Speaker 1: In a game that felt like a playoff atmosphere at
Speaker 1: Lincoln Financial Field, Darren Sprowles went in for one yard
Speaker 1: out to put the Eagles on the board early seven
Speaker 1: to nothing, and after amassing three hundred and forty eight
Speaker 1: total yards, This touchdown the first career by wide receiver
Speaker 1: Nelson Aglare from fifty three yards out, help put the
Speaker 1: Eagles over the top, beating the Buffalo Bills by score
Speaker 1: of twenty three to twenty. Hello everyone, I welcome to
Speaker 1: the postgame show presented by Rico Here in Philadelphi Eagles
Speaker 1: dot Com. I'm Chris McPherson alongside former Eagles linebacker Ike Reece.
Speaker 1: Can we all breathe a sigh of relief? Ed Reynolds
Speaker 1: coming up huge gang his first career interception off Tyra Taylor.
Speaker 1: It was Taylor's first interception since going back to Week four,
Speaker 1: all the way back to October to seal the Eagles win.
Speaker 1: They now get to six and seven on this season,
Speaker 1: a much needed win obviously, very tough, but offense, defense,
Speaker 1: and Nike once again special teams all contributing to this
Speaker 1: all important victory. Yeah, Casis of this team, That's exactly
Speaker 1: what you need. Down to stretch Eagles second win in
Speaker 1: a row. Nice to get a win at home considering
Speaker 1: the last couple of home games the Eagles had played.
Speaker 1: I just thought it was a well fought game on
Speaker 1: both sides of the football, both teams, both teams battling
Speaker 1: to remain in the playoff contention. And that's the way
Speaker 1: the game turned out. Neither one of these teams wanted
Speaker 1: to give up. They fought to the end and took
Speaker 1: a great play by safety A Reynolds to come up
Speaker 1: with his first career interception to seal his victimy for
Speaker 1: the Eagles. And that's what you need in situations like this.
Speaker 1: You need everyone on the roster, whomever is active for
Speaker 1: the game, to step up and make a big play.
Speaker 1: And as you said, like the Eagles get their second
Speaker 1: win in the row. We're gonna hear from head coach
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly and quarterback Sam Bradford from the Lincoln a
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Speaker 1: speaking something to celebrate. The Eagles beat the Buffalo Bills
Speaker 1: twenty three to twenty and I coming to this game.
Speaker 1: The big story was the return of one Lashawn McCoy,
Speaker 1: But I thought the player on defense who affected McCoy
Speaker 1: the most was Fletcher Cox. And you go back to
Speaker 1: late in the fourth quarter, McCoy trying to move the
Speaker 1: Buffalo offense and Cox gets in the backfield for a
Speaker 1: loss of ten yards. It was a situation where time
Speaker 1: after time again Cox could not be defeated. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean Fletcher affects everyone every week. I mean, I clearly
Speaker 1: believe this is the best player on the defensive side
Speaker 1: of the ball, arguably the best player on this Eagles
Speaker 1: football team. And Fletcher Cox, I mean, he's just been
Speaker 1: dominant all year long. I thought Shady had some moments
Speaker 1: here and there, but for the most part, I thought
Speaker 1: our defense did a great job of keeping him, keeping
Speaker 1: the big play from happening with Shady. McCoy had the
Speaker 1: one run of twenty four yards, but that was about it.
Speaker 1: Everything else, he had green hats around him at all times.
Speaker 1: When he wanted to do his little cutback moves, it
Speaker 1: was somebody there waiting for him. And like you just meant,
Speaker 1: far too often for the Bills, Fletcher Cox was in
Speaker 1: the backfield, I mean penetration, Richie Incognito, whoever they had
Speaker 1: in front of Fletcher Cox could not block him today.
Speaker 1: And it was clear to me that this Eagles defense
Speaker 1: was determined to hold Shady and check as much as possible.
Speaker 1: They understand how great of a player McCoy is, but
Speaker 1: they weren't about to low Shady just run up and
Speaker 1: down the field here at the length to day, and
Speaker 1: I thought they did a fantastic job. It's funny because
Speaker 1: all week we heard from McCoy's perspective and how he wanted.
Speaker 1: I remember Tedan zach ERT's tongue reporters earlier in the
Speaker 1: week that he could envision McCoy want to set the
Speaker 1: all time single game NFL rushing record. But to the
Speaker 1: guys on the defensive side of the football for the Eagles,
Speaker 1: they have pride as well. They saw McCoy in practice
Speaker 1: each and every day and probably at time said, boy,
Speaker 1: you're never going to be able to pull that off
Speaker 1: in a game situation. I would love to get a
Speaker 1: chance against you, and they had that today. And I
Speaker 1: want just credit Cox upfront, but the guys on the edges,
Speaker 1: Brandon Graham and Connor Barwin making sure that McCoy could
Speaker 1: not get to the outside because the D line did
Speaker 1: a great job of funneling things to the outside to them.
Speaker 1: But they had to remain discipline against a very difficult
Speaker 1: quarterback to containing Tyra Taylor, who obviously could beat it
Speaker 1: with his arm. And we saw some of those deep passes,
Speaker 1: some great touch throws on his part, but also the
Speaker 1: ability to scramble as well. Yeah, and I'll tell you
Speaker 1: I know we make a lot of our shady coming
Speaker 1: back in and how we didn't want him to have
Speaker 1: a big day. But this defense has been trying to
Speaker 1: redeem itself since they give up gave up ninety points
Speaker 1: in two consecutive games against Tampa and Detroit. So they
Speaker 1: wanted to get back to playing football the way they
Speaker 1: had played the first half of the season. So these
Speaker 1: guys had pride. I think they loved the fact that
Speaker 1: they were able to go up to New England last
Speaker 1: week and basically dominate that offense for three and a
Speaker 1: half quarters, and they wanted to carry that over. You
Speaker 1: want to be playing your best football at this time
Speaker 1: of the year, and the Eagles had a little blip
Speaker 1: in the schedule there for a couple games on the
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball. They certainly seem to be
Speaker 1: back playing football the way they've become accustomed to. Still
Speaker 1: need to clean up a few plays in the passing
Speaker 1: game deep wise, but for the most part, I thought
Speaker 1: they were After Tyree Rod Taylor all game. He didn't
Speaker 1: look as comfortable in the pocket. This is a guy
Speaker 1: who came into the game completing sixty five percent of
Speaker 1: his passes one hundred and four quarterback rating, with the
Speaker 1: exception of that pass early to Sammywaukee's everything else they made,
Speaker 1: the Bills have to earn every blade of grass today
Speaker 1: and seem like every time the Taylor or someone on
Speaker 1: the offense made a play, it was coming back through
Speaker 1: the penalty. Yeah. I forget the exact final total of penalties,
Speaker 1: but time after time again, the Bills just very undisciplined
Speaker 1: on the both sides of the football. But pretty much
Speaker 1: it's a situation where we always say, how the Eagles
Speaker 1: have those self inflicted wounds, Well, the Bills had tons
Speaker 1: of them today. Well that's a staatefule of a Rex
Speaker 1: Ryan coach team. A little undisciplined. You know, it typically
Speaker 1: comes from the defensive side of the football, where guys
Speaker 1: are getting personal fouls and things of that nature. But
Speaker 1: even on the offensive side of the ball, I just
Speaker 1: thought their offensive line hurt them repeatedly, putting them in
Speaker 1: negative situations, fall starts and things that in ages. So
Speaker 1: but that's the mark of a Rex Ryan coach team.
Speaker 1: You know, he's he flies off the hand to a
Speaker 1: little bit, and his teams so to play that way,
Speaker 1: and they play a little on discipline and the day.
Speaker 1: It calls him big time. Okay, we're gonna hear from
Speaker 1: head coach Chip Kelly in just a few moments, but
Speaker 1: first we're gonna go to the Lincoln Financial Field and
Speaker 1: gets the instant reaction from Eagles insider Davis Spadarow. It
Speaker 1: was a thriller in South Philla on Sunday, the Eagles
Speaker 1: holding off the Buffalo Bills twenty three to twenty and
Speaker 1: after a week of drama, the football game out hyped
Speaker 1: the hype. It was a great football game here in
Speaker 1: the Eagles winning the game their second in a row.
Speaker 1: They're six and seven, still tied for first place in
Speaker 1: the NFC East with the Washington Redskins. How did they
Speaker 1: do it? They vaulted to a twenty to ten lead
Speaker 1: early in the third quarter, held on down the stretch.
Speaker 1: The Eagles tied up at twenty all late in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter a big passing play from Sam Bradford to
Speaker 1: Zacherts taking the ball down to the eighteen yard line
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills, and while the drives stalled, Kay
Speaker 1: Sturgis came on for his third field goal of the
Speaker 1: game that gave Eagles a twenty three to twenty lead.
Speaker 1: And then Buffalo in the final minute, throwing down the
Speaker 1: field passed intercepted over the top by safety Ed Reynolds,
Speaker 1: who earlier in the game in the first quarter was
Speaker 1: beaten on a similar play for a touchdown. This time
Speaker 1: he was in the right position for the takeaway and
Speaker 1: the Eagles hold on. As for Lashawn McCoy's return to
Speaker 1: Lincoln Financial Field, a mixture of booze and cheers when
Speaker 1: he came out as the lone Buffalo captain, mostly booze.
Speaker 1: As for his performance, twenty carried seventy four yards. He
Speaker 1: was over one hundred yards in total offense, but really
Speaker 1: not a factor in this football game. The Eagles defense
Speaker 1: bending a lot, they didn't break in the end, they
Speaker 1: had the key takeaway and they hold on for the
Speaker 1: twenty three to twenty victory. A huge one for this
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles football team. Thank you so much, Dave. I
Speaker 1: love hearing the excitement in his voice. You can tell
Speaker 1: how pump he is and that must have been feeding off.
Speaker 1: And you you were at the game for the first half,
Speaker 1: so you can explain. Oh, let's say it to the lake,
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly speaking to the media. Now, my ks round
Speaker 1: the sure happened my gas how they played out on
Speaker 1: my job specifically, we talked about being really good tappers. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I thought to be a d jack almost part on that.
Speaker 1: You know, we struggle a little bit on quote that
Speaker 1: point where we know that talk about it. Really he's
Speaker 1: just such an if he guy, you gotta contain the quartback.
Speaker 1: I think job that'll face buddy as emocasters all last
Speaker 1: come contributions. Special teams had to turn off cont des
Speaker 1: con stuff and that I thought, real, we'll talk good,
Speaker 1: I thought such. You know again, he's played really, really well.
Speaker 1: He did to say thing against the Patriots last week
Speaker 1: in terms of he spends a lot of time in
Speaker 1: the other team's backfield and I think maybe sometimes the
Speaker 1: only thing they can do is try to hold him
Speaker 1: from getting in there. So, um, you know, he's been
Speaker 1: a very very disruptive force for us, and we think
Speaker 1: he's playing outstanding right now. Sam played and what was
Speaker 1: your bandage? I thought Sam played outstanding. Um, he really
Speaker 1: put the ball on guys today. There weren't any real
Speaker 1: errand throws. Um, we had a couple of drops that
Speaker 1: we if we if we caught those, I mean, I
Speaker 1: think he's he did a great job on the sack.
Speaker 1: I just haven't had a chance to talk to him
Speaker 1: about I don't know if he knew how much time
Speaker 1: was left, the punt would have run off in the
Speaker 1: amount of time to two minute. But I think he
Speaker 1: was just trying to be a little bit cautious. Um.
Speaker 1: But I haven't had a chance to discuss the last
Speaker 1: that last one with him. What did you see taking
Speaker 1: some shots down the field of force when starts down
Speaker 1: to some mons, What did you say that? Well, they
Speaker 1: play a lot of zero coverage, you know, and those
Speaker 1: safeties are down in tight so when they do that, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, you can't allow people to do that. You
Speaker 1: need to take some shots down the field. So we
Speaker 1: hit Nellie. We missed two on one. We threw the
Speaker 1: ball over the top on the first play. A coupe
Speaker 1: just didn't come down with it. But I think if
Speaker 1: people are gonna playing that style of defense, and you
Speaker 1: have to be able to go over the top on
Speaker 1: him and um, you know, we hit a couple of
Speaker 1: them and it was, uh, it was big for us.
Speaker 1: Very well. Yeah, I mean, I just think our our
Speaker 1: team is playing together as a team. I think all
Speaker 1: three phases are playing well we can. Obviously, there's still
Speaker 1: things we always have to clean up, and there's those
Speaker 1: things we can get better at. But I think, um,
Speaker 1: we're playing really good team football. I think on the
Speaker 1: defensive side, we're tackling well right now, um, and we're
Speaker 1: getting a lot of contributions from our special teams. We've
Speaker 1: got some big plays out of the offense today. I
Speaker 1: thought it was huge And that's a really good point.
Speaker 1: I thought he he punted it outstanding today. And I
Speaker 1: think that, you know, really we talked about trying to
Speaker 1: flip the field and punt and he really did there.
Speaker 1: Some of those it was just wow. I mean, he
Speaker 1: was hitting some bombs out there. So I don't know
Speaker 1: what his final stats were, what he came up with,
Speaker 1: but um, I think that and combined with the guys
Speaker 1: covering on the outside, I thought our gunners did a
Speaker 1: really good job. Um. You know the big play by
Speaker 1: Jalen there obviously, Um, but I think when we can
Speaker 1: cover when he's putting that, well, uh, it's really gonna
Speaker 1: help us here. Yeah, I running backs were split pretty evenly. Uh,
Speaker 1: DeMarco got some some short yardage up for you to
Speaker 1: look like. I think he got everything whether it's first down,
Speaker 1: second out, third down. I think again, Truce was just
Speaker 1: rolling those guys. They all merit playing time, and they're
Speaker 1: all getting playing time after seeing me walking said that,
Speaker 1: you know, big touchdown earlier. What do you think of
Speaker 1: the job you guys getting as I thought, our guys
Speaker 1: did a really good job defensively. You know, we we
Speaker 1: knew we were going to be challenged. We knew we
Speaker 1: had to tackle well. We knew we had a quarterback
Speaker 1: that was mobile m and you got to be aware
Speaker 1: of him. But we got to stay in coverage. You know,
Speaker 1: we gott allow the rush to get home against him. Um,
Speaker 1: But I thought, overall, I thought our defense played well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: McCoy had like sixty three yards in the ground the
Speaker 1: first half, not much after that was something that was
Speaker 1: done differently. No, I think nothing changed I think from
Speaker 1: first half to second half. But again I think our overall,
Speaker 1: I thought, I thought our guys tackled her well on
Speaker 1: the defense side of the ball. Last play, what is
Speaker 1: it reynolds responsibility that's looking to play catch the ball?
Speaker 1: Did it so he gets to check? I mean he
Speaker 1: was a deep safety and they tried to go over
Speaker 1: the top and um, he's got to give the corner
Speaker 1: support on that and just made a great play, made
Speaker 1: a great range on the ball, and then made a
Speaker 1: real good decision. If we don't want to we practice that.
Speaker 1: But you know, sometimes you get excited and start to
Speaker 1: try to run it back. We don't need him to
Speaker 1: run it back. We can run the clock out. I
Speaker 1: thought he made a real smart decision just to get
Speaker 1: down right there. And when he gets down, then we
Speaker 1: just put our offense on the field to line up
Speaker 1: and take an ee. So you guys yelling for him
Speaker 1: to get down, we were just cheering him on. I
Speaker 1: wanted big catch, Zach Ertz At what you see. They
Speaker 1: were in press coverage and um it was Huff. Help
Speaker 1: was trying to run a slant and the guy had
Speaker 1: just had him wrapped up and he couldn't get through
Speaker 1: the whole thing. And I think the guy covering arts
Speaker 1: ran into that whole pile up, you know, Uh, the
Speaker 1: corner Huff and the safety went flying about. You know,
Speaker 1: Huff was trying to get off the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: They want to let him get off the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: And Zach not only made a great catch, but just
Speaker 1: a great run after the catch, and that was obviously
Speaker 1: a huge play for us at that point. Time makes
Speaker 1: results on drive before and the half. What went right
Speaker 1: on this one? That think I need to feel, you know,
Speaker 1: I think our guys know what we want to do.
Speaker 1: We had coverage that we could get the ball out
Speaker 1: of bounds on the sideline. Um, you know, we had
Speaker 1: an interesting anario there when they said his knee was
Speaker 1: down and then they told us there was a ten
Speaker 1: second runoff, so we had to use our time out
Speaker 1: at that point in time. You know, we would have
Speaker 1: liked to have saved it if he's out of bounds
Speaker 1: and we have an extra time out more in good shape.
Speaker 1: But then our guys have to learn and we'd practice
Speaker 1: at all the time on how to operate without a
Speaker 1: time out. I thought they did a really good job
Speaker 1: and we got that last one to coop to get
Speaker 1: us into a better field goal range, and then you know,
Speaker 1: that was huge for us. You know, when you defer,
Speaker 1: you're trying to score points at the end of the
Speaker 1: first half and then trying to score at the beginning
Speaker 1: of the second half, so you know, you're trying to
Speaker 1: get in that dual situation there. So that was good
Speaker 1: for us. Where's Nelson compared to where you'd like to
Speaker 1: see him at this point, We're expecting him to be
Speaker 1: had a big touchdown catchman still had a couple of jobs.
Speaker 1: Where's Nelson He's in locker room taking a shower. I mean,
Speaker 1: he isn't a good spot. I mean, I think you
Speaker 1: want him to. Obviously, you'd like everybody to make every
Speaker 1: catch and do everything. But I thought he made a
Speaker 1: really big play for us. He missed a really good
Speaker 1: portion in there. With that high ankle sprain. That's difficult
Speaker 1: for a skill player to come back from. It's a
Speaker 1: little bit easier for our offensive, our defensive linement to
Speaker 1: come back from that injury. But because of how those
Speaker 1: guys have to change and move direction, I think he's
Speaker 1: still getting them feet underneath them. But that goodness he
Speaker 1: was area was a heck of a heck of a
Speaker 1: catch on the post rout for a touchdown. You see
Speaker 1: more assistency team, Well, yeah, I mean I think they're
Speaker 1: they're playing better in all three phases. There's still a
Speaker 1: lot of things we have to correct and we have
Speaker 1: to clean up. But um, you know, against two good opponents,
Speaker 1: you know, to come out with two w's here. You know,
Speaker 1: you're in December and you're two and ow in December.
Speaker 1: But um, as I told the said guys the same
Speaker 1: thing in locker room, we gotta get some sleep and
Speaker 1: get ready to go because we got a really good
Speaker 1: Arizona team coming back in here on next Sunday. So sorry, Jie.
Speaker 1: How much of that do you think it's attribute attributed
Speaker 1: to Sam coming back? I think it's everybody. I mean,
Speaker 1: every single guy on our team. Practice last week we
Speaker 1: had nobody limited, Uh, nobody was you know, everybody was up,
Speaker 1: nobody DMP. You know when you get to this point
Speaker 1: in time of the season, when you get not only
Speaker 1: the ten on your practice caurd, but the fifty three
Speaker 1: act of guys. We have everybody practicing right now. That
Speaker 1: means everybody in really good health. We're not we don't
Speaker 1: have to say, hey, let's try to get this guy
Speaker 1: to the game on Sunday. Um, we can really train,
Speaker 1: and I think our strength and conditioning staff has done
Speaker 1: a really good job with our training stuff on that.
Speaker 1: So I think it's all of those guys. Having them
Speaker 1: all back I think is really helpful to get and
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews back was big for us, I think, and
Speaker 1: obviously I said earlier, I think Sam's playing really really
Speaker 1: well right now? Were you guys, what's up? What was
Speaker 1: it point that we were going to play all for
Speaker 1: and the deuce was going to rotate him a Ryan
Speaker 1: Matthews and all just because you haven't played. We just
Speaker 1: knew we had four healthy backs and we're gonna try
Speaker 1: to use him. But we didn't think we were going
Speaker 1: to have to run anybody, you know into the ground today,
Speaker 1: just because we have depth at that position. So there
Speaker 1: were a lot of on the throw to sell it
Speaker 1: inside the five. Look the replays of like to followed
Speaker 1: in the ground. Did you get any explanation, further explanation
Speaker 1: from popular or anybody on that play. Yeah, I just
Speaker 1: got that they couldn't couldn't overrule it. They didn't. They
Speaker 1: don't really give you an explanation. I just tell you
Speaker 1: that they couldn't overrule it. So you spent a lot
Speaker 1: of this past week answer your questions about stuff they're
Speaker 1: really not related to on the field. That did you
Speaker 1: feel like at any point you became a distraction for
Speaker 1: the team and how do you think if so? They
Speaker 1: responded Now, I mean, I just a lot of it,
Speaker 1: to me is tabloid journalism that they're just trying to
Speaker 1: stress things up, but it doesn't affect us. I mean,
Speaker 1: we were playing the Buffalo Bills and really well coached
Speaker 1: team by rets Ryan that has a really a lot
Speaker 1: of really good players. But when people want to make
Speaker 1: up fall stories about people calling me calling someone during
Speaker 1: the week and him hanging up on me, I just
Speaker 1: think I mean people trying to get Twitter hits or
Speaker 1: things like that and make themselves significant when shit doesn't happen. No,
Speaker 1: I never called himccord this week, but I think it
Speaker 1: was the inquirers. Are you thanks, guys? And there's head
Speaker 1: coach Chief Kelly addressing the media following the eagles twenty
Speaker 1: three to twenty win over the Buffalo Bills to improve
Speaker 1: the team to six and seven on the season. Very
Speaker 1: important that they got to win because Washington also won today,
Speaker 1: so they two are six and seven and they remain
Speaker 1: tied a top the NFC East and New York Giants
Speaker 1: play tomorrow night. I guess at Miami Dolphins we're gonna
Speaker 1: hear from quarterback Saint Bradford and just a little bit like,
Speaker 1: what did you think of Bradford's performance out there on
Speaker 1: the field today, well, I thought he played real well.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's been playing well for a few weeks now,
Speaker 1: you know, And I know he just came back last week,
Speaker 1: but prior to that injury, I thought he was he
Speaker 1: had started playing very well. He has a great understanding
Speaker 1: of the offense where the ball needs to go. They
Speaker 1: even took shots down the field to day. Chip talked
Speaker 1: about the zero coverage being there in order to back
Speaker 1: those guys off a little bit. You gotta throw the
Speaker 1: ball down the field. You gotta have a willingness to
Speaker 1: put the ball down the field deep. And he started
Speaker 1: off with the first player of the game for the
Speaker 1: Eel with that deep pastor Roley Cooper that should have
Speaker 1: been caught. Great throw from Sam Bradford there, I thought.
Speaker 1: The deep ball to Nelson Aguilo, or the way Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford was able to climb in the pocket and get
Speaker 1: the ball down the field to him, you could tell
Speaker 1: that he feels more comfortable in the pocket throwing the football. Obviously,
Speaker 1: there are still some things that the receivers need to
Speaker 1: improve upon when he does get the ball to him
Speaker 1: as far as catching it. But other than that, last
Speaker 1: play where he took that sack. I thought Sam Bradford
Speaker 1: played a real good game. Even the interception that he
Speaker 1: threw was more of a great play from the defensive
Speaker 1: back than it was a bad throw from Sam Bradford.
Speaker 1: So he's continue to show that he's steady in this offense.
Speaker 1: He certainly looked like he has confidence with running the plays.
Speaker 1: Just needed to get a lit little bit more chemistry'
Speaker 1: go on with those wide receivers. I like what I'm
Speaker 1: seeing from Sam Bradford. Question disappointing from his interception. It
Speaker 1: was his first since the Caroline Panthers game back in October,
Speaker 1: and I certainly one that Brent Suck might have been
Speaker 1: able to get away from the corner. LEO, it's McKelvin,
Speaker 1: but nonetheless McKelvin in for the game, for the injuries
Speaker 1: to find Gilmour and seem like the Eagles, we're trying
Speaker 1: to attack them throughout the entirety of this contest. So
Speaker 1: we're gonna hear from the quarterback and just a little bit,
Speaker 1: but we also want to get to your phone calls.
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Speaker 1: back to the postgame show presented by Rico here in
Speaker 1: Philadelphiagle dot com. I'm Chris McPherson alongside former Eagles linebacker
Speaker 1: Ichoris We're waiting here from quarterbacks Sam Bradford following the
Speaker 1: Eagles win over the Buffalo Bills, but I want to
Speaker 1: get into the guys who helped Bradford out. Today. We
Speaker 1: saw the highlights of Nelson Aghalore stepping up in a
Speaker 1: big way, and I think we've been waiting for that
Speaker 1: all season from the rookie. But guys like Zach Erst,
Speaker 1: who had almost one hundred yards receiving helping step up
Speaker 1: their games. In the limited capacity of Jordan Matthews, who
Speaker 1: came to this game questionable with the back injury, woke
Speaker 1: up with some tight knits on Saturday morning, it was
Speaker 1: big to see some of these other guys step up
Speaker 1: there in the past. I mean it really was. I
Speaker 1: mean Aguilare with the touchdown catch early in the first half,
Speaker 1: I mean that was huge. I mean, how you talking
Speaker 1: about protection being there, Sam Bradford climb in the pocket
Speaker 1: and then putting it out there and letting Nelson basically
Speaker 1: run under it and he gets his first touchdown. Thankfully
Speaker 1: didn't injure himself celebrating that touchdown, but that was certainly
Speaker 1: a big play. But you just mentioned zach Ertz. I
Speaker 1: think he was the key to day. Big catch at
Speaker 1: the big catch, picked up first down, at the first down.
Speaker 1: You know that on that final drive where they kicked
Speaker 1: the go ahead field goal. I mean that Cashley had
Speaker 1: that run after the catch, you know, stand up, not
Speaker 1: letting one guy bring him down, basically getting the Eagles
Speaker 1: in field goal range. It was huge for him today.
Speaker 1: That's the matchup advantage the Eagles wanted to exploit, and
Speaker 1: today they were able to do it. You know, zach
Speaker 1: Ertz quiet last week, showed up big time this week
Speaker 1: and I think what I think only one or two
Speaker 1: throws his way that he didn't come down when he
Speaker 1: came down with just about every pass Sam brad through
Speaker 1: his way. It's been great to see the chemistry between
Speaker 1: he and Bradford developed throughout the course of the season,
Speaker 1: because we all expected big things from Earth's at the
Speaker 1: start of the season. But remember he had that core
Speaker 1: muscle injury which required surgery. He missed the entire preseason
Speaker 1: and he had a slow going of it early on
Speaker 1: in the campaign, so it seemed like, you know what,
Speaker 1: we see the big things that we all expected from
Speaker 1: zach Ertz. But over the course of the last few weeks,
Speaker 1: I think we're starting to see that come to fruition.
Speaker 1: And I think that's a big part due because of
Speaker 1: the chemistry that he and Bradford have started to develop
Speaker 1: to be able to get things right in this Eagle's offense.
Speaker 1: You also look at the matchup for the Bill today.
Speaker 1: They didn't have their top coverage linebacker and Nigel Bradham
Speaker 1: he was out with an ankle injury. So it was
Speaker 1: just smart development play there by the coaches to be
Speaker 1: able to take advantage of that matchup and attack the
Speaker 1: middle of the field with zach Ertz, no doubt about it,
Speaker 1: and you can see it. There's certainly a trust level
Speaker 1: there with zach Ertz and Sam Bradford. That's the one
Speaker 1: thing of quarterbacks certainly needs. He needs to have a
Speaker 1: guy that he can go to in critical situations that
Speaker 1: he knows going to come down with the football, and
Speaker 1: that's was zach Ertz and Sam Bradford the starting to develop.
Speaker 1: I thought they were headed that way before Sam was
Speaker 1: angled a few weeks ago, and then he missed a
Speaker 1: couple of games. Last week he hit Zach for a
Speaker 1: touchdown this week, big numbers for zach Ertz. You can
Speaker 1: certainly see the Sam Bradford when he when he needs
Speaker 1: a go to guy to find for a big play.
Speaker 1: Zach seems to be this guy. All Right, we're gonna
Speaker 1: take a quick phone call before we hear from quarterback
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford. Let's go to New York and hear from Kenny.
Speaker 1: Kenny from New York, Welcome to the postgame show pretended
Speaker 1: by Rico Chris Ike. What was going on? Man? How
Speaker 1: you're doing? What's up? Can? Alright? Alright? Um? Just one
Speaker 1: of them touch on a couple of points, y'all. Y'all,
Speaker 1: y'are doing a great job on the show. By the way,
Speaker 1: UM appreciate ro Man Eric ro looking um connecutive games
Speaker 1: looking good man. You know, French and Cox always looking good.
Speaker 1: And I want to see a little bit more consistency, um,
Speaker 1: Ike and Chris Man from from the offense man, too
Speaker 1: many to be and now than too many field goals.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know you're making the run, but I
Speaker 1: just want to see a little more consistency and absolutely
Speaker 1: you're doing a good job on the show. So yeah, Bro,
Speaker 1: I appreciate that, Kenny. I mean, you're right, you certainly
Speaker 1: want to get a little more consistency from from your offense,
Speaker 1: suspecially when you're talking about three and outs. But he
Speaker 1: brought up Eric Row, no question, and I thought Eric Row,
Speaker 1: for the second week in a row getting the start,
Speaker 1: did a fantastic job. I mean to the point where
Speaker 1: it's not many times that Tyrod Taylor even throw the
Speaker 1: ball in Eric Rose directions. So that's that's high phrase
Speaker 1: really for a rookie cornerback only making a second start
Speaker 1: and still trying to get comfortable at playing a cornerback
Speaker 1: position at the NFL level. And what's great about Rowe
Speaker 1: is he's not afraid to step up and get physical
Speaker 1: and make tackles. That's the biggest thing is when the
Speaker 1: ball comes into his direction it's a run or the past,
Speaker 1: you can count on him to be in there. And
Speaker 1: I think that comes back from that safety background playing
Speaker 1: those three years at Utah, So I think that certainly
Speaker 1: helps the case right there. It can be huge for him.
Speaker 1: I mean, this is this is great experience for him,
Speaker 1: you know, It's unfortunate that we lost Nolan Carroll, but
Speaker 1: we're talking about a second round draft pick here who
Speaker 1: hadn't seen much of the field to this point, and
Speaker 1: when Carol went down on Thanksgiving, this has given Eric Row.
Speaker 1: This is given Eric Row an opportunity to play. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's end it. Back to Lincoln facil Field to hear
Speaker 1: from the quarterback, Sam Bradford looking out there, and you're
Speaker 1: more comfortable than you yet you can speak to that
Speaker 1: you're feeling that. Uh yeah, you know, I feel like,
Speaker 1: you know, over the past couple of weeks or you know,
Speaker 1: whatever it's been, you know, I've gotten a lot more
Speaker 1: comfortable out there with you know, what we're doing, and
Speaker 1: you know, I think, um, you know everyone else has too.
Speaker 1: You know, it seems you know, it's still not perfect.
Speaker 1: You know, there's still some things that we need to correct,
Speaker 1: but um, you know, it seems to be going in
Speaker 1: the right direction right now. What did you do during
Speaker 1: the vibe two weeks there? You seem to really straight
Speaker 1: some things out. Since then here you've missing the time.
Speaker 1: What did that purity do for you? Um? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think it just allows you kind of a chance to
Speaker 1: just step back and look at it from a front perspective. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm not sure I changed a whole lot.
Speaker 1: I think, you know, like I said, or I think
Speaker 1: I'm just getting more comfortable. Um. You know, I feel
Speaker 1: like my feet have been much better. I feel like
Speaker 1: my pocket movement has been much better. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: and I feel like when I play with my feet
Speaker 1: in rhythm, you know, good things usually happened, and I
Speaker 1: feel like the past couple of weeks, my feet have
Speaker 1: been pretty good. The Vertibal game is there today. What
Speaker 1: happened to get that coming? Um? You know, just kind
Speaker 1: of the coverage they were playing today. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: they weren't playing you know, it was kind of like
Speaker 1: a quarter slash zero look for some of the run stuff.
Speaker 1: But you know, there really wasn't a deep safety in
Speaker 1: the middle of the field most of the game. So
Speaker 1: you know, they were challenged us to throw it downfield,
Speaker 1: and you know, we wanted to take some shots and
Speaker 1: you know, fortunately we hit a few. H that was huge. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, you call that play thinking that you know
Speaker 1: you might get for and get the first down, and
Speaker 1: you know he probably gets pushed out of bounds and
Speaker 1: then you know we got first in ten. But you
Speaker 1: know for him to make the catch and run that
Speaker 1: he did, um, you know, that's just a bonus. And
Speaker 1: it was pretty cool. I mean it looked like he
Speaker 1: was never going to go down. And you know it's
Speaker 1: plays like that that, you know, really get us going
Speaker 1: and kind of spark us. You have to quarterbacks like
Speaker 1: seeing that when they can calculate a Rugby brand there. Yeah, absolutely, yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we haven't seen a whole lot
Speaker 1: of it this year. Um. You know, it seems like
Speaker 1: everyone we play tries to keep everything in front of us,
Speaker 1: you know, and make us put together long drives. But
Speaker 1: you know today they were giving it to us when
Speaker 1: you watch them, Um, a little bit. Yes, it's more
Speaker 1: so today. I think. You know, their game plan today
Speaker 1: was kind of designed specifically for us. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: I got to know that it's going to get down
Speaker 1: to the two minute, you know, regardless, and you know,
Speaker 1: got to throw it away. You know, I don't know
Speaker 1: how many yards I lost right there, but yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean it's critical right there, you know, just a mental mistake.
Speaker 1: You know, I should have thrown the ball away when
Speaker 1: they're winning anything there seeing much level you're playing that, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you just say that first word five years. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think it's kind of hard to say,
Speaker 1: but you know, I do feel better out there, you know,
Speaker 1: I feel more comfortable out there, you know, more confident,
Speaker 1: you know, and what we're doing. And I think as
Speaker 1: a quarterback, when you're confident and you're able to just
Speaker 1: kind of let things rip, you know, that's when you
Speaker 1: play your best. There's a lot going on this week's
Speaker 1: away from the field with play Jake, you don't come
Speaker 1: back and hard as a player. You just have to
Speaker 1: put that out and just focus on the bills and
Speaker 1: their defensive stuff and not worried about all the other
Speaker 1: stuff going on. Yeah, you know, I think that's been
Speaker 1: what's been really special about this team, in this group
Speaker 1: for the past two weeks because you know, I know
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of noise from outside the building, um,
Speaker 1: you know, especially after the things giving date game. Um,
Speaker 1: but you know, it doesn't seem to affect us. You know,
Speaker 1: I think everyone did a great job but just staying
Speaker 1: focused at not letting any of that, you know, add
Speaker 1: anything extra to the game. You know, I thought our
Speaker 1: preparation this week was great, um, you know, and then
Speaker 1: to go out there and get another good team win tonight. Um,
Speaker 1: it's huge. Just how important as it destiny? You know
Speaker 1: that you have the destiny in your own hands, and
Speaker 1: it's only to own control. Now. I mean even lets
Speaker 1: slit lits be games or playoff games, that's not to
Speaker 1: but you see that new own destiny in your hands.
Speaker 1: How much going to feel it is all right now? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I think that's all you can ask for. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: obviously to start the year the way we did and
Speaker 1: kind of dig ourselves in a hole. You know, it
Speaker 1: was unlikely that we would be in this position this
Speaker 1: late in the year. But you know, for us to,
Speaker 1: like you said, control our own destiny, um, you know
Speaker 1: where we don't have to depend on anyone else, you know,
Speaker 1: and if we take care of our business, we'll end
Speaker 1: up where we want to be. I think that's all
Speaker 1: you can ask for. You know, you're coming back to
Speaker 1: the line after two games where the team is given
Speaker 1: up five points each game loss. Now you're coming back,
Speaker 1: Do you try taking anywhere all yourself? Try to just
Speaker 1: kind of slide back in the way things you used
Speaker 1: to be. Put us in the mindset what a quarterback
Speaker 1: takes on himself in situation. UM, you know, I think
Speaker 1: more than anything, as opposed to, you know, changing anything
Speaker 1: on the field, I think, you know, the past couple
Speaker 1: of weeks, I've just tried to provide leadership, um to
Speaker 1: this group. You know, I don't think that you can
Speaker 1: let what's happened in the past affect the way that
Speaker 1: you know, you prepare for a game or all through
Speaker 1: your style. And you know, I think that's when you
Speaker 1: start trying to force things that aren't there. You know,
Speaker 1: that's when bad plays happen. So you know, as far
Speaker 1: as my play on the field, you know, I've tried
Speaker 1: to keep that pretty much the same. It's how you
Speaker 1: expect it is a little if the offense you Um, yeah,
Speaker 1: I still think there's some things that we can do better.
Speaker 1: You know, I think that we can perform at a
Speaker 1: higher level. You know, obviously we're still not great out there,
Speaker 1: but um, you know, I think this is what I
Speaker 1: envisioned as far as us winning as a team. You know,
Speaker 1: what we've been able to do the past two weeks,
Speaker 1: you know, to put two wins together, um, And I
Speaker 1: think that's kind of what everyone was really looking to see.
Speaker 1: Thank you. There's quarterback Sam Pratt for leaving the podium
Speaker 1: after addressing the media following the Egles went over the
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. I thought it was very interesting. They touched
Speaker 1: on how there's so much noise coming from outside the
Speaker 1: Novercare Complex, outside the stadium after that loss a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago and Thanksgiving that dropped the Eagles to
Speaker 1: four and seven. Since the Eagles have responded with two
Speaker 1: straight victories. It really seems like that this team has
Speaker 1: found a way to bond together and not succumb to
Speaker 1: all the pressures coming from the outside. Well that's good,
Speaker 1: that's good for them. Welcome to Philadelphia. I mean, this
Speaker 1: is what it's like when you don't win games around here.
Speaker 1: When you get boat raised two weeks in a row,
Speaker 1: forty five points put up on your team against inferior opponents.
Speaker 1: This city's not going to sit back and just pat
Speaker 1: you on the back and say good effort, go get
Speaker 1: them next week. No, they're not gonna do that. They
Speaker 1: love this team. They're passionate about this team. It's the
Speaker 1: way it's always been, it's the way it's always gonna be.
Speaker 1: So I like the fact that the players were able
Speaker 1: to ignore the stuff on the outside. They didn't completely
Speaker 1: ignore it because they are talking about it, so they
Speaker 1: obviously know that it exists. But the very fact they
Speaker 1: didn't allow it to separate them, to tear them apart.
Speaker 1: That's what you want to do. And as a player,
Speaker 1: when we struggle in the past, we use that stuff
Speaker 1: as fuel to bond together, to pour together. And maybe
Speaker 1: that's what they've done. Whatever it takes to get it done,
Speaker 1: whatever it takes to get it done. Here's one thing
Speaker 1: I'll say, the players and everyone else fans react to
Speaker 1: what they see on the field. That's what they do.
Speaker 1: They react to what they see on the field. And
Speaker 1: the effort they put out the last two weeks is
Speaker 1: the type of is the type of effort everyone is
Speaker 1: accustomed to, and it's what everyone expects. And you're gonna
Speaker 1: be congratulated, you're gonna be patted on the back, You're
Speaker 1: gonna be lifted up as kings when you when you're
Speaker 1: able to do that. Today was a big win. Today
Speaker 1: was a big win. Now what the coaches use that
Speaker 1: as motivation or is it just as players? That's just players.
Speaker 1: Coaches are putting together game plans players, This is the
Speaker 1: type of stuff players use to sort of fuel them.
Speaker 1: All right, So we haven't even delved into the Eagles
Speaker 1: running back rotation and how that was ulized. Today. We'll
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Speaker 1: anybodrico here in Philadelphia Eagles dot com. Like one of
Speaker 1: the big storylines coming into the week was not just
Speaker 1: the running back for the Buffalo Bills and Lashawan McCoy,
Speaker 1: but what would happen with the Eagles running back rotation
Speaker 1: with the return of Ryan Matthews. The Eagles activate all
Speaker 1: four of their running backs today. Matthews started and got
Speaker 1: the bulk of the workload, and you saw the other
Speaker 1: guys all sprinkled in there as well. What do you
Speaker 1: think of how the Eagles utilize the running backs. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, they used them like I thought they would.
Speaker 1: I mean, you gotta use all three guys where they
Speaker 1: had all four activated. But certainly you figured if Murray
Speaker 1: had some success out there, excuse me, he was gonna
Speaker 1: get more carries, and he got last week, and then
Speaker 1: with Ryan Matthews coming back this week with the first
Speaker 1: time in three weeks. He has that home run capability
Speaker 1: when he touches the ball, so he's gonna get his touches,
Speaker 1: and then you want to sprinkle Dan Spros in there
Speaker 1: to make sure he gets his I like it. You know,
Speaker 1: when one guy sort of has it going, you can
Speaker 1: sort of ride him a little bit. But to give
Speaker 1: all these guys equal opportunity to go out there and
Speaker 1: try to spark something. Hey, it's a formula for success.
Speaker 1: It's working for him, and you know how it is
Speaker 1: in this league. When things are working, you don't change it.
Speaker 1: I was surprised, I should say surprise, but I guess
Speaker 1: the question for me was how much would Ryan Matthews
Speaker 1: be involved because he had not played in so long.
Speaker 1: It was that Week ten game against Miami when he
Speaker 1: stuffed for the concussion, who was also fattling the groin injury,
Speaker 1: so how much could he be relied upon in his
Speaker 1: first action, Well, thirteen carries for Ryan Matthews' day, so
Speaker 1: it wasn't as if they gave him the ball twenty
Speaker 1: times today. And then DeMarco Murray had eleven carries himself.
Speaker 1: I thought it was you know, he's Ryan Matthews back
Speaker 1: into this thing. Like you said, it's been three weeks
Speaker 1: since he's been out there playing. But again, he's a
Speaker 1: threat to go to the house every time he touches
Speaker 1: the ball, just like Darren spros that you want to
Speaker 1: make sure they get a few touches in there. And
Speaker 1: then I like the fact that DeMarco Murray wasn't completely ignored.
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, you got a guy on here who
Speaker 1: was a former rushing champion in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: He's a Pro bowler. He certainly had talent. You know that.
Speaker 1: Sitting there, you got three Pro Bowl running banks. It's
Speaker 1: one football to hand off, and it's a little competition
Speaker 1: there as well. You know, amongst each other, you push
Speaker 1: each other. When you see one guy doing well, you
Speaker 1: want to go out there and do well also because
Speaker 1: you know if you're doing well, they're gonna feed you
Speaker 1: the ball a little bit more so, you know, the
Speaker 1: officsive line I thought did a nice job today blocking.
Speaker 1: It wasn't gaping holes there because Buffalo listen, they were
Speaker 1: keying in on the run. But to use all three guys,
Speaker 1: I think it's a formula for success. Now. One thing
Speaker 1: we would love to see from the offense is more
Speaker 1: consistency and more drives like the opening one, which culminated
Speaker 1: with a darren Sproles one yard plunge into the end zone.
Speaker 1: And to break down some of the big places, including
Speaker 1: the touchdown, let's bring in the third member of our team,
Speaker 1: NFL Film Senior producer Greg Hosell. The Eagles marched right
Speaker 1: down the field on their opening possession and scored a touchdown.
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at two of the big plays
Speaker 1: that got them into the end zone. The first was
Speaker 1: a big pass to zach Ertz, and this came off
Speaker 1: a really interesting concept, what we call a three level
Speaker 1: stretch concept to the short side of the field down
Speaker 1: here to the boundary side. And what you're going to
Speaker 1: see here is you're going to see Nelson Aglar. He's
Speaker 1: going to run the vertical route that's the vertical part
Speaker 1: of the stretch. You're going to have zach Ertz run
Speaker 1: the intermediate route, and then you're going to have Darren
Speaker 1: Sprowls run the short route. So what you have is
Speaker 1: the vertical, the intermediate and the short route. It's a
Speaker 1: three level stretch concept. Let's clear the screen and you'll
Speaker 1: see how it works. This was really really well done.
Speaker 1: You can see Aglar, he's lifting the coverage frees it
Speaker 1: here perfect. You see the corner lifted by Aglar right here,
Speaker 1: and you see a big space right here for Hurts
Speaker 1: behind the underneath coverage because the underneath coverage is also
Speaker 1: looking at Sprowls. This is executed perfectly. Let's clear the screen.
Speaker 1: We'll see the throw by Sam Bradford. Beautifully done. You
Speaker 1: can't execute a three level stretch any better than that
Speaker 1: beautiful job. Now let's go to Darren Sprowles run that
Speaker 1: got down to the one yard line. And what was
Speaker 1: really interesting about this play what we call an unbalanced line.
Speaker 1: Look who's at left tackle. It's zach Ertz. Look who's
Speaker 1: over here, basically at a tight end position on the right.
Speaker 1: That's Jason Peters. Now this is going to be kind
Speaker 1: of an outside zone type play to the right. But
Speaker 1: what they do is they pull the center Jason Kelsey
Speaker 1: to lead a really nicely designed play. As we clear
Speaker 1: the screen, let's watch this. You'll see this is what
Speaker 1: Kelsey is at his best at, getting out in front.
Speaker 1: Beautifully done, sort of an outside zone look. Sprowles gets
Speaker 1: down to the one yard line. Eagles scored on this
Speaker 1: drive opening possession touchdown for the Eagles. Very good stuff
Speaker 1: is always from Greg and we're gonna see his breakdown
Speaker 1: of Nelson Agilers his career touchdown a little bit later
Speaker 1: in the show. I don't know how much love they've
Speaker 1: gotten so far from whether coaches or players who are
Speaker 1: talking about the game in the locker right now. But
Speaker 1: special teams coming up big once again. We were all
Speaker 1: concerned about Sammy Watkins and the big play president that
Speaker 1: he would bring from the Buffalo Bills. What about his
Speaker 1: half brother, Jalen Watkins, who helped force the muff punt
Speaker 1: which led to the agil Or touchdown. Yeah, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. I mean, and that's what you need. You
Speaker 1: need all phases contributing. You know the team where they're
Speaker 1: at right now, They're just not good enough to have
Speaker 1: one phase carried them through four quarters of a football game.
Speaker 1: They're gonna need contributions everywhere. And just like last week
Speaker 1: against New England, you know they needed it again this week.
Speaker 1: Like you said, the muff punt from was the thig pin.
Speaker 1: I believe it was early in the game from Buffalo
Speaker 1: giving the Eagles great field position. Hey, you gotta recover
Speaker 1: the punt. He muffed it. You still gotta go out
Speaker 1: there and recover it. They recovered it. Nice job. But
Speaker 1: the Eagles taking advantage of that play, even though it
Speaker 1: was after a few penalties, they were able to hit
Speaker 1: Nelson Aguilar down the field. And that's Chris, that's just
Speaker 1: what you're gonna need. You're gonna need the defense to
Speaker 1: do it's part and take the ball away a few times.
Speaker 1: And then whether it's whether it's Darren spros in the
Speaker 1: pump retiring game, Josh helping the kickoff retiring game, or
Speaker 1: your block team's making plays, everybody has to contribute here
Speaker 1: down the stretch. Certainly Cap Surgis give him props three
Speaker 1: for thirty from field goal perspective. Donnie Jones consistently time
Speaker 1: Donnie long Ball, burning the nickname with great hang time
Speaker 1: as well, certainly helping flip the field position for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: Let's go back to the phone lines and let's welcome
Speaker 1: in Izzy from this great state of Connecticut. Iszy Welcome
Speaker 1: to the postgame show presented by Rico. Yeah? You doing, fellas,
Speaker 1: doesn't standing? Could you hear from you? Issy? Good? Hear
Speaker 1: from you guys too. Man. I'm just so psyched and
Speaker 1: hyped about this win. I mean, hey, Buffalo came through
Speaker 1: and we came out with a win, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean? Yeah, no question about it, doubt about it.
Speaker 1: But yeah. But my most best performance was those long
Speaker 1: passes that I would have never thought to see Stan
Speaker 1: Bradford off the first off, the first um snap to
Speaker 1: pick that deep ball like that, that was just the
Speaker 1: same de Yeah, And I think that that was a
Speaker 1: clear indicator of what the Eagles we're going to try
Speaker 1: to do today if the opportunities presented itself. Chip talked
Speaker 1: about a lot of zero coverage out there from Buffalo,
Speaker 1: and when you do that, there's no safeties in the
Speaker 1: middle of the field. You got to throw the ball
Speaker 1: deep to back those guys off. And that first play
Speaker 1: to Riley Cooper that caught everyone's attention, our attention, and
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bill's attention because that play was there. Riley
Speaker 1: know he needs to pull that one in because it
Speaker 1: was a great throat from Sam Brown. Well, I think
Speaker 1: it was just great game playing by the coaches to
Speaker 1: kind of take the pressure off of this offense. You
Speaker 1: see a lot of the short and intermediate pass routes
Speaker 1: that are repeated time after time again to the point
Speaker 1: where you wonder a smart defensive coach like Rex Ryan
Speaker 1: will say, I'm going to key in on those plays. Well,
Speaker 1: you guys, show him a little bit something different to
Speaker 1: be able to stretch the field and show we're going
Speaker 1: to take our shots down the field. Now, it didn't
Speaker 1: quite work on that Pastor Cooper, but it did. It
Speaker 1: did work later on the touchdown pass to Nelson Aglor
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Speaker 1: show the all twenty two of his touchdown pass first career,
Speaker 1: one from fifty three yards out. But we're gonna take
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Speaker 1: TJ from Texas. TJ, Welcome to the postgame Show. Hi,
Speaker 1: how are you doing good? Hear from you, TJJ. I
Speaker 1: think DeMarco should have more carries than that. Well, I
Speaker 1: don't DeMarco should get He's from Texas, so he probably
Speaker 1: saw him, you know, his entire career in Dallas, right,
Speaker 1: So maybe probably figures that the NFL's rushing champs would
Speaker 1: have a bigger role in the office carries, I guess.
Speaker 1: But here's the thing though, TJ. Are you an Eagles
Speaker 1: fan or are you a DeMarco Murray fan? Okay, so
Speaker 1: we won the game and DeMarco was suddenly a part
Speaker 1: of the game today, and I'm pretty sure as things
Speaker 1: keep going this way, as you move through the rest
Speaker 1: of the season, he'll get his opportunities to carry the
Speaker 1: ball more. You just have to be effective when you
Speaker 1: do get a chance to get the ball. That's the
Speaker 1: biggest thing. If he's more productive with the carry, certainly
Speaker 1: he'll have more opportunities. I guess the one thing that
Speaker 1: the coaches have to figure out is at the end
Speaker 1: of the game. When Eagles got the ball with just
Speaker 1: over two minutes left, the Bills were able to utilize
Speaker 1: their timeouts and they had a two minute warning and
Speaker 1: they got the ball, I can still have a time
Speaker 1: out remaining. That's a situation where the Eagles need to
Speaker 1: be able to ice the clock. So from a standpoint
Speaker 1: of how can they get the running game going even
Speaker 1: though the other team, like the Bills, with a very
Speaker 1: good front seven, knows that it's coming, how can they
Speaker 1: be able to be more productive to get a couple
Speaker 1: of yards Because even on the third down play Bradford
Speaker 1: dropped back and he was sacked for a loss of
Speaker 1: fifteen yards. That's pretty significant in terms of field position
Speaker 1: when you're trying to hold a three point lead. So
Speaker 1: certainly a more stable ground game, and maybe that's a
Speaker 1: situation where you can look at DeMarco Murray as a finisher.
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what though, it's telling that DeMarco
Speaker 1: Murray was the running back that was in the game
Speaker 1: during that time. So when this crunch time and it's
Speaker 1: money time and you're trying to run the clock out,
Speaker 1: it wasn't Ryan Matthews, it wasn't Darren's froze. It was
Speaker 1: DeMarco Murray in the game. So despite all the noise
Speaker 1: from last week of him not being happy about being
Speaker 1: involved in the game, I know he didn't start today.
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews started, but he finished the game. He was
Speaker 1: put in a position to try to ice the game.
Speaker 1: Now they didn't get it done. But to me, it
Speaker 1: says something that Chip or Deuce had DeMarco Murray out
Speaker 1: there at the most critical juncture of the game trying
Speaker 1: to run the clock out. Well, it makes sense. Usually
Speaker 1: weaken the defense by running horizontally get to the edges
Speaker 1: throughout the course of the game, and then hopefully by
Speaker 1: that fourth quarter, between the amount of plays and the
Speaker 1: tempo exactly, you bring a little smash mouthpower football to
Speaker 1: finish things off. So we're gonna go the opposite of smashmounds.
Speaker 1: We're gonna go to some big explosive plays and bringing
Speaker 1: great cosll for one final time to break down Nelson
Speaker 1: Agilore's fifty three yard touchdown reception. This was the fifty
Speaker 1: three yard touchdown pass from Sam Bradford to Nelson Aguilar
Speaker 1: in the second quarter. And what I love about the
Speaker 1: passing game are concepts we saw earlier a three level
Speaker 1: stretch concept to zach Ertz on the Eagles first touchdown drive.
Speaker 1: You're going to see a very similar concept here and
Speaker 1: it worked to perfection. You're going to get that same
Speaker 1: three level stretch. You're going to see Aguilar here. He's
Speaker 1: going to run to the deep post You're going to
Speaker 1: see the tight end arts he's going to again run
Speaker 1: the intermediate or out. Then you'll see the back into
Speaker 1: the flat. A three level stretch concept, one of the
Speaker 1: most basic concepts in the NFL, gives the quarterback a
Speaker 1: lot of options. Now, before we start this, let's just
Speaker 1: take a look at the defense by the Bills and
Speaker 1: why this work. They're playing Cover three. So what's going
Speaker 1: to happen is the corner will run with Aglar up
Speaker 1: to a point. Then the safety Graham, he's the deep
Speaker 1: middle defender. He must react to Aglar on the deep post.
Speaker 1: Let's clear the screen will start this play, and this
Speaker 1: play was made because the safety Graham did not get
Speaker 1: deep enough. So you see the stretch right here. Freeze it,
Speaker 1: perfect freeze because what you have is a running to
Speaker 1: the post. You've got the corner with outside leverage. He
Speaker 1: can't play the deep ball across the field. That's the
Speaker 1: safety's responsibility. But he is stuck too low. He cannot
Speaker 1: get over the top of Aguilar. That's a mistake. But
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford sees that makes a beautiful throw deep down
Speaker 1: the field. He was throwing off the safety. A really
Speaker 1: good job by Bradford. Hits Aguilar for a touchdown. Another
Speaker 1: beautifully designed three level stretch concept. Thank you very much, Gregg.
Speaker 1: I want to know what was the ultimanti on the
Speaker 1: touchdown celebration, the little spin move. I mean that worked
Speaker 1: out okay, but that did not look comfortable. Yeah, that
Speaker 1: did not look comfortable. And we've seen some unfortunate accidents
Speaker 1: where players through celebration and have sort of hurt themselves,
Speaker 1: and I thought Nelson had there, but thankfully he didn't. Certainly,
Speaker 1: let's go back to the phone lines one final time
Speaker 1: and bringing David from Illinois. David, Welcome to the Postgame
Speaker 1: Show presented by Rico Cool To be here, being in
Speaker 1: Illinois and being able to talk about the Eagles is
Speaker 1: not something you get to do every day. Thanks for
Speaker 1: having me. You know. I thought it was a big
Speaker 1: win for the team, especially to keep paced with Washington
Speaker 1: in the division. Um. Regardless, so regardless of if the
Speaker 1: Giants went tomorrow, it's good to know where where we
Speaker 1: need to be. But you know, I thought this is
Speaker 1: probably Bradford's best game that he's played, uh, in this
Speaker 1: little four game stretch here. Um, you know the pick
Speaker 1: that you know he threw to Cellek, it wasn't so
Speaker 1: I think I think it was said earlier in the program,
Speaker 1: wasn't so much his fault as it was, you know,
Speaker 1: just a great play by the defender. Came up over
Speaker 1: the top, made and made a nice play. Um. But uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I still think the Eagles they need to
Speaker 1: get they need to get Murray going. I mean, they
Speaker 1: Murray knows, Murray knows what he can do, Chip knows
Speaker 1: what he can do. I mean, they know what they
Speaker 1: have in the stable of backs, and you know, while
Speaker 1: they're still kind of tinkering and finding the right combination,
Speaker 1: you know, and it's good to have depth of that
Speaker 1: or don't get me wrong, but you know that if
Speaker 1: they start getting this running game going, this is going
Speaker 1: to be an offense that's going to be putting up
Speaker 1: instead of you know, twenty two twenty five points a
Speaker 1: game that we're putting up. You know, twenty eight thirty
Speaker 1: three points a game. No question, David's some great points there.
Speaker 1: For me, I just want to see more consistency throughout
Speaker 1: the course of the game, because two of the best
Speaker 1: drives were the opening drive to start the game when
Speaker 1: they got the Sproles touchdown, and then the first drive
Speaker 1: of the second half when they milked over five minutes
Speaker 1: off the clock and ended up with a cab Sturgis
Speaker 1: field goal. Those are two of the best drives of
Speaker 1: the game. Outside of that, there are way too many
Speaker 1: three and outs for my liking, even if you can
Speaker 1: just get one first down to keep the chains moving.
Speaker 1: Especially there are some situations throughout the course of the
Speaker 1: game where the Eagles would score, but then the Bills
Speaker 1: will come right back and score on their own. Well,
Speaker 1: now it's signed for the Eagles offensive CounterPunch and they're
Speaker 1: not able to do. So you see it three and out,
Speaker 1: and you want to see more opportunities and more chances
Speaker 1: where the Eagles can come back and be able to
Speaker 1: answer the other team to keep the momentum on their side. Yeah,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. I mean there's still room for
Speaker 1: improvement with this team. I guess that's a good thing
Speaker 1: when you're winning and you know that you still have area,
Speaker 1: I mean room to improve on your game. And the
Speaker 1: offense is certainly trying to redefine its identity again. When
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford went out for those two games, I mean,
Speaker 1: I think it's set the offense back quite frankly, because
Speaker 1: I believe, at least with him and there prior to that,
Speaker 1: it had been running a lot smoother, even though they
Speaker 1: had lost that game in Miami again after Sam Bradford
Speaker 1: was injured, so to me, I think it's going to
Speaker 1: get back to that point. But there are issues there
Speaker 1: with the offense that just I mean, it's you don't
Speaker 1: have to fight your way through it. I mean, the
Speaker 1: drops with the wilde receivers, the penalties at times, the
Speaker 1: inconsistent running game, those are things that you just have
Speaker 1: to find a way to fight through and still win
Speaker 1: football games. It's just good that you have at least
Speaker 1: the two other phases of your game, the defense and
Speaker 1: the special team back to plan at a high level.
Speaker 1: It allows for your office to catch up eventually, and
Speaker 1: who knows if you got with three more weeks in
Speaker 1: the regular season, and typically this time in the year,
Speaker 1: the team that's planning the best are the teams that
Speaker 1: make the longest run in the postseason. The Eagles just
Speaker 1: need to continue to build off what they've done in
Speaker 1: the last two weeks. Well. Great side is the fact
Speaker 1: that I keep going back to last year when the
Speaker 1: Eagles were nine and three entering that final quarter of
Speaker 1: the season, and they lost three of their final four
Speaker 1: games and missed down in the playoffs even with a
Speaker 1: ten six record. Here they come in five and seven,
Speaker 1: not where everyone wanted this team to be, but to
Speaker 1: start the final quarter, they get the all important first
Speaker 1: victory to go in six and seven and as we said,
Speaker 1: maintain a tie for first place in the division because
Speaker 1: Washington they defeated the Chicago Bears, so they're at six
Speaker 1: and seven as well. The Giants. They will play the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphin and then the Dallas Cowboys. They have a
Speaker 1: showdown with the Green Bay Packers, so their games still
Speaker 1: to come. But Nonetheless, no matter what happens, the Eagles
Speaker 1: will be entering next Sunday's game against the Arizona the Cardinals,
Speaker 1: one of the best teams in the entire NFL throughout
Speaker 1: the course of the season, in a tie for first place.
Speaker 1: The good thing is that at least you have the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals coming here. The only thing is they won
Speaker 1: over the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday nights, so they have
Speaker 1: a couple extra days of rest before making the trip
Speaker 1: out east. Yeah, no doubt about it. Listening Eagles to
Speaker 1: put themselves in a hole getting off to a slow
Speaker 1: start and then when brand figure hurt, they lost those
Speaker 1: two games. But here's the deal. They control their own destiny.
Speaker 1: When your games that you have control, lever over and
Speaker 1: you'll be in the playoffs. You'll be in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Just stick. You got an opportunity to play the ran
Speaker 1: Skins in the Giant Steel So if the Eagles take
Speaker 1: care of their business, they'll be exactly what they want
Speaker 1: to be at the end of the year. All right,
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