WEBVTT - Week 5 Postgame Show 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:20.520 Welcome into the postgame show, presented by Rico. I'm Gabriella 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:23.439 di Giovanni, joined by fran Duffy. That's it, it's a 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:25.760 rap on preseason football. The Eagles are going to head 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:28.840 back to Philadelphia and the fifty three man roster is 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:30.840 almost assembled. Yeah, and I think I could speak for 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:33.440 Eagles fans everywhere when I say that we are thrilled 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:36.360 at the preseason is over. The next one counts excited 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:40.160 now to talk about some real regular season action kicking 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:42.040 off in just a couple of weeks. That preseason game 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:44.280 number three is a tough one because, as we talked 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:46.760 a lot in the kickoff Show, there are quite a 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:49.440 few players fighting for a job. But at the same time, 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:51.760 you're not going to see the starters. Really. We saw 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:55.120 Miami's their first team offense. They played about three series, 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:57.600 but you gotta consider this week they didn't really see 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:00.680 much action. So it was tough to match up because 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:03.920 of course their offense was going against the Eagles defensive 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:06.400 either second string or third string players. But still a 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:08.679 good challenge for that defense. Yeah, a good challenge, and 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:10.319 there are certainly going to be things that when the 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:12.120 coaches go back and watch it. When the players go 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:13.920 back and watch that, they're gonna want to clean up. 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:16.880 There's no getting around that. But that's what the preseason 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.200 is for, and for these backups, this is a good challenge, 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:22.000 maybe as big as the challenge that they're gonna see. Hopefully. 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:23.680 You know, the Eagles don't have lots of injuries, and 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:25.080 a lot of these guys aren't going to be on 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:27.720 the field too often on offense or defense. But I 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:29.959 think when you're looking at guys trying to fight for jobs, 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.840 compete for jobs, this was a really good audition in 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:35.120 that respect. We want to really zoom out and start 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:36.959 to look at the big picture. What is the twenty 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:39.600 twenty two Philadelphia Eagles going to look like? There are 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:41.920 some positions that it's very clear how it's going to 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:44.680 shake out, but others not so much, or at least 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.520 what are the four and five positions on the depth 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.320 chart going to look like. Let's start with the offensive 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:53.160 side of the football. Nick Sirianni fielded some questions earlier 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:55.240 in the week. Is he's gonna stick with two quarterbacks 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:57.680 three quarterbacks? He didn't want to commit either way. We 0:01:57.760 --> 0:01:59.920 did see a lot of Gardner Minshew reads in it, 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:03.000 Carson Strong at the end. Interesting to see what they 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.360 do there. But when we get make our way through 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:10.320 the offense the wide receiver group, there's some obvious selections 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:12.919 at the top, but we saw some other receivers really 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.079 try and make a push here tonight. Yeah, no question, 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:17.359 And I think ultimately, when you're talking about those decisions 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:19.200 that are gonna be made by the front office to 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:21.560 coaching staff over the next couple of days the deadline 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:25.640 being four pm on Tuesday, I think ultimately there's a 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.520 lot of factors at play right because it's not just hey, 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:30.839 if you're if you're an outside receiver, or if you're 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:34.040 a running back, or if you're a left tackle, it's 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:36.440 about what else can you do for this football team? 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:38.040 And that's at the end of the day. That's why 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:40.200 the saying that the old adage is, it's the more 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:42.079 you can do, and it's not just on your side 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.440 of the ball, but also on special teams. If you're 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:46.680 an offensive lineman, like I mentioned a left tip, if 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:48.880 you're a left tackle, can you also play left guard? 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:51.119 Can you play right tackle or right guard? If you're 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:53.320 an outside receiver and you're trying to make it as 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:54.799 a backup, well, you better be able to play on 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.160 the inside as well. Can you play all three receiver spots. 0:02:57.280 --> 0:02:59.480 Can you make it as a kick return or a 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:02.320 punk return? Can you cover kicks? So all of those 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:05.639 different things come into play, and that versatility so so 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:07.519 pivotal for the guys on the back end of the 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:09.520 roster as well as from the starting lineup. We talk 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:11.680 about the offensive line. I think Ross Tucker mentioned this 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.440 on the broadcast. Offensive line is a tough position where 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.760 you are extremely lucky if all five guys that start 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.480 the season finished this season. It's the nature of that position. 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:22.359 As we know in Philadelphia the past few years, there 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:25.400 have been various injuries suffered across the offensive line. So 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.920 building depth in that area is super important for the 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:30.359 Eagles and it's something that as we know, they put 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:32.560 a lot of emphasis on year in and year out. 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:34.080 But if we look at the five that we know 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:38.880 of right now, Jordan Mailatta, Landon Dickerson, Jason Kelsey was 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.040 about to say Cam Jurgens because that's who we've seen 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.200 the most up but I can't forget the goat Isaac 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:47.640 Ciumalu and then Lane Johnson. That's a strong core five. 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.080 But you have to think about Jordan Mailatta is just 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:53.760 entering year two as the starting left tackle, Landon Dickerson 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:56.120 year two in the National Football League, and also as 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:59.240 the starting left guard, and then Isaac Cimala making his 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.440 return on the right side. What do you see from 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:03.920 this group of five going into twenty twenty two. I mean, 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:06.040 there's no question it's one of the best units in 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:09.480 the entire NFL. I know Joe Thomas, legendary All Pro 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:12.400 former with the Cleveland Browns, talked about how this is 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:15.200 the top offensive line in the entire league, made some 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:17.760 headlines this week. He is not the first analyst to 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:21.000 make that statement. I think widely regarded this group as 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:23.159 one of the best in the NFL. You talk about 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:25.599 not just that first team unit, but when you get 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.120 to the second team and you talk about Cam Jurgens 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:30.239 and Andre Dillard and you go straight down the line 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:32.719 the rest of that group, You're going to say, yeah, 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:34.800 these guys all could could buy to start for a 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:37.200 number of teams in the NFL, not just one or two, 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:40.160 but six, seven, eight different teams would love to have 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:42.200 some of the Eagles backups along the offensive line. So 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:44.760 It's a very deep group, a very talented group, and 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:47.159 they're gonna be one of the lynch pins for this offense, 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:49.120 both in the run game and in the past game 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:51.400 with all that they can do in both facets of 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:53.680 the of the game. When we talk about a strong 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:56.360 starting five up front, it leads us to the run game, 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:59.200 which the Eagles were known for across the National Football 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.640 League last year. For the run game that they established 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:05.880 throughout the season going into twenty twenty two, that's what's 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:08.200 expected of the Eagles to have a good run game, 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:10.960 but you can't forget the weapons that have been added 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:14.880 to the offense from a wide receiver perspective. So how 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:19.000 does that change to other teams around the league preparing 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:20.960 for the Eagles When they know they can get you 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:23.880 on the ground, right, that's a given, but now what 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:27.320 can they offer, especially as Jalen Hurst has continued to 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:29.200 develop as well. I think the big thing is that 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:31.520 just having the ability to beat an opponent in a 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.400 number of different ways, and you could break that up 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:35.760 both run game and pass game. I think starting with 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:38.159 the run game the Eagles, one of the biggest things 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:40.599 about that over the last few years is that it's 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:43.280 not just oh they're a great outside zone run team 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:45.839 or they're a smash mouth downhill. They can beat you 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:48.360 in a number of different ways. They can go between 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.480 the tackles downhill and come right at you Defensively, They've 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:53.159 got the ability to get out in the perimeter, not 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.640 just with speed at the running back position, but with 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.719 athleticism in the trenches. We've seen this summer the Cam 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.000 Jurgon's blocks out in the edge. But we know number 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:03.640 sixty two Jason Kelsey with what he can do out 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:05.320 in space. So they can beat you in a number 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:07.280 of different ways there. But then also you factor in 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:10.640 the QB run element with Jalen Hurts, the option run game, 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:14.560 the misdirection, the deception, all those different angles. Now you 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:16.240 have lots of different ways that you can attack an 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:18.560 opponent and how they line up on a given basis. 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:20.320 And then you get to the past game, and we've 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:23.680 talked about that all summer. When you talk about Dallas 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:27.080 Goddard and A. J. Brown and DeVante Smith, and you say, okay, well, 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.000 all these different body types, all of them can line 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:31.560 up inside, are outside, all of them can impact all 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:34.039 three levels of the field. You factor in Quez Watkins 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:37.279 and Zach Pascal and Jalen ragor the running backs, and 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:38.800 you start going down the list and you're like, man, 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:41.279 Jalen Hurts has a lot of weapons at his disposal. 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:43.640 So depending on the scheme that you're going up against 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.080 on any given week, well you've got answers now for 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:48.880 whatever an opponent is going to present to you. That's 0:06:48.920 --> 0:06:50.919 really the value in the way that the Eagles have 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:53.360 built this roster, and it'll take its final shape here 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:56.120 on Tuesday. I think what's unknown too going into twenty 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.400 twenty two is what does Jalen Hurts look like as 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:01.560 a developed quarterback. Their teams around the league can hear 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.720 what is coming out of Eagles camp and hear about 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.240 the progress that he's making, but we haven't quite seen 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:10.360 it yet. He played that first series against the Jets 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:12.920 in the preseason opener. We haven't seen him since then 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:15.840 in a game situation. So we're out of practice every day. 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:18.080 We see what's going on going on out on the 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:21.320 practice field, but other teams have not game planned for 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:23.880 Jalen Hurts in year two. So that's going to be 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.720 interesting as well because last year it was what's a 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:30.040 Nick Sirianni offense, What is Jalen Hurts as a starter? 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:32.760 There were so many unknowns. Now we know a little 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:35.880 bit more. But as everybody kind of continues to develop 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.280 and the pieces keep getting put into place, what is 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.240 this really going to look like? We just don't know. 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:43.360 What every team in the NFL saw was what Jalen 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:45.520 Hurts put on tape against the New York Jets where 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:47.520 he went six for six for eighty yards and a 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:50.040 touchdown you throw on the touchdown run that came back 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.040 off the penalty in that first drive. So I think 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.680 when you look at Jalen Hurts his ability to impact 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.120 both as a passer and as a runner, that's a 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.240 lot of what we saw a year ago. But those 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:02.520 developments that he has made as a passer, and you 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:05.200 mentioned it all, we've seen now over the last couple 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:08.080 of weeks in joint practice what he's done against Cleveland 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:10.960 and against Miami. That last practice against the Dolphins. Nick 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:13.480 Sirianni just said it was the best practice he's seen 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:16.320 from Jalen Hurts since he's been in Philadelphia over the 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:18.320 last two years. So I think when you look at 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:21.080 what his trajectory is at this moment. You've got to 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:23.080 be excited as an Eagles fan, and if you're an opponent, 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:25.160 you've got to be left wondering, what is this offense 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:26.880 going to look like? Are they going to throw the 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:29.760 ball at a sixty five, seventy to seventy percent rate? 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.640 We saw six plays from Jalen Hurts. All of them 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:35.240 we're through were pass plays, right, So what exactly is 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.080 this offense going to look like? Are they gonna lean 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:39.120 heavily into the run game? Are they gonna lean heavily 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:40.960 into the pass game, or is it like what we 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.040 just talked about a few minutes ago, depending on what 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.319 that looks like on a weekly basis, on a game 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:47.400 from a weekly game plan. Well, they've got a lot 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:49.840 of answers. Let's move to the defensive side of the ball. 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.120 We saw both rookies in Jordan Davis and a Kobe 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:55.160 Dean's start tonight. What did you see from Jordan Davis 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:57.280 when he was put up against another new challenge in 0:08:57.320 --> 0:09:00.440 the NFL tonight? A consistent ability to push the pocket 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:02.560 and change the line of scrimmage. And look, I know 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:04.600 that you know Miami ran for a bunch of yards. 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:06.720 There are a lot of mistackles at the second and 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:09.240 third level. There are things that again the defense is 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:12.079 gonna want to try and take back right But ultimately, 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.760 when you look at the play of Jordan Davis, saw 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:16.440 a number of times where he was able to change 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:18.840 the line of scrimmage and force the running back to 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.679 bounce our cutback and that's what you're looking for from 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:23.840 a guy playing in that position. I'm excited to go 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:26.160 back through the tape tomorrow in the day after just 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.320 to kind of get a real sense of how it looked. 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:31.600 But just fresh eyes just watching the broadcast and taking 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:33.600 it in, it seemed like he had another performance that 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.920 was impressive and reps, reps, reps. That's what's important right 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.400 right now in the beginning of his NFL career, to 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:42.520 just keep putting a hat to a hat and see 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:44.800 what he can do in the trenches. For Nakobe Dean, 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:47.559 he's going to be in a linebacking room with veteran 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:51.520 players like Kaiser White, Hassan Reddick, and now t J. Edwards, 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:54.240 who is going into another year is more of a 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:56.920 leader on this defense. How can that benefit a player 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.520 like Nakobe Dean, Well, it allows him to come along slowly. 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:01.640 And it's the same thing with Jordan Davis. You mentioned 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:03.800 when you come into a room, as you know the 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.400 Eagles have up front and the defensive line, there's Fletcher 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:09.640 Cox and Javon Hargrave entrenched right. Milton Williams came on 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:11.599 last year as a rookie and now going into his 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:13.920 second year, you gotta feel good about where he's at. 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:17.080 But then you factor in Jordan Davis. I would be 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:18.840 shocked if you told me that there was a better 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.600 group of defensive tackles one through four than the Eagles 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.760 have here in Philadelphia. Then you look at what they've 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:26.559 got off the edge with Josh Sweat and Brandon Graham 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:29.520 and Derek Barnett. You factor in Hassan Reddick and what 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:31.320 he's going to bring to the table, right, So, I 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:33.760 think when you look at what the Eagles bring up front, 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:36.160 that's certainly going to be the strength of this defense 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:38.880 is their ability to impact the line of scrimmage, change 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:41.560 the line of scrimmage, get after the quarterback, stop the run. 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:44.079 That's gonna be the lynchpin of what they do on 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:47.320 that side of the football. And their versatility, their multiplicity upfront, 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:49.280 that's gonna be another feather in their cap as well. 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:51.360 And then when you talk about building this fifty three 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:54.439 man roster, there are areas where you wonder who is 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:56.240 going to take those places when you get into the 0:10:56.240 --> 0:11:00.360 safety position, the cornerback position, and those answers will come 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:03.480 in the next few days. But when we also talk 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:05.480 about this defense as a whole, when you talk to 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.960 these defensive players throughout camp, they're much more confident going 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.680 into year two under Jonathan Gannon. Last year, they were 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:15.240 under some fire throughout the weeks in the beginning of 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.400 Jonathan Gannon's tenure as the defensive coordinator here, and then 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:20.079 they start to get into a rhythm and they figured 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:22.560 it out. But now there's a different kind of confidence 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:25.240 when they talk about Gannon's scheme that I'm excited to 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:27.319 see how it plays outcome week one. Yeah, I think 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:30.480 everybody that's watching the show or you know, you've probably 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:34.040 taken a language course in high school and college. Well 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.080 you take it. The first few weeks you said, all right, well, 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:38.120 I'm kind of getting it. I see that word, but 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:40.000 I'm not quite sure if I'm using it the right way. 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:42.160 Am I saying it the right way? Well, now, after 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.439 the first year. After the first semester, you feel a 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.880 little bit more comfortable, right, And now all these guys 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:49.280 now for the most part, minus the rookies and the 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:52.959 free agent editions, these guys feel comfortable. You know what 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:54.880 you're doing. And I always kind of compare it too 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.120 to learning how to drive. When you're first learning how 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.839 to drive, you're thinking about everything that you're doing, turning 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:01.520 to turn to you know, turning the turn signal on, 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:05.040 changing it into gear, right, shifting into gear. Everything you're doing. 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:06.600 You have to think about it before you do it. 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.120 But the more reps you have at driving, well, then 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.559 it's just second nature and hopefully you're doing it well. 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:14.480 That's exactly what all of these defenders are going on 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:17.040 offense too. When you go into year two in a scheme, 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:19.920 everything just becomes second nature. Let's take a look at 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:23.680 the Eagle schedule coming up here, as we're fifteen days 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:27.640 away from kickoff in Detroit. They hit the road first. 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.960 They're in Detroit. It's a one o'clock kickoff. As we 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:33.440 know last year, that's kind of where the run game 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:36.880 took shape was against Detroit last year. It was their 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:40.199 coming out party and then the home opener is Monday 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:43.720 Night Football against the Vikings. I like this matchup Frand 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:45.959 and Monday Night football at home at the Link. It's 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.360 going to be rocking. It's a good NFC opponent. Yeah, 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.040 no question. This is our really interesting first four games 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.520 for the Eagles here and looks it all starts Week 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:56.160 one against the Detroit Lions, which, by the way, you know, 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.240 obviously look the Eagles they made They made a big 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:00.160 turn after that game in Detroit. It was a big win. 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:02.760 They were two and five entering that game. That really 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.520 kind of got things going in the right direction for 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:08.400 this football team. But Detroit they also kind of figured 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:10.760 things out as well. Down the stretch. It was right 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.320 after they made a change from a play caller standpoint, 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:16.840 their new offensive coordinator, Ben Johnson. He took over play 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.160 calling duties in Week ten. And what we saw from 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.439 that point on down the stretch the final seven eight 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:24.640 games was the number one they featured big time the 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:27.040 rookie wide receiver at that point, Alman ross Saint Brown, 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:29.880 who was a fourth round pick, and they did all 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.720 kinds of things moving him around the formation. Huge uptick 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.679 in motion in play action in screens. So I think 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:37.680 when you look at what they're going to bring to 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:39.960 the table against the Eagles in Week one. Well, we 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:42.840 know the last year it was TJ Hockinson and DeAndre 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:45.560 Swift and those were the vocal points. Well, now you 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:47.719 added an Alman Ross Saint Brown. They go out and 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:50.079 they get DJ Chark and free agency. He brings a 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:51.960 little bit more of a vertical element. There's a little 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:55.160 bit more explosiveness now with this Detroit offense, and so 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:56.559 that will be a big test. They were one of 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.160 the most injured teams in the entire NFL last year, 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:00.840 so this is the team that's going to be healthy. 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:02.600 The Eagles have to be ready for a test here 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:04.760 out in the Motor City in Week one. When you 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.640 look at those first four matchups, they're twenty twenty one records, 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.800 don't really jump off the page, but all four of 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:13.559 those teams look very different than they did last year. 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:15.640 Week three, the Eagles are going to see the Commanders. 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:17.720 They're going to see a familiar quarterback, but a new 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:20.960 quarterback to Washington in Carson Wentz. And then of course 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:24.120 the Jaguars would look completely different as Doug Peterson, who's 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:27.480 also very familiar here in Philadelphia went in and try 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:29.760 to turn the whole thing upside down and revamp it. 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:31.680 It's going to look completely different. Are they going to 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:34.840 be contenders this year? I'm not so sure. But it's 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:38.080 a different football team with a stronger culture and much 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:41.120 more disciplined coaching than we saw last year than of course, 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:43.880 they're on the road in Arizona and then Sunday night 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:48.120 football against the Dallas Cowboys, which that Cowboys team looks 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:50.120 pretty different than it did last year as well. Right 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:53.120 obviously suffering a big injury this past week with their 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:55.880 left tackle Tyrant Smith going down. But look, this is 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:57.480 one of those things that I'm sure that if if 0:14:57.560 --> 0:14:59.440 Nick Sirianni was sitting to your ride, He's like, we 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:02.080 can't talk about games in middle October about week one, 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.120 And I think that's almost if you're an Eagles fan, 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:05.880 you gotta approach it that way. It's all right, what 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:09.040 happens now? What's next? So all you got the final 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:12.320 cutdown here on Tuesday, those announcements, we may make sure 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:15.040 you stay tuned to Philadelphiagles dot com, all the Eagles 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:18.200 digital and social channels. Follow Dave Spernaro on Twitter, stay 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.960 tuned for his calm breaking all of those roster moves down. 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:23.720 But after that it's full steam ahead to Detroit and 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:25.800 trying to figure out a way to beat that team 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:27.640 on the road. You want to start the season the 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:29.880 right way, Go one, and oh then you worry about 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:31.680 to going too, and oh the worry about going three. 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:33.480 To know, the beauty of the NFL is even when 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:35.680 you look at that schedule we're just seeing. We talk 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:37.600 about the Eagles team, they look different than they did 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:40.040 last year. All of these teams that we're looking at 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:42.520 that are upcoming on the schedule look different than they 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:45.000 did last year. And that's the beauty in the NFL. 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.800 We see out of the bye the Eagles faced the Steelers, 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.000 or they're gonna see Mitchell Dremissy, or they're gonna see 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.920 a rookie Kenny Pickett. Who knows. And that's why when 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:54.720 you get into the grind of the season and it's 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:57.800 week by week, because you truly don't know what's in store, 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:00.160 what's coming around the corner. It's a one week season. 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:03.000 At seventeen one week season's eighteen one week season's really 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.760 now with the current schedule format. But look, this is 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:07.520 a team and la you and I were talking about 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:09.920 this watching the game. If you look at this Eagle's 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.240 roster and you compare it to where they were a 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:15.000 year ago, and you just go position by position, you 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:17.320 can't help but think this team is a lot more 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:19.480 talented than they were a year goo, a lot more 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.600 proven than they were a year ago. This is a 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.200 team that went to the playoffs last year, that obviously 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:26.600 caught fire down the stretch, and they found different ways 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:29.400 to win games. You can't help but be excited about 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:31.160 what this group looks like. I know tonight is a 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:32.720 little bit different, right It was a little bit of 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:35.080 a different squad out there, but think back to what 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:37.640 this starting unit has looked like in these two games 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:40.440 against the Jets and against the Browns, you can't help 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:42.040 but be excited. This is going to be a really 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:43.920 fun team. I can't wait to see them take the 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:46.280 field in September eleventh. We're gonna bring up the second 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:49.040 half of the season schedule here for fans to take 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:52.240 a look. But you mentioned this team, and we talked 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:54.360 about this in the Kickoff show. Nick Sirianni earlier in 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:56.200 the week said what he learned about this team is 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:59.160 they're tough, they're gritty and physical. What I think is 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:01.880 also important to notice Howie Roseman in his opening press 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:04.840 conference of training camp, he said, they learned what they 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:06.840 have in a head coach in Nick Sirianni last year 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:08.560 when they start the season two and five, you learn 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:11.879 a lot about people, about players, about coaches when your 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:13.560 backs are against the wall, and how he said, now 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:15.520 we know who we have in our head coach. So 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:17.360