WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Win 34-13 In New York 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:11.080 Now that's more like it. Welcome to the postgame Show, 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:14.640 President by Rico. I'm Chris McPherson, Journals Ike, Reece And 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:16.919 in the Eagles first five games, the Eagles had a 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:19.720 two and three record, but the combined differential in terms 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:22.960 of points was only twenty one. Well, the Eagles took 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:25.880 care of that and a whole lot more tonight, routing 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:28.400 the New York Giants by a score of thirty four 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:31.040 to thirteen. They jumped on them early, had a twenty 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:34.120 four to six halftime lead, and never looked back. A 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:38.479 complete dominating effort in all three phases. Finally, this is 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:40.239 the type of game that we've been looking for from 0:00:40.240 --> 0:00:42.479 this football team since the start of the two and 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:46.000 eighteen season. Everything coming together for this team and Ike. 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:49.000 As the Eagles used in early season winning against the 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:52.040 Giants last season to propel themselves. You can go way 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:53.760 back when you were with the team in two thousand 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:57.320 and three that Brian Westbrook punt return touchdown. Can this 0:00:57.440 --> 0:01:01.120 be the game that finally showcases the Eagles can do 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:04.520 and jump starts them going into the mental part here 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:07.319 of this twenty eighteen campaign. I really think it can be. 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:10.640 Chris and we'll get into exactly why I feel that way. 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:12.720 There's some numbers that we take away from this game 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:15.960 that I'm very encouraged by. It's a short week, you're 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:19.600 on the road, You're against a divisional opponent that says desperate, 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:22.640 if not more desperate than you are as a team. 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.800 So to go up to MetLife Stadium and come out 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:29.160 with this type of dominating performance, really your best performance 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:32.319 overall as a team all year long. That gives me 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:35.800 a lot of hope for the near future here that 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:39.080 this team may have found this mojo and can turn 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:41.360 this thing around and get to start and start playing 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.399 the type of Eagles football that we anticipated them playing 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.800 coming into the twenty eighteen season. Well, what's beautiful about 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:49.800 this win is the Eagles are now three and three 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:52.160 on the season, but in first place in the MC East, 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:55.520 start off the AMC Slate undefeated one and oh so 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:58.880 huge win from that perspective. They get ten days off 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.720 before facing off another tough NFC contender in the Carolina 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.000 Panther's a game that they'll get at home, so it 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:06.840 gets some rest. And there's some key injuries we'll have 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:08.640 to talk about here. Jason Peters left the game with 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:12.040 a biceps injury. Lane Johnson gutted through, but he has 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:15.320 a high ankle sprain, so will he be okay? Darren Sprows, 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:18.200 maybe you get him back. But Sidney Jones he left 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.680 the game with a hamstring injury. So you were down 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:23.240 to some key reserves there along the offensive line and 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.200 in the secondary. But the Eagles able to push through 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:29.320 against a Giant's team that was just overmatched from the 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:32.079 start of the game. Eli Mangk throwing the early interception 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:36.040 to Comu gruge Hill and then the Eagles capitalizing as 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:39.080 Carson Wentz was brilliant on third down in this game, 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:42.360 complaying his first ten passes, also very good in the 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:45.160 red zone as he's rolling to his right, throws across 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:47.960 his body, and Alshon Jeffrey scores the first of his 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:50.360 two touchdowns to get the Eagles on the board seven 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:53.640 nothing and again. The biggest difference compared to this week 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:56.320 as compared to two weeks ago when they were in 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:59.320 Tennessee and they had a fourteen to three second half lead, 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.040 law stent lead of seventeen to three second half lead, 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.840 lost the lead before losing a game in overtime, is 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.680 they jumped up early on the Giants and never looked back. 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:11.880 In many facets of this game, watching the Giants to me, 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:14.840 Ike was watching the Eagles through the first five games 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.040 of the season, where they had a playmaker in se 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.120 Quon Barkley who could move the ball down the field, 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.800 but once in the red zone, they couldn't capitalize. The 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:24.440 defense couldn't get enough timely stops on third down to 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.200 get off the field to give themselves good field position, 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:30.480 and ultimately they just wore down in the end, and 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.320 the Giants showing really no fight in the second half 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:35.920 because the Eagles took the big lead going into the 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:39.400 second half and then extended it by grinding out the 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:41.600 clock in the third quarter. They had the ball for 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:44.600 over twelve minutes in the third quarter alone to really 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:47.160 just put the game away at that point. Tonight, Yeah, 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:50.160 great job by the Eagles recognizing they're going up against 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.640 the team that not only are they're struggling on the field, 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:56.920 they're struggling off the field in the locker room turmoil, 0:03:57.480 --> 0:04:01.480 lack of cohesiveness, really a team that's trying to find 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:04.520 something to hang their hat on. From a positive note, 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.880 to really find a reason to fight to salvage this season. 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:11.240 Great job by the Eagles tonight, not giving them anything 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:14.200 to hang their hat on. A team like the Giants 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:17.000 in a desperate situation of where they are playing as 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:19.200 poorly as they played for the majority of the season 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.120 is they're looking for anything to spark them. So a 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.839 lack of days ago effort by the Eagles tonight could 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.880 have been that sort of formula for the Giants to 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:30.560 sort of try to salvage their season. I love the 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:33.839 way the Eagles came out. They played clean football, I 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:37.360 mean from a turnover standpoint keeping. Carson Wentz clean for 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:39.800 the majority of the night, gave up one sack to night. 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.719 We'll get into one of the other key factors that 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:45.159 I thought they needed to clean up, which is the 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:47.680 self inflicted wounds, the penalties. They didn't have any of 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:51.480 those things tonight, So really the Giants looking for some 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:54.520 help from their opponent didn't get it tonight from the Eagles. 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.960 The Eagles came with their A game and when the 0:04:57.000 --> 0:05:00.720 Giants couldn't answer the bell, the Eagles continue to pile 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:03.000 up the points on them, and I love that when 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:05.719 you got a team down like the New York Giants, 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:09.120 you can't give them any hope, can't give them any life. 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:12.320 And had the Eagles came into this game tonight playing 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:15.159 the way they have been playing in previous weeks, where 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.440 you have the self inflicted wounds, where you have the turnovers, 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:21.720 where you give your opponent a short field, those are 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:23.640 the type of things that could have kept the Giants 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:26.440 in this game and gave them some false hope that 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:28.960 they could somehow win this game. I love the way 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:31.880 the Eagles came in tonight and really dominated this game 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:33.920 from start to finish. You much agree. We're gonna hear 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.560 from head coach Doug Pearson and quarterback Carson Wentz in 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:38.520 just a little bit. We're gonna have a film breakdown 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:40.960 segment to highlight some of the key plays and how 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.400 they came to fruition for the Eagles. And we're also 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:46.240 gonna go into the Sports Radio ninety four w ip 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:49.000 booth with Merrill Reese and Mike Quick in our Merril 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:52.159 Camp feature as day bring us some of those key 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:55.359 plays to life for us tonight. But like you talked about, 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:58.080 how the Eagles just got some of those self inflicted 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.000 wounds out of the way, and one of the things 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.320 is that I love from the Eagles tonight was there 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:05.960 were some plays like early in the game, the third 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.240 quarter passed, there was a third third death pass that 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:11.120 was Carson Wentz's arm was hit, the ball goes flying 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:13.159 in the air, and the way the Eagles that played 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:14.600 the first couple of weeks of this season, that probably 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.560 would have been interception. You know, somebody would have gone 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.560 against the Eagles there. But Nelson Agilore makes it heads 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:22.800 up play, comes down with the ball and makes a 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:25.200 big gain out of it. There in the third quarter, 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:27.840 Wendell Smallwood puts the ball on the ground, He's able 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:29.599 to recover it, even though initially it looked like the 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:33.560 Giants Old Ogletree had it. However, the Eagles were able 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:35.560 to get the ball back on the review and they 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:38.039 convert a couple of key third downs thanks to Jordan 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:41.200 Matthews to keep that drive alive and extend some time 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:43.600 off the clock when the Eagles were already milking a 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:46.839 twenty four to six league. So just being very opportunistic 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:48.600 was something that we haven't seen from the Eagles in 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:50.800 the first month plus of the season. They were able 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:53.000 to be that in a whole lot more here tonight. Yeah, 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:55.880 and you mentioned Carson. You know, we can't go long 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:58.640 talking about this team without talking about the play of 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:03.640 number eleven. And I thought he was at his best today. 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:06.159 You're talking about third down where he's ten for ten 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.919 at one point he completed his first ten passes on 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:12.160 third down, his red zone efficiency. I thought he was 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:15.320 awesome tonight. He continues to get better each game that 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:17.800 he's out there. I thought he was more decisive what 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.600 the football, didn't hold on to it, able to get 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:22.559 rid of it quick, get the ball out of his hands, 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:25.600 let his playmakers make some plays, and really played a 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:29.400 nice clean game. Loved the game tonight from Carson Wentz. 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:32.960 His fourth game back and in my opinion, his fourth 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:36.760 game straight of showing improvement from one week to the next. 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:39.840 May not be in the stack category, but you just 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:42.680 watch him play, his command of the game, and how 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:46.679 he seemed tonight, more calm tonight in the pocket, didn't 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.400 leave the pocket too soon, didn't hold on the ball 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:52.280 too early trying to make something out of nothing. There 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.920 was able to get it out of his hands on time. 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.040 I just love the way he played, loved the way 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.680 he kept his composure. That's what you need from your 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:02.200 lead when you go on a role playing against the 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:05.240 divisional opponent like the New York Giants. It's funny you say, Ike, 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.200 because we highlighted this on the Kickoff Show presented by Exalta, 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:10.480 how Carson Wentz put out a tweet this warring kind 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:12.480 of just to rally the truth to everything that was 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:14.200 all right, And those are the words that you need 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:16.920 from your leader in tough times like this, and he 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:18.800 was the perfect person to put those words out on 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:21.760 social media, but he backed them up more importantly than 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:24.280 anything else by having the type of performance he did 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:27.559 tonight again, right from the jump, first drive, third down, 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.120 rolls to the right waiting for guy to get open 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.000 those across his body and finds Alshon Jeffrey, who was 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:36.280 tremendous tonight here. But from start to finish, Carson Wentz 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:38.360 was dealing from the pocket. And it was also great 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:40.280 to see him take off and use his legs a 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:43.760 little more effectively tonight here as well. So, Ike, let's 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:48.280 get into your three big takeaways from tonight's win. Starting 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:51.079 with we talked about the first touchdown passed there, the 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.200 Eagles scoring in the red zone. Yeah, the red zone 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.120 in my opinion, was the biggest thing for the Eagles tonight. 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:58.640 So they were four for six in the red zone. 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:01.640 We've been talking about getting touchdowns as opposed to field goals. 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:04.240 It's something they had struggled with coming off of a 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:05.920 year where they were number one in the league and 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:08.760 red zone efficiency. So I love what they did tonight 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:11.800 converting four of those six trials in the red zone 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:15.720 and the touchdowns. And then my next two keys. Most importantly, 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:18.400 you're talking about playing a clean game from the offensive 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:21.720 side of the football. No turnovers tonight. The last three 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:25.120 games key turnovers for this Eagles offense that helped set 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:28.480 up scoring drives for the opposing team. You didn't get 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:30.800 that tonight. Made the Giants have to drive the field 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:33.720 to earn everything every point that they were able to get. 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:36.360 So we played a clean game there, taking care of 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.760 the football. And then something I know Doug will be 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:42.040 exceptionally happy with is the fact that they cut down 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:44.880 on the penalties. Coming into tonight Eagles one of the 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:48.520 top teams in the league and being penalized weekend and 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:51.880 week out. Only four penalties tonight, I believe, and I 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:53.839 don't know if there were any pre snap penalties on 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:55.880 the offense where you had some sort of false start 0:09:56.360 --> 0:10:01.000 or one false start okay, or illegal procedure or something 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:03.560 like that. But much better to night stayed out of 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:07.040 those first and fifteen first and twenty second and fifteen 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:10.200 second and twenty type of situations where you can sort 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:12.120 of stay ahead of the sticks and it makes it 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:14.960 a lot easier to convert those in the first down. 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.280 So when I look at those three aspects, those are 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:19.680 the three things that had been killing the Eagles through 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:22.120 the first five weeks of the season. They seem to 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:24.800 clean that all up tonight, and that's why you have 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:28.320 the sort of margin of victory because when the Eagles, 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:32.439 when the Eagles don't beat themselves, they are clearly better 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:34.680 than the opponents they have faced this year. The only 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.000 reason these games have been closed through the first five 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:41.640 weeks is because the turnovers, penalties, and not scoring touchdowns 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:44.840 in the red zone. Indeed, so we'll touch more into 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.320 all three of those key takeaways. Something for me here 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:50.680 first and foremost, the Eagles. The most points they scored 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:53.880 in a game coming into tonight this year was twenty three. 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:57.000 They surpassed that by halftime, and that's again twenty three 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.640 points from this offense, and you can understand, you know, 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:01.920 car Wentz, which was working his way back from the injury, 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:04.120 but he has looked sharp the last couple of weeks. 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.400 It was great to find seat all come together. I 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.200 think you could actually say like the offense was clicking 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:11.800 in the second half of last week's game against Minnesota. 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:14.280 They just dug themselves too big of a hole to 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.680 overcome and come back. But it was great to see 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:19.880 that momentum carry into tonight. And another important thing is 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:23.280 the Eagles defense had forced five turnovers in the first 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:25.760 five games of the season, you know, middle of the 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:29.000 pack so far in the NFL. However, the Eagles offense 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.600 had only capitalized on those turnovers to the tune of 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:35.439 three points. So five turnovers, but only three points off 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:38.360 those turnovers coming into tonight. The first drive of the game, 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:41.560 the Eagles get the interception from Commo gruge Hill. Jordan 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.600 Hicks comes comes through a huge way tip in the past, 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:48.000 allowing Commu gruge Hill to intercept it. Commo gruje Hill 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:50.600 uses his athleticism to get the Eagles in scoring range 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:53.280 and if they're three plays, the Eagles get seven points 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:56.640 and they're on the board. So certainly twenty four points 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:59.080 again season high in the first half alone, and they 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:01.520 extended on that of the second half and then taking 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.160 advantage of the opponent's mistakes. That was something the Eagles 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.440 had not done a good job of doing so in 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:08.520 the first five games in the year. They were able 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:11.480 to do that from the jump tonight and never really 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:13.440 let the Giants get back in the ball game. Because 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:15.240 again you go back to two weeks ago against the 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:17.680 Tennessee Titans, the Eagles had the big lead in the 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:20.240 second half by two possessions, and you figure out that 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.920 point with this defense as good as it typically has been, 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:25.040 that's the type of game you would want. That's the 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:27.680 type of situation they need to be in well. Tonight 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.760 the Eagles defense, they got the big lead, the defensive 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.640 line was able to pinace Ears backs and get after 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:36.200 Eli Manning. And that was the other thing here tonight 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:41.160 is Eli Manning was under duress all game. Long or 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:43.920 as Fletcher Cox, Michael Bennett had the big sack, Chris 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.880 Long brought the pressure, Derek Barnett all up in Dewla 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:50.080 Destiny Vyou Desney Vau had his first sack of the season. 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:52.040 But that's just the type of night it was for 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:54.280 the defensive line where the Eagles get the lead early 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:57.840 on and the defensive line can feast and Fletcher Cox, 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.760 he's probably one of the unsung heroes this ball game, 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.480 but he was sensational, especially in the second half, to 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.840 make sure that that huge lead stayed the way it did. Yeah, 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.280 I thought the defensive line did exactly what they needed 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:11.720 to do tonight. The Giants offensive line had struggled to 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:15.640 protect Eli all night, I mean all year long, So 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:17.559 you knew that what could that You knew that could 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:20.480 be an advantage for this Eagles defensive front. They were 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:22.360 able to get after Eli. You know, he's not going 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.240 to be able to escape much pressure, so you got 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:28.360 multiple sacks on him and all of that. We hadn't 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:32.559 mentioned another outstanding group tonight, the secondary. You know, coming 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:34.960 into this game tonight, I was a little concerned about 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:38.480 what we'd be able to do against this Giant's passing attack. 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:42.080 Last year, Eli through two games almost eight hundred plus 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:45.160 yards he was able to throw against this defense. So 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:48.440 I was a little concerned coming in tonight to tonight's game. 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:52.080 But give a lot of credit to Jalen Mills, Sidney Jones, 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:55.560 Ron Darby Rolessul Douglas had to come in and play. 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:59.440 Avonte Maddox had to move from safety down the slot 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.200 corner once Sidney Jones went out, and I thought we 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:05.880 did a fantastic job making sure we kept the explosive 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:10.160 plays down tonight. That's another thing that's hurt this defense 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:12.560 throughout the first five week of the season is that 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:16.920 offenses have been able to get explosive plays against this defense. Tonight, 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.600 we weren't having any of that, especially in a deep 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:22.000 passing game. That's where the secondary had been hurt the 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:24.640 first couple of games of this season. Coming into the 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:27.040 game tonight, my bold prediction actually on the Kickoff Show 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:30.120 presented by Exalta, was that they would hold Takewon Barkley 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:33.600 to fewer than one hundred yards from scrimmage. Okay, obviously 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:35.720 that didn't work out. He had over two hundred yards, 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:38.560 and in fact, he was one receiving yards shy of 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:41.520 becoming the first Giants player in franchise history to have 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:43.800 one hundred yards rushing and receiving in the same game. 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:47.040 But the bottom line is I thought that would be 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.040 the case because I thought Odell Beckham would be the 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:50.800 one to get the yards. You would have someone who 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.720 would accumulate the yards, very similar to when they play 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.880 Atlanta and Julio Jones. Julio Jones might get his yards, 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:58.600 but if he doesn't get in the end zone and 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:00.800 the Falcons can't cap lize, it's fine at the end 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.640 of the day. Well, today here it was where Beckham 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:06.880 was virtually a non factor. Great coverage by Ron Darby, 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.040 great pass breakup in the end zone late in the 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:11.240 game by Jalen Mills, who bounced back in a huge 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:13.560 way with all the criticism that he's faced the last 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:16.840 couple of weeks. But sa Quon Barkley he got his yards. 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:20.920 He's an outstanding player, an amazing talent, you know. But 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:23.360 the thing is that they were able to keep him 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:25.080 off the board through most of the game because they 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:27.320 maybe gave up the big play, but once the Giants 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:30.400 were in the red zone, they weren't able to capitalize. Yeah, 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:32.320 twenty six is gonna be a paint in a butt 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:35.000 because just understanding that we got to see this kid 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:38.320 twice a year. Like you said, phenomenal talent taking number 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:41.920 two overall. You know, you sometimes when you get a 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:46.160 player like sae Quon Barkley, it's about when he gets 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:48.960 his yard, when he gets his touchdown, what point in 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:51.120 the game does he do it. That's what's going to 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.920 determine whether or not he had a huge impact on 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:56.640 the game. He was able to get some explosive plays. 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:58.840 It's hard to keep a guy like that bottled up 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:00.680 all night when you know it's is going to get 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:03.560 him the ball as much as possible. But the fact 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:07.360 that the matter is none of those plays were crucial 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:10.320 to hurting the Eagles chances of winning tonight, and that's 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:13.400 the big thing. Correct. So there were so many highlights 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.520 in this game. Typically, when we bring you the Merril 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:18.600 Camp feature Kersey Sports Radio ninety four WP, we try 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:20.880 to get the whole games worth in there. There were 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:23.120 so many great plays from the first half alone that 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.360 was enough for this Merril Camp feature. So Merory's Mike 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:29.240 Quick inside the booth at MetLife Stadium, we present you 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:32.280 Merrilcamp the best from the first half as the Eagles 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:34.800 took a twenty four to sixth lead after the game's 0:16:34.840 --> 0:20:01.720 first thirty minutes. N two two all right, we're gonna 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:03.920 send it back over to MetLife Stadium as head coach 0:20:03.960 --> 0:20:07.240 Doug Pearson is about to meet with the media. Lane. 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:10.600 Could he have finished the game, but you just kept 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:12.520 him out after he went down because you had a 0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:18.399 big lead. That's correct. Much emphasis wasn't on starting fast 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:21.880 offense the defense really well, yeah, you know it's something 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:25.920 we've emphasized, you know obviously, UM this last couple of weeks, 0:20:25.960 --> 0:20:29.400 and and you know this week in particular. Uh, it's 0:20:29.480 --> 0:20:31.520 great to see our defense, UM come up with a 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:34.919 big turnover, big stop early and then offense capitalize on that, 0:20:35.080 --> 0:20:37.199 you know in the red zone. And it's good to 0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:39.640 see you know, all three phases really played. Uh, we're 0:20:39.640 --> 0:20:42.200 pretty pretty pretty good today. Proud of you over the 0:20:42.359 --> 0:20:44.720 team to respond the way you did on a short 0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:47.320 week and in a tough place to play against the 0:20:47.359 --> 0:20:49.760 Giants and do all the things that you guys have 0:20:49.880 --> 0:20:53.280 really struggled with, starting fast, red zone shacks the whole 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:55.399 the whole nine years. I'm very proud of the guys, 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:59.680 the coaches, UM, and and and really you know how 0:20:59.720 --> 0:21:04.280 they um, how they don't panic, you know, they don't. 0:21:04.400 --> 0:21:09.200 It's resilient group. UM, how they hang together, UM work 0:21:09.280 --> 0:21:11.280 every single day, come to work every single day and 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:14.440 and and get better and you know when things things 0:21:14.480 --> 0:21:16.040 kind of get piled on them here in the last 0:21:16.040 --> 0:21:18.359 couple of weeks and and uh, but they don't they 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:20.040 don't listen to it, you know, and and they come 0:21:20.080 --> 0:21:22.240 out and play. Let I do tonight. It's it's a 0:21:22.240 --> 0:21:24.760 credit to that team and and those coaches in there, 0:21:24.760 --> 0:21:27.080 and give a lot a lot of credit to them. 0:21:27.119 --> 0:21:29.320 It's it seems throughout the year and you're trying to 0:21:29.320 --> 0:21:31.400 play from the time. What's different for you guys when 0:21:31.400 --> 0:21:34.040 you're playing from the head well a lot. I mean 0:21:34.240 --> 0:21:36.080 it opens up more your playbook a little bit. You 0:21:36.320 --> 0:21:38.560 saw the run game kind of kind of take a 0:21:38.600 --> 0:21:40.159 little bit there in a second and third quarter and 0:21:40.359 --> 0:21:42.680 and you know, some play action passes and different things 0:21:42.680 --> 0:21:44.159 of that nature. And it just kind of gives you 0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:48.159 a little, um little openness to your game plan, I guess. 0:21:48.200 --> 0:21:51.520 And and and uh to play to play with the league. 0:21:52.800 --> 0:21:56.920 Did you see Carson become become more comfortable more um, 0:21:57.040 --> 0:22:00.680 you know, perhaps the quarterback he was last year. I did, Um, 0:22:00.720 --> 0:22:02.359 he really did a did a nice job, you know, 0:22:02.440 --> 0:22:06.639 just sort of obviously executing the offense and and uh, 0:22:06.680 --> 0:22:09.880 you know, a couple of times, you know, maybe not 0:22:09.920 --> 0:22:11.520 taking care of the ball at a couple of times, 0:22:11.520 --> 0:22:13.359 but but that's that's okay. We end up with a 0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:16.720 with a win. But um, yeah, he did a nice job, 0:22:16.800 --> 0:22:19.480 you know, running the offense, Uh, going where he needed 0:22:19.480 --> 0:22:22.639 to go with football, making making some good decisions at 0:22:22.640 --> 0:22:25.680 the line of scrimmage, you know, and um really put 0:22:25.680 --> 0:22:27.320 a put a full game together. And it was really 0:22:27.359 --> 0:22:30.040 the guys around him too, stepping up an offensive line, 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:33.480 I thought, you know, overall, played played pretty well. Um, 0:22:33.480 --> 0:22:36.080