WEBVTT - The Post-Game Show: Eagles Win 51-23 0:00:02.800 --> 0:00:30.880 Ike Rease, an outstanding game against this Denver Broncos team. 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:33.040 They come in with a number one defense in football, 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:36.080 fifty one to twenty three. A fifty burger against the 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:38.479 number one team in football. I'm Friend Duffy, joined by 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:41.960 NFL former NFL linebacker Ike Rease, and welcome to the 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:44.720 post game show fors Myrica. I'm so excited. This game 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:48.519 has been ridiculous. It's been a long game where we 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:50.720 even start going in to buy eight and one. Well, 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:54.720 obviously eight and one through nine games. An outstanding start 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:57.320 up for his team, and they just I don't know, 0:00:57.400 --> 0:00:59.760 they cease to amaze us week in and week out. 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:01.760 I'm thinking this is gonna be a tough game, friend, 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:04.320 you got the number one defense coming in here. They've 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:07.480 lost three straight. I'm thinking, okay, this may be an 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:10.039 ugly game, but the Eagles will pull it out. And 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:13.440 I tell you, man, week in and week out, this 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:17.840 team comes prepared to play. Credit to Doug Peterson and 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:21.440 this staff for getting this team ready to go. Could 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:23.960 be a difficult mental game when you're heading into a 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:27.280 bye week facing the team that seems to be out 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:31.360 of it. You have nothing, Seemingly the game only things 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:35.199 to lose. But this team, like a true championship caliber team, 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:38.240 comes in, takes care of business. They don't play down 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:41.280 to the level of their competition. They make you raise 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.960 your game. And guess what, the Broncos cannot raise their 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:47.319 level of play to match what the Eagles put on 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:48.560 the field. That was one of the things I wanted 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:50.240 to ask it right out of the game. Your Eagles 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:53.200 teams were known as so being so great coming off 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:56.120 of bye. How difficult was it going into a game 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:58.280 where you have to buye week on the horizon. You're 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:01.280 seven and one, You've got an conference opponent coming into 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:04.680 town who's lost three straight games, quarterback change, everything going 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:06.480 on with that team. You've got some division in the 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:09.400 locker room. How hard is it to stay focused and say, 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:10.880 you know what we've got to We've got to go 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:12.839 one to know this week, come in and just knock 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:14.640 this ball out of the park. It really can be 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:17.400 a tough mental challenge for the team. But I tell 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:20.359 you what you don't like. When they kicked off the day, 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:22.800 they were already ready to go. You know this started 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:25.120 Wednesday when they put in the game playing. The tone 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:28.400 was set in the meeting rooms out on the practice field. 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.560 You can tell this club came to work every day 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.360 last week with one thought in mind. We're not losing 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:36.360 before the bye week. We're coming in to take care 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:39.480 of business next Sunday. And kudos to the coaching staff 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:41.800 for getting these guys ready, and then hats off to 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:45.720 the players for being able to get laser light focused. 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.680 Forget about the record of the opponent. Showed a proper 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.679 respect to the Denver Broncos. Listen, this team won the 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:53.960 Super Bowl just a couple of years ago, and we 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:57.040 know how good that defense is. So speaking to a 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.919 couple of players throughout the week, you could tell defend 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:03.080 they felt like they had to match what the Denver 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:05.680 Broncos were bringing to the table. You know, they weren't 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:08.080 taking anything for granted. If it was going to be 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:11.000 difficult for our offense to score against that number one defense, 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:14.040 it seemed like our defensive players had the mindset that 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:16.360 we weren't going to give up any points either, and 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:18.520 that's the way that the game pretty much rode for 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:20.560 three quarters until they gave up a couple of garbage 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:24.280 touchdowns in that fourth quarter. But hats off to this coach, 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:27.600 coaching staff starting with Doug Peterson getting his guys ready 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.160 and then the players going out there and executing. It 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:32.840 can be a mental hurdle for you to overcome when 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:34.600 you're looking at a team that you know that you're 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.360 superior then and you got a bye week coming up. 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:39.920 Everyone's been patting you on the back, telling you how 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.080 great you are. You almost feel like you can just 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:45.000 roll your helmet out there and you're winning the football game. 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.520 But that's the different thing about this team, man, regardless 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.920 of who they played this week, they've met that challenge 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:53.840 and that's why they sit right now eight and won 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:56.480 the best record in the NFL, no question about it. 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:58.600 And when you look at this offensive performance, because I 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:00.760 think defensively, going to this game, we kind of expect, 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.320 you know what, bronckos Wilder, he struggles coming yeast, he 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.160 struggles against teams with winning records, and he's coming off 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:08.600 his first start, hasn't played all season long. And then 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:10.520 you look at the run game, they've been very, very 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:12.480 up and down. And then now you look over to 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:14.560 the defensive side and you say, hey, they should have 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:17.120 some success against this Denver team. I expected a low 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.680 scoring game, like a twenty six to thirteen kind of game. 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:23.000 That was the case. In the first quarter, Carson Wentz 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:25.320 first four touchdowns, Jaygi, he reaches the end zone off 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:27.480 a big play. Corey Clement reaches the end zone three 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:30.040 times in this game. Talk about this offensive performance in 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.600 the game plan from Doug Peterson. Well, if you look 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:35.919 at Carson's numbers, you say, okay, I mean he's four touchdowns. 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.960 The game wasn't necessarily on his shoulders to day, but 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.680 he made the plays when they needed to be made. 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:44.200 And you talked about that first quarter putting up to 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:48.040 twenty something points. I mean, the defense gets a turnover, 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:50.919 we're able to cash that in for a touchdown. I 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:54.440 thought he had PenPoint accuracy for the most part. Today. Listen, 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:56.760 it is tough sledding when you're throwing against this Denver 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:00.440 Broncos secondary. They got three pro bo caliber he backs 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.279 out there, and they got a front four with a 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:04.599 future Hall of Famer and Von Miller that likes to 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:07.279 get after the quarterback. But I liked that the defense 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:10.159 gave a short fields to play on and we mixed 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:11.839 it up. You know, we ran the ball when we 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:13.600 needed to run the ball. But I thought the play 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:16.400 action was the best thing today. And then to play 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:19.400 to Alshon Jeffrey right the touchdown to Alshon Jeffrey Earl 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.200 in this game. I hadn't seen that play before and 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:25.520 neither had a key to leave because when Carson fakes 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:29.880 that ball to Jaya Jaii and basically bootlegs out a 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.560 key to leave, didn't know what to do. Alshan takes 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.480 off and it's an easy floater touchdown for Carson to 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:37.960 al Shan's good to see al Sean so to get 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:40.800 himself going the last couple of weeks. Three touchdowns for him, 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.239 but then the running then and then the running game today. 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:45.480 I mean, my goodness. You know, al Shann e Levin 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.359 targets six catches, could have had a couple more. I 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.159 mean Corey Clement Man, I mean, I really am happy 0:05:51.160 --> 0:05:55.360 for this kid, local kid glass Borrow. Three touchdowns to day. 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:58.880 Has there been another player that has made the most 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:01.720 of the opportunity on these that he's been given this year? 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:04.159 This kid, it seems like every time he touches the 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:07.200 ball something positive is happening. He's catching the ball out 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:09.560 of the backfield, which he really wasn't known for coming 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:13.359 out of Wisconsin undrafted free agent. Really am happy to 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:16.960 see him having success. And then the Jay Train. We 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:21.120 got to see a little bit of the Jay Train today. Jagie, 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:26.080 the new acquisition that we traded for from the Miami Dolphins. 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:28.360 He got a few carries in there, got a chance 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.680 to break one. I mean, fran you and I could 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:32.799 have ran through that hole at the offensive line opened 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:35.719 up for him, one of us, both of us great 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:38.520 blocking from the offensive line on that play there. But 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:41.160 it was great to see jay Agi get his first 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:43.760 touches and then score his first touchdown of the season 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:46.479 right here in Philadelphia. And one of the things that 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:48.960 I loved just about this entire game plan going in 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:51.359 is that we knew that Denver Broncos were soft against 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:53.360 the tight end position, and you know, coming into the game, 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:56.280 zach Ertz is questionable. He warms up pregame and then 0:06:56.320 --> 0:06:59.159 he's declared an active he's out. Does the game plan change? No, 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:00.800 They go out with Trey Burton to go out with 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:03.240 Brent Selleck. Very early in this game. They come out 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:05.760 with multiple tight end sets and they challenge that Denver 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.440 base defense to say, you know what, match up to 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:10.320 Trey Burton on the outside, match up to Brent Selleck 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:12.000 on the outside. Brent Selleck has a couple of key 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:14.440 receptions early in the game. And then you got Trey 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.520 Burton matched up on linebacker Brandon Marshall on a long 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:19.880 touchdown where they knew that they were gonna get that 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.320 matchup and they ran Trey Burton vertically down the field 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:25.040 off a double move. Brandon Marshall had no chance. Carson 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:28.920 Wentz delivered a pinpoint accurate throw to the outside shoulder 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:31.800 on the move. Just an outstanding play. And that all 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.200 starts with game plan that goes with Doug Pearson, the 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.440 offensive coaching staff really just knowing where are they going 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:40.360 to push their buttons against this opposing defense, and they 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:42.480 found a matchup they liked and they exploited it. Yeah, 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:44.920 and I love the fact that you mentioned the confidence 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:47.920 that the coaching staff has and regardless of who's playing, 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:50.760 they talk about next man up mentality. Well, when you 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:53.000 lose that Urts prior to the game, that's your number 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.560 one offensive weapon. Trey Burton has to go in there. 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.600 And like you said, it didn't change the game plan whatsoever. 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:01.240 They still wanted to attack those safeties when they had 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:03.720 an opportunity with the tight ends and it was great 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:06.040 for us. Now, the energy level at Lincoln Financial Field 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:08.400 was outstanding. And for more on what was going on 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:10.720 in that atmosphere at Lincoln Financial Field, let's go to 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:13.840 Eagles insider Davis Sparo. Dave an outstanding game. I don't 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:17.880 think anybody really expected fifty one points against this Denver defense. 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:19.480 What was it like seeing that out in the field. 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.440 Talk about Carson Wentz and his performance. You know that 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:24.920 when you come back, Denver goes down the field and 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:26.720 kicks a field goal to begin the game, and then 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:30.960 Eagles came. Just no flinch, no panic, just go down 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:33.720 and dissect the defense. And I agree with what you 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:37.199 guys are saying. A brilliant game plan once again by 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:41.199 the Eagles and this coaching staff that just finds matchups. 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:43.200 And then you've got a quarterback good enough to exploit, 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:45.920 You've got an offense that's versatile enough to gash you 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:49.480 in so many ways to go one ninety eight on 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:53.640 the ground against a run defense allowing three yards to carry. 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:56.240 I think five of the first six opponents this year, 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.960 or six of the first seven opponents didn't even average 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:01.280 three yards to carry against Denver, So I mean just 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:03.440 it's you sit there and you kind of after a 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:06.959 while ago. Please don't pinch me. I don't want to 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:08.840 wake up from this dream. That. That's kind of the 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:12.080 way it is at Lincoln Financial Field, David, I thought 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:13.720 one of the big things and and I talked about 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.000 it just now, was just the mindset of this team 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.280 and Doug Peterson keeping that team ready going into a 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:20.600 bye week against a team that's lost three straight from 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.120 another conference. What have you seen from Doug Pearson and 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.520 the staff and knowing what buttons to push with this team? 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.200 It's it's there's no there's no doubt about it. And 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.440 look when you go down the roster and talk about 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:34.480 all the players having career years, Patrick Robinson, you know, uh, 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:39.240 Jim Jernegan, Fletcher Cox playing his best football, Brandon Graham 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:42.000 playing great off at Nelson Agelo. I mean, up and 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:44.800 down the line of Corey Klenning comes out of nowhere 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:48.320 and has three more touchdowns today. You know, Stephen wiz 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.640 newskeezer starter at left guard. They don't they lose Jason 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:54.840 Peters and big vegos in they don't skip a beat. 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:58.280 I mean, it is really remarkable how everything kind of 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:00.839 started as I was kind of writing this. It all 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:04.240 started on the Jake Elliott sixty one yard field goal. 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:06.960 It just kind of it meant so much that game. 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:10.640 It was Carson's first game where he led the last 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.720 drive points to win the game. Jake makes the field goal. 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:17.560 Everybody really started to believe all the way wholehearted, go 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:19.559 all the way in, and now every time they step 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:22.400 on the field, they're playing their very best football up 0:10:22.400 --> 0:10:24.760 and down the roster. It's you know, I guess I've 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:26.360 never been around. I've certainly got a taste it. In 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:29.240 two thousand and four, Ike, when you know that you're 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.520 a great team and you're going to be a playoff team, 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.360 you're gonna go deep in the playoffs. This is what happens. 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.600 Everybody raises their level of game. I believe it starts 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:40.440 with a quarterback when you have somebody very special. But 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:42.640 certainly has made Doug a better coach, It's made Jim 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:45.640 Schwartz a better defensive coordinator. They're having a great just 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.160 a great run here, seventh straight wins. It's remarkable. Yeah, 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.200 that run we went on day back in two thousand 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:53.240 and four, a little bit expected run. I mean, we 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.840 obviously were a proven team, a team that had been 0:10:55.880 --> 0:11:00.520 in the playoffs several years conference championship games. Getting TiO 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:03.440 was really like the issen on the k Forces that year. 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.520 This year with this team, the reason why I'm more 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:08.960 impressed with what they're doing is that they're doing it 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:12.640 so early in the stages of this unit. I mean, 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:15.440 Carson is in his second year, Doug is in his 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:17.920 second year as a head coach. Some of the players 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.439 they brought in this all season haven't had a whole 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.280 lot of time to jail together. So to come together 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:25.920 the way that they have so quickly, I think it's 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:30.800 been remarkably impressive. And I mean it just doesn't happen 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:32.679 like that everywhere around the league, where you get a 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:36.080 unit to play this well, this fast, And I'm with you, 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:39.320 it starts with number eleven that that guy is playing 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:41.600 at a whole other level. You know, I think the number, 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:43.520 I don't know if you guys got this number. He 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:46.080 is the youngest quarterback in the history of the NFL 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:49.280 to have in the history of the NFL, and I 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:51.240 think only one of five quarterbacks in the history, but 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:54.120 if the youngest to have twenty three touchdown passes and 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:57.040 five or fewer interceptions in the first nine games of 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:59.480 a season. So he's playing at an entirely different level 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:02.320 than anyone we've seen. And finally, I'll see this two 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:04.160 thousand and four. There were a couple of close games 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.439 in that early run. It was Chicago. It's a tough game, 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:10.240 Baltimore a tough game. This group has been blowing teams 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:14.439 out lately, and I mean, how do you stay sharp? Well, 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:16.040 we'll think about it for a week, because the bye 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:19.319 week comes in absolutely the perfect time. Well, Davis, I 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:22.080 appreciate the time as always. Over from Lincoln Financial Field, 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:23.960 We're gonna head over to the press conference shortly. I 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:25.680 know you've got a run inside to hear from Doug 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:27.880 Peterson and Carson Wentz. So thank you very much, Dave. 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.560 Like I think, bouncing off of what Dave said, I 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.200 think you see the momentum that this team is carrying 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:35.360 going forward, and I think going into the bye it's 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:37.320 gonna be really big for Doug Peterson and the staff 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:39.679 to build on that as they go into this week 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:41.280 of rest or rest up. And you know, all the 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.200 things that Doug is saying to the team right now 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:45.559 in the locker room, take care of your bodies, rest up, 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:48.160 but stay focused, come back. We've got Dallas on Sunday 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:50.600 night in two weeks. Yeah, I mean that that becomes 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:53.160 the challenge now for Doug and this coaching staff and 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.880 put the vetchan players on this team. Right, you're sitting 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:57.800 at eight and one. Nope, you're not going to surprise 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.760 anybody anymore. You got a week. Also, people will continue 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:02.839 to talk about you. You're the best team in the 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:07.319 league record wise. Now you're gonna have to deal with expectations, right, 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:10.480 you have these next seven games. Everybody's gunning for you 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:13.600 in the NFC, and I'm excited to see how how 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:15.920 this team handles it. You know, when you it's a 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:18.920 little different when you're flying under the radar and they're 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.720 low expectations, you kind of use that as a motivational 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:24.560 chip on your shoulder. Well, when these guys come back 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:26.800 from the break, they're gonna find out that they are 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:30.720 the hunted. Now everybody's gonna be hunting the Philadelphia Eagles 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.880 and it's going to make for an exciting November, December, 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.880 and January. I can't wait. It's been a few years 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:39.760 since we had this level of football around here. To 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:42.280 be excited about. And now we're gonna get into the 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.559 winning months of the National Football League calendar. Right, this 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:50.160 is the time whether the games matter most. There's playoff 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:52.920 jockeying that will be going on, and it's gonna be 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:55.160 hard to block out that noise. That's gonna be the 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.280 biggest challenge, right, stand healthy and then blocking out the 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:02.000 outside noise, the ulation, everybody wanting to patch you on 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:05.080 the back, everybody wanting to crown you champions before you 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:07.920 actually go get it done. This team, that's the hardest 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.040 work they're gonna have to do. Talent wise, we don't 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:11.760 have to worry about that anymore. There are no more 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.760 measuring sticks, there are no more barometers you need to 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.880 live up too, with the exception of playing up to 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:22.400 the level of your expectations every week. And listen, now 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:24.480 they're the hunting. That's right, it should be. It should 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.000 be fun. Hey, well, Doug Pearson, the mindset has always 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:28.760 been one to know. We're gonna go one to know 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.120 each and every week. And really, and like you mentioned 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.080 these couple of months now, November December, those are the 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:36.320 games that people remember. Yes, you know what you've done. 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:39.320 Now through September and October has been outstanding, going eight 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:42.080 and one, winning seventh straight. But now it's about closing 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:43.840 this season, so they're gonna rest up. We got a 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:45.440 couple of guys banged up. I think it's a great 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:47.360 time for those guys going to the buy. But, like 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.560 you said, a huge win before we get into Dallas 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:51.880 and we start talking about moving forward. Coming into this game, 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.120 I think the big concern we all had was von 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:56.640 Miller and this pass rush, and I thought, going back 0:14:56.680 --> 0:14:58.560 to the game plan and the execution of that game plan, 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:00.960 they did a great job of really negating what he 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:03.320 could bring to the table because you've got the ability 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:06.600 to beat the right tackle lane Johnson off the edge, 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:08.080 and I think that what they did was with the 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:10.280 quick game, they got the ball out of Carson's hands 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:12.520 very quickly. There wasn't a lot of designed deep shots 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.400 down the field in this game. And then also moving 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:16.800 the pocket a couple of those plays as well. Where 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:18.880 they're reading von Miller, you know he's gonna have the 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:20.880 ability to where he can't be right on the player 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.320 you talked about earlier, the touchdown passed to alshon Jeffrey. 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.280 They're reading von Miller at the snap of the ball, 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:28.240 and then on the touchdown to Corey Clement, they're reading. 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:31.120 They're reading von Miller off the snap of the ball. 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:33.280 So you've got the ability where he can't be right 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:35.600 and you're really you say, you can't block him. Let's 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:37.240 read him, and now you don't have to block him. 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:38.480 Want to take care of him. You get the ball 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:40.440 down the field. That goes back to the game plan 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:42.280 that they put together. I mean, listen, when you talk 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:44.800 about number fifty eight being on the other side, you 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:47.680 had better account for him every snap. And when you 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:49.880 watched this game plan, you know that they wanted to 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:52.240 know where number fifty eight was at and you said 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.040 it best instead of running away from him, they ran 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:57.600 at him. They read off of him. You know that 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.880 option played to Corey Clement was a nice red play 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:02.960 where Von Miller you got a choice. Either you go 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.600 out to Corey Clement and Carson is going to keep 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:08.000 the ball and run up the field, or you're gonna 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:09.880 try to get the Carson, which we know Von Miller 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:12.200 wants to hit the quarterback, and he sucked him in 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:14.200 good enough to where he was able to pitching to 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:17.080 Corey Clement and he basically went the end zone untouched. 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:19.200 That's what you do when you have a defensive player 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:22.160 that's as disruptive as von Miller is. You don't try 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.040 to go away from him. You go right at him. 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:27.280 You go right at him, make him make decisions as 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:29.760 opposed to being free over there. And it wasn't until 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:31.640 Lane went out of the game and we had a 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:33.640 couple of backups in there that Von Miller was even 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:37.000 heard from today other than jumping off sides once or twice. 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:41.480 So just a real nice game plan in my mind 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:43.280 leaning up to these games, right, I try to come 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:45.080 up with ways where I think the Eagles are gonna 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:48.720 lose the game. Just that's just because I worry throughout 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:50.360 the week and I'm saying to myself, were the only 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:53.360 way they're gonna lose his game is if Denver's defense 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:56.240 forces a bunch of turnovers, And that's the only way. 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.080 And I thought the offense did a great job taking 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:04.159 care of football and really not playing necessarily conservative against 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:07.520 this defense, but being calculated in the shots when they 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:10.119 wanted to take the shots. Like you mentioned, the rollouts, 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:13.399 the bootlegs, the misdirections, that's what you do to a 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:16.760 speed defense. Even a key to lead. I thought, way 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:18.560 he took al Sean Jeffrey and went right at a 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:22.080 key to leave. I mean al Sean had eleven targets today, 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:26.199 six sketches for eighty four yards, two touchdowns. Most I 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:28.280 guarantee you a key to leaves. Nothing used to seeing 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:31.000 that much action now. And I think the other play too, 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:33.439 where you look at the ability to prey on that 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:37.320 aggressiveness from the Denver defenses. How many times did Carson 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:39.200 draw them off sides? I mean Shane Read, the second 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:41.040 year guy was off sides a few times. He's got 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:42.919 von Miller a couple of times as well. Just the 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.800 ability to use those hard counts and just steal yards 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:47.600 from that defense I thought was great. And you mentioned 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:49.000 he believe to go after a key to lead. But 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:52.040 let's focus now on that run game and namely Jaya. 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:55.160 What were your expectations going this week? We saw, Okay, 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:56.640 he's gonna be in there for a handful of plays. 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:58.480 He ended up double digits and carriages, which I don't 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:00.440 know that many of us expected. But what did you 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:02.760 see from Jaji in this game? And was it about 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.080 what you expected coming out of the game. Yeah, you know, 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.199 listen for us first week here, he's only been here 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:09.080 for a few days. And to get in there and 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:13.159 to be able to be productive eight carries seventy seven yards. 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:15.399 I was eleven. I wanted to see some more. I 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.480 wanted to see some more of the Jay train. So 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:23.240 excited about this acquisition. This isn't just for this year, 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:25.480 these eight games. Of course, he's going to be important 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:28.560 for the stretch run, but I'm excited about the future 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:31.439