Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to our final Eagles three sixty
Speaker 1: of this holiday week. I'm Eagles inside Dame Spinnaro along
Speaker 1: with Joe to camera. We're here at an overcare complex,
Speaker 1: our ex Affinity studio, and we're getting ready for the
Speaker 1: Eagles and the Redskins in a game that it means everything.
Speaker 1: Joe does, Yeah, it does. I think we're all ready
Speaker 1: for this season to reach a point where we can
Speaker 1: just zone in and say win in advance. It's almost
Speaker 1: like the NCAA tournament, you know, when it's or urvive
Speaker 1: in advance, and so you know, we get to find
Speaker 1: out if the Eagles can do it. We've been waiting
Speaker 1: all season, Dave, to find out if the Eagles can
Speaker 1: just flat out get this thing done. And it's in
Speaker 1: their hands now where they have no choice but to
Speaker 1: do it or where they're out as we know. And
Speaker 1: so look, it's been a rocky road at six and eight.
Speaker 1: It's been a disappointment. We all understand that. But miraculously
Speaker 1: it is still in their hands. So they've got to
Speaker 1: play better football. They've got to do it. Sam Bradford,
Speaker 1: the passing game, the running backs, Chip Kelly, I don't
Speaker 1: expect schematic adjustments at this point. Obviously, we haven't seen
Speaker 1: them this point in the season, Dave. So you gotta
Speaker 1: play better football. Defense has to step up and do
Speaker 1: a better job. Obviously, Kirk Cousins has done a nice
Speaker 1: job this season, you know, relatively speaking for Washington, they're
Speaker 1: not very nice job. Relatively speaking for anybody. Yeah, they're yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean there's still only seven and seven, right, But
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins, Yes, I think we've we've talked about this
Speaker 1: all year, the Redskins, and they're not really we don't
Speaker 1: think here they are, and they're playing the best football
Speaker 1: if anyone in the NFC easton Kirk Cousins, with the
Speaker 1: possible exception of Eli Man, who's just bombs away. Kirk
Speaker 1: Cousins has done a really nice jobs. Has his performance
Speaker 1: changed your opinion of his ability? Absolutely? Yeah, no, one
Speaker 1: hundred percent. How could it not. I mean, Kirk Cousins
Speaker 1: to me, if you ask me, what's a Kirk Cousins team,
Speaker 1: it's a six and ten team. It's a five and
Speaker 1: eleven team. You know, a big picture and obviously a
Speaker 1: lot of other stuff goes into it, well you have
Speaker 1: around him, but yeah, it's what they've saying. There's seven
Speaker 1: and seven, they've got a shot to be nine and seven. Look,
Speaker 1: he's got a sixty nine percent completion percentage. He's got
Speaker 1: the highest completion percentage in NFL history. At home. Now,
Speaker 1: this game for Washington's on the road. Washington's only won
Speaker 1: one game this year on the road, that was two
Speaker 1: weeks ago, but they have won two in a row.
Speaker 1: They are clearly playing the best football of anyone in
Speaker 1: the division right now. But again it's still can't their hands.
Speaker 1: The Eagles, it's in their hands. Go out there and
Speaker 1: take it. A couple of days from out Lincoln Financial Field,
Speaker 1: a night game south Philadelphia, Go take it. Go stay alive.
Speaker 1: There's nothing to take yet. Fair enough, stay alive. That's
Speaker 1: all we're asking. Did we want another we want a
Speaker 1: heartbeat for next week at MetLife Stadium RW. Let's get
Speaker 1: you caught up on everything that's going on with this
Speaker 1: Eagles team today, and there is a lot going on.
Speaker 1: We've got some injury updates for you and more. It's
Speaker 1: our Eagles sixty update. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith and
Speaker 1: this is your three sixty update. As you can see,
Speaker 1: it is another rainy day here in South Philadelphia, but
Speaker 1: the Eagles did practice outside before the rain started here
Speaker 1: today at the Novercare Complex, and before practice began, we
Speaker 1: heard from Eagles head coach Chip Kelly, who spoke about
Speaker 1: how the team must fight heading into these last two
Speaker 1: weeks as their backs are up against the wall. And
Speaker 1: we also heard from Jordan Matthews in the locker room,
Speaker 1: who echoed coach kelly sentiment. Yeah, but we're not concerned
Speaker 1: about how they were concerned about ourselves. If we lose,
Speaker 1: we're out. It's not about did they clinch or did
Speaker 1: they not clinch. That's I mean, I think you're getting
Speaker 1: a little too far and deep and your motivational aspects
Speaker 1: of things. The bottom line is if we don't win
Speaker 1: the game, we're out of the playoffs. So and I
Speaker 1: think if that's not insensive enough, then you know, if
Speaker 1: I got to keep looking for other things after that,
Speaker 1: then we're in trouble. But well, your backs against the wall,
Speaker 1: you've got a scrap, but you gotta fight. That's when
Speaker 1: you're gonna find out who the men are. So you know,
Speaker 1: I think you know we're coming off a loss like that,
Speaker 1: Like I said, yes, it's a point and yeah, we
Speaker 1: show ourselves in the foot But you know, I'd like
Speaker 1: the metality of the guys in locker room. I like
Speaker 1: the way everybody's gone to work in practice. Now for
Speaker 1: an injury report. Cornerback Byron Maxwell did not practice here
Speaker 1: today as he deals with the shoulder injury. However, fellow
Speaker 1: cornerback Eric Rowe has cleared through the lead's concussion protocol
Speaker 1: and he was back practicing with the team today. In
Speaker 1: the locker room, we caught up with Roe, who said
Speaker 1: that he doesn't feel that he needs to be the
Speaker 1: team's number one corner if Byron Maxwell can't go, as
Speaker 1: it's more of a group effort with this Eagle secondary.
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't see mich those like saying like
Speaker 1: I'm knowing Corn of leading in the group. I feel like,
Speaker 1: you know, Rod just as equal we got Jalen ej.
Speaker 1: You know that, you know, they stepped up and play
Speaker 1: real well, at least in my mind, they play real
Speaker 1: well in the game that's Sunday night. So I mean,
Speaker 1: if Byron can't go, I mean, obviously then we all
Speaker 1: have to pick up a step at as a DV group.
Speaker 1: Another Eagle who did not participate in today's practice was
Speaker 1: defensive lineman Benny Logan, who Chip Kelly says is day
Speaker 1: to day with a calf injury. Inside the locker room,
Speaker 1: we heard from his backup bo Allen, who is ready
Speaker 1: to step up if called upon on Saturday. You know,
Speaker 1: I think that's something that you look forward as a player.
Speaker 1: You never know, you know, whether or not you're gonna
Speaker 1: get your first start. You don't know, and it's gonna
Speaker 1: you know, you might not know. It's a game, guys,
Speaker 1: So I guess you just gotta prepare every day like
Speaker 1: you're not, you know, a backup. And that's kind of
Speaker 1: I've played in every game two these last two years,
Speaker 1: so I don't see myself as green by any means.
Speaker 1: So you just work every week and prepare every week
Speaker 1: like you are the guy, and then you know, if
Speaker 1: if that time arrives, you're never surprised by it. The
Speaker 1: only other Eagles player who did not participate today's training
Speaker 1: session was wide receiver Shay Is year two two, who
Speaker 1: was dealing with an ankle injury. Meanwhile, no Eagles players
Speaker 1: were listed as limited participants at today's practice. You can
Speaker 1: check out the full injury report as well as our
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl coverage as we congratulate Fletcher Cox, Darren's Prowls,
Speaker 1: and Jason Peters on making this year's Pro Bowl right
Speaker 1: here from Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. Thanks so much, Alex.
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Speaker 1: holiday season and Marry Christmas, and let's talk Eagles and
Speaker 1: Redskins here, Joe, let's begin with a side by side
Speaker 1: statistical look at the Washington offense and the Philadelphia offense.
Speaker 1: Where do the Eagles have an evangels? Look at the
Speaker 1: numbers we talk about it, you know, advantages. I don't
Speaker 1: think it's a situation really where the Eagles have dramatic
Speaker 1: advantages much at all in this in this football game.
Speaker 1: I mean, frankly, I think they're they're pretty comparable teams
Speaker 1: and the numbers clearly speak to that. Now, I think
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins has been better than Bradford. But with that said,
Speaker 1: Bradford generally has progressed as the season's going on. So
Speaker 1: you know, what Bradford was versus Atlanta, what Bradford was
Speaker 1: versus Dallas, frankly doesn't matter. He's a better quarterback at
Speaker 1: this point than that. So I don't I don't really
Speaker 1: care about a fourteen game statistical analysis. I care about
Speaker 1: more recent times, and clearly Bradford has been better than
Speaker 1: he had been. With that said, Kirk Cousins has done
Speaker 1: a nice job the ship, you know, and his completion
Speaker 1: percentage is impressive. Also, you know, when we look at
Speaker 1: Washington's offense to Shaun Jackson missed a lot of time
Speaker 1: in the beginning of this football season, So you've got
Speaker 1: the fact and again that's where the season comparison really
Speaker 1: to me is irrelevant. He didn't play for a good
Speaker 1: portion of you know, the first six seven games of
Speaker 1: the season. So now he's in there, so they get
Speaker 1: the long ball threat of Deshaun, which obviously the Eagles
Speaker 1: defense will have to deal with. Now, one thing that
Speaker 1: does stand out when you look at the stats this year,
Speaker 1: that's surprising. Washington's run game really has been pretty ineffective,
Speaker 1: you know, after Morris and Matt Jones. At three point
Speaker 1: six yards per carry and three point four yards per carry,
Speaker 1: that's not very good at all. Now we understand that, Dave.
Speaker 1: So it's not like the Eagles Russian attack has been brilliant,
Speaker 1: and it hasn't been. DeMarco. Mary's had a lot of
Speaker 1: carries and he's subed four yards per carry as well.
Speaker 1: That's where when we talk about what really stands out
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews, Who's going to get a lot of carries.
Speaker 1: He's getting more and more as the season's going on
Speaker 1: back from that injury. You just want to see him
Speaker 1: have a big game, you know, but he didn't. Here's
Speaker 1: where I disagree with everybody because everybody's dumping on DeMarco.
Speaker 1: It's dump on DeMarco time in Philadelphia, and I get it.
Speaker 1: I get it, but everybody then speaks about Ryan Matthews
Speaker 1: like this, how to give Eagles ran for seventy four
Speaker 1: yards against Arizona seventy four yards. Ryan Matthews had thirty
Speaker 1: eight yards on ten carries. Taking away the twenty yard run.
Speaker 1: I can't take away the twenty yard run. But you
Speaker 1: get the point. Eagles aren't running the football, whether it's
Speaker 1: DeMarco Murray, whether it's Darren Sproles, or whether it's Ryan Matthews.
Speaker 1: I agree that Ryan Matthews should carry the ball more,
Speaker 1: but the function is messed up. It's the running game,
Speaker 1: not the running backs. Do you agree? I agree in
Speaker 1: part there's no question the function of it, the schematic
Speaker 1: of it. I mean, I've been dramatically outspoken that I
Speaker 1: think there's been some mistakes and how especially in the
Speaker 1: position DeMarco has put in all the runs to the side,
Speaker 1: Dave drives me not so no doubt about it. I'm
Speaker 1: with Dave on that point. But if you just ask
Speaker 1: me purely, who's a better player this year and who
Speaker 1: do I have more confidence self in this game by
Speaker 1: a pretty wide margin, it's Ryan Matthews. Guys. Ryan Matthews
Speaker 1: has close to two yards per carry, more per carry
Speaker 1: better average numbers. It's just numbers. But but over fourteen games,
Speaker 1: he hasn't played fourteen games. Look at let me again,
Speaker 1: I'm going back to I'm going back Saturday night or
Speaker 1: Sunday night worth than one who got the ball? What
Speaker 1: about what abotter? Who any of them got in the ball? Listen,
Speaker 1: I agree the offensive line, look the offense. It's not
Speaker 1: the running back. Well, I just I think it's both.
Speaker 1: And there's no doubt the offensive line has struggled. There's
Speaker 1: no doubt. Again, the schematic approach to Chip I think
Speaker 1: is too simplistic. I think it's too based on tempo.
Speaker 1: You know, you're not gonna have tempo with a one
Speaker 1: hundred places, You're gonna have a shrunk playbook because that's
Speaker 1: all essentially the Eagles get the information to Bradford, disseminate
Speaker 1: the information to the players, so they're gonna be able
Speaker 1: to have a simplified offense from that approach. I think
Speaker 1: defenses have made adjustments to that. And again I don't
Speaker 1: like where they're running DeMarco, but I'm not going to
Speaker 1: back down from the fact. In my mind, there's no
Speaker 1: doubt Ryan Matthews is bad. He is better, but it
Speaker 1: doesn't make a difference because the offense isn't running the football.
Speaker 1: That's my point. My point is that Brian Matthews may
Speaker 1: be better, but it's not making a difference. They're not
Speaker 1: running the football, they're not scoring any place. That's why,
Speaker 1: as we say here, that's why I think the approach
Speaker 1: this week is to throw the football a lot, to
Speaker 1: let Sam Bradford carry this offense. Otherwise you're looking at
Speaker 1: another fourteen point game, another seventeen point game, maybe another
Speaker 1: twenty point. I don't believe that's gonna be enough points
Speaker 1: to beat the Washington Restings. I'm calling on Sam Bradford
Speaker 1: to throw the ball thirty five forty times a game. Throw, throw,
Speaker 1: throw some more. All right. I like it in theory,
Speaker 1: and I'm not really disagreeing. But this is where again
Speaker 1: you're run into problems because the Eagles don't have an
Speaker 1: outside receiver, an outside not talking about Jordan Matthews, an
Speaker 1: outside wide receiver with more than thirty catches this year.
Speaker 1: That's a disaster. This isn't nineteen sixty five, where it's
Speaker 1: you know, four yards, three yards in a cloud and dust.
Speaker 1: This is twenty fifteen. Teams throw thirty forty fifty yard
Speaker 1: passes five to sixty seven eight nine times a game.
Speaker 1: They throw them and they connect on them where they
Speaker 1: get personally they get a pass interferent penalties on them.
Speaker 1: So you know, Sam Bradford needs help from the guys outside. Now,
Speaker 1: what Bradford does have Dave, which is good. He's got
Speaker 1: a slot receiver in Jordan Matthews, who's a pretty good player,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. He's had a good season. He's
Speaker 1: got running backs that are pretty good at catching the
Speaker 1: ball out of the backfield, and he's got two tight
Speaker 1: ends that are doing a nice job, particularly Zacher. It's
Speaker 1: emerging more and more as this season goes on. I'm
Speaker 1: very impressed with what Earth has done. So you know
Speaker 1: that's where obviously the big distribution of his passes goes to.
Speaker 1: But when you don't have an outside it makes it
Speaker 1: tough and it really makes it tough to get points.
Speaker 1: To your point you need points. I think you get
Speaker 1: points in the passing game, but I certainly don't disagree
Speaker 1: in the production has not been there on the outside. Now.
Speaker 1: The defenses are very similar as well. When you look
Speaker 1: at the numbers, the red zone has been just a terrible,
Speaker 1: terrible area for the Eagles. Of the takeaways that have
Speaker 1: been a positive points per game, generally the same rushing
Speaker 1: yards the Eagles have given up a boatload here, Joe,
Speaker 1: as have the Washington Redskins. So again on a numbers standpoint,
Speaker 1: not a whole lot of difference comes down the turnovers.
Speaker 1: Of Chip Kelly said earlier this week, Eagles have taken
Speaker 1: the football away more than Washington. They've also given the
Speaker 1: football up more than Washington and quarterback Kirk Cousins. So
Speaker 1: I think that if the matchup that worries me the
Speaker 1: most is Ryan Kerrigan on Lane Johnson, He's really had
Speaker 1: a tough time with Kerrigan. Otherwise, the Eagles should be
Speaker 1: able to get open against a beat up, broken down
Speaker 1: a little bit secondary of the Washington risk. Yeah, Washington
Speaker 1: secondary is not good. They've moved to Angelo Hall obviously,
Speaker 1: the veteran. They've moved him playing some time at safety now,
Speaker 1: So you know, Washington secondary is certainly susceptible. Kerrigan big player,
Speaker 1: no doubt about that. Baker comes off and gets some
Speaker 1: sacks as well. Look, here's the deal when we talk
Speaker 1: about the Eagles defense, because I think in many ways
Speaker 1: in many ways. I'm gonna put this game on Eagles
Speaker 1: defense if they've been inconsistent and the rushing. The rushing
Speaker 1: defense for the Eagles has really dramatically gone downhill. First off,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start with Fletcher Cox to the question Dave
Speaker 1: asked right in the beginning, you know, advantage, Where are
Speaker 1: the Eagles have an advantage? Well, they might have the
Speaker 1: best player in the game in Fletcher Cox. I think
Speaker 1: he's one of the best players in the lake. He
Speaker 1: just got named of the Pro Bowl yesterday, totally deserved.
Speaker 1: So this is one of those games. You know, Fletcher
Speaker 1: Cox is gonna have a monster contract coming up, you know,
Speaker 1: at some point this all season or sometime you know
Speaker 1: in the near future. Hey, Fletcher, go out there and
Speaker 1: just give me one of those big time games, the
Speaker 1: kind of game he had last year versus Dallas in
Speaker 1: the road, kind of game he's had, gosh, Dave six
Speaker 1: seven times this year, So you need another one of them.
Speaker 1: Benny Logan, is he gonna pu Is he not going
Speaker 1: to play? If he does, how effective is he going
Speaker 1: to be? That hurts, There's no doubt about it. But
Speaker 1: also let's just talk about tackle. You need the linebackers
Speaker 1: to tackle better, and if the young cornerbacks are in there,
Speaker 1: and Eric Rose, a young cornerback, would right now starter,
Speaker 1: but it looks like he's going to be a go.
Speaker 1: But if the other guys get in there as they
Speaker 1: did on what was it Sunday night, they have to
Speaker 1: tackle better, you know, EJ. Biggers, that whole group. They've
Speaker 1: just they've got to tackle better because the tackling generally
Speaker 1: speaking in her chip has been good in Bill Davis
Speaker 1: over the last three years, but there have been a
Speaker 1: couple of instances this year where it's been really bad
Speaker 1: and it's just a recipe for losses. Yep. So that's
Speaker 1: our look side by side, not much to separate, and
Speaker 1: that's why these teams are where they are coming into
Speaker 1: this week sixteen game in Lincoln Financial Field. We've got
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly in a little bit later on to talk
Speaker 1: about this breakdown, this big one, this win or no
Speaker 1: playoffs for the Eagles. Up next though on Eagles three
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Speaker 1: We welcome you back to Eagles three sixty Dave Spidero,
Speaker 1: Joe Dicamera. We are going to now step aside time
Speaker 1: for Chris McPherson and his Behind Enemy Lines segment with
Speaker 1: Andrew Walker from Redskins dot Com. It's a must win
Speaker 1: game at Lincoln Finshill Field on Sunday night, and help
Speaker 1: us preview the showdown, Let's bring in Andrew Walker, the
Speaker 1: managing editor for Redskins dot Com. Welcome to Behind Enemy Lines.
Speaker 1: Reasoned by Gayade Andrew. My first question is going to
Speaker 1: be the quarterback Kirk Cousins. In the last four games,
Speaker 1: he has a passer rating of one hundred or better.
Speaker 1: He's put monster numbers in the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: What has been the biggest key to his surge in
Speaker 1: the last month of the season. Well, you know, the
Speaker 1: last few weeks have been really good. But I think
Speaker 1: what we're seeing for Kirk Cousins is just a total
Speaker 1: maturation of a guy who's finally getting a full season's
Speaker 1: worth of experience under his belt. You know, he's been
Speaker 1: money of late, but he's been really good at home
Speaker 1: all year. He just finished with the best completion percentage
Speaker 1: at home games of any quarterback in NFL history. So
Speaker 1: you know, he's been much better on the road of
Speaker 1: late two which will obvious to be a major factor
Speaker 1: Saturday night with the division on the line against the Eagles.
Speaker 1: He's cut way way down on the interceptions and the
Speaker 1: mistakes and he's just doing a good job managing the game,
Speaker 1: which is all Jay Grud needs him to do. Yes,
Speaker 1: the Redskins won their first road game of the season
Speaker 1: two weeks ago in Chicago. Now, a certain player whom
Speaker 1: Eagles fans are very familiar with, he wasn't available for
Speaker 1: the first beeting between these two teams. As wide receiver,
Speaker 1: DeShawn Jackson has four touchdowns in the last five games
Speaker 1: for Washington. What is he brought to the offense in
Speaker 1: his return from injury. Well, I think we all know,
Speaker 1: you know the impact generally that DeShawn Jackson has on
Speaker 1: any offense, but here with the Redskins, he really opened
Speaker 1: things up down the field for other players. Jameson Crowd
Speaker 1: is a rookie guy in the slot. Jordan Reid's having
Speaker 1: a huge year at the tight end position, just really
Speaker 1: doing things matchup wise that we haven't seen a guy
Speaker 1: do pretty much ever. He's having the best year for
Speaker 1: a tight end since Jerry Smith in nineteen sixty seven
Speaker 1: as far as Redskins are concerned. And then Pere Garson's
Speaker 1: always been that tough guy that gets extra yardage and
Speaker 1: gets the first downs. But lately what you've seen is
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins can kind of just kind of let it loose,
Speaker 1: let DeShawn go and get the ball, which to me
Speaker 1: is his biggest strength outside of just a peer speed.
Speaker 1: And he kind of on a separate note, he's asked
Speaker 1: last night about this impending game here in Philadelphia. Try
Speaker 1: to play it cool, like you know, like you know,
Speaker 1: to Sean say, I don't want to make headlines, but
Speaker 1: you could see it in his eyes. He's ready to
Speaker 1: go for this one, all right, Andrew. On Sunday night,
Speaker 1: the Eagles allowed rookie David Johnson to gain one hundred
Speaker 1: and eighty seven yards on the ground. I'm sure Alfred
Speaker 1: Morris and Matt Jones must be licking their chops as
Speaker 1: the Redskins have struggled on the ground this season, but
Speaker 1: I'm sure they're gonna hope they get things going on
Speaker 1: Saturday Night. Yeah, I mean so I kind of chuck
Speaker 1: it up to the number one hundred. If the Redskins
Speaker 1: get to one hundred rushing yards, they generally seem to
Speaker 1: do pretty well in the game because that opens up
Speaker 1: the play action pass for Kirk Cousins and that's his
Speaker 1: bread and butter. But you know, just in general, it's
Speaker 1: been a multitude of issues for the run game, which
Speaker 1: actually started off really well and then really tailed off,
Speaker 1: you know, the mid part of the season. You know,
Speaker 1: sometimes the backs aren't writing hitting the right holes. Sometimes
Speaker 1: guys are missing blocks. We've had penalty issues at times.
Speaker 1: But you know, if they can get to that one
Speaker 1: hundred number and kind of keep the defense, you know,
Speaker 1: somewhat on their toes, then Kirk's does a really good
Speaker 1: job in that play action and he, you know, like
Speaker 1: I said, Jordan Reid, Deshaun Jackson, Pierre Garson Crowder, Matt
Speaker 1: Jones has been really good out of the screen. Chris
Speaker 1: Thompson might be back as the third option. If not,
Speaker 1: they have veteran Pierre Thomas. You know, they have all
Speaker 1: kinds of weapons they can go to. Andrew. Last question,
Speaker 1: let's look at the defensive side of the football. D'Angelo Hall,
Speaker 1: the long time corner has been moved to safety. What
Speaker 1: has that done to stabilize the secondary? Yeah, he's kind
Speaker 1: of a guy that's become the Swiss Army Knife of
Speaker 1: the Redskins defense. And that's Jake kring Schrifles, one of
Speaker 1: our writers here kind of coined that phrase because here
Speaker 1: he is in his twelfth year. You know, he's been
Speaker 1: one of the best playmaking cornerbacks throughout his career in
Speaker 1: the NFL, but he had a toe injury earlier in
Speaker 1: the season, kind of came back a little slower than
Speaker 1: that from that than he wanted, and then the coaches
Speaker 1: presented him with the idea, Hey, can you move to safety?
Speaker 1: Will that be better on your toe? We're really, we're
Speaker 1: really not too deep at that position. And he's taken
Speaker 1: it and run with it. And you know, D'Angelo Hall,
Speaker 1: maybe he's earned it earlier in his career, but he
Speaker 1: was kind of got this stigma that he's just a
Speaker 1: me me me type guy. You know, I've been here
Speaker 1: since twenty twelve, and I can tell you firsthand, this
Speaker 1: guy's probably one of the probably one of the more
Speaker 1: team first guys we have in this locker room, and
Speaker 1: he just wants to win, so he'll do whatever it takes.
Speaker 1: And he's really done well at the safety position everything
Speaker 1: considering he's a twelve year veteran, Like I said, so
Speaker 1: he's learned a thing or two along the way. And
Speaker 1: hopefully Saturday night in Philly we'll see him kind of
Speaker 1: you know, last year he got he suffered that season
Speaker 1: ending achilles injury at Lincoln Financial Field. Maybe we'll get
Speaker 1: a low redemption on Saturday. Andrew Walker, the managing editor
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Speaker 1: When we return to Eagles three sixty, I'm with Chip Kelly,
Speaker 1: the head coach of the Eagles. Big week for him,
Speaker 1: short week for the team. How do they bounce back
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Speaker 1: one on one with head coach Chip Kelly, presented by
Speaker 1: Wahwa coach How have the players approached coming back to
Speaker 1: work here at tough loss on Sunday with such an
Speaker 1: important game on Saturday night the same way they've always
Speaker 1: proached that they come back and we make corrections from
Speaker 1: the previous game and then we get onto our next
Speaker 1: to point. So there's i mean fans out there wondering,
Speaker 1: there's nothing different that changes from week to week. Keep everything.
Speaker 1: We have to change our schedule slightly because we play
Speaker 1: a game on Saturday, so we're on a short week schedule.
Speaker 1: But besides that, we're pretty routine and what we do.
Speaker 1: Let's get into the game here. The Washington front tough, aggressive, fast,
Speaker 1: What kind of challenges that provide for the offense. They've
Speaker 1: got a lot of big guys up front, you know,
Speaker 1: led by Terrence Knight and Chris Baker inside, two big
Speaker 1: physical run stoppers, two outstanding defensive ends, and Trent Murphy
Speaker 1: and Kerrigan, who's one of the better defensive end outside
Speaker 1: linebackers in the league. You know, so they can really
Speaker 1: they don't blitz very much because they don't have two
Speaker 1: blitz I think they can stop the run with their front.
Speaker 1: They've done a good job. But all year long, um,
Speaker 1: you know, and it's a it'll be a tough task
Speaker 1: for us getting ready for this week and preparing for
Speaker 1: the individual movements they do up front, and then just
Speaker 1: preparing against some really good players. Is Kerrigan a speed guy,
Speaker 1: power guy, He's everything. There's one of the prototypical outside linebackers.
Speaker 1: He can beat you with speed, he can get you
Speaker 1: with power. And their secondary they've had some injuries, they've
Speaker 1: still functioned. It seems like they've moved a couple of
Speaker 1: pieces around how they played well. They moved Dangelo Hallos,
Speaker 1: an outstanding corner, into safety, and I think that's really
Speaker 1: helped them solidify a few things. And um Brelan is
Speaker 1: one of the better corners, especially in our division that
Speaker 1: we face a lot, and he's played well against us
Speaker 1: in every matchup we've had with him. M Deshaun Golson
Speaker 1: is another free safety that hasn't been an outstanding player.
Speaker 1: Was a really good player in San Francisco and Tampa
Speaker 1: and now is doing a great job for them. So
Speaker 1: they've got a good, good group that backs up that
Speaker 1: real good front ship. When you play one team and
Speaker 1: then a second time, just a lot change. Do you
Speaker 1: notice a lot changes from personnel changes? You know, from
Speaker 1: an injury standpoint, there's some new guys obviously on the
Speaker 1: back end for them, so they'll see some new new
Speaker 1: and different faces from that standpoint. So, um, schematically, they're
Speaker 1: not going to change. You know, they're not going to
Speaker 1: come out and play a brand new defense against us.
Speaker 1: They're gonna do what they do. We're gonna do what
Speaker 1: we do. And um, it was a close game last
Speaker 1: last time we played him. It came down to last
Speaker 1: play the game basically, and UM, you know, we've got
Speaker 1: to do everything we can to make sure that we're
Speaker 1: ready to execute on Saturday. You've spoken very highly of
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins in the past. Done well. He's extremely act.
Speaker 1: I think he's got a very good command of what
Speaker 1: they're doing. He great knowledge as a quarterback. You can
Speaker 1: tell he studies and works at it, and then you've
Speaker 1: just seen him increase. I think he's got seven three
Speaker 1: hundred yard games this year. He's got a very very
Speaker 1: high completion percentage. He's got some outstanding receivers with reads,
Speaker 1: specifically the tight end that's really doing some damage right now.
Speaker 1: And it's it's a good mix because they can run
Speaker 1: the ball with Alfred Morris, but then they run the
Speaker 1: play actions off of it and then nay kids off
Speaker 1: of it. Um they really you know, kind of test
Speaker 1: jend you can't have everybody swarm to the ball because
Speaker 1: he can. He is a mobile quarterback also, so I
Speaker 1: think there's a challenge in facing a quarterback that's that
Speaker 1: accurate in that mobile. He seems like he's also a
Speaker 1: really confident guy and somebody kind of the players seem
Speaker 1: to respond to his play, to his fiery demeanor. I
Speaker 1: think so. I mean, we just watch a game take,
Speaker 1: so I don't when we get a whole heck of
Speaker 1: a lot of the interaction in between the games. But
Speaker 1: he is executing at a very high level right now.
Speaker 1: Having just come off Arizona that likes to go vertical,
Speaker 1: is this team kind of similar in that they go
Speaker 1: vertical that off they do, they do it all. You know,
Speaker 1: they're West Coast based offense. They you know, they can run.
Speaker 1: They run a lot of shallow crosses with big routes
Speaker 1: behind it. They will go deep and play in the
Speaker 1: play action game off their run game. They got a
Speaker 1: real good, extensive quick game that will give you some nobacks.
Speaker 1: I think you have to be prepared for everything when
Speaker 1: you're gonna face those offense ship. Thank you very much,
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Speaker 1: segment on Eagles three sixty. David Spadero Joe to camera
Speaker 1: and before we get your final thoughts, because I do
Speaker 1: want to hear them and find out how the Eagles
Speaker 1: can win this game, Right Joe, we all want to
Speaker 1: find out how the Eagles can win this game. Let's
Speaker 1: get you out caught up on what's ahead this week
Speaker 1: as we lead into Saturday Night's game. It's Amroso's on
Speaker 1: the Menu segment for you. Glenn mcnow we will be
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Speaker 1: All Right, Joe, let's talk about this game and the
Speaker 1: keys to victory. We know turnovers, we know the basics.
Speaker 1: You know you got tackle better who emerges as the
Speaker 1: star who takes this Eagles team to the finish line. Here, Well,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'll answer your question by saying this it's
Speaker 1: a quarterback driven lake and the quarterback to plays better
Speaker 1: in this game probably wins the game. That's what typically
Speaker 1: happens in an NFL football game. So to answer Dave's question,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go right to Sam Bradford, and I'm gonna
Speaker 1: look at Sam Bradford. If I'm chipping. I'm not saying
Speaker 1: Chip's got to put this pressure on him, but if
Speaker 1: I'm chipping in my mind, it's Hey, Sam, I'm looking
Speaker 1: to perhaps give you a really big contract in a
Speaker 1: couple of months, perhaps annoying you. The starting quarterback of
Speaker 1: this franchise for the next five years. Go out there
Speaker 1: and win this game. For me. Bradford's got to have that.
Speaker 1: He's got to win the game. That's huge. I start
Speaker 1: with that special teams, Dave, Let's talk about a few
Speaker 1: other aspects, Chip Kelly. Since he came here in twenty thirteen,
Speaker 1: this team has had phenomenal success with special teams until
Speaker 1: they ran into a couple of big bumps in the
Speaker 1: road this year. And then they've had other games this year,
Speaker 1: the block punt for the touchdown, you know, the New
Speaker 1: England play. They've had a couple of big ones. So
Speaker 1: you know they need the special teams to help them
Speaker 1: because frankly, the Eagles offense and defensive loans not good enough.
Speaker 1: They need the special teams. So I'm gonna look at
Speaker 1: that factor. I'm gonna look at the home field advantage factor,
Speaker 1: which hasn't been great. So you need the crowd to
Speaker 1: rise up, rise up in South Philadelphia on Saturday night.
Speaker 1: I look at that. I look at the DeShawn Jackson
Speaker 1: factor in this game. That hey, listen, that's a big challenge.
Speaker 1: He's a very motivated player coming in here. We all
Speaker 1: understand the stakes of Sean Jackson history with the Philadelphia Eagles,
Speaker 1: so the safeties and the cornerbacks are going to have
Speaker 1: to defend against him and not try to give Alfred
Speaker 1: Mars too much and Matt Jones too much room to
Speaker 1: run in the process. We know what the Shaan does.
Speaker 1: He helps the other players on the other on his team.
Speaker 1: So I look at that and also Dave. Final thing
Speaker 1: I'll say is this we all understand as we come
Speaker 1: near the end of year three of chip Kelly, that
Speaker 1: this is a critical game for the Philadelphia Eagles future
Speaker 1: one way or the other, because in many ways it
Speaker 1: could set in motion what happens, who's back, what you're doing,
Speaker 1: the schematic approach next year, do you make the playoffs?
Speaker 1: Do you survive just for another week but then lose
Speaker 1: to the Giants. It's a really big game, I think
Speaker 1: for the chip Kelly tenure and again for Sam Bradford
Speaker 1: as well. All Right, there you go. I don't disagree
Speaker 1: with much of that at all. I I don't think
Speaker 1: chip Kelly goes up to Sam Bradford and talks about
Speaker 1: the future. No, And I'm not think. I don't think.
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't. I think the focus is just
Speaker 1: this game. I don't think there's any extra incentive needed
Speaker 1: for Sam Bradford. I think the game plan though, has
Speaker 1: to be tailored as I said earlier, to passing the football,
Speaker 1: passing the football, opening up with passing. I just want
Speaker 1: to see them do it well and they put it
Speaker 1: that well. Yeah. I don't want to see them do
Speaker 1: it and do it in effective. I want to see
Speaker 1: them do it well. Yeah obviously, yeah, but they throw
Speaker 1: the ball better than they run the ball. That's just
Speaker 1: the way I see it. And it's just such a
Speaker 1: message offense. It's just not even close to what we
Speaker 1: thought we would see in twenty fifteen. Jody Camera, thanks
Speaker 1: so much. Marry Christmas to you. We thank you for
Speaker 1: joining us here on Eagles three sixty. Happy holidays, Merry
Speaker 1: Christmas to all, and have a great Eagles night everyone,