WEBVTT - Eagles 360: No Backing Down 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:36.600 Hello everyone, and welcome to our final Eagles three sixty 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:39.560 of this holiday week. I'm Eagles inside Dame Spinnaro along 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.159 with Joe to camera. We're here at an overcare complex, 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:45.440 our ex Affinity studio, and we're getting ready for the 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:50.479 Eagles and the Redskins in a game that it means everything. 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:53.080 Joe does, Yeah, it does. I think we're all ready 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.160 for this season to reach a point where we can 0:00:56.200 --> 0:00:58.640 just zone in and say win in advance. It's almost 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:00.640 like the NCAA tournament, you know, when it's or urvive 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:02.640 in advance, and so you know, we get to find 0:01:02.640 --> 0:01:04.120 out if the Eagles can do it. We've been waiting 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:06.440 all season, Dave, to find out if the Eagles can 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:08.319 just flat out get this thing done. And it's in 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:09.920 their hands now where they have no choice but to 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:11.720 do it or where they're out as we know. And 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:13.880 so look, it's been a rocky road at six and eight. 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:17.560 It's been a disappointment. We all understand that. But miraculously 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:18.920 it is still in their hands. So they've got to 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:21.119 play better football. They've got to do it. Sam Bradford, 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:23.600 the passing game, the running backs, Chip Kelly, I don't 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:26.240 expect schematic adjustments at this point. Obviously, we haven't seen 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:28.559 them this point in the season, Dave. So you gotta 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:30.480 play better football. Defense has to step up and do 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:32.840 a better job. Obviously, Kirk Cousins has done a nice 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:35.240 job this season, you know, relatively speaking for Washington, they're 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:37.920 not very nice job. Relatively speaking for anybody. Yeah, they're yeah, 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:39.560 I mean there's still only seven and seven, right, But 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:42.800 Kirk Cousins, Yes, I think we've we've talked about this 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:46.000 all year, the Redskins, and they're not really we don't 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:48.480 think here they are, and they're playing the best football 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:51.960 if anyone in the NFC easton Kirk Cousins, with the 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:55.240 possible exception of Eli Man, who's just bombs away. Kirk 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:58.960 Cousins has done a really nice jobs. Has his performance 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:02.280 changed your opinion of his ability? Absolutely? Yeah, no, one 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:04.560 hundred percent. How could it not. I mean, Kirk Cousins 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:07.120 to me, if you ask me, what's a Kirk Cousins team, 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:08.680 it's a six and ten team. It's a five and 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:10.320 eleven team. You know, a big picture and obviously a 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:11.880 lot of other stuff goes into it, well you have 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:13.880 around him, but yeah, it's what they've saying. There's seven 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:16.320 and seven, they've got a shot to be nine and seven. Look, 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:18.840 he's got a sixty nine percent completion percentage. He's got 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:22.480 the highest completion percentage in NFL history. At home. Now, 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.120 this game for Washington's on the road. Washington's only won 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.079 one game this year on the road, that was two 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.040 weeks ago, but they have won two in a row. 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:31.600 They are clearly playing the best football of anyone in 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:35.400 the division right now. But again it's still can't their hands. 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:38.080 The Eagles, it's in their hands. Go out there and 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.280 take it. A couple of days from out Lincoln Financial Field, 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:43.840 a night game south Philadelphia, Go take it. Go stay alive. 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:46.799 There's nothing to take yet. Fair enough, stay alive. That's 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:48.880 all we're asking. Did we want another we want a 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:51.880 heartbeat for next week at MetLife Stadium RW. Let's get 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:53.600 you caught up on everything that's going on with this 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:56.240 Eagles team today, and there is a lot going on. 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.400 We've got some injury updates for you and more. It's 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:03.600 our Eagles sixty update. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith and 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.079 this is your three sixty update. As you can see, 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:08.560 it is another rainy day here in South Philadelphia, but 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:11.200 the Eagles did practice outside before the rain started here 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:13.880 today at the Novercare Complex, and before practice began, we 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:16.239 heard from Eagles head coach Chip Kelly, who spoke about 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:18.720 how the team must fight heading into these last two 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:20.880 weeks as their backs are up against the wall. And 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:22.880 we also heard from Jordan Matthews in the locker room, 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:26.000 who echoed coach kelly sentiment. Yeah, but we're not concerned 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:28.679 about how they were concerned about ourselves. If we lose, 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:30.520 we're out. It's not about did they clinch or did 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.120 they not clinch. That's I mean, I think you're getting 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.000 a little too far and deep and your motivational aspects 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:37.400 of things. The bottom line is if we don't win 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:39.120 the game, we're out of the playoffs. So and I 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:41.440 think if that's not insensive enough, then you know, if 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:43.000 I got to keep looking for other things after that, 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:45.040 then we're in trouble. But well, your backs against the wall, 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:46.960 you've got a scrap, but you gotta fight. That's when 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:48.920 you're gonna find out who the men are. So you know, 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:51.280 I think you know we're coming off a loss like that, 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:53.120 Like I said, yes, it's a point and yeah, we 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.320 show ourselves in the foot But you know, I'd like 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:56.920 the metality of the guys in locker room. I like 0:03:56.960 --> 0:04:00.120 the way everybody's gone to work in practice. Now for 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:03.280 an injury report. Cornerback Byron Maxwell did not practice here 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:05.960 today as he deals with the shoulder injury. However, fellow 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:09.040 cornerback Eric Rowe has cleared through the lead's concussion protocol 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:11.600 and he was back practicing with the team today. In 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:13.200 the locker room, we caught up with Roe, who said 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:14.760 that he doesn't feel that he needs to be the 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:17.680 team's number one corner if Byron Maxwell can't go, as 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:20.120 it's more of a group effort with this Eagle secondary. 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:23.000 I mean, I don't see mich those like saying like 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:24.800 I'm knowing Corn of leading in the group. I feel like, 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:28.359 you know, Rod just as equal we got Jalen ej. 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:30.279 You know that, you know, they stepped up and play 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:32.480 real well, at least in my mind, they play real 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:36.360 well in the game that's Sunday night. So I mean, 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:38.320 if Byron can't go, I mean, obviously then we all 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:40.400 have to pick up a step at as a DV group. 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:43.760 Another Eagle who did not participate in today's practice was 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:46.520 defensive lineman Benny Logan, who Chip Kelly says is day 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:49.039 to day with a calf injury. Inside the locker room, 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.200 we heard from his backup bo Allen, who is ready 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:54.760 to step up if called upon on Saturday. You know, 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:56.679 I think that's something that you look forward as a player. 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:58.440 You never know, you know, whether or not you're gonna 0:04:58.440 --> 0:04:59.880 get your first start. You don't know, and it's gonna 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:02.320 you know, you might not know. It's a game, guys, 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:04.719 So I guess you just gotta prepare every day like 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:06.960 you're not, you know, a backup. And that's kind of 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:08.800 I've played in every game two these last two years, 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.799 so I don't see myself as green by any means. 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:14.520 So you just work every week and prepare every week 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:16.240 like you are the guy, and then you know, if 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:19.720 if that time arrives, you're never surprised by it. The 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.479 only other Eagles player who did not participate today's training 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:24.960 session was wide receiver Shay Is year two two, who 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:28.000 was dealing with an ankle injury. Meanwhile, no Eagles players 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:31.440 were listed as limited participants at today's practice. You can 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:33.440 check out the full injury report as well as our 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.880 Pro Bowl coverage as we congratulate Fletcher Cox, Darren's Prowls, 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.839 and Jason Peters on making this year's Pro Bowl right 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:44.799 here from Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. Thanks so much, Alex. 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:47.159 We've got a lot to get too. In Eagles three sixty. Today, 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:49.760 head coach Chip Kelly and I go one on one 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:51.760 and we talk a lot about the Redskins. He really 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:55.040 breaks it down. 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I don't 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:26.200 think it's a situation really where the Eagles have dramatic 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:28.640 advantages much at all in this in this football game. 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:30.720 I mean, frankly, I think they're they're pretty comparable teams 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.120 and the numbers clearly speak to that. Now, I think 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:36.080 Kirk Cousins has been better than Bradford. But with that said, 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.839 Bradford generally has progressed as the season's going on. So 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:41.760 you know, what Bradford was versus Atlanta, what Bradford was 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:44.160 versus Dallas, frankly doesn't matter. He's a better quarterback at 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:46.240 this point than that. So I don't I don't really 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:48.959 care about a fourteen game statistical analysis. I care about 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:51.480 more recent times, and clearly Bradford has been better than 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.440 he had been. With that said, Kirk Cousins has done 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:55.760 a nice job the ship, you know, and his completion 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:58.280 percentage is impressive. Also, you know, when we look at 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:01.240 Washington's offense to Shaun Jackson missed a lot of time 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:03.319 in the beginning of this football season, So you've got 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:05.920 the fact and again that's where the season comparison really 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.240 to me is irrelevant. He didn't play for a good 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:09.880 portion of you know, the first six seven games of 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:11.600 the season. So now he's in there, so they get 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:14.080 the long ball threat of Deshaun, which obviously the Eagles 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:15.760 defense will have to deal with. Now, one thing that 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:17.680 does stand out when you look at the stats this year, 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:21.160 that's surprising. Washington's run game really has been pretty ineffective, 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:24.040 you know, after Morris and Matt Jones. At three point 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:26.600 six yards per carry and three point four yards per carry, 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:29.800 that's not very good at all. Now we understand that, Dave. 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:32.280 So it's not like the Eagles Russian attack has been brilliant, 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:33.880 and it hasn't been. DeMarco. Mary's had a lot of 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:35.960 carries and he's subed four yards per carry as well. 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:38.600 That's where when we talk about what really stands out 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:42.199 Ryan Matthews, Who's going to get a lot of carries. 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:43.839 He's getting more and more as the season's going on 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:46.400 back from that injury. You just want to see him 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:49.040 have a big game, you know, but he didn't. Here's 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.960 where I disagree with everybody because everybody's dumping on DeMarco. 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:55.720 It's dump on DeMarco time in Philadelphia, and I get it. 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:59.320 I get it, but everybody then speaks about Ryan Matthews 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:02.200 like this, how to give Eagles ran for seventy four 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:06.160 yards against Arizona seventy four yards. Ryan Matthews had thirty 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.000 eight yards on ten carries. Taking away the twenty yard run. 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:10.720 I can't take away the twenty yard run. But you 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.439 get the point. Eagles aren't running the football, whether it's 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:16.720 DeMarco Murray, whether it's Darren Sproles, or whether it's Ryan Matthews. 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:19.240 I agree that Ryan Matthews should carry the ball more, 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:22.720 but the function is messed up. It's the running game, 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.760 not the running backs. Do you agree? I agree in 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:28.480 part there's no question the function of it, the schematic 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:30.400 of it. I mean, I've been dramatically outspoken that I 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:32.959 think there's been some mistakes and how especially in the 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.800 position DeMarco has put in all the runs to the side, 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:38.000 Dave drives me not so no doubt about it. I'm 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.040 with Dave on that point. But if you just ask 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.760 me purely, who's a better player this year and who 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.640 do I have more confidence self in this game by 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.640 a pretty wide margin, it's Ryan Matthews. Guys. Ryan Matthews 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.960 has close to two yards per carry, more per carry 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:56.120 better average numbers. It's just numbers. But but over fourteen games, 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.720 he hasn't played fourteen games. Look at let me again, 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:00.679 I'm going back to I'm going back Saturday night or 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:03.880 Sunday night worth than one who got the ball? What 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.480 about what abotter? Who any of them got in the ball? Listen, 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.320 I agree the offensive line, look the offense. It's not 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.920 the running back. Well, I just I think it's both. 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.680 And there's no doubt the offensive line has struggled. There's 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:17.000 no doubt. Again, the schematic approach to Chip I think 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:19.920 is too simplistic. I think it's too based on tempo. 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:21.840 You know, you're not gonna have tempo with a one 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.559 hundred places, You're gonna have a shrunk playbook because that's 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:27.160 all essentially the Eagles get the information to Bradford, disseminate 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:29.280 the information to the players, so they're gonna be able 0:11:29.280 --> 0:11:31.199 to have a simplified offense from that approach. I think 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.400 defenses have made adjustments to that. And again I don't 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:35.079 like where they're running DeMarco, but I'm not going to 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:37.240 back down from the fact. In my mind, there's no 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.240 doubt Ryan Matthews is bad. He is better, but it 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.320 doesn't make a difference because the offense isn't running the football. 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:46.800 That's my point. My point is that Brian Matthews may 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.319 be better, but it's not making a difference. They're not 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:51.560 running the football, they're not scoring any place. That's why, 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:54.079 as we say here, that's why I think the approach 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:57.240 this week is to throw the football a lot, to 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:01.240 let Sam Bradford carry this offense. Otherwise you're looking at 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:03.720 another fourteen point game, another seventeen point game, maybe another 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:05.520 twenty point. I don't believe that's gonna be enough points 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.720 to beat the Washington Restings. I'm calling on Sam Bradford 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:12.360 to throw the ball thirty five forty times a game. Throw, throw, 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:15.200 throw some more. All right. I like it in theory, 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:18.120 and I'm not really disagreeing. But this is where again 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:20.520 you're run into problems because the Eagles don't have an 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:23.400 outside receiver, an outside not talking about Jordan Matthews, an 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:26.040 outside wide receiver with more than thirty catches this year. 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:30.040 That's a disaster. This isn't nineteen sixty five, where it's 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:31.920 you know, four yards, three yards in a cloud and dust. 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:35.080 This is twenty fifteen. Teams throw thirty forty fifty yard 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:37.600 passes five to sixty seven eight nine times a game. 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:39.560 They throw them and they connect on them where they 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:41.839 get personally they get a pass interferent penalties on them. 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:45.400 So you know, Sam Bradford needs help from the guys outside. Now, 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:48.199 what Bradford does have Dave, which is good. He's got 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.559 a slot receiver in Jordan Matthews, who's a pretty good player, 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:52.720 no doubt about it. He's had a good season. He's 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.600 got running backs that are pretty good at catching the 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.480 ball out of the backfield, and he's got two tight 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:58.880 ends that are doing a nice job, particularly Zacher. It's 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:00.679 emerging more and more as this season goes on. I'm 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:02.800 very impressed with what Earth has done. So you know 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:05.400 that's where obviously the big distribution of his passes goes to. 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.679 But when you don't have an outside it makes it 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:10.800 tough and it really makes it tough to get points. 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:13.199 To your point you need points. I think you get 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:15.480 points in the passing game, but I certainly don't disagree 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:17.760 in the production has not been there on the outside. Now. 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:20.520 The defenses are very similar as well. When you look 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:23.720 at the numbers, the red zone has been just a terrible, 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:26.280 terrible area for the Eagles. Of the takeaways that have 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:29.920 been a positive points per game, generally the same rushing 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.800 yards the Eagles have given up a boatload here, Joe, 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:37.440 as have the Washington Redskins. So again on a numbers standpoint, 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:39.600 not a whole lot of difference comes down the turnovers. 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:42.280 Of Chip Kelly said earlier this week, Eagles have taken 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.000 the football away more than Washington. They've also given the 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:48.560 football up more than Washington and quarterback Kirk Cousins. So 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:51.840 I think that if the matchup that worries me the 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:54.360 most is Ryan Kerrigan on Lane Johnson, He's really had 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.920 a tough time with Kerrigan. Otherwise, the Eagles should be 0:13:57.920 --> 0:14:00.439 able to get open against a beat up, broken down 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:02.880 a little bit secondary of the Washington risk. Yeah, Washington 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:05.360 secondary is not good. They've moved to Angelo Hall obviously, 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:08.280 the veteran. They've moved him playing some time at safety now, 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:12.480 So you know, Washington secondary is certainly susceptible. Kerrigan big player, 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:14.440 no doubt about that. Baker comes off and gets some 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:16.360 sacks as well. Look, here's the deal when we talk 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:18.400 about the Eagles defense, because I think in many ways 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.000 in many ways. I'm gonna put this game on Eagles 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:24.280 defense if they've been inconsistent and the rushing. The rushing 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:27.240 defense for the Eagles has really dramatically gone downhill. First off, 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:29.320 I'm gonna start with Fletcher Cox to the question Dave 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:31.240 asked right in the beginning, you know, advantage, Where are 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:34.120 the Eagles have an advantage? Well, they might have the 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.160 best player in the game in Fletcher Cox. I think 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:37.600 he's one of the best players in the lake. He 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:40.080 just got named of the Pro Bowl yesterday, totally deserved. 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.480 So this is one of those games. You know, Fletcher 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.760 Cox is gonna have a monster contract coming up, you know, 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:46.880 at some point this all season or sometime you know 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:49.360 in the near future. Hey, Fletcher, go out there and 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:51.280 just give me one of those big time games, the 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:53.000 kind of game he had last year versus Dallas in 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:55.360 the road, kind of game he's had, gosh, Dave six 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:57.920 seven times this year, So you need another one of them. 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.720 Benny Logan, is he gonna pu Is he not going 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:02.600 to play? If he does, how effective is he going 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:04.400 to be? That hurts, There's no doubt about it. But 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:07.520 also let's just talk about tackle. You need the linebackers 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:10.320 to tackle better, and if the young cornerbacks are in there, 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:12.760 and Eric Rose, a young cornerback, would right now starter, 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:14.560 but it looks like he's going to be a go. 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:16.800 But if the other guys get in there as they 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:19.840 did on what was it Sunday night, they have to 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.640 tackle better, you know, EJ. Biggers, that whole group. They've 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:26.080 just they've got to tackle better because the tackling generally 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:28.680 speaking in her chip has been good in Bill Davis 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:30.320 over the last three years, but there have been a 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:32.520 couple of instances this year where it's been really bad 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.480 and it's just a recipe for losses. Yep. So that's 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.480 our look side by side, not much to separate, and 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:41.320 that's why these teams are where they are coming into 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:44.400 this week sixteen game in Lincoln Financial Field. We've got 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:46.200 Chip Kelly in a little bit later on to talk 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:49.760 about this breakdown, this big one, this win or no 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:52.440 playoffs for the Eagles. Up next though on Eagles three 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:57.680 sixty Chris McPherson and behind enemy lines with the Washington Redskins. 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.600 Just how good is this Redskins team coming in on 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:19.920 Saturday night dunkin Donuts? Unbelievable? Selection of oven toasted breakfast sandwiches, 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:23.560 freshly made all day, just the way you like them, 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:26.240 so you can enjoy them any type of way, any 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:30.200 time of day. 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We are going to now step aside time 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:48.280 for Chris McPherson and his Behind Enemy Lines segment with 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:53.040 Andrew Walker from Redskins dot Com. It's a must win 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:55.920 game at Lincoln Finshill Field on Sunday night, and help 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:58.879 us preview the showdown, Let's bring in Andrew Walker, the 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:02.879 managing editor for Redskins dot Com. Welcome to Behind Enemy Lines. 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:06.280 Reasoned by Gayade Andrew. My first question is going to 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:09.359 be the quarterback Kirk Cousins. In the last four games, 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:12.359 he has a passer rating of one hundred or better. 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:16.320 He's put monster numbers in the last couple of weeks. 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:18.600 What has been the biggest key to his surge in 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:21.560 the last month of the season. Well, you know, the 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:23.600 last few weeks have been really good. But I think 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:25.960 what we're seeing for Kirk Cousins is just a total 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:28.840 maturation of a guy who's finally getting a full season's 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.600 worth of experience under his belt. You know, he's been 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:34.080 money of late, but he's been really good at home 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:37.240 all year. He just finished with the best completion percentage 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:41.120 at home games of any quarterback in NFL history. So 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:43.119 you know, he's been much better on the road of 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:45.000 late two which will obvious to be a major factor 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:48.040 Saturday night with the division on the line against the Eagles. 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:50.760 He's cut way way down on the interceptions and the 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:53.360 mistakes and he's just doing a good job managing the game, 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:55.840 which is all Jay Grud needs him to do. Yes, 0:18:55.880 --> 0:18:58.000 the Redskins won their first road game of the season 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:01.560 two weeks ago in Chicago. Now, a certain player whom 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:05.080 Eagles fans are very familiar with, he wasn't available for 0:19:05.119 --> 0:19:07.920 the first beeting between these two teams. As wide receiver, 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:11.359 DeShawn Jackson has four touchdowns in the last five games 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:14.320 for Washington. What is he brought to the offense in 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:17.080 his return from injury. Well, I think we all know, 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:20.000 you know the impact generally that DeShawn Jackson has on 0:19:20.040 --> 0:19:22.840 any offense, but here with the Redskins, he really opened 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:25.760 things up down the field for other players. Jameson Crowd 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:28.320 is a rookie guy in the slot. Jordan Reid's having 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:31.159 a huge year at the tight end position, just really 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:33.840 doing things matchup wise that we haven't seen a guy 0:19:33.920 --> 0:19:36.280 do pretty much ever. He's having the best year for 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:39.200 a tight end since Jerry Smith in nineteen sixty seven 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:42.040 as far as Redskins are concerned. And then Pere Garson's 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:44.600 always been that tough guy that gets extra yardage and 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:47.080 gets the first downs. But lately what you've seen is 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:49.400