WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Lose 27-20 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:03.280 And the Eagles needed a miracle. With less than a 0:00:03.320 --> 0:00:06.840 minute ago, down by seven to the Cowboys, with no timeouts, 0:00:07.200 --> 0:00:11.040 Carson Wentz delivers a ball over the middle to Zach Ertz, 0:00:11.039 --> 0:00:13.600 who was able to fight to the six yard line. However, 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:16.960 with no timeouts, the final seconds ticked off the clock 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:19.919 and the Eagles fall to four and five on the season, 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:23.400 dropping a heartbreaker by a score of twenty seven to 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:27.920 twenty to the infamous and hated Dallas Cowboys. Welcome to 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:30.960 the postgame Show presented by Rico. I'm Chris McPherson alongside 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:33.720 Ike Reece and I coming out of the bye week, 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:37.240 I think Eagles fates felt good that it was Dallas. 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:39.360 It was prime time. You were getting the Cowboys in 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.960 your house. The Eagles acquired Golden tATu as some juice 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:45.400 to the offense. You figure the team would be well 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:48.560 rested knowing that despite the up and down nature of 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:50.520 the first half of the season, the team was still 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:53.120 four and four and the NFC East lead was within 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:56.480 striking distance. You had five games within a division. But 0:00:56.720 --> 0:00:59.760 unfortunately we just saw a lot of the same things 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:03.319 that hurt the Eagles in those first eight games, and 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:05.679 really the biggest thing that stands out to me the 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:09.840 most is the inability to close out games. The game 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:13.039 was tied at thirteen going into the fourth quarter, but 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:17.000 the Cowboys get two touchdowns Zeke Elliott taking over on 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:20.240 the ground and in the air as well, leading Dallas 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:23.000 to the win to keep themselves in the playoff race. 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:26.000 Now that both teams have similar records at four and five, 0:01:26.080 --> 0:01:29.200 but really this game overall like a microcosm of the 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:32.839 struggles that have plagued the Eagles all year. Loss. Yeah, 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.040 and you really thought that the bye week would help 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.720 them sort of cure some of these things that they 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:39.959 had struggled with in the first half for the season. 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:43.680 You know, coming off that game against Jacksonville in London 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:46.559 with a week's rest, you would have thought the team 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:48.280 would have come out with a little more energy to 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:50.800 night if you're being a little sharper, being a little crisp, 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:54.360 little crisper on the offensive side of the ball, and 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:57.000 that just didn't happen. You know, Dallas plan on a 0:01:57.040 --> 0:02:00.200 short week after losing at home to Tennessee, coming off 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:04.320 of bye week themselves, they came in ready to play tonight. 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:06.800 You know a lot of people and I'm not saying 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:09.720 here in the building here, but around the city just 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.520 felt like this was a foregone conclusion that the Eagles, 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.079 you may as well put this in the W column 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:17.720 for them. The Cowboys didn't have anything to play for, 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:20.239 but this is the NFL, and if you don't come 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:23.920 ready to play, you know that team will take advantage 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:25.920 of it. And I thought today, at least in the 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:29.400 first half, we just looked a little lethargic. We didn't 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:33.440 look very sharp out there offensively, and it allowed the 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:37.480 Cowboys to gain some momentum, gain some confidence to where 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:40.080 they felt like they could win this ballgame. They felt 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:42.600 like they were in control of this game from the 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:45.840 first half, and even though the scorer wasn't out of 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:48.320 whack in the first half, it didn't feel like the 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:51.760 Eagles had done anything positive in that first time, which 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.080 is why you felt good at least going into halftime 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:56.480 thinking that as much as the Eagle struggle, they were 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.480 still within the game, able to keep it close. But 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.720 fortunately the offense came to life in the fourth quarter 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:05.680 second half there things finally started turning around. The Eagles 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:07.400 able to move the ball up and down the field. 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.560 Problem is, Cowboys were able to do saying as well, 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:13.080 the defense just did not have an answer, and it 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:15.679 was an underman defense to begin with, with no jail 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.560 and Mills, no Sidney Jones. Then you lost Ronald Darby 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.519 to a knee injury, and it was just too much 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:25.119 for the Eagles defensively to overcome. And this is a 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:27.280 team that has been so great at stopping to run 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:29.400 all season long, ranked number two in the league coming 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:32.160 into his contest, well Zeke Elliott took off. It was 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:36.320 really reminiscent of twenty sixteen with Dak Prescott playing well 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:38.880 in the second half. Quite honestly, he had some throws, 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:40.560 some opportunities in the first half that really could have 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.040 put the Eagles away. Okay, there was the one pass 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:46.120 deep down the sideline. Hrosul Douglas was in coverage, but 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:48.920 he was beat on the play. Prescott fortunately threw the 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:52.560 ball too far down, but you see Douglas signaling incomplete passes. 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.360 If that passes there, that's gonna be six right there, 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:57.520 that's a touchdown. And there were a number of those plays. 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:00.760 Prescott was running himself into sacks making some poor decisions. 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.320 Prescott helped keep the Eagles in the ball game, but 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:05.480 in the fourth quarter when he had to step up 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:07.920 and make some big throws, especially on third down. Third 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:10.200 down also the story of this ball game right here, 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.840 both offensively and defensively. The Eagles did not convert a 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:17.599 first down a third down situation until the third quarter, 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.719 and then the Cowboys made some big plays, especially late 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:23.880 on third down, to keep drives alives, even third and 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:27.000 long situations, a third and fifteen, a third and eighth situation, 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:30.200 really able to keep things going here. Yeah, I look 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:33.440 at that stat sheet right there, and it's been a 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:36.560 long time since you've seen one hundred and seventy one 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:40.000 rushing yards on this Eagles defense. And that really was 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:43.080 the story, especially in the second half of his game, 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:45.960 where the Eagles had opportunities to get off the field 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.360 on third down and they couldn't get off the field. 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:52.000 More importantly, every time they did something positive on the 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:54.359 offensive side of the ball, the Cowboys were able to 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:57.200 answer it. And I thought, Zeke just ran wild in 0:04:57.240 --> 0:04:59.760 the second half. Man, I just that's I think that's 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:01.840 one thing that I'm real surprised about when I look 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:03.680 at this game and I look at the Eagles defense, 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.599 is how well Zekiel Elliott was able to have success 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:09.919 against this defense. The deft discipline not there a for 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.040 Egos defense tonight. So we're gonna hear from head coach 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:14.000 Doug Pierce, I mean, quarterback Carson Wentz. But first we're 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.599 gonna send it over to the link where Eagles insire 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:20.200 Dave Spadero and Amy Campbell are standing by, and Dave, 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:22.840 I'm sure the mood is an ominous one there at 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:25.720 the link. Just not the effort you expected from this 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:28.240 team coming off the by with so many big things 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:29.760 to look forward to here in the second half of 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.480 the season. Yeah, I think pretty much nothing to really 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:35.080 like about this game. The Eagles defense came up small, 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:38.839 the offense lethargic in the first half, tons of miss tackles. 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:41.880 Carson Wentz off this game a bit, certainly in that 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:45.400 red zone throw to al Shan Jeffrey early on Camu 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:50.080 Grugier Hill missus an easy interception opportunity. Just Amy. Three 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:54.599 straight losses at home. The Eagles played without urgency tonight, 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:57.000 and they just did not execute when they had a chance. 0:05:57.400 --> 0:05:59.560 Again to see is the momentum of a game. Yeah, 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:04.080 another stunned five here at home, and I think lethargic 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.320 is a good word. I was. You know, after that 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:10.280 first half really slow, really ugly, no touchdowns for either team, 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.039 You're thinking someone's going to come out here with some 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:15.360 urgency and get something done. And I'm really surprised by 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:19.839 the Eagles defense tonight allowing ties with season highs through 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.560 the air for Dak Prescott and on the ground for 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:26.160 Zeke Elliott. Just gashed in every which way, the secondary 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:29.839 obviously struggling to contain the pass, and then you know 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:33.040 the d line just looking gas there as the game 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.240 went on. Yeah, I think the linebackers also struggling a 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:36.880 lot of mistackles out there. And when you look out 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.200 on the fields, here were Sul Douglas and Shandon Sullivan. 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:42.279 No offense to them, but they are not starting players 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:45.920 on those defense. Eagles without three of their three top cornerbacks. 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:48.680 And you know, it's just a situation where the Eagles. 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:51.520 We keep thinking that this team will wake up and 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.240 play like it did last year. Stop thinking that way. 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.560 Twenty eighteen is unto itself. And right now the Eagles 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:01.000 already four and five team with an pill battle to 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:03.240 get to the postseason. Well, and you talk about last year, 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:05.919 right able to overcome a lot of injuries almost, you know, 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:08.320 without missing a beat. And here you're really seeing it tonight. 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:10.880 You mentioned and those three dbs that were missing there 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:13.520 and really felt their absence, really felt the absence of 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.200 Lane Johnson as well, just and his impact on the 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:19.000 offense and as the offensive line kind of struggled to 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:22.160 help the run game get going and keep Carson Wentz 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:25.040 safe back. Yeah, and surprising amy that Golden Tate really 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:27.040 not much of a factor in this game at all, 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:30.400 and understandably only knows a small percentage of the offense, 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:33.440 only those a few packages. But when the Eagles needed him, 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:38.440 for example, late in the game, third down, screenplay goes 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:41.480 to Corey Clement instead of throwing to the sticks, throwing 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:44.720 beyond the sticks, throwing behind the sticks. Not Golden Tate, 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.200 but Corey Clement, who struggled in the screen game all year. Yeah, 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:50.200 and I think Tate targeted five times or about that much. 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.920 And one of the one of those completions for him 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:54.560 was you saw the yards after the catch till we 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:56.200 talked about, and he was able to get that first down, 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:58.520 which was key there in the fourth quarter. So interesting 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.240 to see, like you said, obviously doesn't completely know the 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.640 playbook quite yet, but that he wasn't used a little 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:06.520 bit more tonight. Yeah. Well, three straight losses, guys at home, 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:09.520 that is what is shocking here. The Eagles fighting back 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.120 after a terrible first half and that late drive for 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:15.440 a touchdown by the Cowboys really kind of sums up 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:20.440 the defenses struggles this season. Unable consistently to get off 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:25.200 the field on three downs, third down conversions, Cowboys, great balance, 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.520 Eagles just unable to really kind of take control of 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.560 the game. And looking ahead to New Orleans and New 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:34.920 Orleans team that laid fifty fifty one in a win today, 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.040 that's going to be a big challenge for this defense. Yeah, 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:39.880 the defense that well, Ronald Darby, when you go out 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.920 with a knee injury and you are automatically immediately ruled out, 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:47.200 that is certainly some cause for concerns. So, Chris, Dad, 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.800 answer your original question. Yeah, very dejected state of affairs 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.640 here at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles at four and 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:56.280 five have had everything to play for tonight. They had 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:58.520 all the momentum in the world, they had everything going 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:02.280 in their favor, and they came up really, really short 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:05.760 against the Cowboys team that frankly is not that good. Yeah, 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:09.360 that's great tonight. Yeah, back to you Chris and Ike 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:11.760 at that overcare complex. We'll hear from Doug Peterson in 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:15.480 just a moment, all right, thank you, David Amy. Dave 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:17.959 will have the Eagles Live podcast, which you can download 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:20.160 very shortly wherever you consume them, as well as on 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:22.840 the inside Colm to provide a big picture look at 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.520 everything that went wrong with eals tonight and really, I 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:28.720 guess what's gone wrong with the team overall this season. 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:33.360 So let's get into your three key takeaways from the game. Again, 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:37.080 Eagles losing twenty seven to twenty and it's just so 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:40.320 disheartening that of all the teams to lose your third 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:42.520 straight home I can't believe it's been three straight home 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:44.560 games where Eagles have come up on the short end 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:47.800 of the scoreboard after having home dominance for the better 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:49.920 part of a year and a half with Doug Pearson. 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:53.960 But Ike, your three takeaways from the game tonight, Well, Chris, 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:55.520 when I look at this game, I think back and 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:57.920 I think, you know, the second half of this game 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:01.200 is we're really everything turned and the secondary that came 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:05.480 in shorthanded without Jalen Mills without Sydney Jones really started 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:07.880 to get exposed. Once Ron Darby went out of the 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:11.040 game and you had Russell Douglas out there, you got 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:13.160 players out there that aren't used to being out there 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:17.240 in these key situations. And I thought Dallas's passing game 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:19.960 picked up in the second half. Dak had way too 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:23.960 much time found open receivers everywhere. I thought Jim Schwartz 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:26.319 had to go to a little bit more zone defense 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:29.560 once he lost Ron Darby, and without getting much of 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:33.040 a pass rush, Dak Prescott was able to sit back 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:35.520 there and really pick that zone apart. So I thought 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:40.200 our secondary struggled at times, even the rookie Beante Maddox 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:43.040 having to play two different spots, having to play safety 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:45.880 versus regular offenses. And then when they win an eleven 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.560 person and brought Cole Beasley in, he had to come 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:50.959 down and play in the slot. And then I look 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:53.760 at the offensive side of the football, just still having 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:58.480 put together four quarters of play. Another slow start interception 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:01.240 in the first half from Carson Where can't have that 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:04.320 on his first drive? You know, they moved the ball 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:07.560 down the field and they can't convert on fourth down. 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:09.840 When Doug decides to go forth as opposed to kicking 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:12.120 the field goal, taking three there, so you come up 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:15.600 with an empty possession there. And then third downs in 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:17.880 the first half. I mean what we say they didn't 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:21.240 convert a third down into the second Yeah, oh for 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:24.319 five on third downs early in the game. Its just 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:26.400 too big of a hole, and I think too big 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:29.240 of a momentium hole to dig out of for the offense. 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:31.720 They gave their best effort, but it's too much of 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:34.599 a slow start. And then tackling. I just thought the 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:38.000 tackling either we wore down in the second half or 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:40.760 we were just out there as if we hadn't been 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.200 practicing tackling in a long time. I mean, some of 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:46.000 these runs Ezekiel Elliott had in the second half, there 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.560 were opportunities for guys to bring him down. He was 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:51.560 able to run through tackles. I saw receivers when they 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.440 caught the ball in the open field able to break tackles. 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:57.959 Primarily on key third down situations. We just didn't tackle 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:01.000 very well. There were opportunities were had one guy two 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:04.480 guys there, and you'd see a Dallas runner or a 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:07.840 receiver able to break free and pick up extra yard. 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:10.160 And so I look at those three phases, or those 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:13.400 three elements of tonight's game, and I say all three 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:17.560 of those factors contributed big time to this Eagle's loss tonight. 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:20.360 You know, you were encouraged early on because the defensive line, 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:22.400 without the aid of a blitz was getting to press, 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:24.800 get in there and really you know, dealing some damage 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:26.319 early on in this ball game. And then even in 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.360 the start of the second half, first play on offense 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:31.319 for the Cowboys, Michael Bennet comes in, you know, they 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:33.760 try to do the bootleg. Now Bendon fall four or 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.160 was able to slap Scott there to get the sack, 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:38.199 and you felt, all right, maybe they're setting the tone 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.000 they're gonna bring here in the second half. And it 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:42.240 almost just went off the cliff from there for the 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.920 most part there. So that's that's where you wonder if 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:48.720 Dallas dominating the time of possession in the first half 0:12:49.240 --> 0:12:51.920 led to the wear down effect that you mentioned there 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.280 in the second half there for the Eagles. And also 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:57.680 just the depth along the defensive line. You know, with 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.760 older guys like Brandon Graham and song On Michael benn 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.439 you're asking a lot of those three guys in particular, 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:05.440 for them to come up big throughout the course of 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:07.880 the game without the aid of a blitz, it's very 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:09.559 tough for them. And then you're not really getting as 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:13.600 much penetration inside because it's Fletcher Cox and if they 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:15.720 slide Michael Bennet in there, if they put Brandon Graham 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:17.959 in there, that's where you're getting the interior pass rush from. 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:20.280 You're not really getting it from the other defensive tackles 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:22.160 on the team because you know, obviously don't have Tim 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:24.959 Jernigan still to this point, and in Hellode Nod he's 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:27.160 more of a run defender or stuff for at this point, 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:29.600 he's not going to provide that pass rush punch for 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:32.880 you there. So you know you're lacking the tools inside there, 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:35.360 and just the death overall is being strained. And then 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:39.000 in the secondary again you're already starting with Seuel Douglas, okay, 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.280 because you were without Jael and Mills and Sidney Jones. 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:43.720 But then all of a sudden, Rod Darby goes out 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:46.360 and you have to go to Channon Sullivan, you know, 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:48.840 who's rookie for agent, who's just called up from the 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:51.200 practice squad. He's just trying to make his way on 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:54.360 the team. And then you mentioned Avante Max, who hats 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.800 off to him. All right, I give him kudos for, 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:59.760 you know, settling in nicely at safety, but then now 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:01.920 being asked to go in and play that slock corner 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:04.079 position against Cole Beasley, who was one of the guys 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.360 you had the key in on. He was probably really 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:09.400 Prescott's go to guys as much as Amark Cooper will 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:11.680 probably become a bigger part of the offense for them 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.400 as Cooper gets more in trench with that scheme. Cole 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:16.160 Beasley has been the guy on the slot and he's 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:18.440 given the Eagles fits for years. So you didn't know 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:20.240 if you were gonna stick Max there or maybe go 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:22.840 with Malcolm Jenkins. But Malcolm Jenkins has had his struggles 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:26.520 with Cole Beasley over the year. So just shorthanded your shorthand. 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:29.720 It's tough, real shorthanded. And I thought I thought the 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:32.200 d line played about as well as they could. I 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:35.840 agree they were shorthanded, but I thought the back end 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:39.000 of the defense really struggled tonight. They really did, whether 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:42.400 it was tackling once runners got to the second level 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:45.920 or whether it was covering guys. So wide receiver was 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:49.000 running open in the secondary, and then the tackling in 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.640 the secondary I didn't think was very good tonight. I 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:54.560 thought the effort from the guys up front it was there. 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:57.600 I mean, you know, they kept pressure on Dak Prescott 0:14:57.640 --> 0:14:59.880 as much as they could. I thought they played the run. 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.800 You gotta get Dallas' offensive line a lot of credit. 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.480 They're a little banged up, but they are still a 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:08.720 formidable offensive line, and when they commit to the running game, 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.960 they can be very successful at doing it. But if 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:15.200 you get everybody rally into the football and then wrapping 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:19.160 up to make tackles, um, I think you'll bringing guys down. 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:22.240 I'm thinking about a key play on a third down 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:25.040 where Ron Darby, before he got banged up, had a 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:28.920 chance to tackle Amari Cooper. He tried to shackle, which 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:33.080 which had worked at times this season, but that kid situation, 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:35.280 you got to wrap up. He just bounded the Cooper 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.200 bounce off and got it was a third down conversion. 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:39.280 You know. It was one of those things early on 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:41.760 where all right, maybe is it a big play throughout 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:43.640 the course of the game. No, but it's just one 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:46.040 of those little things that you could just pick on 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:48.240 in point to to say, this is what's been wrong 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:50.640 with the tackling effort throughout the course of the season, 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:52.840 because that's, you know, the type of tackler that Ronald 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.840 Darby has been true. Yeah, right there, So you get 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:59.040 to actually the offense right from the jump. Okay, the 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:01.960 Eagles law the coin toss, so the Cowboys deferred to 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:03.920 go take the ball in the second half. So you say, 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:05.760 all right, great, we're gonna see Carson Wentz, We're gonna 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:08.600 see Golden Tate right from the jump. And then the 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:12.160 first drive it's an interception from Carson Wentz, which you know, 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:16.000 it seemed like he predetermined to throw. You know, you figured, okay, 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:18.600 you know you got the rookie vander Esh Laton Vanderesh 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:20.880 a linebacker. I'm gonna look to the left trying to 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.640 get him to pull over. Vanderest didn't fit for a 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:25.880 one bit. I know Sean Lee wasn't out there for 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:28.080 the Cowboys. I but Vanderest did a very nice job 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:31.000 staying in, not being fooled by the misdirection and this 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:34.200 staying home and getting the interception. Yeah, I mean, just 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:36.880 just to play that. You know, Carson, you can't make 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:40.440 that play. I mean, I understand you. You you you're anticipating, 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.800 you know, Layton vander esh moving with you because you 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:47.680 go to your left first. But Rookie is playing zone 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:49.960 defense back there. They've seen that play. You know, you 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:52.240 got zach Ertz on the back back side of that, 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:55.480 and so he's sitting there in that hole, uh, covering 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:58.920 his zone and Carson predetermined that's where he was going 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:01.000 to throw the ball. So and then he came back. 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:03.880 He throws it without looking, and it's an interception that 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:07.560 you can't have. It's your opening drive. Not only that, 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:10.560 you give the ball to the Cowboys right and scoring 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:15.960 position and Dallas they get three points right off the top, 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:19.520 and so you put yourself behind the a ball immediately. Yeah, 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:21.920 I mean, the Eels never led in this ball game. Yeah, 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:24.600 that's what's shocking to me is the Eagles, as back 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:26.679 and forth as it was, the Eels were able to 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:29.240 tie the game, you know, going into the fourth quarter 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:32.120 in the fourth quarter. They never led in this contest 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:34.520 at home. So we look at the numbers for Carson 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:37.800 Wentz there completing yeah again, seventy two almost seventy three 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:40.520 percent of his passes, three hundred and sixty yards, you know, 0:17:40.560 --> 0:17:44.280 two touchdowns in your interception, and I credit Carson, while 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:46.919 I know Dave brought up the point that the accuracy 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:49.800 and some of the timing with the receivers wasn't there tonight, 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:52.879 and he rightfully pointed to the play in the end 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:55.680 zone to Alshon Jeffrey, where Jeffrey I think did the 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.240 right job sitting down in his own coverage. Carson Wentz 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:00.080 tried to continue to lead him with the pass to 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:02.720 end up getting broken up there. But there were times 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:05.359 where defenders were draped on Carson and he couldn't step 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.800 into throws. You know, I think about the one pass 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:10.040 to Alshon Jeffrey. I believe it was late in the 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:14.040 first half and Shadowe Woozier came over and made a 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:17.359 great pass breakup because if Carson could step into the throw, 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.960 make it a laser, Yeah, it's gonna be there. It's 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:24.320 there for them. But unfortunately Carson Wentz, you know, did 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:26.320 what he could in the pocket, but you know, the 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:29.000 pressure there were bodies around him all throughout the course 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:32.280 of the night and it probably affected the timing, you know, 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:34.840 and the throws and the delivery and just the processing. 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:38.280 Knowing that consistently, the pressure was gonna be around him. Yeah. 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:40.679 I think the interception early throwing him off a little bit. 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:43.240 I think he became a little big gun shy, which 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:45.680 is something we're not used to seeing when it comes 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:48.040 to Carson Wentz. You know, I thought in that first 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:50.480 half there were a lot of balls that he was 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:53.679 thrown to open receivers and the receivers had to go 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:56.200 to the ground to catch the ball and they were open, 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.439 and you just we're used to seeing Carson hit guys 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:02.640 between their numbers where they can run after they catch 0:19:02.720 --> 0:19:05.439 the ball. And I thought in that first half he 0:19:05.480 --> 0:19:07.960 had some throws there where he got picked up by 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:10.639 his receivers like an alshon Zach. They all had to 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:13.119 go down to the ground to sort of catch balls. 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:15.399 And I think it was because of the first interception 0:19:15.520 --> 0:19:18.560