Speaker 1: Hello everyone and welcomes the Eagles three sixty Eagles insider
Speaker 1: David Spidero along with Chris McPherson on this Monday at
Speaker 1: the Novicare Complex. And let's be honest because it is
Speaker 1: a very sobering time here at an overcare complex knowing
Speaker 1: that this is the final week of the season, which
Speaker 1: remarkable feeling after kind of all the high expectations going
Speaker 1: into the regular season, after a fine, fine preseason, outstanding preseason,
Speaker 1: and probably set the expectations way too high for this
Speaker 1: football team with so many new pieces needing to gel
Speaker 1: throughout the course of the year. But hey, at one
Speaker 1: point this team was four and four. They were not
Speaker 1: able to get it done down the stretch and the
Speaker 1: Redskins game on Saturday night just showed some of the
Speaker 1: same problems that we've seen throughout the course of the season,
Speaker 1: from drops, an inconsistent play on offense, to too many
Speaker 1: breakdowns on the defensive side of the football, especially in
Speaker 1: third down situations when a play was needed to be made.
Speaker 1: So the same storylines reared their ugly heads once again,
Speaker 1: and that's why the Eagles for the second straight ear
Speaker 1: Dave are on the outside looking in when it comes
Speaker 1: to the playoffs, and for the second consecutive season, the
Speaker 1: Eagles eliminated by Washington. The playoff hopes of the Eagles
Speaker 1: dead once again, and we'll look ahead to two thousand
Speaker 1: and sixteen in due time. Today we want to talk
Speaker 1: specifically about this Eagles team and what has gone wrong
Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen. Later on, Brian Westbrook will join us
Speaker 1: via Skype. Right now, however, well Chip Kelly meeting the
Speaker 1: media on this Monday, Alex Smith covers it in our
Speaker 1: Eagles three sixty Update. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith and
Speaker 1: this is your three sixty update. The Eagles are back
Speaker 1: at work here at the Novocare Complex as they get
Speaker 1: set for the regular season finale against the New York
Speaker 1: Giants on Sunday. Today we heard from Eagles head coach
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly, and one of the first topics that he
Speaker 1: addressed was the Eagles defense as they struggled against the
Speaker 1: past against Washington on Saturday night, and according to head coach,
Speaker 1: one of the most frustrating parts about this defense is
Speaker 1: that every week it seems to be something different, as
Speaker 1: you can't pinpoint just one problem where the team has
Speaker 1: been inconsistent or like I said earlier in the Arizona game,
Speaker 1: we got the ball run on us, you know, and
Speaker 1: Johnson they did a really good job and running the
Speaker 1: ball on us. In this game. We did a good
Speaker 1: job in the run defense, where we didn't we didn't
Speaker 1: do a very good job at all in the past defense,
Speaker 1: especially versus their tight ends and their running backs. So
Speaker 1: it's it hasn't been the same consistent theme. So there's
Speaker 1: not one thing to say, Hey, we need to If
Speaker 1: we fix this, we're gonna be good. We're gonna be good.
Speaker 1: It's and that's the frustrating part, you know. It's it's
Speaker 1: it's that's the part to degravate him, to be honest
Speaker 1: with you. After the game on Saturday night, quarterback Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford expressed that he wants to be here in Philadelphia
Speaker 1: next season and moving forward, and while his contract is
Speaker 1: up after this year. Kelly said that it's no surprise
Speaker 1: to him that Bradford wants to be back here as
Speaker 1: an Eagle. I know where Sam stood the whole the
Speaker 1: whole season, and I know we know we're on the
Speaker 1: same page in terms of where we are. It's just
Speaker 1: we don't negotiate during the during the season with anybody.
Speaker 1: So that wasn't a hey, we don't want Sam back.
Speaker 1: That's just the way it is. You know, we players
Speaker 1: shouldn't be worried about a contract while the season's going on,
Speaker 1: and that'll be something we'll address after the season. But
Speaker 1: that may be news to you guys, it's not new
Speaker 1: sauce that Sam is happy here. So six and nine
Speaker 1: is certainly not where the Eagles thought they would be
Speaker 1: through fifteen games here in the twenty fifteen season. But
Speaker 1: according to head coach Chip Kelly, even though things haven't
Speaker 1: gone the way the team has hoped, this still isn't
Speaker 1: a bad football team. Yeah, it didn't go away, But
Speaker 1: I don't think we're a bad football team, not by
Speaker 1: any stretch, you know. And I can point the plays
Speaker 1: and I think we're not consistent that we need to
Speaker 1: be consistent. I don't think we've done a good enough
Speaker 1: job as coaches and putting them in position to make place.
Speaker 1: But I don't think that, you know, we need to
Speaker 1: revamp this entire cope of guys, because I think we've
Speaker 1: got some really, really good guys that'll wrap things up
Speaker 1: here From the Novacare Complex, be sure to stay tuned
Speaker 1: to Philadelphia Eagles dot Com throughout the week for all
Speaker 1: the latest coverage, including our live press conferences from coach Kelly,
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford, Damiko Ryans, and Malcolm Jenkins. Thanks so much,
Speaker 1: Alex Chris. Interesting little side note here, if the Eagles
Speaker 1: lose this game, this is kind of a battle for London.
Speaker 1: The loser of the game on Sunday goes to London
Speaker 1: to play the Rams next year. The winner of this
Speaker 1: game on Sunday plays a road game in Seattle next season.
Speaker 1: Have that correct? That's correct? So either way you're traveling,
Speaker 1: The thing is you don't want to back into a
Speaker 1: London game, so to speak. Now it would be a
Speaker 1: road game either way. So the Eagles don't lose a
Speaker 1: home game, which is very important. But it's been a
Speaker 1: long time since the Eagles that played internationally. You've covered
Speaker 1: the Eagles and some of these nineteen well I believe, yeah,
Speaker 1: certainly so definitely a different flavor there. But I want
Speaker 1: the Eagles and on a high note and beat the
Speaker 1: New York Giants, and that's going to the offseason a down, right.
Speaker 1: That's kind of the way it works in the NFL.
Speaker 1: You play to win the games and that is the
Speaker 1: objective here. The players report back to the Novercare Complex
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, and there's site set on the New York
Speaker 1: Football Giants. When we return to Eagles three sixty, we've
Speaker 1: got allowed to get you. We're gonna talk about the defense.
Speaker 1: We're gonna talking about it, but first we're gonna talk
Speaker 1: about Sam Bradford. Now, has he done enough in your
Speaker 1: minds to win a contract here with the Philadelphia Eagles?
Speaker 1: Is he the player around which you build for this
Speaker 1: Eagles offense. We'll talk about it when we return the
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Speaker 1: sixty Eagles inside of Dave Spider along with Chris McPherson.
Speaker 1: We're now joined via Skype by the Hall of famer
Speaker 1: former Eagles running back Brian Westbrook. Brian, Happy Holiday's, Happy
Speaker 1: New Year to you and yours. Happy holidays guys, Thank
Speaker 1: you very much. We are we are anxious to speak
Speaker 1: to you now. You've gone through these seasons before. First,
Speaker 1: the mindset of a player heading into the last week
Speaker 1: of a season, well, it's all always tough as a
Speaker 1: player because you put so much time and energy at
Speaker 1: being focused on winning football games, and you still want
Speaker 1: to invest that time and energy. It's just a little
Speaker 1: bit harder knowing that you're not playing for a playoff birth.
Speaker 1: I think it's a coach's job at this point to
Speaker 1: understand that he has to express to his players you're
Speaker 1: not only playing to represent yourself or your family, but
Speaker 1: you're also putting your tape together. The same type of
Speaker 1: conversation that you have in the preseason. You're putting your
Speaker 1: tape together for the thirty one other teams including you
Speaker 1: have to include ourselves as a team too, and you're
Speaker 1: trying to represent yourself on that tape because you never
Speaker 1: know what happens in the all season. All right, Brian,
Speaker 1: we have a couple of players, a couple of positions
Speaker 1: we want to go through first, starting with quarterback Sam
Speaker 1: brad for the last six games as quarterback rating at
Speaker 1: ninety five. He's throwing the football very well. He's been
Speaker 1: tough in the pocket, he's showing mobility, he's been a leader. Bradford,
Speaker 1: Does he stay? Does he go? What do you do
Speaker 1: with Sam Bradford and the quarterback position? I think in
Speaker 1: the NFL it's hard to be successful as a team
Speaker 1: if you continue to change quarterbacks year after year. I
Speaker 1: think Sam has improved enough that he should be given
Speaker 1: another chance to come back. Fulfilling an entire off season
Speaker 1: to figure out how to become a better player, to
Speaker 1: get healthy, all those types of things. He's done well
Speaker 1: enough to fulfill that all season be able to come
Speaker 1: back as a starter next year. Bright, where have you
Speaker 1: seen the most improvement in Sam Bradford's game from the
Speaker 1: start of the season to now, well, I think he's
Speaker 1: become a much more decisive thrower. I think he's much
Speaker 1: more accurate. I think the guys depend on him for
Speaker 1: his leadership a lot more than they did early in
Speaker 1: the season, and that just comes with time. And you
Speaker 1: know this thing here, it's hard to find franchise quarterback
Speaker 1: throughout the league period, and only a few teams have them.
Speaker 1: I think they had the buildings in the beginnings of
Speaker 1: a franchise type of guy in Sam, and if he
Speaker 1: can continue some of those things that he's gotten better
Speaker 1: at in the off season, I think he'll be fine
Speaker 1: the season comes. So how does it work with players?
Speaker 1: What is the process once this season ends between now
Speaker 1: and when free agency begins in March. Well, for a player,
Speaker 1: you want to take a little bit of time off,
Speaker 1: make sure that your body gets completely healthy. And for Sam,
Speaker 1: coming off the ACL the year before, he probably he
Speaker 1: really hasn't had an off season where he can focus
Speaker 1: on just getting better and perfecting his game. Most of
Speaker 1: his off season kind of like mine, are usually dealing
Speaker 1: with trying to get healthy from the previous season. But
Speaker 1: I think this year he'll spend some time of getting healthy,
Speaker 1: but he'll spend a majority of his off season just
Speaker 1: perfecting his game and truly becoming a better quarterback and
Speaker 1: understanding schemes a lot better. And if you can use
Speaker 1: that continuity from the things that he learned from the
Speaker 1: early partner this year to the end of this year
Speaker 1: and into the off seasons to get better, he'll be
Speaker 1: a much better quarterback by time August comes around. Where
Speaker 1: does the business side of things fit into into this?
Speaker 1: How does it work in terms of talking to the
Speaker 1: team getting things all buttoned up before March? It is
Speaker 1: something that happens right away. Does a player want to
Speaker 1: get away from the game for a few weeks and
Speaker 1: let things settle generally what happens there, Well, that's the
Speaker 1: tough part of things for Sam, his agent, and probably
Speaker 1: for the team. I think the team should want to
Speaker 1: bring Sam back. I think Sam, just from his comments
Speaker 1: the last couple of days, he wants to come back,
Speaker 1: and I think his focus probably is going to just
Speaker 1: make sure that he locks things up pretty quickly. Of course,
Speaker 1: his agent is going to try to go out there
Speaker 1: and look at the different teams and find out his value.
Speaker 1: But I think if Sam kind of drives his thing
Speaker 1: with his agent and with the team that will ensure
Speaker 1: his ability to get back to the Philadelphia Eagles pretty quickly.
Speaker 1: B West Bradford posted a career high in terms of
Speaker 1: passing yards Saturday night against the Redskins. But the one
Speaker 1: thing that probably could help the Eagles even more would
Speaker 1: be better production from the wide receiver position. What have
Speaker 1: you seen from the outside guys. We know Jordan Matthews
Speaker 1: has been very productive in a slot, but what about
Speaker 1: the outside guys like Josh Hoff, Riley Cooper and the
Speaker 1: rookie Nelson agilor Well, the truth is, when you look
Speaker 1: at outside receivers across the league, the good ones, they
Speaker 1: have a combination of speed and the ability to catch
Speaker 1: the football as well as separation. I think this year
Speaker 1: we struggled with I think Aguil he has his speed,
Speaker 1: Huff has a speed. Riley Cooper is not blazing fast,
Speaker 1: but his speed is good enough. They struggle with getting
Speaker 1: the separation and catching the football. And so for them,
Speaker 1: part of catching the football is getting the separation, which
Speaker 1: kind of goes hand in hand. If you get that separation,
Speaker 1: you're a little bit more open. You'll do a better
Speaker 1: job of catching the football. So I start with that.
Speaker 1: I think Aguilorea as a rookie as well as Huff,
Speaker 1: they have to find out how to begin to use
Speaker 1: their body in how to get that separation that means
Speaker 1: stemming the defender up, giving them a headshake, things like that,
Speaker 1: and being able to run better route And I think
Speaker 1: they have that ability in this offseason would prove big
Speaker 1: for both of those players, Huf as well as Aging Lord.
Speaker 1: If they can run much better routes, crisper, more accurate routes,
Speaker 1: get the separation that they need one in one on
Speaker 1: one coverage, they'll become much better players. That they remain
Speaker 1: the way that they are, they're not gonna be very
Speaker 1: good players in the NFL. Bryan focusing on Nelson, how
Speaker 1: much of a jump can a player make from year
Speaker 1: one to year two in this offense? Well, you know, Chris,
Speaker 1: the truth is, up until the last couple of years,
Speaker 1: rookies and especially at the wide receiver position, have not
Speaker 1: made a major impact until you run into guys like
Speaker 1: Beckham Junior up there in New York, guys that were
Speaker 1: able to do it at a young age. But it
Speaker 1: wasn't you know, up until recently that guys took a
Speaker 1: couple of years to develop, and I think, agu Lord,
Speaker 1: he has a speed, he has all the talents. Is
Speaker 1: this going to take some time for him to put
Speaker 1: those things together into one total package. And that could
Speaker 1: come in this offseason, that could come in the following year.
Speaker 1: But I think his experience this year will help him
Speaker 1: grow and to become a better player next year. And
Speaker 1: most people say the most growth that players have is
Speaker 1: usually between their first year and the second year. Brian,
Speaker 1: moving on to tight ends, zach Ertz has been really
Speaker 1: productive of lates. Brent Selik another year of good blocker,
Speaker 1: physical guy, strong leadership, veteran. But he's up there in age.
Speaker 1: They've got Trey Burton who's developing. As you look at
Speaker 1: the tight end position, is it a priority moving forward
Speaker 1: to upgrade? Do you think zach Ertz can get to
Speaker 1: that really elite level that the Eagles have kind of
Speaker 1: been hoping he would get to. I think zach Ertz
Speaker 1: is a fantastic player. I think they should lean on
Speaker 1: him a little bit more because he has that playmaking ability.
Speaker 1: He could run similar routes to Jordan Reed and we
Speaker 1: just got a big dose of him this past week
Speaker 1: in Washington. I think when when I look at this position,
Speaker 1: I think Brin Sellick, who has done great for the
Speaker 1: Eagles for a long time, blocking, just doing whatever the
Speaker 1: coaches need him to do. He's done a great job.
Speaker 1: I think Chip Kelly probably wants to move forward and
Speaker 1: get a younger guy in there that can be much
Speaker 1: more of a passing threat, that can be a little
Speaker 1: bit more athletic, and that's probably means saying goodbye to
Speaker 1: a great player in Eagles history, and Brent Selley tray
Speaker 1: Burton hasn't had a lot of time as far as
Speaker 1: ability to play, so they probably just come with another
Speaker 1: tight end, probably a younger guy, as they move forward.
Speaker 1: All Right, Brian, we're gonna ask you to hang in there.
Speaker 1: We're gonna take a little break on Eagles three sixty,
Speaker 1: and when we return, we've got more to talk about.
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about the offensive line, which has been
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Speaker 1: really tough for running backs coach Duce Staley to work
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Speaker 1: Dave Spidero Eagles insider, along with Chris McPherson, joined on
Speaker 1: Skype by Brian West, performer Eagles running back, current Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame out here in Philadelphia. And we've got some
Speaker 1: pieces of the offense that really have just not come
Speaker 1: together this season. Let's begin with the offensive line and
Speaker 1: the mess that really is upfront. We knew going into
Speaker 1: the season if the guard positions would be something to watch.
Speaker 1: Letting go of Evan Mathis and Todd Harriman's and using
Speaker 1: Andrew Gardner and Matt Tobin on the right side, using
Speaker 1: Alan Barber on the left side hasn't worked out to
Speaker 1: the way the Eagles wanted. Jason Peters made the Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl his six thousand Eagle, but a lot of injuries.
Speaker 1: Has not been vintage. Jason Peters probably hasn't been vintage.
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson certainly hasn't been the best of Jason Kelsey either.
Speaker 1: As you look in the big picture, Brian Westbrook, what
Speaker 1: do you see with this offensive line? How do you
Speaker 1: get it back to the twenty thirteen level? Well, I agree,
Speaker 1: a lot of guys have struggled on that offensive line,
Speaker 1: and the best offensive lines in the league have continuity.
Speaker 1: We talked about it at the quarterback position, but it's
Speaker 1: staying's true to form at the offensive line position. Probably
Speaker 1: even more so. You have five different guys that need
Speaker 1: to be going in the same direction at the same time,
Speaker 1: and the longer that you can keep those guys doing that,
Speaker 1: of course together, of course they're much better at that.
Speaker 1: And so I think offensively, you spoke the truth there.
Speaker 1: Dave Lane Johnson has to play better, and I think
Speaker 1: he can. The two guards that they struggled all year long,
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna try to replace those guards moving
Speaker 1: forward here. Jason Peters has to find a way to
Speaker 1: get healthy. If he does get healthy, he's still could
Speaker 1: be one of the better left tackles in the game.
Speaker 1: And Jason Kelsey. I think in the all season this
Speaker 1: is important for him. He has to gain a little
Speaker 1: bit away, get a little bit stronger, so that at
Speaker 1: the point in the middle of that offensive line he
Speaker 1: can still be productive. And I think Chip Kelly has
Speaker 1: to be very very careful how they use Jason Kelsey
Speaker 1: as tar as him pulling the things like that, because
Speaker 1: with the weakness that guard the guard position, will Jason
Speaker 1: Kelsey pulling interior defensive line were able to penetrate that
Speaker 1: offensive line early on in the season, and that set
Speaker 1: their running backs back and whole life a whole lot
Speaker 1: early on in the season, and that doesn't allow you
Speaker 1: to establish a run game. Bryan, let's get your take
Speaker 1: on the running back situation here in Philadelphia. The Eagles
Speaker 1: made a significant investment to get to Marca Murray as
Speaker 1: well as Ryan Matthews in free agency. Obviously, they have
Speaker 1: Darren's roles in the fold as well, and then Kenyon Barner,
Speaker 1: who's progressed and risen the ranks to be a part
Speaker 1: of the active roster and has earned some playing time
Speaker 1: throughout the course of the season. Now, are the struggles
Speaker 1: for the running backs a case of the offensive line
Speaker 1: not being able to produce the blocking needed or the
Speaker 1: he'ld not being able to find the right way to
Speaker 1: utilize all the backs in this offense. Well, it's tough,
Speaker 1: and I think with the struggles with running backs across
Speaker 1: the league usually are a combination of both of those things.
Speaker 1: Of Course, you need that push upfront with the offensive line.
Speaker 1: And it doesn't matter what running back you have, the
Speaker 1: best one or the worst one. If you don't get
Speaker 1: good offensive line play, you'll never would be successful as
Speaker 1: a running back. So the offensive line, the guys in
Speaker 1: the trenches play a big part in the success of
Speaker 1: a running back. And then you know, as far as
Speaker 1: the rotation of guys, I think, truthfully, Darren Strolls is
Speaker 1: not a fifteen carries a game type of guy. He's
Speaker 1: not even a team carries a game type of guy.
Speaker 1: He can give you a spurt here and there, but
Speaker 1: I wouldn't count on him as being a regular part
Speaker 1: of my running back rotation. Moving in the future, I
Speaker 1: think Ryan Matthews could be a guy that I can
Speaker 1: lean on for twelve or fifteen trades a game, provided
Speaker 1: that he can stay healthy. Unfortunately, but even before he
Speaker 1: left San Diego, he hasn't been completely healthy for stretches
Speaker 1: of his of his career, And so you worry about
Speaker 1: that Demarca Murray, his style just doesn't seem to fifness offense. Um.
Speaker 1: He's much better suited for a downhill running game where
Speaker 1: he can get keep his shoulders square to the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. That will fit his style much better. Um.
Speaker 1: And so when I look at that group as a whole,
Speaker 1: we have some holes in that group. Really. Ryan Matthews
Speaker 1: is the only guy I think you want to sprinkle
Speaker 1: in a little bit of Kenyon Barner there. But I
Speaker 1: think you still have to go out and get another guy,
Speaker 1: especially especially if you make a decision to move de
Speaker 1: Marca Murray on right, it's interesting to say that I
Speaker 1: wonder that you know you're not gonna get rid of
Speaker 1: to Marca Murray. I mean, the contract is not one
Speaker 1: that allows pretty much unless you have some sort of
Speaker 1: Houdini move here. The question is with DeMarco Murray, do
Speaker 1: you scheme the offense to fit him or is he
Speaker 1: going to be just another really expensive afterthought in the
Speaker 1: Eagles offense next year? Well, he's not going to give
Speaker 1: you very much on special He's not going to give
Speaker 1: you anything on special teams. So either if your chip
Speaker 1: and you spend all this money on him, I'm going
Speaker 1: to figure out this all season how I could get
Speaker 1: him involved in the game. How I can make DeMarco Murray,
Speaker 1: who was a league leader last year in rushing yards,
Speaker 1: involved in our offense. And so I'm going to spend
Speaker 1: a much of my all season majority of it trying
Speaker 1: to figure out what's the best move for him, because
Speaker 1: this has to for this team to be offensively successful,
Speaker 1: they need a running game and you have one of
Speaker 1: the game's best in your backbuield. You have to figure
Speaker 1: out how to match your scheme to the personnel that
Speaker 1: you have. That's one of the coaches toughest jobs, either
Speaker 1: in this offense or any offense across the NFL. How
Speaker 1: do you feat fit yours Eames to master personnel that
Speaker 1: you have. I think chim Kelly can figure that out.
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna it's gonna be a lot different
Speaker 1: in the offense will look a lot different than it
Speaker 1: has the last couple of years. The Eagles fifteenth in
Speaker 1: the NFL in rushing offense and DeMarco Murray forty five
Speaker 1: point two yards rushing per game. Nobody nobody saw that coming.
Speaker 1: We've got a lot more to get to here. On
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Speaker 1: sixty Dave Spinnarrow Eagles Insider, along with Chris McPherson and
Speaker 1: Brian Westbrook. Now we are talking about an Eagles defense
Speaker 1: that statistically and when you watch it, that just does
Speaker 1: not get the job done. Eagles among the league's worst
Speaker 1: in just about every single category. We begin with our
Speaker 1: conversation on the defensive line. Fletcher Cox a Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: and hopefully an All Pro kind of season, but not enough.
Speaker 1: The run defense poor, the pass rush sporadic, but still brand.
Speaker 1: It seems like there are some pieces in place up there,
Speaker 1: if he can get some help around the defensive line.
Speaker 1: You're right, I think there are some pieces in place.
Speaker 1: I think Benny Logan, I think he can play. I
Speaker 1: think Cedric Thornton could play. And I think both those
Speaker 1: guys have enough of that that dog inside of them
Speaker 1: to be aggressive run stoppers and players up front. Fletcher Cox,
Speaker 1: of course, is the Bell Cow those those front three
Speaker 1: right there, and so I think those three are good
Speaker 1: enough to win in the NFL. Truthfully, you're bringing bare
Speaker 1: and things like that. I think you can win with
Speaker 1: those guys. We need more production from our outside linebackers,
Speaker 1: quite frankly, Brandon Graham and Cornor Barman. They have to
Speaker 1: find a way to get pressure on the quarterback. That
Speaker 1: means you need more a better rotation. That means they
Speaker 1: need to be able to come out of the game
Speaker 1: from time to time. That means your reserve linebackers have
Speaker 1: to play much better. We really haven't gotten much for
Speaker 1: Marcus Smith and we don't have any other outside linebackers,
Speaker 1: and so that forces Brandon Graham and Connor Barmin to
Speaker 1: play an awful lot of the game, and you just
Speaker 1: it's just hard to play defense that way. So their
Speaker 1: production went down. If we are able to find an
Speaker 1: edge pass rusher this off season, that would definitely help
Speaker 1: that defense. B West, how much do you think it
Speaker 1: hurts the Eagle's defense the fact that they're on the
Speaker 1: field for so many snaps. It's been a reoccurring theme
Speaker 1: for the past couple of seasons. When you look at
Speaker 1: the depth on this defense, how much do you think
Speaker 1: it hurts having to be out there for snap after snap,
Speaker 1: drive after drive to the point where you're almost playing
Speaker 1: another full game by the end of the season. Well, Chris,
Speaker 1: just look at how good this defense was earlier on
Speaker 1: in the season. You're talking about one of the top
Speaker 1: ten run stopping defenses in the league. In just over time,
Speaker 1: guys wear down, teams wear it down defenses fatigue, and
Speaker 1: when you're playing forty minutes consistently for game after game
Speaker 1: after game, of course it wears on your defense. Of course,
Speaker 1: it makes those guys much more susceptible for injuring as
Speaker 1: well as fatigue makes big plays even more likely for
Speaker 1: an offensive team, and so defensively, being on the field
Speaker 1: that much time definitely has an effect on your team.
Speaker 1: That's one of the things that many coaches across the
Speaker 1: league are trying to guard against. They don't want their
Speaker 1: defense on the field because that means that other team's
Speaker 1: offenses on the field, and so coach Kelly has to
Speaker 1: take a good look at how many plays his defense
Speaker 1: is on the field and how much time his defense
Speaker 1: is on the field for next year, Ryan inside Linebacker,
Speaker 1: We thought going into the season that Demiko Ryans would
Speaker 1: get back to health and that Michael Kendricks would take
Speaker 1: the next step and the Kiko Alonso would be, as
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly describes him, a three down linebacker, and then
Speaker 1: the Eagles could bring third round draft pick Jordan Hicks
Speaker 1: along slowly and he could learn the ways of the NFL.
Speaker 1: And turns out that Hicks the most valuable player perhaps
Speaker 1: on this Eagles defense. Kiko Alonso has been unable to
Speaker 1: really contribute much at all. Michael Kendricks has not taken
Speaker 1: the next step, and Demiko Ryans looks like he's on
Speaker 1: the wrong side of thirty here. What do you do
Speaker 1: with the inside linebacker position? Yeah, I think you have
Speaker 1: to find another guy. I think Demiko Ryan's You're right.
Speaker 1: He is aged and father time is undefeated, and he's
Speaker 1: had a couple of injuries coming off the achilles. Is
Speaker 1: just hard to compete at that position coming off as
Speaker 1: many injuries as Demikos has faced. When I look at Kendricks,
Speaker 1: I'm talking about all the athletic ability in the world,
Speaker 1: and he's just not able to be in the right
Speaker 1: place at the right time to make those plays. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's there, he misses tackles. He's in the wrong position
Speaker 1: in the past sets, and he's allowing receivers tight ends
Speaker 1: to get inside of him. He's just not playing very
Speaker 1: disciplined football. Kiko Alonzo, I still believe can be a
Speaker 1: decent player. We haven't seen that yet from him, and
Speaker 1: I believe that he needs a total offense offseason, just
Speaker 1: like saying Bradford to not work on getting healthy, but
Speaker 1: work on perfecting his craft and then we'll see what
Speaker 1: type of player he is next year. And you know
Speaker 1: the Hicks, I think he came in to play well.
Speaker 1: We'll see some more of the rookie next year, but
Speaker 1: they definitely need another guy that can anchor the middle
Speaker 1: of that defense. You're talking about teams that are able
Speaker 1: to run the ball right up the middle of your defense.
Speaker 1: When you're bringing substitute defensive lineman and you have those
Speaker 1: linebackers in there, you can't compete. You're allowing teams to
Speaker 1: run the ball four or five yards and carry. That's
Speaker 1: not any defense that gives up for five yards to
Speaker 1: carry will be in trouble down the road. That makes
Speaker 1: your safeties come up closer to the line of scrimmage,
Speaker 1: which makes it easier for teams to pass the football
Speaker 1: on year as well. Brian, you mentioned there schematically the
Speaker 1: stress that the coverage aspects has put on the cornerbacks
Speaker 1: there because the safety is having to come up. How
Speaker 1: much pressure added pressure do you think it puts on
Speaker 1: the corners on the outside because of the fact that
Speaker 1: there's been struggles in the middle of the field in
Speaker 1: terms of coverage this year. Well, Chris, it definitely takes
Speaker 1: a lot of It puts a lot of pressure on
Speaker 1: those guys. Even having Malcolm Jenkins come up into the
Speaker 1: slot puts a lot of pressure on those guys. I
Speaker 1: mean when when you talk about it Malcoel Jenks being
Speaker 1: in the back of the secondary and the normal safety position,
Speaker 1: that's a position of strength now that everyone knows exactly
Speaker 1: where it to be because he can line you up
Speaker 1: and you know that Malcolm Jenkins is really in the
Speaker 1: middle of the field. When you bring Milchael Jenks up
Speaker 1: into the slot the check the slot receiver, you bring
Speaker 1: Marigos in or Reynalds in, that weakens your defense. And
Speaker 1: so anytime that they do that, I always was concerned
Speaker 1: whether that defense was gonna be more susceptible to big
Speaker 1: players down the field, and as it turned out, it
Speaker 1: definitely was. Byron Maxwell has to become a better player,
Speaker 1: and I think Nola Carroll went healthy, has to become
Speaker 1: a better player. I think I was surprised by Eric Row.
Speaker 1: He competed all season long after getting beat up by
Speaker 1: Calvin Johnson, and I think his played the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks gave the coaches as well as himself some
Speaker 1: confidence that he could play on this level at the
Speaker 1: cornerback position. No. One Carroll will be an undrestricted free agent,
Speaker 1: Walter Thurman will be an undrestricted free agent, Byron Maxwell
Speaker 1: will return, and Brian we got the description of Byron Max.
Speaker 1: We watched him in Seattle. Long tall Chip Kelly said
Speaker 1: he was a physical cornerback when he signed him. What
Speaker 1: do you do with Byron Maxwell? How do you get
Speaker 1: him back to that level where he may not be
Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl player, but he certainly is a help
Speaker 1: to the defense. Yeah, you know, I don't know that
Speaker 1: he's a physical player at the point, meaning on the
Speaker 1: line of Scrimma is not allowing guys getting off. He
Speaker 1: doesn't have overwhelmingly great speed for catch up speed, and
Speaker 1: so as a defensive coordinate you have the very smart.
Speaker 1: How you use them. You put him in zone situations.
Speaker 1: And the problem that I've seen with Bayern Maxwell is
Speaker 1: this is when he has inside leverage, he gives that
Speaker 1: up pretty quickly or he gets beat on the outside.
Speaker 1: He doesn't have the makeup speed to catch guys. I've
Speaker 1: seen him in the off position and he's given up
Speaker 1: the slant. So Billy Davis a defense for it. They
Speaker 1: have to figure out what's the best position for Byron Maxwell,
Speaker 1: really for any any cornerback. And the same thing that
Speaker 1: I said about Demarca Murray put into him in places
Speaker 1: and schemes that he can be successful. That's the same
Speaker 1: thing you have to do with their cornerbacks. Put them
Speaker 1: in schemes in places that they can be successful, and
Speaker 1: you have to figure out what's those guys strimps. Right now,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure what the strengths of Byron Maxwell are
Speaker 1: really or the defense twenty ninth in rushing yards allowed,
Speaker 1: twenty eighth in points per game, twenty six in yards
Speaker 1: allowed this season, and the red zone. Yeah, really a
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Speaker 1: Our final segment here on Eagles three sixty, Dave Spidero,
Speaker 1: Chris McPherson, Brian Westbrook, and we're talking about special teams
Speaker 1: that in twenty fourteen ranked first in the NFL. According
Speaker 1: to Rick Gossen of the Dallas Morning News in a
Speaker 1: comprehensive study, they will not rank first Brian Westbrook in
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, but they've been pretty good. And Donnie Jones,
Speaker 1: Eagles punter, has been outstanding. Donnie Jones has done a
Speaker 1: great job. In this game. You had to play field
Speaker 1: position from time to time, and Donnie Jones has done
Speaker 1: a great job. But just booming some kicks. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure exactly what gaming was, but Sam Bradford took a
Speaker 1: big zack on third down and enforced and went backwards
Speaker 1: lost ten to twelve yard flowd and Donnie Jones boomed
Speaker 1: the fifty five yarder which made it almost impossible for
Speaker 1: that team to drive the field. And so I think
Speaker 1: he's done a great job of putting the defense in
Speaker 1: great positions as well as protecting the offense for some
Speaker 1: of the mistakes that they have made. Right, What do
Speaker 1: you think of Darren Scrolls from the punt return standpoint?
Speaker 1: One of the league leaders, once again named to the
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl for the second straight year. How important was
Speaker 1: it for him to come off his strong twoousand and
Speaker 1: fourteen campaign and bounce back and have two more punt
Speaker 1: return touchdowns here in twenty fifteen. You know, I always
Speaker 1: laugh when I when I see teams kicking the ball
Speaker 1: to Darren Spros. I'm like, well, you know, the offense
Speaker 1: strogs from time to time. Why would you ever give
Speaker 1: them any any type of momentum, any chance to be successful,
Speaker 1: especially with Darren Spros back then one of the best
Speaker 1: returns in the last ten to fifteen years. You know,
Speaker 1: I think he did another another good job on special teams.
Speaker 1: I'm like I mentioned, I'm shocked that teams still continue
Speaker 1: to kick the ball to him. I think Dave Fifths,
Speaker 1: the special teams coordinator, continues to do a good job
Speaker 1: to get the core group of guys ready to play
Speaker 1: every single week, and that includes Darren and his ability
Speaker 1: to return punts has been incredible again this year. Brian.
Speaker 1: Caleb Sturgis has done a pretty nice job coming in
Speaker 1: replacing Cody Parkey. Both under contract next year. Do you
Speaker 1: see a kicking competition for the job there? Probably will
Speaker 1: it be a competition, depending on how Parky comes back
Speaker 1: from injury. Sergis has done a pretty decent job. I
Speaker 1: don't have a problem with him. Of course, he missed
Speaker 1: a couver early on, but he's been pretty consistent as
Speaker 1: of late. You know, for a kicker, you'll throw a
Speaker 1: competition in there and go from there, all right, Brian Westbrook.
Speaker 1: Always everybody dismisses the kickers like they're not part of
Speaker 1: the team. Kick Brian Westbrook, Happy new year to you.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your great work this season,
Speaker 1: and we will talk to you in the offseason. Head
Speaker 1: should be a very interesting one for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1: Thanks guys, Take care all right, Brian Westbrook, Chris mc pherson,
Speaker 1: Dave Spidero. I think that's gonna be actually a competition
Speaker 1: at kicker? Am I crazy? Does anybody cared to talk about? No?
Speaker 1: Obviously it's not the priority from a need standpoint, but
Speaker 1: I think Calp Surgies has acquitted himself nicely after some
Speaker 1: early season struggles. But to me, Cody Parkey, especially with
Speaker 1: the long distance field goals and how clutch he was
Speaker 1: for the Eagles last season, But of course you have
Speaker 1: to see how does he come back off the injury?
Speaker 1: Is the same kicker that he was in twenty fourteen
Speaker 1: as opposed to what he was at the beginning of
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. So what's ahead for us this week? What
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Speaker 1: Menu segment. On Tuesday, glennmac Now joins me in studio
Speaker 1: his five takeaways from Saturday night's loss to Washington Joe
Speaker 1: Dole in a final fantasy spin. Did you win your
Speaker 1: fantasy football championship? Are your fantasy football guy? Yeah? And
Speaker 1: we take a look around the NFC East. Washington wins
Speaker 1: the division. The Eagles and the Giants play for second place.
Speaker 1: As we talked about earlier, the winner of this game
Speaker 1: plays at Seattle next season, and the loser plays in
Speaker 1: London against the Saint Louis Ramps and then the Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 1: At this point with a top five draft pick, potentially
Speaker 1: the third pick in the draft, really struggling, but they're
Speaker 1: looking ahead to the NFL Draft. For Chris McPherson, Dave Spidero,
Speaker 1: we thank you for joining us here on this Monday
Speaker 1: on Eagles three sixty. Have yourselves a great GOS death.