WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Win 24-18 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:09.960 That's more like it. Welcome to the postgame Show presented 0:00:09.960 --> 0:00:12.840 by Rico and the Eagles go overseas to London and 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:15.600 knock off the Jacksonville Jaguards by a score of twenty 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:18.200 four to eighteen to get to four and four heading 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:20.880 into the bye week from Chris mcfierson join alongside former 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:24.639 Eagles linebacker Ike Reas. Much different vibe than a week ago, 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:28.880 with the Eagles getting in a similar situation, a similar predicament, 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:31.600 getting up seventeen to six and a second half after win. 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:34.280 Those small ones catch it running for a touchdown, but 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:38.080 the defense stands tall, the offense adds to their point total, 0:00:38.280 --> 0:00:41.440 and the Eagles do just enough to escape London with 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:45.520 the victory. Yeah, nice job today. It can never be easy. 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:47.920 We got to sweat these things out. A great job 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:50.559 of the Eagles going over to London coming back with 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:53.320 a much needed win. Four and four. They go into 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.440 the bye week on a high note. You know you 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:57.520 hit the reset button. Get ready in a couple of 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:00.440 weeks to take on a Dallas Cowboys prime time at 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:03.080 the Link. Great way to head into the buy week. 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:06.760 Just a hard fought, tough win from really two desperate 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:08.920 teams you know, Jacksonville came in in this game three 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:12.360 and five. They certainly played like a desperate team trying 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.560 to hang on to some hope in their season. So 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:17.880 they gave you a great effort today. And I thought 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:20.520 the Eagles, you know, great job of them. Struggled a 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:22.600 little bit early with some turnovers, got out of the 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:26.240 gate slow first two possessions, two turnovers from Carson Wentz 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:29.559 able to overcome that and put points on the board, 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:32.440 and really, I thought the defense, except for a couple 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:35.480 of plays, I thought the defense played outstanding today. Indeed, 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.360 So we're gonna hear from head coach Doug Pearson and 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:40.240 cornerback Carson once from Wembley Stadium in a little bit. 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:43.039 We'll also here from Eagles entire days, Spidero and Amy 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.160 Campbell as well, and we'll go inside the film room 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:47.440 and break down the biggest players of the game with 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:50.280 Fran Duffy and Great Cosell. But first we're gonna recap 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.280 the action and what transpired on the field. Again, the 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:57.280 Eagles dominated the game early on, okay, and basically we 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.080 were able to move the ball up and down the field. 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:02.080 But Ike mentioned the turnovers were the biggest bugaboo early 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:04.880 on for the offense where Carson Wentz was stripped to 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:08.520 the ball fumbled, it was recovered by the Jaguars, and 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.840 then on the next drive they drive down the field 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:13.520 and trying to get Josh Perkins in the end zone. 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:17.280 Jalen Ramsey came up with the interception, very uncharacteristic. But 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:19.560 the Eagles were able to keep moving the ball throughout 0:02:19.600 --> 0:02:22.120 the course of the game, and they finally broke through 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.200 as dal Goddard got the catcher run touchdown at the 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:27.760 end of the first half to put the Eagles ahead 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:30.680 and really set the tone for the game. From there after, 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:34.400 Avante Max forced a fumble that was recovered by Malcolm Jenkins, 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.040 and then in the second half the Eagles were able 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:39.600 to finally capitalize on those possessions as they could tinue 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:41.640 to move ball down the field. But what it was 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:45.440 interesting from this standpoint here Ike was going into the game, 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:49.840 Jacksonville had a depleted secondary. There was the report or 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:53.000 the arrest of the nightclub incident that took place where 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:55.520 for the defensive backs, a couple who played in this 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:58.079 game didn't pay the bar bill. They were arrested and 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:00.760 detained for nine hours in London. Not what you want 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:02.919 to see on a quote unquote business trip with such 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:04.800 a big game, as you mentioned, both teams need to 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:06.800 try to get to five hundred by the bye week. 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:10.720 So as good as Jacksonville's past defense is, you wondered, 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:14.320 how would Carson Wentzon company attack him? Would Doug Pierson 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:17.160 be aggressive? Would he still trying to focus more on 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:19.960 the run to try to protect Carson wins? And even 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:23.320 after both linemen up front, the both tackles got hurt 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:27.720 up front Jason Pierson Lane Johnson, still Doug Pierson trusting 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.040 in the lineman who came in, trusting in his quarterback 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.280 to unlease the ball and attack the Jacksonville secondary knowing 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:35.520 that it was weakened. Yeah, may have been the biggest 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.840 win or best win of Doug's three year coaching tenure 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.680 here and considering the guys that he had out, considering 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:45.480 your overcrowlseas planning in this game, I thought he did 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:49.040 a great job keeping a nice balance offensively rand the 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:51.480 ball didn't get away from it even when they weren't 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:55.160 having a ton of success that Jackson field, the defensive 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:58.400 front line is very difficult to move. Those bodies, big 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:02.080 Calais Campbell up there and Jackson. Those guys in the 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:04.600 middle of that defense, it's hard to get running room. 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.640 But credit to Doug, credit to Jeff Stoutlin's guys up 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:10.360 front sticking with the run, and then the running backs 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:14.000 running downhill north and south getting behind their pads. Some 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:17.159 real tough running from these guys. And then Carson Wentz 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:19.520 he bounced back. You know, he had really had the 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:22.120 one bad play, the interception that Jalen Ramsey head. You 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.839 can't make that throw when you're down in scoring area 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:28.039 trying to force it in there to Perkins. But other 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:30.800 than that, I thought Carson Wentz made some outstanding throws. 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:34.080 Considered he was under duress a lot today. The past 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.760 protection at time was leaky. So it kind of puts 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.520 the offensive play calling in a little bit of a 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:42.440 quandary because you know, we're we like to throw the 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:45.000 ball down the field at times, but if you can't protect, 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:47.440 Carson's not gonna have enough time for those plays to 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.080 develop down the field. Had to make some quick throws, 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:52.560 get the ball out of his hands, and listen, we 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:54.919 put the ball in the ends. One great job of 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:57.120 putting the ball in the ends on today didn't set 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:59.760 up a field goals. That's really what hurt Jacksonville. They 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:02.880 had to settle for field goals instead of scoring touchdowns. Indeed, 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:05.599 also when I love situational football, you look at the 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.120 statistics from this game. The Eagles were seven to twelve 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:10.520 on third down. Now, some of the Carson Wentz did 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:13.000 it on his own, literally were threw the ball on 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:15.359 the first drive, it was deflected. He caught it and 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:19.680 converted the first down. But nonetheless, though Jordan Matthews was 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.800 some huge third down conversions time after time again, when 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.640 the Eagles needed to extend drives, they were able to 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.160 do so. And late in the game they also got 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:30.880 a little luck as Josh Adams, who had lost the 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.279 ball it was originally ruled a fumble on the field, 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.560 well you could call a booty call of swords as 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:37.719 the arrests, you know, went to the replay and it 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:40.520 showed that the cheek was down, and you know what, 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:42.720 the Eagles kept possession and were able because I mean, 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:44.880 right there, that could have been the ball game because 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.599 the ball would have been recovered in Eagles territory, deep 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:50.960 in Eagles territory, just outside the red zone and Jacksonville 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.839 would have been right on the doorstep there to get points. 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:57.560 From a defensive standpoint. Ike, you mentioned how overall the 0:05:57.600 --> 0:06:00.360 defense played hard, they played fast. You know, they able 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:03.040 to get after Blake Bortles, and you know, credit Bortles. 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:04.520 He made some good plays with his legs, which you 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:06.400 knew was going to be a challenge coming into this 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.680 game here. But the biggest thing for me, and this 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:11.719 is more of a big picture thing moving forward, because 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:13.960 late in the game, in the fourth quarter, the defense 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:16.680 was not able to get pressure on Boardles. Okay, where 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:18.919 they did a great job. I thought Schwartz was very aggressive. 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.120 He mixed up the Blitz package as well. Today when 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:23.400 the fourth quarter when he was relying on that front four, 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:26.320 because you don't have Derek Barnett, because you don't have 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.480 Tim Jurne get a defensive tackle, you were taxing the guys. 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:32.440 You're taxing Chris Long, You're taxing Michael Bennett, You're even 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:35.719 taxing Fletcher Coxon. Hello, who's just coming back, Yeah, Brandon 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.080 Graham at that point in the game. So that's gonna 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:40.320 be something to watch booming forward, is what can they 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.880 do to get more or to help that front four 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:46.279 because it's tough to rely on young guys like Josh 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.480 Sweat and Bruce Hector and Treyvon Hester to have those 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:52.520 guys step up for you. But overall, though, the coverage 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:55.280 was so much better than a week ago. And the Eagles, 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.680 you know, they were so disheartened, so dejective or last week, 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:00.440 and you know, trying to say that we were not 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.680 gonna let this happen again. Well, look the situation. The 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:07.120 opportunity presented itself one week later and they came through 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:08.960 in a big way. Yeah. I mean, this is a 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:11.720 good football team. There is good talent on this team. 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:15.040 They just haven't been playing up to their potential. We 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:17.080 know that every game has been a close game, even 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:20.200 the losses that they've suffered. Everything has been basically a 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:24.120 one possession game. They've been in every football game. They 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.080 just needed to get out of their own way and 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.200 hopefully this is something they can build on, you know, 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.240 not like the Giants game where we thought that was 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:33.440 going to be a game build on. Yeah, to get 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.160 a week off after this, get some rest, get some 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.120 people back healthy. We lost Jalen Mills in this game 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:42.360 as well. We got to get guys back on the field, 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:45.240 and as long as they played to their potential, they're 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:47.440 gonna be in the being the thicket thist playoff race 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:49.400 all the way to the end. They got a lot 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:52.800 of divisional games still left to play. This division is 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:55.520 here for the taking. When I look at the NFC East, 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:59.120 I still see the Eagles as the class of this division. 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:01.800 And once they start plan to the level that we 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.800 know they're capable of, they will run away with this division. 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:07.080 I have no concerns about this team. This team just 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:09.440 needs to get out of his own way, stop beating 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.800 itself and believe that they are the team that that 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.559 takes the field every week. That's probably the best team 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:17.240 on the field. It's used the best team on the field, 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:20.400 but there's a difference between having that talent on paper 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:22.720 and carrying over to the game action. And there are 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:25.640 some silly penalties. I remember on special teams, DJ Alexander, 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:29.000 you call for a palty which hurt field position. It's 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.360 little things like that which can add up over the 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.319 course of the game, especially when it becomes a one 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:36.880 possession score late in the game. Where last year we 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:39.440 were getting accustomed to the Eagles blowing out teams, Well, 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:42.200 that's not a the norm in the NFL, and it's 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:44.120 not gonna be the case with this team. Now. Okay, 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.280 it's a different team than twenty seventeen. You're gonna need 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.080 to scratch and claw and fight through these some adversity 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:52.079 in the fourth core of these ball games, and the 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:54.400 Eagles were able to rise to the occasion. And it 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:56.400 was so great to see the Egels do this on 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.960 an international stage because it was the most attended game 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:03.840 for an NFL venue at Wembley Steam or NFL matchup 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:06.480 at Wembley Stadium since they've been doing the London series, 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:10.800 which is great because Eagles fans took over the stadiums 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.840 as usual. You can hear, you can hear watch on TV, 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:15.520 you can hear on the third downs, you can hear 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:18.040 the Eagles fans chanting. Okay, even though it was technically 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:21.240 a Jacksonville home game, and London has been a home 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:23.760 way home from home for Jacksonville, It's basically it's been 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.400 a second home because they go there each and every year. 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:29.640 And Jacksonville had actually want its last three contests over 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:33.480 there and play Bortles had actually played very well overseas, 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:36.080 so for the Eagles to bring it on this type 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.520 of stage was very important because, like you said, it 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:41.280 gets the ball rolling for the second half of the season, 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:44.040 because in the back of their minds they know that, 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:46.280 like you said, they're probably the best team in a division. 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:49.640 But you can't dig yourself such a big hole going 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:51.480 into the second half of the year where you need 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:53.920 everything to go right, where you have no margin for 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:57.160 error whatsoever. Now you have five of your final eight 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:00.880 games against division opponents. You're right there with Washington going 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:03.240 toe to toe with them. They're playing the New York 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:05.800 Giants today. Don't expect the Giants to come out with 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:09.520 a win, but you never know, you never know. You know, 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.000 we got the call with Josh Adams that can overturn. 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:13.760 Maybe we'll get another one to guard away and the 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.120 Eagles will really be rolling to go into the second 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:17.800 half of the season. But like you mentioned, they get 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:21.000 the bye week, get some key pieces healthy, Hopefully none 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.360 of the injuries from today are too serious, and they 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:25.719 could be able to actually get this momentum going into 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:27.480 the second half of the year, where like you said, 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:29.120 we did think that was gonna be the case. After 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:31.680 the Giants, they blew out the Giants, they're gonna steamroll 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:34.720 from there. They're finding themselves again for the second week 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.040 in the row. I thought the offense was clicking throughout 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:39.960 the game. The difference is they were able to finish 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:42.960 and likewise on defense, when the game was in their hands, 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:44.840 they were able to get off the field and secure 0:10:44.880 --> 0:10:47.960 the wins. So after what happened last week, you didn't 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:50.200 want to see the loss of Carolina beat this team 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.720 twice yea, And they did a great job of rebounding, 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.440 learning from that and being able to get the win 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:58.400 today against the tough Jacksonville team, which at the beginning 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:00.520 of the season, when this game was put on the calendar, 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:03.439 a lot of people thought super Bowl preview. Okay, two 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:05.839 of the final four teams, the Super Bowl champions and 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:08.440 a team that could have should have won the AFC. 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:11.839 You know, but obviously it became a desperation game and 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:15.200 the Eagles proved to be the hunger hungrier team right there. 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:18.360 But looking at the Fox score right here, you know 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.400 that Jacksonville wanted to run the ball coming into this game. Okay, 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:23.920 they trade for Carl's hod he made his debut, but 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.080 really it was Blake Bortles was the one who was 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.280 doing the damage in the ground only one. Yeah, it's 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:30.599 tough slid and running against this Eagles defense, one of 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:33.240 the best in the league over the last couple of years. 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:37.560 Another great job today not letting these mediocre running backs 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:40.440 get going. When you're planning against a guy like Blake Bortles, 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.400 who's athletic, who can, who can run, at times, it's 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.680 always difficult to contain him. We saw it last week 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:48.480 with Cam Newton. He was the only guy who had 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.920 success running the ball last week from that quarterback position. 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:55.120 Blake Bortles played a half decent game today. He really did, 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:57.280 didn't Uh, I don't think he turned the ball over? Right? 0:11:57.280 --> 0:11:59.679 Did he turned the ball over? Non? The turnover was 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:03.559 the fun like hell and cole Force, and then there 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:06.480 were some drops. Yeah. I thought Blake played a good 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:09.439 game today. Yeah, he really did. And when you get 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:11.880 a guy that can scramble around, that's difficult on a 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:15.439 coordinator because he can't play man to man defense. When 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:18.679 you get a quarterback that can run, it's sort of, uh, 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:21.880 put your your your pass rushing guys at a disadvantage 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:24.880 because they can't just go all out and rush because 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:27.480 he'll take off on them. So I thought his legs 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:30.360 really kept Jacksonville in the game. He was able to 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:33.000 pick up some key third downs for him. But again, 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:37.400 the defense doing a great job against the uh the 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:40.600 the running backs, Carlos High t J Yelden, those guys 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:42.880 didn't get anything going, didn't do a great job of 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:44.800 covering them out of backfield. Was able to get some 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:47.560 passes off to t j Yelden, but I thought they 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.240 had timely stops and every point. This out real quick 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:53.680 about the offense that I was impressed with today when 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:55.440 the Jags went for it on fourth down and the 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:58.120 Eagles stopped them late in the game. For the Eagles 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.840 offense to be able to AsSalt away that, yeah, not 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:02.800 give it back to the Jags, that was big. We 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.200 haven't seen that a whole lot this year. Picking up 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:09.040 key first downs running the ball, great run from josh 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:11.959 Adam and then Windale Small with a tough run to 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:14.040 pick up that first down. Just a real nice job. 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:17.360 But the offense closing out the game and not putting 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.079 the defense back out on the field having to come 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:22.520 up with a defensive stole another hallmark of the team 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:24.760 from last year. They looked at that Los Angeles Chargers 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:27.560 game where they ran the clock from eight minutes like 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.120 six seven minutes a game. You pretty much took them 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:32.520 out of it. So you wondered, and everybody's been questioning 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.400 the depth of running back. Could these guys get the 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:38.120 job done? And you go to the run game again 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:42.079 for Jacksonville. Look right now, you look at Carls Hoyden 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.600 TJ Yellton. They combined for eighteen rushing yards on the afternoon. 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:48.120 The Eagles defense, one of the best run defenses in 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:50.280 the league, up to the task once again. But like 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:53.720 as we get into your big takeaways, we'll start with 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:57.600 the running backs. But only good things from the Eagles perspective. Yeah, 0:13:57.640 --> 0:13:59.640 I thought the Eagles did a great job today. You 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:01.200 look at some of the things they were able to do, 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:03.920 the good use of the running backs today. You know, 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:07.600 Windale Smallwood, Corey Clement and really Josh Adams had nice 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.600 days running the football and Doug stuck with it. They 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:13.120 not only did they run the football well, catching the 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:15.839 ball out of the backfield thirty six yard touchdown for 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:18.640 Windale Smallwood on a play where he catches a nice 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:20.800 little screen out there in the flats. So I thought 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:23.920 we did a great job of using our running backs today, 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:26.800 not in forgetting that they're a big part of this offense. 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:29.920 And then when you look at the adversity the offense 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:33.600 went through, losing Lane Johnson, losing Jason Peters early in 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:36.680 the game, having to shuffle around guys. I mean, great 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.640 job from this old line that is Saxonville that they 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:41.480 were going up against. And we gave up a few 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:45.320 sacks today, credit to Jacksonville. But those young guys samlu 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:49.080 Big v Hallapuli Voji Viety, great job going in the 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:52.480 other day in a tough situation, having to fill in 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:55.520 for two all Pro tackles. Even though Jason Peters came 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:57.440 back later in the game, it was still a nice 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:00.720 job from those guys. And then went a fourth quarter. 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:03.560 You know, I'm on the air every day or five 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.520 days a week, and for some strange reason, this narrative 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.520 started this week about Carson Winson, whether or not he's clutch, 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.240 whether or not he's clutch or not. And I don't 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:15.560 know where it came from, but I thought Carson today 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.480 in the fourth quarter, really throughout the game was outstanding. 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:22.000 That touchdown to Zach Erst was what they needed, you know, 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:24.440 to get to twenty four points to get over that 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:28.080 twenty three point threshold. It was big, and I thought 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.600 Carson was huge all day to day. Indeed, so we'll 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:33.000 go into these three takeaways. You talk about the run 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:34.880 game and there's a lot of questions about do the 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:36.920 Eagles need to make a move at the trade deadline 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:39.960 which is coming up this Tuesday, or running back and 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:43.240 Josh Adams, I thought, gave you a lot today because 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.440 pretty much up to this point in the season he 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:48.480 would utilize on outside runs. Okay, but we saw a 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:50.840 lot of great cutback runs up the middle today in 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.280 between the tackles. And that's the thing is with this 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:57.120 Jacksonville defense look outstanding in pass coverage, outstanding in terms 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.440 again after the quarterback from a rush perspective, but you 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.280 could run this defense in between the tackles, and even 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:05.880 with those mismatched parts there along the offensive line, Josh 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:08.360 Adams was able to get things going and then Wendell 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:12.120 Smallwood screen just a perfect play call at the perfect time, 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:15.920 caught Jacksonville way off guard and credit eighteen Shelton Gibson 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:19.440 for blocking Jalen Ramsey down there about the five yard 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:21.600 line to make sure Smallwood could get in the end 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:24.000 zone and Corey Clement mixing as well, but I definitely 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:26.600 agree though there was nice and Josh Adams bring a 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:28.640 little bit of juice to this running game slack. Yeah, 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.120 And like I said, you know, Doug gets a lot 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:34.840 of to me unwarranted criticism about sticking with the run 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:37.320 or does he run the ball enough, while I'll tell 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:41.160 you coaches they like having successful plays and you'll stick 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:43.760 with the run if you're having success running the football. 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:46.240 And that's what you saw today. And it started earlier 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:48.160 in the game where these guys you could tell they 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:51.280 were getting behind their pads running north and south breaking. 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:52.760 They're not gonna make a lot of guys miss in 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:55.080 the open field, but they are tough runners and they 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:57.680 run behind their pads, and I like that's what they 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:00.640 were able to do today. And then again sticking with 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.040 the run, not only to run game, but even getting 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:05.000 the ball to him out in the flats in the 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.880 passing game. And you talk about the adversity, because fran 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:09.639 and I talked about this on the Kickoff Show. He 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:12.000 made a very valid point. When you're on the road 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:17.440 in unfamiliar circumstances, unfamiliar territory again. Jacksonville does this every year. 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:21.240 This is the first international regular season game in franchise history. 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:23.960 So the Eagles, coming off that crushing loss of Carolina, 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:27.399 they go out across the Atlantic, they fall behind early. 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.400 You don't know, you're gonna find out about what this 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.000 team is truly made up. Okay, do they have the metal? 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:34.879 Do they have the mindset to be able to rally 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:38.879 and come back against an equally desperate Jacksonville team, And 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:41.040 the Eagles then all of a sudden had to bow 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:44.960 injuries on top of that. Okay, So you lose Jason Peters, 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:48.199 you lose Lane Johnson, You're gonna lose Jalen Mills in 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:51.080 the second half of the ball game. But the offensive line, though, 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.560 where you have to bring in Wiz to come in 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:57.479 to play left guard, Sayamalo is going over to right tackle, 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:00.040 Big Vas switching back and forth between left tackle a 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:03.159 right tackle during the game. And for Doug Pierson and 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:05.080 Mike ro because Mike row has been getting a lot 0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:08.600 of slack in recent weeks, for Micro and Doug Pierson 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:10.920 to come up with the enough play calls, the right 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:13.639 play calls to get Carson Wentz on the move Okay, 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:15.720 you know that you have a mobile quarterback. You know 0:18:15.800 --> 0:18:17.600 that he can evade some of that pressure. You know 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:19.439 you have an offensive line that's banged up. All right, 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:21.040 we let's move the pocket and take some of the 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:24.760 pressure off of them. Also, Jacksonville a fast flow defense, 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:26.960 especially at that second level. You need to get that 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:29.760 misdirection going. Okay, make him see one thing and do 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:32.840 something else. So I thought the play calling was very good. 0:18:33.000 --> 0:18:35.719 I thought the offensive line stepped up to overcome the adversity, 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:39.120 and just overall, when the backs were against the wall, 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:41.000 we found out a little bit about this Eagles team 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:44.000 because again, up seventeen to six in the second half, 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:46.760 we could have wondered, look are they gonna allow Jacksonville 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:49.280