1: like what I saw a JAYGII today. Look forward to
Speaker 1: seeing a lot more of that. And Corey Clement didn't
Speaker 1: look bad either, doesn't running the football certainly? All right,
Speaker 1: So come up on the show. Okay, we've heard from
Speaker 1: Doug Peerson, We've heard from Nick Foles. We are gonna
Speaker 1: further analyze Nick foles performance in a Rika review at
Speaker 1: the Rika Whiteboard where great co selling Frande Duffy are
Speaker 1: standing by. We're also gonna have our Toyota Player of
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the postgame Show presented by Rico. Like
Speaker 1: interesting enough, zach Ertz doesn't play today, so Alshan Jeffrey.
Speaker 1: It's eleven targets. He's the go to guy in this offense.
Speaker 1: Who do you think will be that go to guy
Speaker 1: for Nick Foles? Okay, obviously hard to tell. And again
Speaker 1: with ERT's not playing is ky hard with his old
Speaker 1: sample side, see who he might lean toward. But do
Speaker 1: you think he's someone who might use that arm to
Speaker 1: rely upon Alshon Jeffrey or do you think it's still
Speaker 1: going to be the zach Ertz show there when he
Speaker 1: comes back. Yeah, I believe so. Nick has always been
Speaker 1: a guy who likes to throw the ball down the
Speaker 1: hashes right, so he's gonna work the middle of that field.
Speaker 1: When he was here, it was either Jason Navan, you know,
Speaker 1: Jeremy Macklin when he was in the slot. At times,
Speaker 1: you know he'll take the deep pass on the play
Speaker 1: action when he gets to the plus forty going in
Speaker 1: towards the end zone. But I think for the most part,
Speaker 1: if zach Ertz is back in a week, you can
Speaker 1: imagine zach Ertz, Trey Burton, Nelson aguilor working a middle
Speaker 1: of the field. Every once in a while, Tory Smith
Speaker 1: and Alshan Jeffrey get their throws on the outside, But
Speaker 1: for the most part, Nick is most accurate throwing down
Speaker 1: the middle of the field. Speaking down the middle of field,
Speaker 1: Nelson Aglore, key guy in the slot and one of
Speaker 1: the biggest players, where not only was a big time
Speaker 1: throw and catch for Nick Foles and Nelson Aglor, but
Speaker 1: just the amount of faith that the coaches showed him
Speaker 1: in this situation. Again, late in the game, third and long,
Speaker 1: the coaches figure it, look, we could just run the ball,
Speaker 1: run a few seconds off force the Rams, use the
Speaker 1: time out and go from there and give him the
Speaker 1: ball back. But no, Doug Peterson was very confident in
Speaker 1: the offense no matter who's in there quarterback and want
Speaker 1: to push the envelope to try to keep his offense
Speaker 1: on the field and keep the Rams on the sideline.
Speaker 1: And it worked. But why so, what we're gonna do
Speaker 1: now is send it over to the RICO whiteboard for
Speaker 1: the Rico review where Great Cosell and fran Duffy are
Speaker 1: standing by. So from one great play on third and
Speaker 1: long to another great play on third and long, obviously
Speaker 1: two different quarterbacks. Now it's late in the game, just
Speaker 1: under two minutes left in this football game, and Nick
Speaker 1: Foles has the opportunity to ice this victory for the
Speaker 1: Philadelphiagles that Carson Wentz has already left the game with
Speaker 1: an injury. It's third and eight, must have situation. What
Speaker 1: do we see from this Rams defense and what are
Speaker 1: the Eagles hoping to do on offense? This is pretty
Speaker 1: big time, but the Rams are showing it looks, particularly
Speaker 1: on the outside, like it's man coverage. Okay, this looks
Speaker 1: man all the way. But notice right here, this is
Speaker 1: Nickel Roby Coleman. Okay, he's the slot corner over Nelson Aguilar.
Speaker 1: Two things to notice about him. Number one, his eyes
Speaker 1: are here, first of all, and his body is inside
Speaker 1: of Agilar. Okay, So that tells you that's an alert
Speaker 1: that it might not be man coverage, but it might
Speaker 1: be particularly to that side of the field, something we
Speaker 1: call a trap coverage. Okay, And that's what it's going
Speaker 1: to be, because the reason that Nikel Roby Coleman is
Speaker 1: playing a little bit inside is he wants Agilar to
Speaker 1: break outside. He does not want Agilar to get inside
Speaker 1: of him. He wants him to break outside because this
Speaker 1: owner up top, Kevin Peterson, He's not going to be
Speaker 1: playing pure man. He's going to turn back inside. So
Speaker 1: we can really clear that and see how that works.
Speaker 1: So let's run this now and you'll see exactly what happens.
Speaker 1: Look right here, perfect, notice what's happening. You see Nikel
Speaker 1: Robie right here. He's walling Aglar off. He does not
Speaker 1: want Agilar to get inside of He wants him to
Speaker 1: break outside. Why because Kevin Peterson right here he has turned.
Speaker 1: That's a trap concept. He's the trap corner. They want
Speaker 1: the throw to go outside, so Aglar can break right
Speaker 1: into that corner and either be an incompletion or hey,
Speaker 1: if you're the Rams, you're looking for the interception. But
Speaker 1: what happens here is this is an unbelievable timing, anticipation
Speaker 1: throw with tremendous accuracy by Nick Foles. So it's the
Speaker 1: timing and anticipation that beat the coverage. If he waits
Speaker 1: a beat longer, who knows. But the play beat the
Speaker 1: coverage because of the great execution of the play. And
Speaker 1: again you call that a trap coverage because the defense
Speaker 1: is hoping to confuse the offense, make them think, oh
Speaker 1: it's man man. You want that outbreaking route. You think
Speaker 1: you're throwing for a first down to the sideline, But no,
Speaker 1: it's going right into the hands of the cloud corner
Speaker 1: there the trap player and the Eagles did a great job.
Speaker 1: That's Nelson agilor that's Nick Foles understanding the concept and
Speaker 1: understanding what the Rams could be doing on that play.
Speaker 1: Wait another beat on that throw. You're throwing it right
Speaker 1: into the coverage where the Rams want you to throw
Speaker 1: the ball. So Nick Foles coming up big. Carson wentz
Speaker 1: obviously in the locker room at this point, but Nick
Speaker 1: Foles comes up big, helps ice the victory for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: All right, thanks Greg and Fran. The complete All twenty
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Speaker 1: at Philadelphiagle dot com and the Eagles EPP. So we
Speaker 1: don't know who the quarterback will be moving forward, but
Speaker 1: we do know who's left on the regular season schedule.
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Speaker 1: get a chance and a brand new Toyota. So who
Speaker 1: are you voting for this week? We're gonna start with
Speaker 1: the man who stepped up in the absence of Zach Ertz.
Speaker 1: That's tight end Trey Burton. Two touchdowns a career high
Speaker 1: for him, so marvelous catches in all six targets on
Speaker 1: the day, seventy one receiving yards. Just an outstanding performance
Speaker 1: overall by a guy who you know, again, Zach Ertz,
Speaker 1: your leading receiver, your go to guy in this offense
Speaker 1: for most of the seasons out So credit to both
Speaker 1: Brent Salak who got the eels on the board early,
Speaker 1: and Trey Burton for stepping up in a big way.
Speaker 1: That guy's gonna be a starter for somebody and in
Speaker 1: their future may not be here. He's in the final
Speaker 1: year of his contract. I would be a free agent
Speaker 1: at the end of the year. Trey Burton has really
Speaker 1: turned himself into a nice, reliable weapon at that tight
Speaker 1: end position, really able to go up and make a
Speaker 1: lot of the same athletic plays that Zach Ertz makes
Speaker 1: in this offense. So good job by Trey Burton, philing
Speaker 1: and for Zach certainly so very deserving again two touchdown
Speaker 1: and graphs for him on the day. So second, we've
Speaker 1: been talking all throughout the show like about who is
Speaker 1: going to step up on defense because you know, to me,
Speaker 1: it was pretty easy. Who would represent the offense for
Speaker 1: the Toyota player that week nominees, But who would be
Speaker 1: coming in and coming up for the defense? And I
Speaker 1: think Chris Long. I mean his presence felt in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter when he got the strip sack recovered by
Speaker 1: Ronnie mccleoud. The Eagles needs someone to make a play
Speaker 1: on defense. You know, Jared Goff and Todd Gurley pretty
Speaker 1: much or successful in moving the ball up and down
Speaker 1: the field for most of the day, especially in the
Speaker 1: second half there. But Chris Long. You know, he's a
Speaker 1: guy who's been around the cornerback all season long, and
Speaker 1: it's amazing the production that the Eagles have gotten out
Speaker 1: of him this year. Yeah, so fitting defense struggle today
Speaker 1: to keep this high power but Rams offense out of
Speaker 1: the end zone. But when they needed to come up
Speaker 1: with a play, who better than the former Saint Louis
Speaker 1: ram the number one pick for this franchise back in
Speaker 1: the day, comes back to haunt him, making the game
Speaker 1: winning sack, forcing the fumble giving the Eagles the opportunity
Speaker 1: to go ahead for good late in the game. Kudos
Speaker 1: to Chris Long coming up with the big play against
Speaker 1: his former team. Ronnie McCloud, also a former Ronny McLeod
Speaker 1: for All Circles got him with Saint Louis Rams Right.
Speaker 1: All right, So last but not least, you know, we're
Speaker 1: gonna pay homage to Carson Wentz and a phenomenal performance.
Speaker 1: He had almost three hundred yards, four touchdowns. We haven't
Speaker 1: really mentioned the fact that they set the franchise single
Speaker 1: season touchdown record today with thirty three. Now for this season,
Speaker 1: it seems like having four touchdown performances are nothing for
Speaker 1: him at this point. I believe this is his fifth
Speaker 1: performance of three or more scores this season. I think
Speaker 1: is one short of the franchise record in that department.
Speaker 1: But you know, just a phenomenal job with accuracy, ball placement,
Speaker 1: moving in the pocket, just everything that we didn't see
Speaker 1: last week against Seattle came back to fruition this week
Speaker 1: on a big stage and a spotlight game going against
Speaker 1: Look the guy who was picked ahead of you. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: no brainer. Was a duel I wanted to see all
Speaker 1: week long. Carson Wentz showed up despite the interception on
Speaker 1: the first drive. Loved the way he bounced back, his resiliency,
Speaker 1: the fact that he doesn't allow negative plays to weigh
Speaker 1: on him. I mean, there's this is a no brainer
Speaker 1: to me. He's the player of the game. They don't
Speaker 1: win this game without Carson Wentz in the performance that
Speaker 1: he had today bringing them back time at the time.
Speaker 1: You know, after that block punt, you're saying, all the
Speaker 1: momentums in the Rams favor, they're gonna win this game. No,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz wasn't having that. Came back with a touchdown
Speaker 1: on fourth down. The alshon Jeffrey not to mention the
Speaker 1: big drive before the half to get three points to
Speaker 1: put them up by ten. Those three points were also
Speaker 1: crucial considering the Rams or getting the ball coming of
Speaker 1: coming out of the locker room, and the Rams went
Speaker 1: down and score with these with that first drive. So
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz to me, no brainer, player of the game.
Speaker 1: Broke the franchise record for the single or most touchdowns
Speaker 1: in a season. Don't know the extent of the injury,
Speaker 1: but certainly this is a little feather than the cat
Speaker 1: for him to have his franchise record in a game
Speaker 1: like this four touchdowns, going up against the guy that
Speaker 1: was picked one spot ahead of him a year ago.
Speaker 1: I think we got the right guy. Yeah, I would believe,
Speaker 1: so yes to me. Like you said, it's a no
Speaker 1: brainer in this instance. So again, those are three nominees,
Speaker 1: but Carson Wentz. You think back to signature moments with
Speaker 1: other quarterbacks and Eagles history. Think back to Donald McNabb
Speaker 1: throwing for four touchdowns on the broken ankle. You'll get
Speaker 1: the four touchdowns throw way Wentz. That came after he
Speaker 1: suffered the knee injury, so he was not able to
Speaker 1: move in the pocket, but he was able to deliver
Speaker 1: that ball. And kudos to Alshon Jeffrey for reaching behind
Speaker 1: him to making that fingertip grab. I mean that's something
Speaker 1: that I don't even know if that bass was for him. No,
Speaker 1: I mean I was right exactly so mayna I've been
Speaker 1: for him. But he came up with the player there.
Speaker 1: But like you said, the knee was already injured. Didn't
Speaker 1: know the extent of it, and he wasn't able to
Speaker 1: step into that throw. No, could not do it. So
Speaker 1: still got it there, So kudos to him again. Philadelphi
Speaker 1: Eagles dot Com slashed Toyota Player of the Week. I
Speaker 1: wanted to talk about Carson last because he deserves the
Speaker 1: award again. He was a player of the game and hopefully,
Speaker 1: cross our fingers, it's not the last time we see
Speaker 1: him this season. So now it's time to look at
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Speaker 1: exchange dot com. So the Eagles took care of business
Speaker 1: of clinching the division title, which was huge because Dallas
Speaker 1: won earlier in the day, kind of prolonging it a
Speaker 1: little bit. So to me, it's great that the Eagles
Speaker 1: were able to win it on their terms. It wasn't
Speaker 1: like they the back door of their way exactly. So
Speaker 1: the Cowboys were no exactly, So they win so final
Speaker 1: three games of the season. Like you get the Giants
Speaker 1: who have had a turmoil filled season. They fired Ben macdo,
Speaker 1: fired the GM you know, c spagnol came in as
Speaker 1: the interim coach, Eli manning of all the stuff with
Speaker 1: benching him and then bringing him back here. You know,
Speaker 1: their season's been a mess, but this might be to
Speaker 1: them their ways to go out on a high note
Speaker 1: by knocking down the number one seed, whether it's with
Speaker 1: or without Carson wentz Yeah, And again it's going to
Speaker 1: be interested to see how this team has to display
Speaker 1: their resiliency Once again, again we don't know the extent
Speaker 1: of Carson's injury, but if he's not able to go
Speaker 1: next week, how does the team come out? Are they
Speaker 1: able to rally around Nick Foles? Can they keep the
Speaker 1: energy up the way that they had for today? They
Speaker 1: came in ready to play today. They knew they were
Speaker 1: in for a dog fight. They were up for the
Speaker 1: challenge against the Rams. There's gonna take a lot for
Speaker 1: them to get themselves back up next week against a
Speaker 1: divisional fold third straight game on the road. That can
Speaker 1: be difficult as well. If Carson isn't able to go,
Speaker 1: do the Giants sort of see that as a way
Speaker 1: of getting the victory and they come in with the energy.
Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting to see how Doug's able to
Speaker 1: get these guys ready to go. I'll tell you one thing,
Speaker 1: it really hasn't been a problem since this guy has
Speaker 1: been the head coach with this team being ready to
Speaker 1: go week in and week out. So I'll take it.
Speaker 1: I'll take it on face value that the team will
Speaker 1: be ready to play next week. Hopefully it's That's why
Speaker 1: one of the things I was reassuring about the win
Speaker 1: today was how aggressive Doug was with a play call.
Speaker 1: We didn't see that last week and see out it
Speaker 1: seemed like that the team just wasn't itself. They got
Speaker 1: back to their ways. You saw the nice celebration with
Speaker 1: the flying v after Prince Selk's first touchdown, paying homage
Speaker 1: to the Mighty Ducks movie there. But it's just nice
Speaker 1: and it seem like they were getting back to having
Speaker 1: fun and the things that they were doing to get
Speaker 1: them to his point here. So they were getting back
Speaker 1: to that a little bit there today. So hopefully, whether
Speaker 1: it's with or without Carson Wiz, they'll be able to
Speaker 1: continue that mojo moving forward. And then the last two
Speaker 1: games are at home, and you know, hopefully this will
Speaker 1: be the last time the Egles are on the road
Speaker 1: for the season if they can somehow get the number
Speaker 1: one seed for the entire postseason, and again, the road
Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl would have to come through Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: So let's go do it for this edition of the
Speaker 1: Postgame Show presented by Rico. Again, the Eagles winn by
Speaker 1: score forty three to thirty five over the Los Angeles Rams.
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz exits the game with a knee injury, who
Speaker 1: have a full evaluation On Monday. Doug Pearson's press conference
Speaker 1: is live at noon here on philadel Eagles dot com
Speaker 1: and the Eagles App, so you will definitely not want
Speaker 1: to miss that. Ike Reas will be on the air
Speaker 1: at two pm tomorrow recapping what head coach the head
Speaker 1: coach says, as well as taking everyone's calls. And depending
Speaker 1: on the news, it might be we might be breathing
Speaker 1: us high of relief or you might you might have
Speaker 1: to you exactly that might have to be the case here,
Speaker 1: So either way, now I'll be here for you, ike okay,
Speaker 1: as you're walking through the build the next couple of
Speaker 1: days doing your game plan. Show we got we got
Speaker 1: each other's back here, so again, thank you very much
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Speaker 1: Wentz and his knee injury. So for ike Reas, I'm
Speaker 1: Chris McPherson. For all of us here at the Philadelphia
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Speaker 1: great Eagles Night. The Eagles are NFC East Champions for
Speaker 1: the twenty seventeen season.