Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome Eagles three sixty on this Wednesday
Speaker 1: dates the Narrow along with Mike Quick, the Hall of
Speaker 1: Famer of course, Mike, how are you doing? Great? Good
Speaker 1: to see you, Thank you, and Thanksgiving everybody. We got
Speaker 1: a big one on Monday night the Packers come to town.
Speaker 1: They are really down this season. They are in danger
Speaker 1: of missing the playoffs for the first time in eight years.
Speaker 1: They've got a bunch of injuries. This, Mike looks well,
Speaker 1: looks like an easy one. Eagles dominated home four and oh,
Speaker 1: let's cruise through Monday nights. That would be nice. But
Speaker 1: they're no easy ones in this league and you know that. Um. Yet,
Speaker 1: the Packers have a lot of injuries. They've got on
Speaker 1: every level. They've got injuries. UM, lost a lot of
Speaker 1: games recent times. But they're still the Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 1: They still have Avon Rodgers at quarterback. Yeah, and that
Speaker 1: means a lot of the Eagles defense ready for an
Speaker 1: aerial attack. We will get into the Green Bay Packers
Speaker 1: a little bit later on. First, we want to get
Speaker 1: to caught up with everything happening on a very busy
Speaker 1: Wednesday here at the Novocare Complex. Multiple players and head
Speaker 1: coach Doug Peterson meeting the media are three sixty Update
Speaker 1: with Alex Smith. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith here with
Speaker 1: your three sixty update. The Eagles are back at work
Speaker 1: here at the Novocare Complex as they get set for
Speaker 1: a Monday night matchup with the Green Bay Packers. One
Speaker 1: of the big stories for the Eagles this week concerns
Speaker 1: wide receiver Nelson Aguiler, who has had his struggles here
Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen, but inside the locker room, he's got
Speaker 1: nothing but support from players like Brent Sellek, Jordan Matthews,
Speaker 1: and fellow first round pick Brandon Graham, who knows what
Speaker 1: it takes to bounce back from early career struggles. He's
Speaker 1: a good player. I mean, dude was the first round
Speaker 1: draft pick. Can make plays in this league. You know,
Speaker 1: gives one hundred percent effort all that. So, Um, he's good.
Speaker 1: You know he'll get back. Um, but you know, he
Speaker 1: just just gotta believe it. He's doing okay. Um. You
Speaker 1: know his uh, his girlfriend's been in town. She's been
Speaker 1: spent tut with him. He's been with some of the guys.
Speaker 1: We've actually went to Carson's house Monday night, spent some
Speaker 1: time there. The last two days, we've just been at
Speaker 1: the Quarterback's House fellowship and spending time and you know,
Speaker 1: he's been great. Like I said, Nelson's a positive guy.
Speaker 1: So I know that he's you know, maybe this might
Speaker 1: be a tough time, but at the same time, he
Speaker 1: is going to understand. He's gonna get better from him,
Speaker 1: He's gonna learn how to grow from him. Oh yeah.
Speaker 1: In the beginning, I was I was talking back to fans,
Speaker 1: I was saying all kinds of stuff that wasn't me,
Speaker 1: that kind of got me out of being who I was.
Speaker 1: And once I kind of let go everything and kind
Speaker 1: of got over it, you know, to where whatever people
Speaker 1: say it kind of bounced off me where it was
Speaker 1: like whatever. That's when everything started to kind of go
Speaker 1: go towards the top. So I think for him, he
Speaker 1: just got to make sure he just continued to be
Speaker 1: Nelson Aguila, that guy here. You know, off what they
Speaker 1: saw and they know, you know what I'm saying, they
Speaker 1: do a good job here. Yes, you hid and missed,
Speaker 1: but I don't think he a miss guy. I think
Speaker 1: it's just all in this sage. Sticking with the wide
Speaker 1: receiver position, we heard from undrafted rookie Paul Turner, and
Speaker 1: whether or not he's active or not on Monday, he's
Speaker 1: still taking his preparation the same as he would any
Speaker 1: other week. I mean, honestly, I mean, obviously it means
Speaker 1: a lot. It's something that you dream of as a child,
Speaker 1: that you always want to do, and that's to be
Speaker 1: an NFL player. So I just think being out there
Speaker 1: Monday night is it's gonna be surreal. And I just
Speaker 1: think ultimately that I'm just just give thanks to God
Speaker 1: because I know without him none of this will be possible.
Speaker 1: All right, Well, that will wrap things up here from
Speaker 1: the Novacare Complex, But we have a cornucopia of press
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Speaker 1: Until next time, all Eagles fans have a happy Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1: The Eagles will be back at work on Friday. Thanks much, Alex.
Speaker 1: We got to talk about this, Mike. You are the
Speaker 1: former five time Pro Bowl wide receiver. You've been through this,
Speaker 1: You've seen a lot of receivers come and go. You've
Speaker 1: obviously understood what's happening with this group of wide receivers.
Speaker 1: So what is going on with this group in particular,
Speaker 1: in particular Nelson Agilor and the struggles that he's having. Well,
Speaker 1: I know everyone's talking about Nelson, and for good reason. Um,
Speaker 1: Nelson just has to somehow get beyond where he is.
Speaker 1: You know, you watch him play and you know that
Speaker 1: there's talent there. You watch him practice, and he's got
Speaker 1: good hands. They're not great, but he's got good hands.
Speaker 1: He's got speed, he's explosive, he's got a lot of tools.
Speaker 1: But he has to get beyond Nelson and let all
Speaker 1: of those tools out. How do you do I mean,
Speaker 1: how do you do that? How do you how do
Speaker 1: you just take That's that's the million dollar question. If
Speaker 1: I could answer that, then I think Nelson and all
Speaker 1: of us will be a whole lot better. Um, it's
Speaker 1: just it's something that he has to work through himself.
Speaker 1: Like I said, the skills are there, but mentally everything
Speaker 1: is not there. And obviously, because he's already come out
Speaker 1: and said it, he has to work through that somehow
Speaker 1: to get to where he's comfortable on the field, Mike
Speaker 1: Paul Turner comes up. We don't know yet if Paul
Speaker 1: will play on Monday Night. Your thoughts on Paul what
Speaker 1: he showed you in preseason. I thought he caught the ball,
Speaker 1: and I think he catches the ball as well as
Speaker 1: anybody on the roster, some of the other guys who
Speaker 1: are more athletic wide receivers, faster and all these things.
Speaker 1: But you know, your primary job when you're a receiver
Speaker 1: is to catch the football, and he does that very well.
Speaker 1: And I do believe as well as anyone on the
Speaker 1: roster and this group as a whole, in the final
Speaker 1: six games here step up and really be productive and
Speaker 1: take this team to where it wants to go. I
Speaker 1: think this group mixed with the three wide other three
Speaker 1: tight ends, and you're starting to see more three tight
Speaker 1: end packages. You're starting to see Zach Ertz starting to
Speaker 1: step up and utilizing those three guys at the same
Speaker 1: time on the field. That has to be an extension
Speaker 1: of your passing game, and where the passing game it's
Speaker 1: probably the strongish Right now, We've got a lot to
Speaker 1: get to. We're gonna talk about the Eagles and the Packers.
Speaker 1: The first look at the green Bay Packers. We're gonna
Speaker 1: go behind enemy lines as well and find out just
Speaker 1: how banged up Green Bay is coming into this game.
Speaker 1: But when we returned to Eagles three sixty, we're going
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Speaker 1: In to talk about it here Special Teams Coordinator Dave Phip,
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us, Dave, and let's talk about the
Speaker 1: idea of outstanding special teams play. And it's clear that
Speaker 1: the message did you deliver is received very earnestly enthusiastically
Speaker 1: by your guys. Oh, I'd say we got a bunch
Speaker 1: of good players and that helps ultimately the whole time.
Speaker 1: He starts from the top, and Jeffrey Lurie does a
Speaker 1: great job emphasizing it. It's important to him and then
Speaker 1: on down the ladder with Howie and Joe Douglas, and
Speaker 1: then obviously a head coach who supports it. And then
Speaker 1: obviously we got a bunch of great players who are
Speaker 1: unselfish and commit themselves to play well on special teams, Dave,
Speaker 1: For those fans who don't know as much about those players,
Speaker 1: who would you identify? They know Darren Sprowls, and they
Speaker 1: know Caleb and they know John dorm Boss, they know
Speaker 1: Donny Jo. Who would you identify as kind of the
Speaker 1: unsung core really valuable guys on your special team? So
Speaker 1: I'd say the hardcore four core players or guys like
Speaker 1: Chris Marriges, Brian Brayman, Trey Burton, and then you have
Speaker 1: a guy like Nagy Good. But then you get a
Speaker 1: bunch of contributions from a bunch of different guys, which
Speaker 1: is what makes it fun and unique. Like for example,
Speaker 1: Smallwood had a great game for us on last Sunday
Speaker 1: against the Seahawks. He made two tackles. The week before
Speaker 1: that he made a tackle. So you get to develop
Speaker 1: and grow young players and see you guys grow up
Speaker 1: in the league, Dave, what are some of the keys
Speaker 1: to making a player like Smallwood or Trey or any
Speaker 1: of these players good in coverage? What are some of
Speaker 1: the fastest, some of the things you really emphasize. I
Speaker 1: would say, first and most important, it starts with the players.
Speaker 1: He's got to want to be good. If the guy
Speaker 1: wants to be good, then you can help him out,
Speaker 1: I think. I mean, there's a lot of different techniques
Speaker 1: and fundamentals that we teach pad level avoidning, blockers, decision making,
Speaker 1: whether they can run around blocks or have to go
Speaker 1: over the top of blocks depending on where the ball
Speaker 1: carrier is where they are. There's a number of things
Speaker 1: that you can help a guy out with and teach him.
Speaker 1: Mentioned Chris marrages he and Donnie Jones and John Dornbass
Speaker 1: last week signed contract extensions. What kind of feeling does
Speaker 1: that give you, Dave, knowing that those three will be
Speaker 1: here for years to come. Yeah, that's outstanding for me.
Speaker 1: I mean, those positions are critical, obviously, and those guys
Speaker 1: are the heart and soul of everything that we do.
Speaker 1: So ton't know that those guys are coming back and
Speaker 1: you don't have to worry about That makes everything a
Speaker 1: whole lot easier, and you've got the machine really intact.
Speaker 1: The operation with John and Donnie as the holder and
Speaker 1: now Caleb, who's a year plus into being a Philadelphia Eagle.
Speaker 1: Caleb's interesting to me, big leg draft pick in Miami,
Speaker 1: things inconsistent theories become very consistent here. What have you
Speaker 1: seen from him in terms of growing as an NFL
Speaker 1: consistent kicker? Yeah? I love that because in my mind,
Speaker 1: I think everybody just deserves a chance, And if you
Speaker 1: really give a player a chance and show that you
Speaker 1: believe in a guy, it's amazing how far somebody can
Speaker 1: really go. And I think he's a great example of that.
Speaker 1: But here's a tremendous talent. You always knew he had
Speaker 1: the talent. Obviously, things didn't go quite as well way
Speaker 1: at the very beginning there, which is happens a lot
Speaker 1: with a lot of these guys. But if you just
Speaker 1: show that you believe in them and trust them and
Speaker 1: stay with them, and then you know, work on refining
Speaker 1: their technique and skills, I think he can go along way. Dave,
Speaker 1: what's the feeling you have when the Eagles go out
Speaker 1: and return a kickoff? It has been so dynamic since
Speaker 1: you've been here. Remarkable this year the Eagles leave the
Speaker 1: NFL in starting spot after a kickoff. I mean, it
Speaker 1: is just what a game play, a game changing play,
Speaker 1: it's been for the Eagles. Yeah, that's been great. I
Speaker 1: wish I could say I remember all the great plays. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: for me, I think about all the players that didn't
Speaker 1: go the way that we want them to. But these
Speaker 1: guys are great. They really work hard. They do a
Speaker 1: great job of executing the techniques and fundamentals, and they
Speaker 1: play with a passion, and for me, it's just a
Speaker 1: tremendous honor to be a part of them and coaching them.
Speaker 1: If your standpoint, now we're in late November here, the
Speaker 1: weather is turning. How much does that change special teams?
Speaker 1: It definitely has in fact on it. I think he
Speaker 1: saw that last week with the twelve missed extra points.
Speaker 1: Some of those were blocked from Some of those were indoors,
Speaker 1: so the weather didn't affect it, but a bunch of
Speaker 1: them obviously were outdoors. So playing in the Northeast, you're
Speaker 1: gonna get some weather. It's just a part of it.
Speaker 1: But to me, it makes it, It makes it more
Speaker 1: exciting and really more fun. You make an excellent segue
Speaker 1: for me here, I want to talk about the new rules,
Speaker 1: twelve missed extra points last year. The NFL clearly thrilled it.
Speaker 1: The extra point is no longer a gimme what is
Speaker 1: happening from your standpoint, just around the league on these
Speaker 1: miss extra points it hopefully it won't happen in Philadelphia. Yeah. No,
Speaker 1: I think the weather obviously played a big part in that.
Speaker 1: And at the end of the day, it's a thirty
Speaker 1: three yard field goal, which is not just to give me.
Speaker 1: I mean, I know that these guys hit him out
Speaker 1: of high percentage, but even for these guys that got
Speaker 1: to go out and work for it, and if you
Speaker 1: miss hit the ball just a little bit, it's not
Speaker 1: going to go through. If that were you know, the
Speaker 1: old extra point, those kicks still make it in there.
Speaker 1: But to me, I really like what's happened. At the
Speaker 1: end of the day. I think, you know, the league
Speaker 1: wants to incentivise the two point play, which I think
Speaker 1: is exciting also, and I think because of the extra
Speaker 1: point going down in percentage, that helps incentivize the two
Speaker 1: one play and it makes you know, discussion for you know,
Speaker 1: what to do, go for two, go for one, And
Speaker 1: I think those are all positive for the game. The
Speaker 1: other rule changed this year, the kickoff a touchback comes
Speaker 1: out to the twenty five you has it changed the
Speaker 1: way you've approached the kickoff in any way, or have
Speaker 1: you seen it changed the way other coaches approach the kickoff. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's changed the way the kickoffs has been
Speaker 1: played out. I think you're seeing teams can kick the
Speaker 1: ball higher and shorter a little bit. But I don't
Speaker 1: think it's like everybody said before going into the season,
Speaker 1: it was going to be all the kicks were going
Speaker 1: to be high and short, and that obviously has not happened.
Speaker 1: I don't think that's the right formula. I think it's
Speaker 1: a combination of both. And I think there's a lot
Speaker 1: of variables that effect that. What's the score of the game,
Speaker 1: who's the other return team, who's your cover group, do
Speaker 1: you have injuries in the course of the game. There's
Speaker 1: just there's a lot of things that go into it.
Speaker 1: But I think at the end of the day, it's
Speaker 1: also made it more exciting. I love the kickoff. Why
Speaker 1: wouldn't you kickoff high into the goal line every time
Speaker 1: if you believe in your coverage teams? Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: you know, I would just say that at some point,
Speaker 1: maybe you got a bunch of backup players. Maybe you
Speaker 1: have a big lead, and you don't want to play
Speaker 1: the play all the way out. You don't want to
Speaker 1: give them a chance to return one. Even though you
Speaker 1: know the chances of that happening are rare, there's still
Speaker 1: an opportunity for it to happen, so you want to
Speaker 1: eliminate that altogether. So I would say there's just different
Speaker 1: scenarios that play into it. And let's finish this up
Speaker 1: with Darren Sprowls and a little chat about again a
Speaker 1: great season. I know you love talking about him. He
Speaker 1: is He's got to be one of the most remarkable
Speaker 1: players you've ever coached. Yeah, I love him to death.
Speaker 1: And really my favorite part about Darren is just the
Speaker 1: way he practices and approaches a game. I mean, the
Speaker 1: guy plays with a chip on his shoulder. He does
Speaker 1: it every single week, and he's done it for a long,
Speaker 1: long period of time, and that's something that, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: is very rare. Deve Phipp special teams coordinator, the very
Speaker 1: best special teams in the National Football League. Thanks so
Speaker 1: much for joining here. Thanks the studio, appreciate it. This
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Speaker 1: at the schedule when it came out in the spring,
Speaker 1: and you'd say, wow, there's Green Bay, and there's Cincinnati
Speaker 1: and in Baltimore, these are all Super Bowl contending teams.
Speaker 1: Not necessarily the case. These teams all have some major
Speaker 1: flaws and some big time injuries. Well, when the schedule
Speaker 1: comes out, yeah, you can pick games, but you never
Speaker 1: know what's going to happen as the season progresses. And
Speaker 1: I think this team is still in a good position.
Speaker 1: All of these teams on the schedule, they're still beatable.
Speaker 1: It's just a matter of them playing the best ball
Speaker 1: that they can play in the and it's about them
Speaker 1: and they have to make it about them and not
Speaker 1: about about the opponent and make sure that they're taking
Speaker 1: care of business, doing all the little things well. And
Speaker 1: I thought Carson Wentz really said it well after the
Speaker 1: Lass in Seattle that even when the Eagles have been
Speaker 1: winning games, they've been committing so many mistakes, penalties, drop passes,
Speaker 1: miscues that set you back. And it is it's all
Speaker 1: about the Philadelphia Eagles playing their best, most disciplined, most
Speaker 1: focused football. And that's really the tail of the tape here.
Speaker 1: With six games to go in this regular season, the
Speaker 1: one that is immediately in front of the Eagles, the
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers, we get our first look at the
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers and we begin at the quarterback position,
Speaker 1: where it's Carson Wentz and Aaron Rodgers. Now we spoke
Speaker 1: briefly about Aaron Rodgers earlier. We don't what a great
Speaker 1: quarterback he is. How do you think Mike Carson has
Speaker 1: played this season. I think he's played well, certainly not perfect.
Speaker 1: He's a young quarterback and you're gonna see things done
Speaker 1: by young quarterbacks. He's getting more comfortable that when he
Speaker 1: gets out of the pocket, now getting rid of the
Speaker 1: football rather than taking those big losses every now and then,
Speaker 1: he's gonna miss a receiver, a wide open guy. And
Speaker 1: but all in all, Carson Wentz is a good quarterback,
Speaker 1: and Carson Wentz has a bright future in this league.
Speaker 1: And he's going against a great quarterback in Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: who despite all of the injuries that Green Bay has had,
Speaker 1: particularly along the offensive line, he still has twenty five
Speaker 1: touchdown passes and just seven interceptions. That's really amazing stuff.
Speaker 1: I mean, they are one dimensional team. As we look
Speaker 1: at the running backs now, James Stark's averaging two and
Speaker 1: a half yard to carry. They will get Kristen Michael
Speaker 1: active for this game after picking him up off of
Speaker 1: waivers last week. But I think when you prepare for
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers, you prepare for Aaron Rodgers and
Speaker 1: then this group of wide receivers led by Jordian Nelson,
Speaker 1: mostly the wide receivers because they've had injuries in the
Speaker 1: backfield and bringing in christ and Michael and already him
Speaker 1: getting a chance to play. I've even seen Randall Cobb
Speaker 1: in the backfield. They've had some problems running the football
Speaker 1: and that's part of where they are where they are
Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, Michael for the Eagles, Wendelle Smallwood really
Speaker 1: a nice game on Sunday. We don't know at this
Speaker 1: point the status for Monday Night of Ryan Matthews of
Speaker 1: Darren Sprowles. But it's clear that Smallwood will get an
Speaker 1: increased role not only on Monday Night, but it looks
Speaker 1: like down the stretch as long as he continues to
Speaker 1: have good ball security, you know. And I think he's
Speaker 1: starting to deserve more snaps when he's in there. He's productive.
Speaker 1: I want to see him catching the ball a little
Speaker 1: more out of backfield, but he's explosive, like the way
Speaker 1: kid runs. And then we talked about wide receivers. Jordian Nelson,
Speaker 1: tremendous player coming back from the ACL injury. They also
Speaker 1: will go with Davante Adams, who's a big time player.
Speaker 1: I mean, they just keep finding these, and they keep
Speaker 1: finding these really good receivers. Why how well, when you've
Speaker 1: got a good quarterback. And that's why I would never
Speaker 1: sleep on green based quarterback. If you if you got
Speaker 1: a good quarterback like that, he can make your wide receivers.
Speaker 1: He can make everyone else around him just a little
Speaker 1: bit better. Okay, tight end Jared Cook for Green Bay.
Speaker 1: For the Eagles, zach Ertz has really been productive in
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks, actually about the last six
Speaker 1: weeks for the Eagles. I like what Ertz is doing.
Speaker 1: It like what they're doing with him, moving him around
Speaker 1: the formation, and Mike, to me, him scoring in the
Speaker 1: red zone last week was a bit of a breakthrough.
Speaker 1: We just have been waiting for zach Ertz to be
Speaker 1: a weapon in the red zone and he's a big target.
Speaker 1: He runs great routes, he catches the ball well. You
Speaker 1: have to get him more involved in the office, and
Speaker 1: that's what they're doing, especially in the middle of the field.
Speaker 1: Creating matchups with zach Ertz and the linebacker or safety,
Speaker 1: you usually are going to win that matchup. Now, if
Speaker 1: you want to find a reason why the Packers are
Speaker 1: four and six, losing the four straight games, look at
Speaker 1: these defensive numbers for Green Bay. They are atrocious twenty
Speaker 1: seven point six points per game averaging, giving up three
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty seven yards a game. The passing yards
Speaker 1: are off the charts. They've got some sacks, but Mike,
Speaker 1: this is a team that has just been devastated by injuries.
Speaker 1: Their defensive secondary still is really a skeleton crew of
Speaker 1: what they hoped they would be, and they've been chorus
Speaker 1: at best these last four games. I think there's a
Speaker 1: good matchup for cars and for this receiving corps much
Speaker 1: of a line receiving corps. But I think because of
Speaker 1: all the injuries, because of the situation that green Bay
Speaker 1: has in their secondary, I think it should be a
Speaker 1: real good day for the wide receivers or good night
Speaker 1: for the wide receivers and the tight ends as well.
Speaker 1: It will be a festive atmosphere. Of course at Lincoln
Speaker 1: Financial Field. We'll touch on that in just a bit.
Speaker 1: We've got another segment here to get to. That's a
Speaker 1: big one. We want to find out more about the
Speaker 1: green Bay Packers, So when we return, we go behind
Speaker 1: enemy lines and talk about Green Bay, a team that
Speaker 1: many thought, with Jordi Elson back, a Super Bowl contending team. Instead,
Speaker 1: the Packers fighting for their playoff lives. A loss on
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Speaker 1: Chris McPherson along with Mike Spofford from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: The Eagles host the Packers on Monday Night Football. It's
Speaker 1: a game that both teams need badly now. Last Sunday Night,
Speaker 1: the Eagles were fans of the Green Bay Packers, hoping
Speaker 1: they might beat Washington. Unfortunately, the Packers lost forty two
Speaker 1: to twenty four. So the previous upcoming matchup, we're bringing
Speaker 1: Mike Spofford, senior writer for Packers dot Com, and Mike.
Speaker 1: I understand that Aaron Rodgers had received a lot of
Speaker 1: criticism this season, but when you look back to Sunday
Speaker 1: Night's game against Washington, how much of the blame do
Speaker 1: assign him for the result? I think it's pretty hard
Speaker 1: to assign blame to Rogers. He put up a one
Speaker 1: fifteen passer rating through for three touchdowns. They didn't take
Speaker 1: advantage of all the opportunities they had on offense. They
Speaker 1: had a second and three at the six yard line
Speaker 1: in the second quarter. You're really hoping to get a
Speaker 1: touchdown there instead of settling for a field goal. Probably
Speaker 1: the biggest thing that they were frustrated with offensively was
Speaker 1: starting off so slowly. Three consecutive three and outs to
Speaker 1: start the game offensively, which actually I heard is the
Speaker 1: first time that's ever happened to Rogers in his career,
Speaker 1: to start a game like that, three consecutive possessions with
Speaker 1: no first down. So that's I think the biggest thing
Speaker 1: they're working on offensively is trying to start the game faster,
Speaker 1: because once Rodgers gets into a rhythm, this offense has shown,
Speaker 1: even during this losing streak, that they can score some points. Mike,
Speaker 1: for years, pretty much over the last decade, this has
Speaker 1: been one of the best offenses in the entire league.
Speaker 1: Why do you think it struggled so much in twenty sixteen, Well,
Speaker 1: there's been a lot going on. Certainly the injuries haven't helped.
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy really tried to build this offense in training
Speaker 1: camp on, you know, a really strong running game with
Speaker 1: Eddie Lacey, and then in the first month of the
Speaker 1: season you lose Lacy for a long stretch of time.
Speaker 1: Here Packers still don't know if they're going to get
Speaker 1: him back before the end of the season. But then
Speaker 1: you also lost your number two running back in James Starks.
Speaker 1: So Mike McCarthy got into rotating wide receivers into the
Speaker 1: backfield to try to take some carries or catch the
Speaker 1: flare out passes, trying to really get creative on offense
Speaker 1: to keep things going, and it's there's been a lot
Speaker 1: of fits and starts. Now there's also dealing with some
Speaker 1: injuries on the offensive line, which doesn't help the situation.
Speaker 1: But when you look at the overall production, the points
Speaker 1: week to week for the most part have been there. Yes,
Speaker 1: they've left some points out there and they've had opportunities
Speaker 1: for more. But really where this team, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: is struggling is on the defensive side. The defense in
Speaker 1: this four game losing streak is just not helping the
Speaker 1: offense out and giving them a chance, particular early, you know,
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter against Washington, giving them a chance
Speaker 1: to get the ball back with a shot to win
Speaker 1: the game. Mike, I want to get more into the
Speaker 1: defense in a moment. But one of the bright spots
Speaker 1: for Green Bay this season has been the return of
Speaker 1: wide receiver Jordy Nelson. Leaves the league with nine touchdown receptions.
Speaker 1: Is he a different player in any way coming back
Speaker 1: from that ACL injury which costs him the twenty fifteen campaign. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think we've I think we're seeing Jordy Nelson still
Speaker 1: really getting back to his old self in a lot
Speaker 1: of ways. He's made some big plays on the season,
Speaker 1: but not he's not really the fully explosive old Jordy
Speaker 1: that we've seen, and from what we've heard from the
Speaker 1: coaching staff, that's sort of, you know, to be expected
Speaker 1: in the first year back after missing missing an entire
Speaker 1: year with the ACL. You mentioned the nine touchdown catches.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers still looks to Jordy Nelson. He wants him
Speaker 1: to be his guy. Certainly in the red zone. He's
Speaker 1: he's making a lot of plays getting the ball in
Speaker 1: the end zone. I don't think Jordy Nelson is still
Speaker 1: back to his old self. I think a guy coming
Speaker 1: off of the injury that he had in the position
Speaker 1: that he plays, you have to be patient, and throughout
Speaker 1: the season we've seen progress of Jordy getting back to
Speaker 1: the twenty fourteen Jordy Nelson that put up the astronomical numbers.
Speaker 1: And I still think Jordy Nelson can do that in
Speaker 1: this offense with Aaron Rodgers. Mike, let's delve into that defense.
Speaker 1: You recapped it so well on packers dot Com. Over
Speaker 1: five hundred yards allowed to Washington forty two points. I
Speaker 1: think it's thirty points or more in five of the
Speaker 1: past six games. What's gone on with the defense? Is
Speaker 1: it the injuries? Is it the scheme is a little
Speaker 1: bit both. What's your explanation for it? Well, there's a
Speaker 1: couple of things going on. Certainly the injuries, as I
Speaker 1: mentioned on the offense. The injuries on the defense haven't helped.
Speaker 1: The Packers have been missing their top two cornerbacks, Sam
Speaker 1: Shields and Damarius Randall for the bulk of the season.
Speaker 1: That's forced a lot of other younger corners who were
Speaker 1: expected to play, you know, Nickel and Dime roles and
Speaker 1: twenty maybe twenty five thirty snaps a game. Those guys
Speaker 1: are now playing fifty five sixty sixty five snaps. They're
Speaker 1: out there the entire ball game. The other thing is
Speaker 1: that the defense is not taking the ball away. Dom
Speaker 1: Kaper's defenses over the years have predicated themselves on taking
Speaker 1: the football away, generating turnovers. Even in twenty eleven, when
Speaker 1: the Packers went fifteen and one in the regular season yardagewise,
Speaker 1: the defense was ranked near the bottom of the league,
Speaker 1: but they were first in the league and interceptions, and
Speaker 1: that was a big reason the Packers were able to
Speaker 1: go fifteen and one, along with obviously Aaron Rodgers winning
Speaker 1: his first MVP awards. So when this defense is not
Speaker 1: taking the ball away and with the injuries they're dealing with,
Speaker 1: they're going to struggle. And in this current four game
Speaker 1: losing streak, excuse me, three out of the four games
Speaker 1: no turnovers on the defensive side, and the opposing quarterbacks
Speaker 1: have put up huge numbers, lots of fascinating storylines have
Speaker 1: foul for this Monday Night's game. Mike Spofford, Senior write
Speaker 1: from Packers dot com. Thank you very much for taking
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Speaker 1: Now on Monday Night, the Eagles play the Packers, and
Speaker 1: it's a huge game. We know that Eagles trying to
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Speaker 1: Merrill Reese will be inducted into the Philadelphia Eagles Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame, the Class of twenty sixteen, Mike. You know,
Speaker 1: both of these guys very well trot going in deservedly,
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