WEBVTT - Eagles 360: Offense Back To Basics 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.280 Welcome everyone as Eagles three sixty Eagles insider Dave's Finnaro 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:40.879 along with Joe di Camera on an absolutely beautiful Wednesday 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:44.440 at the Novacare Complex, feeling the vibe. It's football week 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:46.720 here in Philadelphia and the Eagles getting ready for the 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:50.559 Dallas Cowboys. Healthy Eagles team, Joe, what does that mean 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:52.320 as the Eagles get off this bye week and get 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:54.000 ready for the stretch. It means you get your best 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:57.160 players to play as much as possible, which is key, Dave. 0:00:57.280 --> 0:00:59.120 Some of the players of course at the Eagles are 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:00.720 counting on at the start of season. Look, this is 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:02.680 a big game up at head versus Dallas Cowboys. Something 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:05.160 I football. The bye week, it's done, and you want 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:07.760 your best guys in there. That means, you know, of course, 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:11.440 hopefully Jason Peters, Nelson Aglor who's you know, the expectations 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:13.280 were big contributions from him this year. You want to 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:15.319 see a better second half from him. Obviously, it starts 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:19.000 with being healthy, the opportunity the inside linebacker rotation, getting 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:22.360 Michael Kendricks back, perhaps Kiko Alonso back in there. Obviously, 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:24.720 Bill Davis and Chip Kelly will have some decisions about 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:28.240 playmaking and time, you know, dispersing the time out there 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:31.160 between the inside backers. But hey, look it's good to 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:33.600 be healthy. It gives you a shot. Yeah. And Jason Peters, 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:35.360 I mean, I think he kind of has to play 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.640 in this game against Greg Hardy, who's just been so 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:42.240 good as a pass rusher for the Cowboys. Nelson Aglor, 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:45.840 can he add some punch to a passing game that 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:49.160 really is lack consistency. Of Eagles taking Aglore with a 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:51.600 twentieth pick in the first round, and he was the 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:54.160 receiver that most of the Draftnicks said was the most 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.640 ready for the NFL game. We'll see if he's able 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.920 to contribute to the Eagles passing offense, which really really 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:01.960 needs it. A lot of drops, a lot of inconsistency, 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:05.400 and going against the Cowboys defense, Joe that I gotta say, 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:07.920 it really surprised how good they are. I know that 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:11.000 Hardy's an impact player, Randy Gregory good play. I thought 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.359 that a loss of Orlando Scandrick would really hamper this group. 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.240 It doesn't seem to have done too much. Now it's 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:18.200 the offense obviously for Dallas and struggling without Romo. But 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:21.520 what the Eagles did in Week two versus Dallas. Eagles 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.040 offense versus the Dallas defense, it was a struggle. And 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.200 as we talk about areas for the Eagles to improve, 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:28.359 you touched on it, Dave, as far as what Nelson 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:30.239 Aglore and the other receivers can do, because if you 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:32.320 go back to Week two in the struggles, the Eagles 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.520 have actually improved in a variety of ways, the offensive 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.640 line probably being the most prominent way the Eagles have improved, 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:40.880 But it's the outside, the receivers, the pass and attack, 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:42.920 the lack of the vertical game that I think too 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:44.720 many of us prior to the bye week stood out 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.520 as the number one area the Eagles really got to compact. Yeah, 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:49.600 and I got a sense in the locker room these 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:51.640 first two days of the week that bad Eagles offense. 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.440 They were embarrassed big time by that Week two lost 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:58.200 to the Cowboys. The offense shut down really almost completely 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:01.120 in that loss tooth A cow is a linkol financial field. 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:03.120 So round two comes Sunday night. Let's get you caught 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:06.600 up with everything happening at the Overcare Complex today. Alex 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:09.919 Smith our Eagles three sixty update. Hi everyone, I'm Alex 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:12.680 Smith and this is your three sixty update. Another day 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:14.800 at work here at the Novocare Complex as the Eagles 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.240 get set for Sunday Nights game in Dallas. Today, we 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:19.680 heard from offensive coordinator Pat Shermer and a number of 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:22.600 the Eagles receivers on fixing some of the drop problems 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.240 from the first half of the season. You know, i'd 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:27.200 like to I like to hope that's the case, because 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:30.920 we've seen these guys catch the ball very, very well 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.080 and at a high level throughout their careers, and they've 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:36.960 done it for us, and we just gotta get those 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:40.120 bad plays out of their system. I think Jordans and 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:42.400 the drops, and I mean I've had you know, I've 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:45.880 had one, and Jordan's had a couple and I think 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:48.440 now he's had a couple. That stuff just kind of 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:50.320 I mean, those are growing pains on Sam takes and 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:53.200 that a fair amount of blame for mistakes that we've 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:55.520 made and me being the number one person, so he's 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:57.320 putting the ball and then played for us. We said 0:03:57.360 --> 0:03:58.960 to go out there and make the plays, you know, 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:00.960 But like I say, I sit here and say, like, oh, 0:04:01.000 --> 0:04:02.320 as a receiver group, we gotta do that. At the 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:03.920 end of the day, I can only control one person. 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:06.600 That's Jory Matthews. So for me personally, I have to 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:08.360 go out there and help him out because I think 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.240 just the blame that he gets on the day basis 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:12.560 is really unfair. He's putting us in really good positions 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:13.560 to win. We just got to go out there and 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:15.680 make the plays. You know. As machiever, I gotta help 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:17.800 Sam out. I got to be his best matchup and 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:20.280 I have to create separation. And if I'm not doing that, 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:24.080 he can't feel comfortable going to me. He can't feel like, 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:27.040 you know, he can go outside of it. I just 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:28.920 so I think I have to do a better job 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:32.320 as an indivisu. Also speaking at the podium today was 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:35.680 defensive coordinator Bill Davis, who spoke about just how far 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.440 this defensive unit has come since the start of the year. 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:40.920 We put a huge emphasis on it and we've got 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.240 the dummies all around the building. We really believe since 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:45.760 the beginning of football that that's stat to take away 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:48.640 differential has been a huge stat in wins and lossues. 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:52.359 So we put a lot of focus on it and 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:54.480 the guys have it on the front of their mind. Therefore, 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.599 it's it's it's been. It's where we're at at the 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:58.880 halfway point. We needed to be there at the end 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:02.480 of the season. We also heard from Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford, 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:04.720 who spoke about clearing his mind a little bit during 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.800 the bye week and coming back recharged and ready for 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:11.200 an NFC e showdown a little bit of both, you know, 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:13.919 I think, you know, early in the week, you know, 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:15.480 it was good to kind of look at some things, 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:18.119 but then really just kind of tried to get away, 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:19.800 you know, just kind of clear on my mind and 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:21.960 get a break. So that way, you know, when I 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.279 got back here for this week, I was fresh, ready 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.400 to go, you know, ready to attack the back end 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:29.640 of the season. And finally, an injury update here from 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:33.279 the Novicare Complex. Linebacker Demiko Ryan's and left tackle Jason 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.680 Peters did not practice today. Meanwhile, Ryan Matthews and Brian 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:40.159 Brayman were limited, while Nelson Aghilor, Brandon bar and Kiko 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.279 Alonzo were all full participants. And for all the latest 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:45.280 Eagles news, be sure to keep it right here on 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:49.560 Philadelphia Eagles dot com. Thanks so much, Alex, We've got 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.039 a lot to get to In today's show, Joe and 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:54.200 I will talk about some of the adjustments Eagles need 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:57.400 to make in this second half of the season. We'll 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:01.039 talk with Bill Davis, Eagles defensive coordinator, in studio, a 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.239 good one on one with him. But when we return, 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:06.000 it's a little time for Cover two. 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I sept to Philly. 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.120 I sept the Philly. You'll step by Philly, the bus, 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:26.400 the trolley, the train, route one twenty four Root twenty three. 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:30.120 I sept the Philly the seventeen to training Jenkintown to 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.840 her house, his house, to Betsy's house, City Hall, f 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:39.400 TCLU Media, to work, to school, to the ball, broad Street, 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:51.720 to the game, I sept to Philly anywhere. We're back 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:54.600 if he goes three sixty Dave SPIDERO Joe to camera time. 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:57.600 Now for a little cover too, Chris McPherson bringing into 0:07:57.640 --> 0:08:00.840 studio a couple of Philadelphia Beat reporters, Amy kempsky from 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:04.360 Philly Voice and Tim McManus from Birds twenty four seven. 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:07.800 Hello everyone, I'm Chris McPherson, and welcome to this week's 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:10.560 edition of Cover two here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.280 The Eagles were big winners during the bye week, losing 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.480 no ground in the nfcast. Has both the Giants and 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:19.440 the Cowboys lost their respective games, and to look at 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.760 what's something ahead for the Eagles, I brought into my 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:25.720 favorite journalists here. We got into mcmans from Birds twenty 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:30.280 four seven and Jimmy Kemski from Philly Voice dot com. So, gentlemen, 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:32.360 as we look ahead to the second half of the season, 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:34.760 the Eagles are three and four. Big Sunday, they met 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:36.960 up with the Cowboys who needs to step up for 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:38.720 the Eagles in the second half of the year. Um, 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.079 Jordan Matthews, and I'll double down on Jordan Matthews. I 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:43.560 think Jordan Mathews is gonna have a really long, really 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:46.000 productive career. But just so far the season it has 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:49.200 not gone well with the he has jobs. Josh has 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:52.520 had a drop in the last game, Miles Austin's had drops. Uh, 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:53.839 you know, you go right down my roster that I 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:55.400 mean to have more drops than than any team in 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:58.440 the in the NFL. So the wide receiver production has 0:08:58.480 --> 0:08:59.920 to be has to pick up big time, and they 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.160 just have to make the catches that they're supposed to make. 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:05.280 And really a big problem is the wide receivers aren't 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:07.720 making the quarterback better, and the quarterbacks certainly isn't making 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.080 the wide receivers better. Bradford has been, in my opinion, 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:12.520 of major disaployment for the first seven games of the season. 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:14.680 He's got to pick it up. And if the Eagles 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:18.199 can just play average offense the rest of the way, 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:20.440 they do have a defense that I think can carry 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:23.400 them clearly to an NFC's title and possibly make some 0:09:23.520 --> 0:09:25.160 noise in the playoffs. All right, So Jimmy with that 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:28.320 in mind, Why should fans be optimistic for the final 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:32.440 nine games of the regular season. The defense, defense has 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:35.880 been great. Defensive line obviously with Fletcher Cox and Benny Logan, 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:37.959 and now you have you know, Suchric Thornton, who was 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:39.800 out for a little bit is back. You have the 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.679 linebackers across the board. You have you know Kolons it's 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:44.880 going to be possibly returning this week against the Cowboys, 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:47.240 if Jordan Hicks who stepped in and it just played 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:50.560 phenomenal football with Keiko out and with Michael Kendricks being 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.800 out and Demiko Ryans of course Mufassa, and then you 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:55.640 have the outside backers who really haven't had great production 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:58.480 numbers wise, but I think have actually played fairly well 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:01.760 in Brandon Graham and from so that front seven of 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:05.000 that defense, with the back end also playing pretty well 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:07.360 in my opinion as well, especially the safeties. I think 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:10.560 that defense is just a really complete unit that again 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:12.920 can carry them through the rest of the season. Hey, Timmy, 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:16.640 your reason for optimism that we're going optimism here the 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:18.640 other side here, and I would get there, you know, 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.480 I would say, look at look at the look at 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:23.640 the numbers on defense and the way the rate in 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:25.839 which they're taking the ball away from the opponent, and 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:28.280 they're right up there with Denver, and Denver is playing 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:31.160 crazy good defense, and the Eagles have been too for 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:34.080 the most part. And if the offense can just get 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:35.920 out of their way in large part. Now, that's not 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:37.800 the way that Chip Kelly is wired, that's not the 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.400 way that this operation is set up for the office 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:42.840 to kind of take a back seat. But if they can, 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:45.959 just if Bradford can be a better game manager, if 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.800 they can stop turning the ball over and sustain some 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.040 drives a little bit of consistency going on, and then 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:53.240 they can do something, all right, Tim flip the script. 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:57.199 Why should Eagles fans be not so optimistic well down 0:10:57.280 --> 0:10:59.640 the stretch here? Do they have the horses on offense 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:03.840 to be competitive, to get the job done over the 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:07.000 final nine games and do something in the playoffs. The 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.720 hope was that Sat Bradford was going to kind of 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:12.800 take this team from good to great. He hasn't done 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:14.880 that in his career yet. I mean, and that's just 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:18.080 the facts in Saint Louis, and people gave different reasons 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:21.120 for it, but he wasn't able to elevate them to 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:24.040 the next level so far, and it's still young in 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:26.960 this time in Philadelphia, but he hasn't done that yet. 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.000 So is the quarterback good enough or the wide receiver 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.120 is good enough? Is the offensive line deep and good 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:33.040 enough in order to make it to the finish line 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:35.000 and make some noises? So that's where the pessimism will 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:38.280 creep in. Hey, Jimmy yea, again it comes back to me. 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.720 It comes back to the quarterback for me. He's seven 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:44.840 games in and he's, you know, obviously coming off the 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.720 two ACLS hairs and hasn't played since the middle of 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.240 the twenty thirteen seasons, so there's an argument to be 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.560 made while he's just still kind of knocking off the rust, 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:54.480 which all right, So I get that to some degree, 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:56.840 but I think at least through the first seven games, 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.600 we'd like to see some sort of flashes of what 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:01.439 he and b and I don't think we even see that. 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:03.199 We saw in the preseason a little bit against the 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:06.599 Packers and just the way he played leading up to 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:08.720 the season, but in the actual games that have mattered, 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.360 I don't really think he's shown much of anything. And 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:13.360 if you ask, if you ask the question, what does 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.080 Sam Bradford do well. I think it's really hard to 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.960 come up with a really great answer for that. So 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.280 he's got to really turn it around, played better this year, 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:24.160 or play better as in the second half of the season. 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:27.120 And then I'd go offensive line too. I mean, Jason 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.640 Peters went down last week or two weeks ago rather 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:33.640 against the Panthers, and you know, I think they adjusted 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:35.800 well enough to a certain extent in that game, but 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:38.600 as the game wore on, Jared Allen eventually was able 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:40.360 to get to Sam Bradford and they were able to 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.040 get pressure late in that game. So I do think 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:43.559 if they do have a guy that goes down at 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:45.440 some point during the rest of the season, they don't 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:47.600 have a lot of depth there and could suffer. All Right, 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:51.000 He's Jimmy Kempsky from Philly Voyces, Tim mcmanson Burchway four seven. Now, 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.480 I'm Chris McPherson. Thanks for joining us in this week's 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:55.720 edition of Cover two. We'll see if the Eagles can 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:58.520 get on track Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys. Thanks 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:01.360 for joining us. Thanks so much, boys, good stuff on 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:03.800 Covered two. As always, we've got a lot to get to. 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:07.599 Bill Davison studio. 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The offense, to the 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:42.720 reminder Joe, total disaster and DeMarco had nowhere to run 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:45.560 thirteen carries two yards. Now, that was really the epitome 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.280 of when the Eagles offensive line was just an incomplete turmoil, 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:52.560 total disaster, particularly in the interior portion of the offensive line, 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:56.280 which really struggled that day. As remember Sean Lee Dave 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:59.360 really was dominant in that game. And you know, when 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.400 you go back to to what happened and what I 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:04.080 believe Chip Kelly should look to do differently, there was 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:06.760 a there's a simplicity to the Eagles offense and it's 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:09.440 part of what enables the Eagles to run a fast tempo. 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:11.200 As we know the Eagles run a fast temple in 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:14.040 part because it's a simplified approach you can get plays 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:17.000 in quickly, but it's also a schematic approach that defenses 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:19.280 have the opportunity to game plan against and has some 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:22.200 advantages in that regard. I think Dallas really benefited from that. 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:23.760 That was a time in the year where the Eagles 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.920 were in the shotgun almost literally every play. It was 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:29.160 also a time of the year back then Week two 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.200 when the Eagles at that point, we're running eighty one 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:34.280 percent of their runs to the opposite side of where 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.600 the running back was lined up, and we can just 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:39.960 see Sean Lee. He was just seeing the play. It 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:43.160 was coming right down the line. He was meeting DeMarco Mary, 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.040 and DeMarco was getting crushed. So, you know, I think 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:50.120 by diversifying Dave what Chip Kelly's offense is and frankly 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.240 making it harder for Dallas to gain plan and you know, 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.880 Chip has changed things a bit since then. There's been 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:58.760 more under center. There's been a couple play action passes, 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:00.280 not as much as they want, but just been I 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.440 want to see more diversification, but I don't know what 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:07.160 diversification does for you if you're not executing the basics. 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:10.000 Iing the Eagles need to, let's be I don't know 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:12.280 the answer here, but they've scored ten points in the 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.600 first quarter of games this year. They're two and four 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:18.199 when opponents score first, and somehow on Sunday Night. Look, 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:20.080 they've had two weeks to get ready for this game, 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:23.080 come out with a great script, and maybe it is diversity, 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.399 maybe it is hitting them with something that they haven't 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:29.280 shown on tape this year. Score first, Make the Cowboys 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:31.840 get out of their comfort zone of running the football, 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:35.440 pounding it, playing for field goals. Make Matt Castle beat 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:38.160 you with some early points. I think that is such 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:39.800 a huge game, and Dave, I think that's fair. But 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:41.880 I'll go beyond that because to me, let's let's talk 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:43.800 about the Sam Bradford and the read option. We know 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:45.800 the Eagles don't run a real pure read option at 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:49.200 this point, but consider this, there's a lot of mesh 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:51.480 handoff points where you know it's going to be the decision. 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:52.760 Am I going to hand the ball off? On bradform, 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:54.119 I'm going to hand the ball to DeMarco or the 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:55.760 other running backs, or am I going to keep it 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:58.120 and keep in it oftentimes to drop back and pass 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:00.520 the ball. But as we know, and I've seen a film, 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:02.359 I look at the film every week with Jaws, and 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:06.359 I cannot begin to emphasize enough how overwhelmingly obvious it 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:08.800 is that there's room for Bradford to run. I'm not 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:11.800 asking Bradford to be Kaepernicker, Cam Newton or any of 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:14.560 the great Russian quarterbacks in a span of NFL history. 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:16.640 But I'm telling you there's six yards. I'm not looking 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:19.080 for thirteen. I'm not looking for fifteen. I'm just saying 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:21.119 they've take the six yards because I'm telling you the 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:23.840 six yards is there? Take the six I'm not doing that. 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:26.600 I'm not doing it. Is it because he can't do it? 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:30.360 Or the knee? Both six yards? When your average third 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:32.960 down gain is seven plus yards, right, That's what the 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:36.040 average on the Eagles have been third and plus seven 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:40.360 on average of this year. I'm not exposing Sam Bradford. Instead, 0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:44.240 I'm asking for a better execution, catch footballs, block better upfronts. 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:46.800 There are receivers open, so Sam has to deliver the 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:50.680 ball timely, more accurately get something going in the red zone, 0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:53.040 which has been a huge disappointment this year. They've brought 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:56.000 Sam Bradford in in large in large part to be 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.000 a better red zone quarterback, and he hasn't been a 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:00.840 better red zone quarterback. Than Nick Foles and Mark Sanchez 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:04.080 last year. So if the answer is read option, run 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:06.720 Sam Bradford, yeah, it may work one or two times, 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:08.960 Joe and the may that may be enough, Okay, to 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:11.200 keep keep a defense. That's what I'm saying. I don't 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:12.760 think they're going to stay. Honest. I don't think one 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:15.560 or two Sam Bradford runs will ever keep a defensive 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:17.720 end out here. And I don't disagree with you, Dave. 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:20.160 And that's why I'll take the six yards and instead 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:21.880 of having the third and seven, which you're right about, 0:19:21.920 --> 0:19:23.920 that's what it's been, I'll take the second and four, 0:19:24.280 --> 0:19:26.440 I'll take the third and two. I agree, Dave with 0:19:26.800 --> 0:19:30.040 basically everything you said. I'm just asking sprinkle it in, 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:32.520 like if I got some some salt here. I'm just 0:19:33.320 --> 0:19:35.720 I just think the offense needs more than a sprinkle. 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:38.280 I think the offense needs more down the field. I 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:41.920 agree with that. To me, the passing game has been 0:19:41.920 --> 0:19:45.760 the disappointment more than the running. I think that's I 0:19:46.080 --> 0:19:48.280 think that's fair. And the one thing is Bradford has 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:50.840 gotten good protection in the passing game, and that's where 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:53.720 it's disappointing. Both from a Bradford standpoint, and the outside receivers. 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:57.400