WEBVTT - Eagles 360: November 23 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:25.799 Hello everyone, and welcome Eagles three sixty on this Wednesday 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:27.960 dates the Narrow along with Mike Quick, the Hall of 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:30.360 Famer of course, Mike, how are you doing? Great? Good 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:33.960 to see you, Thank you, and Thanksgiving everybody. We got 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:36.120 a big one on Monday night the Packers come to town. 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:39.160 They are really down this season. They are in danger 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:41.760 of missing the playoffs for the first time in eight years. 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:44.760 They've got a bunch of injuries. This, Mike looks well, 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:47.280 looks like an easy one. Eagles dominated home four and oh, 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:51.239 let's cruise through Monday nights. That would be nice. But 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:54.280 they're no easy ones in this league and you know that. Um. Yet, 0:00:54.480 --> 0:00:56.840 the Packers have a lot of injuries. They've got on 0:00:56.920 --> 0:00:59.600 every level. They've got injuries. UM, lost a lot of 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.480 games recent times. But they're still the Green Bay Packers. 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:04.720 They still have Avon Rodgers at quarterback. Yeah, and that 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:07.200 means a lot of the Eagles defense ready for an 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:10.320 aerial attack. We will get into the Green Bay Packers 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:12.280 a little bit later on. First, we want to get 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:14.279 to caught up with everything happening on a very busy 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:18.640 Wednesday here at the Novocare Complex. Multiple players and head 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:22.080 coach Doug Peterson meeting the media are three sixty Update 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:25.280 with Alex Smith. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith here with 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:27.760 your three sixty update. The Eagles are back at work 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:29.880 here at the Novocare Complex as they get set for 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:32.800 a Monday night matchup with the Green Bay Packers. One 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:34.640 of the big stories for the Eagles this week concerns 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.720 wide receiver Nelson Aguiler, who has had his struggles here 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:40.399 in twenty sixteen, but inside the locker room, he's got 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:44.200 nothing but support from players like Brent Sellek, Jordan Matthews, 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:47.120 and fellow first round pick Brandon Graham, who knows what 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:51.200 it takes to bounce back from early career struggles. He's 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:53.960 a good player. I mean, dude was the first round 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:57.880 draft pick. Can make plays in this league. You know, 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:02.920 gives one hundred percent effort all that. So, Um, he's good. 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:07.120 You know he'll get back. Um, but you know, he 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:10.440 just just gotta believe it. He's doing okay. Um. You 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:13.200 know his uh, his girlfriend's been in town. She's been 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:15.600 spent tut with him. He's been with some of the guys. 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.640 We've actually went to Carson's house Monday night, spent some 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:20.840 time there. The last two days, we've just been at 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:23.880 the Quarterback's House fellowship and spending time and you know, 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.480 he's been great. Like I said, Nelson's a positive guy. 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:29.520 So I know that he's you know, maybe this might 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:31.799 be a tough time, but at the same time, he 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:33.760 is going to understand. He's gonna get better from him, 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:35.560 He's gonna learn how to grow from him. Oh yeah. 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:37.880 In the beginning, I was I was talking back to fans, 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:39.680 I was saying all kinds of stuff that wasn't me, 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:41.960 that kind of got me out of being who I was. 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:44.520 And once I kind of let go everything and kind 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:47.040 of got over it, you know, to where whatever people 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:48.560 say it kind of bounced off me where it was 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:51.680 like whatever. That's when everything started to kind of go 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:54.160 go towards the top. So I think for him, he 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:56.079 just got to make sure he just continued to be 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:59.359 Nelson Aguila, that guy here. You know, off what they 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:01.160 saw and they know, you know what I'm saying, they 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:03.800 do a good job here. Yes, you hid and missed, 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:05.359 but I don't think he a miss guy. I think 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.440 it's just all in this sage. Sticking with the wide 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:11.680 receiver position, we heard from undrafted rookie Paul Turner, and 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:14.239 whether or not he's active or not on Monday, he's 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:17.000 still taking his preparation the same as he would any 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:20.359 other week. I mean, honestly, I mean, obviously it means 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:23.000 a lot. It's something that you dream of as a child, 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:25.760 that you always want to do, and that's to be 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:27.880 an NFL player. So I just think being out there 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:30.920 Monday night is it's gonna be surreal. And I just 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:33.839 think ultimately that I'm just just give thanks to God 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:35.960 because I know without him none of this will be possible. 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:38.520 All right, Well, that will wrap things up here from 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:42.040 the Novacare Complex, But we have a cornucopia of press 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:45.240 conferences on demand here on Philadelphiagles dot com, including from 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:48.240 head coach Doug Peterson, quarterback Carson Wentz, and others. So 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:50.120 be sure to check all that out right here on 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.400 Philadelphia Eagles dot Com and the official Eagles Mobile app. 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:56.200 Until next time, all Eagles fans have a happy Thanksgiving. 0:03:56.400 --> 0:04:00.640 The Eagles will be back at work on Friday. Thanks much, Alex. 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:03.280 We got to talk about this, Mike. You are the 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:07.200 former five time Pro Bowl wide receiver. You've been through this, 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:09.040 You've seen a lot of receivers come and go. You've 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.320 obviously understood what's happening with this group of wide receivers. 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:15.280 So what is going on with this group in particular, 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:18.680 in particular Nelson Agilor and the struggles that he's having. Well, 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:22.280 I know everyone's talking about Nelson, and for good reason. Um, 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:26.159 Nelson just has to somehow get beyond where he is. 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:28.080 You know, you watch him play and you know that 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:31.479 there's talent there. You watch him practice, and he's got 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:33.839 good hands. They're not great, but he's got good hands. 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.000 He's got speed, he's explosive, he's got a lot of tools. 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:40.200 But he has to get beyond Nelson and let all 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:43.360 of those tools out. How do you do I mean, 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:44.599 how do you do that? How do you how do 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:48.280 you just take That's that's the million dollar question. If 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:50.760 I could answer that, then I think Nelson and all 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.240 of us will be a whole lot better. Um, it's 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.800 just it's something that he has to work through himself. 0:04:56.240 --> 0:05:00.360 Like I said, the skills are there, but mentally everything 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:02.520 is not there. And obviously, because he's already come out 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.520 and said it, he has to work through that somehow 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:08.880 to get to where he's comfortable on the field, Mike 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:10.960 Paul Turner comes up. We don't know yet if Paul 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:13.440 will play on Monday Night. Your thoughts on Paul what 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:16.720 he showed you in preseason. I thought he caught the ball, 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:18.520 and I think he catches the ball as well as 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:22.000 anybody on the roster, some of the other guys who 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:25.000 are more athletic wide receivers, faster and all these things. 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:27.159 But you know, your primary job when you're a receiver 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:29.599 is to catch the football, and he does that very well. 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:31.920 And I do believe as well as anyone on the 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:35.200 roster and this group as a whole, in the final 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:39.040 six games here step up and really be productive and 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.920 take this team to where it wants to go. I 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:45.800 think this group mixed with the three wide other three 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:47.840 tight ends, and you're starting to see more three tight 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:50.960 end packages. You're starting to see Zach Ertz starting to 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:54.120 step up and utilizing those three guys at the same 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.719 time on the field. That has to be an extension 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:59.320 of your passing game, and where the passing game it's 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:01.560 probably the strongish Right now, We've got a lot to 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:04.080 get to. We're gonna talk about the Eagles and the Packers. 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.280 The first look at the green Bay Packers. We're gonna 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.760 go behind enemy lines as well and find out just 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:11.280 how banged up Green Bay is coming into this game. 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:14.200 But when we returned to Eagles three sixty, we're going 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.160 to hear from a group that has just been fantastic 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:19.719 for the Eagles for four seasons. 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Beagles Special 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:08.720 Teams once again performing at the very top of the NFL. 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:11.560 In to talk about it here Special Teams Coordinator Dave Phip, 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:14.040 Thanks for joining us, Dave, and let's talk about the 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:18.240 idea of outstanding special teams play. And it's clear that 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:22.920 the message did you deliver is received very earnestly enthusiastically 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:25.200 by your guys. Oh, I'd say we got a bunch 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:28.360 of good players and that helps ultimately the whole time. 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:31.680 He starts from the top, and Jeffrey Lurie does a 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:34.160 great job emphasizing it. It's important to him and then 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:37.920 on down the ladder with Howie and Joe Douglas, and 0:08:37.960 --> 0:08:40.320 then obviously a head coach who supports it. And then 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.679 obviously we got a bunch of great players who are 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:46.400 unselfish and commit themselves to play well on special teams, Dave, 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:50.120 For those fans who don't know as much about those players, 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:52.800 who would you identify? They know Darren Sprowls, and they 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:54.760 know Caleb and they know John dorm Boss, they know 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:56.760 Donny Jo. Who would you identify as kind of the 0:08:56.920 --> 0:09:01.200 unsung core really valuable guys on your special team? So 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:04.400 I'd say the hardcore four core players or guys like 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:07.760 Chris Marriges, Brian Brayman, Trey Burton, and then you have 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:09.840 a guy like Nagy Good. But then you get a 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.520 bunch of contributions from a bunch of different guys, which 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:14.840 is what makes it fun and unique. Like for example, 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:18.959 Smallwood had a great game for us on last Sunday 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:21.760 against the Seahawks. He made two tackles. The week before 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.160 that he made a tackle. So you get to develop 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.520 and grow young players and see you guys grow up 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:28.240 in the league, Dave, what are some of the keys 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:31.160 to making a player like Smallwood or Trey or any 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:34.120 of these players good in coverage? What are some of 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.360 the fastest, some of the things you really emphasize. I 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:39.200 would say, first and most important, it starts with the players. 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:40.960 He's got to want to be good. If the guy 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:42.760 wants to be good, then you can help him out, 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.480 I think. I mean, there's a lot of different techniques 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:51.080 and fundamentals that we teach pad level avoidning, blockers, decision making, 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:52.959 whether they can run around blocks or have to go 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.080 over the top of blocks depending on where the ball 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:57.720 carrier is where they are. There's a number of things 0:09:57.720 --> 0:09:59.480 that you can help a guy out with and teach him. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:03.560 Mentioned Chris marrages he and Donnie Jones and John Dornbass 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:07.040 last week signed contract extensions. What kind of feeling does 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:09.080 that give you, Dave, knowing that those three will be 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.320 here for years to come. Yeah, that's outstanding for me. 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.760 I mean, those positions are critical, obviously, and those guys 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:16.760 are the heart and soul of everything that we do. 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:18.880 So ton't know that those guys are coming back and 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:21.000 you don't have to worry about That makes everything a 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:24.160 whole lot easier, and you've got the machine really intact. 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:27.200 The operation with John and Donnie as the holder and 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:30.800 now Caleb, who's a year plus into being a Philadelphia Eagle. 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:34.400 Caleb's interesting to me, big leg draft pick in Miami, 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:38.679 things inconsistent theories become very consistent here. What have you 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:41.120 seen from him in terms of growing as an NFL 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:44.240 consistent kicker? Yeah? I love that because in my mind, 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:47.200 I think everybody just deserves a chance, And if you 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.200 really give a player a chance and show that you 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:51.920 believe in a guy, it's amazing how far somebody can 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.319 really go. And I think he's a great example of that. 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:57.320 But here's a tremendous talent. You always knew he had 0:10:57.360 --> 0:11:00.240 the talent. Obviously, things didn't go quite as well way 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:03.040 at the very beginning there, which is happens a lot 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:04.760 with a lot of these guys. But if you just 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:06.640 show that you believe in them and trust them and 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:09.240 stay with them, and then you know, work on refining 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:12.319 their technique and skills, I think he can go along way. Dave, 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.240 what's the feeling you have when the Eagles go out 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:17.199 and return a kickoff? It has been so dynamic since 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:19.640 you've been here. Remarkable this year the Eagles leave the 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:23.280 NFL in starting spot after a kickoff. I mean, it 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:27.080 is just what a game play, a game changing play, 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:29.079 it's been for the Eagles. Yeah, that's been great. I 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:31.720 wish I could say I remember all the great plays. Unfortunately, 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:33.560 for me, I think about all the players that didn't 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:35.520 go the way that we want them to. But these 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:37.520 guys are great. They really work hard. They do a 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:41.480 great job of executing the techniques and fundamentals, and they 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:44.320 play with a passion, and for me, it's just a 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.000 tremendous honor to be a part of them and coaching them. 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:49.640 If your standpoint, now we're in late November here, the 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:52.560 weather is turning. How much does that change special teams? 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:54.400 It definitely has in fact on it. I think he 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:57.640 saw that last week with the twelve missed extra points. 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.000 Some of those were blocked from Some of those were indoors, 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:01.600 so the weather didn't affect it, but a bunch of 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:05.079 them obviously were outdoors. So playing in the Northeast, you're 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:06.760 gonna get some weather. It's just a part of it. 0:12:07.480 --> 0:12:09.280 But to me, it makes it, It makes it more 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:12.760 exciting and really more fun. You make an excellent segue 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:14.559 for me here, I want to talk about the new rules, 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:17.800 twelve missed extra points last year. The NFL clearly thrilled it. 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:21.199 The extra point is no longer a gimme what is 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:24.079 happening from your standpoint, just around the league on these 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:27.160 miss extra points it hopefully it won't happen in Philadelphia. Yeah. No, 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:29.480 I think the weather obviously played a big part in that. 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:31.280 And at the end of the day, it's a thirty 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:33.760 three yard field goal, which is not just to give me. 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:35.640 I mean, I know that these guys hit him out 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:37.880 of high percentage, but even for these guys that got 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:39.600 to go out and work for it, and if you 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:41.480 miss hit the ball just a little bit, it's not 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.400 going to go through. If that were you know, the 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.960 old extra point, those kicks still make it in there. 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:50.160 But to me, I really like what's happened. At the 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:51.880 end of the day. I think, you know, the league 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.199 wants to incentivise the two point play, which I think 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:57.120 is exciting also, and I think because of the extra 0:12:57.160 --> 0:12:59.840 point going down in percentage, that helps incentivize the two 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:03.040 one play and it makes you know, discussion for you know, 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:05.120 what to do, go for two, go for one, And 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.040 I think those are all positive for the game. The 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:10.200 other rule changed this year, the kickoff a touchback comes 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:12.760 out to the twenty five you has it changed the 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:15.040 way you've approached the kickoff in any way, or have 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:17.880 you seen it changed the way other coaches approach the kickoff. Yeah, 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.240 I think it's changed the way the kickoffs has been 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.200 played out. I think you're seeing teams can kick the 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:26.000 ball higher and shorter a little bit. But I don't 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:29.079 think it's like everybody said before going into the season, 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:30.640 it was going to be all the kicks were going 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:33.040 to be high and short, and that obviously has not happened. 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:35.040 I don't think that's the right formula. I think it's 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:37.199 a combination of both. And I think there's a lot 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:39.800 of variables that effect that. What's the score of the game, 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.840 who's the other return team, who's your cover group, do 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:44.880 you have injuries in the course of the game. There's 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:46.720 just there's a lot of things that go into it. 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:48.959 But I think at the end of the day, it's 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:52.160 also made it more exciting. I love the kickoff. Why 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:55.439 wouldn't you kickoff high into the goal line every time 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:58.200 if you believe in your coverage teams? Yeah, I think 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:00.679 you know, I would just say that at some point, 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.040 maybe you got a bunch of backup players. Maybe you 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:04.560 have a big lead, and you don't want to play 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:06.520 the play all the way out. You don't want to 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:09.200 give them a chance to return one. Even though you 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.800 know the chances of that happening are rare, there's still 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.080 an opportunity for it to happen, so you want to 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:17.080 eliminate that altogether. So I would say there's just different 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.760 scenarios that play into it. And let's finish this up 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.520 with Darren Sprowls and a little chat about again a 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:25.440 great season. I know you love talking about him. He 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:27.280 is He's got to be one of the most remarkable 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.320 players you've ever coached. Yeah, I love him to death. 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:32.320 And really my favorite part about Darren is just the 0:14:32.360 --> 0:14:34.760 way he practices and approaches a game. I mean, the 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:37.040 guy plays with a chip on his shoulder. He does 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:39.240 it every single week, and he's done it for a long, 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.120 long period of time, and that's something that, in my opinion, 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:45.200 is very rare. Deve Phipp special teams coordinator, the very 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.880 best special teams in the National Football League. Thanks so 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:51.800 much for joining here. 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Stop 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:32.040 by Dunkin Donuts for two k cup boxes for fifteen 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:34.960 ninety nine or three pounds a package copy for nineteen 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:43.240 ninety nine America runs on Duncan we welcome you back? 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.080 It's Eagles three sixty Daves Fidero, My quick time now 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:49.560 to take a look at the Eagles upcoming schedule, presented 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:52.320 by NFL Ticket Exchange powered by Ticketmaster. For the only 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:57.760 one verified way to buy or sell NFL tickets, visit 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:02.120 NFL ticket exchange dot com. Now, Mike, when we looked 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:03.520 at the schedule when it came out in the spring, 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:06.520 and you'd say, wow, there's Green Bay, and there's Cincinnati 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:09.080 and in Baltimore, these are all Super Bowl contending teams. 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:12.639 Not necessarily the case. These teams all have some major 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:16.120 flaws and some big time injuries. Well, when the schedule 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:18.120 comes out, yeah, you can pick games, but you never 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:20.600 know what's going to happen as the season progresses. And 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:24.360 I think this team is still in a good position. 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:27.360 All of these teams on the schedule, they're still beatable. 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:29.760 It's just a matter of them playing the best ball 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:32.560 that they can play in the and it's about them 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:34.080 and they have to make it about them and not 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:37.040 about about the opponent and make sure that they're taking 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:39.639 care of business, doing all the little things well. And 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:41.960 I thought Carson Wentz really said it well after the 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:44.640 Lass in Seattle that even when the Eagles have been 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:49.240 winning games, they've been committing so many mistakes, penalties, drop passes, 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:52.240 miscues that set you back. And it is it's all 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:56.800 about the Philadelphia Eagles playing their best, most disciplined, most 0:17:56.920 --> 0:18:01.160 focused football. And that's really the tail of the tape here. 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:04.160 With six games to go in this regular season, the 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:07.080 one that is immediately in front of the Eagles, the 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:09.399 Green Bay Packers, we get our first look at the 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:12.080 Green Bay Packers and we begin at the quarterback position, 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.920 where it's Carson Wentz and Aaron Rodgers. Now we spoke 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:19.160 briefly about Aaron Rodgers earlier. We don't what a great 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:22.080 quarterback he is. How do you think Mike Carson has 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:26.960 played this season. I think he's played well, certainly not perfect. 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:30.200 He's a young quarterback and you're gonna see things done 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:33.119 by young quarterbacks. He's getting more comfortable that when he 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.280 gets out of the pocket, now getting rid of the 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:38.200 football rather than taking those big losses every now and then, 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:40.919 he's gonna miss a receiver, a wide open guy. And 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:43.760 but all in all, Carson Wentz is a good quarterback, 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:46.800 and Carson Wentz has a bright future in this league. 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:49.919 And he's going against a great quarterback in Aaron Rodgers, 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:52.800 who despite all of the injuries that Green Bay has had, 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:55.960 particularly along the offensive line, he still has twenty five 0:18:56.000 --> 0:19:01.200 touchdown passes and just seven interceptions. That's really amazing stuff. 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:02.760 I mean, they are one dimensional team. As we look 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:05.320 at the running backs now, James Stark's averaging two and 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:08.399 a half yard to carry. They will get Kristen Michael 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:11.359 active for this game after picking him up off of 0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:14.040 waivers last week. But I think when you prepare for 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:16.879 the Green Bay Packers, you prepare for Aaron Rodgers and 0:19:16.920 --> 0:19:19.320 then this group of wide receivers led by Jordian Nelson, 0:19:19.400 --> 0:19:21.879 mostly the wide receivers because they've had injuries in the 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:24.800 backfield and bringing in christ and Michael and already him 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:27.680 getting a chance to play. I've even seen Randall Cobb 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:30.440 in the backfield. They've had some problems running the football 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:33.200 and that's part of where they are where they are 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:36.480 right now. Yeah, Michael for the Eagles, Wendelle Smallwood really 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:38.679 a nice game on Sunday. We don't know at this 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:42.040 point the status for Monday Night of Ryan Matthews of 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:45.359 Darren Sprowles. But it's clear that Smallwood will get an 0:19:45.359 --> 0:19:48.080 increased role not only on Monday Night, but it looks 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:50.080 like down the stretch as long as he continues to 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:51.960 have good ball security, you know. And I think he's 0:19:52.000 --> 0:19:55.399 starting to deserve more snaps when he's in there. He's productive. 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:57.600 I want to see him catching the ball a little 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:00.000 more out of backfield, but he's explosive, like the way 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:02.480 kid runs. And then we talked about wide receivers. Jordian Nelson, 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:05.960 tremendous player coming back from the ACL injury. They also 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:09.200 will go with Davante Adams, who's a big time player. 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:11.840 I mean, they just keep finding these, and they keep 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:15.040 finding these really good receivers. Why how well, when you've 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:17.560 got a good quarterback. And that's why I would never 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:20.159 sleep on green based quarterback. If you if you got 0:20:20.200 --> 0:20:22.960 a good quarterback like that, he can make your wide receivers. 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:24.920 He can make everyone else around him just a little 0:20:24.960 --> 0:20:28.160 bit better. Okay, tight end Jared Cook for Green Bay. 0:20:28.359 --> 0:20:31.679 For the Eagles, zach Ertz has really been productive in 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:34.080 the last couple of weeks, actually about the last six 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:36.520 weeks for the Eagles. I like what Ertz is doing. 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:38.600