Speaker 1: Hello everybody, and welcome to Eagles three sixty Dave Spiderow
Speaker 1: Glenn mac now on this Tuesday at the Novercare Complex
Speaker 1: as we shed the loss on Sunday. Haven't talked to
Speaker 1: you since that tough one in Cincinnati. Oh for joy, Well,
Speaker 1: this is when you want to put in the rear
Speaker 1: view mirror as quickly as you can. There was nothing
Speaker 1: about that game, nothing at all to like, So you
Speaker 1: want to shred it up. And what you find out
Speaker 1: now is who really wants to play? Who's going to
Speaker 1: really fight for a job the rest of the year
Speaker 1: and show they belong next year. That's kind of where
Speaker 1: you are. Yeah, really tough times for the Eagles. They
Speaker 1: get ready for the Washington Redskins. We're talking football today.
Speaker 1: We're gonna dive into a couple of things around the
Speaker 1: NFC East. Doug Peterson also visits in studio. First those
Speaker 1: get you caught up on everything that's happening today. Usually
Speaker 1: the coordinators have been meeting the media on Thursdays. Now
Speaker 1: they are going to meet on Tuesday's starting today, So
Speaker 1: Frank Reich and Jim Schwartz met the media. Alex Smith
Speaker 1: has the news in our Eagles three sixty update. Hi everyone,
Speaker 1: I'm Alex Smith here with your three sixty update. The
Speaker 1: Eagles are, of course, coming off of their third straight loss,
Speaker 1: this time at the hands of the Cincinnati Bengals. Today,
Speaker 1: we heard from both Eagles coordinators and we'll start things
Speaker 1: off by hearing from defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, who talked
Speaker 1: about how the Eagles defense needs to play with a
Speaker 1: little bit more energy, especially after the way that they
Speaker 1: came out early against the Cincinnati Bengals. I would agree
Speaker 1: that we need to play with more energy, and that's
Speaker 1: a hard thing sometimes too. You know, you're down twenty
Speaker 1: nine to nothing. I've been there. You know, you make
Speaker 1: a sack, it's twenty nine to nothing. If you get
Speaker 1: excited and high five and have a sack dance, ma'am.
Speaker 1: You guys probably say it. I probably say at home
Speaker 1: watch TV. Man, they didn't not go know what the
Speaker 1: score is. But if you walk back to the huddle
Speaker 1: and put your head down and you know, and just
Speaker 1: go through the motions and everybody says the other things, man,
Speaker 1: they're not into it, they're not spirited. So I just
Speaker 1: I just told that, guys, Hey, let the chips fall
Speaker 1: where they may play with some emotion, play with some
Speaker 1: play with some be willing to put yourself out there,
Speaker 1: and I think, don't worry about, you know, anything else. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: on the other side of the ball, we heard from
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Frank Reich, who explained that despite some recent struggles,
Speaker 1: quarterback Carson Wentz has continued to show that he is
Speaker 1: mentally tough here in his rookie season. This guy's mentally
Speaker 1: tough guy and and very mature guy. He's mentally and
Speaker 1: physically very tough, and he's very mature. So that's a
Speaker 1: good formula for us because you got to be to
Speaker 1: play the position and certainly to play, you know, here
Speaker 1: in this city. And he welcomes that, and we welcome that.
Speaker 1: We're glad we have him. I've seen the best of
Speaker 1: them get broken down, you know, the most confident quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in the world lose their confidence and get battered. Okay,
Speaker 1: so that you don't take it for granted. All right.
Speaker 1: That will wrap things up here from the Novacare Complex.
Speaker 1: But you can check out the entire press conferences from
Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz and Frank Reich on demand right here in
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Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Alex. Here's my question to you,
Speaker 1: more concerning to you in the big picture, Glenn, offense
Speaker 1: or defense, defense, And here's why I think with offense,
Speaker 1: what you know is that you need skill position players.
Speaker 1: And on offense you've got a lot of injuries. You've
Speaker 1: got the big injuries on the line. You've got injuries
Speaker 1: to your running back, to your wide receivers. Defense, to me,
Speaker 1: you thought you were pretty set. You thought you had
Speaker 1: a defensive line you could rely on. You brought in
Speaker 1: new cornerbacks this year, the safeties big free agent long
Speaker 1: term contracts. So as the defense has played poorly in
Speaker 1: the last few weeks, it's more of a concern to me. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I probably would agree with you. Will be interest me
Speaker 1: into that there. Yeah, we're gonna be interesting to you
Speaker 1: what Jim Schwartz does against a Washington offense that earlier
Speaker 1: in the season shredded Eagles. They're coming off a tough
Speaker 1: loss against the Arizona Cardinals when we return to Eagles
Speaker 1: three sixty something interesting for you. He's on our minds
Speaker 1: all the time. Carson Wentz and his development, how to
Speaker 1: his numbers and his performance as a rookie stack up
Speaker 1: to some of the really prominent rookies in recent NFL seasons.
Speaker 1: When we returned, Glenn and I will talk about that.
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Speaker 1: in our segment here on Eagles three sixty Dave Spidero,
Speaker 1: Glenn Macnow and the topic, of course is Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: before we get into the comparison to other quarterbacks, young
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in this league. Your thoughts on Wentz this season
Speaker 1: from September to now, Glenn, Yeah, And I know that
Speaker 1: everybody will look at the numbers and see that how
Speaker 1: he's regressed. Those first three or four games in September
Speaker 1: were fantastic. October not as good. November not as good
Speaker 1: as that. Long term, I'm not concerned. Long term. I
Speaker 1: really still like what I see. There are issues He's
Speaker 1: gonna have to learn, how not to sail the ball,
Speaker 1: throw off his back foot, those long passes. His judgments
Speaker 1: still needs some work. But to me, that's components of
Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback. Bottom line package I like what I see.
Speaker 1: I think the players really respect his leadership. I still
Speaker 1: think he's going to all that. It really is interesting
Speaker 1: when you look back at this season, the loss of
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson and the impact that that has had on
Speaker 1: this Eagles offense, which is scoring ten points per game
Speaker 1: fewer than when Lane was in the lineup. We talked
Speaker 1: about this way back when, and the line I used was,
Speaker 1: I hope that right tackle is not Carson's kryptonite. I'm
Speaker 1: not saying that it is, but it certainly has had
Speaker 1: an impact. It all starts on the offensive. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: the timeline that you show when he started playing poorly
Speaker 1: is when they lost Lane Johnson are playing more poorly.
Speaker 1: And there's a lot of other issues with it as well.
Speaker 1: You know, the wide receivers just did not pan out
Speaker 1: this year. Other than Jordan Matthews, there's nobody out there
Speaker 1: to throw too. But yeah, if you had had that nice,
Speaker 1: solid offensive line, any quarterback, I loved that Carson Wentz.
Speaker 1: His number is a five and seven record, sixty three
Speaker 1: percent completion percentage, twelve touchdowns, eleven interceptions. How do those
Speaker 1: numbers stack up with some of the young quarterbacks who
Speaker 1: are lighting it up around the NFL. Let's begin in
Speaker 1: Oakland and Derek Carr, a second round draft pick in
Speaker 1: two and fourteen, and the Raiders now ten and two.
Speaker 1: But as you see, it took a while for car
Speaker 1: and the Raiders to get to this point. They've had
Speaker 1: great offseasons, great personnel acquisitions, impact players added to that team.
Speaker 1: And that's what Carson wentz kneeds. Yeah. Absolutely, And if
Speaker 1: you look at cars numbers, fifty eight percent completion, Raiders
Speaker 1: first year sixty one is second sixty six this year.
Speaker 1: Throws the deep ball as well as anybody and helps
Speaker 1: when you have Michael Crabtree and a Marty Cooper there
Speaker 1: to catch it too. And one thing you like about him,
Speaker 1: and we'll find this out with Wentz but I think
Speaker 1: it's there is he is a very, very clutch player.
Speaker 1: The Radios have had six comebacks this year. Second half,
Speaker 1: fourth quarter against the Bills, they were down twenty four
Speaker 1: to nine, they came back and crushed the Bills in
Speaker 1: the second half. As I said, I think he's a
Speaker 1: viable MVP candidate. And let's talk about some prominent rookies
Speaker 1: from the two fifteen draft. The number one pick in
Speaker 1: that draft jamis Winston on a flo state goes to
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay. We saw Tampa come into Philadelphia last year
Speaker 1: and light up the Eagles and a good rookie season
Speaker 1: for Winston, but a six and ten record through four
Speaker 1: thousand yards, twenty two touchdowns, fifteen interceptions. Now the Bucks
Speaker 1: are surging and Winston playing really good football. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: it really happened during this season. They started the year
Speaker 1: one and three and he was off to a slow start.
Speaker 1: There was a lot of commentary as too, this kid's
Speaker 1: not developing, and then he turned it on really well again,
Speaker 1: he's got he's got the weapons there, He's got Mike Evans,
Speaker 1: he's got a nice tight end in Cameron Bred. The
Speaker 1: running game is nothing special, but he's really developed. And
Speaker 1: what everybody says down there, I don't get to see
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Bucks a whole lot. We will more now
Speaker 1: is that he's really learned and they have focused in
Speaker 1: teaching him how to spot defensive coverage and it's something
Speaker 1: that Carson clearly has to work on and presumably will develop.
Speaker 1: And the second pick in two and fifteen from the
Speaker 1: University of Oregon, Marcus Mariota in Tennessee, showed some flashes
Speaker 1: in a tough rookie year. They had a chance to
Speaker 1: blow up that coaching staff. They didn't do it, and
Speaker 1: now Tennessee tied for first in the Division six and
Speaker 1: six record. Mariota looks like he's going to be a
Speaker 1: super superstar dual threat. Can really make plays with his legs,
Speaker 1: and the arm is a big one. Twenty five touchdowns,
Speaker 1: nine interceptions this year. I mean, that's good anywhere. That's
Speaker 1: amazing for a second year player. I think what helps
Speaker 1: him is they're really they've developed their team as they're
Speaker 1: going to run the ball first. They're ground out team.
Speaker 1: They spent their second first round draft pick this year
Speaker 1: on offensive tackle Jack Conklin, who's really helped them a lot.
Speaker 1: All Right, So Glenn, let's talk about Carson Wentz and
Speaker 1: what you want to see from him these last four
Speaker 1: games of the regular season, possibly the playoffs, but we're
Speaker 1: not talking about that right now. All right, Well, what
Speaker 1: I want to see from him in the last four
Speaker 1: games of the regular season clearly has to cut down
Speaker 1: in the interceptions, most of which come on the long throws,
Speaker 1: most of which come on the overthrows. He's got to
Speaker 1: learn the judgment of when to throw there and how
Speaker 1: to throw there. No more thrown off that back foot
Speaker 1: stuff that you can get away with at North Dakota State,
Speaker 1: you're not going to get away with in the NFL.
Speaker 1: That's number one. Number two with him. I just want
Speaker 1: to see him continue to be the leader out there.
Speaker 1: I think his teammates really respect him. When you're going
Speaker 1: through tough times, when you're losing games, if the quarterback
Speaker 1: can help hold everybody together, that's a big deal. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And now we find out what the offense. We'll do
Speaker 1: with some adjustments here. The offensive line not going to
Speaker 1: change much in the next couple of weeks. We don't
Speaker 1: know what happens when Lane Johnson comes back in a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. But clearly you've started four in the
Speaker 1: last eight games, four different combinations along the offensive line,
Speaker 1: and it has impacted the run game, it has impacted
Speaker 1: the pocket, and it certainly has impacted Carson Wentz is
Speaker 1: timing his confidence, his rhythm. So there we go. More
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Speaker 1: know these are tough times. Look, seven losses in the
Speaker 1: last nine games. What about that kind of bothers you
Speaker 1: the most? Everything that you've seen, I think, I think
Speaker 1: what bothers me the most is we sort of it's
Speaker 1: self inflicted. It's we self destructum, meaning meaning the penalties,
Speaker 1: the turnovers, um, the lack of getting off the field
Speaker 1: on third downs, um, you know, getting to the pastor
Speaker 1: everything's sort of in in our court, you know. Um.
Speaker 1: And so that's why it's self inflicted, and that's why
Speaker 1: it's a little disappointing, Um, because at the beginning of
Speaker 1: the season we were we were doing these things. And
Speaker 1: so right now we've got to figure out how to
Speaker 1: get back to that mentality, how to get back to
Speaker 1: that execution both offensively, defensively, and of course on special teams.
Speaker 1: Let's start on the offense here, coach, specifically to Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz at quarterback, what do you when you watch film?
Speaker 1: What are you see? You're seeing a lot of great plays,
Speaker 1: and then you're seeing sort of the plays that that
Speaker 1: we need to get better and we need to fix.
Speaker 1: Where he gets a little out of sorts sometimes is
Speaker 1: a little bit mechanically throwing off his back foot. Still, Um,
Speaker 1: there's pressure from the offensive line which which leads to
Speaker 1: that sometimes and then just decisions. You know, it's just
Speaker 1: a young quarterback right now, just learning the game and
Speaker 1: understanding personnel and plays, and you know, you never want
Speaker 1: to go into a game thinking you're gonna throw sixty
Speaker 1: times and really and then a bright spot is to
Speaker 1: come away with one sack, you know, in sixty attempts.
Speaker 1: But we just got to get back to basics fundamentals
Speaker 1: with everybody, the quarterback included, and just start from there.
Speaker 1: From an Eagles fans perspective, some questions about Carson. Is
Speaker 1: he staring down receivers? There's evidence of that. How do
Speaker 1: you get rid of that? You know, it just goes
Speaker 1: to just understanding the offense more and and just time
Speaker 1: in the system. Again, He's he's played twelve games in
Speaker 1: the National Football League, and you know, with each rep
Speaker 1: he gets better and better and it's something that he
Speaker 1: can learn from. And and uh, you know, by no
Speaker 1: means is this a negative on him. It's just it's
Speaker 1: a growing process. And these quarterbacks that that end up
Speaker 1: having great sort of those those hall of fame careers, Um,
Speaker 1: it doesn't always start out pretty. And and yet they
Speaker 1: they stick to it and they understand the offense, and
Speaker 1: they understand how to how to utilize the personnel, and
Speaker 1: they just grow with it and mature with it. And and
Speaker 1: and that's the bright spot. And that's the encouraging thing
Speaker 1: with me. So I understand that that's what we all want.
Speaker 1: We all want Carson to be a Hall of Fame quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: So the questions that I'm asking you are in those
Speaker 1: please make it happen vain um seeing the field, that's
Speaker 1: all all these things will come with Carson, it comes
Speaker 1: with time, it comes with playing the game, and everything
Speaker 1: moves extremely fast at this level. He does he does
Speaker 1: so many good things well that that sometimes the negative
Speaker 1: obviously outweighs the positive. And and and it's it's just
Speaker 1: I tell you this, he for a young quarterback, he's
Speaker 1: he's not mentally, he's still extremely sharp every week. He's
Speaker 1: he's not going the other direction. He's not going in
Speaker 1: the tank, so to speak. He's actually getting getting stronger mentally,
Speaker 1: he's leading and um, you know, he hates to lose,
Speaker 1: just like we all do. And uh, we just gotta
Speaker 1: figure out a way to get back on the track.
Speaker 1: And those things throwing off the back foot, that's all
Speaker 1: fixable in the big picture here, it's all it's all fixable. Well.
Speaker 1: The other thing that that sometimes too, when when you
Speaker 1: go into a game and your quarterback gets hit early
Speaker 1: in the football game. And because I've been there and
Speaker 1: I understand that that that tends to kind of you know,
Speaker 1: and the next time you drop back here, you might
Speaker 1: be a little more hesitant, and and um, you know,
Speaker 1: we just got to continue to keep talking and fighting
Speaker 1: through it. And and you got to have that gun
Speaker 1: slinger mentality. You just got to stand in a pocket
Speaker 1: and knowing you're gonna take some hits, and and we
Speaker 1: got to shore up the protection obviously. Um. But but
Speaker 1: overall we're we're we're doing some good things and and he's, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, he's continuing to grow each week. Defensively, coach,
Speaker 1: what what are you seeing from that group? Again, it's
Speaker 1: not for lack of effort. Um at times, you know,
Speaker 1: I discipline, being in the right being in the right gap,
Speaker 1: um you know. Uh, a pass rush obviously, lanes coming
Speaker 1: out of lanes, allowing quarterbacks to escape the pocket or
Speaker 1: push and and do some things there. You know. In
Speaker 1: the secondary, the guys are in position to make plays,
Speaker 1: um you know. And it's just it's just not happening
Speaker 1: right now like it was earlier in the season. Backling
Speaker 1: has been has been pretty good, um, you know. So
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a combination of all these things. It's
Speaker 1: not a scheme thing. It's not do we need to
Speaker 1: you know, blitz more, blitz less. You know, we just
Speaker 1: come down to fundamentals details. Understand that the defense called
Speaker 1: just like it is on offense. There are some who
Speaker 1: have questioned the effort your response to that, well, then
Speaker 1: they need to come to practice. They need to see
Speaker 1: these guys work every single day and and and you know,
Speaker 1: to see the things that I see. Um, it's it's
Speaker 1: not about effort. Um. You know, we're playing some good
Speaker 1: football teams. We're playing some good quarterbacks these last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks, and and um, you know those guys get
Speaker 1: paid too, just like we do. And and uh, we
Speaker 1: just have to do our job and make sure that
Speaker 1: our effort is a little bit more than theirs. Washington
Speaker 1: Redskins on Sunday, very good football team coming off at
Speaker 1: tough loss. And it was a really difficult loss for
Speaker 1: the Eagles in land Over, Maryland. So from there, how
Speaker 1: much of the Redskins kind of change from that point?
Speaker 1: Now they're they're having a good season. Um, it was
Speaker 1: a tough loss for them. This past weekend out in
Speaker 1: Arizona is a tough, tough trip. And and uh for them,
Speaker 1: but you know, Kirk Cousins is playing extremely well. He's
Speaker 1: playing sound football, you know. And and their ability to
Speaker 1: use that run game and play action pass like they
Speaker 1: do and sort of maximize the protection with their tight
Speaker 1: ends and and they have some injuries on offense. But
Speaker 1: it all starts with that quarterback and he's playing extremely well.
Speaker 1: He's playing efficiently, and uh, he's making plays down the field.
Speaker 1: And gar Song is having a good year obviously over there.
Speaker 1: And you know, we know Deshaun and his speed and
Speaker 1: his ability to make plays down the field. So again
Speaker 1: it's a it's another tough test. It's it's great that
Speaker 1: we get them here. Now. Your message to the team
Speaker 1: this week, coach, we just gotta stay the course. We
Speaker 1: got to trust the process. Uh, you know, we got
Speaker 1: to make sure that that we're doing everything right. Everybody's
Speaker 1: got to look at themselves and not point the finger
Speaker 1: at anybody but themselves. And I've got to point it
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Speaker 1: make sure that I'm doing everything right from a from
Speaker 1: a leadership standpoint with a football team and holding guys accountable,
Speaker 1: holding coaches accountable this time of year, and making sure
Speaker 1: that the little things are not not overlooked. Tolks, Thanks
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Speaker 1: don't like the look of this. Dallas has clinched a
Speaker 1: playoff spot, the Eagles looking up at the division. The
Speaker 1: next team up is the Washington Redskins. Glenn and the
Speaker 1: Eagles on Sunday, a big game against Washington. Introduce to
Speaker 1: see what Jim Schwartz does against that very potent Redskins offense.
Speaker 1: You have not been in love with Washington. They had
Speaker 1: a tough loss on Sunday in Arizona Division at the
Speaker 1: start of the year, but it was Kirk Cousins. Yeah, Benna,
Speaker 1: obviously I've given the guy his due. Kirk Cousins is
Speaker 1: an excellent season, but it really will be the next
Speaker 1: month where I think in Washington they decide whether he's
Speaker 1: going to be the guy they won for the future
Speaker 1: or not really there, Yeah, because I think they're really
Speaker 1: in that position now. They're not a lock for the
Speaker 1: playoffs by any stretch. Now they want him because if
Speaker 1: they fall out of it and he doesn't play well
Speaker 1: at the end in big games, that's when they'll let
Speaker 1: him go. That was the argument against him before that
Speaker 1: he's not a guy who can win big games at
Speaker 1: the end of the season. He's got his chance to
Speaker 1: do it now. They won down the stretch, won the division, right,
Speaker 1: we will see if they're able to do it. Uh,
Speaker 1: and we'll see what they do. They get Trent Williams
Speaker 1: back against the Eagles, their lineman that that's going to
Speaker 1: help him because he had no protection last week when
Speaker 1: they lost to Arizona. Jay Gruden, by the way, goes
Speaker 1: off in the locker room afterwards so loudly that you
Speaker 1: can hear it outside all the reporters just writing it
Speaker 1: all by So sometimes the team needs that. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: we'll see that. After the Eagles, the Redskins play Carolina
Speaker 1: and then at Chicago, so they have kind of a
Speaker 1: path here to the playoffs. Now. The New York Giants
Speaker 1: beaten badly on Sunday by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Glenn, that's
Speaker 1: a team that you really haven't been high on, the Giant.
Speaker 1: There we go, that's the team I haven't been high on.
Speaker 1: I'm still not high on the Giants. And the Giants
Speaker 1: have the toughest schedule left of every team that's kind
Speaker 1: of going for the playoffs. They played the three teams
Speaker 1: in the division, including the Eagles, of course, and they
Speaker 1: play the Lions, who are She's a really good team
Speaker 1: right now. Lions want five of their last six. Giants
Speaker 1: defense played well against Pittsburgh. Their offense was just trocious.
Speaker 1: Defense had two turnovers. The offense could not convert. Big
Speaker 1: news out of there, Jason Pierre, Paul Hurt with a
Speaker 1: growing uncertain now what's going to happen with him. It's
Speaker 1: had a very nice comeback year. That's a big part
Speaker 1: of their defense. Yep. And then the Cowboys have clinched
Speaker 1: the playoffs spot. They continue to roll a win last
Speaker 1: Thursday night over the Minnesota Vikings with that stop in
Speaker 1: the two point conversion territory, Sam Bradford throwing high and
Speaker 1: wide incomplete. So the Cowboys clinch a playoffs spot. They're healthy,
Speaker 1: they keep playing well, the offensive line is awesome, and
Speaker 1: they have done a great job minimizing mistakes. Give them credit,
Speaker 1: they're an outstanding football team. Two points on the Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys Number one. I will tell you that what's really
Speaker 1: been remarkable at about them this year's how good they
Speaker 1: are on the fourth quarter. You saw it again in
Speaker 1: Minnesota where they have the opportunity to lose that game,
Speaker 1: they're losing that game, they come back, score the touchdown
Speaker 1: and then as you say, stop him on the two pointer.
Speaker 1: That's been a big part of them. So the question
Speaker 1: with Dallas is what keeps them from going to the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl in the NFL to Seattle Seahawks. Seattle Seahawks. Yes,
Speaker 1: but here's the other thing. They still have no pass rush.
Speaker 1: And I would argue, it's really hard to get to
Speaker 1: and win a super Bowl when you're gonna have to
Speaker 1: go to the playoffs and play against Russell Wilson. You're
Speaker 1: gonna have to go to the playoff, you're gonna have
Speaker 1: to Falcons. Okay, but you're still if you don't have
Speaker 1: a pass rush, the Falcons will carve you up. And
Speaker 1: I think that's the real challenge. Matthew Stafford's having a
Speaker 1: great year. I don't think they're anything. That team is
Speaker 1: anything that is smoking mirrors. That's fine, smoking mirrors pretty
Speaker 1: good against the Eagles a while again, they did not.
Speaker 1: They were getting their butts killed Lions. Eagles came back
Speaker 1: at the lead. Ryan Matthews fumbles a game away. Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: that's fine. I'm just not into that. I'm not I'm
Speaker 1: not here to sing up the Lions. I'm just telling
Speaker 1: you that's I'm trying too. I hate the deal. The
Speaker 1: Cowboys will not get to the Super Bowl because their offense,
Speaker 1: excuse me, their lack of a pass rush will stop it.
Speaker 1: Mark that down. That's our look around. The NFC is
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Speaker 1: Eagles three sixty. Dave Spidero, Glenn macdown, We've got to
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Speaker 1: Amrosso's on the menu segment. Frank Reich offensive coordinator in studio,
Speaker 1: My Quick my co host, and we take our first
Speaker 1: look at the Washington Redskins at six five and one.
Speaker 1: We've got press passed and a lot of players lined
Speaker 1: up for their weekly press briefings, including, of course, the quarterback,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. Amrosso's the reason Philly sandwiches are so famous.
Speaker 1: I've calmed down, Glenn the previous segment. I can speak now.
Speaker 1: How you doing? Yes, I'm great. Disappointing to be sitting
Speaker 1: here at five and seven, I'm sure is Dave Spidero.
Speaker 1: I don't think we saw the Eagles as a super
Speaker 1: Bowl team, but I thought they could be a team
Speaker 1: that could get a wild card. As recently as two
Speaker 1: weeks ago, the lost to Green Bay, which was horribly disappointing,
Speaker 1: followed by really the worst effort I've seen since a
Speaker 1: year ago. Thanksgiving against Cincinnati was very disheartening. They've now
Speaker 1: got the four games left, three home games. It's such
Speaker 1: a cliche to say you play for pride, but at
Speaker 1: this point you do. You play play for jobs. Yes,
Speaker 1: you were employed in the NFL. If you want to
Speaker 1: stay employed in the NFL, you play hard and smart,
Speaker 1: and we'll find out what they did. I've always said this,
Speaker 1: there's a difference between playing hard and smart and playing
Speaker 1: desperate football. And that's what I want to see on
Speaker 1: Sunday from this football team in front of the home
Speaker 1: crowd against the Division A team that beat you up
Speaker 1: in Washington. Let's see how desperate the Philadelphia Eagles are
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Glenn mcnow, Dave Spidero, well, thank you for
Speaker 1: joining us on Eagles three sixty. I'll be back tomorrow
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