WEBVTT - Postgame Show: Eagles Win 22-14 vs the Bears 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:08.520 Eagles Entertainment. All right, Eagles win twenty two to fourteen 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:11.560 over the Bears to go five and four heading into 0:00:11.600 --> 0:00:13.680 the bye week. Thanks for joining us on the postgame 0:00:13.680 --> 0:00:17.960 show presented by Rico, Amy Campbell friend Duffy. I crease you, guys, 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:20.160 an ugly winn is still a win, as they say 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:23.360 in the football world, and we have to give the 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:26.920 Eagles credit, especially that last drive sixteen plays, eight minutes 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:29.479 and fourteen seconds with the Jacob Elliott field goal to 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:32.080 ice it. Let's just start to put a bow on 0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:34.120 this thing for the people. Well, I mean, a tough game, 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:35.839 you obviously just want to come out with the victory. 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:37.680 They don't have to be pretty. They all count as 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:40.880 a w a as long as you have more points 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:43.120 than your opponent at the end of the game, that's 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:45.600 all it truly matters. And going into the bye week, 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:48.440 they obviously needed to keep the momentum from last week. 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:51.920 Going back at home after three weeks. You know, you 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:54.200 get up on a team like Chicago who doesn't seem 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:56.440 to pose a big threat to you, you can sort 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:58.480 of be lethargic a little bit, and I think that's 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:00.320 what it was in the first half didn't have a 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:03.520 lot of juice going out there offensively, but they fought 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:06.240 through that and wind up making the big plays late 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:08.319 in the game, which you needed to do to win 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:10.600 to salt Await his victory. Yeah, I think too that 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:13.679 this is while this team Chicago obviously is not playing well, 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.200 this is a battle tested team that was in the playoffs. 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.000 We've got a lot of veterans on that team, so 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:20.080 they weren't just going to go away. So you know, 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.120 the Eagles, they keep them in the game. They were 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:23.680 able to fight back into it, and then you had 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:25.399 the close game at the end, but really good to 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:27.000 pull away with the victory. Well, and this is a 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:30.319 good defense. The defense that was very good today, very disruptive, 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:32.160 really gave the Eagles offense a lot of fits, and 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:34.800 yet they were still able to get enough points, more 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:37.679 points than the Chicago offense was able to put up 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.800 a lot of penalties for them. Eagles absolutely dominated in 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:42.760 the time of possession. If I can pull up this 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:46.240 number here, forty minutes for the Eagles to nineteen forty 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.520 two for Chicago. You can't win a lot of games 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:50.520 when you don't have the ball that long. Yeah, and 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:51.880 a lot of that is due to the way the 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:54.680 Eagles defense played today. We know that this Bears offense 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:57.600 struggled coming into this game. Mitchell Trubisky struggled at the 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.680 quarterback position, and I like what the Eagles defense did, 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.000 particularly in the first half. A lot of three announced 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:06.920 they're really smothering this Bears offense, keeping everything in front 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:08.960 of them, taking away the running game. And then to 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:12.359 compliment what the Eagles defense was doing, is the offense 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:14.720 was possessing the ball. We didn't get a lot of 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:16.600 touchdowns there in the first half, but I thought they 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.799 drove the ball down their first two drives with efficiency, 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:22.320 got it in the red zone, unlike the Eagles not 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.160 to cash in for touchdowns. But the Bears again the 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:28.400 standy defense that they're gonna make you fight for every 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.040 blade of grass, particularly when you get down there in 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:33.800 the red zone, and the Eagles weren't necessarily able to 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:37.280 capitalize and get touchdowns. It's the only reason the Bears 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:39.799 were still in this game. It's because their defense were 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:43.320 able to help hold the Eagles offense to field goals 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:46.240 early in that first half as opposed to touchdowns. Or 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:48.600 this may have been a blowout which really allowed the 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:50.359 Bears to get back in the game. So you get 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:53.000 their deepense some credit for really fighting to keep their 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.960 team in but quite frankly, with the exception of the 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:59.000 one big play Trubisky hit for the fifty three yards, 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.680 I think it was the Gabriel Yeah, yeah, the Bears 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.880 offense really wasn't a real thread out there. Yeah, two 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:06.400 hundred and two yards in the first half of the 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:09.400 Eagles offense. Nine for the defen Yeah, that's all the 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:11.200 defense allowed in the first half, and it was one 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:13.639 before that final possession in garbage time the end of 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:16.040 the second quarter. So oh for six on third down 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.200 that the Bears offense was to start the game in 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:20.640 the first half. Really, the defense, they came out like 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.080 gangbusters early on. We talked about it. They you know, 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.480 they came out really really strong. Like you mentioned that 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:27.600 the offense was able to salt away drives. They did 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:29.799 a really good job possessing the football. You just want 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:32.120 to see them punch it in in for touchdowns at 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:34.200 the end of those drives, really make the defense pay 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:36.640 and really put them out of their misery early in 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:38.720 the game. Obviously that was not the case, and they 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:40.800 were able to bounce back well and really giving Mitchell 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.800 Trubisky a difficult time today as well. He completed only 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.320 ten of twenty one passes forty seven point six percent 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:49.400 one hundred and twenty five yards. He was sacked three times. 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:51.960 His longest pass was that fifty three yard but quarterback 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:55.160 rating of sixty six point six percent not a great day. 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.760 And you could just see that he was emotionally affected 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.000 by what the Eagles defense was doing to him today. Yeah. 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:01.960 You know it when you know, when you get into 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:04.880 a quarterback's head and you've got them early on, Yeah, 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:09.120 you remember that feeling. I mean, that's what that's The 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.120 Eagles had them on the ropes, and so they came 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:12.720 out with a nude game plan in the second half, 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:14.440 and that was even though they were behind, they were 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:17.000 still going to run the football, extra tight ends, extra 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:20.839 offensive lineman, play action, make things well defined for the quarterback, 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:22.920 and then they were able today. It was a form 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:24.320 of that work for them earlier in the game. And 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:27.679 let's be honest, the last two weeks, the Eagles didn't 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.480 have to face a real offensive threat, right, you know, 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:34.839 two offenses that will run the ball, quarterbacks will scramble 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:36.919 around a little bit. But for the most part. You 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:39.680 gotta give this Eagles defense credit for basically taking care 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:41.680 of business like they should. All Right, we have Dave 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:44.680 Spedero standing by from the Lincoln Financial Field to give 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:46.920 us a little bit more on this Eagles victory. Dave, 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:49.400 you or had a front row seat to this victory 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.000 for the Eagles today. What allowed them to get this W? 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:53.960 Not a not a beautiful W. You will take the 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.200 ugly win on this one. I'll take the ugly win. 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.120 I don't mind that at all. Um. I will say 0:04:58.160 --> 0:04:59.760 this as much as you're talking about the defense, I 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:01.400 just off the tail end of what I was saying. 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:04.480 I will say the way the Eagles again consumed some 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:07.159 clock at the end of the game, converted three third downs, 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.960 the first third down of ten yards or more that 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.680 the Bears have allowed all year, and they did it 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:15.800 as al Sean Jeffrey comes off the field limping. So 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:20.240 they had jj Arthega Whiteside, Nelson Aghalore and two tight 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:23.440 ends on the field and they were really resourceful and 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:25.560 that was good to see. You know, Carson Wentz doesn't 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:29.400 get the credit here for the fourth quarter comeback win, 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:34.400 but the way that he managed that last possession, the 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:37.160 way that he got rid of the football accurately, tight windows, 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:42.279 very impressive to ice this victory. I'm wondering, Dave, when 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:45.520 you look at the offense, right, DeShawn in practice all week, 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.320 unable to go after the first series, how much did 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:51.080 you think that sort of played into what the Eagles 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.760 were able to do the rest of the game offensively. Yeah, 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:55.880 I'm not sure how much they actually counted on DeShawn 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.680 Jackson to be a major part of today. And I 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:00.839 will hear the update from Doug. Just in my sense 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.720 is that it's nothing that's really a setback here. It 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.960 just didn't open up for Deshaun in the game situation. 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.920 But I mean, they've obviously gotten used to playing without Deshaun. 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:13.360 They've had to utilize their personnel, group their groupings, their 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.280 ability to move Ertz and Goddard in and out and 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:20.680 interchange them, to use Miles Sanders as a receiver. I mean, 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:23.760 what a terrific play, the release and the throw from 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:26.560 Carson and his ability to gain that third and long play. 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:30.240 So yeah, they're there. It's not explosive, it's not pretty. 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.680 They're not scoring enough points, okay, on a consistent basis, 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.640 we all expect more, but in this case against a 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.760 very good defense, the Eagles held the football for the 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:43.520 duration of the fourth quarter, and that was critical without 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:46.080 two of their big weapons, not only Deshan Jackson but 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.320 for the most part here after that first catch, without 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:52.880 Alshon Jeffrey Well, Dave, the only question I've got for 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:54.839 you is, obviously, you know you're so close, you're so 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:57.560 tied in as the Eagles Insider, I'd love to know 0:06:57.880 --> 0:06:59.480 what is the state of this team, what's the mindset 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:01.200 of this team now going into the bye week. You're 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:03.000 I know you're gonna touch on it on the Eagles 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.640 Insider podcast after the game, but give us your thoughts 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:07.960 until where this team is now as they go into 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:12.440 the break. I would say, friend, very relieved, very very 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:15.680 much looking forward to the bye week. Bye week never 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:17.280 comes at a bad time, right, I mean, this is 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:19.480 a really great time for the Eagles to catch their breath. 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:24.560 Nine games into the regular season. They're exhausted, physical game today, 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:28.840 no major injuries that I'm aware of, so I think 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.120 the Eagles will say, look, we are gonna enjoy this 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:34.480 next week. Don't matter. It doesn't matter if it's ugly 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:36.880 or not. Today, who cares you don't get style points here, 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:38.920 and then come back for these final seven games to 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.160 feel really good about this football team. At the end 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:43.320 of the day, it counts as a win, especially with 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:45.640 a week off. Great to have that kind of good 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:47.480 taste in your mouth heading into a little bit of 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:49.000 a break. Dave, thanks so much. We'll catch up with 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:51.560 you later. All right, thanks guys. All right, Oh man, 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:53.760 it's it's nice to be able to talk about a 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:55.480 win for a couple of weeks. Guys. Well, I used 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:57.560 to work with a coach who say after games like that, 0:07:57.640 --> 0:07:59.960 you say, it sure feels like it feels better than 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.480 feeling like crap tomorrow. Yeah, that's exactly what you know. 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:04.720 No one will remember in six days what this win 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:06.200 was like, all the matters. You got that w in 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:08.440 the win column. Absolutely. Let's have a little bit about 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:10.800 zach Ertz. He had a really good day today, some 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.200 big plays. That fourth down with a spin move I 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.840 thought was super exciting, and of course the touchdown. He 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.480 had nine catches on eleven targets today, one hundred and 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.560 three yards for zach Ertz a twenty five yard catch 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:23.280 as well. I think that's one of the last second 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:25.000 longest of his career. I think I saw that on 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.680 Twitter from our John Gnude. Their great game for the 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:30.000 Eagles tight end up. Could you could say a bit 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.679 of a breakout game for him this season? Yeah, And 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:34.920 I think that was a big topic of discussion throughout 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.080 the course of this week, over the last couple of weeks, 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:38.920 is how did they get zach Ertz more involved? And 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.520 the response had always been, well, you know, he's I mean, 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:43.480 he was top five and tight ends in the NFL 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.000 in targets, he was being targeted. They just for whatever 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.680 reason hadn't been able to hook up for sustained success 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:51.040 in any one given game. And this was the game 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:54.840 where you know, naturally possitively regressed back towards the zach Ertz. 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:57.360 The production that works were used to from him at 0:08:57.360 --> 0:09:00.360 the tight end position, right and really in crucial situations. 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:03.400 I mean we're talking third and fifteen, or are third 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:05.200 and fourth and two early in the game, third and 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:07.440 one early in the game, two fifteen yard pickups on 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:10.240 those first two drives that helped the Eagles put points 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.240 on the board to start the game. And then obviously 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:14.959 that touchdown catching him in the end zone. Some crucial situations, 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.200 zach Ertz is able to come through. Yeah, a little 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:20.439 bit of a different defensive game plan from the Bears. 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:22.760 You know, most of these defensive game plans have been 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:26.960 centered around not allowing zach Ertz to really take over 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.560 football games the way he has in years passed and 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:32.520 credit the Carson all year long not trying to force 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:35.080 the ball to him right. Obviously, as a quarterback, you 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:36.880 know how much you can rely on the guy, and 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.640 when things aren't going well on the outside, you almost 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.480 want to be you almost want to go back to 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.240 your security blanket. But I give Carson a lot of 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:47.079 credit of being able to sort of stay away from 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:49.240 trying to force in the ball and just let it 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.439 come to him naturally. And today there were some opportunities 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.440 there to get in the ball and he was able 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:56.000 to get it to him. Zach Ertz still one of 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:58.480 the best tight ends in football. I don't understand the 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:00.800 noise from the outside about on the ball to him 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.000 too much. Where I come from, you try to get 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:05.559 the ball to your best players as much as you can, 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:08.199 and zach Ertz is one of the best offensive weapons 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:10.120 we have well, and it's about taking what the defense 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:11.920 gives you and I think well said that. We've seen 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:14.280 a lot of teams this week or this season play 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.160 the Eagles and really gives Zach Ertz a lot of attention. 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.360 He's been doubled team to multiple times this year. That's 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.240 not you know, that's not what they got today today. 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:22.079 He was the guy who got things going. Let's talk 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:23.839 about the play calling a little bit, because, like you, 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:25.920 like you said, this sparts defense and different kind of 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.280 defense than this team has faced before. They were able 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.559 to really be aggressive and cause a lot of problems 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:32.640 for the Eagles. What did you see from Doug Peterson 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:35.560 in terms of his creativity taking what the defense gives them. 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:37.520 I like the play calling from the day. You know, 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:39.679 obviously there are some players they want to hit on. 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:42.520 There were some opportunities there against the team. Like the 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.320 Chicago Bears, you have to be calculated when you take 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:47.760 chances down the field. This team hadn't given up a 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:51.120 play pass a play pass over twenty five yards all 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:53.760 year long. They just don't give up deep balls, and 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:57.319 you had better be patient as an offense or they'll 0:10:57.360 --> 0:11:00.160 take advantage of it because they're an opportunistic defense. I 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:02.600 thought the day the Eagles kept them off balance. They 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:06.120 stayed true to their running game, but more importantly, they 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.040 threw the ball on first down at times. Right, you know, 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:11.520 coming into this game, most of us are thinking, stick 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:14.000 to the running game, get the second and short, third 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:15.560 and short, and then you try to throw the ball. 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:17.880 What the Bears are thinking that as well? They load 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.120 up the box for the run game on the first down. 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:23.600 I thought the Eagles game plan take advantage on the 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:26.480 outside out routes to the Sean out routes to Al Sean. 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:28.959 When they were able to catch the ball, the players 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:31.880 were there, So I liked the game playing today. I thought, 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:33.840 when you're planning against the depense like the Bears, you 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:37.440 want to respect them, but you also want to challenge them. 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.199 You just want to be smart about it. And I 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:41.600 didn't think the ball was in harm's way very much 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:45.080 today from an offensive standpoint. Carson even at times took 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:48.280 some negative plays because that's what needed to be done 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.320 in that situation, not forcing the ball, just take what 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:54.120 the defense gives you and literal fied another day. I 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:56.199 mean that twenty five yard touchdown by Zach Ertz. That 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:59.120 was the longest touchdown they've allowed all year Chicago. I 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:01.199 mean that was they had not allowed to touchdown, run, 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.960 or pass of more than twenty yards. So to me, 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:05.640 that kind of speaks to what we're talking about with 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.040 this defense, the number that's going to bother them the most. 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.760 In Chicago, the Eagles were eight of eighteen on third 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:12.880 down down. I mean, I mean they were near fifty percent. 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:17.280 Talked about coming in here, Ques, that was what you 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:19.679 were watching, Yeah, no question, I mean that's going to 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:21.320 be a stat that they're going to look out tomorrow 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:23.280 and say, man like, that's we could have had a 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.280 lot better of an outcome if we had done better 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.160 on third down. When the Eagles do a great job 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:30.319 of taking her in the football today. No turnovers actually no, no, 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:34.320 no, no no, they lost one fumble right, yeah, they lost late, yes, yeah, 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:37.320 at the end. But yeah, a pretty clean game all around. 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:39.640 Let's talk about the offensive line and we talk another 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:41.000 thing coming in here we were looking at was this 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:43.040 matchup of Khalil Mack and everybody that was going to 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:45.280 be matching up against him. But all eyes on Andrean Dillard, 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.320 the rookie with that start. When did you see at 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:50.199 first at first glance from him in this matchup well, 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:52.360 I will say this number one, It would be the 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:54.800 number one thing that I'm most excited to watch tomorrow 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:57.160 when studying the film is exactly what they did in 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:59.480 terms of trying to you know, chip him and sliding 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:01.960 protection and things like that. So I'll chart that for 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:04.280 the Eagle line the sky column for tomorrow. But to me, 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:07.120 the game plan we talked about the play calling earlier. 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:09.640 I mean it was damn near priture perfect early on. 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.040 I mean you saw play action, you saw a quick game, 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:15.480 you saw run game, you saw RPOs everything, missdirection, screen 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:17.679 game things to keep them get the ball out quickly 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:20.199 or at least keep the defensive line on their toes 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:22.679 as a pass rusher. If you're Cleil Mac, you had 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:24.720 no idea to just say we're just gonna dial us 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:26.560 back and go. It's very, very hard to do that 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:28.600 when the offense is mixing things up as well as 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:31.079 they were. Absolutely, and we know we talked also a 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.200 little bit pre game about Jordan Howard facing his former 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:36.960 team and just how great he's been here with the Eagles. 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:41.800 Jordan Howard nineteen rushing yard or nineteen attempts, carries eighty 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:45.680 two yards for a touchdown. Today against his former team, 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:47.760 and he is one on one with Eagles insider Day 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:51.079 of Spadaro. The Eagles running back Jordan Howard, A big 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:53.800 game for you and obviously an emotional game. What was 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:55.600 it like out there against your former team? I mean, 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:57.160 it was great just talking to those guys. I've been 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:58.800 with it for like three years, so it was great. 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:01.800 Just in him again. The way this offense performed today, 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:04.000 the running game the last couple of weeks, it's really 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:05.960 been there. Yeah, whatever it takes to win, that's what 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:07.360 we're gonna that's what we're gonna do. So we gotta 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.600 get him by any mains. Jordan, how do you feel 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:11.960 at five and four about this team with a buy 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:14.760 week ahead? I feel great. Trying to get even healthier 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:18.360 and just get on a roll. Eagles convert three third 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:21.520 downs on that last drive. That was huge. The ability 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:25.480 to execute there obviously kind of one football game. Oh yeah, definitely, 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:27.520 because at first day was stoping. It was on third down, 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:28.920 so what did it matter? We were able to get it, 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:32.160 so does aut that matters? Jordan Howard, Thank you very much. Congratulations, 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:35.280 Eagles running thank you, Davey, thank you, Jordan. Really exciting 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:38.080 I'm sure if this this win means a little extra 0:14:38.160 --> 0:14:39.960 something Tim and all Shone too, but it's a little 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.520 bit fresher for Jordan Howard, who's been having a really 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.120 great season here with the Eagles, a huge addition to 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:48.760 this offense, like yeah, starting to find his rhythm. It's 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:52.880 clearly established himself as sort of your lead runner, getting 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.640 to touches in between the tackles, and you're starting to 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:58.520 see that the more carries you give him, he can 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:00.640 start to wear down a defense, you know, and they're 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:02.680 not going to be very many explosive plays. When you 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:04.400 get the ball to Jordan, what you're gonna get great 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:07.000 ball security. And the thing that I love about him, 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:10.400 that Fran loved about him is that he typically falls forward. 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:14.000 There very few times where he's losing yardage and going backwards. 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:16.480 He's typically falling forward. It's great to see him go 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.320 up against his former team today, get a touchdown, do 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:23.160 a nice job. So I mean, listen, we're formulating a 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:26.080 nice one two punch here. It's rare in this league 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.840 that you have sort of a three down back, so 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:31.840 to have guys like Jordan Howard and Miles Sanders where 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:35.000 you can sort of mix and match and keep defenses 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:38.040 off balance. I think the Eagles are starting to establish 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:40.560 an identity in their running game. What is that like 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:42.880 as a defender when you know you feel like you've 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:44.720 got the guy. You know, I fit the run perfect, 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:47.200 I read run pass, I got down him in my 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:49.560 gap two yard game all right, I got I did 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:51.160 my job and then you look up and like that 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.280 guy game five? Yeah, Well what does that do to 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:55.920 you as a defender? Or it's the moralizing. It's the moralizing, 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.000 right because you feel like you're in place, But when 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:00.880 you're going against a guy like a Jordan or Eddie 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:05.760 George or Brandon Jacobs, you know these guys, these guys. 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.160 All right, coach is ready at the podium. Let's hear 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:12.760 what he has to say after this win. Stand by 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:22.920 stand by Peterson impressor Peterson impressor stand by coach Dallas. 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:26.680 Were you thinking at all? We get through these next 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:28.640 two games, gets two pretty good teams, get to the 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:30.520 buy and get a little healthier, get things a little 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:32.240 bit back together. I know it's a one week at 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.560 a time of league, but is that kind of what wait, 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:39.640 you're sitting here right now thinking about it? Um, yeah. 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:43.400 I mean, you know, obviously we didn't like how we 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.720 played in the uh in the Cowboy game. Um just 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:49.720 wasn't wasn't uh you know what we expected and and 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:52.640 and just you know, we we I hate to look 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.400 down the road. I hate to look past the next opponent, obviously, 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:58.560 but but we knew we knew, Um, we had a 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:00.800 you know, a tough road schedule right there, three games 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:04.760 in a row, and UM, but we looked up to 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:07.119 and we said, hey, we can we can weather that storm. 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:08.760 We got, you know, a couple of three games here 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:12.000 at home, and um, we just try to take it 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:14.439 one of the time, honestly, and we get guys healthy, 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:18.840 get guys back offensively and defensively, and uh, and see 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:20.040 what we can do. You know, you still got a 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:21.400 lot of trust. I still have a lot of faith 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:24.639 and trust and the coaches and the players, and um, 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:26.880 you know, we we were fortunate to get these last two. 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:30.680 How was this Ton Jackson doing after coming out? Was 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:34.120 at the plan? Like, what was the plan with DeShawn to? Um? Well, 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.480 the plan was to play him, obviously, And so we're 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:39.000 gonna we'll have some more testing done in the morning. 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:41.880