1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: All, are these guys hitting each other? 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 2: Why do we have a fight right off the bat? 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 3: Being physical in the NFL is as vital to the 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 3: game as the pig skin itself. And when divisional opponents 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 3: face off, the big hit seemed to get a little bigger. 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,159 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the NFC East in general, it's just 7 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 4: a crazy division. 8 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: We all hated each. 9 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,080 Speaker 5: Other, and planning against Philadelphia, we always knew we went 10 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 5: up there it was going to be a hard flag game. 11 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 6: This is always an intense rivalry between these two clubs, 12 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 6: geographically so close, and boy, they get after it. 13 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 2: I think every one of these players brought an expert. 14 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 7: Sen strap tonight. 15 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 3: But what happens when the physicality goes off the rails, 16 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 3: when the bangs and knocks pile up and guys aren't 17 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:49,959 Speaker 3: bouncing back up. 18 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 8: I've never seen anything like it, you know, high school, college, 19 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 8: you know, nine years in the pros, I have not 20 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 8: seen a. 21 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: Game that was that physical. 22 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 9: What we were doing is just scram you know, the backups. 23 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 9: Now you get down to different positions where you don't 24 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:07,479 Speaker 9: have somebody you. 25 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: Know that can even play. 26 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 9: It would have to be somebody just pulled off the 27 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 9: bench and put in there, so it was scary. 28 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 3: This is Hailtail's stories from Washington football history the body 29 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 3: Bag Game. By the turn of the decade, Washington was 30 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 3: fighting to touch the greatness achieved in the eighties. 31 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 7: They had won the. 32 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 10: Super Bowl Lady seven, they had missed the playoffs in 33 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 10: eighty nine. 34 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 3: Richard Justice, former reporter for the Washington Post who covered 35 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 3: the team in the nineties, and in nineteen. 36 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 10: Ninety there was like questions, so they were going through 37 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 10: a revolving to our quarterback. They didn't, they didn't. No 38 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 10: quarterback had established themselves. Were Stan Humphreys, Mark RiPP and 39 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 10: Doug At both Dawn and all of that. So there 40 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 10: was lots of doubts. And I remember there's six and five. 41 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 10: This a couple of games after the body Bag Game, 42 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 10: and they're playing the Dolphins at home, and Tony Kornheiser, 43 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 10: Mike coleworker at the Post columnus, says to me, you know, 44 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 10: if they lose this game, they're six and five. If 45 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 10: they lose this game, we're going to have to open 46 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 10: the topic that Joe Gibbson needs to be fired. 47 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 3: The standard was high, and this Washington team wasn't consistently 48 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 3: hitting it. As for the Eagles at the time, they 49 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 3: were on the rise. Head coach Buddy Ryan had just 50 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 3: led them to back to back playoff appearances. In nineteen 51 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 3: ninety They were the only team in the NFL to 52 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 3: have no regular starters thirty years or older. 53 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:03,279 Speaker 9: I thought they they did unbelievable job of building a team. 54 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 3: Former Washington head coach Joe Gibbs, three times Super Bowl 55 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 3: champion and Hall of Famer. 56 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 7: I mean they were loaded. Really. 57 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 9: The first time I faced the Bear defense and Buddies 58 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 9: defense was when he was at Chicago as an assistant. 59 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 7: He deserves a. 60 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 9: Lot of credit for that scheme because people today are 61 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 9: still playing that front. It was the first time that 62 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 9: somebody actually covered the center and then covered both guards. 63 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 9: And then at times he had if you just played 64 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 9: the standard tight end, he had two linebackers on the 65 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 9: tight end. Very unusual. I'm not sure I slept trying 66 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 9: to come up with the scheme. 67 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 7: He knew all about Buddy and what he brought. 68 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 3: Jim leashe Super Bowl champion offensive tackle for Washington from 69 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 3: nineteen eighty eight to nineteen ninety five. 70 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 11: We knew that defense was going to be emphasized and 71 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,119 Speaker 11: they had a great defense with a lot of great 72 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 11: football players. Man, when I think about that defensive line, 73 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 11: you know, obviously the guy went against Clyde Simmons, Jerome 74 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 11: Brown was one of the defensive tackles, Mike Golig was 75 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 11: inside there, played one of the defensive tackles, and of 76 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 11: course is a great and legendary Reggie White was over 77 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 11: there at left defense event. Now being a left defense event, 78 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 11: I'm the left tackle. Jo Jacobi and Eddie Simmons got 79 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 11: a deal with him a little bit more than I did, 80 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 11: which was totally fighted by me. 81 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 7: But they had a great defense. 82 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 11: And you know, we always knew when he played Eagles 83 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 11: it was going to be a battle because they had 84 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 11: some great football players. And then he knew that Randall Cunningham, 85 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 11: you know that offense can get hot at any time. 86 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 3: In the first clash between the teams during the nineteen 87 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 3: ninety season, the Burgundy and Gold came out on top 88 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 3: at RFK thirteen to seven. Washington's weaknesses were on display 89 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 3: in the following two games, a lost to the Giant, 90 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 3: then a magical but nerve wracking win in overtime against 91 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 3: a struggling Lions. 92 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 10: First of all, the week before the bodyback game. This 93 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 10: is a floundering team. They go to Detroit, they're down 94 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 10: seventeen in the fourth quarter, and Joe Bench's Stan Humphries 95 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 10: and brings in Jeff Rutledge, an aging journeyman backup quarterback 96 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 10: of slow footed backup quarterback, and with time running out, 97 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 10: like twelve seconds to go, the clock running, I mean 98 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 10: it's the last play, Joe calls a quarterback sneak, maybe 99 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 10: the slowest guy in the league, and the guy goes 100 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 10: Jeff Rutledge goes right up the middle scores twelve yards 101 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 10: on a quarterback sneak to tie the game. The low 102 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 10: Miller case and field goal in. 103 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 3: Overtime, quarterback inconsistency with Mark Rippin out injured, and a 104 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 3: defense that could be exposed. 105 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 8: I remember that we could practice after that Detroit game, 106 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 8: being a tough week of practice because we gave up 107 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 8: a lot of points on defense the week before that. 108 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 3: Martin Super Bowl champion cornerback for Washington from nineteen eighty 109 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 3: nine to nineteen ninety two, we came. 110 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 8: Into the game with the mindset that it was going 111 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 8: to be a very hard hitting type of contest. 112 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 3: The rematch week ten veteran stadium. 113 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 12: Remember that night, Well, when we went to Philadelphia, it 114 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 12: was it was either just starting to get cold or 115 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 12: it was cold. 116 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 3: Andre Collins, Super Bowl champion linebacker for Washington from nineteen 117 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 3: ninety to nineteen ninety four. 118 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: It was just one of those weird days. 119 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 12: And honestly, when we got off the bus from the hotel, 120 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 12: there was just something in the air that wasn't good. Personally, 121 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 12: I never liked playing on Monday night. I always preferred 122 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 12: Sunday afternoon. But that Monday night there was just something 123 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 12: really stale in the air, and I just I knew 124 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 12: it wasn't going to be good. 125 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 7: I knew it. 126 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 3: Where did that Eagles sent for blood come from going 127 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 3: into that second game? Perhaps it was the quick turnaround 128 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 3: between that first and second contest between the teams, or 129 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 3: the eyes of a nation on Monday night football. Maybe 130 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 3: it was because of a coach who just was a 131 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 3: bit brash. 132 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 13: Buddy Ryan was a guy that was kind of a 133 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 13: cocky guy. 134 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 3: Charlie Casserly, Washington general manager from nineteen eighty nine to 135 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 3: nineteen ninety nine. 136 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 13: He should have been in professional wrestling too, That's the 137 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 13: other thing he could have been great at. So He's 138 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 13: always outstirring the pot there on it. 139 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 7: He was the mouth. 140 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 3: Face Gary Clark, two time Super Bowl champion wide receiver 141 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 3: for Washington from nineteen eighty five to nineteen ninety two. 142 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 4: You know, he just was always I mat just buddy though. 143 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 4: Buddies that way. You don't see too many head coaches 144 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 4: talk trash. 145 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 11: Coach Ryan talked about before the game, this is going 146 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 11: to be such a physical game here, the Redskins would 147 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 11: have to bring up the body bags, and little do 148 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 11: we know, that ended up being the truth in that game. 149 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 2: The Liberty Bell here at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 150 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 2: a capacity crowd on hand tonight for the Philadelphia Eagles 151 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 2: and the Washington Redskins. 152 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 13: They had a player, Andre Waters, and this guy had 153 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 13: a reputation of being a dirty player, a late hit guy. Okay, 154 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 13: first play in the game, he takes a cheap shot 155 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 13: on Ernest Myner and. 156 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 2: Here comes Andre Waters, number twenty and throwing the elbow 157 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 2: into the face of Ernest Beiner, and immediately the Eagles 158 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 2: rss de foule. 159 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 7: Andre Roters. 160 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 2: We've talked much about him overwhelmed past several years. He 161 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 2: plays this game wildly in Tensa. He was fined recently 162 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 2: by the commissioner for banging into a player in our 163 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 2: game a couple of weeks ago, and we're going to 164 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 2: be hearing more about him tonight. 165 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 14: Already we went out for I think it was our 166 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 14: little punt returner and got hit and sprained his knee. 167 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 3: Bubba Tire, Washington's head athletic train for twenty five years. 168 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 14: And he's down on the ground and Andre Waters, their 169 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 14: defensive back, who was, to put it mildly, was Rother Malthy. 170 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 14: I mean he loved to talk an any rate. And 171 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 14: he's hollering at me and my assistant. We're down with 172 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 14: the player and waiting on the team doctor to get 173 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 14: out there, and he's hollering, you better get your body back. 174 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 14: You've got to get more buses. You gotta get body back. 175 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 12: I mean nothing against our backup quarterback, but we were 176 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 12: going into the game without ripping, and things got off. 177 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:37,839 Speaker 1: Things started off bad. 178 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 12: They scored first, maybe off of an interception or something, and. 179 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 15: It's intercepted Brazzelle inside the twenty the ten touch. 180 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 3: The Eagles defense, nicknamed Gang Green, is making sure the 181 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 3: Burgundy and Gold feels its presence on both sides of 182 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:56,559 Speaker 3: the ball. 183 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 11: William Brazzell got to pick six on us and he 184 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 11: went running up and down our sidelines and was like, yell, 185 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 11: if y'all want to get some more body bags, and 186 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 11: we're like. 187 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 7: Who is you know, what's going on? Who's this guy? 188 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 15: And Riggs is shaking up. Got to bring in Ernest 189 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 15: Spiner for Riggs and that's out. 190 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 3: Washington does manage to tie it up early in the 191 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 3: second quarter with a touchdown by tight end Don Warren. 192 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 15: Bake the biner and Rubbless goes the other way and 193 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 15: the catch is made by Donny Warren. It's a touchdown. 194 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 15: He doesn't have to worry about it. Don Warren scrambling 195 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 15: after the ball, but he was over the line and 196 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 15: had possession according to the initial indication, and it's a 197 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 15: redskin touchdown. 198 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 16: One of my seven career scores. 199 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 17: That's funny because I'm like sixth on the all time 200 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 17: games list, played in every Super Bowl, started in every 201 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,559 Speaker 17: Super Bowl, and you know, I actually scored in that game. 202 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 16: I totally, I totally forgot about it. 203 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 3: But the Eagles aren't phased. 204 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 11: You know, we had a gun and do things and 205 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 11: do what we do best, and what we did best 206 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 11: for most of the time is the Hogs usually played 207 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 11: well when we ran the football, and you know, that's 208 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:10,680 Speaker 11: something that the Eagles took away. 209 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 15: Here are the Skins tonight on the ground, averaging less 210 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 15: than two yards to carry. 211 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 2: They've credit to the guys in the green shirts. They 212 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 2: have really stuck things at the line of scrimmage and 213 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 2: this is an outstanding Redskin offensive line. 214 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 15: Red Skins have not converted a third down tonight. They're 215 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 15: all for six. 216 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,559 Speaker 3: The game is tied seven to seven at halftime. 217 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:38,439 Speaker 16: Here comes here comes Joe, and he is like livid. 218 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 16: He's pissed off, you know, and everybody knows that. You know, 219 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 16: Joe never cussed or anything like that, but you could 220 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 16: tell when the man was mad. Joe Gibbs comes flying 221 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 16: out of there, and he's just direight, and he's saying, 222 00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:00,439 Speaker 16: how poorly we're playing. We're getting our butts. 223 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 11: He takes his. 224 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 16: Left hand and swipes and takes all the drinks, gatorad 225 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 16: and water, orange spices off to one side, and then 226 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 16: he goes whatever he had left. He takes his right 227 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 16: hand and clears thet their table and I look over it. 228 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 16: I look over at Okie and he's soaking wet. 229 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 3: The halftime talking to unfortunately did not have the intended effect. 230 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 11: They kind of had a trick play. Keith Byers, who 231 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 11: was a former teammate of mine in Ohio State, had 232 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 11: a half back throw hit his sherman in the end zone, 233 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 11: and you know, a lot of controversy on that. I 234 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 11: remember they reviewed it for about five minutes, it seemed like, 235 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 11: and they threw a flag, but they end up picking 236 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 11: up the flag, and you know, they want to head 237 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 11: fourteen to. 238 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 15: Seven, and the Eagles have that drive going on that 239 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 15: fourth down play that passed, but Heath Sherman and cash 240 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 15: in to take the league. 241 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 7: But still, you know it's for some points. 242 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 11: That's one drive, you know, one defensive stop and you 243 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 11: get the ball back. You know you're gonna go out 244 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 11: there and you know, find a way to tie that 245 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 11: ball game back up. And I think that's when we 246 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 11: started losing guys. 247 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 18: Major part of their defense now being assisted off the field, 248 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 18: and you can see that they have splitted that leg 249 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,839 Speaker 18: and he's not putting any weight on that at all. 250 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,359 Speaker 18: And this is a certainly a damaging blow to the Redskins. 251 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:31,239 Speaker 12: It was sad to watch so many of my teammates 252 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 12: get dragged out of there. I don't know if it 253 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 12: was seven, eight nine, maybe more guys. 254 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,599 Speaker 15: Britt Hager lady major pop on Joe Howard on that 255 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 15: run back and Howard is still scrawled out helmet to 256 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 15: helmet hit. 257 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 11: Back in the day, when you're playing in Veterans Stadium 258 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 11: and you got you know, a loud fans, and you 259 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 11: know it was hard to hear the snaf count and 260 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 11: you got your you know, your backup quarterback in there, 261 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 11: and you. 262 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:57,959 Speaker 7: Know they were able to tee off on him. 263 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,439 Speaker 11: I think they got four sacks and they get Rege 264 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 11: White had two of them. 265 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 2: The field, just screwing with redskin injured. 266 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 14: Normally, trainers we might go on the field once twice 267 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 14: during the game, you know, the assist the injured player. 268 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 14: This game, it seems like we were out there eight 269 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 14: or more times. I mean we were out there a lot. 270 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 13: And then you sit there, hold out another one. Okay, 271 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 13: how many of these could happen? 272 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 3: Then salt in the wound. 273 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 15: They really pulled. 274 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 8: Away in a third quarter from us, and we never 275 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 8: really recovered from that. I think that I think they 276 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 8: scored on defense. 277 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 15: Again, Sanders and Moss, Brian and everybody else goes into 278 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 15: the pad of West Cockeys with a second, it's picked 279 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 15: up by five centers and it's a touchdown. 280 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: Our offense got clobbered. 281 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 15: Two touchdowns for the Eagle defense tonight. 282 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: You got hit, it hurt. 283 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 7: It's just what it was. 284 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: I mean, you could tell those playing lights out football. 285 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 15: The Posse last week thirty two catches an incredible number 286 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 15: thirteen by both five of teeth aren't then a total 287 00:14:58,400 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 15: of nine. 288 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 4: I thought sorry for quarterbacks honestly, because they were getting tag. 289 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 15: Redskins will begin there next drive from that spot and 290 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:12,119 Speaker 15: they will do it with a new quarterback. 291 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 2: Other he did not have a whole lot of time 292 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 2: to warm up. And it is Shelley here in Philadelphia 293 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 2: the night and the temperatures continuing to drop it. 294 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 18: I don't think they have a choice. I think Rutley 295 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 18: maybe had to come. 296 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 15: Out of this game. 297 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 2: Well that's his right hand and he's a right handed quarterback. 298 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 3: Stan Humphries technically Washington's third string quarterback is in after 299 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 3: starter Rutledge gets hurt. The Burgundy and Gold offense just 300 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 3: can't get anything going. 301 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 6: The Eagle defense has just continued to play good football. 302 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 6: They have been all over Washington to Ice from the 303 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 6: get go. 304 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 15: They're playing great football. 305 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 3: The Eagles score again now up twenty eight to seven. 306 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 15: They to Tony left the serving who else, Well, this 307 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 15: is an old fashion, welcome her. 308 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 3: And then in the fourth quarter, a major, major problem occurs. 309 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 2: I'm saying, Humphreys has hurt. Did you see his leg 310 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 2: get twisted when he went down? Thanks, Stan Humphreys has 311 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 2: really hurt. 312 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 7: Grabby it right me. 313 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 3: Humphrees, the only active, healthy quarterback left on the roster 314 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 3: goes down injured. 315 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 5: Coach Carvey said you're in, and I'm like, what it? 316 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 7: Running back said, no, no, no. 317 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 15: Quarterback Number thirty is Brian Mitchell. He's a running back 318 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 15: and a return specialist. He's a rookie, but he did 319 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 15: play quarterback in college. 320 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 5: I know before the game, coach games had come to mean. 321 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 5: Mark Fruitman was already hurt. Did we have Stan Humphries 322 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 5: and Jeff Ruttlich if something happens, you have to be 323 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:58,560 Speaker 5: ready And I was like, what do you mean ready 324 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 5: for what? He was like, you know, so we're gonna 325 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 5: give you a little game plan. That's the coach. 326 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 3: I know. 327 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 5: The offense, and we started asking me questions that I 328 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 5: basically had a good feel for it because I was 329 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 5: a quarterback in college. This is my rookie season, so 330 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 5: I kept preparing as I did what I got in college. 331 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 7: Uh So they gave me a little smaller game plan. 332 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 15: I learned that, well, Mitchell is going to come into 333 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 15: quarterback here. This game is over as far as the 334 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:23,880 Speaker 15: Redskins are concerned. 335 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 8: I wanted to see it. I mean, because he was 336 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 8: he was all around. You know, he's like a throwback, 337 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 8: you know, he pretty much did everything. 338 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 7: It's a turner. 339 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 8: He's a running back, decent receiver out of the backfield. 340 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 8: So I remember standing at wanting to see what he 341 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 8: was going to do. 342 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 7: So when Brian got in there, I think a couple 343 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 7: will say, hey, probably no sacks. 344 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 11: Man, don't take any sacks, you know, I mean, you're 345 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 11: a good runner, you know, break out the bobby and 346 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 11: get out of you after. 347 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 7: We just don't take any sacks. 348 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 5: And I walked in the huddle and the first thing 349 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 5: I said was listen. We called a speed speed right, 350 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 5: I think it was speed right, yes, be right. And 351 00:17:57,359 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 5: I said I'm running this ball. I said I did 352 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 5: in college. Is the first time I rolled out. I'm 353 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:03,920 Speaker 5: running it, but we had a false start. 354 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 15: Well, Brian Mitchell will take over and before he can 355 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 15: throw a pass, we've got a flag. 356 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 4: Be Mitch as a natural athlete, so we kind of 357 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 4: always knew that he could play because he could run 358 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 4: and throw, you know. And he's throwing passes in running 359 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,680 Speaker 4: back shoulda pats. He's not wearing quarterback shoulder pass he's 360 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 4: running running back shoulder bags. 361 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 15: Second down, Mitchell throws, the catch is made. He didn't 362 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 15: get in, but he did make the catch. Ricky Sanders 363 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 15: is there. 364 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 5: I threw a pass to Ricky Sanders and I thought 365 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 5: he had got a handle. 366 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:37,360 Speaker 1: I thought it was a touchdown. 367 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 5: I though it was a post corner and I threw it. 368 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 5: He went out and I thought he got the ball 369 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 5: across the breaker plane. 370 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: You know, it's a pretty could throw. 371 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 15: Look at the tight spiral. 372 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 6: I mean that is right there. 373 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 5: When I see the pass, I guess at that point 374 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 5: it made me smile because I've done that in college. 375 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 13: Hit some passes. I mean it really good passes. And 376 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,120 Speaker 13: Ricky said, is on the goal line, which I think 377 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 13: it was a touchdown because he hit the comb Okay, 378 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 13: but they ruled it that the one yard line half 379 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 13: yard line, and you do one thing. There's only one 380 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 13: play that Brian Mitchell was going to call. If he's 381 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 13: on a half yard line, he's gotta run a sneak, 382 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 13: which he jumped over to get the touchdown. 383 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:24,360 Speaker 15: Mitchell, well, why not? He deserves it. He's in there 384 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 15: for the touchdown. 385 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 3: His first NFL touchdown. 386 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 6: Ryan Mitchell pulled on his socks getting ready for this game. 387 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 6: I'm sure, like all rookies in this league, they dream 388 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 6: of scoring a touchdown. I'm not sure that he. 389 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 2: Imagined it though, coming by taking a snap from center 390 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 2: and taking it on a quarterback sneak at the goal line. 391 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 5: I always told my buddies that I have some bets 392 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 5: with some people that I was going to play quarterback 393 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 5: in the NFL at one point. So, like I told 394 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 5: you earlier, I didn't get nervous because that's the first 395 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 5: thing that popped in my mind. So I got a 396 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 5: chance saying okay, now I have to call my boy 397 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 5: because he owes me one hundred dollars and this guy 398 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 5: holds me that's amount of money. 399 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 3: With Brian Mitchell's last minute touchdown, the game finishes twenty 400 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 3: eight fourteen Eagles. 401 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 11: You know, we're kind of watching the standings or halfway 402 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 11: through the season or just start the second half of 403 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 11: the season, and you know, you want to position yourself 404 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 11: to get into the playoffs. I mean, that's every team's 405 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 11: goal is to make the playoffs and then you know, 406 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 11: fight for Super Bowl championship. And you know, so you 407 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,199 Speaker 11: lose to Arrival, you lose to a conference team, you 408 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 11: come out of their five and four. You know, it's 409 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 11: a little bit of soul searching. 410 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 10: They come back to Washington the next day, nine players hurt. 411 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 10: They get all these quotes from Jerome Brown and from 412 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 10: Reggie White, Mike goliy just basically we beat the hell 413 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 10: out of him and they don't want us anymore. 414 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 3: The body bag headline was everywhere. 415 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: We just kind of like registered in the back of 416 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 1: our brains. 417 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 12: Quite honestly, I found like that was the game that 418 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 12: kind of changed our season for us. We were embarrassed, 419 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 12: there's no doubt about it. You don't want to get 420 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 12: beat up like that on Monday night. 421 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 11: You know, after that point kind of a gut check time, 422 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,639 Speaker 11: everybody in the organization, you know, hey, you know, we 423 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 11: want to win some Super Bowls. 424 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 7: We got to win tough, physical games like that. 425 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 11: We always private to ourselves on being the most physical team. 426 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 10: Nobody was better at taking advantage of crisis than Joe Gibbs. 427 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 10: But you had the feeling and after a game like 428 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 10: that that there's gonna be helicopters with guns on them 429 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 10: over the practice field because we're going to be simple 430 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 10: and what we do and we're gonna be serious about it. 431 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 12: And I feel like after that we kind of came 432 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 12: together as a team, really started to like each other. 433 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 12: For some other young players, myself, Brian Mitchell, Moelo, Andibe, 434 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 12: we felt like we were kind of becoming part of 435 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,680 Speaker 12: the team. There was a lot of fun stuff happening 436 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 12: on Mondays after games, just a whole just the whole 437 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 12: Joe Gibbs way. You know, I wanted to be a 438 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 12: part of that. 439 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 7: You know. 440 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,199 Speaker 12: All of those little things that Joe did kind of 441 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:14,640 Speaker 12: brought us together, got guys excited about wanting to compete 442 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 12: hard on Sunday. I felt like by the end of 443 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 12: that season we were a really good we were a 444 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 12: really good football team. 445 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 3: Most of the injuries sustained in the body bag game, 446 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 3: thankfully weren't devastating. 447 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 13: Only one put a player on ir. That's that's you know, 448 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 13: it's not like they ended our season. 449 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 7: Very fortunate. 450 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 4: Our whole staff, you know, Bubba and his and his staff, 451 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 4: they took great care of us. 452 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 14: It always amazed me that how our guys could respond 453 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,439 Speaker 14: and come back from injuries. I mean when one doctor 454 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 14: called him, uh, they said, they're neural muscular geniuses. 455 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 11: Mark Rippin came back through four touchdown passes, one convincing. 456 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 11: He gets the Saints and then they start to feel confident. 457 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 11: Who can get this done? Maybe we can keep scratching 458 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 11: some wins out and find a way to get in 459 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 11: the playoffs. 460 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 3: Washington won five of their last seven games. The Eagles 461 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 3: also won five of their last seven, and there it 462 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 3: was again Philadelphia first Washington. This time winner goes home. 463 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 13: We can stop these guys. Cunningham is an inconsistent passer 464 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 13: who's a good runner, and he'll make some big throws, 465 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 13: but he's not going to consistently beat your throw on 466 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 13: the ball. The second thing is he's Sherman. They kept 467 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 13: in the game. The big things. Well, he's going to 468 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 13: break Steve Van Buren's record, who was an all time 469 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 13: great running back for the Eagles in the forties of 470 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,879 Speaker 13: thirty five carries in the game. Sure he did, but 471 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 13: he averaged under four years at Harry. He was not 472 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 13: a guy that was going to be a big play guy. 473 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 13: You could contain him. Buyner was a move that change 474 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 13: guy too, but he had more explosiveness too. 475 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 11: Me. 476 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,479 Speaker 13: He was a better receiver. So to me, we can 477 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:11,160 Speaker 13: defend these guys if we could protect Okay, they can't 478 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 13: cover us. 479 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 10: So fast forward to the playoff game, snowy in Washington 480 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 10: and on the practice field an hour after practice, Gibbs 481 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,880 Speaker 10: had done his media and all that. It's Ray Didningduer 482 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 10: the Philify Daily News, who later went on to work 483 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 10: for NFL Films, and me and Joe Ray got word 484 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 10: that day the Eagles practice that week in Tampa. Why 485 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 10: because the super Bowl was in Tampa and we got 486 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 10: to be ready for the super Bowl because everyone knows 487 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 10: we're going. 488 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 4: The best thing about our team is we really responded 489 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 4: to bravado if you talk too much, If you talk 490 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 4: too much, then we took it personal. 491 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 12: We kind of had our own motivating factor where we 492 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 12: said we weren't going to talk about the body bag. 493 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: You know, for us and we had T shirts made. 494 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 12: I remember the said no comment conspiracy, the no comment conspiracy. 495 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 12: I think some guys might have even worn fatigues, and 496 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 12: we kicked their bots. 497 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 11: Our offensive line played a lot better. Our defense held 498 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 11: him to six points and kind of the turning point 499 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 11: in that ball game. You know we are our defense 500 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 11: is always scared to death or Randall Cunningham just because 501 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 11: he can make something out of nothing, you know, the 502 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,679 Speaker 11: Bill Tita to take a broken play and pick up 503 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 11: a first down. Or more about the third quarter or 504 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 11: maybe early fourth quarter, they pulled him out and brought 505 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 11: in Jim McMahon, but we just kind of exhaled, was like, okay, 506 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 11: we got him now. 507 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: So we stopped him on our home field. 508 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 4: And that's that's an embarrassment when you lose at home 509 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 4: doing the playoffs. 510 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,400 Speaker 13: Buddy Ryan was fired after the game, and Buddy Ryan 511 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 13: never went to the playoffs again in his career as 512 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 13: a coach. 513 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,119 Speaker 11: I think by beating the Eagles in that game, it 514 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 11: gave us the conference that we had the right type 515 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 11: of guys, you know, the guys that were going to fight, 516 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 11: the guys that are going to work hard, the guys 517 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 11: that are going to be as physical as possible and 518 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 11: find a way to get it done. 519 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 3: It didn't happen that season, but next season what many 520 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 3: call the greatest team ever, they went all the way. 521 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,439 Speaker 3: There's roots on that trophy that's sprawled back to a 522 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 3: scary but formative night in November nineteen ninety. 523 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 5: And I think that I remember that game because it 524 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 5: changed the way people looked at me. 525 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 7: I would no longer just. 526 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 5: A return hat. I was a vital part that can 527 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 5: help the team out. Well, what the game did for 528 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 5: us was make us realize, Okay, let's go back and 529 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 5: work a little harder, prepare a little better. And then 530 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 5: about a year and about three months later, we were 531 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 5: hoisting the Lombardy you know, and I today, as we talked, 532 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 5: I wear his ring, and probably it was ignited from 533 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:08,520 Speaker 5: that night November twelve, nineteen ninety we won the Super 534 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 5: Bowl January twenty sixth, nineteen ninety two. 535 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 7: So in that little. 536 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:29,400 Speaker 5: Amount of time, thank you, Philly, he gave us one. 537 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 3: This episode of Hail Tales was narrated, produced, and researched 538 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,879 Speaker 3: by me Hannah Liechtenstein, senior copywriter for the Washington Commanders. 539 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:44,199 Speaker 3: It was produced and edited by Jason Johnson, Additional editing 540 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 3: by Nick Leanos. Executive producers are Ryan Yoakum and Kevin Klein. 541 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 3: Graphics designed by Zach Osborne and Matt Cashman. Thank you 542 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:58,480 Speaker 3: to our guests for their contributions, and thank you for listening. 543 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 3: Voting is now open for the twenty twenty five People's 544 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 3: Choice Podcast Awards. Vote now for hail Tales For best 545 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:24,439 Speaker 3: Historical Podcasts, go to podcastwards dot com