WEBVTT - Eagles 360: September 20 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:06.040 Stand by's cameras action. Are you ready for Monday Night's football? 0:00:06.400 --> 0:00:09.360 As the Eagles keep the Bears. I think this game 0:00:09.480 --> 0:00:11.600 is gonna be a whole lot about the coaches and 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:17.720 how well they moved the chest pieces around on this field. Wow, 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:22.040 he thinks he's back. He's head back in the ten 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:25.960 yard line, sacked by a back up checkcounts. He gets 0:00:26.000 --> 0:00:29.360 it off and keeping his balance and slatching it for 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:33.640 the touchdowners, drying my blues. WoT a great job. He 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:37.720 goes over the middle and it's intercepted. It's intercepted by Branham. 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:41.640 Branham takes it inside the five on his fleet all 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:46.120 the way downs at the two wins choires He's got Burton. 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:49.800 Touchdown Frey Burner, this time a hand off as the 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:52.280 lane Burton. He humbles the football and the Eagles have 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:56.840 it again. Turnovers bumble by a light Burnon. This defense 0:00:56.920 --> 0:01:00.800 now is only given up two touchdowns and seven plus 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:04.440 quarters of football. I think that's pretty impressive. He's talk again, 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:08.520 He's talks to run, He's hit, he fumbles the the 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:11.880 Eagles have it. The final score the Eagles never Eagle 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:38.040 Bearers twenty nine. The fourth team Hello, everybody, and welcome 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.720 to the Eagles. Three sixty names for Naro Eagles insider 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:43.840 Brian Westbrook, Eagles Hall of Famer, and we're two happy 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:47.319 guys on this Tuesday, the Eagles two and oh after 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:49.640 the Monday they went in Chicago. We're gonna talk about 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:52.600 it right here. We're gonna hear from Doug Peterson. First, Brian, 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:55.960 I want to hear some thoughts up. Impressive performance all around. 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:58.920 Everybody's talking about Carson Wentz. But there's more to it 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:01.680 than number eleven. Well, I think it starts with your head, coach. 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:05.560 I mean, he continues to put Carson Wentz in good positions. 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:07.800 You love the things that he's doing. He starts the 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:10.200 game in the empty set. We have a rookie quarterback. 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:12.160 You try to protect them, you try to run the football. 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:14.320 You don't do some of the things that Doug Peterson 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:16.520 is doing. But he starts a game in an empty set. 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:18.839 He allows his quarterback to see the blitz is coming 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:20.960 from the lets, the lap in the right. I love 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.720 what Doug Peterson's doing. He's protecting his quarterback is just 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:27.679 in a different way. And this kid is so unflappable. 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.520 But what you really recognize is he has all the 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:33.760 physical ability to make every throw, but it's the mental thing, Brian. 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:36.520 The Eagles have not turned the football over in two games. 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:39.080 They've been highly efficient on third down and in the 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:43.440 red zone, and Carson Wentz really has been on point 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:45.840 going to the right spots. Had a couple of drops 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.320 on Monday night didn't phase him at all. Up and down. 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:51.279 That's one of the things that rookie struggled with their consistency. 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.560 There's too many roller coasters the up and down. We're 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:55.799 not seeing that. We're Carson Wentz. We're seeing a quarterback 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.760 that's good every single week. He's making the right decisions, 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.320 going to the right guy under pressure. That's what you 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:03.160 want to see from a young quarterback. As a result, 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:05.320 the Eagles two and oh, we'll talk about the offense 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:08.400 and the defense as well as a really kind of 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:11.120 a shaky special team's performance on Monday and all of 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:14.000 that combined on this short week as the Eagles get 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.880 ready for the Pittsburgh Steelers. And with that we get 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:20.400 you ready. It's our Eagles three sixty updates with Alex 0:03:20.440 --> 0:03:25.240 Smith Doug Peterson meeting the media on this Tuesday. Hi, everyone, 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:28.240 I'm Alex Smith here with your three sixty update. The 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:31.040 Eagles players had the day off today on Tuesday after 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:34.240 Monday Night's big twenty nine to fourteen win over the 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:36.880 Chicago Bears, but we did hear from Eagles head coach 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:40.240 Doug Peterson as he met with the media inside the auditorium, 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:42.520 and the first order of business for coach Peterson was 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:45.440 to offer an injury update as he updated the statusus 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:48.960 of zach Ertz, Leois McKelvin, and also added Michael Kendricks 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:52.640 to the injury report. As you know was zach Ertz 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:57.840 and leotis obviously no change with them. Michael Kendricks knows 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:04.320 fracture quad continue. Um, he'll be fine again day to day, 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.440 but he should be uh, he should be okay for 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:10.760 for this for this Weekend's game against Pittsburgh Monday night 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:14.040 was another masterful performance from rookie Carson Wentz in his 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:17.279 second NFL start and his first ever road game. He 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:19.680 threw for one touchdown to go along with one hundred 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:23.240 and ninety passing yards, despite the fact that his receivers 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:25.920 had a couple of costly drops. But coach Peterson said 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.839 today that he and the coaching staff remained very confident 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:32.479 in the Eagles receivers. You know, they they just continue 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:35.800 to work every day and and uh, um, you know 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:38.960 sometimes sometimes things like that happened. They know, I mean, 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:42.520 they understand it. They're their professionals, and they they pride 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:44.920 themselves obviously catching the football. And you could tell last 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.599 night that they were, um, they were mad at themselves. 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:49.240 I mean, those are those are You're right, those are 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:53.200 big plays. And you know, we'll continue to you know, 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:55.560 I'm not going to stop calling plays to them because 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:57.840 I know they're they're they're explosive guys for us, and 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:01.080 and we just we just got to continue to work. Meanwhile, 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:04.120 reports did surface early on Tuesday morning that right tackle 0:05:04.200 --> 0:05:07.440 Lane Johnson will indeed be handed a ten game suspension 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:11.240 for a performance enhancing drug violation. Coach Peterson addressed that 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:17.560 report earlier today. Until I hear from the league office, 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:21.800 lane's my starting right tackle. Well, if if that's the case, 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:23.440 then we go back to what we did in train 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:28.880 account and and we but until that time, you know, 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:32.520 we're full go. Until then. You can catch all of 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.080 Coach Peterson's press conference from earlier today right here on 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:37.560 Philadelphia Eagles dot com and be sure to stay with 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:39.960 us throughout the week as we get you set for 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:43.719 Sunday's showdown with the two and oh Pittsburgh Steelers, which 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:48.080 are three sixty update. I'm Alex Smith. Thanks so much, Alex. 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.920 We've got a lot to get to on this Eagles 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:52.880 three sixtieth bit. Later on Brian and I we'll talk 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:56.960 about our breakthrough performers from the Monday night win. But 0:05:57.160 --> 0:05:59.599 up next we're gonna talk about the offense and of 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:03.560 course Carson Wentz leading the way the Eagles a balanced 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:07.240 offense yet again some good things, not so good things. 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:10.039 We'll talk about it next here on Eagles three sixty. 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:19.680 Their legend is legendary. They've seen the end zone more 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:23.240 often than any other duo in history. They are professional 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:28.360 football player watchers become a pro fan only with Exfinity 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:46.320 X one caller click today. We simply right checking from 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.720 Santon their bank. 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Become a pro fan 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:50.040 only with Xfinity H one caller click today, we welcome 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.960 you back to Eagles three sixty Dave Spidero, Brian Westbrook. 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:56.320 The Eagles coming off another win on the road in 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.520 Chicago twenty nine to fourteen. So let's talk about some 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.280 of the things we saw on the offense. And let's 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.960 begin Brian with Carson Wentz, who came out six of 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.080 six on the first drive, the Eagles showing so much 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:11.720 confidence in him, and after a little bit of a lull, 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:13.200 he picked it back up in the second half. When 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.880 you talk about a young quarterback, you talk about the consistency, 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.600 you talk about the accuracy. He's throwing the ball to 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.440 the receivers in great position. So many times you hear 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:24.400 a quarterbacks. They're doing back shoulder throws, which sometimes gonna 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:26.480 be good, but that doesn't give the receiver an opportunity 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:28.600 to catch the ball and run. Carson Wentz is putting 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:31.000 it in the perfect position for these receivers so they 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:33.160 can catch the ball and run. That's all. They're gonna 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:36.280 make more confidence in the receiver in their quarterback. That's 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.199 a great thing to have with between the receivers in 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.559 the quarterback. We've also seen him really handle the blitz. 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:42.720 We've seen him hanging in the pocket. Takes some hits. 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:46.000 If he's your teammate, if he's your quarterback, what does 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.240 it mean to you that he's standing staring down the 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.679 barrel of the gun and throwing bullets. That's what you 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:52.400 love to see. You want to see a young guy 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:55.080 standing in the pocket. Now, there's some hits that I 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.600 just do not want Carson Wentz to be taking. He's 0:08:57.640 --> 0:08:59.640 getting outside of the pocket scrambling and I want him 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:01.360 to get out of bounce on some of those plays. 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:03.880 But when you have a quarterback that's willing to stand 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:05.760 in the face of a blitz and complete the ball 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.319 accurately down the field, that's what you're looking for. In 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:10.679 a young guy. He almost has it all. There's a 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:12.240 couple of little things that he needs to change, but 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.240 he's doing a great job. It's quarterback in this team 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:17.880 so far, and he and the coaching staff really in sync. Brian. 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:19.680 Let's talk about some of the things that you've seen 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:22.840 from the design of the offense. The Eagles lose zachert 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:24.680 for the game, they put in Trey Burton. He catches 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:26.920 a touchdown pass on a really kind of a cool 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:30.120 screen to the tight end in goal line situations, and 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:31.960 I haven't seen a lot of that. You never see 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.560 those types of things, and I think that's the imprint 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:37.280 that Doug Peterson has on his football team. He's calling 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:39.320 some plays and doing some things that you never really 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:42.280 see and from a rookie coach as well as a 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:44.240 rookie quarterback. But just for you, as you mentioned that 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:46.160 played to Trey Burton, you don't run that play on 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:48.280 the gold line. That's because things are so closed in 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.160 on the gold line. But Doug Peterson runs it, Trey 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:53.199 Burton walks into the end zone. There's a couple of 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:56.319 other situations we talked about. You're starting a Monday night 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:59.000 football game. One of your first away games for your 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.679 rookie quarterback and you have them in the empty set. 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:03.920 They're gonna blitz them, They're gonna try to get after them. 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:05.760 But you have him in an empty set. That's only 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:07.920 because you know your quarterback can handle it. You know 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:10.000 that he can see the blitz coming. That's a great 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:12.600 thing to have from the communication standpoint from your head 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:14.880 coach to your quarterback. So let's break that down. An 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:18.680 empty set is generally a sign for the defense to 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:21.120 go after the quarterback. That's an automatic right. Well, yeah, 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:23.040 this is the thing. When you have a rookie quarterback, 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:26.400 you're saying, hey, let's protect them. Let's use max protection. 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:28.640 Get eight guys in the backfield so we can make 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:30.760 sure that our quarterback is not getting hidden because we 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:32.199 don't want them to get beat up, and we want 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:34.000 to we don't want to ruin his confidence. But what 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:36.600 Doug Peterson said is that we're going to empty the backfield. 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:39.040 The only person we have back there is Carson Wentz. 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:41.679 We understand that he can see the blitz coming and 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:43.600 he can get the ball out. One of the major 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:46.000 things that rookie quarterbacks do they hold onto the ball 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:47.800 a little bit too long, We're not seeing that from 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:50.680 our quarterback. I think we're also seeing the wide receivers 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:53.120 come alive a bit here now. There were a couple 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:55.720 of drops. Jordan Matthews had the big drop down the sideline. 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:58.240 Nelson Agiloor didn't come up with some of the tough 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:01.040 catches in the end zone. If there is life, there's 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:04.280 no question about it. They seem revitalized with Carson went 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.320 throwing him the football. You know, last year we were 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:08.679 kind of down on nesson Aguilar, But what we are 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.360 seeing now is a kid that has an explosion. We're 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:14.160 seeing that explosion that we saw at USC. He's getting 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.640 off the football, he's exploding up the field and he 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:19.040 has the ability to make those big plays. We've been 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:21.360 waiting for that all season long. I think just having 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.560 that confidence with the quarterback, the offensive coordinator as well 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:26.760 as the head coach has brought him a long way. 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:28.959 Making the big play last week definitely has helped him. 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:31.920 The run game still not where the Eagles wanted to be. 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:34.400 What are you seeing from that? They're getting a little penetration, 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:36.200 and you know when you have a big guy right 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:38.280 over top of your center, Jason Kelsey, who is not 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:40.440 as big as some of the other centers in the league. 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:42.520 That's going to ruin your run game right there. I 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:45.040 think Doug has to do a better job of protecting Jason, 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.920 especially when you have a nose guard that's three thirty 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:50.280 plus right over top of them. If they can do that, 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:52.440 and I think Ryan Matthews can get going. We know 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:54.720 that Ryan Matthews is a physical running back. If you 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:56.800 give him a small hole, he can get right through 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.080 there and use his speed to deliver a big run. 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:01.079 We just need to be more consistent in it, and 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:03.600 I think the offensive line playing together will go a 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:05.920 long way with that. And once again, four running backs 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:09.040 used in the ground game. The Eagles three of five 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:11.720 in the red zone, so still a lot of production 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:14.800 for them inside opponent's twenty yard line. So it was 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:17.240 an uneven performance, but you look at it, Brian and 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:20.040 the Eagles two plays away from scoring forty points. You 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:22.920 love to see that. The big drops, you hate to 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.360 see those types of things, But the Eagles are scoring 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:27.880 points in places where you really didn't think they were 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:31.000 gonna score those types of points. I'm so happy about 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:33.680 this offense, and this is just the beginning. They still 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:35.679 have some ways to go. They still can get better 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:37.199 in the run game, They still can get better in 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:40.320 their drops. If Carson Wentz continues to get better, I'm 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.520 not sure how good he's going to be. It's amazing, 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.000 it's very exciting, kind of scary. Yeah, it really is 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:47.080 in a good way. Yes, right, So let's our talk 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:49.959 about the offense. 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You like to sleep in, 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:08.080 but you're right back at it because you know you 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:10.960 have a big test coming up in the next week. 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:13.280 But it's always great when you come back home after 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:15.560 a win. That's the most important part. Now we're talking 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:17.760 defense here, Brian, and talking about a big test. This 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.400 doesn't get any bigger than the Pittsburgh Steelers. So what 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.000 do we know about the Eagles defense? After two games 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:26.520 Monday night again, three more sacks, takeaways, pressures in the backfield, 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:28.800 a quarterback knocked out of the game. How do you 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:30.960 feel about this defense? Two games in? You know you 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.720 have to start again with your defensive coordinator. I love 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.240 what Jim Sports is doing. He's putting it his defense 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:39.320 in an aggressive position. He's saying telling my defense is 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:41.640 is get up the field, get some pressure on the quarterback. 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:43.920 Fletcher Cox, Benny Logan, get up the field, get some 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:46.400 pressure on the quarterback. Now, I canna let my secondary 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:48.560 just play free because they know the quarterback is not 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:50.000 going to have a lot of time in the pocket 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:52.400 to throw the football. I love what Jim Sports is doing. 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:55.040 They're getting the turnovers. Anytime that you're defense can get 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:57.360 the ball back to your offense, that's a plus. They're 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.960 doing those small things, so upfront they're doing the job. 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:02.720 There's a good fit with the linebackers. And then on 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:06.880 Monday night, the cornerbacks really challenged here without starter Leodis McKelvin, 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:10.240 the Eagles starting Ron Brooks outside, sliding it into the 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:12.960 slot on the nickel and bringing in the rookie seventh 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.840 round draft picked Jalen Mills. Now, the Eagles got burned 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:19.600 once down the field Austan Jeffrey forty nine yards. Otherwise, 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:22.040 not bad. They weren't very bad at all. I think 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:23.920 on that play with to Al Sean. They just didn't 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:26.000 get the pressure that they needed to every now and 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:29.240 then Jay Cutler escaped the pocket. But Jim Sports adjusted 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:31.480 the defense. Now he had the defensive ends making sure 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:34.600 they stay it outside, make sure Jay Cutler stays in 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:37.080 the pockets have to throw the football, and they adjusted. 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:38.960 That's the big thing. You're going to get beat from 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:41.040 time to time. But can you make those adjustments and 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:43.760 stop those big time plays now on special teams, we 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:47.280 expect more from special teams instead. On Monday Night, while 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:49.680 Caleb Sturgis made all three of his field goals, he 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:52.040 missed an extra point and the Eagles giving up a 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:54.920 sixty five yard punt return for a touchdown to Eddie Royal. 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:57.240 And I know that that is Dave Phipps Balliwick here 0:16:57.320 --> 0:16:59.200 is going to be in the meeting rooms pointing out 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:02.080 all the mistakes, teaching point. You can't have any kind 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:05.040 of breakdowns with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming to town. Well, 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:07.000 in this game, it didn't hurt you very much, but 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:09.600 in a game like we have coming up in Pittsburgh, 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:12.240 you can have to make everything count. You can't make 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.199 those types of mistakes because you know the Steelers are 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:16.439 going to score points. You know, their defenses continue to 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:18.760 get better. We have to win the field position battle. 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:21.520 That includes not allow allowing punts to be returned. If 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:23.400 you're going to punt to a guy like Eddie Royal, 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:25.920 a guy that's explosive, pin him to the sideline. Don't 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:27.479 kick the ball in the middle of the field. That 0:17:27.520 --> 0:17:29.080 means if you put him in the middle field, he 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:30.880 can go right or left. It's just too much feel 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:33.080 to defend. You have to be smarter as a punter. 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:35.480 He goes doing a pretty good job kick returns. Win 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:37.720 those Smallwood's got a bit of a burst, as does 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:41.000 Josh Still went Darren Sproles to bust one. It's time 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:42.680 he got one in the first week, got a forty 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.040 yard in the first week. But you went all the 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:48.879 way Well, of course no, Darren does it in a 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.800 whole different level better than me. But I'll tell you what, 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:54.000 he's an explosive guy. He's one of those guys. Just 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:56.480 like I mentioned, you don't want to allow him to 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:58.119 kiss the ball in the middle. In the middle of 0:17:58.119 --> 0:18:00.920 the field. If I'm a punter, I'm kick into the sideline. 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:03.080 I'm not going to allow Darren Sproles to affect the game. 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:05.280 That's what the smart punters would do. Every now and 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:07.119 then you get a punter that I'll allow him to 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:08.879 catch the ball in the middle field. That's when you 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:10.960 see the big place from Darrens brows. And finally, the 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:15.040 Eagles have given up two count of two touchdowns defensively 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:17.520 these first two weeks. But of course it all gets 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:21.600 much more difficult on Sunday with the Steelies coming to town. 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:23.520 We've got more to get to here on Eagles three 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:27.320 sixty when we return, we'll talk about some breakthrough performers 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:30.440 from Monday nights game and look ahead to the Pittsburgh 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:36.040 Steelers two and O teams. The state of Pennsylvania's bragging 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:38.159 rights on the lines and no doubt about it, a 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:48.160 litmus test for this young, upstart Philadelphia Eagles football team. 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:52.639 Googlden outside or fluffy inside, deep pockets or delicious ridges, 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:57.240 tasty eggs or savory bacage. Experienced Duncan's new Belgian waffle, 0:18:57.320 --> 0:19:00.520 breakfast sandwich. It's not this or that, it's all of it. 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:04.320 America runs. I'm Duncan. I enjoyed gardening. I like to 0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:08.440 plant seeds and watchwood grows. Several years ago, I fell, 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:12.280 so I went to my local orthopedic doctor, who performed 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:15.160 the knee replacement. After a year of a lot of pain, 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:18.280 I decided I needed a second opinion, so I went 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:22.040 to Rothman at Jefferson. 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I sept to Philly the Broad Street 0:19:49.080 --> 0:19:51.800 line on game days, I love Modega to the movies, 0:19:52.160 --> 0:20:00.119 to my Parkway Spring Garden, Late Night, West Philly, South Philly. 0:20:02.640 --> 0:20:07.520 Introducing Duncan's new coold Brew Coffee Steve slowly in cool 0:20:07.600 --> 0:20:11.679 water for small batches with an altrue, smooth, full bodied flavor. 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:15.119 Discovered the craft of cool brew today and Keep On 0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:22.800 America runs on Duncan Time. Now to talk about some 0:20:22.960 --> 0:20:25.919 break through performers twenty nine to fourteen win over the 0:20:25.960 --> 0:20:29.679 Chicago Bears and Brian and we all know that Carson 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:33.000 Wentz is the storyline here and that Jordan Matthews a 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:36.000 big game, trade Burton and bigging, But underneath the surface 0:20:36.280 --> 0:20:38.679 a lot of players contributing to this. Who's your breakout performer? 0:20:38.760 --> 0:20:41.240 You know you mentioned my breakout performer Trey Burton. He's 0:20:41.240 --> 0:20:43.760 a guy that he didn't play in the first week, 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:46.160 but he contributed in a little way. You talk about 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:49.000 Zach Ertz being a security blanket for Carson Wentz to 0:20:49.000 --> 0:20:51.840 your young quarterback, you just you just input Trey Burton. 0:20:52.040 --> 0:20:54.000 You allow them to get the ball near the gold line. 0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:57.000 Five catches for forty nine yards and a touchdown. That's 0:20:57.000 --> 0:20:58.840 a big time performance for a guy that didn't even 0:20:58.840 --> 0:21:02.000 play the first week. Okay, So for me, my breakthrough 0:21:02.119 --> 0:21:07.680 performer New Eagle linebacker Nigel Bradham. Nice interception, nice return 0:21:07.720 --> 0:21:10.560 to the two yard line. Should have scored that cuts down. 0:21:11.040 --> 0:21:13.160 But I'm gonna say this about Nigel Bradam. He followed 0:21:13.240 --> 0:21:15.840 up a really strong performance in Week one where he 0:21:15.880 --> 0:21:19.040 was a tackling machine against the Cleveland Browns, and we 0:21:19.119 --> 0:21:22.760 saw his range and coverage on Monday night, dropping into 0:21:22.800 --> 0:21:26.320 coverage keeping his eyes on Cutler, moves into the right position, 0:21:26.359 --> 0:21:29.440 makes the interception, and then gets to the sideline for 0:21:29.480 --> 0:21:33.240 the return. Very impressed with Nigel. Just a really solid, physical, 0:21:33.480 --> 0:21:37.200 strong side linebacker that we haven't had here since Carlos. 0:21:37.600 --> 0:21:40.520 That's exactly right. The more the more you never, This 0:21:40.560 --> 0:21:43.320 is the thing for outside linebackers. If you don't hear 0:21:43.359 --> 0:21:45.240 their name, that means they're doing the job the right way. 0:21:45.320 --> 0:21:48.000