Speaker 1: Let overreaction season be a game. Welcome to the postgame
Speaker 1: show for his inn and by Rico. I'm Chris McPherson
Speaker 1: alongside former Eagles linebacker Ike Reas. Yes, the Eagles lost
Speaker 1: to the New England Patriots by a score of thirty
Speaker 1: seven to twenty. Let's calm things down a little bit.
Speaker 1: It is preseason, after all. Not what you wanted to
Speaker 1: see out of the Stars tonight, but still some good
Speaker 1: things to take away. But overall, like your big picture
Speaker 1: thoughts and what you saw from the Eagles this evening,
Speaker 1: I mean some good things obviously, some bad things. And
Speaker 1: I know Coach Peterson once he gets a chance to
Speaker 1: look at the fan, even when he gets a chance
Speaker 1: to speak on it. Coaches, they are perfectionists, right. You
Speaker 1: know Doug talked about prior to the game cleaning up
Speaker 1: a lot of the sloppy Pelly, the turnovers, the sacks,
Speaker 1: the penalties. More importantly, I think some of those things
Speaker 1: still remained in the second game. I think positives you
Speaker 1: can take out of the game. I thought Nate Sutfield
Speaker 1: played better this week, pressed in the in the player
Speaker 1: a little bit sooner with Nick going out early in
Speaker 1: the game, But I thought he handled it pretty well.
Speaker 1: I thought Shelton Gibson for the second week in a row,
Speaker 1: you know, opportunity to play out there at the wide
Speaker 1: receiver position, couple guys down, made the most of all
Speaker 1: of his opportunities to night. When the ball was thrown
Speaker 1: to him, he made plays, even had a nice kickoff
Speaker 1: return in the first half as well. You know the
Speaker 1: things they got to get better at, obviously his pass protection.
Speaker 1: You know, this is pretty much the line, the offensive
Speaker 1: line that played in the Super Bowl, and the way
Speaker 1: this offensive line played down the stretch. They really were
Speaker 1: the unsung heroes of why the offense had so much
Speaker 1: success late in the year last year. And for them
Speaker 1: to come out not just last week, but this week
Speaker 1: as well and not really have things short up. The
Speaker 1: good thing is this preseason, a couple weeks of practice
Speaker 1: into this thing. They got a few weeks before you
Speaker 1: got to get ready for Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night
Speaker 1: to open up the season. Certainly things that can be
Speaker 1: cleaned up. No major injuries to night, A couple of
Speaker 1: tweaks with some gods and hamstrings and things. Pretty sure
Speaker 1: they'll let us know the extent of some of those injuries.
Speaker 1: But all in all, I think when the coaches look
Speaker 1: at the tape to night or the video tonight on
Speaker 1: the way home, they have a lot that they can
Speaker 1: throw at these players next week to let them know
Speaker 1: we're not there yet. Forget about what you're reading, forget
Speaker 1: about what you're hearing about last year. This is a
Speaker 1: new year, and we still got a lot of work
Speaker 1: to do in order to be where we want to
Speaker 1: be at the end of the season. That makes you
Speaker 1: wonder how much did the Patriots look forward to this
Speaker 1: game to say, you know what, you guys, be this
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. It's not going to be revenge
Speaker 1: per se, but we're gonna take it to you tonight.
Speaker 1: And they certainly did. They brought the energy, the aggressiveness.
Speaker 1: They were more physical than the Eagles tonight. They were
Speaker 1: more disciplined than the Eagles tonight, you know, and they
Speaker 1: out executed the Eagles tonight from top to bottom. So
Speaker 1: last week against the Steelers, you felt pretty good because
Speaker 1: the starters on both sides of the ball came out
Speaker 1: playing pretty well. Well tonight that wasn't the case. The
Speaker 1: Eagles go off to a sloppy start and were never
Speaker 1: able to get any traction going whatsoever. But like you
Speaker 1: talked about the offensive line, I think really we're looking
Speaker 1: at the tackle position, the left tackle position with big
Speaker 1: the hollopol of body. YETI struggling tonight. You know at
Speaker 1: the one sack that he allowed at Adrian Clayborne, where
Speaker 1: Nick Foles went to throw the football, the ball was
Speaker 1: fumbled and it was returned by the Patriots for a
Speaker 1: touchdown there. That's one thing that you're surprised to see
Speaker 1: because Vyeti played so well, especially in the playoffs. As
Speaker 1: you mentioned, the cohesiveness of this unit was so strong
Speaker 1: down the stretch and that's the reason the Eagles succeeded.
Speaker 1: It was intriguing to see the way things unfolded tonight.
Speaker 1: But to me, it's a blip on the radar to
Speaker 1: speed bump in the road. It's something the Eagles, like
Speaker 1: you said, can learn from and move forward as they
Speaker 1: get ready for their final two preseason games. But you
Speaker 1: do have to remember you're expecting Jason Peters to be
Speaker 1: back in the lineup. It'll be interesting to see whether
Speaker 1: or not he plays in the preseason to shake off
Speaker 1: some of the rust since he hasn't played at all
Speaker 1: since last October. Yeah, I'd be surprised if he's out there, Cemac.
Speaker 1: I think Jason Peters in the league in his fifteen season,
Speaker 1: future Hall of Famer, has nothing to prove as long
Speaker 1: as he's getting the reps out there every day in practice.
Speaker 1: I'm fine with Jason Peters. You know, he's gonna have
Speaker 1: to preserve that body so that he can be at
Speaker 1: his best. He's coming off a major injury last year,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure he wants to be around for all
Speaker 1: sixteen games plus this season. Have no issue with Jason Peters.
Speaker 1: A little surprised that Vity seems to have taken a
Speaker 1: little bit of a step back. But what we've known
Speaker 1: about Big v through his short career is that he
Speaker 1: can go through stints of where he looks like he's
Speaker 1: a starting left tackle in this league. But then there's
Speaker 1: also a game or two where he falls into some
Speaker 1: old habit and where he's not being fundamentally sound. That's
Speaker 1: what's a surprising to think to me, is especially there's
Speaker 1: one saccul out later in the game where you see
Speaker 1: him lunging four with his body just getting completely off bound,
Speaker 1: and like, that's what we didn't see from Viti last season.
Speaker 1: So again you get this kind of blip on the
Speaker 1: radar out of the way. Now in the preseason, you
Speaker 1: get yourself focused and harness back and ready for the
Speaker 1: regular season because Viti was such an integral part of
Speaker 1: why the Eagles won the Super Bowl. But as Ike mentioned,
Speaker 1: it's important to remember that that's all in the past. Now, Okay,
Speaker 1: this was a good litmus test for the Eagles tonight
Speaker 1: to see the Patriots. They're gonna be one of the
Speaker 1: best teams in the league. Again, the Eagles want to
Speaker 1: remain at that high level, and they have to understand
Speaker 1: that every team is going to bring it to the
Speaker 1: Eagles each and every week. You're gonna see this type
Speaker 1: of attitude, this type of aggressiveness. So we see there
Speaker 1: Shelton Gibson catching a touchdown pass from Nate sudfeldt Nate
Speaker 1: Sudfeld three touchdown passes on the afternoon. This is the
Speaker 1: one to Richard Rogers, a beautiful throw where Equasi put
Speaker 1: it up for grabs, put it on a dime. Here's
Speaker 1: the one down the sidelines to Shelton Gibson. Another big
Speaker 1: pass here, just the touch that he has shown through
Speaker 1: these first two preseason games, especially on the default has
Speaker 1: been tremendous, So when you're looking for bright spots from tonight,
Speaker 1: certainly Nate's subtfelt development, especially as he had to come
Speaker 1: into emergency action after Foles came to the sidelines suffered
Speaker 1: the shoulder stream was thankfully was looked at in the
Speaker 1: medical tent, camp back out and watched the rest of
Speaker 1: the game from the sideline. He didn't have to go
Speaker 1: into the locker room for any additional treatment. We'll hear
Speaker 1: more from head coach Doug Pearson in a little bit,
Speaker 1: but still great to see Sutfield rushed into action and
Speaker 1: being able to produce for a second straight week week
Speaker 1: two touchdowns in the first game, three touchdown passes here
Speaker 1: this evening. Yeah, I tell you, each week you get
Speaker 1: to watch Nate Sutfield more and more, you start to
Speaker 1: become a little bit more of a believer and his
Speaker 1: skill set. You understand what the coaches in this front
Speaker 1: office scouting department, sorry Nate Sutfield, and the reason of
Speaker 1: bringing him in Washington not see this where here's one
Speaker 1: thing we're here's the thing that I love. This team
Speaker 1: is about developing quarterbacks. That's a part of the Andy
Speaker 1: Reid Tree. You know, that's something Doug learned under Andy.
Speaker 1: They know how to recognize certain skills, set certain tools,
Speaker 1: traits that they like in young quarterbacks, and once they
Speaker 1: get them in their system, they feel like they can
Speaker 1: develop them. And he's been here the entire offseason. Because
Speaker 1: of the injuries to Carson Wentz and Nick Foles and
Speaker 1: being limited in practice, Nate Sutfield is getting a lot
Speaker 1: of reps, so he's getting more and more comfortable with
Speaker 1: the surroundings. The stage doesn't look too big for him.
Speaker 1: He had to play last week. First time the defending
Speaker 1: champ stepped on the field. It's Nate Sutfield who's leading
Speaker 1: the squad coming into this game. They know they're going
Speaker 1: up against the Patriots. He wants to perform well, and
Speaker 1: I thought I thought he took advantage of his opportunities.
Speaker 1: Obviously through the balling awful lot. When you get behind
Speaker 1: the way to the Eagles did tonight, you're trying to
Speaker 1: put points on the board. But when when I just
Speaker 1: watch him from a fundamental standpoint, he doesn't look like
Speaker 1: he's aboarding what the coach are trying to teach him.
Speaker 1: They're trying to teach him to be a good pocket quarterback.
Speaker 1: I remember Suthfield in Indiana, me being a former spartan.
Speaker 1: I've watched him play in college and he makes a
Speaker 1: lot of plays that are all schedule. As he's a
Speaker 1: I would say, an athlete that people don't expect to
Speaker 1: be as good as he is on the edges with
Speaker 1: the football. And he showed you this night that he
Speaker 1: can escape and extend plays at times. But he has
Speaker 1: a big enough body to stand in the pocket and
Speaker 1: make all the throws you need him to make. And
Speaker 1: I thought he did that the night he was under siege.
Speaker 1: I mean he was getting hit from left and right.
Speaker 1: He didn't look like he panicked in the pocket, didn't
Speaker 1: throw the ball up for grabs, and that's what you
Speaker 1: want to see from a young quarterback. Once they started
Speaker 1: getting hit, they started losing all the things they've talked
Speaker 1: throughout the week, I thought they did a great job
Speaker 1: of hanging in there, leading the troops, put some scores
Speaker 1: on the board, took advantage of some nice throws down
Speaker 1: the field where he saw guys open, giving him an
Speaker 1: opportunity to make plays. You're talking about a guy who
Speaker 1: has an opportunity to be to have a long career
Speaker 1: in this league. We'll see whether or not as a
Speaker 1: starter or valuable back up in this league. And so
Speaker 1: I thought Nate shows some real promise to That's interesting
Speaker 1: when you talk to the players in the locker room.
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson is certainly in Nate Sealsfeldt's corner as someone
Speaker 1: who can ascend to do great things in this league.
Speaker 1: Mc collins referred to him as a possible MVP in
Speaker 1: this league. And I know that might be aboard. That's
Speaker 1: a little bit overboard, yes, but certainly you love the
Speaker 1: way that he can throw the ball on the run.
Speaker 1: You love the way that what's important by getting these
Speaker 1: reps here is last week when he threw the one
Speaker 1: interception early against the Steelers, he didn't recognize the defense
Speaker 1: right away, was confused by it. That's something that you're
Speaker 1: gonna need to do in game action. You're not gonna
Speaker 1: be able to learn that so much in practice. Each
Speaker 1: and every week, he's been saying the same Jim Schwartz
Speaker 1: defense over and over and over again for the last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks in training camp. He needs to see
Speaker 1: different schemes thrown at him, see what kind of blitzes
Speaker 1: and change up defensive coordinators are gonna do, and you're
Speaker 1: gonna need that in regular season or preseason game action.
Speaker 1: So it's so valuable what he's getting right now during
Speaker 1: this time, This basically basically has been the summer of
Speaker 1: Nate Sudfeld for the Eagles to see what he can be.
Speaker 1: Can he be a long term backup to Carson Wentz?
Speaker 1: Could he be a possible developmental starter for another team?
Speaker 1: Who knows? The biggest thing is the Eagles need to
Speaker 1: get him the experience, and he is growing and learning
Speaker 1: each and every week. You look at the stat sheet, Yes,
Speaker 1: he had three touchdowns and the interception, but it was
Speaker 1: a perfectly thrown ball to Matt Jones on the run
Speaker 1: Matt Jones, it clanked off his helmet and was picked
Speaker 1: off by the Patriots defender. So certainly the interception wasn't
Speaker 1: his fault. And you can argue the one last week
Speaker 1: to Tracks, the fall throwing the tracks shouldn't have been
Speaker 1: his fault either, So that's they laid down the film.
Speaker 1: They know where a guy's supposed to be, whether or
Speaker 1: not the quarterback through a catchable ball, or like last week,
Speaker 1: did Bryce Stregs run the right route? And was he
Speaker 1: there when he was supposed to be there. So that's
Speaker 1: the good thing for Nate is that when the coaches
Speaker 1: break down the film, they understand exactly the time and
Speaker 1: of every play and whether or not an interception, is
Speaker 1: the quarterback's fault, was the offensive line I'm in front
Speaker 1: of him where he didn't have time to throw the ball,
Speaker 1: or was the receiver in the right place, and whether
Speaker 1: or not he caught the ball on top. I think
Speaker 1: Nate has been outstanding in the first two games of
Speaker 1: the preseason. The accuracy is there. You love that. You love,
Speaker 1: the decision making is getting better. The mobility, the way
Speaker 1: he can throw on the run, the way he can
Speaker 1: extend the pocket, very very impressive so far. But the
Speaker 1: connection that he has with Shelton Gibson is very very
Speaker 1: special to this point. They connected on the touchdown pass.
Speaker 1: We showed you the highlight a little bit earlier. They
Speaker 1: had the deep play down the right sideline when they
Speaker 1: were backed up in their own end zone. I mean,
Speaker 1: Shelton Gibson, you can already say that he's been the
Speaker 1: most improved player on this Eagles roster throughout the course
Speaker 1: of training camp. But the leap that he's making it's
Speaker 1: truly special to see. And when you have guys like
Speaker 1: Alston Jeffrey out, mc collins out, Nelson Aghalore out, it's
Speaker 1: great to see one of these young guys step up
Speaker 1: to the challenge. And it's been Shelton Gibson to his part. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I realized last year Shelton Gibson couldn't get on the
Speaker 1: field too late in the year and that was a
Speaker 1: special team. Yeah, and it took him half the year
Speaker 1: to be able to be a key contributor on that phase.
Speaker 1: But as far as being a receiver coming out of
Speaker 1: West Virginia, that the passing route concepts are so much
Speaker 1: different in that spread offense they run at West Virginia
Speaker 1: versus yeah, versus what he's doing here at the pros.
Speaker 1: So he had to learn how to play the wide
Speaker 1: receiver position at the NFL level. And when you're when
Speaker 1: you're unsure of what to do on each plate, you
Speaker 1: can't play at your fastest. You can't allow your natural
Speaker 1: football instincts to take over. And that's truly what helped
Speaker 1: hurt Shelton last year. Confidence went down, confidence from the
Speaker 1: coaches went down in him, and then your your rookie
Speaker 1: season is basically all but loss except for being able
Speaker 1: to contribute on special teams. He's come back this year
Speaker 1: and it's clearly more confident, has a better understanding of
Speaker 1: what he's supposed to do as a wide receiver at
Speaker 1: this level. And a lot of that has to be
Speaker 1: contributed to his position coaches. Right when when when you
Speaker 1: get that individual work with your position coach and breaking
Speaker 1: down the nuances of playing the receiver position at this level,
Speaker 1: you know you can tell that he's really soaking it
Speaker 1: all up and he totally looks different out there. I
Speaker 1: granted it's the preseason, but through two games he's gone
Speaker 1: against first team defenses. I mean he's out there against
Speaker 1: Stefan Gilmore at times against New England, pages against Devin mccordy.
Speaker 1: The touchdown. He not Devin mccordy, the brother. What's the
Speaker 1: Jason mccordy. I believe he beat him for the touchdown
Speaker 1: down there, and that that's a good veteran cornerback in
Speaker 1: this league. So you gotta like what you're saying out
Speaker 1: of Sheldon Gibson, and for a position, it seems to
Speaker 1: have and open the spot at least until Al Shan
Speaker 1: is back healthy. Sheldon Gibson is making the case that
Speaker 1: he wants some plans to be He's a lot to
Speaker 1: be on this roster. If there were any questions whatsoever
Speaker 1: to me through these first two preseason games, he's answered
Speaker 1: the bell, no question about that. So a special moment
Speaker 1: on the sideline after Gibson scorers touchdown, he got a
Speaker 1: little bit of encouragement from veteran wide receiver Mike Wallace.
Speaker 1: Our cameras were there to record the interaction. We'll show
Speaker 1: that to you now in our sideline sounds keep running
Speaker 1: after the same we roll every time you were winning
Speaker 1: on it. How you feel for something you do to Mike.
Speaker 1: Great moment there on the sideline, Mike Wallace, you know,
Speaker 1: coming in as someone who's been to the super Bowl
Speaker 1: in his career, wants to finally win it and is
Speaker 1: embracing and loving everything about being a Philadelphia Eagle. Wants
Speaker 1: to have that connection with the fans. And I'm sure
Speaker 1: I was hoping to have a highlight real play tonight,
Speaker 1: had one crossing around intended for him that Nick Foles
Speaker 1: got pressured, the ball went high, wasn't able to bring
Speaker 1: it in, and of course You're not leaving the stars
Speaker 1: out there too too long out there this evening. So
Speaker 1: let's talk about the defense a little little bit here.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start with the cornerback position. We saw Sidney
Speaker 1: Jones working a slot to start. Avante Maddox got worked
Speaker 1: in there. But Ronald Darby, he has had a tremendous
Speaker 1: training camp to this point and showed early on how
Speaker 1: he was able to mirror receivers down the field not
Speaker 1: get faked out by double moves. Truly, truly has made
Speaker 1: leaps and bounds in my estimation from Warria was last
Speaker 1: year to this year, just so much more comfortable and
Speaker 1: confident playing in this defensive scheme. Yeah, I'm not surprised
Speaker 1: at all. I mean, when you look at his skill set,
Speaker 1: the tools that he have, he's a starting corner in
Speaker 1: this league with the ability to be a matchup corner.
Speaker 1: I mean, he is that good. You're talking about a
Speaker 1: guy who gives you what four to three speed. You
Speaker 1: saw him tonight. Bid on the double move because they
Speaker 1: want to be aggressive on slants, but I love the technique.
Speaker 1: That's the difference in what you saw last year. Last
Speaker 1: year when they drove that slant route they allowed that
Speaker 1: receiver to get around them as opposed to driving that
Speaker 1: slant route and forcing the receiver to come through them
Speaker 1: on the double move. And that's what he was able
Speaker 1: to do with the double move he got tonight, was
Speaker 1: in great position, trail position, got his head around. I
Speaker 1: guarantee you, Ron Darby, I'll tell you he should have
Speaker 1: two interceptions and that that's what's expected, and I don't
Speaker 1: mind it. But he's right there in position you get
Speaker 1: past the fifth there and on both of those plays,
Speaker 1: he showed you that even if you get a step
Speaker 1: on him, he has to catch up speed to get
Speaker 1: back there and be able to break up passes. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's the reason why he was a high second round
Speaker 1: draft pick. This is a big year for him. He
Speaker 1: knows it's a contract year for him. I think the
Speaker 1: best thing for Ron Darby is that he's had a
Speaker 1: full offseason in this defense, knowing what Jim Schwartz, Corey
Speaker 1: Land is expecting other cornerbacks, and now he can just play.
Speaker 1: I mean, he got here. What it wasn't even at
Speaker 1: this point last year. Where he got here I believe
Speaker 1: through the trade through Buffalo and then he was injured
Speaker 1: in the first game. Then he didn't come back into
Speaker 1: like week nine, and so he was always playing catch
Speaker 1: up with everyone out there, and I don't think we
Speaker 1: got to see the best Ron Darby. I think you're
Speaker 1: gonna see that this year because he knows exactly what's
Speaker 1: expected of him. He's highly motivated, and he knows he's
Speaker 1: going to get the challenge every week of going up
Speaker 1: against the other team's best. I think in the past
Speaker 1: with Ron Darby, I think he relied too much on
Speaker 1: his athleticism and didn't allow himself to learn the nuances
Speaker 1: the techniques of the game that would take his game
Speaker 1: to the next level. But like you mentioned, Ike, he's
Speaker 1: had the entire offseason in this scheme, and talking to him,
Speaker 1: he said the biggest thing he wants to improve is
Speaker 1: the interception tolls. He had three a year ago, and
Speaker 1: again he only played half the season, yet that's still
Speaker 1: tied a career high for him, and he had some
Speaker 1: big interceptions down the stretch for the Eagles. The Oakland
Speaker 1: game on Christmas comes immediately to mind, but he wants
Speaker 1: to increase that toll. He knows he left a bunch
Speaker 1: on the field last year. Left him on the field tonight,
Speaker 1: So he's gonna go back look at the tape and
Speaker 1: realize he's right there in position to make the play.
Speaker 1: He's getting the ball to the ground, which is obviously good,
Speaker 1: but you want to be great and be able to
Speaker 1: get the ball back for the offense and get those takeaways.
Speaker 1: So that's the one thing you want to see Ron
Speaker 1: Darby improve in the next couple of weeks heading into
Speaker 1: the regular season. Kenny improved the ball skills, and it's
Speaker 1: something that going back to your time here, like Al Harris,
Speaker 1: he'll who worked with guys like Troy Vincent and Bobby Taylor.
Speaker 1: Al Harris wasn't very good at ball skills when he
Speaker 1: first came into the league for the Eagles, but he
Speaker 1: improved on that and then it was a very successful
Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl. Indeed, there exactly right, and a lot
Speaker 1: of you know, this isn't anything that's new to cornerbacks.
Speaker 1: You know, they'll tell you, the old coaches to tell
Speaker 1: you it's the reason why you're playing corner instead of
Speaker 1: wide receiver. But the great thing that you can take
Speaker 1: away from Ron Darby is that he's in position. He'll
Speaker 1: get his fair share of interceptions. Now, will he ever
Speaker 1: be a guy that's picking off eight nine passes the season.
Speaker 1: That's very hard to do for anyone. But he's certainly
Speaker 1: a guy that can have five to seven interceptions because
Speaker 1: he's in position. You talk about the three he had
Speaker 1: last year, that was pretty much in half a season.
Speaker 1: And if you just look at the two games, really
Speaker 1: this game where he played extensive time, he was in
Speaker 1: position several times to get interceptions. He's going to get
Speaker 1: his opportunities. He knows he wants to take advantage of them.
Speaker 1: I liked what I saw from Sidney Jones. Everyone is
Speaker 1: going to see the highlight of Cordell Patterson breaking his
Speaker 1: ankles on that pass in the flat and running right
Speaker 1: by him for the touchdown, But to me, he was
Speaker 1: in position to break up the pass on a number
Speaker 1: of other occasions. Showed some tenacity in terms of getting
Speaker 1: in the backfield to make the tackles. Very willing in
Speaker 1: that regard, and that's what you're gonna need to play
Speaker 1: in Jim Schwartz a scheme, you're you're gonna need to
Speaker 1: be able to help in the run game, and I
Speaker 1: thought he showed great support in that. So I'm very encouraged.
Speaker 1: But why I've seen from Sidney Jones in these first
Speaker 1: couple of games, because again last year we only saw
Speaker 1: the one regular season game because he had the achilles
Speaker 1: injury just before the draft. He played in the regular
Speaker 1: season finale against Dallas, you know, showed some good things there,
Speaker 1: but had the all the off season. They gave himself
Speaker 1: healthy game himself right, and has played well in my
Speaker 1: estimation in these first two preseason outings. He just needs
Speaker 1: more planned time. He's gonna learn that when you get
Speaker 1: a big receiver like Cordelle Patterson out there, you gotta
Speaker 1: come up to tackle him under control. First of all,
Speaker 1: know where you're leverages on defense, know where your help
Speaker 1: is coming from. And then when you get a big
Speaker 1: receiver like that, he let him make the movie he
Speaker 1: wants to make, and and you're right there to make
Speaker 1: the play. All right, We're gonna send it now to
Speaker 1: jelet Save in Foxboro. We're head coach Doug Peterson is
Speaker 1: standing by h Yeah. Um, you know number one, we'll
Speaker 1: evaluate the film, you know, tomorrow and and and make
Speaker 1: a better decision and better judgments on that. But um,
Speaker 1: I think I think both of them would agree that
Speaker 1: there there were players left out on the field tonight, um,
Speaker 1: and something we gotta we gotta clean up and keep working.
Speaker 1: So you know, it's a great battle between those two. Um.
Speaker 1: And and we've got a couple of weeks left before
Speaker 1: we have to make these, uh, these tough decisions. But
Speaker 1: uh we'll look at the tape and and make a
Speaker 1: make a you know determination after that to see exactly
Speaker 1: how they did play the severity of the injury. I'm
Speaker 1: sorry next case, you know. Um listen, I'm gonna wait
Speaker 1: until I speak to my doctors tonight tomorrow, UM, get
Speaker 1: a good evaluation on them, and I'll definitely keep you
Speaker 1: updated as we go. Think you know, I thought, uh, um,
Speaker 1: you know, the balls were a little high early. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, just just a little accuracy issue. But um,
Speaker 1: you know, we had some we had some plays. I
Speaker 1: think he would want back, and we'd want back as
Speaker 1: an offense, and and we just got to continue to work,
Speaker 1: you know, And it's part of it's part of the game.
Speaker 1: And uh, we have to make the corrections, you know,
Speaker 1: this next week and then get ready for our next one.
Speaker 1: Three times he I think, well, obviously, I think it's
Speaker 1: a concerned lead wide you know, with exactly how this
Speaker 1: is gonna get called. But you know it's it's great
Speaker 1: to see because it's it's all teaching and coachable moments
Speaker 1: for us, you know, especially the defensive side. And um,
Speaker 1: you know, we've we've got to keep educating our players,
Speaker 1: you know, on on the property technique and um, you
Speaker 1: know it's something again, well we'll evaluate the film you know,
Speaker 1: in the in the morning and and uh and see
Speaker 1: exactly what's going on. But these are great teachable moments. Um,
Speaker 1: everyone's still trying to kind of adjust the new role,
Speaker 1: teach it and you know, coach it up when you
Speaker 1: now it's going to be called. It's hard because you
Speaker 1: don't go live in practice either, you know, and and
Speaker 1: uh so you so it's hard to you know, you're
Speaker 1: just going off of game film, you know, uh, and
Speaker 1: try to try to coach off of that and and
Speaker 1: show these guys these plays and and continue to educate
Speaker 1: them because you're not putting your team in live situations,
Speaker 1: you know anymore in camp. Um, it's hard to really
Speaker 1: work on it, you know. Um, you can, you can
Speaker 1: work all the drills you want, but until you're in
Speaker 1: the game, you know, when things happen a lot faster
Speaker 1: that's when you, uh, you really get to find out
Speaker 1: exactly how how your team is is progressing in that area.
Speaker 1: The plan take Nick out there regardless or had he
Speaker 1: not been hurt when he had kept playing. Um, I
Speaker 1: think if if he was healthy, he would have probably
Speaker 1: got one more series, you know after that. Um, guys,
Speaker 1: I think had around twenty twenty one plays or something
Speaker 1: like that at the time, and I was hoping to
Speaker 1: get around twenty five with that first group. So, UM,
Speaker 1: you know, I was, I was planning on putting them,
Speaker 1: putting him back out if I if I couldn't. Nate
Speaker 1: thought Nate did some nice things. Um, I had some
Speaker 1: really nice throws, the you know, the touchdown pass obviously,
Speaker 1: the one off the goal line to backed up situation. UM,
Speaker 1: you know, and again getting played pretty well. You know
Speaker 1: it's something um with the with the quarterbacks. Um you know,
Speaker 1: you have to go back and really evaluate the tape
Speaker 1: and and see see progressions and see reads and and uh.
Speaker 1: But I thought overall, you know, out standing here right
Speaker 1: now that he thought he played pretty well second game, UM,
Speaker 1: do you worry? Did how did Joe joeberall performance? I
Speaker 1: know there's a lot of shifting the first thing out.
Speaker 1: But in terms of execution, um, you know, it's something
Speaker 1: we got to clean up the execution. It's not it's
Speaker 1: not crisp right now. Um, but again we got to
Speaker 1: continue to work guys who are working extremely hard, you
Speaker 1: know in training camp and you know obviously in these games,
Speaker 1: effort is there. You know, we just gotta really now
Speaker 1: these next couple of weeks focus on, uh, just the
Speaker 1: execution and being being crisp in these next couple of games.
Speaker 1: What's keeping out right now? He had a lower body
Speaker 1: injury and just needed some rest on it. Same thing
Speaker 1: with Richard and I'll find out tonight tomorrow really when
Speaker 1: we get back and let you know. Okay, thank you media.
Speaker 1: We are also going to hear from quarterback Nick Foles
Speaker 1: in just a little bit here, so make sure stay
Speaker 1: tuned here on the postgame show presented by Rico, Doug
Speaker 1: didn't have too much to offer on the injury situation. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, terming lower body injury. Nick Foles will be reevaluated.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a big weekend for the Eagles. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go a little off the game here for a second.
Speaker 1: I because Carson Wentz, Brandon Graham and Alshon, Jeffrey, all
Speaker 1: those guys are going to be reevaluated this weekend in Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: and especially for Carson Wentz, it'll be interesting to see
Speaker 1: if the doctors will clear him to participate in eleven
Speaker 1: on eleven drills next week as they get ready for
Speaker 1: what they usually call the dress rehearsal, the third preseason
Speaker 1: game against the Cleveland Browns. You don't know if Winch
Speaker 1: will be able to play in that game or not,
Speaker 1: but still the fact that he's more involved in team
Speaker 1: drills would be a positive sign as the team looks
Speaker 1: forward to that regular season opener on September six. Yeah,
Speaker 1: much like Jason Peters, not because of age, but just
Speaker 1: because of importance. Regardless of what happens with Carson as
Speaker 1: far as the medical evaluation moving forward, I'd be surprised
Speaker 1: if he played in the preseason, but we'll see about
Speaker 1: next week's game. Obviously, were getting a chance to get
Speaker 1: ready here from Nick Foles coming up here in a second.
Speaker 1: Certainly interested to see how that shoulder elbow was filling
Speaker 1: after he had to leave the game a little bit early.
Speaker 1: You heard Doug say, had he not been injured, he
Speaker 1: was due to go out there for at least one
Speaker 1: more series. So he when he was out there, he
Speaker 1: didn't look great, look rusty. I think some of that
Speaker 1: has to be expected. He's been in and out of
Speaker 1: practice as well, dealing with some muscle spas and things
Speaker 1: of that nature. Tonight would have been his first action
Speaker 1: since the Super Bowl, and so I guess a little
Speaker 1: bit of rust is expected. Just hoping that it's not
Speaker 1: anything that's long term that will keep him out next week,
Speaker 1: because the last thing you want is for neither guy
Speaker 1: to have any type of real game action before they
Speaker 1: had to play the Atlanta Falcons in three weeks. So
Speaker 1: I thought Nick, for the most part, when he had time,
Speaker 1: made throws. But I think the rust that we saw
Speaker 1: from him is kind of expected. I think I think
Speaker 1: it should be expected. I mentioned Mike Wallace earlier. I
Speaker 1: thought the timing was a little off there again, they're
Speaker 1: trying to get that report, get that chemistry down. There
Speaker 1: was one pass down the right sideline, which you know,
Speaker 1: if the ball was better thrown, he could have had it,
Speaker 1: should have had went on small way on a wheel
Speaker 1: route down the left sideline. I think it was his
Speaker 1: first throw the game in fact, and Yeah, it was
Speaker 1: just a little Often those things are to be expected.
Speaker 1: And you look at Nick Foles as a veteran in
Speaker 1: this league last season, didn't play in the preseason, you know,
Speaker 1: as because of the elbow injury, and we saw what
Speaker 1: he was able to do down the stretch. So Doug
Speaker 1: Peterson talking about Nate sudfelt his performance, very very encouraged
Speaker 1: by what he's seen from him through these first two
Speaker 1: preseason games. We even talk about Richard Davis's touchdown where
Speaker 1: he did a great job of getting the safety who
Speaker 1: was too far over to the middle of the field
Speaker 1: and Sudfeld just dropped in a dime, been between a
Speaker 1: couple of defenders to get the ball there on a
Speaker 1: thirty one yard score to Richard Davis. So all across
Speaker 1: the board, a number of impressive throws from Sudfeld on
Speaker 1: the evening, and you're certainly encouraged by what the Eagles
Speaker 1: have at that quarterback position going forward, with Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: working his way back from the injury, Nick Foles and
Speaker 1: what he can bring to the offense, and of course
Speaker 1: Nate Sudfelt in the development that he's shown, so even
Speaker 1: before he looks at the tape coach Peterson realizes felt
Speaker 1: a nice outing for him here in the second week
Speaker 1: of the preseason. If I couldn't touch on the defense
Speaker 1: just for a moment, obviously, that you got Tom Brady
Speaker 1: out there playing the whole first half. This is his
Speaker 1: first preseason action. Patriots suddenly wanted to get their offense going.
Speaker 1: The Eagles didn't gain playing in New England. Patriots, So
Speaker 1: I'm not completely discouraged by what Tom Brady and the
Speaker 1: offense was able to do against the Vanilla defense. The tackling. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Doug touched on that. With the new rule in there,
Speaker 1: it's gonna take a little bit of time for all
Speaker 1: the players around the league to get adjusted to the
Speaker 1: new helmet rule. But I'll caution every fan out there
Speaker 1: who gets frustrated over the last two weeks when they
Speaker 1: see these flags thrown, it's not going anywhere. The league
Speaker 1: isn't gonna go back to allowing big hits and things
Speaker 1: of that nature. So the players will have to adjust. Eventually,
Speaker 1: they're gonna throw these flags. They may not throw them
Speaker 1: as frequently when the regular season begins, but they're trying
Speaker 1: to set a tone for what they are expecting, and
Speaker 1: so once you put that in the player's minds as
Speaker 1: to what's expected of them when it's time to make
Speaker 1: a hit, then you won't have to worry about those counties.
Speaker 1: I thought Jordan Hicks had a great form tackle where
Speaker 1: he lined the offensive the receiver up, didn't leave with
Speaker 1: his head, led with his shoulder, made a great form tackle.
Speaker 1: That's what they want to see more of. I just
Speaker 1: thought the Patriots came out with their leader setting the
Speaker 1: tone and it was important to them to have a
Speaker 1: good game offensively. They have a lot of questions up
Speaker 1: there themselves in New England offensively, so they were certainly
Speaker 1: coming out looking to get some things accomplished. I'm not
Speaker 1: totally discouraged by what we did on defense because I
Speaker 1: know we're missing a few guys, and with defenses in
Speaker 1: the preseason, if you don't gain playing the opposing team's offense,
Speaker 1: you're basically out there. Yeah, exactly, they're gonna beat you
Speaker 1: because all you have is your pass rush to get
Speaker 1: to him. So when it comes to the helmet rule, yeah,
Speaker 1: your thoughts as a former player as a fan watching
Speaker 1: the game now, To me, I think it's been pretty
Speaker 1: clear cut. I think the reference have been calling it
Speaker 1: pretty consistently, at least with the Eagles two games across
Speaker 1: the board. Ronnie McCloud, it was pretty blatant. He went
Speaker 1: down and it was almost like a technique that I
Speaker 1: don't know if this is a coach to use your
Speaker 1: head to get the ball out. It's not teach. I'm
Speaker 1: sure it was a dangerous player. That's that's what they
Speaker 1: really want out of the game. And I mean to
Speaker 1: protect him. I mean he could have seriously that a
Speaker 1: tackle like that leading with your head down, that could
Speaker 1: lead the spinal injuries, let alone the head trauma that
Speaker 1: can come from not looking up when you're out there
Speaker 1: to make a tackle. And I'm a former player, and listen,
Speaker 1: I made my bones in this league by being aggressive,
Speaker 1: by playing through the whistle, by making tackles that are
Speaker 1: being outlawed right now. But I'm also a parent who
Speaker 1: has a child that's playing football, and head injuries are serious,
Speaker 1: and I applaud what the NFL is trying to do
Speaker 1: because I got to look at the game through different
Speaker 1: lenses now. I can't look at it as if it's
Speaker 1: twenty years ago. You gotta look at it and have
Speaker 1: empathy and care for these players. And their safety out there,
Speaker 1: and that's what the league is trying to do. Will adjust.
Speaker 1: The players will adjust. They're good enough athletes. Just give
Speaker 1: them time. We as fans need to need to start
Speaker 1: realizing that we're gonna have to adjust our way of
Speaker 1: thinking and our expectations when it comes to playing, particularly defense.
Speaker 1: In the NFL today, what we grew up on is
Speaker 1: not allowed anymore, and they're not going back to allowing that,
Speaker 1: no matter how loud we scream and yell and tweet
Speaker 1: about our displeasure that we can't have football the way
Speaker 1: that we grew up on. It's a new day and age,
Speaker 1: and I'm happy it's a new day and age because
Speaker 1: we are well more informed about the serious nature of
Speaker 1: head injuries and other injuries that come with this violent sport.
Speaker 1: They can't take out all the violence in the sport,
Speaker 1: but if they can limit some of it and make
Speaker 1: it a safer game for everybody involved, I think we
Speaker 1: can all appreciate that as football fans. So you could
Speaker 1: have adjusted your game, though, if they had the rule
Speaker 1: implemented when you were playing in the late nineties early
Speaker 1: two thousands, you you would have adjusted. You have to.
Speaker 1: You don't have a choice that point. Otherwise it's coming
Speaker 1: out of your wallet at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: so you're fortune. That's the thing. So it just it
Speaker 1: took them a little longer to do it, and now
Speaker 1: we're I guarantee in a year or two this will
Speaker 1: be a thing of the pass it well. To me,
Speaker 1: it would have been a problem if we're seeing five
Speaker 1: six flags and there are some questionable things. I feel
Speaker 1: like the plays that we've seen, it was McLeod tonight,
Speaker 1: Jeremy Reeves tonight, pretty clear cut. They're lowering the head
Speaker 1: and they're not looking up whatsoever or and using and
Speaker 1: they're using the helmet as a weapon. And as observers
Speaker 1: and fans, we have to be fair to the officials.
Speaker 1: This isn't a rule they made up. They're doing what
Speaker 1: the league is directly them to do, directing them to do,
Speaker 1: and they're also trying to figure out where is that
Speaker 1: line right, They're trying to figure out where they're lying at.
Speaker 1: These officials, especially the ones that have been doing it
Speaker 1: for a decade plus, they're saying to themselves, Okay, it's
Speaker 1: been a regular tackle for many, many years, and now
Speaker 1: you want me to change my view of it. And
Speaker 1: call it. Yes, that's what the league want you to do,
Speaker 1: and that's what the officials are they're working on themselves
Speaker 1: here in the preseason. Again, I think it's something that's
Speaker 1: being overly focused on in the preseason because they want
Speaker 1: to set a tone. I think once the season starts
Speaker 1: they'll dial it back. But the more egregious ones, the
Speaker 1: ones that are obvious to everyone, they're gonna call it.
Speaker 1: They're gonna call it, and I think they should because
Speaker 1: I think in the long run, our game is going
Speaker 1: to be safer for our kids that are coming up
Speaker 1: playing a game. You want the game to continue to grow.
Speaker 1: You want kids to continue to want to play football.
Speaker 1: You want parents to continue to allow their kids to
Speaker 1: play football because they feel safe that it's not something
Speaker 1: that's going to leave them shorten their lives. And the
Speaker 1: game is not worth that to anybody. And so that
Speaker 1: will allow this game to continue to grow. It'll be
Speaker 1: safer for everyone and will adjust. It's just that's just
Speaker 1: what we do with human as nature were adapt. All Right,
Speaker 1: we're gonna send it now to Fox Borrow where Nick
Speaker 1: Foles it's addressing the media take questions for name. So
Speaker 1: we'll happen to your shoulder. Um, you know, I was
Speaker 1: getting ready to throw a d ball and uh, it
Speaker 1: got grabbed his I was falling through, so sort of
Speaker 1: got a little strains. So you know it was with
Speaker 1: the trainers. Um, you know, we'll go in. I'll go
Speaker 1: in tomorrow'll get treatment on it. Um, and you sort
Speaker 1: of go from there. But you know, it feels it
Speaker 1: feels all right, feels pretty good. Um, hopefully there's no issues. No,
Speaker 1: I was just a shoulder just sort of got jarred
Speaker 1: in a funny way. Um, as I was falling through
Speaker 1: and um, but you know it feels good. We'll check
Speaker 1: it out tomorrow more thoroughly. Yeah, that's fair to say.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, when you're falling through on a
Speaker 1: d bow on someone grabs your arm when you're going
Speaker 1: it's it's not the best feeling. So but you know,
Speaker 1: I feel optimistic about it, and you know I'm excited
Speaker 1: to you know, get into treatment tomorrow. Just get the
Speaker 1: same moving forward. Well, when you said look further, I'll
Speaker 1: let the trainers decide. Tomorrow morning. You know, we come
Speaker 1: in for treatment, so we'll go from there and decide
Speaker 1: what's best. Oh, it wasn't good Um. But at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, you know, it felt good to
Speaker 1: be back out there. Um, it's been a you know,
Speaker 1: just to be back on the playing field. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: getting the field for the game, being in the huddle. Um,
Speaker 1: you know I missed on some throws, but I was
Speaker 1: starting to you know, get a rhythm and get a
Speaker 1: field back. And I think that takes time. That's why
Speaker 1: we had the preseason to go out there and play.
Speaker 1: And it wasn't good enough. I have to be better.
Speaker 1: But Um, at the same time, I know what it
Speaker 1: takes to you know, keep moving forward on The guys
Speaker 1: in the locker room knows know what it takes. So
Speaker 1: we have to hold each other accountable, keep moving. Um,
Speaker 1: look at this film improved, But I also think there's
Speaker 1: a lot of great things tonight. I think a lot
Speaker 1: of the young guys really stepped up. Um. I thought
Speaker 1: Nate did a great job of you know, going in
Speaker 1: there and you know, finding a rhythm and really letting
Speaker 1: the ball fly and show what he's capable of doing. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, guys making plays. Um, it wasn't clean enough tonight.
Speaker 1: Um as a team, UM, we're a lot cleaner in that.
Speaker 1: But we'll get back to work and improve on all
Speaker 1: these things. Just um, you know, the plan was really
Speaker 1: just you know, however long coach Peterson wants us to play,
Speaker 1: so um, you know that's what was going and you know, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: you know, I sort of had a you know, my
Speaker 1: arm grabbed and sort of had to go through that issue.
Speaker 1: But um, you know I would have liked to put
Speaker 1: some points on the board. Um, but you know with
Speaker 1: the starting crew, but we didn't. But you know, we'll
Speaker 1: keep improving and um, like I said, we know what
Speaker 1: it takes to get better and we just have to
Speaker 1: do it. I think everyone's made a big deal about it. Um,
Speaker 1: I don't think Tom and I think you know, there's
Speaker 1: a lot of craziness. I mean I've always respected Tom.
Speaker 1: I met Tom several times, and um, it was great
Speaker 1: to see him. Um, you know, but like I said,
Speaker 1: I think everyone made a bigger deal because at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, you know, he's a great dude.
Speaker 1: He's a heck of a player. When the greatest of
Speaker 1: all time, and you know, it's to stay hi. I
Speaker 1: mean that's what quarterbacks do after games. Um, and everyone
Speaker 1: made a big deal of the Super Bowl. But I
Speaker 1: mean the super Bowl's chaos after so but he was
Speaker 1: nice as he always is. So, you know, I wish
Speaker 1: in the best of luck this season. I've been played
Speaker 1: in the preseason last year, but you weren't needed until
Speaker 1: week Um, if you weren't needed in week one of
Speaker 1: not being ready, would you even find playing this little preseason?
Speaker 1: Did you want to play the last You know, I'm
Speaker 1: not even gonna go there. Um, We're just gonna you know,
Speaker 1: live in the moment and just sort of go day
Speaker 1: to day. So I'm gonna do everything I can to
Speaker 1: get back on the field and you know, hopefully practice
Speaker 1: the first day. We get back practiced and be ready. Well,
Speaker 1: don't worry about it in the second game. About the execution. Um,
Speaker 1: we have to execute better. Um, you know, I have
Speaker 1: to actually better. Um from the quarterback position, we as
Speaker 1: a team have to execute better. But UM, you know
Speaker 1: that's where I know all of us will look at
Speaker 1: the film. UM, we'll get back on the practice field
Speaker 1: and we'll continue to improve. That's the that's the great
Speaker 1: That's the great thing about this sport is it's not
Speaker 1: always going to be perfect. Um. It's the toughest part
Speaker 1: about the sport is you want to go out there
Speaker 1: and you want to play a clean game. You want
Speaker 1: to win the game, you want to put a lot
Speaker 1: of points on up. Um. But that's where you you
Speaker 1: really have to dig deep right now. And just you know,
Speaker 1: we're in prison, we're in training camp. We have to
Speaker 1: continue to grow as a team. With the team's status
Speaker 1: and with Carson's availability, I'm sure would you understand if
Speaker 1: the team is a little more cautious with you because
Speaker 1: of that. Um, you know, I'm not really in a
Speaker 1: position to say I'm just gonna go out there and
Speaker 1: play whatever the you know, team decides or what they
Speaker 1: do or not. You know, as a player, we just
Speaker 1: go out there each and every day, um, to try
Speaker 1: to help this team become better and win. So that's
Speaker 1: really all I focus on. Have you had this injury before? Uh,
Speaker 1: this exact one? No, Um, you know, I'll see more
Speaker 1: tomorrow about what's going on. But I feel really good
Speaker 1: about it. You can see that, you know after the
Speaker 1: industry if it was regular season, I mean, do you
Speaker 1: think that could have been something you could have played
Speaker 1: through and that there's no reason to try to in
Speaker 1: this scenario? Um, you know, I don't know, it's a
Speaker 1: hypothetical situation. Um, we felt like it was best just
Speaker 1: to shut me down at that point. UM, just to
Speaker 1: make sure, you know, we give a further look, to
Speaker 1: make sure everything's okay. Um. Like I said, I feel
Speaker 1: optimistic about it. UM, So I'll find out more information tomorrow.
Speaker 1: The whole I thought I was very proud of Nate.
Speaker 1: I thought, you know, he went in and you know,
Speaker 1: it's not always it's not always easy to get a rhythm,
Speaker 1: and I think that he was really doing a good
Speaker 1: job of let him wrote downfield, give his receiver chance
Speaker 1: when players were breaking down. He was doing what he
Speaker 1: could with his legs, but being as smart as he could,
Speaker 1: you know, throwing balls away at times. UM. I thought
Speaker 1: he played really well. I think, you know, just from
Speaker 1: the point he got here last year when he came
Speaker 1: from Washington, I think, you know, he's improved like crazy,
Speaker 1: and he continues too. So it's fun to He's like
Speaker 1: a little brother to me, So it's fun to see
Speaker 1: him go out there and sort of slinging around a
Speaker 1: little bit and give us opportunity to come back. How
Speaker 1: much would I mean if you are able to play
Speaker 1: another preseason game and find that rhythm that you really
Speaker 1: couldn't find mean a lot. I mean, I'd be back
Speaker 1: on the plane field with the guys. So that's my goal.
Speaker 1: That's what I feel like it's going to happen. But
Speaker 1: once again, you know, you sort of have to go
Speaker 1: through the proper channels and proper protocols with all this.
Speaker 1: So I'll find out more information tomorrow and then go
Speaker 1: from there. Awesome, Thank y'all appreciate it. There's quarterback Nick
Speaker 1: Foles saying the shoulder got jarred just a little bit,
Speaker 1: but he feels good. He will have further evaluation in
Speaker 1: Philadelphia tomorrow after the team returned from Foxborough, So cross
Speaker 1: your fingers as nothing significant whatsoever, but good that there
Speaker 1: was no ice pack or anything like that as he
Speaker 1: was addressing the media. So good to see there. So
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Speaker 1: Eagles thirty seven inch way lost in the New England
Speaker 1: Patriot in the second week of the preseason, like any
Speaker 1: other players who you think might have helped their stock
Speaker 1: coming out tonight, Well, I tell you a couple of
Speaker 1: guys that are obviously going to be in backup roles,
Speaker 1: you know, Rashad Jones, Sean Davis. I'm I'm thinking of
Speaker 1: the safety in Miami. And Sean Davis. You know, he
Speaker 1: had a couple of good plays that he had negative
Speaker 1: plays on special teams that you can't have when you
Speaker 1: lose yards on pump returns. But it was nice to
Speaker 1: see him get a touchdown. When I look at the
Speaker 1: tight end positions, not necessarily a young guy guy with
Speaker 1: some experience, and Richard Rodgers tight end they brought in
Speaker 1: former Green Bay packer had a nice touchdown, great throw
Speaker 1: from Nate Sutfield, trusting him up to go up one
Speaker 1: on one to make the play, and Richard Rodgers made
Speaker 1: that play. You know, two tight ends that are definitely
Speaker 1: gonna be here and that's gonna be zach Ertz and
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard. But looking for that third guy that can
Speaker 1: give up. You know, last year Brent Sellig, zach Ertz
Speaker 1: and Trey Burton. We ran a lot of packages where
Speaker 1: Doug likes to use three wide receivers, I mean three
Speaker 1: tight ends, especially down in that red zone area and
Speaker 1: in short yardage areas. I think Richard Rodgers did a
Speaker 1: nice job of at least increasing his chances a band
Speaker 1: on a team. To me, I think he's the third
Speaker 1: guy because he's that reliable veteran. We're all expecting Dallas
Speaker 1: Gootta to come in and make an immediate impact for
Speaker 1: the football team, and it doesn't always happen at the
Speaker 1: tight end position for rookie. So you want someone who
Speaker 1: has had experience, who's had success. Hey, look at one
Speaker 1: point he was a go to guy for Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: up there in Green Bay had eight touchdowns in his
Speaker 1: season a couple of years ago. You know, it was
Speaker 1: kind of more on special team's duty and a backup
Speaker 1: tight end in the last couple of years there up
Speaker 1: there in Wisconsin, but here in Philadelphia. Look just be
Speaker 1: a reliable, trusted guy. And it seems like throughout training
Speaker 1: camp he caught everything his way. It was not flashy.
Speaker 1: He wasn't standing out like zach Ertz and Dallas gott
Speaker 1: It per se. But Richard Rodgers was out there making
Speaker 1: plays each and every day on a consistent basis. Knows
Speaker 1: the offense will help out in special teams. That's what
Speaker 1: you're looking for from that third tight end. I think
Speaker 1: Rogers is going to do a good job to bring
Speaker 1: it to the table. I actually personally like the fact
Speaker 1: that the play before, sunfel up a nice ball, for
Speaker 1: got it in the end zone one on one coverage,
Speaker 1: and the New England defender did a great job. You
Speaker 1: gotta had the ball in his hands. The New England
Speaker 1: defender got it through the cashpoint and knocked the ball
Speaker 1: at the last second. The very next play, Suffolk goes
Speaker 1: to Rogers and Rodgers like, all right, rookie, let me
Speaker 1: show you how it's done and comes down with the touchdown.
Speaker 1: So I thought it was a nice moment there for
Speaker 1: Richard Rodgers. Unfortunately had to come out of the game
Speaker 1: with the knee injury after that, but still to me,
Speaker 1: a very formidable tight end trio for the Eagles right now.
Speaker 1: And look, some promising prospects like Billy Brown there fighting
Speaker 1: for that fourth spot. But for me, right now, you
Speaker 1: look at the top three, it's gonna be Arts and
Speaker 1: Richard Rodgers there at the tight end position. Another government
Speaker 1: gave a shout out to here Avonte Maddox. Okay, he
Speaker 1: gave up the early touchdown to Chris Hogan, And to me,
Speaker 1: that's you're going against one of the best of all
Speaker 1: time in Tom Brady. You know, in fact, earlier this
Speaker 1: week in drills, the Eagles were actually working on that
Speaker 1: same situation with the ball lined up deep inside the
Speaker 1: red zone, one on one receivers against defensive backs. You know,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be very difficult because you have a quick
Speaker 1: twitch receiver like Chris Hogan who can do a great
Speaker 1: job of getting open and creating separation off the snap.
Speaker 1: That's the type of situations you're gonna need to learn
Speaker 1: to put yourself in if I thought Max bounced back, well,
Speaker 1: you know, I had a couple of past breakups there,
Speaker 1: got himself involved in the tackling quite often nicely. So overall,
Speaker 1: I'd like to see how the rookie bounced back here.
Speaker 1: So as we talked about Ronald Darby, we're talking about
Speaker 1: Sidney Jones Vonte Max. Another nice outing from him here tonight,
Speaker 1: as he's seen his stock rise here in the last
Speaker 1: week or so, as he was starting to get first
Speaker 1: team reps in the nickel, as the Eagles have to
Speaker 1: figure out who's gonna take Patrick Robinson's place here on
Speaker 1: the roster this year, Listen as a rookie and the
Speaker 1: deepest of coordinators and trusting you to go out there
Speaker 1: to be a part of that first team defense. I
Speaker 1: would say Avonte Maddox has certainly caught the eye of
Speaker 1: his coaches and they wanted him out there with that
Speaker 1: first team because they wanted to see how he was
Speaker 1: going to respond going up against Tom Brady, going up
Speaker 1: against Chris Hogan, Julian Edelman in the slot. You know,
Speaker 1: you can't really get a great gauge and whether or
Speaker 1: not he's ready for prime time going up against second, third,
Speaker 1: and fourth stringers. So they wanted him out there to
Speaker 1: see how he would react in those circumstances against the
Speaker 1: best of the best. And listen, it's the first time
Speaker 1: you're going up against the goat. That's what I called
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. You're going up against the goat. You're not
Speaker 1: gonna see him scramble along. I mean scramble around a
Speaker 1: whole lot to extend plays. That's one of those plays
Speaker 1: there that as a young corner, you gotta plaster your
Speaker 1: wild receiver and Chris Hogan in the end zone and
Speaker 1: then you gotta stick to him. At this level, the
Speaker 1: receivers they never stopped trying to get open. As long
Speaker 1: as they know that quarterback is still alive in the pocket.
Speaker 1: On the edges, those receivers are going to try to
Speaker 1: break free to give that quarterback of passing lane. Chris
Speaker 1: Hogan is a veteran volte matto, something he can learn from.
Speaker 1: But I love the fact that he didn't shy away
Speaker 1: from competition. He's out there, he's mixing it up. He's
Speaker 1: a physical guy, even though he's not a big guy.
Speaker 1: And I think they like him in that slot because
Speaker 1: of his size, because he has the shiftiness and the
Speaker 1: quickness of a corner to play inside with some of
Speaker 1: those shifty slot receivers. But at the same time, if
Speaker 1: you're gonna be a nickel every once in a while,
Speaker 1: that offense is gonna put you in a predicament where
Speaker 1: you gotta come up and support the run. And the
Speaker 1: thing I like about a Vonte Maddox, even though with
Speaker 1: his diminutive size, he's not afraid to go in there
Speaker 1: and mix it up with the big boys. So he's
Speaker 1: not gonna make a living making tackles in there on
Speaker 1: running backs, but you certainly have to be account for
Speaker 1: on defense if you're gonna be out there. And I
Speaker 1: thought he did a nice job tonight. The thing I'm
Speaker 1: looking at with that secondary, that's a lot of talent. Ye,
Speaker 1: somebody's not gonna be playing, so they have to figure
Speaker 1: out what they're gonna do with the guys on the outside.
Speaker 1: Mills didn't play tonight. That allowed Sydney and Ron Darby
Speaker 1: and a Vonte Maddox to be out there without any
Speaker 1: real restriction. But when meals come back, I have to
Speaker 1: imagine he's gonna be one of those starting corners. But
Speaker 1: then you're also talking about what do you do with
Speaker 1: Darby and Jones. If Maddox is going to be your
Speaker 1: slot guy. I love the they have an abundance of
Speaker 1: talent at that position because what it does is it
Speaker 1: forces everyone to raise their level of play every day
Speaker 1: in practice. Jim Schwartz is the type of guy. He's
Speaker 1: gonna play the best guy that's gonna give its team
Speaker 1: the best chance to win, and nothing is going to
Speaker 1: be given to you. You're gonna have to earn it.
Speaker 1: You need the depth. That's the biggest thing. As we
Speaker 1: saw last year, Royal Darby got injured in Week one.
Speaker 1: You're gonna need to be overcome those injuries. So you
Speaker 1: need those guys behind the depth chart, and you need
Speaker 1: to give them the experience now mixing and matching with
Speaker 1: a different personnel on the field, so they're able when
Speaker 1: they get onto the field. They have the communication naturally
Speaker 1: with the other guys that may not have worked with
Speaker 1: too much in the past. All Right, So what we're
Speaker 1: gonna do now is gonna send it over to Meryl
Speaker 1: cam Gillette Stadium inside the broadcast booth for Sports Radio
Speaker 1: ninety four w IP two of the best to ever
Speaker 1: do it, Merrill Rees and Mike Quick, both in the
Speaker 1: Eagles Hall of Fame. Let's hear the highlights from tonight's
Speaker 1: game through their voices. Mc donald out partner of the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles. All right, welcome back to the postgame show
Speaker 1: presented by Rico. Now on the flip side, we were
Speaker 1: talking about the players who increased their stock another name
Speaker 1: I'll mention there for stock up players. DeAndre Carter, young
Speaker 1: wide receiver, had a couple of catches there. So some
Speaker 1: of those guys, you know, again, with Al Shump being out,
Speaker 1: Matt Collins being out, and Nelson Aglor being out, some
Speaker 1: of those guys raise their level of play tonight. On
Speaker 1: the flip side, any players who you were you know,
Speaker 1: want a little more from so to speak, Well, I'll
Speaker 1: tell you Matt Jones. I knew he was gonna get
Speaker 1: an opportunity to show what he can do when Dale
Speaker 1: Smallwood got mostly got the bulk of the carries and
Speaker 1: the action in the first half, and the second half
Speaker 1: was pretty much dedicated to Matt Jones trying to show
Speaker 1: what he can do. I don't want to over evaluate
Speaker 1: what he did because he's not out there with the
Speaker 1: first team offensive line. He's out there with a backup guys.
Speaker 1: But here's the thing I'll tell you. Forget about the
Speaker 1: running lanes that may not have been there. When you're
Speaker 1: throwing the ball out of the backfield, you got to
Speaker 1: catch the ball. You know. One of those passes that
Speaker 1: he didn't catch led to an interception of Nate Sudfield,
Speaker 1: which I didn't think he deserved to have. You know,
Speaker 1: Matt Jones is a guy who was what mid round
Speaker 1: draft pick, third round draft pick, I believe, so you know,
Speaker 1: he has some talent, but he has to be able
Speaker 1: to hold onto the football and in this offense, you
Speaker 1: gotta be able to pass block, you gotta be able
Speaker 1: to catch the ball out of the backfield. Those are
Speaker 1: things you need to be able to do. He's a
Speaker 1: big body that I thought can add a different element
Speaker 1: to this running back backfield. You know, the thing that
Speaker 1: we're missing with Lagarret Blunt not being here anymore. But
Speaker 1: I don't care how big you are and how physical
Speaker 1: you are from a present standpoint, if you can't protect
Speaker 1: the football and protect that quarterback when you out there,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard to make any team. He's gonna
Speaker 1: next week's game, It's gonna be huge for him if
Speaker 1: he gets the opportunity to carry the football. A little disappointed,
Speaker 1: but again it's only the second preseason game. He gets
Speaker 1: a chance to come back and redeem himself. But he's
Speaker 1: a veteran that I was hoping to see a little
Speaker 1: bit more from because I actually like him as a player,
Speaker 1: I really do. I think he has a lot of
Speaker 1: as a runner uns game standpoint, and in this offense,
Speaker 1: you gotta be able to do that. You got to
Speaker 1: be able to do that in this offense, and more importantly,
Speaker 1: there were times where you had protection issues there that
Speaker 1: he's going to do a better job in that as well. Indeed,
Speaker 1: so probably other players took a ding tonight Hollipoli body
Speaker 1: Viti struggling at left tackle, but there's no question about
Speaker 1: his spot on the team. It just need to see
Speaker 1: him bounce back next week. He did play deep into
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. I think largely it was to kind
Speaker 1: of help him work out some of those kinks a
Speaker 1: little bit there. Taylor Hart on the other side, I thought,
Speaker 1: struggled as well at right tackle. Had to leave the
Speaker 1: game early due to cramping. But overall, the past protection
Speaker 1: an issue from top to bottom. Tonight for the Eagles.
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Speaker 1: against the younger, exciting Cleveland brown team that's trying to
Speaker 1: establish a new culture out there in Cleveland. Added a
Speaker 1: lot of young talent to their team this offseason. Going
Speaker 1: to get a chance to probably watch this team into
Speaker 1: the second half a little bit so to buil a
Speaker 1: good test for our defense. They got some nice skilled
Speaker 1: players on the offensive side of the ball, with some
Speaker 1: quarterbacks that will challenge our defense on the edges because
Speaker 1: they're athletic and Tyrod Taylor and Baker Mayfield, and I
Speaker 1: like Cleveland's defense. They've drafted a lot of players over
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Speaker 1: well to see if we can move the ball against
Speaker 1: those guys. Because after next week and by the Western
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Speaker 1: after next week, we won't see the starters, I'm assuming
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