Speaker 1: Just the routine of it, you know, the ins and
Speaker 1: outs of the week, of the preparation leading up to it. Um. Obviously,
Speaker 1: I've learned a lot about close games. You know, We've
Speaker 1: been a lot of close games, and I've learned that's
Speaker 1: it's tough to win in this league. So there's a
Speaker 1: lot of things that have been really good learning things
Speaker 1: for the for the season. Coach I mentioned you had
Speaker 1: to played a lot of football since going back to
Speaker 1: last year. Any any o d factor on that, I mean,
Speaker 1: just you know, combine and all that, I don't think. So,
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's been unfortunate. You know, this is
Speaker 1: our last game of the year. We're not gonna be
Speaker 1: playing into January. Um, but you know, I've loved it.
Speaker 1: I've loved every sep of the way. Um. Finally was
Speaker 1: starting to get into a routine with as far as
Speaker 1: the weekly prep and everything later in the year. Um,
Speaker 1: but but it went quick, it went quick, unfortunately. UM,
Speaker 1: it'll be over here in a couple of days. You're
Speaker 1: the first quarterback to let's start of sixteen games year
Speaker 1: sixteen thousand and eight. Giving the history you had with
Speaker 1: the injury last year in the preseason, is that something
Speaker 1: we take Friday. UM, I'll tell you I'm very fortunate.
Speaker 1: I'm very fortunate. Um. I think it goes first of
Speaker 1: all the guys up front doing a great job protecting me.
Speaker 1: But um, ultimately I'm very fortunate. You know, this is
Speaker 1: a flukey game. Things happen, so UM, I just got
Speaker 1: to thank the Lord for that for sure. The injuries
Speaker 1: at the quarterback positions, the flaky something out is that?
Speaker 1: Is that the nature of the build the position? What's
Speaker 1: the key to being horrible? Yeah? I think, like I said,
Speaker 1: it's there's flukey things that happen. You know, those injuries
Speaker 1: those guys Fate suffered, Um, really unfortunate. You know, it's tough,
Speaker 1: but it's football. At the same time, it's football and
Speaker 1: those things happen. You know, I dealt with some of
Speaker 1: those in college, and Um, those things happen and it's
Speaker 1: just kind of part of the game. Have you learned
Speaker 1: anything since you've been in the league about, um, maybe
Speaker 1: an appreciation for how much a team's success is tied
Speaker 1: to the quarterback position and how it can kind of change,
Speaker 1: you know, change things for franchise, even a coach. You know,
Speaker 1: that sort of thing. Maybe a little bit. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think you you can always see that. Heck, ever,
Speaker 1: since I was a kid, you know, the quarterback us
Speaker 1: a lot of ability to win games late in games
Speaker 1: and those types of things. So, um, I've definitely seen
Speaker 1: something that for sure, I guess what amazing? Do you
Speaker 1: have a sense that people are going to judge Doug
Speaker 1: in a way based on how well you do? Oh?
Speaker 1: I guess, I mean, I guess that's probably natural thing
Speaker 1: that will happen. Um. I don't know if that's always
Speaker 1: right or wrong or in different, but I think that's
Speaker 1: just a natural thing that'll happen. First, you mentioned that
Speaker 1: some of the games that kept it close and havn't
Speaker 1: gone the Eagles way this year, the one in Dallas
Speaker 1: was that particularly vexing to you? Yeah, that one was tough. Um,
Speaker 1: there's a couple, definitely a couple, especially when we have
Speaker 1: chances as an offense late in games, and that happened
Speaker 1: a handful of times, um, But definitely that one in Dallas,
Speaker 1: you know, NFC East rival U the point of the
Speaker 1: year we were in there, um kind of was a
Speaker 1: turning point roughly. Um, So, so that one was tough,
Speaker 1: especially being down there having a chance to win on
Speaker 1: the road. That's hard to do in this league. Um, yeah,
Speaker 1: that one was tough. I don't know, like Trout how
Speaker 1: was supposed to do. Yeah, it was good. UM got
Speaker 1: to know him through zach Ertzackertz actually knows him, so
Speaker 1: he put us in touch and UM, it's been good. Yeah.
Speaker 1: What did you hunt? We're wanted waterfowl, ducks and geese.
Speaker 1: What is gonna be your off season play? And there
Speaker 1: will be important for you to you know, take more
Speaker 1: of a break this time. Um. Hard to say, having
Speaker 1: had a lot of time to think about it. Um, honestly,
Speaker 1: I've been so focused about now the Cowboys this week
Speaker 1: and everything. But I'll definitely have some time to just
Speaker 1: kind of relax and um, let my body and let
Speaker 1: everything kind of just just decompress a little bit. Hump,
Speaker 1: especially in a close game beating the Giants. If you're
Speaker 1: able to beat the Cowboys and in this season on
Speaker 1: a two game winning streak, how does that carry into
Speaker 1: the off season and does that help going into next
Speaker 1: year of feeling that you have. Yeah, I think that's huge,
Speaker 1: you know, I think that's huge for us, especially in
Speaker 1: NFC East. Um two rivalry games like that. Um, I
Speaker 1: think it'll give us a lot of confidence going forward.
Speaker 1: You know, we know we're a good football team. We
Speaker 1: know we've been in all these games. Um, but I
Speaker 1: think just it'll kind of give us that extra boost
Speaker 1: and to carry over in the off season. Well not hunting.
Speaker 1: Did you think if you pick his brain at all
Speaker 1: about you know it'll be athlete? You know, grew up
Speaker 1: a small town from this area, knows this area and
Speaker 1: just what's that like? Um, not so much. We kind
Speaker 1: of just hung out and went hunting. Nothing real crazy,
Speaker 1: but um, he's a great guy. He's a great guy,
Speaker 1: and um it's been cool again and all are you
Speaker 1: a baseball fan? You follow him at all? Yeah? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I've I've seen what he's done in college. You know,
Speaker 1: I didn't follow baseball play as much, didn't have a
Speaker 1: lot of time, but definitely a baseball fan for sure.
Speaker 1: To plan entering the season was for you to sit
Speaker 1: and watch and obviously you got a chance to play.
Speaker 1: How much do you think that benefits you having the
Speaker 1: opportunity to a play versus watching. Yeah, I think it's been,
Speaker 1: um unbelievable. You know, I don't think you can put
Speaker 1: it into words how valuable that's been, you know to Um.
Speaker 1: Now coming back next year, it'll be it won't be
Speaker 1: new anymore, you know, I won't have to you know,
Speaker 1: kind of get used to that feeling on Sundays. It's
Speaker 1: already happened. I've been in sixteen games already, so I
Speaker 1: think that's been huge and they'll just only help me
Speaker 1: grow and this this offense and this organization grow. For sure,
Speaker 1: Expectation is going to really ratchet up, you think for
Speaker 1: next season. I think we always have high expectations around here. Um.
Speaker 1: I know we do in the locker room. I know
Speaker 1: the organization does, and I don't think that'll ever ever
Speaker 1: go away. UM, good or bad. I could ask you
Speaker 1: one more Mike Trout for related question. Um, he's pretty
Speaker 1: well known as a big Eagles fan stuff. I mean,
Speaker 1: did he kind of mention that to you when he
Speaker 1: goes Yeah, he mentioned that right away. Um, big Eagles fans,
Speaker 1: So that that's pretty cool that. Um, he's at some
Speaker 1: of the games and the cheering a song. He probably
Speaker 1: likes you then as quarterback that if I think he
Speaker 1: asked you, I think he asked you, right, You're probably
Speaker 1: gonna ask McNabb this week on total past attempts for
Speaker 1: a season and EVENSI history, you're probably gonna end up
Speaker 1: second all time among rookies didn't pattaps in this season. UM.
Speaker 1: On a similar note to you know, you playing versus
Speaker 1: not playing, but while that many attempts might now be
Speaker 1: conducive to winning for a quickback in a looking season, UM,
Speaker 1: do you feel like benefited from throwing the wall that
Speaker 1: many times? Um? You know, it's always hard to say,
Speaker 1: you know, it's always hard to say. I think just
Speaker 1: all those different scenarios, all those you know, every kind
Speaker 1: of past play has its own story. So there's just
Speaker 1: been a lot of learning, a lot of opportunities for
Speaker 1: me to grow and developing and kind of see things,
Speaker 1: see the picture, and all those things are great, um,
Speaker 1: and will only help me get better at a quicker pace.
Speaker 1: I believe some of your teammates said that you really
Speaker 1: established yourself as a leader this season. How did you
Speaker 1: do that and was that something that you felt was important?
Speaker 1: You know, from giving the position you play. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think first and foremost as a quarterback, you got to
Speaker 1: be a leader. I think everyone has their own leadership style.
Speaker 1: UM goes about it differently. So for me, it really
Speaker 1: all just started back and right when I got here,
Speaker 1: you know, just kind of how it can conducted myself,
Speaker 1: handled myself out on the field, you know, in the
Speaker 1: locker room, those types of things, and then just how
Speaker 1: you perform, you know, how you perform the effort you give,
Speaker 1: all those things kind of conduct themselves to good leadership qualities.
Speaker 1: So um, but it's really kind of started off back
Speaker 1: when I first got here. And now obviously given those
Speaker 1: those game situations, being out there with those guys have
Speaker 1: obviously helped. Losing something that you that you had to
Speaker 1: get used to having, not something that you ever really
Speaker 1: want to, But did you have to find ways not
Speaker 1: to sink down too low? I mean that's not really
Speaker 1: my personality. You know, I hate losing, But as far
Speaker 1: as you know, sinking low and letting it affect me,
Speaker 1: he's never really been my personality. I'm always kind of optimist,
Speaker 1: always kind of thinking, you know, the best thing, I'm
Speaker 1: going forward. So um, that was obviously unfortunate this year,
Speaker 1: having to deal with some of those losses, especially some
Speaker 1: of the ways that we lost them. Um, But yeah,
Speaker 1: that that never really affected me. Um going forward, So
Speaker 1: to speak thanks everything,