Speaker 1: Now that's more like it. Welcome to the postgame Show,
Speaker 1: President by Rico. I'm Chris McPherson, Journals Ike, Reece And
Speaker 1: in the Eagles first five games, the Eagles had a
Speaker 1: two and three record, but the combined differential in terms
Speaker 1: of points was only twenty one. Well, the Eagles took
Speaker 1: care of that and a whole lot more tonight, routing
Speaker 1: the New York Giants by a score of thirty four
Speaker 1: to thirteen. They jumped on them early, had a twenty
Speaker 1: four to six halftime lead, and never looked back. A
Speaker 1: complete dominating effort in all three phases. Finally, this is
Speaker 1: the type of game that we've been looking for from
Speaker 1: this football team since the start of the two and
Speaker 1: eighteen season. Everything coming together for this team and Ike.
Speaker 1: As the Eagles used in early season winning against the
Speaker 1: Giants last season to propel themselves. You can go way
Speaker 1: back when you were with the team in two thousand
Speaker 1: and three that Brian Westbrook punt return touchdown. Can this
Speaker 1: be the game that finally showcases the Eagles can do
Speaker 1: and jump starts them going into the mental part here
Speaker 1: of this twenty eighteen campaign. I really think it can be.
Speaker 1: Chris and we'll get into exactly why I feel that way.
Speaker 1: There's some numbers that we take away from this game
Speaker 1: that I'm very encouraged by. It's a short week, you're
Speaker 1: on the road, You're against a divisional opponent that says desperate,
Speaker 1: if not more desperate than you are as a team.
Speaker 1: So to go up to MetLife Stadium and come out
Speaker 1: with this type of dominating performance, really your best performance
Speaker 1: overall as a team all year long. That gives me
Speaker 1: a lot of hope for the near future here that
Speaker 1: this team may have found this mojo and can turn
Speaker 1: this thing around and get to start and start playing
Speaker 1: the type of Eagles football that we anticipated them playing
Speaker 1: coming into the twenty eighteen season. Well, what's beautiful about
Speaker 1: this win is the Eagles are now three and three
Speaker 1: on the season, but in first place in the MC East,
Speaker 1: start off the AMC Slate undefeated one and oh so
Speaker 1: huge win from that perspective. They get ten days off
Speaker 1: before facing off another tough NFC contender in the Carolina
Speaker 1: Panther's a game that they'll get at home, so it
Speaker 1: gets some rest. And there's some key injuries we'll have
Speaker 1: to talk about here. Jason Peters left the game with
Speaker 1: a biceps injury. Lane Johnson gutted through, but he has
Speaker 1: a high ankle sprain, so will he be okay? Darren Sprows,
Speaker 1: maybe you get him back. But Sidney Jones he left
Speaker 1: the game with a hamstring injury. So you were down
Speaker 1: to some key reserves there along the offensive line and
Speaker 1: in the secondary. But the Eagles able to push through
Speaker 1: against a Giant's team that was just overmatched from the
Speaker 1: start of the game. Eli Mangk throwing the early interception
Speaker 1: to Comu gruge Hill and then the Eagles capitalizing as
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz was brilliant on third down in this game,
Speaker 1: complaying his first ten passes, also very good in the
Speaker 1: red zone as he's rolling to his right, throws across
Speaker 1: his body, and Alshon Jeffrey scores the first of his
Speaker 1: two touchdowns to get the Eagles on the board seven
Speaker 1: nothing and again. The biggest difference compared to this week
Speaker 1: as compared to two weeks ago when they were in
Speaker 1: Tennessee and they had a fourteen to three second half lead,
Speaker 1: law stent lead of seventeen to three second half lead,
Speaker 1: lost the lead before losing a game in overtime, is
Speaker 1: they jumped up early on the Giants and never looked back.
Speaker 1: In many facets of this game, watching the Giants to me,
Speaker 1: Ike was watching the Eagles through the first five games
Speaker 1: of the season, where they had a playmaker in se
Speaker 1: Quon Barkley who could move the ball down the field,
Speaker 1: but once in the red zone, they couldn't capitalize. The
Speaker 1: defense couldn't get enough timely stops on third down to
Speaker 1: get off the field to give themselves good field position,
Speaker 1: and ultimately they just wore down in the end, and
Speaker 1: the Giants showing really no fight in the second half
Speaker 1: because the Eagles took the big lead going into the
Speaker 1: second half and then extended it by grinding out the
Speaker 1: clock in the third quarter. They had the ball for
Speaker 1: over twelve minutes in the third quarter alone to really
Speaker 1: just put the game away at that point. Tonight, Yeah,
Speaker 1: great job by the Eagles recognizing they're going up against
Speaker 1: the team that not only are they're struggling on the field,
Speaker 1: they're struggling off the field in the locker room turmoil,
Speaker 1: lack of cohesiveness, really a team that's trying to find
Speaker 1: something to hang their hat on. From a positive note,
Speaker 1: to really find a reason to fight to salvage this season.
Speaker 1: Great job by the Eagles tonight, not giving them anything
Speaker 1: to hang their hat on. A team like the Giants
Speaker 1: in a desperate situation of where they are playing as
Speaker 1: poorly as they played for the majority of the season
Speaker 1: is they're looking for anything to spark them. So a
Speaker 1: lack of days ago effort by the Eagles tonight could
Speaker 1: have been that sort of formula for the Giants to
Speaker 1: sort of try to salvage their season. I love the
Speaker 1: way the Eagles came out. They played clean football, I
Speaker 1: mean from a turnover standpoint keeping. Carson Wentz clean for
Speaker 1: the majority of the night, gave up one sack to night.
Speaker 1: We'll get into one of the other key factors that
Speaker 1: I thought they needed to clean up, which is the
Speaker 1: self inflicted wounds, the penalties. They didn't have any of
Speaker 1: those things tonight, So really the Giants looking for some
Speaker 1: help from their opponent didn't get it tonight from the Eagles.
Speaker 1: The Eagles came with their A game and when the
Speaker 1: Giants couldn't answer the bell, the Eagles continue to pile
Speaker 1: up the points on them, and I love that when
Speaker 1: you got a team down like the New York Giants,
Speaker 1: you can't give them any hope, can't give them any life.
Speaker 1: And had the Eagles came into this game tonight playing
Speaker 1: the way they have been playing in previous weeks, where
Speaker 1: you have the self inflicted wounds, where you have the turnovers,
Speaker 1: where you give your opponent a short field, those are
Speaker 1: the type of things that could have kept the Giants
Speaker 1: in this game and gave them some false hope that
Speaker 1: they could somehow win this game. I love the way
Speaker 1: the Eagles came in tonight and really dominated this game
Speaker 1: from start to finish. You much agree. We're gonna hear
Speaker 1: from head coach Doug Pearson and quarterback Carson Wentz in
Speaker 1: just a little bit. We're gonna have a film breakdown
Speaker 1: segment to highlight some of the key plays and how
Speaker 1: they came to fruition for the Eagles. And we're also
Speaker 1: gonna go into the Sports Radio ninety four w ip
Speaker 1: booth with Merrill Reese and Mike Quick in our Merril
Speaker 1: Camp feature as day bring us some of those key
Speaker 1: plays to life for us tonight. But like you talked about,
Speaker 1: how the Eagles just got some of those self inflicted
Speaker 1: wounds out of the way, and one of the things
Speaker 1: is that I love from the Eagles tonight was there
Speaker 1: were some plays like early in the game, the third
Speaker 1: quarter passed, there was a third third death pass that
Speaker 1: was Carson Wentz's arm was hit, the ball goes flying
Speaker 1: in the air, and the way the Eagles that played
Speaker 1: the first couple of weeks of this season, that probably
Speaker 1: would have been interception. You know, somebody would have gone
Speaker 1: against the Eagles there. But Nelson Agilore makes it heads
Speaker 1: up play, comes down with the ball and makes a
Speaker 1: big gain out of it. There in the third quarter,
Speaker 1: Wendell Smallwood puts the ball on the ground, He's able
Speaker 1: to recover it, even though initially it looked like the
Speaker 1: Giants Old Ogletree had it. However, the Eagles were able
Speaker 1: to get the ball back on the review and they
Speaker 1: convert a couple of key third downs thanks to Jordan
Speaker 1: Matthews to keep that drive alive and extend some time
Speaker 1: off the clock when the Eagles were already milking a
Speaker 1: twenty four to six league. So just being very opportunistic
Speaker 1: was something that we haven't seen from the Eagles in
Speaker 1: the first month plus of the season. They were able
Speaker 1: to be that in a whole lot more here tonight. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and you mentioned Carson. You know, we can't go long
Speaker 1: talking about this team without talking about the play of
Speaker 1: number eleven. And I thought he was at his best today.
Speaker 1: You're talking about third down where he's ten for ten
Speaker 1: at one point he completed his first ten passes on
Speaker 1: third down, his red zone efficiency. I thought he was
Speaker 1: awesome tonight. He continues to get better each game that
Speaker 1: he's out there. I thought he was more decisive what
Speaker 1: the football, didn't hold on to it, able to get
Speaker 1: rid of it quick, get the ball out of his hands,
Speaker 1: let his playmakers make some plays, and really played a
Speaker 1: nice clean game. Loved the game tonight from Carson Wentz.
Speaker 1: His fourth game back and in my opinion, his fourth
Speaker 1: game straight of showing improvement from one week to the next.
Speaker 1: May not be in the stack category, but you just
Speaker 1: watch him play, his command of the game, and how
Speaker 1: he seemed tonight, more calm tonight in the pocket, didn't
Speaker 1: leave the pocket too soon, didn't hold on the ball
Speaker 1: too early trying to make something out of nothing. There
Speaker 1: was able to get it out of his hands on time.
Speaker 1: I just love the way he played, loved the way
Speaker 1: he kept his composure. That's what you need from your
Speaker 1: lead when you go on a role playing against the
Speaker 1: divisional opponent like the New York Giants. It's funny you say, Ike,
Speaker 1: because we highlighted this on the Kickoff Show presented by Exalta,
Speaker 1: how Carson Wentz put out a tweet this warring kind
Speaker 1: of just to rally the truth to everything that was
Speaker 1: all right, And those are the words that you need
Speaker 1: from your leader in tough times like this, and he
Speaker 1: was the perfect person to put those words out on
Speaker 1: social media, but he backed them up more importantly than
Speaker 1: anything else by having the type of performance he did
Speaker 1: tonight again, right from the jump, first drive, third down,
Speaker 1: rolls to the right waiting for guy to get open
Speaker 1: those across his body and finds Alshon Jeffrey, who was
Speaker 1: tremendous tonight here. But from start to finish, Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: was dealing from the pocket. And it was also great
Speaker 1: to see him take off and use his legs a
Speaker 1: little more effectively tonight here as well. So, Ike, let's
Speaker 1: get into your three big takeaways from tonight's win. Starting
Speaker 1: with we talked about the first touchdown passed there, the
Speaker 1: Eagles scoring in the red zone. Yeah, the red zone
Speaker 1: in my opinion, was the biggest thing for the Eagles tonight.
Speaker 1: So they were four for six in the red zone.
Speaker 1: We've been talking about getting touchdowns as opposed to field goals.
Speaker 1: It's something they had struggled with coming off of a
Speaker 1: year where they were number one in the league and
Speaker 1: red zone efficiency. So I love what they did tonight
Speaker 1: converting four of those six trials in the red zone
Speaker 1: and the touchdowns. And then my next two keys. Most importantly,
Speaker 1: you're talking about playing a clean game from the offensive
Speaker 1: side of the football. No turnovers tonight. The last three
Speaker 1: games key turnovers for this Eagles offense that helped set
Speaker 1: up scoring drives for the opposing team. You didn't get
Speaker 1: that tonight. Made the Giants have to drive the field
Speaker 1: to earn everything every point that they were able to get.
Speaker 1: So we played a clean game there, taking care of
Speaker 1: the football. And then something I know Doug will be
Speaker 1: exceptionally happy with is the fact that they cut down
Speaker 1: on the penalties. Coming into tonight Eagles one of the
Speaker 1: top teams in the league and being penalized weekend and
Speaker 1: week out. Only four penalties tonight, I believe, and I
Speaker 1: don't know if there were any pre snap penalties on
Speaker 1: the offense where you had some sort of false start
Speaker 1: or one false start okay, or illegal procedure or something
Speaker 1: like that. But much better to night stayed out of
Speaker 1: those first and fifteen first and twenty second and fifteen
Speaker 1: second and twenty type of situations where you can sort
Speaker 1: of stay ahead of the sticks and it makes it
Speaker 1: a lot easier to convert those in the first down.
Speaker 1: So when I look at those three aspects, those are
Speaker 1: the three things that had been killing the Eagles through
Speaker 1: the first five weeks of the season. They seem to
Speaker 1: clean that all up tonight, and that's why you have
Speaker 1: the sort of margin of victory because when the Eagles,
Speaker 1: when the Eagles don't beat themselves, they are clearly better
Speaker 1: than the opponents they have faced this year. The only
Speaker 1: reason these games have been closed through the first five
Speaker 1: weeks is because the turnovers, penalties, and not scoring touchdowns
Speaker 1: in the red zone. Indeed, so we'll touch more into
Speaker 1: all three of those key takeaways. Something for me here
Speaker 1: first and foremost, the Eagles. The most points they scored
Speaker 1: in a game coming into tonight this year was twenty three.
Speaker 1: They surpassed that by halftime, and that's again twenty three
Speaker 1: points from this offense, and you can understand, you know,
Speaker 1: car Wentz, which was working his way back from the injury,
Speaker 1: but he has looked sharp the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: It was great to find seat all come together. I
Speaker 1: think you could actually say like the offense was clicking
Speaker 1: in the second half of last week's game against Minnesota.
Speaker 1: They just dug themselves too big of a hole to
Speaker 1: overcome and come back. But it was great to see
Speaker 1: that momentum carry into tonight. And another important thing is
Speaker 1: the Eagles defense had forced five turnovers in the first
Speaker 1: five games of the season, you know, middle of the
Speaker 1: pack so far in the NFL. However, the Eagles offense
Speaker 1: had only capitalized on those turnovers to the tune of
Speaker 1: three points. So five turnovers, but only three points off
Speaker 1: those turnovers coming into tonight. The first drive of the game,
Speaker 1: the Eagles get the interception from Commo gruge Hill. Jordan
Speaker 1: Hicks comes comes through a huge way tip in the past,
Speaker 1: allowing Commu gruge Hill to intercept it. Commo gruje Hill
Speaker 1: uses his athleticism to get the Eagles in scoring range
Speaker 1: and if they're three plays, the Eagles get seven points
Speaker 1: and they're on the board. So certainly twenty four points
Speaker 1: again season high in the first half alone, and they
Speaker 1: extended on that of the second half and then taking
Speaker 1: advantage of the opponent's mistakes. That was something the Eagles
Speaker 1: had not done a good job of doing so in
Speaker 1: the first five games in the year. They were able
Speaker 1: to do that from the jump tonight and never really
Speaker 1: let the Giants get back in the ball game. Because
Speaker 1: again you go back to two weeks ago against the
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans, the Eagles had the big lead in the
Speaker 1: second half by two possessions, and you figure out that
Speaker 1: point with this defense as good as it typically has been,
Speaker 1: that's the type of game you would want. That's the
Speaker 1: type of situation they need to be in well. Tonight
Speaker 1: the Eagles defense, they got the big lead, the defensive
Speaker 1: line was able to pinace Ears backs and get after
Speaker 1: Eli Manning. And that was the other thing here tonight
Speaker 1: is Eli Manning was under duress all game. Long or
Speaker 1: as Fletcher Cox, Michael Bennett had the big sack, Chris
Speaker 1: Long brought the pressure, Derek Barnett all up in Dewla
Speaker 1: Destiny Vyou Desney Vau had his first sack of the season.
Speaker 1: But that's just the type of night it was for
Speaker 1: the defensive line where the Eagles get the lead early
Speaker 1: on and the defensive line can feast and Fletcher Cox,
Speaker 1: he's probably one of the unsung heroes this ball game,
Speaker 1: but he was sensational, especially in the second half, to
Speaker 1: make sure that that huge lead stayed the way it did. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I thought the defensive line did exactly what they needed
Speaker 1: to do tonight. The Giants offensive line had struggled to
Speaker 1: protect Eli all night, I mean all year long, So
Speaker 1: you knew that what could that You knew that could
Speaker 1: be an advantage for this Eagles defensive front. They were
Speaker 1: able to get after Eli. You know, he's not going
Speaker 1: to be able to escape much pressure, so you got
Speaker 1: multiple sacks on him and all of that. We hadn't
Speaker 1: mentioned another outstanding group tonight, the secondary. You know, coming
Speaker 1: into this game tonight, I was a little concerned about
Speaker 1: what we'd be able to do against this Giant's passing attack.
Speaker 1: Last year, Eli through two games almost eight hundred plus
Speaker 1: yards he was able to throw against this defense. So
Speaker 1: I was a little concerned coming in tonight to tonight's game.
Speaker 1: But give a lot of credit to Jalen Mills, Sidney Jones,
Speaker 1: Ron Darby Rolessul Douglas had to come in and play.
Speaker 1: Avonte Maddox had to move from safety down the slot
Speaker 1: corner once Sidney Jones went out, and I thought we
Speaker 1: did a fantastic job making sure we kept the explosive
Speaker 1: plays down tonight. That's another thing that's hurt this defense
Speaker 1: throughout the first five week of the season is that
Speaker 1: offenses have been able to get explosive plays against this defense. Tonight,
Speaker 1: we weren't having any of that, especially in a deep
Speaker 1: passing game. That's where the secondary had been hurt the
Speaker 1: first couple of games of this season. Coming into the
Speaker 1: game tonight, my bold prediction actually on the Kickoff Show
Speaker 1: presented by Exalta, was that they would hold Takewon Barkley
Speaker 1: to fewer than one hundred yards from scrimmage. Okay, obviously
Speaker 1: that didn't work out. He had over two hundred yards,
Speaker 1: and in fact, he was one receiving yards shy of
Speaker 1: becoming the first Giants player in franchise history to have
Speaker 1: one hundred yards rushing and receiving in the same game.
Speaker 1: But the bottom line is I thought that would be
Speaker 1: the case because I thought Odell Beckham would be the
Speaker 1: one to get the yards. You would have someone who
Speaker 1: would accumulate the yards, very similar to when they play
Speaker 1: Atlanta and Julio Jones. Julio Jones might get his yards,
Speaker 1: but if he doesn't get in the end zone and
Speaker 1: the Falcons can't cap lize, it's fine at the end
Speaker 1: of the day. Well, today here it was where Beckham
Speaker 1: was virtually a non factor. Great coverage by Ron Darby,
Speaker 1: great pass breakup in the end zone late in the
Speaker 1: game by Jalen Mills, who bounced back in a huge
Speaker 1: way with all the criticism that he's faced the last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. But sa Quon Barkley he got his yards.
Speaker 1: He's an outstanding player, an amazing talent, you know. But
Speaker 1: the thing is that they were able to keep him
Speaker 1: off the board through most of the game because they
Speaker 1: maybe gave up the big play, but once the Giants
Speaker 1: were in the red zone, they weren't able to capitalize. Yeah,
Speaker 1: twenty six is gonna be a paint in a butt
Speaker 1: because just understanding that we got to see this kid
Speaker 1: twice a year. Like you said, phenomenal talent taking number
Speaker 1: two overall. You know, you sometimes when you get a
Speaker 1: player like sae Quon Barkley, it's about when he gets
Speaker 1: his yard, when he gets his touchdown, what point in
Speaker 1: the game does he do it. That's what's going to
Speaker 1: determine whether or not he had a huge impact on
Speaker 1: the game. He was able to get some explosive plays.
Speaker 1: It's hard to keep a guy like that bottled up
Speaker 1: all night when you know it's is going to get
Speaker 1: him the ball as much as possible. But the fact
Speaker 1: that the matter is none of those plays were crucial
Speaker 1: to hurting the Eagles chances of winning tonight, and that's
Speaker 1: the big thing. Correct. So there were so many highlights
Speaker 1: in this game. Typically, when we bring you the Merril
Speaker 1: Camp feature Kersey Sports Radio ninety four WP, we try
Speaker 1: to get the whole games worth in there. There were
Speaker 1: so many great plays from the first half alone that
Speaker 1: was enough for this Merril Camp feature. So Merory's Mike
Speaker 1: Quick inside the booth at MetLife Stadium, we present you
Speaker 1: Merrilcamp the best from the first half as the Eagles
Speaker 1: took a twenty four to sixth lead after the game's
Speaker 1: first thirty minutes. N two two all right, we're gonna
Speaker 1: send it back over to MetLife Stadium as head coach
Speaker 1: Doug Pearson is about to meet with the media. Lane.
Speaker 1: Could he have finished the game, but you just kept
Speaker 1: him out after he went down because you had a
Speaker 1: big lead. That's correct. Much emphasis wasn't on starting fast
Speaker 1: offense the defense really well, yeah, you know it's something
Speaker 1: we've emphasized, you know obviously, UM this last couple of weeks,
Speaker 1: and and you know this week in particular. Uh, it's
Speaker 1: great to see our defense, UM come up with a
Speaker 1: big turnover, big stop early and then offense capitalize on that,
Speaker 1: you know in the red zone. And it's good to
Speaker 1: see you know, all three phases really played. Uh, we're
Speaker 1: pretty pretty pretty good today. Proud of you over the
Speaker 1: team to respond the way you did on a short
Speaker 1: week and in a tough place to play against the
Speaker 1: Giants and do all the things that you guys have
Speaker 1: really struggled with, starting fast, red zone shacks the whole
Speaker 1: the whole nine years. I'm very proud of the guys,
Speaker 1: the coaches, UM, and and and really you know how
Speaker 1: they um, how they don't panic, you know, they don't.
Speaker 1: It's resilient group. UM, how they hang together, UM work
Speaker 1: every single day, come to work every single day and
Speaker 1: and and get better and you know when things things
Speaker 1: kind of get piled on them here in the last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks and and uh, but they don't they
Speaker 1: don't listen to it, you know, and and they come
Speaker 1: out and play. Let I do tonight. It's it's a
Speaker 1: credit to that team and and those coaches in there,
Speaker 1: and give a lot a lot of credit to them.
Speaker 1: It's it seems throughout the year and you're trying to
Speaker 1: play from the time. What's different for you guys when
Speaker 1: you're playing from the head well a lot. I mean
Speaker 1: it opens up more your playbook a little bit. You
Speaker 1: saw the run game kind of kind of take a
Speaker 1: little bit there in a second and third quarter and
Speaker 1: and you know, some play action passes and different things
Speaker 1: of that nature. And it just kind of gives you
Speaker 1: a little, um little openness to your game plan, I guess.
Speaker 1: And and and uh to play to play with the league.
Speaker 1: Did you see Carson become become more comfortable more um,
Speaker 1: you know, perhaps the quarterback he was last year. I did, Um,
Speaker 1: he really did a did a nice job, you know,
Speaker 1: just sort of obviously executing the offense and and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, a couple of times, you know, maybe not
Speaker 1: taking care of the ball at a couple of times,
Speaker 1: but but that's that's okay. We end up with a
Speaker 1: with a win. But um, yeah, he did a nice job,
Speaker 1: you know, running the offense, Uh, going where he needed
Speaker 1: to go with football, making making some good decisions at
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, you know, and um really put
Speaker 1: a put a full game together. And it was really
Speaker 1: the guys around him too, stepping up an offensive line,
Speaker 1: I thought, you know, overall, played played pretty well. Um,
Speaker 1: even with the amount of injuries that we had. And um,
Speaker 1: it's good to see how much you need to how
Speaker 1: much did you need to have for wood, pressure, run
Speaker 1: manning and uh get the kind of pass rushing just
Speaker 1: seemed to knock them out of any kind of back Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's uh it's something that you know, our d line, Um,
Speaker 1: we feel like they can they can get after a
Speaker 1: passer and um, you know each and every week, but
Speaker 1: but we know that, UM, you know, these games are
Speaker 1: always these these games are battles, These games are tough,
Speaker 1: and uh it usually comes down to which team can
Speaker 1: get after the passer, you know, and and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: the opportunities we had to to to hit Eli and
Speaker 1: get him on the ground, and because he's very capable
Speaker 1: of bringing a team back. He's proven that. So it
Speaker 1: was good to see from our d line at the
Speaker 1: end of the game he clicked up both tackles. Was
Speaker 1: that because of score the game or start? Concerning the injuries, well,
Speaker 1: both of them came out, you know, due to injury.
Speaker 1: Will evaluate both of them. But again it's a credit
Speaker 1: to to Isaac moving out to tackle, you know, like
Speaker 1: we talked about during the week, and then Chance coming
Speaker 1: in and playing, Whizz coming in and playing, and um
Speaker 1: moving some moving some pieces around. So it was, um,
Speaker 1: you know, Jeff Stalin does a great job with those
Speaker 1: guys preparing them each week, and uh, they stepped into
Speaker 1: a nice job. Talked about a situational football, going into
Speaker 1: the steam and other games, eliminating penalties and then not
Speaker 1: necessarily thinking first of all all the time, I mean,
Speaker 1: how much didn't the elimination of some of these mistakes
Speaker 1: kay of these situations. Well, it's it's a great question
Speaker 1: because it's obvious when you when you take care of
Speaker 1: the ball and you don't have too many penalties that
Speaker 1: are killing in the red zone, and um, your ability
Speaker 1: to to to make make some yards on first down
Speaker 1: and put you into some second and short situations or
Speaker 1: second manageable situations, and then your third downs are a
Speaker 1: little more manageable after that. So yeah, it all, it
Speaker 1: all works together, um, you know, and it doesn't compound.
Speaker 1: And we had a couple of penalties that backed us up,
Speaker 1: but um, for the most part, we stayed ahead of
Speaker 1: the chain tonight and and and helped us. Wine of
Speaker 1: kind of got me really problems so far. Three games
Speaker 1: just a matter of larities and Shan's Hell's I think
Speaker 1: it's a little everything. Um, you know, I think, Uh,
Speaker 1: even even when both guys were rehabbing, you know, they
Speaker 1: were throwing together off to the side and getting some
Speaker 1: some recognition in there, and you know during the summer
Speaker 1: and obviously first part of the season, so you know,
Speaker 1: they really developed a rapport. Um. You know, al Sean
Speaker 1: is playing playing extremely well right now. He's explosive and
Speaker 1: he's run after the cat, which is pretty is really good. Uh.
Speaker 1: Carson feels comfortable with him, and it just comes from time,
Speaker 1: you know, just just working with each other and and
Speaker 1: developing that rapport. Way he plays the position. You guys
Speaker 1: had missed the guys consistently the top does that affect
Speaker 1: him as much as he would another receiving rad plays
Speaker 1: And I think I think his his nature obviously is
Speaker 1: what you're seeing. You know, he's big, physical, powerful um
Speaker 1: not only down the field, his catch radius is uh
Speaker 1: extremely high. He has ability and you know that he's
Speaker 1: he's proven down these last couple of weeks to break tackles,
Speaker 1: carry defenders, get some tough first downs, and I think
Speaker 1: that's what you want, you know, from from a guy
Speaker 1: like that. Yeah, and then you get you know, the
Speaker 1: complimentary speed guys is Nelson Aguilore and you know then
Speaker 1: then we had of course Mike Wallace and Tory last year,
Speaker 1: but but al Shan is really um, that guy that
Speaker 1: you know exactly where he's gonna be. He's a big
Speaker 1: target and and uh, you know, put him, put him
Speaker 1: anywhere and let him run routes a complete game with
Speaker 1: this all three phases. What does this do for you
Speaker 1: guys going of confidence? Well, I think confidence wise, UM
Speaker 1: gives our guys a shot, gives our guys a boost.
Speaker 1: You know, they get a break this weekend and get
Speaker 1: to get a chance to really rest and and kind
Speaker 1: of reflect on the first six weeks and and make
Speaker 1: another little push you know, for these next couple of
Speaker 1: weeks before our full by you know, and um yeah
Speaker 1: just uh you know, and plus our injury situation right now,
Speaker 1: it gives gives us an extra couple of days to
Speaker 1: to to heal and to rest and get ready for
Speaker 1: next week. The team concerned at all pressing on in
Speaker 1: the best week, you know what I haven't, um, you know,
Speaker 1: these guys again, like I said, it's it's a resilient group.
Speaker 1: They come to work every day, you know, prepared, ready
Speaker 1: to go, ready to get better, ready to be coached. Um.
Speaker 1: And and there's no panic with this group, you know.
Speaker 1: And and they just they just stay the course. They
Speaker 1: they're saying the right thing, doing the right things there.
Speaker 1: They know they're a good football team. And yeah, we
Speaker 1: haven't putting it all, you know, we haven't put it
Speaker 1: all together, but but tonight was a good start. What
Speaker 1: actually was Lean's injury heading into this week obviously it's
Speaker 1: a late edition on this morning to the injury report.
Speaker 1: What was wrong with them? Yeah, lower body the good
Speaker 1: all right, thanks all right, head coach Doug Pearson. A
Speaker 1: little abrupt ending there you know, it's it's much It's
Speaker 1: much different when you win. Okay, now, as many questions,
Speaker 1: it's pretty much out well, everyone is playing from Carson
Speaker 1: to Alishan and down the line. But I loved how
Speaker 1: we touched on the importance of starting fast because the
Speaker 1: Eagles have been outscored twenty three to seven in the
Speaker 1: first quarter of games coming into tonight, and obviously they
Speaker 1: got the touchdown right from the jump, but it wasn't
Speaker 1: just that. It was the fact that the defense had
Speaker 1: started on the field and each of the games this year,
Speaker 1: and in four of the first five games, the opposing
Speaker 1: offense marched down the field and either got to the
Speaker 1: goal line and didn't score like Atlanta missed a field
Speaker 1: goal like last week against Minnesota, which was a chip
Speaker 1: shot should have had, or they gave up the big
Speaker 1: play touchdown to Deshaun Jackson against Tampa Bay and in
Speaker 1: Tennessee score. So the two games where the defense was
Speaker 1: able to gelf the field like Indianapolis or create turnover,
Speaker 1: Eagles got an early lead and were able to go
Speaker 1: on to victory. So it was a great morale booster,
Speaker 1: a great confidence booster for the defense to get on
Speaker 1: the field start first, once again start off fast, and
Speaker 1: the offense to capitalize on that to get things rolling
Speaker 1: so that the Eagles could roll over the Giants by
Speaker 1: score of thirty four to thirteen. Yeah, I thought it
Speaker 1: was huge, and I think getting out to a fast
Speaker 1: start or something this team had struggled to try to
Speaker 1: do this year. It was really one of their calling
Speaker 1: cards last year to all of their success. They were
Speaker 1: one of the best teams in the league and scoring
Speaker 1: in the first quarter not only yet, but multiple times
Speaker 1: countless time they took the ball down their first drive
Speaker 1: and got points out of it last year. And that's
Speaker 1: a big confidence booster for your defense when they know
Speaker 1: the first time they step on the field they're gonna
Speaker 1: be playing with the lead. I mean, it just it's
Speaker 1: a totally different field for the defensive coordinator to call
Speaker 1: the game when you're playing from ahead, and especially on
Speaker 1: the road, when you get in the early league like
Speaker 1: the Eagles were able to get tonight, it takes that
Speaker 1: crowd out of the game. So Giants come out with
Speaker 1: the ball and we get a turnover immediately. And first
Speaker 1: of all, that was the first good sign is that
Speaker 1: the Eagles were able to get a turnover down there,
Speaker 1: but you're wondering, Okay, all we're gonna get three points
Speaker 1: out of this or are we gonna get a touchdown
Speaker 1: out of this? So to be able to convert that
Speaker 1: turnover into a touchdown, I thought that was a positive
Speaker 1: sign for this team and they needed that to sort
Speaker 1: of feed off of. And see, when you get positive
Speaker 1: plays started to happen like that, you as a team,
Speaker 1: even though you're a professional athletes, and everyone would think, well,
Speaker 1: you're pros, you should have confidence at all times, it's
Speaker 1: just not the case. You need positive reinforcement. So having
Speaker 1: something like that happened early in the game, that just
Speaker 1: builds confidence on that sideline and you keep that energy
Speaker 1: level up. They already have the mentality of it's us
Speaker 1: against everybody in MetLife Stadium, so when they able to
Speaker 1: make a big play like that and start to you know,
Speaker 1: you can start to hear the whispers over the crowd
Speaker 1: that I can just tell it just energize the Eagle sideline.
Speaker 1: And they just played downhill from that point as opposed
Speaker 1: to playing uphill. And they've really played uphill for five
Speaker 1: straight weeks, you know, chasing points, trying to get back
Speaker 1: the lead. You know, trying to hold on the momentum.
Speaker 1: I thought in this game they were able to get
Speaker 1: the lead early and they were just able to let
Speaker 1: it be a snowball effect for him. That was the
Speaker 1: thing you're waiting for. Okay, they got the big lead,
Speaker 1: they jumped on the Giants early. Would they sustain it
Speaker 1: where they keep the fund the gas pedal or where
Speaker 1: they let the Giants get back to it into it,
Speaker 1: especially with Barclay's ability to make chunk plays at a
Speaker 1: moment's notice. But kudos and Eels for taking care of
Speaker 1: business there. And in some way, is that crowd was
Speaker 1: so hostile toward the Giants tonight because New York came
Speaker 1: into this game one and four and there's already the boobers,
Speaker 1: there's already descent about Eli May remaining at quarterback, if
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham spouting off to the media about you know
Speaker 1: why the Giants office is not having success and you know,
Speaker 1: creating doubt within the organization. That crowd was ready to
Speaker 1: turn on the Giants at a moment's notice, and that
Speaker 1: start was the perfect firestarter for them to get them
Speaker 1: rolling in that regard. Now, the player who delivered the
Speaker 1: big play on that first drive none other than linebacker
Speaker 1: Commu gruge Hill our Eagles entire Dave SPADERA caught up
Speaker 1: with them after the win. First series, you get the interception,
Speaker 1: talk about the defensive philosophy, and first really about how
Speaker 1: big that play was setting things up. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: the whole, the whole all week. Man, coming off a
Speaker 1: short week, we knew we had to come out hot,
Speaker 1: and you know, it's it's gonna be on a defense.
Speaker 1: You know, a defense. We we talked a lot this
Speaker 1: week of just playing fast and just getting back to
Speaker 1: how we do so it was it's gonna get this win.
Speaker 1: What was the approach today? It seemed like everybody there
Speaker 1: was nothing deep for the New York Giants. I mean,
Speaker 1: now it's you guys top thirteen. Um say, saycom Man,
Speaker 1: give him his credit. He's a great back. Um. But
Speaker 1: you know, but that was the main thing, to stop
Speaker 1: trying to stop the explosive plays. But um worked out.
Speaker 1: Is this the Philadelphia Eagles team that he was expected
Speaker 1: to see from day one? To exactly what we were
Speaker 1: trying to see is I think this is the first
Speaker 1: time we put together a full complete game. And I mean,
Speaker 1: look at the score. Man, that's that's exactly what happens.
Speaker 1: So the Eagles are back. Well, the Eagles never left.
Speaker 1: Eagles never left, but we're here. And how how will
Speaker 1: the weekend to be getting a couple of days off?
Speaker 1: How big is that? It's gonna be good. You know,
Speaker 1: get bodies right, Everyone's got guys kind of kind of
Speaker 1: backing up and stuff. But it's gonna be good to
Speaker 1: get that break. Thanks forty. All right, you need your
Speaker 1: leaders to step up in a big night like this.
Speaker 1: And Como Gruge Hill Special Teams captain has a big
Speaker 1: sea on his chest there. You know, it's something about
Speaker 1: MetLife Stadium. He had the block punt last year when
Speaker 1: the Eagles played up there was Pivol and the Eagles
Speaker 1: rolling back after an early deficit to get the win
Speaker 1: over the Giants and comes through the big way with
Speaker 1: the interception here. That athleticism is so unique and such
Speaker 1: a skill set. And he and Jordan Hicks there, what
Speaker 1: a nice little duo for them from athleticism and cover
Speaker 1: stame point. And you're adding the physicality that Nigel Braham
Speaker 1: has the linebacker group rounding out nicely here for the Eagles,
Speaker 1: especially on that weak side spot because that was one
Speaker 1: of the big position vowels in this year's training camp. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I talked about the LBS on the show today prior
Speaker 1: to the game, and I said I wanted to see
Speaker 1: the LB's step up and make some plays tonight. Not
Speaker 1: that they had been playing bad throughout the year, they
Speaker 1: just hadn't made the impact plays that I've become accustomed
Speaker 1: to watching Jordan Hicks make and watching Nigel Bradham make
Speaker 1: last year, and adding Camu into that core with them,
Speaker 1: I thought tonight would be a good night that we
Speaker 1: could see them actually step up and make some plays.
Speaker 1: And it was great to see all three of them
Speaker 1: had big plays tonight, whether it be Jordan with the
Speaker 1: pass breakup they helped, forced interception by Camu, or Nigel
Speaker 1: Bradham getting the sack there late in the game. All
Speaker 1: three linebackers had an impact on tonight's game. And that's
Speaker 1: the way it should be for every good defense. Your
Speaker 1: linebackers need to be a part of the action. So
Speaker 1: let's get into our turning point of the game. And Mike,
Speaker 1: would you say that Comedy's interception, what's the turning point
Speaker 1: right from the jump? Yeah, it started early for this
Speaker 1: team and they needed some good plays early in the game.
Speaker 1: So when you come out with the first series in
Speaker 1: your own defense, you're saying, the last thing we want
Speaker 1: is to allow the Giants to move the ball down
Speaker 1: the field and put points on the board. So Jordan
Speaker 1: Higgs being able to get his hand in there to
Speaker 1: deflect that pass and Cam Move being right there Johnny
Speaker 1: on the spot to take advantage of it, set up
Speaker 1: the offense in great scoring position. Offense takes advantage of it.
Speaker 1: They don't kick three, they get to touchdown. Great throw
Speaker 1: from Carson Wentz across his body to al Sean Jeffrey.
Speaker 1: I thought that was the turning point early in the game.
Speaker 1: It gave the Eagles the confidence and the momentum and
Speaker 1: the momentum that they needed on the road in a
Speaker 1: game like this. They needed something positive that happened early
Speaker 1: for them, and it happened early, and I think that
Speaker 1: was the play, the turnative form. Yeah, I would agree
Speaker 1: that by and large that was really the tone center
Speaker 1: for the evening is the interception right off the first drive.
Speaker 1: But the turning point for me, I'm gonna stay in
Speaker 1: the first quarter and I'm gonna go after the Eagles
Speaker 1: second possession not after they score the touchdown, but after
Speaker 1: their second possession they punted the ball pinned the Giant's deep.
Speaker 1: Great job in their apart from that regard, So the
Speaker 1: Giants line up inside the ten yard line. Michael Bennett
Speaker 1: for the second straight game, gets a sack off the edge,
Speaker 1: beats the highly paid Nate Soldier off the edge gets
Speaker 1: the second Eli man forces a fumble, Solder actually comes
Speaker 1: over to recover it. The balls at the goal line
Speaker 1: at that point, so for the second straight game, Bennett
Speaker 1: gets a sack. Whereas we go to last week where
Speaker 1: the Eagles had the Vikings pinned deep in their own
Speaker 1: territory and what happened. The Eagles brought the blitz Kirk
Speaker 1: Cousins threw a prayer up for am Theeland who beat
Speaker 1: Jail and Mills. They were out of their own territory,
Speaker 1: they were marching down the field. They were able to
Speaker 1: add to their lead at that point. And that really
Speaker 1: was a turn point of that ball game. Where here
Speaker 1: the Eels don't allow the Giants to escape. They kind
Speaker 1: of put their foot on their throat so to speak,
Speaker 1: and make sure to get the ball back to lead
Speaker 1: to more points for them. So the defense taking advantage
Speaker 1: of the goodfield opportunity to creating more opportunities for the
Speaker 1: Eagles overall. For me, that to me showed that the
Speaker 1: defense was there to play. And once again another strong
Speaker 1: game from Michael Bennett coming off the edge. He can
Speaker 1: come off the edge. He came from up the middle,
Speaker 1: you know, being the guard wall or Hernandez here in
Speaker 1: the game tonight, you saw some nice moves from that perspective.
Speaker 1: So for me, seeing the Giants pinned and the Eels
Speaker 1: capitalizing on that was the turning point to say that,
Speaker 1: you know what, the defense is here to stand tall
Speaker 1: and not allow the Giants to bring him back in
Speaker 1: the ball game. Yeah, and you and you worry when
Speaker 1: we go on the road and play defense. We just
Speaker 1: haven't been the same defense on the road that we've
Speaker 1: been at home. So I love that as a turning
Speaker 1: point as well, Chris, because we weren't sure. I know,
Speaker 1: I wasn't sure. How does defense show up tonight. We
Speaker 1: talked about ELI having success in the past against this defense,
Speaker 1: particularly last year, two games eight hundred plus yards throwing.
Speaker 1: Just didn't know how this was gonna be. And I
Speaker 1: gotta get a defense a lot of credit these skill
Speaker 1: position players that the Giants have are very difficult to contain.
Speaker 1: And the only way you can do it, I have
Speaker 1: a chance to do it is if you affect Eli
Speaker 1: in the pocket, and that starts with the guys up front.
Speaker 1: And like you said, Michael Bennett helped set the tone
Speaker 1: early an early sack on Eli, Manny Fletcher had a
Speaker 1: sack on him, Destiny Ball had a sack on him,
Speaker 1: Nigel Bradham had a sack on him. So all those
Speaker 1: are all the things that you need to do to
Speaker 1: this Giant's offense in order to slow down Odell Beckham,
Speaker 1: Junior Sterling Shepherd, and say Kwan Barkley, you need to
Speaker 1: be able to affect a quarterback in the pocket because
Speaker 1: if he has time to get the ball to these guys,
Speaker 1: eventually they will hurt you. So I thought it was
Speaker 1: a great night from the d line showing up. All right,
Speaker 1: speak up, skill position players. We're gonna hear from quarterback
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz in a few moments. But first up, we
Speaker 1: all want to know what the running game will look
Speaker 1: like now that JGI is shelf for this season with
Speaker 1: the torn acl well, Wendell Smallwood stepped up in a
Speaker 1: huge way and Eagle's entire days, but they were caught
Speaker 1: up with him after the game. Wendel Smallwood, how big
Speaker 1: was this win for the Eagles? It was huge for us.
Speaker 1: It was huge. We felt like we got our swagger back. Halftime,
Speaker 1: we were all smiles. Man, we knew what we could
Speaker 1: do and we knew we had to bring it, bring
Speaker 1: it back this weekend, show everybody what we got in us,
Speaker 1: and I think we showed it today. Man. We were tough,
Speaker 1: We were dominant all games. There was no question whether
Speaker 1: we is gonna win this game. And I feel like
Speaker 1: we got our swag back. We're ready to go. We're
Speaker 1: gonna be rolling come next week. We wanted to get
Speaker 1: something going in the first quarter. You did fourteen to
Speaker 1: three lead. What went so right in that first quarter
Speaker 1: just execution. We executed the plays. We made the plays
Speaker 1: that we make all the time. We dominated the control
Speaker 1: of the line of skirmage, and everybody bawled up. How
Speaker 1: great is this weekend off gonna be. It's gonna it's
Speaker 1: gonna be great, It's gonna be well deserved. But I
Speaker 1: feel like we got ahead of steam rolloots next week.
Speaker 1: So everybody were put an everybody on notice. Thanks Wayne,
Speaker 1: Proud of Wendell for stepping up the way he has
Speaker 1: this season. Again, first couple of years in the league,
Speaker 1: you know, injuries marred his development, kept him off the
Speaker 1: football field. You know a lot of people were wondering
Speaker 1: whether he would make the team out of camp this
Speaker 1: year because you had Darrence Browles coming back yet Jagie
Speaker 1: Corey Clement going into the second year, josh Am had
Speaker 1: shown a lot of promise. Do you need a fifth
Speaker 1: running back? Do you need Wendell Smallwood on the roster?
Speaker 1: And he's taken advantage of all the opportunities here. Still
Speaker 1: needs to hold on to that ball in the third
Speaker 1: core That was the one worrisome moment here in the
Speaker 1: game time that could have brought the Giants back that
Speaker 1: you could argue that was a turning point because that
Speaker 1: pretty much eliminated any chance of a Giant's comeback. But nonetheless,
Speaker 1: Smallwood has been very physical running in between the tackles.
Speaker 1: He's improving as a pass catcher out of the backfield.
Speaker 1: He did have that one drop last week against the
Speaker 1: Vikings in the red zone that was very critical. Stepped
Speaker 1: up and was much better from that faster tonight. Overall though,
Speaker 1: love the way that he's running the football and allowing
Speaker 1: the Eagles have a nice rotation between he and Corey
Speaker 1: Clement out there on the field. Yeah, just doing his job.
Speaker 1: Man's fourth year in the league, and I'm pretty sure
Speaker 1: he's happy that he's finally healthy and can show what
Speaker 1: he's capable of doing. And credit to the Eagles coaching staff,
Speaker 1: They're giving him the opportunity to go out there and
Speaker 1: show what he can do. Now. I know we have
Speaker 1: some guys down, so some may say, well, they don't
Speaker 1: have anybody else left to give the ball too. Well,
Speaker 1: I guess that could be true in some instances. But
Speaker 1: when you had Corey Clement ready to go tonight, and
Speaker 1: you have Josh Adams active and ready to go tonight,
Speaker 1: you certainly could have gone in that direction. But I
Speaker 1: think Windale Smallwood has earned some touches over the last
Speaker 1: couple couple of weeks. I think he's earned the trust
Speaker 1: of his coaches. Like you said, got to do better
Speaker 1: job keeping that ball security. You want to make sure
Speaker 1: you take care of that. But I think there are
Speaker 1: far more positive things that Windale's doing when he has
Speaker 1: the ball in his hands that shows that. It's encouraging
Speaker 1: because it shows that he's getting better each and every week.
Speaker 1: We have to remember it's his fourth year, but he
Speaker 1: hasn't played a lot of football from the running back
Speaker 1: position during his career here as an Eagle, I would
Speaker 1: dare to say this may be the most he's played
Speaker 1: as a running back from a regular down perspective. And
Speaker 1: won't go overboard with it. Not spectacling and not about
Speaker 1: to see here and tell you he's on his way
Speaker 1: to the Pro Bowl or anything of that nature. But
Speaker 1: I think for what they're asking him to do, he's
Speaker 1: more than capable of doing it, and I think he's
Speaker 1: done better than a serviceable job, considering that there's been
Speaker 1: games where he was really the only healthy running back
Speaker 1: out there and had the shoulder that load. So good job,
Speaker 1: Windelle Smallwood. Keep getting better, young man, and as long
Speaker 1: as you continue to get better, these coaches that will
Speaker 1: continue to trust him and give him opportunities to show
Speaker 1: what he can do. So as we wait to hear
Speaker 1: from quarterback Carson Wentz, the Eagles winning this game first
Speaker 1: MCST game of the season, no one to know in
Speaker 1: the division, and you know, at three and three, I
Speaker 1: have the best record Washington is two and two, you know,
Speaker 1: after losing Monday night too, And we have these standings
Speaker 1: home up on the screen here Washington losing to the
Speaker 1: Saints on Monday night. So five hundred record across the board.
Speaker 1: No as a winging record at this point, but looking
Speaker 1: at the other teams in the division and seeing the
Speaker 1: way this game unfolded tonight as we wait for Carson Wentz,
Speaker 1: I'm just thankful that the Eagles have the franchise quarterback
Speaker 1: like they have in number eleven, because you look at
Speaker 1: the Giants and Eli Manning. He's in the twilight of
Speaker 1: his career. You played against him, you know when you
Speaker 1: were here in Philadelphia. Okay, that was his rookie season
Speaker 1: of two two thousand and four. But certainly he's not
Speaker 1: the Eli of old that he's been having his struggles
Speaker 1: and there's a lot of questions about his future in
Speaker 1: New York. Washington has gone with Alex Smith, who has
Speaker 1: been a trusty veteran, but again he's on the decline
Speaker 1: as well. Kansas City felt they needed to go with
Speaker 1: the man of the future and the president and Patrick Mahomes,
Speaker 1: and so far it looks like they've made the right
Speaker 1: decision there to jettison Alex Smith to Washington and then
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott had a strong rookie season, but that struggled
Speaker 1: mightily since. And even though yet they have a very
Speaker 1: good offensive line which actually is not performed as well
Speaker 1: as previous years, you know, outstanding franchise back in Zeke Elliott.
Speaker 1: Still that offense is struggling. So top the bomb, you
Speaker 1: have to be very thankful as an Eagles fan that
Speaker 1: you have a young, ascending quarterback who's already shown that
Speaker 1: he could play at an MVP type level and is
Speaker 1: just continuing to get better here. Yeah, I Eagles found
Speaker 1: themselves in a very good position. They put themselves in
Speaker 1: this very good position because, in my opinion, they had
Speaker 1: the three most important facets that you need to have
Speaker 1: a winning team in place. All right, let's hear from
Speaker 1: number eleven himself, Carson Wentz at MetLife Stadium struggled offensively
Speaker 1: red zone. Kind of feel like you've beating yourselves. You
Speaker 1: talked about it last week. To do what you guys
Speaker 1: did tonight, and how proud are you of yourself in
Speaker 1: this offense? Yeah, I thought it was huge obviously, just
Speaker 1: first of all, overall, it's a big win for us.
Speaker 1: You know, a NFC East, UM finally get that conference going.
Speaker 1: UM short week like it was, UM cleaned up a
Speaker 1: handful of mistakes. Obviously we weren't perfect to night, but UM,
Speaker 1: come out early in the first quarter, get points on
Speaker 1: the board, get point on the board, that first drive
Speaker 1: right away. UM, that stuff was huge. So it was
Speaker 1: a bit big win for it was the lead. What
Speaker 1: changed in terms of the play calling. I mean, I mean,
Speaker 1: you guys saw it. I mean it's still smiler. UM.
Speaker 1: I think we're just everyone's a more dynamic team when
Speaker 1: you have the lead. UM. Defense kind of feeds off that.
Speaker 1: It's always big for us to get up early. And
Speaker 1: like I've I mean I've told you guys countless times.
Speaker 1: I mean we preached start fast, UM, and tonight we
Speaker 1: finally did that. Why do you think you're able to
Speaker 1: start fast? I mean the defense made heck of a play.
Speaker 1: He'd even made a huge play, put us in great
Speaker 1: field position, UM, and then all shown and I just
Speaker 1: made a play on that third down, A line held up,
Speaker 1: and from then it just kind of felt like we
Speaker 1: were rolling from there. Last year, it took a little
Speaker 1: while from you when al Shan seemed to get in sank.
Speaker 1: That hasn't been an issue. What is it? Just familiarity?
Speaker 1: What's the difference. I mean you could say that, you
Speaker 1: can say familiarity. I mean, obviously we still and get
Speaker 1: a huge offseason together. We were both rehabbing and stuff. So, um,
Speaker 1: I think just last year just playing playing games on
Speaker 1: the field. Um, just getting more comfortable with each other
Speaker 1: as the year went on. I think that paid huge
Speaker 1: dividends in terms of progression. On the first touchdown, he
Speaker 1: kind of take us through that played. Um, he was
Speaker 1: actually the first read, but they had him double double covered,
Speaker 1: and uh, they really had everything else covered well. So
Speaker 1: though line did a great job of holding up and
Speaker 1: down there. I mean when we're in the red zone,
Speaker 1: sometimes you just got to improvise, and you know it's
Speaker 1: not always the smartest thing to throw back across your body.
Speaker 1: But when you got a guy like al sehon and
Speaker 1: back at the ends and you can really trust him
Speaker 1: to make a play. Talk. They were to talk about
Speaker 1: you holding the ball too long. Obviously that was six
Speaker 1: and a half seconds, and you talked about yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean that's just part of it. You know, there's there's
Speaker 1: there's good plays and bad plays that come from it,
Speaker 1: so sometimes you got to live with it. And uh,
Speaker 1: tonight we unfortunately made some good ones. You guys looking
Speaker 1: forward and move forward here? How much confidence can this
Speaker 1: one win? And the things that you did tonight, even
Speaker 1: though I know you want to be better, but the
Speaker 1: things that you did, how much can you guys build up?
Speaker 1: Because I mean it's huge. Obviously, being three and three
Speaker 1: is a heck of a lot better than being two
Speaker 1: and four, being one and own the division. Um, there's
Speaker 1: definitely things we can build on. We can kind of
Speaker 1: use it as momentum now and I'm kind of pointing
Speaker 1: to some things that say, hey, this is who we are.
Speaker 1: Don't forget that and then build build from here. What
Speaker 1: does it mean to you to have your high scoring
Speaker 1: game of the year with you know, just so those
Speaker 1: young offensive linemen in they're finishing the game, we're at
Speaker 1: a big B and Isaac CML. Yeah, I mean it's
Speaker 1: huge for those guys. Um. The nice thing about our
Speaker 1: line is we feel we have depth. We feel like
Speaker 1: when an a tackle goes down, V steps in when
Speaker 1: someone else goes down at guard. You know, always came
Speaker 1: in tonight Isaac the last couple of games. Um, we
Speaker 1: just feel like we have really good depth there and
Speaker 1: we're fortunate in that regard. So those guys played great tonight,
Speaker 1: Agila were added like getting warm tipped than that. I
Speaker 1: was a blessing from above, that's for sure. I thought
Speaker 1: that was going right to landon Collins and Nelly just
Speaker 1: snuck right in and took it. From from what Alshan
Speaker 1: gives you on the field, just from a kind of
Speaker 1: a confidence personality standpoint, what does he mean for the offense?
Speaker 1: I mean he's he's a leader. You know, he's, you know,
Speaker 1: very soft spoken, as you guys probably know, but he
Speaker 1: works his tail off. He works his tail off, and
Speaker 1: you know what you're gonna get with him weekend and
Speaker 1: week out, and just an awesome guy to have, having
Speaker 1: the locker room, awesome got to have on the field,
Speaker 1: and he makes plays all the time. She like he
Speaker 1: used kind of everybody today, Corey coud passes, Jordan had
Speaker 1: those two first downs in a row there, Alshan's getting involved.
Speaker 1: How big is it to kind of that you're not
Speaker 1: just Nelson and Zach, You're kind of involving everybody. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's that's huge. I think really that's kind of we
Speaker 1: did a lot last year. You know, we just really
Speaker 1: you could look in the statute every week and there'll
Speaker 1: be seven, eight, nine guys here and there, and that's
Speaker 1: just something that coach does a great job of just
Speaker 1: spreading the ball out a gatting those guys in space
Speaker 1: to make plays. And guys were making plays tonight. Were
Speaker 1: some of the differences. It's the game in a long
Speaker 1: terms of protection on the offensive line, some hits it
Speaker 1: early on. What changed, I don't know if much change.
Speaker 1: I think just those guys settled in and U some
Speaker 1: of them early. You know, I could have probably helped
Speaker 1: out as well, But I'll have to go back and
Speaker 1: watch the film. But I think more than anything, those
Speaker 1: guys just settled in and we're playing fast and confidently.
Speaker 1: Al Sean said on the screen, you guys borrowed that
Speaker 1: one from the Patriots. I think we're at last what
Speaker 1: coach kind of gets credit for that? When does that
Speaker 1: come to you guys during the week and then you
Speaker 1: implemented here and so we're always watching, you know, plays
Speaker 1: across the league. UM coaches do a great job of
Speaker 1: that of implementing things, UM seeing what what's working around
Speaker 1: the league and bringing those up and so, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: they schemed that one up and it was definitely an
Speaker 1: easy passing touchdown for me. I'll take it. And so
Speaker 1: from your perspective, it was different tonight that wasn't there
Speaker 1: in the past five games. Um, you know, that's that's
Speaker 1: a good question. You know. I think more than anything,
Speaker 1: we just think we stayed ahead of the chains. I
Speaker 1: think we didn't shoot ourselves in the foot much better. Um.
Speaker 1: And then really offensively and defensively, we just fed off
Speaker 1: each other, you know. I think that's something we do
Speaker 1: so well when we get that role in and so
Speaker 1: tonight it was good to get going impressive. Wasn't the
Speaker 1: Lane late on that angle injury as as it was? Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't really know the extent of it. Um. I
Speaker 1: know Lane's warrior, though, I know he's gonna give it
Speaker 1: everything he's gotten. Um, you know, it was great to
Speaker 1: have him out there as for sure. How important was
Speaker 1: it to get Corey back in the offense, especially losing
Speaker 1: Jay was so disappointing to happen. I can in the mix. Yeah,
Speaker 1: core is a huge part of this offense. You know,
Speaker 1: you saw it, especially later last year of what he
Speaker 1: kind of brings both in the passing game and in
Speaker 1: the running game, screens and everything else that he does.
Speaker 1: So I'm getting him involved. M was huge and and
Speaker 1: really just keep kind of mixing up those running backs
Speaker 1: and getting them touches in different ways. Uh, something coach
Speaker 1: does a great job of. And those guys are huge
Speaker 1: for us for the end. So dude, what do you
Speaker 1: see about him that kind of I mean he he
Speaker 1: scores a lot of touchdowns for a guy that doesn't
Speaker 1: touch the ball out Yeah, I mean he hits the whole,
Speaker 1: you know, I think more than anything you see when
Speaker 1: he when he's in there, when he's running, he attacks
Speaker 1: that hole and he hits it hard. And um, I
Speaker 1: think that that brings up a lot of touchdowns because
Speaker 1: of it. Were going into this game beature. Did you
Speaker 1: feel like you had to put the team on your
Speaker 1: back or do anything about that nature? No, not at all.
Speaker 1: You know, I feel like we're such a balance office.
Speaker 1: You know, we got you know, great guys up front
Speaker 1: both run blocking and that can open some lanes and
Speaker 1: the right backs to do their job. So you know,
Speaker 1: I don't by I never feel like I got to
Speaker 1: take it on my back, so to speak. And you know,
Speaker 1: I just spread the ball out and get these guys
Speaker 1: touches however we can, and coach does a great job
Speaker 1: of designing the game plan each week. So again it
Speaker 1: was really good team win to night. Like you guys
Speaker 1: are able to sprinkling some RPOs with they were they
Speaker 1: defending them defense differently than they had other teams that
Speaker 1: have been doing. And why did they work? Everyone defends
Speaker 1: them a little differently, you know, I think everyone just
Speaker 1: plays their their normal defense to it. So the tonight
Speaker 1: they were a little different, and um, they were working
Speaker 1: to night. So you know, like like I think I
Speaker 1: said last week, we really have them in every week,
Speaker 1: and um, if they're working, we'll kind of come back
Speaker 1: to him here and there, and if they're not, we
Speaker 1: kind of get away from him. That's just kind of
Speaker 1: the way it goes. We make a play for going
Speaker 1: across your body and it results in a touchdown. When
Speaker 1: you go back to the sideline, what do the coaches say, nothing?
Speaker 1: Good play? Do you take pride in the fact that
Speaker 1: you now not only went to three and three, but
Speaker 1: you will so knocked the other team if you beat
Speaker 1: tonight to one in five and It's almost like, you know,
Speaker 1: you put your foot on their neck a little bit
Speaker 1: and knock them out of contention, didn't you know? Where
Speaker 1: we just we just look at it as one to
Speaker 1: o in the conference. You know, I think that's huge
Speaker 1: for us to just get the conference. Uh started out
Speaker 1: the right way to get the division going. Um, we
Speaker 1: want to know, and really tied at the top show
Speaker 1: to speak. So that's definitely good succession. All right. This
Speaker 1: quarterback Carson Wentz very interesting that he was asked that
Speaker 1: after the JGI injury whether or not he felt pressure
Speaker 1: to put the team on his back, and you know,
Speaker 1: he said, we have faith in everyone across the board.
Speaker 1: We knew the small Wood and Clement could step up,
Speaker 1: the offensive line would be able to protect better and
Speaker 1: you know, open up holes in a run game. But
Speaker 1: for me, if I thought Wentz did pretty much put
Speaker 1: the team on his back. And certainly the offensive line
Speaker 1: did play better, and small Wood and Clement stepped up.
Speaker 1: But you got big contributions from you know, Alston, Jeffrey
Speaker 1: zach Ertz and many other players which help. But Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz was sharp, He was effective in the pocket, used
Speaker 1: his legs. The accuracy was there, made some big time
Speaker 1: throws outstanding in situational football. Again complete his first ten
Speaker 1: passing attempt on third down. The team was four or
Speaker 1: six in the red zone. You look at the numbers here,
Speaker 1: two hundred and seventy yards, three touchdowns, you know, seventy
Speaker 1: two percent completion percentage. He was the MVP. He was
Speaker 1: the guy who shined for this offense. Knowing that you're
Speaker 1: not going to have, you know, all of your weapons
Speaker 1: available there in the run game. Yeah, this kid has
Speaker 1: been here for less than two and a half years.
Speaker 1: We watched him play every game, and the wins that
Speaker 1: they have in the games that he starts in, I
Speaker 1: don't remember them winning the game where he doesn't play well.
Speaker 1: So yes, he is the reason when they win. He
Speaker 1: is at the forefront of it. Not that the other
Speaker 1: guys aren't needed to do their jobs, but when this
Speaker 1: team starts winning games when he doesn't play well, that's
Speaker 1: when I'll say he doesn't need to play well in
Speaker 1: order for them to win. In order for this team
Speaker 1: to win games, in order for this offense to be effective,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz needs to be on point and thank goodness
Speaker 1: for us that ay he plays for the Eagles and B.
Speaker 1: For the majority of his career, he's been on point.
Speaker 1: That's why he's won the majority of the games that
Speaker 1: he's been a starter in. Tonight was no different. He
Speaker 1: typically comes in focus, locked in, ready to roll, and
Speaker 1: tonight was no different. He knew, he knew how important
Speaker 1: this game was. That's a big reason why I didn't
Speaker 1: have much of a concern as to whether or not
Speaker 1: if he was going to be ready to go tonight.
Speaker 1: I knew he would be ready to go tonight. You
Speaker 1: just needed his teammates to raise their level of play
Speaker 1: to meet him. And what I mean by that is
Speaker 1: is that you know, it's only so much Carson can
Speaker 1: do when you get a penalty for false starts, for
Speaker 1: illegal procedures, for holding calls, things of that nature. He
Speaker 1: can't dig you out of every hole. He can't dig
Speaker 1: you out of every second and twenty third and twenty five.
Speaker 1: You know, he can't perform magic like that every time,
Speaker 1: although last year he did it pretty much last year.
Speaker 1: And sometimes teammates can get a false sense of security that, oh,
Speaker 1: it'll be okay, he will dig us out of the hole.
Speaker 1: So and I'm glad he doesn't have the mindset in
Speaker 1: which the way I'm speaking so gloringly about him. He
Speaker 1: just goes out and does his job and he expects
Speaker 1: everyone else to do their job. And so that's the
Speaker 1: type of leader you want. You know, he's not gonna
Speaker 1: take any He's not gonna cut any corners when it
Speaker 1: comes to preparation, when it comes to being focused. When
Speaker 1: you hit the field, that's what you're gonna get. And
Speaker 1: that's what I love about him as a player. It
Speaker 1: isn't this roller coaster up and down type of play
Speaker 1: where you don't know what you're gonna get when he's
Speaker 1: out there. You know what type of player you're gonna
Speaker 1: get from Carson Wentz when he steps on the field.
Speaker 1: It's just a matter of everyone else doing their job
Speaker 1: so that he can be even more effective. And I
Speaker 1: thought he was flawless for the most part to night.
Speaker 1: You didn't need him to throw the ball forty five
Speaker 1: fifty times the night. He was able to throw the
Speaker 1: ball with effectiveness in the red zone. We talked about
Speaker 1: the ten straight completions on third down that he had,
Speaker 1: so you know, we have a franchise quarterback and he's
Speaker 1: one of the best in the league. And as he
Speaker 1: continues to play. He's only going to climb up that
Speaker 1: chart of the elite quarterbacks in this league, so you
Speaker 1: don't have to worry about him. In my opinion, he's
Speaker 1: not much different than some of these other quarterbacks that
Speaker 1: we quote unquote determined that they are elite. You know
Speaker 1: what you're going to get from them every time they
Speaker 1: step on the field. And I feel like Carson that
Speaker 1: is in that category because that's what it takes to
Speaker 1: be in that category. Consistent play, knock the up and
Speaker 1: down like we see from Eli up in New York.
Speaker 1: The consistent play weekend and week out is what allows
Speaker 1: you to be in that status with the upper echelon
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in this league. Let's find out what the head coach,
Speaker 1: Doug Pearson thought of Carson Wentz his performance. Mike Quick
Speaker 1: went from the radio booth down to the locker room
Speaker 1: area to interview the head coach one on one. Let's
Speaker 1: bring you that interview right now. Coach Adulations, you got
Speaker 1: off to a good start, something that you haven't been
Speaker 1: able to do for a couple of weeks. How important
Speaker 1: was that part of the game. I think it was
Speaker 1: everything to get a really good start in this football game. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, something we talk about each week, trying to
Speaker 1: trying to start fast, especially offensively. I think I think
Speaker 1: you know, early on defense, early part of the season,
Speaker 1: defense was doing extremely well three and out and get
Speaker 1: the offense the ball. But tonight it was it was
Speaker 1: a credit to the defense stopping them getting a quick
Speaker 1: turnover obviously in that first quarter. Offense turning around and
Speaker 1: putting some points on the board, and and uh, it
Speaker 1: was good to see that that. Uh, you know, the
Speaker 1: things we're talking about are sort of coming coming true.
Speaker 1: The offensive line seemed to have a real strong day,
Speaker 1: keeping the pressure off of Carson Wins again, something that
Speaker 1: you needed in this offense. How big was that for
Speaker 1: the win? It was big. Um, you know, it's a
Speaker 1: good it's a good front, and it's a big front,
Speaker 1: physical front. And of course was u you know, with
Speaker 1: Vernon coming back, you know it was it was a
Speaker 1: challenge there as a pass rusher, and um, a lot
Speaker 1: of the guys really battled hung in there, did a
Speaker 1: nice job and uh, you know, he took a couple
Speaker 1: hits early and then we you know, I had to
Speaker 1: I had to kind of rethink things and get some
Speaker 1: more quick passing, get out of his hands, we get
Speaker 1: more some RPO stuff and kind of help settle everybody
Speaker 1: into the game. And uh, and we were able to
Speaker 1: take off from there. Everybody's been talking about the run
Speaker 1: pass ratio. I think you threw it thirty six times,
Speaker 1: you ran it thirty one times. Um, you're gonna hear
Speaker 1: a lot about that. Talk about that a little bit. Listen,
Speaker 1: anytime you're your first and ten to you know, second
Speaker 1: down and and six, five or four, because you're running
Speaker 1: the football and you're staying ahead of the chaine, you're
Speaker 1: not shooting yourself in the foot with a negative rush
Speaker 1: or penalty. You can do more of that and you
Speaker 1: can run the ball a little bit more, and then
Speaker 1: and then being able to you know, and then even
Speaker 1: by scheme, you know, we were in our twelve personnel,
Speaker 1: they stayed in nicol they stayed you know, five dbs
Speaker 1: and gave us the ability to run the ball a
Speaker 1: little bit more towards you know, against the smaller and
Speaker 1: smaller you know front and so that helps a little bit.
Speaker 1: But anytime we can we can stay ahead of the
Speaker 1: chains and be managed more on first down and do
Speaker 1: well there. Whether it's play acts, you pass, it's the
Speaker 1: run game, quick passing. Then then good things are gonna
Speaker 1: happen for You're much better in the red zone tonight.
Speaker 1: Was that schematically or where things just executed better? Talk
Speaker 1: about your red zone play. You know, I think I
Speaker 1: just executed better. The sense of urgency. Obviously a short week,
Speaker 1: we kind of you know, you know, it's it's we
Speaker 1: kind of went back to some of the basic stuff
Speaker 1: we did coming out of training camp, and even some
Speaker 1: of the things we ran earlier in the season that
Speaker 1: we didn't call in games. We were able to put
Speaker 1: in a game plan like this, And um, so guys,
Speaker 1: guys have time on tasks. It's important to me. They
Speaker 1: um that they can they can have repeat plays and
Speaker 1: and and and do do well executing. So us credit
Speaker 1: to the players. You talk about this short week, but
Speaker 1: now tell me, how are you going to handle this
Speaker 1: long it's almost like a mini buy And what will
Speaker 1: you do with this? You know, the players to get
Speaker 1: some time, you know, to to to rest reflect. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, look, look at the first six weeks of
Speaker 1: the season. Coaches should be in the office on Friday,
Speaker 1: and you know, we'll have our injured players and get
Speaker 1: treatment and all that and then just kind of gear up.
Speaker 1: You know, we got another couple of weeks here, We
Speaker 1: got two weeks coming up from the Panthers, and we
Speaker 1: go to London and then we get a full break.
Speaker 1: So I just want them to want him to get rested,
Speaker 1: get away for a few, you know, a few days,
Speaker 1: and then come back. Greaty go, Thanks coach again, congratulations.
Speaker 1: Great interview is always from Mike Quick and chatting there
Speaker 1: with Doug Pearson. Okay, so we know it's getting late
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Speaker 1: inside the film room Franny Film Room Fran Duffy, our
Speaker 1: Eagles game plan producer and NFL Film Seior producer, Greg
Speaker 1: co Sell. They break down the key play in at
Speaker 1: least in ice eyes, the turning point of this contest
Speaker 1: Commu Gruge's Hill interception of Eli man in the first
Speaker 1: quarter on the game's opening drive, which then was turned
Speaker 1: into the Eagles first points of the game. Gentlemen, take
Speaker 1: it away, well, we wanted to fast start from this
Speaker 1: Eagles team, and we got it. They nearly forced a
Speaker 1: fumble on the opening kickoff, and then on the second
Speaker 1: play on defense we get an interception from Commu Gruge
Speaker 1: Hill against Eli Manning. Greg, let's take a look here.
Speaker 1: Let's break this play down for us. What are we
Speaker 1: seeing here? Before the snap and they do something a
Speaker 1: little different. We talked about their past defense in a
Speaker 1: little change up here on the second play of the game. Now,
Speaker 1: notice that the Giants have three receivers. They have two
Speaker 1: tight ends and the wide receiver to that side of
Speaker 1: the field, to the wide side of the field. So
Speaker 1: that is now the passing strength because they have three
Speaker 1: receivers to that side. So now what the Eagles who
Speaker 1: are going to do actually is something we don't see
Speaker 1: them do a lot of their predominant Cover three, single
Speaker 1: high safety defense. Here. They're going to play what we
Speaker 1: call an inverted Cover two and by that I mean
Speaker 1: what's going to happen is that's Ronald Darby. He's actually
Speaker 1: going to drop. He's a corner. He's going to drop
Speaker 1: and play the safety position the deep path to the field.
Speaker 1: Malcolm Jenkins right now, who's kind of in the box,
Speaker 1: He's going to become the underneath Cover two defender, normally
Speaker 1: a position for the corner. He's a safety. So that's
Speaker 1: the inverted two part of it. Now, the next player
Speaker 1: who's really important here is Jordan Hicks. And Jordan Hicks,
Speaker 1: what he's going to do, and this is one reason
Speaker 1: you know it's Cover two is that middle whole defender
Speaker 1: he opens and turns his body to the passing strength,
Speaker 1: meaning the three wide receiver side of the formation. That's
Speaker 1: the passing strength. And that's exactly what he does. And
Speaker 1: that is a dead giveaway that it's covered two and
Speaker 1: not cover three, because it's a total difference in technique.
Speaker 1: So let's run this. Keep your eye on Hicks in particular,
Speaker 1: look at him open up, and then freeze it right here.
Speaker 1: See you know why this is a great job, fan,
Speaker 1: because what does the middle hole defender normally do? He
Speaker 1: drops deep? Yep, but why drop deep if there's no
Speaker 1: one there and cover grass. This is a great job
Speaker 1: by Hicks seeing the tight end and instead of just
Speaker 1: dropping deep and saying, hey, coach, I did my job.
Speaker 1: I was the middle hole defender, he's actually reacting to
Speaker 1: the receiver and to the throw and this is a
Speaker 1: great job. We can let it run now, and what
Speaker 1: happens is he's able to hit the ball into the
Speaker 1: air for the interception. Really a great job by Jordan Hicks. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and you can see just from all the different replays
Speaker 1: just how much rotation you saw on the back end.
Speaker 1: They did a little bit of this last week against Minnesota.
Speaker 1: They busted out on the second play, you can see
Speaker 1: a Vonte Maddox on the top of the scre he's
Speaker 1: rotating in the middle half. But then you see that
Speaker 1: great job there by Jordan Hicks disrupting that ball at
Speaker 1: the catchpoint, knocking it up. Huge start here for this
Speaker 1: Eagles defense. So Commo gets the interception brings them back
Speaker 1: into the red zone. Two plays later they reached the
Speaker 1: end zone. And that was our Rico review Kersey of
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Speaker 1: gonna kick things off here with defense. Okay, we're showing
Speaker 1: lots of love to do offense. But Royal Darby, Okay,
Speaker 1: you're probably thinking he didn't have any interceptions. Grugia Hill
Speaker 1: had the big interception, the one turnover of the game.
Speaker 1: But Roald Darby had locked down coverage, whether it was
Speaker 1: against Odell Beckham, primarily Odell Beckham, Sterling Shepherd, whomever was.
Speaker 1: Ronald Darby was outstanding and coverage tonight and bounced back
Speaker 1: in a big way and really represents for me, like
Speaker 1: the secondary as a whole. Because Mills bowed back in
Speaker 1: a big way. Avante Max had to play multiple positions
Speaker 1: where Soul Douglas had to go in at safety. Malcolm
Speaker 1: Jenkins had a tough assignment trying to track down sa
Speaker 1: Quon Barkley, but overall just seemed like every time that
Speaker 1: Eli May wanted to go to his go to guy,
Speaker 1: Ronald Darby was in position. Four pass breakups on the night. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and that's what you want to see other than interceptions.
Speaker 1: You like seeing those past deflections. That means as a dB,
Speaker 1: he's getting his hands on the ball. More importantly, the
Speaker 1: receiver is not catching the ball. So I'm not all
Speaker 1: that concerned about cornerbacks coming up and making tackles. That's
Speaker 1: the bad. Let's think about our corners. They will come
Speaker 1: up and tackle, so that's a bonus. But when you're
Speaker 1: coaching dbs, you want those pass deflections and you want interceptions.
Speaker 1: And I thought tonight, like you said, was a great
Speaker 1: bounce back night for not just ron Darby, but really
Speaker 1: the second dary in general, as they were able to
Speaker 1: basically keep everything in front of them tonight. All right,
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Speaker 1: Week Number seventeen, al Sean Jeffrey got the first touchdown
Speaker 1: of the game, catching that pass that Carson wentz through.
Speaker 1: Across his body breaking open against the Norris Jenkins, then
Speaker 1: scoring a second touchdown later on in the game off
Speaker 1: a tunnel screen where it looked like they were gonna
Speaker 1: get the falls him because he should have had the
Speaker 1: touchdown to play before, and they were like, we'll get
Speaker 1: you yours. Alshan, we got you, We'll get you in
Speaker 1: the end zone there. But you know, Carson Wentz and
Speaker 1: Alshon Jeffrey, the connection between the two has been sensational
Speaker 1: since Carson Wentz has come back from the knee injury. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I love everything about those numbers that were just up
Speaker 1: there for al Shan. Twelve targets, eight catches. I'll even
Speaker 1: take seventy five yards, two touchdowns, you know, red zone touchdowns.
Speaker 1: That's what al Sean was brought here for. He's not
Speaker 1: the type of players just gonna blow blue, blow the
Speaker 1: top off of the defense. He is a big body,
Speaker 1: possession receiver guy showing the ability to give you a
Speaker 1: little bit of run after the catch so far this
Speaker 1: season as well, but most importantly, all of his touchdowns
Speaker 1: have come in the red zone since he's been back.
Speaker 1: That's what they brought him there for. That's one of
Speaker 1: the things they were missing during the time that he
Speaker 1: was out, and what third game back he now has
Speaker 1: three touchdowns. You could tell he and Carson. I don't
Speaker 1: know where they've gotten the practice time in together, but
Speaker 1: it seems like they are clearly on the same page
Speaker 1: a lot earlier this season than they were last year,
Speaker 1: which bodes well for this offense because they're only gonna
Speaker 1: get better as the season goes along. Al Shonton brings
Speaker 1: a swagger to the offense as well. Okay, Carson said
Speaker 1: during his press conference at Alshan's very soft spoken, but
Speaker 1: there's an edge to Alshon Jeffrey Breakson, and it's been missing.
Speaker 1: It was missing early on in the season, but once
Speaker 1: he got in the lineup against Tennessee, you saw that
Speaker 1: he was bringing that dynamic playmaking ability back to the offense.
Speaker 1: All right, last, but not least. I mean, obviously we're
Speaker 1: gonna go with number eleven here. All Right, you're completing
Speaker 1: seventy two percent of your passes, three touchdowns, taking care
Speaker 1: of the football, no fumbles, no interceptions, using your feet
Speaker 1: to make plays as well. I mean, Carson Wentz, we
Speaker 1: were talking about this off camera ike where you know
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz not being in that conversation. He's not mentioned
Speaker 1: as one those MVP type candidates from the quarterback position
Speaker 1: right now, and you know, a little bit disservice, a
Speaker 1: little bit of disrespect, I would say, But you know,
Speaker 1: in due time, with these types of performances, he'll be
Speaker 1: back up there. Yeah, he has the ability clearly to
Speaker 1: be in that conversation year and a year out. And
Speaker 1: the only reason he's not in that conversation right now
Speaker 1: as he missed the first couple games of the season.
Speaker 1: They got some new toys that everybody likes looking at
Speaker 1: this year, and Pat Mahomes, Baker Mayfield, a lot of
Speaker 1: these guys. Jared Golf is off to a good start
Speaker 1: with his rams at five and though. But when it's
Speaker 1: all said and done, I guarantee you number eleven will
Speaker 1: have a lot to say, especially on this side of
Speaker 1: the league, in the NFC Conference. I guarantee nobody wants
Speaker 1: to see this young man coming at you full strength
Speaker 1: and really playing at a high level right now. Wait
Speaker 1: till this offense starts to click at a high level,
Speaker 1: then they're really going to be back to where they
Speaker 1: were last year. We tend to forget this team was
Speaker 1: averaging over thirty points before Carson Wentz got injured last year.
Speaker 1: So this was an offensive lad team led by Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz in his MVP campaign last year, and he seems
Speaker 1: to have picked right back up where he left off
Speaker 1: at the end of the season, which, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: it's the most I guess non story that's being talked
Speaker 1: about as it pertains to Carson Wentz's how phenomenal he's
Speaker 1: playing coming off of that reconstructive knee surgery. Most people
Speaker 1: will tell you, well, it should have take him a
Speaker 1: few games before he gets back into his rhythm. Hadn't
Speaker 1: shown anything. Man, he looks like he hasn't missed a
Speaker 1: beat at all. So I just expect him to get
Speaker 1: better as the year goes on. I'm still in that
Speaker 1: idea for a story, by the way, but Carson's performance
Speaker 1: coming oh yeah, oh yeah yeah. I just make sure
Speaker 1: you give me credit. That's all I do. I always
Speaker 1: look out for you, don't you worry? Last but not LEAs,
Speaker 1: let's look at the upcoming schedule here. The Eagles now
Speaker 1: get to enjoy the weekend ten days and then another
Speaker 1: big NFC showdown, The Carolina Panthers come to the link
Speaker 1: one pm. Game October twenty first, and it is Brian
Speaker 1: Dawkson Dawkins Celebration Day because he's gonna get his Pro
Speaker 1: Football Hall of Fame ring. There's gonna be a ceremony
Speaker 1: for him at halftime. So the link, that's that's all
Speaker 1: you need. The Panthers won't have a chance. Just let
Speaker 1: Dog go in there and talk to the team. Get
Speaker 1: every fire fired up with a couple of his dog
Speaker 1: on its, and the team will be ready to go.
Speaker 1: Man No. But in all seriousness, um, it's great that
Speaker 1: they won tonight because now we have ten days to
Speaker 1: really look forward with excitement and anticipation for another very
Speaker 1: good football team to come in here where the Eagles
Speaker 1: can sort of make some hay in this conference. Is
Speaker 1: another conference game. I'm sure Carolina will be riding high
Speaker 1: when they come here, looking to avenge last year's loss
Speaker 1: to the Eagles. So we get a couple of days
Speaker 1: to enjoy this victory tonight, But come Monday, my focus
Speaker 1: is clearly on the Panthers. I'll do a little bit
Speaker 1: of scouting this weekend. I get a chance to watch
Speaker 1: the Panthers take on the Redskins, right, I think they
Speaker 1: take on the Red Skins uh down in Washington. So
Speaker 1: that'll be a good game to watch. Hopefully they can
Speaker 1: do us a favorite boy taking care of another one
Speaker 1: of our NFC East opponents. I was gonna say that,
Speaker 1: you know, but I think everybody's get you know what.
Speaker 1: The Eagles can be in first place in the division
Speaker 1: at the end of the weekend. Nothing wrong with that whatsoever.
Speaker 1: So Carolina then against Jacksonville in London then to buy
Speaker 1: so critical stretch here for the Eagles. But again, if
Speaker 1: they can utilize this as the launch point, so to speak,
Speaker 1: of the twenty eighteen season. I mean good things happened
Speaker 1: before when they beat the Giants in an emotional early
Speaker 1: season win. Calpola them going forward, We'll see if it
Speaker 1: happens again. Here. In two thousand and eighteen, we were
Speaker 1: two and three heading to New York to take on
Speaker 1: the Giants. Looked like we were heading to two and four.
Speaker 1: About a minute and thirty left, some little guy named
Speaker 1: Brian Westbrook took the part retire for a touchdown and
Speaker 1: that propelled us. That was the spring board to nine
Speaker 1: straight wins, finishing up at twelve and four, lost to
Speaker 1: Carolina in the championship game. But I say that to say,
Speaker 1: when you're at two and three, you still got a
Speaker 1: lot of football left to play. And the Eagles they
Speaker 1: have the talent, they just need to clean up all
Speaker 1: the little minor things and they're gonna be a difficult
Speaker 1: team to beat. Two and three or three and three now,
Speaker 1: first two and four, that's for U was a huge difference.
Speaker 1: That's why it's not must win, but for all intensive purposes,
Speaker 1: they had to get the win, especially going against the
Speaker 1: New York Giants. Marks of Reese tomorrow afternoon on Sports
Speaker 1: Radio ninety four WAP. What's gonna be in store? Is
Speaker 1: gonna be? Is a celebration? Is it? Everybody's everybody's gonna
Speaker 1: be relaxed along. I can't wait to talk to my partner,
Speaker 1: Johnny Marks, because he did the whole show today basically
Speaker 1: putting the pressure on Carson, saying if Carson is who
Speaker 1: we think he is, then he'll make sure. Yeah, he'll
Speaker 1: make sure we win this game tonight if he is
Speaker 1: who who we think he is. So I can't wait
Speaker 1: to talk to him tomorrow. So he was, he was doubting,
Speaker 1: it was hounding, he was. It was me. I'm a
Speaker 1: I'm a card carrying member of the wins wagon, so
Speaker 1: you had to worry about me. I'm always riding with him.
Speaker 1: Speaking of beat Doc, as he said during his speech,
Speaker 1: let your haters be your elements. Right on that note,
Speaker 1: we're gonna sign off here for Ikeres. I'm Chris McPherson.
Speaker 1: You've been watching the postgame show presented by Rico. The
Speaker 1: Eagles slap around the Giants by a score of thirty
Speaker 1: four to thirteen. Have a great night, and we'll see
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