WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: The Eagles Win The NFC East 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:31.680 Wow, what a game. It lived up to the height. 0:00:31.720 --> 0:00:35.040 It was a four to thirty game nationally televised pretty 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:39.280 much throughout the country. The Eagles escape with a forty 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:42.560 three to thirty five victory over the Los Angeles Rams 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:46.080 to clinch the Amfacy East Division title, the team's first 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:50.280 playoff birth and division crowns sent twenty thirteen season. But 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:52.960 of course we all want to know what's the status 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:56.520 of quarterback Carson Wentz moving forward. Hello everyone, I'm Chris 0:00:56.640 --> 0:00:59.480 McPherson and welcome to the postgame show presented by Rico. 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:03.120 I'm joining alongside former Eagles linebacker Ike Reas. So much 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:06.760 to unpack from this victory, Such a resilient game, Just 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:11.600 one of the most hard fought Eagles victories that I've witnessed, 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:13.760 and I'm sure you probably you could say you've witnessed 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.360 I think all of us in Eagles Nation have witnessed 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:19.959 in quite some time. Ike. So in the short term, 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.400 we are all celebrating the fact that Eagles are definitely 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:24.720 going back to the postseason, and certainly we all thought 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:27.319 that this time was coming. But of course, big picture, 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.200 we all want to know who is going to be 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:32.440 the quarterback moving forward. All we know at this moment 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:35.640 is that quarterback Carson Wentz injured his left knee in 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:39.199 the third quarter running into the end zone. He stayed 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.240 in and he threw the touchdown pass on fourth down 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:43.480 to Alice John Jeffrey. He came out, went to the 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:46.760 locker room. The team told the media that he has 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:49.280 a left knee injury. We're gonna hear from head coach 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:51.840 Doug Pearson in a little bit. At this point, that's 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:55.920 all that's official. That's all that's known. All the other reports, 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.240 whatever else you're reading on social media, that's just conjecture. 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:00.440 At this point. We are waiting to find from the 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:04.000 head coach what the latest is. But first we should 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:07.040 celebrate such a resilient victory by this Eagles team, which 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:09.280 has been through so much, not just this season, but 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:13.160 through the course of this game alone. Trailing seven nothing 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:16.000 early after the wins interception, getting a twenty one to 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:18.720 seven lead, having a ten point lead a halftime. A 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:21.320 special team's play helped brought the Rams back in the 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:24.799 third quarter, but the Eagles get behind Nick Foles, get 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:27.440 a couple of field goals late and hold on for 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.880 the forty three to thirty five victory. Yeah, it's tough 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.360 to bury the lete here though, great win by the 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:36.200 Eagles today. I mean, it was an exhausting football game. 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:38.560 When you look at two of the top offenses in 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.240 the league, they certainly lived up to that, both teams 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:44.240 coming in averaging over thirty points in this game. You 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:46.480 see the final score of forty three to thirty five, 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:49.680 late defensive touchdown from Brandon Graham to really push this 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:52.480 game with it to eight points. But this was a 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:56.400 closely contested game from beginning to end. It started off 0:02:56.440 --> 0:03:00.040 with a turnover, ends with a turnover in favor of 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:04.440 the Eagles. But I can't help but be somewhat a 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.160 little bit tempered in my excitement, not knowing what the 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:10.519 future holds for our franchise quarterback right now who left 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.080 this game late in the third quarter after putting the 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:15.760 Eagles up late in the game with a touchdown past 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:18.440 the cars. I mean to al Sean Jeffrey, But if 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:20.360 you just want to go back to the game and 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:22.320 you look at the ends and out to the game, 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:24.360 I mean, you're talking about two of the heavyweights in 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:28.200 the NFC. This game was built up Carson versus Jared 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:30.320 Golf the number one and number two picks of last 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.640 year's draft. It certainly lived up to that, billing Carson 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:36.960 with an early interception that led to the Rams first 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:39.760 score of the game, Jared Golf with a costly fumble 0:03:40.160 --> 0:03:42.960 sacked by Chris Long late in this game, which led 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.280 to the Eagles taking the league. I mean, just a 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.880 great game. You talk about all the hype leading up 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:51.040 to this game. Sometimes the matchups don't necessarily play out 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:53.360 the way you sort of break them down throughout the 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:56.400 week and you sort of anticipated. But for me, easily 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:58.760 the game of the day, quite possibly the game of 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:02.840 the year in the seventeen season. Just a great victory 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:05.960 for the Eagles on the road against a very tough 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.880 team who knew that they needed to win this game 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:10.960 at home before they head out on the road to 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:13.880 face Seattle next week and then Tennessee two weeks from now, 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:18.480 these two teams fighting for positions in the postseason, fighting 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.239 for that bye week. Eagles get the tough win clinch 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:24.960 the NFC East, so where we're assured a home playoff 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.880 game as division champs. To this point, We'll see how 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:30.680 the rest of the season plays out. But Chris I can't. 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:32.960 I can't get it off my mind. Man. The quarterback 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:35.240 went out of the game, and until we hear from 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.719 Doug Peterson that everything is gonna be okay, whether we 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:40.880 hear it when Doug takes to the podium in a 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.400 few moments or whether it's tomorrow when I'm sure he's 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:46.400 probably gonna have an MRI and they find out definitely 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:49.719 what the situation is with Carson's need. It's really tough 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:53.000 to really celebrate such a great victory because you just 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:55.359 didn't know how this game was gonna turn out coming 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:57.760 in and the Eagles, coming off a tough loss last 0:04:57.760 --> 0:05:01.240 week in Seattle, certainly want to get a split versus 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.600 these two teams. They able to persevere in a back 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:07.560 and forth game. Defense had really struggled all day to 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.680 slow this Rams offense down. Chris Loan comes up with 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:13.400 the big sack late in the game, strip fumble and 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:18.320 Jared Golf, great recovery from Rottney McCleod, and eventually Jake 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:20.640 Elliot is able to put the Eagles ahead thirty seven 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:23.720 thirty five, and from that point on, Eagles Deepens still 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:26.279 had to go out there and stop this Ram offense. 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.560 It was more than enough time on the clock for 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:30.400 the Rams to go down and kick a field goal. 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:33.400 And we know that kickers areline He can kick it 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:36.200 from about sixty five yards, so they certainly wouldn't have 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:38.599 need a much field position. So when the Eagles defense 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.719 took the field, even after they took the lead, they 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:45.000 certainly still had to come up with a stop on 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.120 downs against the Rams. They able to get a three 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:49.640 and out, force the Rams to punt. Rams don't get 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.080 the ball back until it's one second left in the game. 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:55.680 Great first down pick up Nelson Aguilard. Nick Foles able 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:59.520 to come in like Mariano Rivera to close the game out, 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:04.840 had some timely throws. We'll keep it on again, is 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:07.400 my man. So coming in in a tough situation, in 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.880 a close game, not not easy to close that game 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:12.080 out against the Rams, He's able to come up with 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:14.800 some timely throws, none bigger than that first down he 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:17.080 picked up the Nelson Aglo. This is the reason why 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:19.480 Nick Foles was brought in. And it seems very fitting 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:22.080 to me that Nick Foles happened to be the quarterback 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:25.200 back in twenty thirteen when the Eagles last won the division. 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:27.960 And you go back to Nick foles grace performance of 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:32.520 his career seven touchdown throws against the Oakland Raiders happening 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:35.720 in the state of California. Today's game is here in California. 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.600 He's a West Coast guy from Arizona, so you know, 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.200 it was a perfect setting for him to be able 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:43.559 to come through in a big way from Texas players 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:47.159 college ball at Arizona. So huge performance for him. And 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:50.760 you know, again just the resiliency of this football team 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:53.279 through losing key guys throughout the course of the season. 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:57.120 They've lost the leaks of Jason Peters, of Jordan Hicks, 0:06:57.240 --> 0:07:00.360 Darren Sprowles, and they're able to find ways to come 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:02.920 back and still be the top. Right now, they are 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:06.200 the number one team in the NFC. There's no tiebreakers, 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:09.640 no nothing there. Minnesota lost to Carolina, the Eagles are 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:12.040 the top team with an eleven and two record, So 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.000 as long as they take care of the business down 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:16.760 the stretch and they have three very winnable games no 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:18.720 matter who's in at quarterback. The rest of the way. 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.320 They have the Giants who lost to the Cowboys today, 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:23.880 they have the Oakland Raiders who have struggled their six 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.160 and seven after losing to the Chiefs, and then they 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.760 end the season against the Cowboys. Okay, So if the 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.320 Eagles can handle their business in the last three weeks, 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:35.360 the road to the super Bowl will go through Philadelphia. Okay. 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.440 So you're not just gonna get that home field, You're 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:40.120 not just getting the first round by You're gonna get 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:42.160 home field advanced throughout the course of the playoffs. So 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:45.160 no matter what happens to this team moving forward, that 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:48.560 they will have the play at the link in order 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:50.960 to be knocked out. So that's something that's at least 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:53.120 reassuring as we try to figure out what's going to 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:56.120 happen with this team moving forward. But just an amazing 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:58.720 scenario for Nick to come in and on the last 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:02.400 offensive drive the third down call. Easily Doug could have 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:05.200 just said we're gonna take a run, hand it off 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:08.160 to the Ji, keep the clock running, force a time 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:10.320 out by the Rams, but no, he threw the ball 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:13.080 to sticks Aglare caught the ball away from his body, 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:17.360 a tremendous throw, brilliant catch, Gussie call there, clutch played 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:19.800 by both the players involved. There they get the first 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:21.880 down and that allowed them to whittle the clock down 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:24.360 to the final seconds where all the Rams had was 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:26.520 that Gadget trick play which Brandon Graham was able to 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:29.520 recover the fumble and return it for the touchdown. Yeah, 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:31.520 I mean, Doug Peterson, I mean you just think about 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:33.800 some of the aggressive calls that he made today, going 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.240 for it on fourth down to put the Eagles up. 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:39.280 When Carson Wentz was able to hit al Sean Jeffrey 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:41.760 for that touchdown, most people would have kicked the field 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.880 goal there. Doug said, no, we're going for it, and 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:47.920 his team came through for him. They backed him and 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:50.600 every aggressive call that he's made it throughout the year, 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:53.320 and they typically come through for him. You know, lost 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:55.080 in all of this with Nick Foles closing out the 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:58.320 game and Carson Wentz being injured on that go ahead 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:02.000 touchdown al Sean Jeffrey is the magnificent performance that Carson 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:04.800 Wentz was putting on throughout this game. I mean, four 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:09.240 touchdowns before he exited the game, close to three hundred yards. 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.400 I mean, he answered every call that needed to be answered. 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.480 When the Rams made a charge, Carson Wentz was there 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.600 to come up with big throw at the big throw, 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:21.920 timely play at the timely play showing while he's a 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:24.720 franchise quarterback and while the future is bright for this 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.240 ball club as they moved forward. I mean, just a 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:31.200 magnificent performance between really both of these young quarterbacks. Again, 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:34.640 Carson made the early mistake with the interception that led 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:36.680 to the touchdown for the Rams to give them the 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.360 early league. But I love the way he settled down, 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:44.880 collected himself, kept his composure and became the aggressive, gunslinging 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:47.560 quarterback that we've grown to love in the time that 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.400 he's been here as the franchise QB for this team, 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.480 leading this team back. Every time the Rams took the lead, 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:55.840 he was able to come back and answer it with 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:59.280 the touchdown himself knows zach Hurst today his number one 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:02.000 target out. Did that change the game plan? No? Did 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:04.280 it change where Carson was gonna go with the football 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:07.320 with the plays that are being called. No, Trey Burton, 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:11.320 Brent Sellick big days today absent zach Ertz tight end 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:14.120 still stepped up. Love the way Carson Steele showed the 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:16.280 confidence in the rest of those guys. And how about 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:19.720 Tory Smith's day. Tory Smith, with his best game as 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.000 an Eagle, he came up with some big plays, I 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:23.880 mean right before the half, the big play that he 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.400 had for the Eagles to get the field goal. I mean, 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:29.240 it was just it was just say, a good well 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:33.160 balanced offense all around the day, really high powered, back 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:35.520 and forth all day long. Look at one hundred yards 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:39.600 for Tory Smith. Two huge catches, both coming on third down. 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:41.559 The one at the end of the first half was 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:44.559 so critical because if the Rams got the ball back right, 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:46.200 they could have had a chance to go down and 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:48.120 score and add some more points to cut into that 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:51.480 Eagles lead just before the half. But that, like you said, 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:53.640 kept the Rams from getting the ball and gave some 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:55.600 additional points for the Eagle, so they took a ten 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.439 point lead into the airmission. And the other third down 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:01.160 on one just flipped the field position. Okay, So Tory 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.880 Smith using that speed in a huge way to help 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:07.040 boost the Eagles offense today. You know, the best thing 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:08.920 that we've seen is someone has stepped up. It seems 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.200 like in recent weeks where a couple of weeks ago, 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:14.200 you know, Zach Ertz gets one hundred yards, Okay, last 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.080 week in the losing effort to Seattle, it was Nelson 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.679 agil Are having a big day today, it's Tory Smith. 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.680 There's so many weapons on this offense, and you go 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:22.920 back to the day by the tight ends, not just 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.400 the performance they had, but Trey Burton. I think back 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:29.560 to that second touchdown grab with the pinpoint accuracy by 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:32.439 Carson Wentz on the throw, the tough grab in traffic. 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:35.360 It was nice coverage by the Los Angeles Rams defense 0:11:35.400 --> 0:11:37.360 on the play, but still to be able to come 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:40.080 down with that and to showcase then show that no 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:43.199 matter who's injured, guys are going to step up to 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.160 fill that role. And we just saw that throughout the 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.319 course of the day. Even when number eleven goes down, 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:50.600 Nick Foles comes in and is able to leave the 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:52.880 offense to a pair of scoring drives, which was just 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:56.480 enough to get the victory today. So you know, Doug 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.120 has pushed the right funds with this team pretty much 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:01.640 all season long, and I really wanted to know how 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:03.600 this team was going to respond after the loss, and 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:06.319 in some ways, to me, I think the interception was 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.000 probably the best thing because I think it kind of 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:10.680 settled the Eagles down, at least settled. I think Carson 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:13.720 Wentz down to say he's probably thinking I'm going against 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:16.520 Jared goff. It's the you know, not the primetime game, 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:19.440 but the big national four thirty game. Everybody's gonna be watching. 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.000 We're coming off the loss. You know, we're playing another 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:24.640 playoff bound team. What are we gonna do? You know, 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.080 he throws an interception early. It kind of lets him 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:29.040 step back say, okay, I've made my mistake. I can 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:31.360 settle down and now I can get into my rhythm. 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:34.160 And after that he was on five okay, you know, 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:36.280 And the best thing about the offense was getting up 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:38.880 early twenty one to seven. That took Todd Gurley out 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:42.040 of the game. Todd Gurley was just a man among 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:45.200 boys out there for the Rams offense today. The defense 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:47.839 struggled all day long trying to contain him. He was 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.720 able to get easily through the defensive line. And you know, 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:52.599 Sean mcvats, who his credit, does a great job of 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:55.640 scheming the offense so that it spreads out the defense 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:58.440 to open up those huge gaps. And the Eagles they 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.120 like to play the nickel defense. Only you know what, 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.000 you're gonna have an extra defensive back on the field 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:05.360 if you're not playing that base defense. It's gonna lighten 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:06.920 things just a little bit there, and I think the 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:09.240 Rams are the great job of taking advantage because even 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:11.760 if you say you want to load up and stop Girly, 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.920 there's weapons on the perimeter. Sammy Watkins had the touchdown, 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.480 you know, Robert Woods obviously was was injured tape. But 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:21.480 they have Farrell Cooper. Yeah, there's Cup Cooper Cup obviously 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:24.360 with that one play that nobody could stop, There's plenty, 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:26.679 there's play other weapons in the arsenal. It's not just 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.560 a one man show there in Los Angeles. Jared Goff 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:31.800 doing a great job distributing the ball to all the 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:34.640 weapons to you know, really pick apart this Eagles defense 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:37.959 until the very end when Eagles had to bear down, thinking, look, 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:40.679 Carson's doze saving us today, We've got to back Nick 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:42.240 Foles up. And they were able to step up in 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:45.040 a huge way to get the win and seize the 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:47.560 division crown in the process. Well, listen, make no mistake 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:52.000 about it, Jim Schwartz saying, Way Phillips will both be 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:55.199 burning this game tape. Either one either one of those 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:58.600 defensive coordinators are going to be proud about what they're 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:01.079 see on film. But the fact that Jim Schwartz guys 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.200 came up with the plays late in the game. That's 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:06.160 something he'll certainly hang his hat on. Once the Rams 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:09.240 became sort of one dimensional, it became a little easier 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:11.400 for the Eagles to defend them once they got down 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.440 and it looked like Sean McVay was gonna abandon the run. 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:17.880 Jared Golf dropping back time at the time. It gave 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:20.120 a chance for that Eagles defensive line to pinning their 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:23.120 ears back and get after Jared Golf. Fletcher Cox was 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:26.120 in Jared Golf's face all day to day. Brandon Graham, 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.920 we know he lives in the backfield on a regular 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:32.280 basis week in and week out. Tim Jernigan around the 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:36.880 quarterback throughout the day, so you know the secondary Listen, 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:39.040 they gave up plays, but they were able to come 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:42.080 up with plays as well late in that game. And 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:44.920 when you're facing two high powered offenses that can sort 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:47.600 of beat you through the air and on the ground, 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:50.520 it's gonna be difficult to slow him down. It just is. 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.320 And I would have been surprised had either of these 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:56.680 defenses were able to hold the other's offense two under 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:58.800 twenty points. I expected this game to be in the 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:03.680 high twenties. I'mwhere got up a little higher than I anticipated. 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:06.960 But when you're looking at the type of offensive firepower 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:10.440 both teams possess, you got to expect points to be 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.720 on the board. And the Rams even came away with 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:15.680 special teams points. Being able to block a point, I 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:18.080 mean block a punt, you rarely see that from the 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:20.520 Eagles special teams, but they gave up a pump block 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:22.680 for a touchdown to day also, and it's amazing that 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:25.520 that wasn't a backbreaker because at the time you're thinking 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:28.640 to yourself, the Eagles are unraveling. The Eagles had the 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:31.400 ten point lead a halftime, but can't get things going 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:34.080 there in the second half. You thought, Okay, if the 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:37.000 Eagles can stop the Rams offensive start the second half, 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.440 you know that would be tremendous. It would put the 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:41.760 Eagles in position to add to that lead and make 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.600 the Rams one dimensional once again. But the Rams march 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:47.400 down the field and score. The Eagles struggle through a 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:49.680 three and out, go to punt the ball away and 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:52.960 then it's blocked in Former Eagles draft pick Blake Countess 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:55.960 is the one who's returning the ball into the end zone, 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:58.040 and right there the Eagles could have just packed up 0:15:58.040 --> 0:15:59.800 shop and said, you know what, it's not going to 0:15:59.880 --> 0:16:02.200 be it for us, all right, But that's not the case. 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:04.040 It's been this way throughout the course of the season 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:06.440 where they've had their backs against the wall and they've 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:08.840 been able to fight back. So you love seeing that 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:10.480 fight from the team, and they're just gonna have to 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:13.840 have it moving forward, you know, whether or not Carson 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:16.600 Wentz's injured, they're gonna need to show this resiliency because 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:18.840 this is a team you might see again in the playoffs. 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:21.320 I mean, the last two weeks you've seen teams who 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:23.960 are most likely going to be in the playoffs here 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:27.040 and you might be seeing them, thankfully, you know, getting 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.040 the edge day over the Rams. They'll have to come 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.720 to Philadelphia most likely instead of traveling back out on 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:33.880 the West Coast to whether it's Los Angeles or Seattle. 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:36.760 And again we don't we don't know how long or 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:40.320 if anytime, Carson is gonna miss because we don't know 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.040 the extent of the injury. But I will tell you this, 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:46.680 I've been on teams that have experienced with losing key 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:49.560 guys late in the season. Los Donovan McNabb after he 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:52.520 broke his ankle against the Arizona Cardinals. I believe it 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:54.240 was the tenth game of the season. He missed the 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:58.080 last six games of the season. Veteran lating team. We're 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:00.880 able to go five and one with AJ finally at 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:04.000 the quarterback position. Lost Tho in two thousand and four, 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:06.960 I believe in the thirteenth or fourteenth game of the season. 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:09.600 We all know how that turned out. Still able to 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:11.920 go to the Super Bowl. TiO made this return. So 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.520 I think regardless of the extent of the injury and 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:17.000 how much time Carson may or may not miss, this 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:20.000 isn't something that the team can sort of let hang 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:23.439 over their heads. They certainly have goals in mind. The 0:17:23.480 --> 0:17:27.000 mantra for this team has always been about the team. 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.680 There is no I in team, so there's never it's 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:32.440 never about one person, right, so you lose a guy, 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.400 it's been about next man up every time, and so 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:38.760 when the news comes out, to the extent of the 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:41.640 team will just have to rally around the situation and 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:44.720 keep this train rolling until Carson is able to get 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:47.159 back on the field as soon as possible. Let's go 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:49.119 back to two thousand and two. Their first second okay, 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:51.679 because it was the latter half of the season, you know, 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:54.760 and it was the year after the run away to 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:57.000 your first run to the NC Championship game where you 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.959 guys lost to the Rams, so obviously big things are expect. 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:01.760 Did you're on your way to win the division again? 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:04.400 How did you guys keep things from unrival? How did 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:07.359 you guys say to yourselves, all right, we're gonna trust 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:10.680 in you know, Koy Detmer and aj Feely and be 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:12.520 able to trust in them to lead us down the 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.960 stretch and not knowing whether or not Diamond would be 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:17.919 able to make a return for the playoffs. What I 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:20.120 will say the big difference for us was that we 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:22.399 were a team that had gone through a couple of 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:26.240 postseasons together. We were a veteran laden team that had 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:30.879 experience went winning. We were a defensive, really oriented team. 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:34.080 We really the defense was really our calling card for 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:36.720 that team. We held teams of seventeen and other points. 0:18:36.720 --> 0:18:38.200 I think that was one of our best seasons of 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:42.359 the gym when they came to fewest points allowed, So 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:44.600 we didn't put a lot of pressure on our offense 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:47.119 to have to score a ton of points. Could allow 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:51.800 Andy to let A. J. Feeley and Coy Depper for 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:53.840 the game that he was in against San Francisco, to 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:57.879 sort of feel their way through a game and really 0:18:57.960 --> 0:18:59.840 just not give up a ton of points. We know 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:02.520 this is an offensive team. This team can put up 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:05.280 thirty points a game. But what's good for them is 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:07.760 that they have a good defense. This isn't a defense 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:09.879 that's given up a ton of points all year long. 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:13.200 Despite what you saw today, I think this is something 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.120 that they'll be able to rally around again. We don't 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:18.680 know how long they will have to do this. But 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:22.640