WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Fall To Patriots 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:31.600 Let overreaction season be a game. Welcome to the postgame 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:33.839 show for his inn and by Rico. I'm Chris McPherson 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:37.680 alongside former Eagles linebacker Ike Reas. Yes, the Eagles lost 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:40.120 to the New England Patriots by a score of thirty 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:43.319 seven to twenty. Let's calm things down a little bit. 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:46.080 It is preseason, after all. Not what you wanted to 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:48.840 see out of the Stars tonight, but still some good 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:52.040 things to take away. But overall, like your big picture 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:54.120 thoughts and what you saw from the Eagles this evening, 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:57.480 I mean some good things obviously, some bad things. And 0:00:57.520 --> 0:00:59.440 I know Coach Peterson once he gets a chance to 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:01.000 look at the fan, even when he gets a chance 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:04.600 to speak on it. Coaches, they are perfectionists, right. You 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:07.040 know Doug talked about prior to the game cleaning up 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:10.080 a lot of the sloppy Pelly, the turnovers, the sacks, 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:13.000 the penalties. More importantly, I think some of those things 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:16.319 still remained in the second game. I think positives you 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:18.440 can take out of the game. I thought Nate Sutfield 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:22.160 played better this week, pressed in the in the player 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:24.480 a little bit sooner with Nick going out early in 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:26.720 the game, But I thought he handled it pretty well. 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:29.520 I thought Shelton Gibson for the second week in a row, 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.160 you know, opportunity to play out there at the wide 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:35.360 receiver position, couple guys down, made the most of all 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:37.520 of his opportunities to night. When the ball was thrown 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:40.000 to him, he made plays, even had a nice kickoff 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:42.920 return in the first half as well. You know the 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:45.880 things they got to get better at, obviously his pass protection. 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:47.920 You know, this is pretty much the line, the offensive 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:52.440 line that played in the Super Bowl, and the way 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:55.560 this offensive line played down the stretch. They really were 0:01:55.640 --> 0:01:59.040 the unsung heroes of why the offense had so much 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:01.960 success late in the year last year. And for them 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.120 to come out not just last week, but this week 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:07.560 as well and not really have things short up. The 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:10.359 good thing is this preseason, a couple weeks of practice 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:13.440 into this thing. They got a few weeks before you 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:16.160 got to get ready for Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:18.840 to open up the season. Certainly things that can be 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.519 cleaned up. No major injuries to night, A couple of 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.520 tweaks with some gods and hamstrings and things. Pretty sure 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:26.800 they'll let us know the extent of some of those injuries. 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:29.240 But all in all, I think when the coaches look 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:31.160 at the tape to night or the video tonight on 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.680 the way home, they have a lot that they can 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.160 throw at these players next week to let them know 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:39.600 we're not there yet. Forget about what you're reading, forget 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:42.440 about what you're hearing about last year. This is a 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:44.200 new year, and we still got a lot of work 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:46.640 to do in order to be where we want to 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:48.640 be at the end of the season. That makes you 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.440 wonder how much did the Patriots look forward to this 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.919 game to say, you know what, you guys, be this 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.600 in the Super Bowl. It's not going to be revenge 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:58.880 per se, but we're gonna take it to you tonight. 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.680 And they certainly did. They brought the energy, the aggressiveness. 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:04.400 They were more physical than the Eagles tonight. They were 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:06.960 more disciplined than the Eagles tonight, you know, and they 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:09.799 out executed the Eagles tonight from top to bottom. So 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.640 last week against the Steelers, you felt pretty good because 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:14.679 the starters on both sides of the ball came out 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:17.680 playing pretty well. Well tonight that wasn't the case. The 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:20.840 Eagles go off to a sloppy start and were never 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:24.160 able to get any traction going whatsoever. But like you 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:26.480 talked about the offensive line, I think really we're looking 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.679 at the tackle position, the left tackle position with big 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:33.480 the hollopol of body. YETI struggling tonight. You know at 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:36.240 the one sack that he allowed at Adrian Clayborne, where 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:38.600 Nick Foles went to throw the football, the ball was 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:40.880 fumbled and it was returned by the Patriots for a 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:44.040 touchdown there. That's one thing that you're surprised to see 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:47.040 because Vyeti played so well, especially in the playoffs. As 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:50.040 you mentioned, the cohesiveness of this unit was so strong 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.680 down the stretch and that's the reason the Eagles succeeded. 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:55.760 It was intriguing to see the way things unfolded tonight. 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.400 But to me, it's a blip on the radar to 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:00.640 speed bump in the road. It's something the Eagles, like 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:03.360 you said, can learn from and move forward as they 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:05.840 get ready for their final two preseason games. But you 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:08.600 do have to remember you're expecting Jason Peters to be 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:11.280 back in the lineup. It'll be interesting to see whether 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.000 or not he plays in the preseason to shake off 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:15.920 some of the rust since he hasn't played at all 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:20.520 since last October. Yeah, I'd be surprised if he's out there, Cemac. 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:24.000 I think Jason Peters in the league in his fifteen season, 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.640 future Hall of Famer, has nothing to prove as long 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.000 as he's getting the reps out there every day in practice. 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:32.320 I'm fine with Jason Peters. You know, he's gonna have 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:34.640 to preserve that body so that he can be at 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:37.039 his best. He's coming off a major injury last year, 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:39.480 and I'm sure he wants to be around for all 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:43.760 sixteen games plus this season. Have no issue with Jason Peters. 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:46.120 A little surprised that Vity seems to have taken a 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:48.360 little bit of a step back. But what we've known 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:51.599 about Big v through his short career is that he 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:54.080 can go through stints of where he looks like he's 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:56.640 a starting left tackle in this league. But then there's 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:59.359 also a game or two where he falls into some 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:03.400 old habit and where he's not being fundamentally sound. That's 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.520 what's a surprising to think to me, is especially there's 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:08.400 one saccul out later in the game where you see 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:11.560 him lunging four with his body just getting completely off bound, 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:14.760 and like, that's what we didn't see from Viti last season. 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.200 So again you get this kind of blip on the 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:19.880 radar out of the way. Now in the preseason, you 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.120 get yourself focused and harness back and ready for the 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.360 regular season because Viti was such an integral part of 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:28.680 why the Eagles won the Super Bowl. But as Ike mentioned, 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:32.240 it's important to remember that that's all in the past. Now, Okay, 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:34.360 this was a good litmus test for the Eagles tonight 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.440 to see the Patriots. They're gonna be one of the 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:38.839 best teams in the league. Again, the Eagles want to 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.240 remain at that high level, and they have to understand 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:43.440 that every team is going to bring it to the 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:46.320 Eagles each and every week. You're gonna see this type 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.960 of attitude, this type of aggressiveness. So we see there 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:52.680 Shelton Gibson catching a touchdown pass from Nate sudfeldt Nate 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:56.080 Sudfeld three touchdown passes on the afternoon. This is the 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:59.800 one to Richard Rogers, a beautiful throw where Equasi put 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.719 it up for grabs, put it on a dime. Here's 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:06.040 the one down the sidelines to Shelton Gibson. Another big 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:09.080 pass here, just the touch that he has shown through 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.920 these first two preseason games, especially on the default has 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:15.200 been tremendous, So when you're looking for bright spots from tonight, 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.560 certainly Nate's subtfelt development, especially as he had to come 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:21.920 into emergency action after Foles came to the sidelines suffered 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:25.560 the shoulder stream was thankfully was looked at in the 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:27.520 medical tent, camp back out and watched the rest of 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:29.039 the game from the sideline. He didn't have to go 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:31.440 into the locker room for any additional treatment. We'll hear 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:33.520 more from head coach Doug Pearson in a little bit, 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.919 but still great to see Sutfield rushed into action and 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.599 being able to produce for a second straight week week 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:42.920 two touchdowns in the first game, three touchdown passes here 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.120 this evening. Yeah, I tell you, each week you get 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:48.120 to watch Nate Sutfield more and more, you start to 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:50.599 become a little bit more of a believer and his 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.560 skill set. You understand what the coaches in this front 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:56.600 office scouting department, sorry Nate Sutfield, and the reason of 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:59.520 bringing him in Washington not see this where here's one 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:02.560 thing we're here's the thing that I love. This team 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.440 is about developing quarterbacks. That's a part of the Andy 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:08.440 Reid Tree. You know, that's something Doug learned under Andy. 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:11.679 They know how to recognize certain skills, set certain tools, 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.440 traits that they like in young quarterbacks, and once they 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:16.640 get them in their system, they feel like they can 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:20.400 develop them. And he's been here the entire offseason. Because 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:23.840 of the injuries to Carson Wentz and Nick Foles and 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:27.000 being limited in practice, Nate Sutfield is getting a lot 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:30.000 of reps, so he's getting more and more comfortable with 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:33.000 the surroundings. The stage doesn't look too big for him. 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:35.840 He had to play last week. First time the defending 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.840 champ stepped on the field. It's Nate Sutfield who's leading 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:41.680 the squad coming into this game. They know they're going 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:44.280 up against the Patriots. He wants to perform well, and 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.800 I thought I thought he took advantage of his opportunities. 0:07:47.040 --> 0:07:49.560 Obviously through the balling awful lot. When you get behind 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.040 the way to the Eagles did tonight, you're trying to 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:54.520 put points on the board. But when when I just 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:57.720 watch him from a fundamental standpoint, he doesn't look like 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:00.840 he's aboarding what the coach are trying to teach him. 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:03.080 They're trying to teach him to be a good pocket quarterback. 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:06.239 I remember Suthfield in Indiana, me being a former spartan. 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:09.040 I've watched him play in college and he makes a 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:12.120 lot of plays that are all schedule. As he's a 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:15.520 I would say, an athlete that people don't expect to 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:17.440 be as good as he is on the edges with 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:19.400 the football. And he showed you this night that he 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:22.000 can escape and extend plays at times. But he has 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.280 a big enough body to stand in the pocket and 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:26.320 make all the throws you need him to make. And 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:28.520 I thought he did that the night he was under siege. 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:30.680 I mean he was getting hit from left and right. 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:33.280 He didn't look like he panicked in the pocket, didn't 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:35.480 throw the ball up for grabs, and that's what you 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:37.640 want to see from a young quarterback. Once they started 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:40.360 getting hit, they started losing all the things they've talked 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:42.800 throughout the week, I thought they did a great job 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.679 of hanging in there, leading the troops, put some scores 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:49.000 on the board, took advantage of some nice throws down 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:50.960 the field where he saw guys open, giving him an 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.480 opportunity to make plays. You're talking about a guy who 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:56.960 has an opportunity to be to have a long career 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:58.960 in this league. We'll see whether or not as a 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:02.199 starter or valuable back up in this league. And so 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.640 I thought Nate shows some real promise to That's interesting 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:06.400 when you talk to the players in the locker room. 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:09.800 Lane Johnson is certainly in Nate Sealsfeldt's corner as someone 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:11.960 who can ascend to do great things in this league. 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:15.960 Mc collins referred to him as a possible MVP in 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.559 this league. And I know that might be aboard. That's 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.120 a little bit overboard, yes, but certainly you love the 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:22.920 way that he can throw the ball on the run. 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.559 You love the way that what's important by getting these 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:28.000 reps here is last week when he threw the one 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:31.080 interception early against the Steelers, he didn't recognize the defense 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.880 right away, was confused by it. That's something that you're 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:36.040 gonna need to do in game action. You're not gonna 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:37.920 be able to learn that so much in practice. Each 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:40.480 and every week, he's been saying the same Jim Schwartz 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:42.880 defense over and over and over again for the last 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:45.280 couple of weeks in training camp. He needs to see 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:48.199 different schemes thrown at him, see what kind of blitzes 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.840 and change up defensive coordinators are gonna do, and you're 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:54.040 gonna need that in regular season or preseason game action. 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:57.559 So it's so valuable what he's getting right now during 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:00.679 this time, This basically basically has been the summer of 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:03.600 Nate Sudfeld for the Eagles to see what he can be. 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.480 Can he be a long term backup to Carson Wentz? 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.760 Could he be a possible developmental starter for another team? 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:12.280 Who knows? The biggest thing is the Eagles need to 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:14.880 get him the experience, and he is growing and learning 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:17.199 each and every week. You look at the stat sheet, Yes, 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:19.880 he had three touchdowns and the interception, but it was 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:22.920 a perfectly thrown ball to Matt Jones on the run 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:26.080 Matt Jones, it clanked off his helmet and was picked 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:29.640 off by the Patriots defender. So certainly the interception wasn't 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:31.880 his fault. And you can argue the one last week 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.000 to Tracks, the fall throwing the tracks shouldn't have been 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:39.120 his fault either, So that's they laid down the film. 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:41.319 They know where a guy's supposed to be, whether or 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:45.720 not the quarterback through a catchable ball, or like last week, 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:47.719 did Bryce Stregs run the right route? And was he 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:49.840 there when he was supposed to be there. So that's 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:51.600 the good thing for Nate is that when the coaches 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:54.640 break down the film, they understand exactly the time and 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:57.640 of every play and whether or not an interception, is 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.520 the quarterback's fault, was the offensive line I'm in front 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:02.320 of him where he didn't have time to throw the ball, 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:04.120 or was the receiver in the right place, and whether 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.079 or not he caught the ball on top. I think 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:08.160 Nate has been outstanding in the first two games of 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:11.080 the preseason. The accuracy is there. You love that. You love, 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:13.800 the decision making is getting better. The mobility, the way 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:15.559 he can throw on the run, the way he can 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:18.800 extend the pocket, very very impressive so far. But the 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:22.400 connection that he has with Shelton Gibson is very very 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:25.160 special to this point. They connected on the touchdown pass. 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:27.480 We showed you the highlight a little bit earlier. They 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:29.520 had the deep play down the right sideline when they 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:32.280 were backed up in their own end zone. I mean, 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:35.200 Shelton Gibson, you can already say that he's been the 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:38.000 most improved player on this Eagles roster throughout the course 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:41.800 of training camp. But the leap that he's making it's 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:44.520 truly special to see. And when you have guys like 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:48.960 Alston Jeffrey out, mc collins out, Nelson Aghalore out, it's 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:50.880 great to see one of these young guys step up 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.160 to the challenge. And it's been Shelton Gibson to his part. Yeah, 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.400 I realized last year Shelton Gibson couldn't get on the 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:58.000 field too late in the year and that was a 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:00.440 special team. Yeah, and it took him half the year 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:03.600 to be able to be a key contributor on that phase. 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.520 But as far as being a receiver coming out of 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:10.240 West Virginia, that the passing route concepts are so much 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.680 different in that spread offense they run at West Virginia 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:16.800 versus yeah, versus what he's doing here at the pros. 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:18.360 So he had to learn how to play the wide 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:22.120 receiver position at the NFL level. And when you're when 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:25.319 you're unsure of what to do on each plate, you 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:28.680 can't play at your fastest. You can't allow your natural 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:31.720 football instincts to take over. And that's truly what helped 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:36.040 hurt Shelton last year. Confidence went down, confidence from the 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.959 coaches went down in him, and then your your rookie 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:41.719 season is basically all but loss except for being able 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:44.680 to contribute on special teams. He's come back this year 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:48.679 and it's clearly more confident, has a better understanding of 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:51.360 what he's supposed to do as a wide receiver at 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.240 this level. And a lot of that has to be 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:57.360 contributed to his position coaches. Right when when when you 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.480 get that individual work with your position coach and breaking 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:04.319 down the nuances of playing the receiver position at this level, 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:07.080 you know you can tell that he's really soaking it 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:09.200 all up and he totally looks different out there. I 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:13.400 granted it's the preseason, but through two games he's gone 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.960 against first team defenses. I mean he's out there against 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:21.400 Stefan Gilmore at times against New England, pages against Devin mccordy. 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:24.040 The touchdown. He not Devin mccordy, the brother. What's the 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:27.720 Jason mccordy. I believe he beat him for the touchdown 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.680 down there, and that that's a good veteran cornerback in 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:32.880 this league. So you gotta like what you're saying out 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:36.800 of Sheldon Gibson, and for a position, it seems to 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.520 have and open the spot at least until Al Shan 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:42.400 is back healthy. Sheldon Gibson is making the case that 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:44.800 he wants some plans to be He's a lot to 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:47.359 be on this roster. If there were any questions whatsoever 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:50.760 to me through these first two preseason games, he's answered 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:54.439 the bell, no question about that. So a special moment 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:57.679 on the sideline after Gibson scorers touchdown, he got a 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:00.640 little bit of encouragement from veteran wide receiver Mike Wallace. 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.880 Our cameras were there to record the interaction. We'll show 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:07.839 that to you now in our sideline sounds keep running 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.439 after the same we roll every time you were winning 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:21.280 on it. How you feel for something you do to Mike. 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.040 Great moment there on the sideline, Mike Wallace, you know, 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:36.680 coming in as someone who's been to the super Bowl 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.120 in his career, wants to finally win it and is 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:42.920 embracing and loving everything about being a Philadelphia Eagle. Wants 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:45.480 to have that connection with the fans. And I'm sure 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:47.680 I was hoping to have a highlight real play tonight, 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:51.080 had one crossing around intended for him that Nick Foles 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:53.640 got pressured, the ball went high, wasn't able to bring 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:55.480 it in, and of course You're not leaving the stars 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:58.200 out there too too long out there this evening. So 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:00.560 let's talk about the defense a little little bit here. 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:03.720 I'm gonna start with the cornerback position. We saw Sidney 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:07.320 Jones working a slot to start. Avante Maddox got worked 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:10.640 in there. But Ronald Darby, he has had a tremendous 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:14.320 training camp to this point and showed early on how 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:17.200 he was able to mirror receivers down the field not 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:22.360 get faked out by double moves. Truly, truly has made 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.120 leaps and bounds in my estimation from Warria was last 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:27.600 year to this year, just so much more comfortable and 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:30.760 confident playing in this defensive scheme. Yeah, I'm not surprised 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:33.040 at all. I mean, when you look at his skill set, 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:35.320 the tools that he have, he's a starting corner in 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:37.800 this league with the ability to be a matchup corner. 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:40.200 I mean, he is that good. You're talking about a 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:42.960 guy who gives you what four to three speed. You 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:45.440 saw him tonight. Bid on the double move because they 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:48.360 want to be aggressive on slants, but I love the technique. 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:51.280 That's the difference in what you saw last year. Last 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:54.280 year when they drove that slant route they allowed that 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:56.960 receiver to get around them as opposed to driving that 0:15:57.040 --> 0:16:00.280 slant route and forcing the receiver to come through them 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:02.720 on the double move. And that's what he was able 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:05.200 to do with the double move he got tonight, was 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:09.320 in great position, trail position, got his head around. I 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:12.000 guarantee you, Ron Darby, I'll tell you he should have 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:15.000 two interceptions and that that's what's expected, and I don't 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:17.640 mind it. But he's right there in position you get 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.840 past the fifth there and on both of those plays, 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:22.960 he showed you that even if you get a step 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.760 on him, he has to catch up speed to get 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.000 back there and be able to break up passes. I mean, 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:29.760 it's the reason why he was a high second round 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:32.480 draft pick. This is a big year for him. He 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:34.720 knows it's a contract year for him. I think the 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.680 best thing for Ron Darby is that he's had a 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:41.640 full offseason in this defense, knowing what Jim Schwartz, Corey 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:45.680 Land is expecting other cornerbacks, and now he can just play. 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:47.600 I mean, he got here. What it wasn't even at 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:49.640 this point last year. Where he got here I believe 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:52.200 through the trade through Buffalo and then he was injured 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:54.000 in the first game. Then he didn't come back into 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.920 like week nine, and so he was always playing catch 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:59.240 up with everyone out there, and I don't think we 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:01.480 got to see the best Ron Darby. I think you're 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:04.720 gonna see that this year because he knows exactly what's 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:08.240 expected of him. He's highly motivated, and he knows he's 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:10.040 going to get the challenge every week of going up 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:12.879 against the other team's best. I think in the past 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:14.959 with Ron Darby, I think he relied too much on 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:18.199 his athleticism and didn't allow himself to learn the nuances 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:20.560 the techniques of the game that would take his game 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:22.640 to the next level. But like you mentioned, Ike, he's 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:26.480 had the entire offseason in this scheme, and talking to him, 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:28.720 he said the biggest thing he wants to improve is 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:31.560 the interception tolls. He had three a year ago, and 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:33.840 again he only played half the season, yet that's still 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:35.720 tied a career high for him, and he had some 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:38.680 big interceptions down the stretch for the Eagles. The Oakland 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.320 game on Christmas comes immediately to mind, but he wants 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:43.120 to increase that toll. He knows he left a bunch 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:45.399 on the field last year. Left him on the field tonight, 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:47.320 So he's gonna go back look at the tape and 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:49.520 realize he's right there in position to make the play. 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:51.960 He's getting the ball to the ground, which is obviously good, 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:53.680 but you want to be great and be able to 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:56.280 get the ball back for the offense and get those takeaways. 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.240 So that's the one thing you want to see Ron 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:00.800 Darby improve in the next couple of weeks heading into 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:03.640 the regular season. Kenny improved the ball skills, and it's 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:06.680 something that going back to your time here, like Al Harris, 0:18:06.960 --> 0:18:09.919 he'll who worked with guys like Troy Vincent and Bobby Taylor. 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:12.639 Al Harris wasn't very good at ball skills when he 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:15.439 first came into the league for the Eagles, but he 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:17.800 improved on that and then it was a very successful 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.200 a Pro Bowl. Indeed, there exactly right, and a lot 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:24.560 of you know, this isn't anything that's new to cornerbacks. 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:26.680 You know, they'll tell you, the old coaches to tell 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:28.680 you it's the reason why you're playing corner instead of 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:31.960 wide receiver. But the great thing that you can take 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.240 away from Ron Darby is that he's in position. He'll 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:38.160 get his fair share of interceptions. Now, will he ever 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:40.639 be a guy that's picking off eight nine passes the season. 0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:43.560 That's very hard to do for anyone. But he's certainly 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:46.320 a guy that can have five to seven interceptions because 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:48.280 he's in position. You talk about the three he had 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:50.800 last year, that was pretty much in half a season. 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:52.840 And if you just look at the two games, really 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:55.439 this game where he played extensive time, he was in 0:18:55.560 --> 0:18:59.040 position several times to get interceptions. He's going to get 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:02.000 his opportunities. He knows he wants to take advantage of them. 0:19:02.080 --> 0:19:04.480 I liked what I saw from Sidney Jones. Everyone is 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:07.280 going to see the highlight of Cordell Patterson breaking his 0:19:07.359 --> 0:19:10.000 ankles on that pass in the flat and running right 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:12.280 by him for the touchdown, But to me, he was 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:14.320 in position to break up the pass on a number 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:17.720 of other occasions. Showed some tenacity in terms of getting 0:19:17.720 --> 0:19:20.080 in the backfield to make the tackles. Very willing in 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:21.760