WEBVTT - Postgame Show: Eagles Tie 31 - 31 Against the New York Jets 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:18.160 And that's a rap from MetLife Stadium tonight, the Eagles 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:22.720 closing out their final preseason game. Welcome to the postgame show, 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:26.560 presented by Rico and Gabriella d Givanni, joined by fran Duffy. 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:30.280 Here we are closing it out preseason football. Goodbye, preseason 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:33.440 is over. It ended a little bit differently than we expected. 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:35.960 A thirty one thirty one tie, but an entertaining game. 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:38.159 Some good things on both sides of the ball from 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:40.880 this Eagles team. Not the finish that you would like ideally, 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:44.400 but a good performance. Donetheless, Head Kushnick Sirianni still looking 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:47.320 for his first win at the Helm. But there was 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:49.440 a lot of good stuff in that first half, I thought, 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:52.120 especially from the offense. There was a ton of bright spots, 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:56.280 a lot of patients throughout that first half, and a 0:00:56.360 --> 0:01:00.240 lot of guys, especially Kenny g really showed up. Yeah. 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:02.320 I thought we saw some really good things offensively, and 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:05.280 you saw some crisp offensive play. I thought Joe Flacco 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:07.360 looked sharp. He really had a good week of practice 0:01:07.360 --> 0:01:09.600 as well up there in Floren Park, so going up 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:12.000 against his former team, I thought he showed up this play. 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:14.280 I mean, there's not much else to say outside of 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:16.959 Boston Scott doing a great job in the open field, 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:19.440 really well executed play. I think I'll be breaking this 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:21.600 one down a little bit later in the show. The 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:23.720 Eagles being able to finish off drives, and what's the 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:26.080 thing we talked about in the Kickoff Show, right is 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:27.600 I want to see them finish and I thought the 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:29.800 offense did a good job. Three of the first four 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:32.720 drives ended in touchdowns. That's what you're looking to see 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:36.160 from an offensive standpoint. You'd like to be able to 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:39.800 see the quarterback captain. The offense moved the football down 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:41.440 the field. You had some big plays, but then you 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:43.600 had had some drives where they had to matriculate it 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:45.680 and get dink and dunk and get the ball down. 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:48.080 They did a good job overall tonight. Joe Flacco was 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:50.320 wheeling and dealing out there. He came up with some 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:53.040 good good stuff. He was extending plays, which I think 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:55.680 is something that the Eagles are working on. It's it's 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:58.360 a strength. It's been ash strength in the past few weeks. 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:01.280 And we talked about also in the Kickoff Show. That 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.480 offensive line. We got to see a lot in terms 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:07.160 of the depth, which was something that we mentioned before 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:09.839 the game started and Andre Dillard. I wanted to ask 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:12.840 what you thought of his performance. Because Jordan Mailatta has 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:15.160 been the big talk at left tackle. Andre Dillard has 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:16.799 been banged up through camp, so we haven't been able 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:19.080 to see much of him, although Jordan Milatta has been 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.880 pretty dominant at that position. But we got to see 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.680 Andre Dillard for a long time tonight. We did, and 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:27.040 I'm excited to kind of dig into the tape tomorrow 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:28.959 and really get a sense of how he did overall. 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:30.920 But we got to see some flashes where you know, 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:34.280 he releases out to the perimeter on some screenplays and 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:36.000 he's able to get you know, big on big and 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:38.000 get and get some defenders out of the way out 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.680 in space. So look, that plays in his athleticism. That's 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.040 something you'd like to see from Andre Dillard. I'm excited 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:44.520 to dig into the film and see how he looked 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:48.560 in his first extensive preseason action since twenty nineteen. On 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:50.639 the other side of the ball, t Y McGill, Yes, 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:53.720 what are our thoughts? There? A really strong performance and 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:55.880 this is a guy that has flashed almost on on 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.120 a weekly basis, not just here in the preseason, but 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:01.760 throughout training camp as well. He's really really quick, really active. 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:04.080 He's got heavier hands than you would expect for an 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:06.760 undersized defensive tackle. He's been on and off the roster 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:08.840 ella for the last couple of years, and he really 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:11.400 just kind of flashes. And what flashes most about him 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.560 is his effort, his energy, his play personality. I thought 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:17.640 that showed up today. We saw him chasing the football consistently, 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:19.560 but you saw some TFLs. We saw a couple of 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:22.320 sacks there from t Y McGill, so showing off one 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:23.639 of the reasons why he's been able to stick in 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:25.560 the NFL for as long as he has. Looking at 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:28.240 the big picture now, like we said in the Kickoff show, 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.280 guys were fighting for a job tonight and you can 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.600 see that fight in jaj arthego whiteside, he was fighting 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:37.520 for it. Now the next few days until Tuesday, where 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:40.280 those roster cuts are made from eighty players to fifty three. 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.839 What is that going to look like after tonight's performance. Yeah, 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:45.880 we'll see exactly when those official cuts are made. And 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:48.640 make sure you're tuned in to at Eagles on Twitter. 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.440 Make sure you're tuned into Philadelphiagles dot Com, the Eagle's 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:54.320 mobile app, social channels all across the board. Make sure 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:57.040 you're tuned in because once those cuts are official, you'll 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:58.960 be able to find them on all of those channels. 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:01.840 But at some point for Tuesday's deadline, the Eagles will 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:04.680 get down to fifty three. Then the next day, Wednesday, 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:07.360 is when they can get to that sixteen man practice squad. 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:10.680 But yeah, so obviously a lot of tough decisions that 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:12.280 will be made here in the next couple of days. 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:15.080 Definitely decisions that coaches around the league would say it's 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:18.040 not the best part of the job, but being a coach. Now, 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:20.520 they have joint practice film, they have training camp film, 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:23.680 and they have three preseason games. What does it look 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:25.880 like for them when they're gonna all sit down, They're 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.239 gonna go back, They're gonna look at this film before 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:30.160 they make these decisions. What does it look like from 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:33.440 a coach's perspective. You're evaluating the whole body of work, 0:04:33.560 --> 0:04:35.080 and we set it in a kickoff show that it's 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:37.040 all about the more you can do. So, if you're 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:40.080 an offensive player, what can you do in your own position? 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.160 If you're a running back, can you help as a blocker. 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.479 Can you help us a pass catcher obviously as a runner? 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:46.640 Can you move around the formation? Can you go play 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:49.039 special teams? Are you're a returner? Can you cover kicks? 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:51.720 Can you be a punt block on the punt block team? 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:54.640 What else can you offer this football team? And so 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.440 the guys that can answer or could check more boxes there, 0:04:57.640 --> 0:04:59.320 they've got more of a chance to be able to stick. 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.760 And those are the discussions that it's not just they're 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.720 going to start now that the front office, the coaching staff, 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.159 they've been having those discussions over the last couple of 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.400 weeks and months. Now it's going to all come down 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:11.599 to these next couple of days. It's it's gonna be busy, 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:15.400 that's for sure around here at the Novacare Complex. Now, 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:18.520 as we said before, Nick's Arianni really views these joint 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:22.719 practices as preseason games. So again doing that math, they've 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.839 the Eagles and played a total of seven preseason games. 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:28.920 Looking at all those joint practices and the film from 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:32.200 those preseason games for in, what do we know now 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:34.839 about the twenty twenty one Eagles. I think we know 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.000 that they're gonna play really, really hard, and that's been 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:38.359 the One thing that has stood out is that the 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:41.919 energy level has been consistent from Practice one all the 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:44.839 way up through was a fifteen practices total. Sixteen practices 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.320 total plus those games, I think we've seen a really 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:50.440 high level of energy on both offense and defense. The 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.400 coaching staff they are going to harp on development and 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:57.240 players getting better week after week, game after game. That's 0:05:57.240 --> 0:05:59.520 been consistent here in camp. I think we'll continue to 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:01.240 see that as well. That's gonna be big for a 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:03.240 lot of these young players. The first year players, second 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:05.880 year players, third year players, expect to see them make 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:09.280 incremental improvements throughout the course of the season. So teaching 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:11.400 and then the energy level, I think those are going 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:13.400 to be constants here with this football team. And I 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:16.520 think it's important to note that now after that whistle 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.920 was blown, there's sixteen days until the Eagles hit the 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:23.000 road to take on Atlanta for Week one. So that's 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:25.240 a lot of time, right to get the wheels in 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:28.200 motion with your fifty three guys. What's that going to 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:31.039 look like over the next sixteen days to prepare this team, 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:34.360 keep them focused for Atlanta. So basically what happens now 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:37.720 once training camp is over Obviously, the media, we're not 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:40.480 at practice every single day throughout the entire practice. So 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.080 once that media session ends, that little media window where 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:46.040 cameras are out there for the first fifteen twenty minutes, cameras, 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:48.440 media all go away, and now the team starts working 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:50.440 on game plans. And not only will they focus so 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:52.360 you're here on Atlanta, but a lot of teams will 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.640 also maybe sneak in a couple periods here and there 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.560 every day, especially this coming week where we're looking at 0:06:57.760 --> 0:07:00.760 Week two San Francisco, Week three, four, you're looking at 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.840 those opponents as well. But next week, that's when it's 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.240 gonna be all Atlanta all the time, getting ready for 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:10.000 that Week one opponent. Obviously, look this this coming week here, 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:12.200 it's gonna be all about the decisions, everybody getting their 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:14.480 body right, making sure you're good to go, but getting 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.720 ready for Atlanta that starts tomorrow. Sure, and this week 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:19.640 can be kind of treated like a bye week, right, 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:21.960 so you're gonna want to try and get your bodies back, 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.080 get your guys healthy and ready to go, which is 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:27.840 a certainly a benefit of not playing next weekend. However, 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:30.520 with those sixteen days, I know people get a little 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:33.800 worried all that time off, but I know Nick Sirianni 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:35.680 is going to have these guys ready to go. And 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:38.080 that was the point of having these joint practices the 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.720 way that they had them. It was hot up there 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:44.200 in New York and New Jersey this week. Both days 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:47.160 of practice Tuesday and Wednesday were scorchers. It was hot 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:50.640 and humid out there after the rainstorm even tonight. So 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:52.680 those guys got a lot of great work in and 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.480 you know they're going to continue to recover, be ready 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:56.760 to go. Here. We got a couple of weeks that 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:59.480 sixteen days is gonna go fast, all right. So now 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.880 this week's approaching, it's busy around the Novacare Complex. For you, 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:05.480 what's some things that you're going to break down? So 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:07.640 for me personally, I mean, we'll dig a little bit 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.080 into this film here from the third preseason game against 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.480 the Jets. But all eyes are now going to start 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:15.280 looking ahead towards Atlanta. So whether it's on the Eagle line, 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:17.600 the Sky Podcast will be preparing for that, but also 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.120 as well for Eagles game plan our weekly show we 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:22.600 do our film breakdowns of the Eagles upcoming game, the 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:24.600 opponent and how they're going to win the matchup. That's 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:26.720 the goal every single week over on Eagles game Plan. 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.000 So production for that has already started. We'll have film 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.480 breakdowns every week with coach Siriani. We'll have great co 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:34.160 sell My Quick, John Clark, I Grease. It's always a 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:36.400 lot of fun. So all of those breakdowns they all 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:38.800 start right away. So excited to get going there. But 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.280 for look for the team, like I said, it is 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:44.480 all about getting now to that regular season. You've made 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:46.800 it through camp, you've made it over that hill. Now 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:49.280 it's about trying to get yourself ready for week one. Now. 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:51.320 One position group that we talked a lot about on 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.800 the Kickoff show was the running backs. Now we didn't 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:55.920 see Miles Standers, we didn't see Jordan Howard, But what 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:58.480 did we learn about the other running backs tonight that 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.520 maybe we didn't know before. I'm see Kenny Gainwell still 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:03.839 proving to be what he's shown in the past few 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:06.480 weeks at camp, but what can we really learn about 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:08.800 them after tonight? Yeah, I think it wasn't even necessarily 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:11.720 about like learning something new. It was also about just 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:14.320 let's just see the guys perform. We haven't seen Kenny 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:17.240 Gainwell have that level of performance up to this point. 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:19.640 And we talked about it earlier that he did not 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:22.320 play in twenty twenty, right, he opted out of his 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:25.680 sophomore season in Memphis. But great to see him perform 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:27.080 the way he did under the lights. All right, we'll 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:28.880 speak in a Kenny Gainwell. We're going to head over 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:42.960 to the press conference, and here from the running back himself. Hey, 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:49.440 questions for Kay. Hey, can't you just talk about, you know, 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:52.080 the progress you made you the preseason and how just 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:53.920 how you feel about yourself going into the regular season. 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:56.920 Let's just came a preseason too, ready to work, you know, 0:09:57.040 --> 0:10:00.360 And I came in with my head down. It's ready 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:02.679 to take every I since it came my way. So 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:05.960 came into ready to work. And going into the season, 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:07.400 you know, I'm just ready to work. Put it all 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:09.320 out there on the field. Did you feel like in 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.840 the beginning of training camp that you have like any 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:15.920 rush to knock off because you didn't play last year? Um? No, 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.320 not really. Um I just I mean I came in 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:21.480 ready regardless of anything, you know, just came in ready 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:23.319 to work. Over the last month, where do you think 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:27.440 you've improved the most um, overall just you know, um learning, 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.720 you know, learning from the older guys listening, Um, just 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.880 being smart with just the place, you know, just taking 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:36.280 it day by day. They practice a sweet We saw 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.880 you get a lot of work as first team back 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:41.360 and hurry up situations. How can you help when that 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:44.319 role in particular? Um, just being ready when my name 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:46.920 is called, just going in, attacking everything I had to 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:50.000 do whatever, you know, whenever my name is called, Just 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:52.760 going in and just do my job. Along those lines, 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:56.559 how how was past protection coming along? It's been coming 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.320 home good, you know, um easing every day. I try 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.240 to work hard to get better and you know, do 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:05.719 everything I had to do. They moved around a lot 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:07.679 in the formulation here. Um is that something that you 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:12.199 experienced a lot of Memphis? Yeah, that's exactly why it's 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:16.640 marriage in Memphis. Can moved from slot outside to inside. Um, 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:19.360 playing outside of the tackle, like right outside the tacking. 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.760 You know exactly what's going on now. So I'm very 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:24.079 comfortable with that. I'm good to pick one guy on 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:25.680 the team is gonna have a big season? Us here 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.120 who we're you just saying? I say myself, you know, 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:31.080 and basically the whole team but I'm gonna bet on 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:33.480 myself every chance I get how to feel together in 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:35.400 the end zone. Man, it felt good. You know I 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:38.360 had to let less team all. You know, I felt good. 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:40.720 You show some patients on that run. Do you think 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:42.360 like the game has slowed down for you since you 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:44.880 since you first started OTA? So where you are now? 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:46.880 Oh yeah for sure. You know. Um as you go 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:49.080 day by day, you learned play, knowing what to do. 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:53.959 You know, everything is slowed down. Okay, I appreciate you. 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.520 All right. We heard from running back Kenny Gainwell again 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:01.200 we were just speaking about in before turning over to 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:04.320 his press conference. What do you think adding him to 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:06.120 the running back room is really going to do for 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:07.880 this offense in this team. Well, I think it just 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:12.120 gives the offensive coordinator, the offensive coaches another dimension, another 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:14.640 running back that can impact the pass game as a 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:17.720 pass catcher, because we've seen him at Memphis be moved 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:19.880 all around the formation. He just talked about it there, 0:12:20.040 --> 0:12:21.960 how he was moved into the slot, he was moved 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:24.520 out wide, and yeah, he can break off big runs 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:27.240 like we saw today in chunks, but he also can 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.400 run routes like a wide receiver. He has the ability 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.920 to finish at the catch point like a wide receiver, 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.920 just such a natural pass catcher, and you love having 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:37.920 that out of the backfield. It's one of the biggest 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:40.800 mismatches in the sport is getting a running back on 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.480 a linebacker on a safety at the second level. With 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:46.319 that ability to make plays down the football field and 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:47.920 all three levels, it's something that's going to be a 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:50.080 big part of this offense. As we're learning more and 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.880 more about these running backs and now these wide receivers, 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:55.280 it's going to be really interesting to see how Stiken 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:59.040 in Sirianni kind of use them together. YEA, use the 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:02.160 wide receivers, use the running backs in unison, how they 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.480 can complement each other on this offense. Yeah, And we've 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.280 seen a little bit of that in the preseason where 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:08.559 you'll have those split back looks where the quarterbacks in 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:10.280 the shotgun. You have a quarterback or a running back 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:12.400 on his right, another running back on his left. You 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:14.079 can do a lot of different things from a motion 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:17.280 standpoint and a matchup standpoint, and sometimes it's eye candy. 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:19.240 Neither of those guys get the football, but it opens 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:21.440 up space for others. So I'm really excited to see 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:23.560 what they can continue to do out of those looks. 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:25.679 And if you're in defense, how hard is it to 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:29.559 look at that either game plan or to be able 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:32.160 to read the offense correctly. That's the thing is that 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:33.720 if you're in man to man coverage, you have to 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:35.560 figure out who's going to be covering each of those 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:37.640 backs one on one. Not every team is going to 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:40.320 have two linebackers that you feel comfortable with matching up 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.120 to running backs in space. And if you're gonna play 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:44.720 a play in zone, like I said, those motions that 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:47.160 can really mess with the eyes of a zone coverage defender. 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:48.760 So if you've got a running back going across your 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.120 face this way, another one going this way, if you 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:53.439 go this way or the other, well, now you open 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:54.800 up a gap behind you and can you throw it 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:57.440 to a tight end or a streaking receiver whatever it is. 0:13:57.480 --> 0:13:59.599 So you know, we've seen that from the Eagles a 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:01.360 little bit it here in the preseason and some of 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:03.120 these games. We'll see if they continue to do it 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.439 into the regular season. And we know Sirianni is not 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:10.439 going to show no, not at all, anything exactly exactly. 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:12.160 And that's a huge benefit that the Eagles have this 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.800 year is there's really no film on this team. Right. 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.160 We can sit here and we can talk about the preseason, 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:20.280 we can talk about joint practices until we turn blue 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:22.080 in the face, but at the end of the day, 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:25.320 we don't know what this Eagles team is truly, truly 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:28.000 going to look like until it's Week one in Atlanta. Yeah, 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:31.480 I mean, no NFL team knows what Nick Sirianni's offense, 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:35.160 his offense where he is calling shots, what that is 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:37.400 going to look like. No one knows what a Jonathan 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:40.080 Gannon defense where he is calling shots, what that looks like. 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:42.320 That is something that the Eagles have to their advantage 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:44.320 going into Week one, and then even then for the 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:46.440 San Francisco for nine ers to only have one week's 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.080 worth of tape, that's not a lot, that's not a 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:50.920 very large sample size. So the Eagles certainly have that 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.640 going to their advantage going into this game. And talking 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:56.640 about Jonathan Gannon's defense, a big thing that he has 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.480 been very vocal about is his focus on takeaways. Yeah, 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:01.080 we saw that towards the end of the game there 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:03.720 they had a big takeaway the Eagles defense. How important 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:05.040 was that do you think to Cap that off for 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.680 the defense before they head into the next week. It's 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:09.760 a good question because it's something he talked about Jonathan 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:11.840 Gannon this week at a press conference up in North 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.800 Jersey where he mentioned it was a forced fumble last 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:17.160 week in New England late by Raekwon Williams. And it's 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:19.840 just a good example for these guys to be able 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.200 to show something on tape and say, look, all these 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:25.240 things we practice every single day. Here's a good example 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.240 of it. Look it happened here in the game. This 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:29.120 is what we were trying to preach. This is what 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:32.080 we're doing. It's one thing when you show the Indianapolis 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.200 Colts do it, or you show the Minnesota Vikings do it. 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:36.880 But it's great to have your own film and say, hey, guys, 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:39.000 like we have done this, this is what we want 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:41.080 it to look like. This is the standard. And so 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:43.040 anytime you can have that, even if it is just 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:46.240 preseason film, it goes a long way. Absolutely. Speaking of 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:48.480 the defense, a big name on the defensive side of 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:50.760 the ball that we talked about in the Kickoff show 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.160 was Milton Williams. Would you think of his performance tonight? 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.520 He flashed, he did some good things Honestly, I thought 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:57.760 a lot of the rookies on the defensive side did 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:00.120 some good things here tonight. We saw Zach McPherson come 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.280 up with that interception in the end zone on the 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:04.720 two point play. We saw Tarron Jackson make plays to 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:06.880 we polo to a bunch of these guys. So it's 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:09.320 to see Milton Williams in the first half showed up 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:11.480 at defensive tackle. He looks like he played most of 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:13.680 his time inside tonight. I'm excited to go back through 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:16.120 the film, but I thought he flashed and he's continued 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:18.320 to flash. He has gotten He's one of those guys 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.720 ella that on the short list of who has gotten 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:23.400 better week after week after week. Milton Williams, he is 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:25.800 on that shortlist at the top. Absolutely. Now, when you 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:27.960 look at the team off the field, right and you 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.600 think of Jalen Hurts, who's stepping into this new role 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:34.280 as the quarterback of this team, what does the preparation 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:37.680 look like for a guy like him, Well, it's first off, 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:40.560 it's tough because you have to prepare for your first 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:42.400 time as a starter, right Because I remember this guy 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.600 who's only started four games coming into this year. This 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:46.280 is brand new for him. He was the third string 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:49.000 quarterback a year ago at this time, so he's got that. 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:52.520 But then you're also preparing for a ridiculous defensive scheme 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:55.360 Week one against the Atlanta Falcons. Demps is one of 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:58.400 the toughest coordinators to prepare for in the NFL. Comes 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.040 out of retirement, took last year off, now he's back 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.440 here with the Atlanta Falcons. He is a beast to 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:06.480 prepare for. From a blitz standpoint, a disguise stamp point. 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:08.680 So all the things that Jalen's got to worry about 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:11.320 from a first time starter standpoint. Then you add on 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.080 top of that, oh yeah, I gotta go up against 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:14.479 Dean P's in Week one. That's gonna be a big 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:16.640 storyline that we're not talking about now, but a week 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:18.760 from now that'll be a big question of press conferences 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:20.639 and a big thing that we know about Jalen Hurts 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:22.800 that we've heard all through his college career at both 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:25.199 Alabama and Oklahoma and now since he'd been here at 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:27.879 the Eagles. Of course, as those intangibles, right, we hear 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:29.919 about his leadership, we hear about his passion. We were 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:33.240 talking about how excited he was, he was ready to 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:36.280 go for practice. Right. Sometimes he's up at the podium 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:39.280 and it's like Nick Saban is speaking out of his mouth. Right. 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:42.680 He is just wired to win. And we remember when 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:44.879 he was at Oklahoma, right, he would just win a 0:17:44.920 --> 0:17:46.680