Speaker 1: And what we thought was going to be a path
Speaker 1: rushing a defensive special turned into sixty seven total points
Speaker 1: scored between the two teams. The Eagles with chances to
Speaker 1: win in Pittsburgh, and they did not get the job done.
Speaker 1: Twenty nine to thirty eight your final score as the
Speaker 1: Eagles fall to the Steelers. Today. We will be breaking
Speaker 1: it down for you today on the postgame show, presented
Speaker 1: by Rico. I'm Amy Campbell, as always, joined by Fran Duffy.
Speaker 1: I grease, Fran. I'll start with you. Let's get some
Speaker 1: overall thoughts. I thought a lot of positives for the
Speaker 1: Eagles here, but some costly mistakes and some classly penalty
Speaker 1: some definitely questionable, others well deserved in my opinion. What
Speaker 1: are your overall thoughts on today's performance. Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: you mentioned the penalties for sure, and there were some
Speaker 1: tikie tack ones. But the tikie tack ones went both ways.
Speaker 1: You know. There were plays that were taking off the
Speaker 1: board by the Pittsburgh Steelers as well that went the
Speaker 1: other way. So I think, to me, self inflicted wounds
Speaker 1: is something we talk about a lot, right whether it's
Speaker 1: on offense or defense, and there are. You know, up
Speaker 1: until the later part of this game, this was a
Speaker 1: one possession game, and so those little mistakes really can
Speaker 1: come back to bite you. I think end of the
Speaker 1: first half, you know John Hitzower making that catch short
Speaker 1: of the sticks near the sideline and not getting the
Speaker 1: first down, not getting out of bounds. That took time
Speaker 1: off the clock. That jj Arthega Whiteside that big catch
Speaker 1: late in the first half, maybe that puts you in
Speaker 1: field goal range. That changes the outlook of that game
Speaker 1: going into the locker room. There were penalties on first down.
Speaker 1: The first down run game was not very good in
Speaker 1: this game. So really, you know, a lot of things
Speaker 1: you can look at and say, you know, just self
Speaker 1: inflicted wounds at the offense. Stole a lot that needs
Speaker 1: to get cleaned up. There were some good things. Certainly,
Speaker 1: Travis folgam is a bright spot. I thought the offensive
Speaker 1: line performed admirably well against this Pittsburgh defense. I'm excited
Speaker 1: to see what that looks like on film. But yeah,
Speaker 1: stole a lot that still needs to get cleaned up offensively.
Speaker 1: The Eagles went down by seventeen points at one point.
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger has never lost at home when trailing by
Speaker 1: that much. They were able to get it within two.
Speaker 1: But ike's still not enough today in Pittsburgh. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: Frand touched on a lot of things that kind of
Speaker 1: ailed this offense, uh there throughout the course of the game.
Speaker 1: Me being a defensive guy, Amy fran I can't I
Speaker 1: can't help but be disappointed and the defensive effort out
Speaker 1: there today. One team's defense. We're able to make game
Speaker 1: changing plays, come up with turnovers. I know the Eagles
Speaker 1: got the one turnover all the Forest fumble, but it
Speaker 1: just wasn't enough. And more importantly than the turnovers, getting
Speaker 1: off the field on third down. You know, I think
Speaker 1: about a crucial tackle that was missed on third and
Speaker 1: five I believe by Craig ba LeBlanc. You gotta make
Speaker 1: that tackle. I mean, if you're gonna be a team
Speaker 1: like Pitchburg, you have to make them fight and grind
Speaker 1: for everything that they get. This was gonna be a
Speaker 1: tough game, and listen to offense wasn't blameless out there today,
Speaker 1: but to go into Hines Field and put up what
Speaker 1: nearly thirty points on arguably the number one defense in
Speaker 1: the NFL. I thought the offense did enough to win
Speaker 1: the game. I just needed a little more from the
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball to come up with either
Speaker 1: a big stop when they needed one or come up
Speaker 1: with a turnover late in that game to give their
Speaker 1: offense a short field to work with. So I'm just
Speaker 1: the defensive performance today was frustrating for me. Yeah, Eagles
Speaker 1: defense allowed thirty eight points. I saw it on the
Speaker 1: screen of the game. I can't remember how long it's been,
Speaker 1: but it's been a long time since Pittsburgh has scored
Speaker 1: thirty points in a game. All right, with that, let's
Speaker 1: go to Dave Spidero and get his thoughts on this one. Um,
Speaker 1: Dave a lot to break down some good things, but
Speaker 1: we talk about the self inflicted wounds. What are your
Speaker 1: overall thoughts as you start to process this loss here?
Speaker 1: I hate the term self inflicted wounds, okay, because it's not.
Speaker 1: It just bothers me that the Eagles. It wasn't as
Speaker 1: much to me self inflicted wounds as a seventeen to
Speaker 1: nothing run late second quarter, early third quarter. As fran mentioned,
Speaker 1: the high tower and mistake not getting out of bounce
Speaker 1: cost the Eagles a time out again. The defense, big drives,
Speaker 1: long drives, gadget plays. It's like these defensive ends are
Speaker 1: just not aware that. I mean every team is doing
Speaker 1: the same thing to them. They're crashing down and it's
Speaker 1: the bootleg, it's the misdirection, it's it's it's receivers coming
Speaker 1: across the formation, taking doing the jet sweeps, the flips,
Speaker 1: the it's just NonStop and there's just the Eagles haven't
Speaker 1: adjusted to that. The soft coverage is bothersome. The having
Speaker 1: Nathan Gary on the receiver there at Claypool at the
Speaker 1: end of the game. I mean, Jonathan Villemot called it
Speaker 1: out before the play. You can't put a linebacker out
Speaker 1: there on a wide receiver who has been torching you
Speaker 1: the entire game. I thought the offense, you know, the
Speaker 1: run game wasn't there. Miles Sanders and anybody will say
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders needs to get to ball. Miles Sanders had
Speaker 1: ten carries for six yards and a touchdown. Other than
Speaker 1: that seventy four yard touchdown run, I thought Carson played
Speaker 1: much better. I thought the offensive line held up until
Speaker 1: late in the game. Travis Fulgham to me, is a
Speaker 1: starting wide receiver. I don't care if alshon Jeffrey and
Speaker 1: when he comes back and I don't care when Deshaun
Speaker 1: Jackson comes back. I'm riding with number thirteen. I'm going
Speaker 1: to develop that kid, and I'm gonna see what he's
Speaker 1: got because he's been super impressive. These last two weeks.
Speaker 1: Eagles have not been able to get zach Ertz into
Speaker 1: the game. That's concerning, but for the most part, Look,
Speaker 1: I mean there are no moral victories. I love the
Speaker 1: heart this team showed going down seventeen points, and I
Speaker 1: just wish they could have finished it off in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. And by the way, I have no problem
Speaker 1: with a fifty seven yard field goal attempt from Jake
Speaker 1: Elliott went wide right. I wish the Eagles could have
Speaker 1: executed that drive better to give him a better shot,
Speaker 1: but I have no problem with that decision to kick
Speaker 1: the field goal. David, I'm so glad you brought up
Speaker 1: fall going because I was gonna be my question for
Speaker 1: you and you kind of talked about this. But he's
Speaker 1: got to be part of the big picture now for
Speaker 1: the next few weeks, right at least like moving forward.
Speaker 1: I mean, you gotta count on this kid. What he's
Speaker 1: done has been really impressive. Look, this is a football
Speaker 1: team that has talked all off season about getting younger,
Speaker 1: about getting faster, about getting stronger. Best laid plans go
Speaker 1: to waste. When there's a lot of injuries. You bring
Speaker 1: back Jason Peters. You rely a lot on the veteran
Speaker 1: receivers who haven't been on the field through the first
Speaker 1: five games. I'm riding with high Tower. I'm riding with Fulgum,
Speaker 1: Greg Ward. If DeShawn Jackson and al Sean come back,
Speaker 1: that's great, that helps. But I'm not going to give
Speaker 1: up on Folgum at all. I think there's something to
Speaker 1: work with here. Eagles are looking for young talent, and
Speaker 1: number thirteen has shown that he is a big time talent.
Speaker 1: We'll see as teams get more film on him and
Speaker 1: they take some things away from him, how he adjusts.
Speaker 1: But clearly there is something there to work with. Yeah, day,
Speaker 1: there's no way they're giving up or taking Travis Fogum
Speaker 1: out of this line up. The guy just had the
Speaker 1: best receiving day since Jeremy Macklin in two thousand and fourteen.
Speaker 1: So I don't think we have to worry about Travis
Speaker 1: Fogum not being in his lineup anytime soon. But let
Speaker 1: me ask you about the defense day. This was probably
Speaker 1: Darius Slay's toughest day as an Eagle. What did you
Speaker 1: think about his play today and the fact that Big
Speaker 1: Band didn't necessarily shy away from throwing in his direction. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, Darius did not play his best game, no
Speaker 1: doubt about a two pass interference calls down the field.
Speaker 1: I thought the first one was a bit questionable at
Speaker 1: the very least, but certainly the Steelers went right after him.
Speaker 1: And you know that's there's no such thing in the
Speaker 1: NFL's what they call is shutdown cornerback anymore. In this
Speaker 1: Eagles defense, if they are not dominating at the line
Speaker 1: of scream, they struggle on the back end. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's just the way it is. And Jim was rushing four,
Speaker 1: rushing four, rushing four, and Roethlisberger had time to pick
Speaker 1: him apart, and he did so. And that third down
Speaker 1: conversion rateike which you mentioned, eleven of fifteen conversions. So
Speaker 1: let's talk about the defense, not just this game, but
Speaker 1: through five games you have to be concerned with an
Speaker 1: Eagles defense had once again three trips into the red
Speaker 1: zone three Pittsburgh Steelers touchdowns. The takeaway was great, but
Speaker 1: could not get off the field. Not enough pressure on
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger. They made They made the decision very early
Speaker 1: in the game that Roethlisberger was going to get the
Speaker 1: ball out of his hands quickly, and he did it.
Speaker 1: Boom boom boom, drop back, boom boom. Don't let the
Speaker 1: defensive line dominate. So that's the blueprint. So if you're
Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz, what is your counter move here? And that's
Speaker 1: what I'm going to look forward to in the weeks
Speaker 1: to come, because, let's be honest to this defense has
Speaker 1: not played well in twenty twenty period. David. I'm just
Speaker 1: looking at like the starting field position too. Everything that
Speaker 1: you just said, like the inability to stop them on
Speaker 1: third down, the inability to create turnovers. Just one sack today,
Speaker 1: and here's looking like Eagles offense starting field position on
Speaker 1: their own seventeen on their own, fourteen on their own
Speaker 1: twenty four on their own fifteen on their own twenty.
Speaker 1: Steelers on their own forty six. They're thirty eight the
Speaker 1: forty seven. Like you see, like the starting field position,
Speaker 1: and now you're the starting field position battle, that yardage
Speaker 1: battle completely in Pittsburgh's favor, and that's a that's a
Speaker 1: team stat that's offense, that's defense, that's special teams. The
Speaker 1: Eagles came up short in that area today, and friend,
Speaker 1: let me touch on special teams because the return game
Speaker 1: has been just not productive at all. I mean, I
Speaker 1: don't know what the return scheme is, but as I
Speaker 1: saw Craig James looping around to to block, Steelers were
Speaker 1: running past him. Boston Scott had no chance. And for
Speaker 1: the first time this year, I've seen teams kicked the
Speaker 1: ball to the Eagles wanting them to return a kickoff,
Speaker 1: and it was a good strategy by the Steelers. Eagles
Speaker 1: still not getting production in the kickoff return game, still
Speaker 1: not getting production in the punt return game, and you know,
Speaker 1: those things can really flip a field and change momentum
Speaker 1: of a game. Eagles just unable to do that. But
Speaker 1: back to the defense, I think, what's I don't have
Speaker 1: the statistic in in my mind, but the Eagles score touchdown.
Speaker 1: We've seen it over and over. Eagles score touchdown. Eagle, Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's see's momentum here, and then the defense boom gives
Speaker 1: up big plays, a long drive, points on the ensuing drive,
Speaker 1: and it just this defense has just not been able
Speaker 1: to take the momentum and keep it in the Eagles favor,
Speaker 1: and that's something that is a big picture concern when
Speaker 1: you're looking at this Philadelphia Eagles team for the rest
Speaker 1: of the season. Yeah. I think great point there, David,
Speaker 1: especially when you're looking at the third down numbers for
Speaker 1: the Steelers offense as well as as you mentioned, just
Speaker 1: that momentum. There was that one point the Steelers had
Speaker 1: come away with points on five straight drives. I think
Speaker 1: it was four touchdowns and one field goal. So that's
Speaker 1: just not a recipe for coming away with a win,
Speaker 1: especially on the road. All Right, I'm looking forward to
Speaker 1: hearing your podcast as always. Will let you get to
Speaker 1: it all right, thanks so much, Amy. Tough win today,
Speaker 1: great Heart, but just not enough at the end. Absolutely, Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think let's get into some of your takeaways here,
Speaker 1: but I think that would be how I would sum
Speaker 1: it up, great heart, a lot of fight. I saw
Speaker 1: some things today that we're really exciting for me to
Speaker 1: see things that I have not seen yet this season
Speaker 1: in terms of that fight on some explosiveness on offense,
Speaker 1: some big plays, but just not enough to get it done.
Speaker 1: I think, like Dave said, yeah, and I'll start there, Amy,
Speaker 1: I'll start with the good, because the bad may take
Speaker 1: me a little while to get through. But the good, though,
Speaker 1: You're exactly right. I like what the offense was able
Speaker 1: to come out and do today. You're talking about a
Speaker 1: tough environment to go and play in. I know it
Speaker 1: wasn't a pack stadium, but the fact that you're going
Speaker 1: to Hinesfield, not many people come out of there with
Speaker 1: a w and the Eagles certainly were under manned on
Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball, and you can make
Speaker 1: the argument that this is the best the offense has
Speaker 1: looked since the first half of the opener versus Washington.
Speaker 1: I mean the fact that Carson Wentz seemed to find
Speaker 1: some rhythm with Travis Fogum. The kid made big catch
Speaker 1: at the big catch. Speaking of big catch, his catch
Speaker 1: radius I think was right there where wins could feel
Speaker 1: comfortable with. He doesn't necessarily have to feel like he
Speaker 1: has to be pinpoint accurate throwing the ball to Travis Fogum.
Speaker 1: The big kid can go up and make catches for you.
Speaker 1: I thought Wentz was very comfortable with that. Obviously, Mouths
Speaker 1: with the explosive run for a seventy four yard touchdown.
Speaker 1: That was nice to see Greg war with some tough catches. Man.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you John Hitzoyer had a couple opportunities there
Speaker 1: that if he could just locate the ball and really
Speaker 1: get his hands in the right position, Carson could have
Speaker 1: had an even bigger day from the quarterback position. I
Speaker 1: know the two interceptions are on his resume for today,
Speaker 1: but I gotta be off with you. I don't think
Speaker 1: either one of those were his fault. I don't know
Speaker 1: what happened to zach Ertz on that interset where he
Speaker 1: got bumped off the route and then that last hell
Speaker 1: Mary throw. I'm not even sure why they were going
Speaker 1: forward on fourth and twenty. That's probably the only scenario
Speaker 1: that you could uh that could only play out there
Speaker 1: on that last play was that an interception was gonna happen.
Speaker 1: So I don't even know why they went for it
Speaker 1: on fourth and twenty. But I thought the offense and
Speaker 1: Carson with the young guys, showed some some promise today.
Speaker 1: Certainly enohing have people look forward and be excited moving
Speaker 1: in the next couple of weeks with these guys, I
Speaker 1: completely agree. And let me touch on Fulgham. Of course,
Speaker 1: a huge day for him today, I believe one hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty two receiving yards. But he's the first player
Speaker 1: in Eagles history with one hundred and fifty receiving yards
Speaker 1: within his first five career games. And honestly, you could
Speaker 1: make that two career games for Fulgham as well. And
Speaker 1: then we talk about that big play from Miles Sanders
Speaker 1: that we're going to see a little bit later, a
Speaker 1: career long seventy four yards against the NFL's best run defense,
Speaker 1: and you can argue that, yeah, that was a breakdown
Speaker 1: on their part, but I think a positive there and
Speaker 1: the longest touchdown run by an Eagles player since Brian
Speaker 1: Mitchell in two thousand, so fran when you look at
Speaker 1: this offense, those two things in mind, but also just
Speaker 1: Carson taking some deep shots that I thought were those
Speaker 1: are some nice balls down the field. I think that
Speaker 1: when you look at an offense that has been desperate
Speaker 1: for a big play, you have to feel a little
Speaker 1: bit excited about some of the things we saw today. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, for sure, like when you look at what
Speaker 1: Travis Folgan was able to do, you have to be
Speaker 1: excited about that, right because he's shown some really good
Speaker 1: Flashes more so than some of the other young receivers
Speaker 1: on this team in a short sample size, right. I mean,
Speaker 1: so you like what we've seen from Travis Folgan, but
Speaker 1: I also agree with you. I like the aggressiveness as well,
Speaker 1: because you know, when you're going up against a defense
Speaker 1: like Pittsburgh, you have to take some chances. You've got
Speaker 1: to be able to try and stretch the field, even
Speaker 1: if it's just to get those guys to back off
Speaker 1: a little bit so they're not squatting on everything that's
Speaker 1: within ten twelve yards. Yeah. I think that Dave touched
Speaker 1: on a great point earlier. You know, the inability to
Speaker 1: get zach Ertz involved in the intermediate passing game as
Speaker 1: certain hurt them right now. I think they're missing Dallas
Speaker 1: Goddard as well. You know that injury has really proved
Speaker 1: to be pivotal for this offense. But at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, I mean, like you said it earlier,
Speaker 1: I thought you said it. Well, you know, they go
Speaker 1: into Pittsburgh against one of the best defenses in the league,
Speaker 1: if not the best defense in the league, and they
Speaker 1: put up thirty points. Yeah, and it's tough to argue
Speaker 1: with that kind of performance. So look, it's a disappointing
Speaker 1: end of the day. There are certainly some good things
Speaker 1: to be able to look at, but look a lot
Speaker 1: of a lot of things that they need to correct
Speaker 1: as well, really on both sides of the ball. All right, Ike,
Speaker 1: what else did out to you? Well, let's get to
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. I mean, my goodness,
Speaker 1: coming performance they had last Sunday against San Francisco. You
Speaker 1: certainly thought that would be something they could build on. Listen,
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger is not Nick Mullins, so you know that
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Sailer's offense was going to be able to
Speaker 1: have some success, but third down conversions, not being able
Speaker 1: to get off the field on third downs. Dave mentioned
Speaker 1: earlier about the red zone trips Pitchburgh had and were
Speaker 1: able to capitalize and score five straight drives for the
Speaker 1: Pitchburgh offense, four touchdowns and a field goal. And then,
Speaker 1: my goodness, to be to be beaten by one receiver,
Speaker 1: a rookie wire receiver and Chase Claypool just really disheartening.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure those defensive players got a lot of
Speaker 1: pride and they're gonna be kicking themselves about how they
Speaker 1: allowed this offense. They really focused itself around a rookie
Speaker 1: wire receiver and a couple gadget plays, was able to
Speaker 1: put up almost forty points on them. Uh. This is
Speaker 1: a defense that plays with a lot of pride, that
Speaker 1: plays with a lot of toughness. But get Pitchburg credit.
Speaker 1: They had a good game plan to neutralize the Eagles
Speaker 1: front four and to get the ball out of Big
Speaker 1: Ben's hands. A lot quicker on the back end of
Speaker 1: this defense. Just not enough plays being made by our
Speaker 1: linebackers and our secondary players. Not enough in this game.
Speaker 1: If Big Ben is gonna throw the ball thirty five times,
Speaker 1: we gotta find our way to get some tip balls,
Speaker 1: get some balls battered in the air, and create more turnovers.
Speaker 1: I just thought our defense, other than the one turnover
Speaker 1: we head, it just didn't come up with enough big plays.
Speaker 1: And it seemed to me as if Pitchburg controlled sort
Speaker 1: of the flow of the game. They seemingly can get
Speaker 1: whatever they wanted when they whatever they wanted when they
Speaker 1: wanted it, and that has to be a little frustrating.
Speaker 1: I'm coming into this game, guys thinking, if the defense
Speaker 1: can hold Pitchburg to twenty to twenty three points. We
Speaker 1: got a real good chance to win this game. The
Speaker 1: fact that the offense was able to put up thirty
Speaker 1: points and that wasn't enough against the Pitchburg team, it's
Speaker 1: got to be disapoint and I'm sure those guys got
Speaker 1: a lot of pride and this one, this one's gonna hurt.
Speaker 1: This one's gonna hurt because you know, a lot of
Speaker 1: those touchdowns were mental mistakes and breakdowns and coverage on
Speaker 1: the back end of his defense. Well, when you talk
Speaker 1: about affecting the quarterback and affecting Ben Roethlisberger, we talked
Speaker 1: about clearly a part of their game plan was to
Speaker 1: get the ball out quick, which is one of the
Speaker 1: things he does so well. But we talked before this
Speaker 1: game about the sack numbers for both of these teams,
Speaker 1: the Eagles leading the NFL in sacks at that time.
Speaker 1: They got to him one time. Carson Wentz was hit
Speaker 1: four times in this one, so Pittsburgh staying consistent with
Speaker 1: their about average of five sacks per game. There Roethlisberger's numbers,
Speaker 1: ike you mentioned it, through the ball thirty four times,
Speaker 1: completed twenty seven of those. That's almost an eighty percent
Speaker 1: completion rate. Two hundred and thirty nine yards, three touchdowns,
Speaker 1: and then you talk about Chase Claypool, a rookie wide receiver,
Speaker 1: getting four touchdowns. That is a Steelers record. So, Fran,
Speaker 1: when you look at this defensive performance, I think I
Speaker 1: put it into perspective that they did a lot of
Speaker 1: things well, but they are certainly going to be kicking
Speaker 1: themselves about some of those some of those breakdowns. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't have the numbers in front of me. I'm interested.
Speaker 1: That's something I'll look at later this week. But you know,
Speaker 1: some of the mistackles in some key situations, if it's
Speaker 1: you know, third and three, you have a guy wrapped
Speaker 1: up and they're able to get four you know, on
Speaker 1: some shallow crossing routes, on some throws of the flat,
Speaker 1: sometimes in the run game. But you know, the tackling
Speaker 1: has just not been there. I think the tackling is
Speaker 1: a little bit down across the league right now. So
Speaker 1: I don't think that the the Eagles are going to be
Speaker 1: you know, last or bottom third in the league and
Speaker 1: when it comes to tackling. But you know, right now,
Speaker 1: some of those mistackles have just come in some crucial
Speaker 1: spots that have kept drives alive and it's resulted in
Speaker 1: points on the scoreboard. To me, that's one of the
Speaker 1: things I think I'll be looking at, is like the
Speaker 1: not just the self inflicted wounds on offense, you know,
Speaker 1: the things that kind of kept points off the board,
Speaker 1: but some of those plays that left drives alive defensively
Speaker 1: that allowed Pittsburgh to continue moving the football. Well, the
Speaker 1: over battle always huge. The Eagles give it away twice
Speaker 1: and take it away one time, I believe. And then
Speaker 1: we talked about those third down numbers and those red
Speaker 1: zone numbers. Actually both teams did, both offenses did really
Speaker 1: well in that department. The Eagles ten of fourteen and
Speaker 1: third down seventy one percent and then the Steelers eleven
Speaker 1: and fifteen which is seventy three percent. Really close. Both
Speaker 1: teams three for three in the red zone and in
Speaker 1: goal to go situations, so really comparable when you look
Speaker 1: at that two defenses. That again, we thought this was
Speaker 1: going to be such a defensive battle heading into this.
Speaker 1: So while there's optimism on offense, you can see why
Speaker 1: if the defense had maybe just made one more player,
Speaker 1: just not had one more penalty, those are the things
Speaker 1: that can change the game. Do you want to keep
Speaker 1: talking about that? Do you want to move on to
Speaker 1: your next takeaway? I'll let a dealer's choice here, all right,
Speaker 1: I'll go with my next takeaway, Amy, And I'll end
Speaker 1: this thing on a positive note, because I know it's
Speaker 1: a loss. Well, for some reason, it doesn't hurt as
Speaker 1: much as some of the other losses earlier in this year.
Speaker 1: And I think it's because I feel a sense of
Speaker 1: hope with the offense. You know, when you have the
Speaker 1: type of talent that they're missing on offense, injured and
Speaker 1: on the sideline, you just don't know if you're gonna
Speaker 1: be able to pick up a first down. And that
Speaker 1: certainly was the case early in this game. It took
Speaker 1: him a while to get going, but I thought Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz may have played his best game of the season.
Speaker 1: And so I look at the last three weeks right Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: San Francisco and now Pitchburgh. The numbers may not necessarily
Speaker 1: reflect Carson getting better and more comfortable with his surrounding
Speaker 1: supporting cast as each week goes along. This was by
Speaker 1: far his best rapport with the receivers. When you look
Speaker 1: at these young receivers, there's virtually no tight ends involved
Speaker 1: in the game today. But the fact that Carson with
Speaker 1: the kids can tinue to grow. This is something we
Speaker 1: gotta take small victories out of this early portion of
Speaker 1: the season, right, and that's something that I think we
Speaker 1: can build on. I know they gave up five sacks today,
Speaker 1: but a lot of those were coverage sacks, meaning that
Speaker 1: I didn't see a bunch of pressure on Carson immediately
Speaker 1: maybe once or twice. I say that to say, the
Speaker 1: young guys up front, the young offensive linement, I thought
Speaker 1: did a nice job going up against this Pitchburg defense
Speaker 1: that can bring rushes and blitzes and extra guys from
Speaker 1: all different angles. I thought they kind of fired. They
Speaker 1: fared okay today for the type of circumstances they were under.
Speaker 1: So I'll ended on a positive note. That a takeaway.
Speaker 1: My final takeaway is that at least the offense continues
Speaker 1: to build some momentum and they continue to grow. I
Speaker 1: think that's something that we can sort of hang our
Speaker 1: head on moving forward. I completely agree talk about those
Speaker 1: sacks two for Pittsburgh. You watch this game, you did
Speaker 1: not have the feeling that Carson was running for his
Speaker 1: life out there. You felt like, for the most part
Speaker 1: the offense was under control. He was making good decisions.
Speaker 1: To me, I thought, I completely agree. One of the
Speaker 1: best games I've seen him, or the best game I've
Speaker 1: seen him played this season. And he's clearly got something
Speaker 1: special going on with Travis fulgam so that is fun
Speaker 1: to watch the two of them and their chemistry grow.
Speaker 1: I thought he did a great job taking some deep
Speaker 1: shots standing in the pocket. Here's his stat line for today,
Speaker 1: twenty to thirty five, fifty seven percent completion, two hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty eight yards, five sacks for thirty four yards,
Speaker 1: two touchdowns, two interceptions. But I think those interceptions there's
Speaker 1: some context that can be added, and my notes here
Speaker 1: he threw that interception, and then after that he completed
Speaker 1: nine of ten passes, including two touchdowns, So bouncing back,
Speaker 1: making good decisions, and then of course that last interception.
Speaker 1: You know, fourth and twenty, you take a deep shot.
Speaker 1: You know, it's just a kind of an end of
Speaker 1: games situation there. So, fran I'm curious your thoughts on
Speaker 1: Carson's performance and where they can go from here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you guys said a lot of what I thought.
Speaker 1: The big thing to me, you know, one of the
Speaker 1: other missed opportunities, I think offensively, and unfortunately I won't
Speaker 1: be able to see it until we see the ALL
Speaker 1: twenty two or tomorrow morning. Is that one sack by
Speaker 1: Stephen Too? It the same drive as the miss field goal,
Speaker 1: So you know Jake Elliot miss is the fifty seven yarder.
Speaker 1: I believe it was on first down of that series,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz gets sacked, and so they talked on the
Speaker 1: broadcast about, oh, you know, Travis Fogan was about to
Speaker 1: break open, and you know that was a touchdown saving
Speaker 1: sack by Stephen Too. It you know, Carson Wentz was
Speaker 1: working towards that side, he got some pressure from his
Speaker 1: right side. He had to hold onto the football and
Speaker 1: step up to avoid the pressure. Unfortunately, was not able
Speaker 1: to do so quickly enough to get away from Stephen Too.
Speaker 1: It so to me, certainly that a missed opportunity on
Speaker 1: the board there. But I agree with you. I thought
Speaker 1: that Carson did a nice job in this game. He
Speaker 1: was able to bounce back off that interception. I wouldn't
Speaker 1: put either interception on him. Zach Hurts unable to play
Speaker 1: through that contact. The timing on the route was obviously
Speaker 1: thrown off on that first pick, and you know that
Speaker 1: second one basically an arm punt on fourth and twenty
Speaker 1: just to get the Pittsburgh backed up into their own territory.
Speaker 1: But you know, look there, like I said, plenty, plenty
Speaker 1: of good and plenty to work on as well. Arm punt.
Speaker 1: That's the first time I've heard that one, and I
Speaker 1: feel like it's perfect. Did you make that up? Or
Speaker 1: is that like some jobs that's a that's a thing.
Speaker 1: Of course, you could have totally taken credit for it,
Speaker 1: and I would have a hundred percent believed you on
Speaker 1: that one. Another thing I want to touch on. We
Speaker 1: saw Jalen Hurts throw his first NFL pass eighteen yard
Speaker 1: passed to Richard Rogers. I thought that was fun. I
Speaker 1: thought it was exciting. I thought it was fun to
Speaker 1: see this coaching staff creatively use the guys that they have. Yeah,
Speaker 1: finally we get to see Jalon Hurts throw the ball,
Speaker 1: so you knew it was coming sooner or later. You
Speaker 1: can't run an him out there. Defense is thinking that
Speaker 1: you're gonna run with him. You had to let him
Speaker 1: throw the ball at some point just to keep the
Speaker 1: defense honest, perfect coverage what they anticipated. Richard Rogers right,
Speaker 1: down the seam, Jalen Hurts able to set his feet
Speaker 1: and deliver a strike to Richard Rogers. I know that
Speaker 1: has to feel good for the young for the young
Speaker 1: man to get his first NFL completion in a game.
Speaker 1: And you know what, this is what Doug and this
Speaker 1: offensive staff sort of has to do for the time being,
Speaker 1: is to get creative. And Jalen Hurts is a fantastic
Speaker 1: athlete with the ability to run and throw the football.
Speaker 1: This offense needs as many dynamic playmakers as it can find.
Speaker 1: And Jalen Hurts does you know good sitting on the
Speaker 1: sideline of holding a clipboard. So I'm happy to see
Speaker 1: that they've tried to incorporate him into the offense. Not
Speaker 1: too much, but a little sprinkle here and there, and
Speaker 1: men bring it on some more. I'm perfect, clean, fine
Speaker 1: with it. I think there's I think there's too much
Speaker 1: be made up. I'm excited. I'm going to cut you
Speaker 1: off because jug Peterson is ready to meet with the media.
Speaker 1: Let's take a listen, Hey, coach, thanks for taking the time.
Speaker 1: We'll get started right away with John McMullin and then
Speaker 1: Tim mcmaddus or Tim if you're ready, you're ready go ahead?
Speaker 1: Can you can you take us through the decision to
Speaker 1: go for the the fifty seven yard field goal? Kind
Speaker 1: of what were you going back and forth on on
Speaker 1: the sidelines there? What led to that decision? Um, just
Speaker 1: an opportunity. I mean it felt felt comfortable where we
Speaker 1: were on the field obviously. Um, it was a tough
Speaker 1: situation to be you know, in that fourth and long
Speaker 1: situation there, and uh, you know, well within Jake's range
Speaker 1: to kick the field goal, and and um, yeah that
Speaker 1: was it. We'll go Jeff McLean and then Martin doug
Speaker 1: What happened on the third down where Chase Claypool was
Speaker 1: being covered by Nate Garry? Was that a blown call?
Speaker 1: Or is that a blown What happened? Though? No, great,
Speaker 1: it was just a great routs a double move um
Speaker 1: with a with a with a receiver you know obviously
Speaker 1: on a linebacker, and um, they caught us in in
Speaker 1: the um I think in a in a two deep
Speaker 1: look at that point, and just just a double move
Speaker 1: on on Nate. It was it was tough, you know, tough,
Speaker 1: tough call there, but uh, well executed by them for
Speaker 1: the for the score. Wait, so you're saying that a
Speaker 1: linebacker should be covering wide receiver in that situation and
Speaker 1: a guy who've been catching i mean passes all over
Speaker 1: the field. Yeah, until yeah, until I until I look
Speaker 1: at the tape. It's hard to really comment again on
Speaker 1: Uh I can I can give you a better update tomorrow,
Speaker 1: Martin and then Dave zan Garrow, Doug Um. The game
Speaker 1: that Travis Fulham had today, I mean, how much did
Speaker 1: you guys end up relying on him and just how
Speaker 1: he played overall? Thanks, Well, listen, we rely on all
Speaker 1: our guys, not just one. Um And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: you win as a team and he's lose as a team.
Speaker 1: I thought he played well, played tough, Um made him
Speaker 1: great catches, big third downs for us. You know, it's
Speaker 1: really good to see from from him, and and um,
Speaker 1: you know, but uh, you know again, he's he's one
Speaker 1: guy that that uh you know, can can really help
Speaker 1: our offense. And he had a good game today, but uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we didn't do enough to win. He dug
Speaker 1: just one catch for zach Ertz today. He has just
Speaker 1: five for fifteen yards in the last few games. Why
Speaker 1: is he struggling to be productive right now? Right now? Um? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean obviously we know defenses, uh
Speaker 1: you know, know exactly where he's gonna be, and and
Speaker 1: they'll uh usually put a put a put ah a
Speaker 1: corner or safety, uh sometimes double him. They give him
Speaker 1: a lot of respect. You know. It's something that too.
Speaker 1: I think. I think he's got to look he's got
Speaker 1: to look at uh you know, um himself, as we
Speaker 1: all do. And and we we just gotta keep working.
Speaker 1: We gotta keep fighting and uh we gotta as coaches,
Speaker 1: we gotta find ways to you know, get him, get
Speaker 1: him uncovered so that we can we can use him
Speaker 1: a little bit more. And we know Carson feels comfortable
Speaker 1: with him, and um, just gotta keep working. Oh and
Speaker 1: then Nick Fierro, do you think that that Travis Fulgan
Speaker 1: can be this type of receiver moving forward? And what
Speaker 1: does it do for a quarterback to have a guy
Speaker 1: who can sort of be a go to receiver? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I do think that he has, you know,
Speaker 1: the skill and ability is great to see again today,
Speaker 1: and um, you know it's just something that we've got
Speaker 1: to we've got to you know, sustain it each week.
Speaker 1: And uh, he had the big catch you know, out
Speaker 1: in San Francisco, and then he had some big catches
Speaker 1: today and you know, it's just something we got to
Speaker 1: continue to build on and and uh and get all
Speaker 1: our all our skill guys you know in that position.
Speaker 1: So I know, I know our quarterback feels you know,
Speaker 1: feels comfortable with him, and they work extremely hard during
Speaker 1: the week and it, uh, it showed with him today.
Speaker 1: Nick and then Chris Franklin. Um, Doug, what did you
Speaker 1: think of the job the offensive line, not just the
Speaker 1: offensive line, but the team did in protecting Carson Onz today,
Speaker 1: Just the scheme and uh and the pressure he was under. It. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know we knew going in. I mean it's it's
Speaker 1: a pressure team. Um, they got they got five guys
Speaker 1: that really can put pressure. I really thought overall, Um,
Speaker 1: the guys, the guys played well, you know, Lane Johnson
Speaker 1: before he got knocked out, you know, with the injury,
Speaker 1: and Driscoll came in. I thought they did really right
Speaker 1: up until I think at the end there where Bud
Speaker 1: Dupree came around the left side and he got the sack.
Speaker 1: But I thought they held up. Well. You know, it's
Speaker 1: a's a it's a great it's a good run defense.
Speaker 1: So you know, obviously you know, to to run the
Speaker 1: ball is tough. We had we had the nice uh
Speaker 1: draw for the touchdown, which was good. But I thought
Speaker 1: overall they played they played well. Um, you know, we'll
Speaker 1: evaluate it, you know here in the next couple of days.
Speaker 1: But yeah, held up nice Chris and then Rob Moddi
Speaker 1: he Doug piggyback in off of that a little bit.
Speaker 1: There were still five sacks that were given up. Were
Speaker 1: more on the edge of the receiver's had trouble getting
Speaker 1: open earlier in seeing or was it more on the
Speaker 1: offensive line when it came to that. Um, yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: until I can really evaluate, I mean you're asking questions
Speaker 1: that that that sometimes you don't know until you really
Speaker 1: go back and study the tape and watch the tape,
Speaker 1: because you know there were some time I'm sure there
Speaker 1: were times when you know you can get the ball
Speaker 1: out of hand. I think there were times when guys
Speaker 1: were covered up. I think, you know, some pressure sacks.
Speaker 1: So you know, it's a little bit of everything. But
Speaker 1: until I can evaluate the film, it's hard to answer
Speaker 1: the question. Rob and then ed Krafts Doug Miles Sanders
Speaker 1: had a great run for a touchdown. Outside of that,
Speaker 1: he had ten carries for six yards. Why do you
Speaker 1: think the offense struggle to get their one game going?
Speaker 1: Is that of reflection of how great Pittsburgh's defense is
Speaker 1: against the run or something that you guys weren't able
Speaker 1: to do. That's a great reflection on how good the
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh defense is against the run. Ed and then Paul Donowitz, Hey, Doug.
Speaker 1: The end of the first half there John high Tower
Speaker 1: catches a pass I think for nine yards, had the
Speaker 1: opportunity to go out of bound save you a time out?
Speaker 1: Is that a teaching moment for a rookie in that
Speaker 1: in that instance, would you say, how do you view that? Yes,
Speaker 1: a teaching moment? Paul Donowitz and then Zach Burman, Yeah, Doug.
Speaker 1: Third down killed John defense. I think they converted ten
Speaker 1: of fourteen third downs. Ben did not have an incompletion
Speaker 1: on third down. I know, until you see the tape,
Speaker 1: you really can't make any specific evaluations. But what are
Speaker 1: your initial reactions to that? Well, the one thing that
Speaker 1: you know, I would say is you know, we can't
Speaker 1: we can't make mistakes like jumping off sides. I mean
Speaker 1: that that I think helped them stay on the field.
Speaker 1: A couple of times on third downs where we had
Speaker 1: some third and longs, gave them some third and shorts,
Speaker 1: third mediums. You know, those types of things really hurt
Speaker 1: you when when we do that, and those are mental
Speaker 1: mistakes that we got to clean up, and you know
Speaker 1: that starts in practice each week focusing on that. But
Speaker 1: you know, um, they're they're really good at at at
Speaker 1: rub routes, at pick routes, and um, you know they
Speaker 1: got us today on a couple of those and stayed
Speaker 1: on the field. So you know, um, it's it's a
Speaker 1: little bit of both. We gave them some opportunities by
Speaker 1: the penalties and then of course they're they're execution on offense.
Speaker 1: We have time for two more, so we'll go Zach
Speaker 1: and then less. Hey, Doug, following up on Jeff's question,
Speaker 1: I know you haven't seen the film, but we're trying
Speaker 1: to get a sense of what the plan was on
Speaker 1: the play. If you're playing too deep, does that mean
Speaker 1: the safety is supposed to be Nate's help or do
Speaker 1: you or do you want Nate one on one stopping
Speaker 1: chase there? Yeah, until I see the tape, I'll let
Speaker 1: you know tomorrow. Last question here with Less two key
Speaker 1: possessions in the game, the one at the end of
Speaker 1: the first half and the one right after Trayvon recovered
Speaker 1: the fumble. You didn't get points in either one? Was
Speaker 1: there a common thread there in those possessions? And obviously
Speaker 1: in a game where the other team scores thirty eight points,
Speaker 1: you've really gotta capitalize on everything like that. Right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're absolutely right. What what happened there? Why couldn't you
Speaker 1: get points in either either situation? Until I looked at
Speaker 1: at the tape, we probably failed to execute. Maybe, um,
Speaker 1: we've gotta do better. Thanks, coach, Thank coach. Okay, that's
Speaker 1: coach Doug Peterson after today's game, saying the mental mistakes
Speaker 1: we have to clean up. He's confident that they will.
Speaker 1: And Fletcher Cox is about to address the media in
Speaker 1: just a moment, so let's let's listen in. Hey, Flesh,
Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time. We'll get started right away
Speaker 1: with Jeff Scoverski and then Mike steal Ski. Fletch. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you know this the defense was gonna, you know, be
Speaker 1: a big part of this game. You know, how tough
Speaker 1: is it to give up thirty eight points and really
Speaker 1: let the Steelers get to you there there. Well, I
Speaker 1: mean the biggest thing for us is uh, I mean,
Speaker 1: no matter really how many points you give up, the
Speaker 1: winning is the most is the most important stat when
Speaker 1: you get done with it. You know, you know, I'd rather,
Speaker 1: you know, give up however many points but still come
Speaker 1: out with a win. But obviously we didn't take care
Speaker 1: of business a day, so you know, um, I don't
Speaker 1: even think it really matter. You know, we give up
Speaker 1: thirty eight points. Everyone get If you give up thirty
Speaker 1: eight points, you still get a win. They know I'm
Speaker 1: okay with that, you know, they We're not having this conversation.
Speaker 1: But you know, at the end of the day, the
Speaker 1: most important stats get to win. We didn't do that today, Mike,
Speaker 1: and then Chris Murray, Sorry about that, fletch. The defense
Speaker 1: all season has been you look at the point totals
Speaker 1: that you guys have given up. Um, you know, it's
Speaker 1: it's probably not what you guys want. Are we talking
Speaker 1: about schematic problems? Are we talking about physical errors? What
Speaker 1: do you think is the overriding issue here? I mean
Speaker 1: we're not winning. I mean, if we're winning this game
Speaker 1: to day, we're not talking about the Eagles defense giving
Speaker 1: them thirty eight points. I think that's again that's the
Speaker 1: most important thing. Uh. Obviously we had a couple of
Speaker 1: penalties that kept a couple of drives live. Gave them,
Speaker 1: you know, more opportunities to um to, you know, to
Speaker 1: make more plays. Like I said, we gotta get off
Speaker 1: the field. Um, and we gotta win. Um. I mean
Speaker 1: I'd rarely give up howevery many points long as we
Speaker 1: got to win, I think that's all that matter, Chris.
Speaker 1: And then, um, why do you guys continue to have
Speaker 1: trouble stopping those misdirection runs the same Maybe they got
Speaker 1: away with a few of them to day. I mean
Speaker 1: they had a couple of run plays on us. Um.
Speaker 1: I mean, team's gonna make plays. I mean players gonna
Speaker 1: make plays. They get paid to make plays too, you know.
Speaker 1: But for us, we just we try to get the
Speaker 1: man on the ground. I mean, hit us with a
Speaker 1: reverse hiting with some jet seats, subgests, sweep stuff today
Speaker 1: and uh, you know the biggest thing is, you know,
Speaker 1: get the man on the ground. Play the next play. Uh,
Speaker 1: I think we got We tackled a few of them
Speaker 1: all but one right there. Whenever it's at like the
Speaker 1: two or three yard line, you know, we just gotta
Speaker 1: you know, get them on the ground. We have time
Speaker 1: for a couple of marshall bow, Tim mcmannus, indeed much.
Speaker 1: I know that you get a lot of attention from
Speaker 1: you know, posing offensive lines, and oftentimes that opens things
Speaker 1: up for the other guys. But are you starting to
Speaker 1: get a little bit frustrated that you are not able
Speaker 1: to you know, rack up sacks at all? No, No,
Speaker 1: I never get frustrated. Um, I know that my time
Speaker 1: is coming. And I tell tell the guys in their
Speaker 1: room all the time, if I stay calm, they stay calm.
Speaker 1: You know, the minute I lose my stuff, you know,
Speaker 1: they lose their stuff, and it's kind of get everybody
Speaker 1: out of way. So if I stay calm, they stay calm,
Speaker 1: and you know, everybody be fine. I mean, it's plenty.
Speaker 1: There's plenty of food on the play for everybody to
Speaker 1: eat in that room. And I'm excited for the guys,
Speaker 1: anybody that's making a play on my celebraty. Those guys
Speaker 1: happy for him. When I make a play, they're excited
Speaker 1: for me. And you know that's the one thing about
Speaker 1: their room right there. Um, it's a special group. Tim,
Speaker 1: and then Dave, so you leave the game at one
Speaker 1: point of what were you working throughout to come out
Speaker 1: of this game physically? I came back. I was fine.
Speaker 1: I came back. I had a little little bubble. I
Speaker 1: came back. I was fine. You see, I finished your
Speaker 1: game some fine. Last question here, Dave Fletch. You guys
Speaker 1: struggled to get off the field on third downs as
Speaker 1: a defense. Is that kind of one of the things
Speaker 1: you normally pride yourselves on? And where were some of
Speaker 1: the issues today today? Well, until we get back and
Speaker 1: look at the tape, you really don't know. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: we don't. We're not the type of defense that or
Speaker 1: the type of team the point fingers that no better.
Speaker 1: I mean we're one solid group. Um. You know, we
Speaker 1: do good together and then we struggle together. You know
Speaker 1: that's the biggest thing we talk about. Um, like you said,
Speaker 1: nobody and on his team on his defense, Um, nowhere
Speaker 1: a part this organization, point fingers. You know, we just
Speaker 1: keep our head up and you know, correct our mistakes
Speaker 1: and you know, move on to next week. Thanks Fleutch.
Speaker 1: All right, that's Fletcher Cox on today's matchup, talking about
Speaker 1: setting the emotional tone, not losing his cool. How he
Speaker 1: sets the tone for the group, and you can really
Speaker 1: sense that from this defensive line. Also on the sack numbers,
Speaker 1: with him getting so much much attention, he said, look,
Speaker 1: my time is coming and as long as we're getting
Speaker 1: to the quarterback, I have no problem with that. Also,
Speaker 1: hearing from Doug Peterson earlier today, you can sense that
Speaker 1: this team is it's going to look at the film,
Speaker 1: they seem calm, they seem level headed, that they are
Speaker 1: going to get those mistakes corrected. As we continue to
Speaker 1: wait for more players to join the press conferences, I
Speaker 1: believe Brandon Graham is going to be coming up next
Speaker 1: in just a few minutes, let's talk about some of
Speaker 1: the Eagles defensive numbers today. Just oh and all right,
Speaker 1: let's talk about just yeah, some of that that pressure
Speaker 1: from the defensive line. Fran I'm curious to your thoughts.
Speaker 1: You know, we talked about this team getting after the
Speaker 1: quarterback Ben Roethlisberger getting rid of the ball so quickly.
Speaker 1: When you what are you looking to see from that
Speaker 1: matchup when you dive into the film this week, when
Speaker 1: you evaluate the defensive line's performance. Yeah, and that's the
Speaker 1: tough part about pressure, is that you know if the
Speaker 1: defensive line is able to get home and impact the quarterback,
Speaker 1: which you know, I thought they were able to do
Speaker 1: today and they said so on the broadcast as well.
Speaker 1: Out the quay thought Jonathan Vilma did a nice job
Speaker 1: for Fox today and kind of highlighting that. I think
Speaker 1: when you look at pressure, you're not always gonna be
Speaker 1: able to get home for sacks, but you can affect
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Unfortunately, sometimes it whether it was soft coverage
Speaker 1: or misstackles. You know, the guys on the back seven,
Speaker 1: we're not able to kind of pick up that rush.
Speaker 1: All right, Carson Wentz is getting ready to meet with
Speaker 1: the media, and now we will listen in and hear
Speaker 1: from the Eagles quarterback. Hey, Carson, thanks for taking the time.
Speaker 1: We'll get started with Jeff McLean and then Rob Maddy. Carson,
Speaker 1: can you explain what happened on the first interception? It
Speaker 1: looked like Urts may have gotten bumped it beyond the
Speaker 1: five yards and can you explain why you two had
Speaker 1: struggled to kind of get something can go going these
Speaker 1: last few weeks. Yeah, I mean the first interception, that's unfortunate.
Speaker 1: I mean he ran into the linebacker there that was
Speaker 1: dropping you know, I don't know if it was ict
Speaker 1: or what, but it's a it's a timing throw, timing
Speaker 1: route and when he runs into linebacker, it's kind of
Speaker 1: a tough break and UM, gotta live with that one.
Speaker 1: But um, as far as the targets and everything with him, UM,
Speaker 1: it's one of those things I'm not worried about, just
Speaker 1: because as far as chemistry goes, I feel great with earts.
Speaker 1: I mean, I've think we've showed that over the years,
Speaker 1: and um, it was just that was the type of
Speaker 1: day it was today, um, and really last week. But
Speaker 1: I still feel confident that he's gonna get open, he's
Speaker 1: gonna get his going forward, and UM, you know we
Speaker 1: can be better there. Rob and John McMullin, Carson, why
Speaker 1: do you feel or why does it seem that you
Speaker 1: have more you're more in sync, more chemistry with Travis
Speaker 1: than anyone else right now? And what can you say
Speaker 1: about his performance out there at TENK catches h in
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Yeah, I mean I think, first of all,
Speaker 1: he's he's a beast. I mean, he showed up today
Speaker 1: and showed really last week. The two big plays he
Speaker 1: had they were in a fluke U the kid kids
Speaker 1: he's a baller, and he made a lot of big plays,
Speaker 1: and um, you know, I was really proud of him
Speaker 1: and pumped for him, and you know, as far as
Speaker 1: the chemistry with him versus other guys, I mean, I
Speaker 1: feel great with all these guys. And you know, his
Speaker 1: number got called a lot more today just because he
Speaker 1: was in the right position and he made some great plays.
Speaker 1: And Ruben frank Hey Carson to kind of follow up
Speaker 1: on that with Travis when he's having that kind of
Speaker 1: success in game. I think the one drive he got
Speaker 1: him on four or five straight passes. Are you noticing
Speaker 1: that that he's kind of having the hot hand? Is
Speaker 1: that kind of change your thinking to try to get
Speaker 1: him more involved? I mean, you definitely notice it. But
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you know, I go
Speaker 1: where the defense dictates that I go with the ball
Speaker 1: m and you know, he was in the right spot
Speaker 1: for a lot of those and you know, a couple
Speaker 1: of play acts and passed through design for him and everything.
Speaker 1: So U yeah, he had the hot hand today. But
Speaker 1: again it kind of just the way the defense, you know,
Speaker 1: the way it was flowing today, and like I said,
Speaker 1: he made some some great plays. He's a heck of
Speaker 1: a player, and we're gonna keep building on that. Reuben
Speaker 1: then less he cross And there were some stretches today
Speaker 1: where it seemed like you got into a rhythm that
Speaker 1: has been elusive this year and that you kind of, um,
Speaker 1: you know, and I don't know if the final stats
Speaker 1: will show it, but seem like there's some stretches where
Speaker 1: you look like your old self. Did you feel that,
Speaker 1: did you feel yourself getting into a rhythm that maybe
Speaker 1: you really haven't been able to grasp so far this year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I thought offensively, um, you know, obviously not the end
Speaker 1: result that we wanted. Um left a handful of plays
Speaker 1: out there, but um, I think offensively, we did some
Speaker 1: good things. You know, we got a good rhythm going,
Speaker 1: We converted a lot of third downs, came up short.
Speaker 1: Obviously not what we want and how we want to finish,
Speaker 1: but there's some things we can definitely build on. And
Speaker 1: getting into a rhythm today definitely helped us. Lass and
Speaker 1: then Martin Hi Carson, you got the ball back with
Speaker 1: a little more than three minutes left after the cravon
Speaker 1: the block fumble recovery that looked like the chance right
Speaker 1: there to take over the game. Why didn't that happen? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it just didn't make enough place playing symbol. They made,
Speaker 1: They made some good plays on the defense. We just
Speaker 1: came up short. And uh, you know, I off to them.
Speaker 1: We got we got to execute better and finished the
Speaker 1: game better, and we just didn't Martin and then Tim mcmaddus, Hey, Carson, Um,
Speaker 1: when when you guys were down by thirty one to fourteen,
Speaker 1: you've just thrown the interception and everything. I mean, how
Speaker 1: are you guys able to kind of come back? I
Speaker 1: mean what we what were you able to do in
Speaker 1: those situations get back in the game. Yeah, stay tough,
Speaker 1: stay resilient. And you know, we knew that, we knew
Speaker 1: we had some good things going offensively. The interception was
Speaker 1: kind of just a tough break how it played out.
Speaker 1: So we knew we were so capable of moving the
Speaker 1: ball against that defense. And I think, um, though, line
Speaker 1: did a great job of of kind of setting the tone,
Speaker 1: and um we asked a lot of them, you know,
Speaker 1: against a really good front over there, and UM, you know,
Speaker 1: I thought we did a good job of sustaining some
Speaker 1: drives and everything, but um, again, just not the end
Speaker 1: result we were looking for. Tim and then Nick Fiarra,
Speaker 1: big picture, what are your thoughts on where this team is? Um,
Speaker 1: you know what they're capable. How do you walk away
Speaker 1: from from this loss thinking about this team? Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: first of all, I gotta watch the tape. I gotta
Speaker 1: watch the tape. But um, you know, I walk away
Speaker 1: frustrated with the loss and where we're at right now.
Speaker 1: But you know, encouraged by some of these younger guys
Speaker 1: stepping up and making plays. And obviously we've been depleted
Speaker 1: a little bit with injuries up front and receiver. You know,
Speaker 1: a lot of positions and guys have stepped up and
Speaker 1: done a great job. I mean, we've talked a lot
Speaker 1: about Travis and what he did stepping up. A lot
Speaker 1: of the young old lineman are getting their opportunity out
Speaker 1: there and are doing a great job. So I'm encouraged
Speaker 1: that we can keep building on this and um, you know,
Speaker 1: we'll find a way to keep turning this thing around.
Speaker 1: Time for a few more so, let's go Nick, Jeff
Speaker 1: Scaver skimbo. All right, Carson, Um on the fourth down
Speaker 1: play where you tried the field goal, the long field
Speaker 1: goal with Jake, was there any discussion and actually trying
Speaker 1: to go for it there or fourth. I know you
Speaker 1: had a long ways to go. I take five five
Speaker 1: yards And were you trying to lobby Doug to stay
Speaker 1: on the field there. Yeah, I wasn't involved in that.
Speaker 1: You know, I trust the coach and coach Phip, the
Speaker 1: special team's coach, to make that call, and we had
Speaker 1: a lot of faith in Jake to get that one through,
Speaker 1: I guess, and you know that's just the way, just
Speaker 1: the way it happened. Ahead, Jeff Carson, obviously, this is
Speaker 1: not the start you know, you and this team wanted.
Speaker 1: But the fact of the matter is that you guys
Speaker 1: are currently sitting in first place. You have an opportunity
Speaker 1: to hopefully get to Sean and al Sean back. When
Speaker 1: you look at this team and you look at going
Speaker 1: forward here, how much do you believe that a supple
Speaker 1: fix here and there and getting your core players back
Speaker 1: on offense can really get this team driving in the
Speaker 1: right direction. Yeah. I mean, again, we got to watch
Speaker 1: the tape, but I think there's some things to be
Speaker 1: encouraged about from today. We're so close. We're so close,
Speaker 1: you know, finishing some drives offensively, taking care of the football,
Speaker 1: the defense, is so close. You know, last week they
Speaker 1: had some big turnovers and things, and it's right there.
Speaker 1: You know, we're right there, and we're playing against some
Speaker 1: good football teams, and we can get this thing turned around.
Speaker 1: And I'm confident that we will last one here with
Speaker 1: Thoe Carson, I know that that you guys, you know,
Speaker 1: do feel good that you can turn this thing around.
Speaker 1: But what is sort of the mood like in the
Speaker 1: locker room right now? What are guys sing to each other?
Speaker 1: You're in first place, but you know it's it's only
Speaker 1: one win out of five games. Yeah, I mean we're frustrated.
Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong. You know, this is not where
Speaker 1: we wanted to be, not where we're expected to be.
Speaker 1: We have high expectations for ourselves around here, but m
Speaker 1: guys are going to be you know, critical of themselves
Speaker 1: and take accountability to where they can you know, really
Speaker 1: improve and help the team get better. And um, you know,
Speaker 1: I have all the confidence in the world and the
Speaker 1: coaching staff and the players to fix the little things
Speaker 1: and we'll get this thing goal. Thanks Carson, thank you,
Speaker 1: Thank you, guys. Person Wentz meeting with the media after
Speaker 1: today's loss, really emphasizing we're so close. A lot to
Speaker 1: build on here. This is not the end result that
Speaker 1: they wanted, but offensively got a good rhythm going. He
Speaker 1: mentions the third down conversions, which was a strength through
Speaker 1: this team today and a lot to build on for
Speaker 1: this offense and offense that total net yards for today
Speaker 1: three hundred and thirty six and averaging about five point
Speaker 1: nine yards per playing. Of course, a big game from
Speaker 1: Eagles wide receiver Travis Fulham, who will be meeting with
Speaker 1: the media. Now, let's take a listen. Hey Travis, thanks
Speaker 1: for taking the time. We'll get started here with Daves
Speaker 1: and Garow and then Chris Murray. Hey, Travis, I know
Speaker 1: you're obviously disappointed you guys didn't get a win, but
Speaker 1: kind of a breakout game for you. Do you feel
Speaker 1: like you've kind of shown the league that you belong
Speaker 1: and what you can do. Yeah. I'm just trying to
Speaker 1: do what I can. You know, if Carson doesman the ball,
Speaker 1: just come down and come down with it and make
Speaker 1: the play. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to get the win,
Speaker 1: but we'll keep building on it. Chris and then Jeff Yeah, um, Travis,
Speaker 1: how were you able to build that chemistry with Carson
Speaker 1: in such a short time, going back to last week
Speaker 1: and then coming into this week's game. Whenever we have
Speaker 1: free time, you know, before during practice or after practic
Speaker 1: as we're working on and working on our chemistry. You know,
Speaker 1: Cards is a great quarterback. He's putting the ball on
Speaker 1: the money, and I'm just coming up with the play.
Speaker 1: Jeff and then ed, Travis, can you explain what happened
Speaker 1: on the third and five slant at your rant rand
Speaker 1: and did you think you could have had that or
Speaker 1: did you feel like the hands were from the defender.
Speaker 1: We're in on you before the before the ball got there. Now,
Speaker 1: I absolutely should have made that play. That's not me.
Speaker 1: I should have came up with that play, you know,
Speaker 1: to continue to drive and hopefully give the team to win.
Speaker 1: We have time for two more, so we'll go. Ed.
Speaker 1: In the last Travis said, look, you know you were
Speaker 1: open on a few receptions and you also made some
Speaker 1: pretty contested catches to get open. I mean, is it
Speaker 1: your route running or is it you know, do you
Speaker 1: work better against zone or man? I mean what was
Speaker 1: working for you to get open today? I'm just being
Speaker 1: in the right spot at the right time. Coaches calling
Speaker 1: play great plays and I'm just executing last on here
Speaker 1: with less. Travis, did you have family in the stands today?
Speaker 1: You threw the ball up after that one touchdown, but
Speaker 1: you just threw it up in the air. You didn't
Speaker 1: give it to anybody or anything. So I was wondering, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's something I regret. I probably should have kept that
Speaker 1: touchdown ball. Hopefully my family. My family, My family was there, mom, dad,
Speaker 1: and my sister. But yeah, I probably should have saved
Speaker 1: that ball and gave it to him. Thanks Travis. All Right.
Speaker 1: That's Eagles wide receiver Travis Fulgum after what we would
Speaker 1: consider a second breakout game in a row, the guy
Speaker 1: everybody was talking about last week in the Eagles win
Speaker 1: and the name that everybody was talking about all day
Speaker 1: today as well. One hundred and fifty two receiving yards
Speaker 1: for Fulgum, which is he a record, the first player
Speaker 1: in Eagles history with one hundred and fifty receiving yards
Speaker 1: within his first five career games. Two career or two
Speaker 1: games so far for Fulgham, and he is clearly carving
Speaker 1: out a big place for himself in this Eagles offense
Speaker 1: and as a great target for Carson Wentz. And went
Speaker 1: saying in his press conference that look Fulgham has the
Speaker 1: hot hand. He's a guy he trusts a lot. The
Speaker 1: two of them work really hard at practice and they
Speaker 1: have a great relationship as well. They're looking at the
Speaker 1: full stat line here for Fulham. Ten catches on thirteen targets,
Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty two yards and a touchdown. And
Speaker 1: with that, we are going to hear now from Eagles
Speaker 1: safety Rodney McCloud. Hey, Rodney, thanks for taking the time today.
Speaker 1: We'll get started here with Mike Selski and Zach Berman.
Speaker 1: I'll jump in I think, but I think Mike said
Speaker 1: I should jump in here, Rodney. On that third down touchdown,
Speaker 1: the last one by by Chase Claypool, were you supposed
Speaker 1: to help and coverage or was Nate supposed to be
Speaker 1: one on one against Jase? So it was quarters? Uh
Speaker 1: so you know fifty four coverage. Um My guy, you
Speaker 1: know I'm responsible too. He goes, vert try to get
Speaker 1: back to help Nate on that play. It's an empty
Speaker 1: set and so U pent it away, And uh, they
Speaker 1: made a good play. Been obviously checked to it once
Speaker 1: he's seen us um in that particular coverage quarters and
Speaker 1: make good throw, good catch. Well, John honestly versed that coverage,
Speaker 1: you said me, Alli, yep, Hey, rod Uh, you guys
Speaker 1: have been pretty successful on third down coming into this game.
Speaker 1: I think sex and the leg overall today didn't work
Speaker 1: out on third downs. Was there any scene to that. No,
Speaker 1: we just uh didn't execute well. Uh. That was a
Speaker 1: point of emphasis coming into this game every game, honestly, defensively,
Speaker 1: if you know, we want to have an opportunity to
Speaker 1: win the game, we have to perform well and third down,
Speaker 1: red zone and turnovers, those situations matter, and we came
Speaker 1: up short today. A lot of that. Some of it
Speaker 1: had a little bit to do with first second down,
Speaker 1: but a lot of it was self inflicted, whether it
Speaker 1: was penalties or us. Just like I said, not executing
Speaker 1: on the way that we have in the past. Paul
Speaker 1: and then Martin Frank Yeah, Rodney on the same theme
Speaker 1: about third downs. It looked like Ben was I mean,
Speaker 1: Ben didn't any completion on third down. Looked like he
Speaker 1: was throwing a lot of quick stuff in front of
Speaker 1: you guys essentially what he was doing. Yeah, they understood,
Speaker 1: you know, we're typically in man that they took advantage
Speaker 1: of that. You know Ben is a very experienced quarterback.
Speaker 1: He's seen a lot, and you know, they had a
Speaker 1: way plan on how they wanted to attack us, running
Speaker 1: some shaved plays out of bunches quick game to eliminate
Speaker 1: the pass rush. So we had to look at the
Speaker 1: film man and understand how teams we're going to try
Speaker 1: to attack us with us running a lot more man
Speaker 1: this year, and be prepared for it. Martin and then
Speaker 1: Nick Fierra and Ronnie were you kind of surprised to
Speaker 1: see linebacker and Nick Jerry like trying to cover Claypool
Speaker 1: there on that last TV. It was tough. Like I said,
Speaker 1: they came out in an empty set and it was
Speaker 1: a great call versus the coverage that we had. Ideally,
Speaker 1: what we like Nate to be on a receiver, No,
Speaker 1: we will prefer, you know, a defensive back. But that
Speaker 1: was the call that was made defensively and they checked
Speaker 1: to a good play. We have time for two Morris,
Speaker 1: so we'll go Nick and then Jeff Um Just kind
Speaker 1: of sticking with that, Rodney, you mentioned quarters coverage, Uh
Speaker 1: was Um? Was Nate one of the guys, you know,
Speaker 1: one of the guys in quarters? Wouldn't you normally have
Speaker 1: four d backs and that I'm not understanding. It's it's
Speaker 1: a it's empty. Uh. So we have certain rules and
Speaker 1: empty sets where you know, certain individual responsible uh for
Speaker 1: you know individuals on that play. Everybody's you know responsible,
Speaker 1: typically corners responsible one say, is responsible for two and
Speaker 1: empty sets. Uh. It kind of falls on you know,
Speaker 1: Nate in that situation. Uh. But like I said, that's
Speaker 1: a tough play for for Nate, Uh, going against a
Speaker 1: receiver like Claypool who's had a great day versus I
Speaker 1: mean versus you know us as a defense and us
Speaker 1: as defensive backs. But like I said, Ben saw it
Speaker 1: um and we have to live with that play. Last
Speaker 1: question here at Jeff, Sorry Ronnie not to bemoan this play,
Speaker 1: but so were they in eleven personnel? They were in?
Speaker 1: Oh one is a tight end to the two receivers
Speaker 1: side a receiver and three receivers to the right. Typically,
Speaker 1: you guys do match ran. You had the same you
Speaker 1: had dime out there. They were in the same formation.
Speaker 1: Huh And you guys had dime out there to match it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we had, we had I think dollar out on the field.
Speaker 1: But in that package, there's still a linebacker present. There's
Speaker 1: one backer and that's that's always Nate and that's typically
Speaker 1: the package that you used to cover that personnel. I mean,
Speaker 1: the two players before we were in man. We decided
Speaker 1: to go zone on the on that third down play.
Speaker 1: That's the difference. Thanks for Rodney, Thank you all right.
Speaker 1: That's Eagles safety Rodney McCloud breaking it down after today's performance. Uh.
Speaker 1: He is one of the minies for the Toyota Player
Speaker 1: of the Week, So of course stay tuned to hear
Speaker 1: more about that. The Eagles defense on the field today
Speaker 1: for thirty four minutes forty three seconds, as the Steelers
Speaker 1: had an offense, was on the field for that amount
Speaker 1: of time. And we are now going to hear from
Speaker 1: Brandon Graham, who's going to meet with the media. Hey, Bge,
Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time. We'll get started here with
Speaker 1: Mike Steelski and then Les Bowen. Brandon, what's been the
Speaker 1: overriding issue defensively this season? So the Rams, you know,
Speaker 1: put up the big number against you guys, the Steelers
Speaker 1: did the same thing today. Is it scheme? Is it personnel?
Speaker 1: What's what's been the issue? Um? You know, uh, third
Speaker 1: down today, that's what I can just speak on just
Speaker 1: today what I've seen. We gotta get off the ball.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get off the field, and I think that, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, just third down hurt as bad today, especially
Speaker 1: with the penalties. I didn't realize we had eight eight
Speaker 1: penalties and you know, it's just unacceptable. We got to
Speaker 1: make sure that we uh, it starts in practice in
Speaker 1: you know, we know that some of the stuff that
Speaker 1: showed up and practice showed up out there in the
Speaker 1: game with the off sides and you know, just little
Speaker 1: things that we can correct, and you know, it's just
Speaker 1: that's what hurt us in the end. BG. After the
Speaker 1: first several series, it didn't seem like you were really
Speaker 1: able to get to Roethlisberger. I understand he was getting
Speaker 1: rid of it quickly, but he just seemed to be
Speaker 1: able to pick whatever he wanted out there. What was
Speaker 1: going on up front? Were they max protecting? How did
Speaker 1: you see it? Like you just said, you just said,
Speaker 1: the ball was coming out fast. Um, you know that
Speaker 1: was the game plan. I mean, you know, it's respect
Speaker 1: for us. You know, they're getting it out hitting the perimeter,
Speaker 1: but we gotta we gotta make sure we're tackling and
Speaker 1: you know, running rally into the ball, and that's something
Speaker 1: that we, um, you know, we could we could continue
Speaker 1: to keep on getting better with because we're seeing how
Speaker 1: people are attacking us and that's exactly what they do.
Speaker 1: They try to take the D line out the game. Um,
Speaker 1: and you know that's that's what we're gonna see moving forward.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna make sure we get that corrected. You also,
Speaker 1: misdirection so much like on that long run. You know what,
Speaker 1: how do you stop them? Um? You know that was
Speaker 1: just a good play on their part, you know, I
Speaker 1: mean sometimes they just make a good play. You know,
Speaker 1: they act like they go on one way and you
Speaker 1: know they use what they use some of our strengths
Speaker 1: against us. You know, we get off the rock, we
Speaker 1: hit our points, but they know exactly where we're gonna
Speaker 1: be sometimes and you know they fake like they go
Speaker 1: on one way and you know they get us to commit.
Speaker 1: And that's exactly what happened that play. Did you do
Speaker 1: do you think you guys are a good team right now?
Speaker 1: I do think we're a good team. You know, we
Speaker 1: we can you know, just think of how crazy it
Speaker 1: could have got. You know, we we came out, we rallied,
Speaker 1: we got to turn over. We started to get things going.
Speaker 1: We put ourselves at a position where we we make
Speaker 1: a feel goal, we go up. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: And you know, the fighting us we never quit, you know.
Speaker 1: And so um, I feel like the self inflicted wounds
Speaker 1: we can we we gotta get better on that. That's
Speaker 1: that's no excuses on that on our part. We messed
Speaker 1: that up. We blew it, you know, we blew our chances.
Speaker 1: But I do know we're a good team. Coach keeps
Speaker 1: us together, you know us as you know leaders on
Speaker 1: this team, We keep us together. We just come to work.
Speaker 1: But some of the self inflicting wounds gotta stop because
Speaker 1: we gotta get started, because we can't just keep on
Speaker 1: making the same same excuses. And um, I think, um,
Speaker 1: you know we we we are, we are heading in
Speaker 1: a good direction. We just gotta make We just gotta
Speaker 1: believe that. It'd beg with all the injuries you guys
Speaker 1: have on on the offense, then putting up twenty nine points,
Speaker 1: you probably would have taken that coming into today. Does
Speaker 1: it make it more frustrating as a defense when it
Speaker 1: might feel like you guys aren't living up to your
Speaker 1: end of the bargain. Yeah, you know, we pride ourselves
Speaker 1: on you know, it don't matter if if we score
Speaker 1: three or you know, it don't matter. They shouldn't they
Speaker 1: shouldn't touch the end zone. And so, um we out
Speaker 1: there working hard to try to make that happen. We
Speaker 1: gotta stay consistent. Um, we're not you know, killing ourselves
Speaker 1: with the penalties. Um, you know, we don't make excuses.
Speaker 1: We just go out there and play. Uh some some
Speaker 1: some some plays. They just made a good play. And
Speaker 1: I feel like that that one little run that they
Speaker 1: got on the reverse, that that was a good play
Speaker 1: that they made. And you know, some all I can
Speaker 1: say is, you know, we try to hold up our
Speaker 1: enter the bargain. We didn't do that today, and um,
Speaker 1: we just got to make sure we're doing it all
Speaker 1: in one. You know, when the offense clicking, we gotta
Speaker 1: make sure we're clicking two is it can't just be
Speaker 1: you know one one one side clicking, another ain't clicking.
Speaker 1: And you know, we just gotta stay consistent. You have
Speaker 1: time for a few more, so will go Nick, Chris
Speaker 1: and Zach high PG on the series there where they
Speaker 1: took the field after the missfield goal and you got
Speaker 1: hit with that penalty. Judging by your reaction, it seemed like, uh,
Speaker 1: you didn't agree with that, Cauk. And we didn't see
Speaker 1: the replay. They didn't show it what happened there? And
Speaker 1: oh did you was that a face mask? They called
Speaker 1: face mask? That's what they call. I guess we'll see
Speaker 1: wednesday if I get a fine or not, because you know,
Speaker 1: sometimes they don't send the fine because it wasn't one.
Speaker 1: You know, it wasn't it wasn't a penalty. So hopefully
Speaker 1: you know that's that's the case, because that's why they
Speaker 1: didn't show the replay. But all I know is I
Speaker 1: didn't see it, um you know, on film yet. But
Speaker 1: I do know that I didn't touch his face mask.
Speaker 1: That's what I'm just speaking for myself. Chris, send them.
Speaker 1: Zach Um Carson likes to talk about that the offense
Speaker 1: is close in terms of just getting their act together.
Speaker 1: Where is the is the defense, you know, close to
Speaker 1: getting itself back together? As as Carson suggests that the offenses,
Speaker 1: I believe that because you know, I think that it's
Speaker 1: just we gotta stay consistent. You know, we showed what
Speaker 1: we could do when we're doing it. When it's right,
Speaker 1: it's right. But you know, when it's wrong, it's just
Speaker 1: like one one step, one minut step here, one one
Speaker 1: one bad read here. We got to make sure we
Speaker 1: stay consistent as as a group. Um, And that's just
Speaker 1: the bottom line. I think that we showed flashes, but
Speaker 1: we gotta just stay consistent because we know how people
Speaker 1: are going to attack us, and it's pretty much, Uh,
Speaker 1: it's a copycat league. They gonna they're gonna try to
Speaker 1: hit you where where you have issues. And so we
Speaker 1: got to make sure we fix our issues every week
Speaker 1: and uh, continue to rally each other together because we
Speaker 1: gotta get this stay and turned around. Question, Zack, they
Speaker 1: branded on the topic of it being a copycat league.
Speaker 1: Let's ask you about the misdirection runs. This was the
Speaker 1: third time this season that a wide receiver scored a
Speaker 1: touchdown on a run. Is this something teams are seeing
Speaker 1: against your front that they're doing that they're doing that? Um,
Speaker 1: I mean I guess, like I said, it's a copycat league.
Speaker 1: They ran it a different way than other people ran it.
Speaker 1: You know, there's different formations that you see. But we
Speaker 1: we just got to fix our issues. I ain't making
Speaker 1: no excuse that that was a good play. You know,
Speaker 1: that's a good play that we got to make sure
Speaker 1: that we move a forward, you know, stop because people
Speaker 1: are still gonna run it on us if we don't
Speaker 1: fix our issue. And you know, I think we will
Speaker 1: get that together. Thanks BG. Yeah, all right, that's Eagles
Speaker 1: defensive line Brandon Graham. After today's game, we are going
Speaker 1: to take a quick break here on the postgame show
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Speaker 1: Rico at his time for the Rico Review. A big
Speaker 1: play for this Eagles offense, A seventy four yard touchdown
Speaker 1: by Eagles running back Miles Sanders in his hometown of Pittsburgh,
Speaker 1: A very exciting moment for this offense. Here's Fran Duffy
Speaker 1: with the Rico review. All right, now, let's go to
Speaker 1: the offensive side and look at the play that really
Speaker 1: got the Eagles going offensively, and that's this seventy four
Speaker 1: yard touchdown by Miles Sanders. The Pittsburgh Steelers coming to
Speaker 1: this game allowing just fifty yard fifty four yards per
Speaker 1: game on the ground, so number one run defense. Would
Speaker 1: the Eagles be able to get things going with Sanders
Speaker 1: on the turf? Well, you get the seventy four yard
Speaker 1: touchdown here and really ties things up. What we're gonna
Speaker 1: see here this Pittsburgh front. We talked about it all week.
Speaker 1: We talked about it on Eagles Game Plan, we talked
Speaker 1: about it on the Eagle Line the Sky Podcast. Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: love to blitz. They blitz more than anybody in the
Speaker 1: NFL coming into the week on a per game basis.
Speaker 1: They ran more stunts than anybody in the league on
Speaker 1: a per game basis. And what you're gonna see here
Speaker 1: from Pittsburgh, you're gonna have a defensive tackle looping, you're
Speaker 1: gonna have a other linebacker coming inside. These two guys
Speaker 1: are running a little bit of a game, and you're
Speaker 1: also gonna get a blitzing slot corner. So on third
Speaker 1: and long Pittsburgh, they're bringing the heat, they're bringing extra rushers,
Speaker 1: and they're moving guys around doing all kinds of things
Speaker 1: to attack quarterback Carson Wentz. The Eagles know this, they're
Speaker 1: expecting this. So the best way to kind of defeat
Speaker 1: the blitz, you might say with a screen pass or
Speaker 1: you know, some kind of a quick throw to a
Speaker 1: hot route. The other way is with a draw play,
Speaker 1: and that's exactly what you're gonna get two Miles Sanders. Now,
Speaker 1: all you're trying to do is suck the defensive rush
Speaker 1: upfield and then you're allowing Sanders to get behind that.
Speaker 1: What I want you to watch you're on the first
Speaker 1: part of this is just Jason Kelsey. Because the offensive
Speaker 1: line they're selling pass pro. You're gonna see all these
Speaker 1: guys are gonna pop up and look like they're in
Speaker 1: their pass sets. They're just gonna drop backwards. Kelsey makes
Speaker 1: a key block here because these guys are slanting on
Speaker 1: a stunt. Even though Kelsey knows it's a run play,
Speaker 1: he has to block this up. He does an outstanding
Speaker 1: job handling these two defenders here right in front of
Speaker 1: his face, and we can let this run and just
Speaker 1: watch the job by Kelsey hands number ninety one off,
Speaker 1: he's ready to zeal off fifty five and then the
Speaker 1: rest is Miles Sanders. Is he able to make a
Speaker 1: couple of guys miss and he races to the end
Speaker 1: zone for a touchdown to tie up the game, make
Speaker 1: it seven to seven. Now is your chance to vote
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Speaker 1: running back Miles Sanders, and Eagles safety Rodney McLeod. Guys,
Speaker 1: we have a lot to discuss here, but how is
Speaker 1: it not Travis Fulgum after that performance today one hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty two yards a touchdown, clearly building something special
Speaker 1: in this Eagles offense. We saw a lot of big
Speaker 1: plays today. Something to be excited about. Fulgum is my
Speaker 1: pick frand who are you gonna take here? Guys, There's
Speaker 1: plenty to discuss after this game. There's plenty that can
Speaker 1: be debated, that can be picked apart, that can be
Speaker 1: you know, broken into small chunks. There's not much to
Speaker 1: debate here this one. This one's an easy one, right.
Speaker 1: I mean, I gotta think that Travis Fogus is gonna
Speaker 1: run away with this fan vote. I'm gonna say that
Speaker 1: Ike is gonna pick Rodney McLoud because he always picks
Speaker 1: the defender. Are you going to justify that one today?
Speaker 1: You were pretty you were at critical of the defense earlier. Yeah,
Speaker 1: not today. No, you can't get you can't get player
Speaker 1: of the game when we give up thirty nine points,
Speaker 1: I mean thirty eight points on defense. So, like France saying, Amy,
Speaker 1: I think this one is a no brainer. Um, Travis
Speaker 1: Fogum over the last eight days has become a household
Speaker 1: name in the Delaware Valley. I think we're all, as
Speaker 1: Eagles fans, excited to see what this kid see if
Speaker 1: he can sustain this, I mean, we may have found
Speaker 1: a diamond in the rough. So it's it's a no brainer.
Speaker 1: It's Travis Fogum, the hottest name in Philadelphia, Travis Fogum.
Speaker 1: I love it. I love it, and of course a
Speaker 1: lot to be excited about with the potential of some
Speaker 1: other Eagles wide receivers coming back from injury. Adding all
Speaker 1: of that together, that's a lot to look forward to
Speaker 1: for this team. Guys. Let's look ahead to next week's matchup.
Speaker 1: The Baltimore Ravens are coming to Philadelphia. The Eagles will
Speaker 1: be home. The Ravens are four and one. They just
Speaker 1: took down the Bengals twenty seven to three. It was
Speaker 1: a shutout there till they to the very end. And
Speaker 1: of course this is another good defense. This is a
Speaker 1: running quarterback. The last year's MVP, Lamar Jackson, will be
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia as well. Another tough challenge. This is a
Speaker 1: tough schedule, fran Yeah, there's no question about it, you know,
Speaker 1: and that comes anytime you win the Vision, which the
Speaker 1: Eagles did last year. And now they're playing the AFC North,
Speaker 1: which has a lot of talented teams ball tomorrow has
Speaker 1: some and treating things to talk about on both sides
Speaker 1: of the ball. I've been I've already started my film
Speaker 1: breakdown on them for next week for Eagles game plan.
Speaker 1: So we got plenty to talk about this week. Of course,
Speaker 1: fran has already started his film breakdown on the Ravens.
Speaker 1: Do you have any any quick introductory thoughts for us
Speaker 1: as we start to look ahead to next Sunday. Well,
Speaker 1: I tell you, Fran, I hope the team has started
Speaker 1: to breakdown on the Ravens. On the way back from Pittsburgh. Man,
Speaker 1: you look, you look at Baltimore's offense and their defense,
Speaker 1: and the thing that stands out to me the most
Speaker 1: is when you're facing this team, you would better be
Speaker 1: you better. You have to play assignment football. Know what
Speaker 1: your responsibilities are pre snap recognition, and that's on offense
Speaker 1: and defense. They do so much with Lamar Jackson and
Speaker 1: that run game. You have to be fundamentally disciplined on
Speaker 1: defense and from the eagle standpoint on the offense, they
Speaker 1: come from so many different ways with their blitz packages
Speaker 1: and their pressure packages. You really have to study this
Speaker 1: team this week. This to me, will be the most
Speaker 1: difficult team, not just from a physical standpoint, but from
Speaker 1: a mental standpoint, both offensively and defensively. Well. Of course,
Speaker 1: the Ravens only loss of the season at the hands
Speaker 1: of the reigning Super Bowl champion Chiefs as well, and
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. All right, as we look ahead to next week,
Speaker 1: the Eagles will be back in Philadelphia for a home game.
Speaker 1: We might have some fans in the stands which would
Speaker 1: be really exciting as well, and we will of course
Speaker 1: be right back here next week forty five minutes before
Speaker 1: kickoff with the Kickoff Show presented by Exalta Fran Duffie
Speaker 1: and myself of course, and then right back here to
Speaker 1: break it all down on the postgame show presented by
Speaker 1: Rico as well. All right, for Fran, for Ike, for
Speaker 1: Dave Spernaro, for all of our team, I'm Amy Campbell
Speaker 1: and we will see you next week. Have a good one.