WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Win 34-7 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:30.600 On the road to victory. See that fall sail now 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:36.040 there after Torry Smith's long touchdown as the Eagles route 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:40.320 demolished crushed the Arizona Cardinals to be the best third 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:43.200 team in this matchup, winning by a score of thirty 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:46.440 four to seven to improve to four and one on 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:49.200 the season. Hello ever when I'm Chris McPherson, and welcome 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:52.279 to the postgame show presented by Rico. I'm joining a longstime, 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:55.880 Ike Reese and like, what a game in South Philadelphia today? 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:58.960 The Cardinals have given the Eagles problems over the years, 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:01.880 so you figure Cardinals hungred two and two coming off 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:04.880 a tough overtime win against a division rival. The Eagles 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:06.920 got to win on the West Coast against Los Angeles, 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:09.200 come home, need to take care of business, and the 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:13.000 Eagles just drop the hammer on Arizona, getting up twenty 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:16.080 one and nothing and never looking back in what made 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:19.399 it look like a very very easy win. Your thoughts 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.640 on this statement game for Doug Peterson and Carson Went 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:26.080 says he gets his first career four touchdown outing in 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:29.399 this blowout over the Cards. We're just a great job 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:31.800 of this team being prepared and ready to go you know, 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:34.600 I talk about Doug every week, and I think sometimes 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.120 it can go unnoticed how important it is for a 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:40.319 head coach to have his team ready to go and 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:43.560 playing at their highest level weekend and week out. And 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:45.480 that's what you saw this week. They're planning against a 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:48.640 team quite frankly, they are better than but you never 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:50.760 know what you're gonna get when that ball is kicked 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:53.760 off on a Sunday. Great job by this Eagles team 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.520 coming out taking care of business. They jumped on the 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:59.400 Cardinals early. The one thing I'll said in all five 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.080 of these games this year, as the Eagles have come 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:05.080 out as the aggressor in every game, even the loss 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:07.920 in Kansas City. I thought the Eagles came out as 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:09.959 the aggressor in that game and put the Chiefs on 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:12.800 their heels. They just didn't come away with the w. Today. 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.320 They put their foot down on the throat of the 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:18.360 Arizona Cardinals and they were able to keep that momentum going. 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:20.400 When you score that many points in the first quarter, 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:25.400 you sometimes wonder, Man, we fire all our shots early, 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:27.120 and now we got to figure out how to hold 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:30.720 onto this thing and remain aggressive. Well, great job by 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:32.480 this team coming out of the locker room. In the 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:35.320 second half, they were still the aggressors. They took their 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:38.920 chances down the field when the opportunities presented itself, and 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:43.120 Carson Wentz had as finest day as a quarterback four touchdowns, 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:45.639 had the one bathroom, I'm sure he would want back 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:48.040 right before the half. But other than that, I mean, 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:51.200 is there any third down and whatever the distance you 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.720 want to put up there that this guy can't convert? 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.800 I mean third and nineteen and you go for seventy 0:02:56.800 --> 0:03:00.440 two yards to Nelson Agilor on a touchdown. I think 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:03.120 we had better start believing what our eyes are seeing, 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:05.680 which is this is one of the best teams, not 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:08.640 in just the NFC East or the NFC, this is 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:11.639 one of the best in the NFL right now through 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:15.240 five weeks. I can't name five teams plan better than 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:18.200 the Eagles that played through five straight weeks. Like, what 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:20.960 is the secret to getting a team ready to go 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:23.160 the way the Eagles have this season? I mean, you 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:25.160 play with deals for a long time. You're with those 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:27.600 great indie read teams that came out and scripted those 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:30.120 first fifteen plays, and we're able to add to to 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:33.359 take advantage of opponent's weaknesses. What goes into making sure 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:35.320 a team is revved up and ready to go, so 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.520 when kickoff happens, you're playing at peak performance like the 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.600 Eagles were today, or it starts on Wenday Wednesday. Once 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:44.240 you hand out that game plan and it's it's the 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:46.840 tone that's set in those meeting rooms. You know, Doug 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:50.760 is echoing making sure everybody is focused. You can't celebrate 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:52.640 the last week's win. You got to get focused on 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:56.560 the next week's task at hand. And the coaches when 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:58.400 they go to put the game plan in the are 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:00.600 they are already setting the tone for what it's going 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:02.200 to be like that week. But I'll tell you what 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.400 else we have on this team that I'm starting to 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:07.160 recognize as well. We have good leadership on this team. 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:10.000 You know, these guys realize they have something special that 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:12.480 they could do this year, and they can't take any 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:15.440 game for granted. So when they get to the facility 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:18.520 on Wednesdays and that new team's game plan is handed out, 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:22.000 they are locked in. They're paying attention to detail. They 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.920 go out to the practice field and they make sure 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:27.200 they dot every eye and cross every team. When it 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:32.360 comes to being meticulous and paying attention to everything that 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:34.680 the coaches want them to do. You don't go by 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:36.320 the time you get the Sunday, it's too late to 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:39.320 be mentally prepared. It starts early in the week. And 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:42.200 you can tell that every week this team, when they 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:44.800 start off with handing out their game plan, they are 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:46.960 ready to go. And that starts with the head coach. Man. 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.880 That's where the head coach sort of puts his imprint 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:52.440 on the team is having them ready to go the 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.640 tempo with practice. You know, little things that you decide 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.159 to let slide or you don't let slide. And you 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.320 can tell that these coaches don't let anything slide. They 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.880 realized they have something good right now. But it can 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:07.880 be fleeting three and one start to last year's season 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:11.080 and we saw how that ended. I think having that memory, 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:13.680 having that sort of experience in the back of their minds. 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:16.680 The thing I love about this team the coaches and 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:19.640 the players, as they aren't resting on their laws right, 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:21.960 they aren't listening to us on the outside pat them 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:23.680 on the back and tell them how great they are. 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:26.760 They keep the blinders on and they focus in each 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:29.320 week on the next opponent and that's what you get today. 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:32.400 Today was a culmination of a team being focused for 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:35.159 the last month. The first four games we had to 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.880 win it in a fourth quarter. But today they came 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:40.760 out and beat an inferior team and never gave them 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.320 room to breathe. You bring up a great point comparing 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:45.480 last year to this year, because everyone said last year 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.080 this team was three h three and one, and all 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.600 of a sudden things slipped away. Okay, they lost ten 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:53.440 to nine games, struggled down the stretch, and just were 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:56.080 not the same team after losing Lane Johnson. Now they 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.160 lost Lane Johnson for the second half of today's game 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:00.400 due to a hen injury. It can be very interesting 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:03.080 to watch his stass with a short week battling Carolina 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:06.680 this coming Thursday night. But Doug Pearson admitted that last 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:08.960 year's three and one team, there was a lot of 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:11.080 masking was a word he used, a lot of things 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:12.799 that had to be covered up, a lot of mistakes 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:15.360 that you know you wouldn't normally see from a three 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:18.480 and one team. Well, this year they've erased a lot 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:20.479 of those mistakes. And you made a great point about 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:22.919 the memory of that learning from those mistakes and be 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.720 able to carry it over to this season. So for 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:29.719 our first look at behind the scenes perspective from the wind, 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:31.560 we're gonna send it over to the lake now where 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:36.080 Eagles Insire Dave Spadero is standing by Dave Carson wentz 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.960 four touchdown performance, the first time he ever had more 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:42.000 than two touchdowns in a game. What did you think 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:44.400 of his signature moment here as a member of the 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:48.719 Philadelphia Eagles. You know, Chris really amazing on third downs. 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:50.719 The numbers. I don't know if you guys talked about him, 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.600 but check this out. Eleven of twelve on third down, 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:57.000 two hundred and twenty five yards and three of those 0:06:57.040 --> 0:07:01.039 four touchdowns. An offense it really hadn't been delivering. The 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:05.840 chunk plays delivered big time today. Everything you wanted in 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:08.040 that first quarter, jumping out to the twenty one to 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:11.480 nothing lead, the defense start things off and shuts down 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:15.520 Arizona Kenyon Barner, a couple of big pun returns, and 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.680 then the offense doing it through the air early and 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:23.040 on the ground late. Just a complete demolition of an 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:25.560 Arizona Cardinals team that is not that bad. You know, 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.120 it makes you think, It makes you wonder, guys, just 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:32.720 how good is this Eagles team. I know, carsonal get 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:35.080 all the kudos as he showed he played a great 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:38.280 game today, but the fact that the offensive game plan 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:41.240 was a nice mixture of runs and pass he was 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:44.120 in all three running backs. Talk about Dougs game plan 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:46.000 today and the way that he was able to keep 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.760 this Arizona Cardinals team all balance. Yeah, I love the 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:52.840 fact that they mixed Kenyon Barner in there with leg 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:56.320 Garrett bluntamed Corey Clement, kept everybody fresh. They got the 0:07:56.400 --> 0:08:00.240 screen game going, They stayed away from Patrick pet And 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.760 for the most part, and they attacked the rest of 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:07.120 the Cardinals secondary. You know, they got the tight ends 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:09.840 involved going early to Tray Burton. I mean, I just thought, 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:11.520 you know, I thought it was a great game plan. 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:15.040 I thought it was smart, I thought it was effective. 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:19.040 I thought it was daring, aggressive. And the success on 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.840 third down, I'm not sure that you know, on that 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.800 first drive, you often have a lot of third and 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:28.640 eleven plays. The Eagles converted to third and elevens on 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:31.080 that first scoring drive. So I'm not sure if that's 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.680 Doug or Carson or a little bit of everything. But 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:37.280 it was a beautiful performance against a pretty good defense. Yeah. Yeah, 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:38.959 when you look at when you look at the defense 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:41.560 that we played the day, I mean Jim schwartz game 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:44.920 plan against this Arizona Cardinal team. I thought that was 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:47.840 also a good game plan considering he's missing his best 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.360 defensive player in the middle when Fletcher Cox. Yeah, and 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:53.080 you knew going in the Cardinals couldn't run the football. 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:57.439 The Eagles did an excellent job tackling. They limited Larry Fitzgerald. 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:00.679 How about that look on third and long where you 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:04.719 rush for and play seven back at the line at 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:06.840 the first down stick? You know, I thought it was 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:10.360 just a really interesting wrinkle and it forced Arizona to 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:12.800 keep everything short. The Eagles wanted to keep everything in 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:15.440 front of him. They did that, they tackled well. Kudos 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.920 to a great game plan and great execution from a 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:21.840 defense that really went after Carson Wentz, Carson Palmer and 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:24.120 did the things they needed to do and even played 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.520 to the very end there with the forced fumble at 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:28.440 the goal line. I mean, that's a mark of a 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:31.520 team that is going to play hard for its coaches 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:34.160 for sixty minutes every week. Dave, what does it mean 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.880 that Tory Smith, who admitted last week that he's been 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:39.040 going through the worst stress of his career, that the 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:41.920 coaches stand behind him, get him the big deep ball 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:43.960 and had a huge touchdown there in the first quarter. 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:45.280 What does that mean that the coach were able to 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.360 stick by him. Yeah, he comes through and produce it 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:49.160 the way he did. Yeah, and everybody was kind of 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:53.200 in the stadium holding their collective breath with the ball 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:56.240 in the air because Tory was wide open and he 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.360 had to wait a little bit for the football. I 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.200 think everybody feels really good for Tory SMI if it 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:04.720 was very unusual to see him on Twitter apologize for 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:07.080 drops in the first four games. He wanted to start 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.480 the second half of the second quarter of the season 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.560 off the right way. He did that. You see that 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:15.960 that kind of speed over the top stretches a defense. 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:18.800 It really opens up everything for zach Ertz underneath, for 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:22.040 Alshan Jeffrey underneath. It means the world. Eagles have a 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:25.080 lot of weapons, as we saw with Tory and once 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:28.360 again guys with Nelson, Aguilo or making big plays. Yeah, 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:30.640 great job on Nelson to day, I'm gonna go back 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:32.320 to that defensive side of the ball. Day. If a 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.920 guy that doesn't get a lot of fanfare. People were 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.280 a little concerned about him in training camp, didn't know 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.240 what position to play him at, outside or inside as 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:43.600 a cornerback. Patrick Robinson, I thought Patrick Robinson had a 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:46.120 real good day. Could have had a couple of interceptions, 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:48.560 but made a lot of good plays being matched up 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.600 against Larry Fitzgerald as well, And no doubt about it, 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:54.320 I guy agree with you. The Eagles collectively did a 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:57.280 good job against that deep, lasting game, passing game. They 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:01.199 really shut down those options for Carson Palmer. I thought 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:03.840 Robinson played well. I thought look in the first series 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:06.720 of the game, Jalen Mills makes a tackle on the 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:08.960 first down run, he breaks up a pass for Larry 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:11.760 Fitzgerald on second down, and then he tackles JJ Nelson 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:15.120 short of the first down. Stick That set the tone 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:18.480 this Eagles defense. The cornerbacks, they're young, they may not 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:20.920 be the most talented, they're not the fastest, but they're 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:23.560 going to battle you. They're gonna be tenacious, and that's 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:26.840 something that has been missing from the likes of Leontis 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:31.480 McKelvin and Byron Maxwell and Namdi awesome Walk. This group 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:36.720 will battle you. They fit Jim Schwartz's personality just perfectly. Dave. 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:38.880 Last question, though, we know you gotta get your podcast 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:40.760 done there the Eagles Life Podcasts make sure a download 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.200 later this evening. But when you look at last year's 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:44.800 team and start out three and one, and you look 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:46.520 at what the Eagles have done thus far, what do 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:48.840 you think is the biggest difference between the two teams? 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.520 I think the biggest difference is probably a coaching staff 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:56.520 that knows the players, the players know the coaching staff. 0:11:56.920 --> 0:12:00.520 And then your quarterback, who is clearly a huge step 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:02.760 up from last year. I mean, look put it all, 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:04.360 how he rolls and did a really nice job. You're 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:06.840 putting the roster together. There are a lot more weapons 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.920 on offense, and the defense just keeps coming after you 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.320 and coming after you in waves. So I guess that's 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:14.439 a lot of differences, Chris. I just think that as 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.440 Doug Peterson, as Doug Peterson said mask a little bit 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:19.400 last year that three and one started, I think there's 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:22.120 no deception here. The Eagles are a legitimate four and 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:26.360 one team with a great primetime matchup on Thursday against Carolina. Indeed, 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:28.400 Dave Spanner, don't thank you very much. Make sure to 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:30.920 read is on the Inside column later on Philadelphia dot 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:33.800 com and download the Eagles Live podcast. Dave, thank you 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:37.160 very much. Thank you so mentioned the Thursday night primetime 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:41.400 showdown Eagles Panthers a boll of two four and one 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.760 teams there as the Panthers hold on to defeat the 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:48.600 Detroit Lion. So Thursday football can be very very interesting 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.600 to say, at least, Yeah, you'll be going down in Carolina. 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.560 You know, CBS or the NFL network, who's ever carrying 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:57.199 that game. You're talking about two teams that are playing well, 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:01.040 Carolina going into Detroit today up a big win against 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:03.720 a very good team and the Detroit Lions. And you 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:06.240 know what, when you are playing as well as the 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:09.120 Eagles are, you're not sneaking up on anybody, no, right, 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.120 So you know it'll be a great matchup on a 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:14.560 short week. It'll be a tough one going on the road. 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.320 But I'll tell you what. This team is resilient, this 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.720 team is confident. I like the way that they play, 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:22.680 and I believe this team is going to step up 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:24.840 to the challenge, you know, step up to the challenge 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.240 a play on a short week on the road, in 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.199 a game I'm pretty sure they won't be favored to win, 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:31.640 but guess what, that doesn't matter to this team. They've 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:34.480 answered every challenge they've had too so far this year. 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:37.199 What impressed me about this team is you look at guys. 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:40.160 You mentioned Patrick Robinson outstanding day at cornerback, also at 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:41.760 the blockfield goal at the end of the first half 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:43.920 to keep it twenty one to seven at the intermission. 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.560 There the guys are Kenyon Barner wasn't on this team 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.080 two weeks ago and making key plays not just in 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:52.600 special teams, but as in the running back rotation as well, 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.560 with Wendell Smallwood not being in there today, bo Allen 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.079 starring once again for the injured Fletcher Cox, and then 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:00.480 Tim Jurgen stepping up and making some big plays there 0:14:00.520 --> 0:14:02.400 early in the game to help set the tone there 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:05.800 for the defensive line. So just across the board, it's 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.040 not just the stars, not the big name guys coming through. 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:10.280 It's the guys like the Nelson Aglors and those depth 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:12.959 guys who are stepped up and making big contributions to 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.760 help this football team. From player one to all the 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.960 way to fifty three, everyone on this Eagles roster has 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:20.920 helped this team get to four and one and where 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:22.960 they're at right now, and it's what they need. I mean, 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:26.600 this team is certainly more talented than it was last year. 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.000 But the thing I like this the big difference is 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.680 the amount of veterans we have on the team. I 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:35.640 mean we we brought in guys like Lagart Blunt, Chris Long, 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.360 Alshan Jeffrey. I mean you need that type of veteran 0:14:39.400 --> 0:14:42.000 experience when things aren't going well, those guys aren't going 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:44.440 to panic. And then Carson has just taking his game 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:46.360 to the next level. I mean, he's taking his game 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:49.080 to the next level. And I thought it may take 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.400 another year or two for him to jump up to 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:55.080 that top five class of quarterbacks. Yeah, he's knocking on 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:57.680 next door this season. When you look at the best 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:00.920 quarterbacks around the league, not many of them are playing 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:04.240 better than Carson Wentz. And it's not always the numbers 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:05.960 that he puts up. It's just the way that he's 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.760 operating the offense, you know, getting you out of bad 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:11.320 running plays and putting you in the right passing plays 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:14.360 or if there's a chance to run the ball against 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:17.800 a six man box or seven man box. He's being 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:21.240 able to check into those running plays as well. And 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:24.720 Carson on third down, man, it's hard to describe. I mean, 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:27.400 the numbers that this offense is putting up one third 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:31.440 and long situations just do not happen. And then NFL. 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:34.440 I mean, as a defensive player, our goal was to 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:36.880 get an offense to third and seven, third and five 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:40.680 because the percentages are in the defense's favor. This guy 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:42.960 doesn't blink when it's third and nine, third and eight, 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:46.280 third and nineteen does not matter. He's finding a way 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:48.840 to make plays. That's why they are the best team 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.720 in the league in third down conversions, third down conversions, 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:55.880 time of possession, just dominating, dominate the lion scrimmage on 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.000 both sides of the football. But in our sort of 0:15:58.000 --> 0:16:00.840 ode to Carson Wentz here, the trade impresses me the 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.080 most and it comes up big on third down. His 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:07.240 calm and poise in the pocket. I mean, the Cardinals knew, 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:09.200 you knew they were bringing the blitz today. They love 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:11.880 those pressure skiings, especially those a gap rushers where they 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:14.320 trying to get the offensive line confused and get a 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:17.320 free rusher at the quarterback. Carson Wentz almost is inviting 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:19.480 the blitz and saying bring it because I'll be able 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.440 to stand in there, I'll take my time, I'm not 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:23.800 going to rush the throw, and then just you'll get 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:25.800 that one on one matchup and you're trying to get 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.480 away from Patrick Pearson. So I know it was Bethel 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.680 on the outside. Justin Bethel they were attacking today. You 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:34.560 know it was Buddha Baker, the rookie defensive back they 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:37.280 were attacking at times, Dion Buchanan. It was just they 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:41.200 found a matchup nightmare somewhere else around the formation. And 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:43.920 I just love how Carson Wentz calmly goes through the progressions, 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:46.200 finds the matchup that he likes and is able to 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:48.280 exploit it. So you could tell he puts in the 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:50.040 time during a week when it comes to film study, 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:53.920 and then he has this that innate calm that sets 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:55.440 of timing to know when to get rid of the 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:57.920 football and to know when he has to be on rythem. 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:00.280 It's just so amazing that you see a quarterback who 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:03.640 was a twenty one career starts now his NFL career 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.120 to have that type of performance. So, like you said before, 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.120 it's not been the most prolific performance in the terms 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:11.920 of yardage. But it's been more efficient. But today the 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.040 Eagles need to rely on him just a little bit more. 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:17.359 Delivers over three hundred yards and his first career four 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.520 touchdown day for Philadelphia. And you made a great point 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:24.760 about his poise under fire, under pressure, and the good 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.760 quarterbacks in this league they want you to blitz them 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.840 because the good quarterbacks, when you blitch, you bring that 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:35.200 extra man. You help define where to go with the football, 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:40.359 and so and so when Carson Wentz sees extra pressure coming, 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:43.320 the best thing about him is he knows where to 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:46.480 go with the football. All the great quarterbacks they aren't 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:49.760 afraid of blitzing. When you blitzed them, you helped them 0:17:49.760 --> 0:17:52.440 out by defining where the coverage is at. And all 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:54.000 he has to do is make good throws to the 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:55.960 right guys. He's been able to do that through the 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:57.800 first five games of the season. All Right, So a 0:17:57.840 --> 0:17:59.800 little bit we're gonna hear from hey, coach Doug Pearson 0:17:59.840 --> 0:18:03.000 and quarterback Carson Wentz himself. First though, there are a 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:05.359 lot of great highlights in this game. So what was 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.720 it like to be in the booth with Merrill Reese 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:10.040 and Mike Quick. We're going to present Merril cam to 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:14.120 get their reactions. Courtesy of Sports Radio. Actually, first, Doug 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:15.640 Pearce is about to go to the point we're gonna 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:17.400 go in that first here on the postgame show were 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:27.200 presented by a Rico as to think through two would 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:30.679 be this good this team at this point considering all 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:43.040 the things that have happened, key players missing. I know 0:18:43.119 --> 0:18:46.760 this about our football team and it's been this way 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:49.920 now for a year and a half. Is it doesn't 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:54.680 matter what happens with injury in our on our roster, 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:59.280 the next guy, the coach is doing outstanding, outstanding job 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:04.840 of getting that guy ready and prepared to play. UM. 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:07.280 You know, obviously coming into this season, to kind of 0:19:07.359 --> 0:19:11.000 follow up on the question, UM, I think in the 0:19:11.040 --> 0:19:13.879 back of my mind you kind of you hope and 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:15.960 you you want to be a good football team. Everybody 0:19:16.000 --> 0:19:19.840 aspires to be good football teams. UM. But the way 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:24.040 we're doing it with the amount of backup players in 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:27.639 these first five weeks, UM, is a testament to the 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:30.560 coaching staff and the players in that dressing room. Uh, 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:33.159 and the resiliency that they have to never quit and 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:38.320 never finish. I think sky's the limit, you know, sky's 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:41.520 the limit. And you know, the key is just staying 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:44.760 rounded and staying focused on our job and focused on 0:19:44.800 --> 0:19:48.439 the next game. And and uh, I mean, as you know, 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:51.800 these these wins, these losses, whatever are short lived in 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:53.800 this in this business, and and you got to get 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:57.680 yourself ready to go within twenty four hours. Was eleven 0:19:57.760 --> 0:20:02.200