WEBVTT - Eagles 360: Fixing The Flaws 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:37.120 Hello everyone and welcomes the Eagles three sixty Eagles insider 0:00:37.159 --> 0:00:40.159 David Spidero along with Chris McPherson on this Monday at 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:42.839 the Novicare Complex. And let's be honest because it is 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:46.440 a very sobering time here at an overcare complex knowing 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:49.120 that this is the final week of the season, which 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:54.120 remarkable feeling after kind of all the high expectations going 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:59.120 into the regular season, after a fine, fine preseason, outstanding preseason, 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:02.360 and probably set the expectations way too high for this 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:05.240 football team with so many new pieces needing to gel 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:07.480 throughout the course of the year. But hey, at one 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:09.840 point this team was four and four. They were not 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:12.000 able to get it done down the stretch and the 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:14.600 Redskins game on Saturday night just showed some of the 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.560 same problems that we've seen throughout the course of the season, 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:21.679 from drops, an inconsistent play on offense, to too many 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:25.039 breakdowns on the defensive side of the football, especially in 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:28.320 third down situations when a play was needed to be made. 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:31.800 So the same storylines reared their ugly heads once again, 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.120 and that's why the Eagles for the second straight ear 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:36.280 Dave are on the outside looking in when it comes 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:38.640 to the playoffs, and for the second consecutive season, the 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:42.280 Eagles eliminated by Washington. The playoff hopes of the Eagles 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:45.199 dead once again, and we'll look ahead to two thousand 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:48.080 and sixteen in due time. Today we want to talk 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:51.840 specifically about this Eagles team and what has gone wrong 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:55.360 in twenty fifteen. Later on, Brian Westbrook will join us 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:58.560 via Skype. Right now, however, well Chip Kelly meeting the 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:01.520 media on this Monday, Alex Smith covers it in our 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:05.400 Eagles three sixty Update. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith and 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.079 this is your three sixty update. The Eagles are back 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:10.160 at work here at the Novocare Complex as they get 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:12.639 set for the regular season finale against the New York 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.160 Giants on Sunday. Today we heard from Eagles head coach 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:16.760 Chip Kelly, and one of the first topics that he 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:19.519 addressed was the Eagles defense as they struggled against the 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.519 past against Washington on Saturday night, and according to head coach, 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.160 one of the most frustrating parts about this defense is 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.359 that every week it seems to be something different, as 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.960 you can't pinpoint just one problem where the team has 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:33.040 been inconsistent or like I said earlier in the Arizona game, 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:34.360 we got the ball run on us, you know, and 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:36.679 Johnson they did a really good job and running the 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:38.240 ball on us. In this game. We did a good 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.040 job in the run defense, where we didn't we didn't 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:41.480 do a very good job at all in the past defense, 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:44.560 especially versus their tight ends and their running backs. So 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:49.400 it's it hasn't been the same consistent theme. So there's 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:51.160 not one thing to say, Hey, we need to If 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:54.440 we fix this, we're gonna be good. We're gonna be good. 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:57.280 It's and that's the frustrating part, you know. It's it's 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:01.440 it's that's the part to degravate him, to be honest 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.600 with you. After the game on Saturday night, quarterback Sam 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:07.280 Bradford expressed that he wants to be here in Philadelphia 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:10.120 next season and moving forward, and while his contract is 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:13.000 up after this year. Kelly said that it's no surprise 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.480 to him that Bradford wants to be back here as 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:18.760 an Eagle. I know where Sam stood the whole the 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:20.840 whole season, and I know we know we're on the 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:22.680 same page in terms of where we are. It's just 0:03:23.120 --> 0:03:25.799 we don't negotiate during the during the season with anybody. 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.320 So that wasn't a hey, we don't want Sam back. 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:30.960 That's just the way it is. You know, we players 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:32.920 shouldn't be worried about a contract while the season's going on, 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:34.800 and that'll be something we'll address after the season. But 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:36.640 that may be news to you guys, it's not new 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:39.880 sauce that Sam is happy here. So six and nine 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:41.720 is certainly not where the Eagles thought they would be 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:44.720 through fifteen games here in the twenty fifteen season. But 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.040 according to head coach Chip Kelly, even though things haven't 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.160 gone the way the team has hoped, this still isn't 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:52.040 a bad football team. Yeah, it didn't go away, But 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:54.600 I don't think we're a bad football team, not by 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:57.320 any stretch, you know. And I can point the plays 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.320 and I think we're not consistent that we need to 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:01.000 be consistent. I don't think we've done a good enough 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:02.880 job as coaches and putting them in position to make place. 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:05.360 But I don't think that, you know, we need to 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:08.520 revamp this entire cope of guys, because I think we've 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:11.440 got some really, really good guys that'll wrap things up 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:13.600 here From the Novacare Complex, be sure to stay tuned 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:15.880 to Philadelphia Eagles dot Com throughout the week for all 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:19.320 the latest coverage, including our live press conferences from coach Kelly, 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:24.120 Sam Bradford, Damiko Ryans, and Malcolm Jenkins. Thanks so much, 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:27.400 Alex Chris. Interesting little side note here, if the Eagles 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:30.560 lose this game, this is kind of a battle for London. 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:34.919 The loser of the game on Sunday goes to London 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:38.240 to play the Rams next year. The winner of this 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:41.479 game on Sunday plays a road game in Seattle next season. 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:44.760 Have that correct? That's correct? So either way you're traveling, 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:47.159 The thing is you don't want to back into a 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:49.919 London game, so to speak. Now it would be a 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:52.240 road game either way. So the Eagles don't lose a 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:55.240 home game, which is very important. But it's been a 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:58.560 long time since the Eagles that played internationally. You've covered 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:00.880 the Eagles and some of these nineteen well I believe, yeah, 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:04.320 certainly so definitely a different flavor there. But I want 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:06.800 the Eagles and on a high note and beat the 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:10.000 New York Giants, and that's going to the offseason a down, right. 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:11.679 That's kind of the way it works in the NFL. 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:13.839 You play to win the games and that is the 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:17.000 objective here. The players report back to the Novercare Complex 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:20.520 on Tuesday, and there's site set on the New York 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:24.760 Football Giants. When we return to Eagles three sixty, we've 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:26.400 got allowed to get you. We're gonna talk about the defense. 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:28.680 We're gonna talking about it, but first we're gonna talk 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:32.159 about Sam Bradford. Now, has he done enough in your 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:35.159 minds to win a contract here with the Philadelphia Eagles? 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.400 Is he the player around which you build for this 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:40.599 Eagles offense. We'll talk about it when we return the 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:50.880 Eagles three sixty. Catch Holiday cookie cheer on the tip 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:54.440 of your tongue with Duncan Donuts Holiday Cookie flavored coffees 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:57.880 from two to six pm. Enjoy any medium Lottier machiato 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:04.440 for one nine America runs. I'm dunking not ain't for 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:06.880 the paint, A hide for the paint, A hide for 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:13.400 the paint, a hide hid for the paint. Carves to 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:53.760 compete electrolytes through replenish everything you need to keep sweating. 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:06.920 Bud Light, the perfect beer for proving victory is spelled 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:22.320 eg l e s. 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First, 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:58.160 the mindset of a player heading into the last week 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:00.720 of a season, well, it's all always tough as a 0:08:00.760 --> 0:08:03.760 player because you put so much time and energy at 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:07.040 being focused on winning football games, and you still want 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:09.200 to invest that time and energy. It's just a little 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:12.480 bit harder knowing that you're not playing for a playoff birth. 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.080 I think it's a coach's job at this point to 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:18.520 understand that he has to express to his players you're 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:21.560 not only playing to represent yourself or your family, but 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:23.800 you're also putting your tape together. The same type of 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:26.800 conversation that you have in the preseason. You're putting your 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:29.920 tape together for the thirty one other teams including you 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.439 have to include ourselves as a team too, and you're 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:34.800 trying to represent yourself on that tape because you never 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:36.880 know what happens in the all season. All right, Brian, 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.199 we have a couple of players, a couple of positions 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:42.000 we want to go through first, starting with quarterback Sam 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:44.559 brad for the last six games as quarterback rating at 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.839 ninety five. He's throwing the football very well. He's been 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:52.959 tough in the pocket, he's showing mobility, he's been a leader. Bradford, 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:54.800 Does he stay? Does he go? What do you do 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:58.400 with Sam Bradford and the quarterback position? I think in 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:02.560 the NFL it's hard to be successful as a team 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:06.160 if you continue to change quarterbacks year after year. I 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:09.080 think Sam has improved enough that he should be given 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:13.800 another chance to come back. Fulfilling an entire off season 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:16.320 to figure out how to become a better player, to 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:19.280 get healthy, all those types of things. He's done well 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.839 enough to fulfill that all season be able to come 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.679 back as a starter next year. Bright, where have you 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:27.680 seen the most improvement in Sam Bradford's game from the 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:30.760 start of the season to now, well, I think he's 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:33.760 become a much more decisive thrower. I think he's much 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:36.600 more accurate. I think the guys depend on him for 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:38.920 his leadership a lot more than they did early in 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:42.160 the season, and that just comes with time. And you 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:46.640 know this thing here, it's hard to find franchise quarterback 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.520 throughout the league period, and only a few teams have them. 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:52.320 I think they had the buildings in the beginnings of 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:54.760 a franchise type of guy in Sam, and if he 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:57.040 can continue some of those things that he's gotten better 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.800 at in the off season, I think he'll be fine 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:03.400 the season comes. So how does it work with players? 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:06.880 What is the process once this season ends between now 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:10.400 and when free agency begins in March. Well, for a player, 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:12.000 you want to take a little bit of time off, 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:15.320 make sure that your body gets completely healthy. And for Sam, 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:18.240 coming off the ACL the year before, he probably he 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:21.000 really hasn't had an off season where he can focus 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:24.360 on just getting better and perfecting his game. Most of 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:27.120 his off season kind of like mine, are usually dealing 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:31.000 with trying to get healthy from the previous season. But 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:34.040 I think this year he'll spend some time of getting healthy, 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:37.280 but he'll spend a majority of his off season just 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.959 perfecting his game and truly becoming a better quarterback and 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:43.880 understanding schemes a lot better. And if you can use 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:46.280 that continuity from the things that he learned from the 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:48.680 early partner this year to the end of this year 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:51.200 and into the off seasons to get better, he'll be 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:54.240 a much better quarterback by time August comes around. Where 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:57.280 does the business side of things fit into into this? 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:00.040 How does it work in terms of talking to the 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.280 team getting things all buttoned up before March? It is 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:04.680 something that happens right away. Does a player want to 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:06.240 get away from the game for a few weeks and 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:10.000 let things settle generally what happens there, Well, that's the 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:12.920 tough part of things for Sam, his agent, and probably 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.319 for the team. I think the team should want to 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:18.440 bring Sam back. I think Sam, just from his comments 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:20.760 the last couple of days, he wants to come back, 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.679 and I think his focus probably is going to just 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:26.920 make sure that he locks things up pretty quickly. Of course, 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:30.000 his agent is going to try to go out there 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:32.720 and look at the different teams and find out his value. 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.079 But I think if Sam kind of drives his thing 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:38.720 with his agent and with the team that will ensure 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:41.600 his ability to get back to the Philadelphia Eagles pretty quickly. 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:45.040 B West Bradford posted a career high in terms of 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:48.439 passing yards Saturday night against the Redskins. But the one 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:50.560 thing that probably could help the Eagles even more would 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:53.760 be better production from the wide receiver position. What have 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:56.720 you seen from the outside guys. We know Jordan Matthews 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.000 has been very productive in a slot, but what about 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:02.200 the outside guys like Josh Hoff, Riley Cooper and the 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:06.040 rookie Nelson agilor Well, the truth is, when you look 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:09.839 at outside receivers across the league, the good ones, they 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:13.200 have a combination of speed and the ability to catch 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:17.000 the football as well as separation. I think this year 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:20.040 we struggled with I think Aguil he has his speed, 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.839 Huff has a speed. Riley Cooper is not blazing fast, 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:26.079 but his speed is good enough. They struggle with getting 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:30.080 the separation and catching the football. And so for them, 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:33.280 part of catching the football is getting the separation, which 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:35.800 kind of goes hand in hand. If you get that separation, 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:37.880 you're a little bit more open. You'll do a better 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.600 job of catching the football. So I start with that. 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:44.120 I think Aguilorea as a rookie as well as Huff, 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:46.400 they have to find out how to begin to use 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:49.560 their body in how to get that separation that means 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:53.280 stemming the defender up, giving them a headshake, things like that, 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:56.480 and being able to run better route And I think 0:12:56.520 --> 0:12:59.280 they have that ability in this offseason would prove big 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:01.840 for both of those players, Huf as well as Aging Lord. 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:06.280 If they can run much better routes, crisper, more accurate routes, 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:08.520 get the separation that they need one in one on 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:11.640 one coverage, they'll become much better players. That they remain 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:13.800 the way that they are, they're not gonna be very 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:17.520 good players in the NFL. Bryan focusing on Nelson, how 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:19.680 much of a jump can a player make from year 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:22.920 one to year two in this offense? Well, you know, Chris, 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:25.360 the truth is, up until the last couple of years, 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:28.760 rookies and especially at the wide receiver position, have not 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:31.480 made a major impact until you run into guys like 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:34.720 Beckham Junior up there in New York, guys that were 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:38.080 able to do it at a young age. But it 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.880 wasn't you know, up until recently that guys took a 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.760 couple of years to develop, and I think, agu Lord, 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.319 he has a speed, he has all the talents. Is 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:48.560 this going to take some time for him to put 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:52.120 those things together into one total package. And that could 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.800 come in this offseason, that could come in the following year. 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:57.160 But I think his experience this year will help him 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.840 grow and to become a better player next year. And 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:02.920 most people say the most growth that players have is 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:06.600 usually between their first year and the second year. Brian, 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:09.560 moving on to tight ends, zach Ertz has been really 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:15.240 productive of lates. Brent Selik another year of good blocker, 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:20.239 physical guy, strong leadership, veteran. But he's up there in age. 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:23.280 They've got Trey Burton who's developing. As you look at 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:25.760 the tight end position, is it a priority moving forward 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:28.440 to upgrade? Do you think zach Ertz can get to 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:31.840 that really elite level that the Eagles have kind of 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:34.960 been hoping he would get to. I think zach Ertz 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:37.760 is a fantastic player. I think they should lean on 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.720 him a little bit more because he has that playmaking ability. 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.360 He could run similar routes to Jordan Reed and we 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:45.920 just got a big dose of him this past week 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.280 in Washington. I think when when I look at this position, 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:52.760 I think Brin Sellick, who has done great for the 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.320 Eagles for a long time, blocking, just doing whatever the 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:58.440 coaches need him to do. He's done a great job. 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:01.600 I think Chip Kelly probably wants to move forward and 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.440 get a younger guy in there that can be much 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:06.880 more of a passing threat, that can be a little 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.360 bit more athletic, and that's probably means saying goodbye to 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:14.080 a great player in Eagles history, and Brent Selley tray 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.400 Burton hasn't had a lot of time as far as 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:18.880 ability to play, so they probably just come with another 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.560 tight end, probably a younger guy, as they move forward. 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:23.480 All Right, Brian, we're gonna ask you to hang in there. 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:25.520 We're gonna take a little break on Eagles three sixty, 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:28.480 and when we return, we've got more to talk about. 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:31.160 We're gonna talk about the offensive line, which has been 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:35.960 an issue the entire season, and the running back position, well, 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:37.840 we thought going into the year that it would be 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:43.400 just a playground of opportunities. 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Let's begin with the offensive line and 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.920 the mess that really is upfront. We knew going into 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:57.000 the season if the guard positions would be something to watch. 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:01.359 Letting go of Evan Mathis and Todd Harriman's and using 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.520 Andrew Gardner and Matt Tobin on the right side, using 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:06.840 Alan Barber on the left side hasn't worked out to 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:09.840 the way the Eagles wanted. Jason Peters made the Pro 0:18:09.920 --> 0:18:12.240 Bowl his six thousand Eagle, but a lot of injuries. 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:15.800 Has not been vintage. Jason Peters probably hasn't been vintage. 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:19.240 Lane Johnson certainly hasn't been the best of Jason Kelsey either. 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:22.639 As you look in the big picture, Brian Westbrook, what 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:24.760 do you see with this offensive line? How do you 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:28.439 get it back to the twenty thirteen level? Well, I agree, 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:31.880 a lot of guys have struggled on that offensive line, 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:35.679 and the best offensive lines in the league have continuity. 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:38.640 We talked about it at the quarterback position, but it's 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:41.959 staying's true to form at the offensive line position. Probably 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:45.200 even more so. You have five different guys that need 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:47.600 to be going in the same direction at the same time, 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:50.040 and the longer that you can keep those guys doing that, 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:53.639 of course together, of course they're much better at that. 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:56.919 And so I think offensively, you spoke the truth there. 0:18:57.040 --> 0:18:59.400 Dave Lane Johnson has to play better, and I think 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:03.440 he can. The two guards that they struggled all year long, 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:06.160 I think they're gonna try to replace those guards moving 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:08.480 forward here. Jason Peters has to find a way to 0:19:08.520 --> 0:19:11.040 get healthy. If he does get healthy, he's still could 0:19:11.040 --> 0:19:13.160 be one of the better left tackles in the game. 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:15.639 And Jason Kelsey. I think in the all season this 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:18.280 is important for him. He has to gain a little 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:20.600 bit away, get a little bit stronger, so that at 0:19:20.640 --> 0:19:23.439 the point in the middle of that offensive line he 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:26.280 can still be productive. And I think Chip Kelly has 0:19:26.320 --> 0:19:29.919 to be very very careful how they use Jason Kelsey 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:32.280 as tar as him pulling the things like that, because 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:35.440 with the weakness that guard the guard position, will Jason 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:39.240 Kelsey pulling interior defensive line were able to penetrate that 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:41.880 offensive line early on in the season, and that set 0:19:41.920 --> 0:19:45.120 their running backs back and whole life a whole lot 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:47.159 early on in the season, and that doesn't allow you 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:50.160 to establish a run game. Bryan, let's get your take 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:53.720 on the running back situation here in Philadelphia. The Eagles 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:56.640 made a significant investment to get to Marca Murray as 0:19:56.640 --> 0:19:59.399 well as Ryan Matthews in free agency. Obviously, they have 0:19:59.520 --> 0:20:03.399 Darren's roles in the fold as well, and then Kenyon Barner, 0:20:03.640 --> 0:20:06.600 who's progressed and risen the ranks to be a part 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:08.960 of the active roster and has earned some playing time 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:11.960 throughout the course of the season. Now, are the struggles 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:14.600 for the running backs a case of the offensive line 0:20:14.880 --> 0:20:17.800 not being able to produce the blocking needed or the 0:20:17.840 --> 0:20:20.040 he'ld not being able to find the right way to 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:23.880 utilize all the backs in this offense. Well, it's tough, 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:26.639 and I think with the struggles with running backs across 0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:29.680 the league usually are a combination of both of those things. 0:20:30.160 --> 0:20:33.560 Of Course, you need that push upfront with the offensive line. 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:35.800 And it doesn't matter what running back you have, the 0:20:35.960 --> 0:20:38.000 best one or the worst one. If you don't get 0:20:38.480 --> 0:20:41.680 good offensive line play, you'll never would be successful as 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:43.920 a running back. So the offensive line, the guys in 0:20:44.000 --> 0:20:46.480 the trenches play a big part in the success of 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:49.399 a running back. And then you know, as far as 0:20:49.440 --> 0:20:53.639 the rotation of guys, I think, truthfully, Darren Strolls is 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:56.199 not a fifteen carries a game type of guy. He's 0:20:56.240 --> 0:20:58.080 not even a team carries a game type of guy. 0:20:58.320 --> 0:21:00.320 He can give you a spurt here and there, but 0:21:00.520 --> 0:21:03.760 I wouldn't count on him as being a regular part 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:06.679 of my running back rotation. Moving in the future, I 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:09.400 think Ryan Matthews could be a guy that I can 0:21:09.480 --> 0:21:12.360 lean on for twelve or fifteen trades a game, provided 0:21:12.440 --> 0:21:15.520 that he can stay healthy. Unfortunately, but even before he 0:21:15.640 --> 0:21:19.000 left San Diego, he hasn't been completely healthy for stretches 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:21.800 of his of his career, And so you worry about 0:21:21.840 --> 0:21:26.239 that Demarca Murray, his style just doesn't seem to fifness offense. Um. 0:21:26.359 --> 0:21:29.200 He's much better suited for a downhill running game where 0:21:29.200 --> 0:21:31.320 he can get keep his shoulders square to the line 0:21:31.320 --> 0:21:35.280 of scrimmage. That will fit his style much better. Um. 0:21:35.960 --> 0:21:38.760 And so when I look at that group as a whole, 0:21:38.960 --> 0:21:42.160 we have some holes in that group. Really. Ryan Matthews 0:21:42.240 --> 0:21:43.920 is the only guy I think you want to sprinkle 0:21:43.960 --> 0:21:46.359 in a little bit of Kenyon Barner there. But I 0:21:46.359 --> 0:21:48.359 think you still have to go out and get another guy, 0:21:48.800 --> 0:21:52.480 especially especially if you make a decision to move de 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:56.920 Marca Murray on right, it's interesting to say that I 0:21:56.960 --> 0:21:58.320