Speaker 1: M enough to overcome a slow start by the defense
Speaker 1: to come out with a thirty four to twenty nine victory.
Speaker 1: Hello everyone, I welcome to the postgame show presented by Rico,
Speaker 1: Chris McPherson, Jordan alongside former Eagles linebacker Ike Reece. We
Speaker 1: can all breathe a sigh of relief. Of all the
Speaker 1: scenarios we could have figured coming into this game, we
Speaker 1: did not think about a last second Giants attempt there
Speaker 1: to possibly win the game coming to fruition. Fortunately the
Speaker 1: defense is able to stand tall struggle throughout most of
Speaker 1: the day. But like there are no style points when
Speaker 1: it comes to victories. The Eagles are twelve and two
Speaker 1: now on the season and they have clinched a first
Speaker 1: round buying the playoffs. Are you surprised this game came
Speaker 1: down to the wire? Curs? I mean, this is what
Speaker 1: the Eagles and Giants do to us, especially up there
Speaker 1: in the Meadowlands. Great victory by the Eagles certainly wasn't
Speaker 1: easy by any stretch of imagination. Plenty of coaching points.
Speaker 1: I'm sure the coaches will get through this week, particularly
Speaker 1: on the deepensive side of the ball. But like you
Speaker 1: mentioned a second ago, this isn't college football, so style
Speaker 1: points don't matter here. You get to w the Eagles
Speaker 1: have clinched the bye week. That's certainly what they wanted
Speaker 1: to do still in the hunt for clinching home field advantage.
Speaker 1: Great w by the team. Nick Foles and his first
Speaker 1: start since returning to the Eagles flawless performance. I don't
Speaker 1: know if you could asked for anything more for four
Speaker 1: touchdowns thrown, no turnovers. More importantly, did what he needed
Speaker 1: to do, and late in the game they were able
Speaker 1: to put three points on the board, a much needed
Speaker 1: three points late in the game to sort of give
Speaker 1: the Eagles a five point lead and forced the Giants
Speaker 1: to have to score a touchdown. Like I said, not
Speaker 1: a thing of beauty, but what do you expect when
Speaker 1: the Eagles and the Giants get together. I'm just glad
Speaker 1: there were no miracles. That was the biggest thing for me.
Speaker 1: We do not need to be on the opposite end
Speaker 1: of a miracle with the way the Eagles season has
Speaker 1: gone to this point. So it really took all three phases.
Speaker 1: Nick Foles leading the way on offense with four touchdowns.
Speaker 1: The defense struggled through out most of the day, but
Speaker 1: they got some key plays, including Ronald Darby with a
Speaker 1: huge interception in the second core to kind of bring
Speaker 1: the Eagles to life at their down by a big deficit,
Speaker 1: and special teams really coming through huge, especially when you
Speaker 1: factor in the Eagles won by five points. Okay, Derek
Speaker 1: Barnett blocked an extra point attempt. Malcolm Jenkins blocked the
Speaker 1: field goal attempt. That's four points right there at the
Speaker 1: end of the game. When Eli Man is going for
Speaker 1: on four down and incomplete past the Titan Evan Ingram
Speaker 1: in the back of the end zone. It could have
Speaker 1: just been the field goal attempt that could have put
Speaker 1: the Giants ahead. That made all the difference in the world.
Speaker 1: And you forgot about the block punt a touchdown earlier
Speaker 1: for the Eagles to get back in this game. You
Speaker 1: rarely see three blocks from a special teams unit in
Speaker 1: any game, so that was certainly spectacular from the third
Speaker 1: phase of the game, and three much needed blocks. I mean,
Speaker 1: these aren't just just cushion points the Eagles were able
Speaker 1: to get. They needed all of those blocks that they have.
Speaker 1: I mentioned the block punt. Black Kamu helped set up
Speaker 1: a touchdown to get the Eagles back into the game
Speaker 1: early in the first half, the block extra point forcing
Speaker 1: the Giants to go for two later, which also cast
Speaker 1: them because they didn't get the extra point conversion, and
Speaker 1: then the block field goes. So really an all around
Speaker 1: effort from all three phases. Can't leave out Derby's interception
Speaker 1: that helped set up the touchdown. I don't know if
Speaker 1: it was the block punt or the interception by Derby
Speaker 1: that allowed the Eagles to take the lead twenty one
Speaker 1: to twenty, but those two plays in the first half
Speaker 1: about the special teams unit and the defense were certainly huge.
Speaker 1: This Eagles team, the word we've used all year long
Speaker 1: has been resilient, and once again they had to prove
Speaker 1: that resiliency by following twenty to seven in the first
Speaker 1: half of this ball game. The three drives, first three
Speaker 1: drives for the Giants all resultant touchdowns, and you're saying
Speaker 1: to yourself, this is a Giants offense that doesn't have
Speaker 1: its top playmakers and Brandon Marshall Odell Beckham junior. They've
Speaker 1: struggled on offense throughout the course of the entire season.
Speaker 1: They scored just ten points last week, and a hard
Speaker 1: fought effort against the Dallas Cowboys. You figure, if the
Speaker 1: Eagles defense comes to play, they should be able to
Speaker 1: handle this team with ease. Unfortunately that wasn't a case.
Speaker 1: What did you see from the Eagles defense, even especially
Speaker 1: with the fact that it's the same Giants offense that
Speaker 1: we've seen throughout the course of the years. Eli man
Speaker 1: gets rid of the ball quickly. You see Alive slants them,
Speaker 1: Slaton goes. Obviously some double moves there to get the
Speaker 1: Eagles defensive backs off kilter, but nothing different from this
Speaker 1: Giants offense than what we've seen in the past. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they ran Harry up offense a lot of what they
Speaker 1: did to get back in that first game of the
Speaker 1: Eagles and Giants week three of the season. And let's
Speaker 1: give Eli some credit. He was on today. I mean,
Speaker 1: Eli is still a future Hall of Fame quarterback and
Speaker 1: when he gets into a rhythm, he can start to
Speaker 1: pick you apart. And that's really what you saw happening today.
Speaker 1: Their game plan was trying to get the ball in
Speaker 1: the hands of their receivers quick forced these Eagles defensive
Speaker 1: backs to make tackles in open space, and that's what
Speaker 1: you saw today was mistackles at times. You saw poor
Speaker 1: technique by the dbs, particularly Jalen Mills and Ron Darby
Speaker 1: early in that first half that led to big plays
Speaker 1: in the passing game or led to passing deference calls,
Speaker 1: holding calls that extended drives. I just didn't see the
Speaker 1: mental sharp sharpness that we've become accustomed to sin with
Speaker 1: his Eagles defense, and the last few weeks has been
Speaker 1: off a little bit, you know, really since that Chicago
Speaker 1: Bears game, the Eagles defense have shown that they can
Speaker 1: be exposed at times if the quarterback is hot, and
Speaker 1: the last three quarterbacks that they faced, Russell Wilson, Jared
Speaker 1: Golf and Eli Manning have really had their way when
Speaker 1: it comes to the passing game. So that's something they're
Speaker 1: certainly gonna have to clean up. I thought the offense
Speaker 1: operated with precision, but just too many plays on the
Speaker 1: defensive side giving up and some of them weren't even
Speaker 1: physical plays, I mean just mental mistakes being made out there,
Speaker 1: you know, biting on the double pump move. You gotta
Speaker 1: realize there's a defensive back when the team is setting
Speaker 1: you up with quick slants, quick slants, quick slans. It's
Speaker 1: a reason why they're doing that they're gonna hit you
Speaker 1: with the sluggo the slanting goal route, and that's what
Speaker 1: Ron Darby was hit with, and that's what Jalen Mills
Speaker 1: was beat with for a touchdown. And I thought after
Speaker 1: that the Eagles secondary sort of lacked a little bit
Speaker 1: of confidence, almost as if they wanted to play a
Speaker 1: little more conservative as opposed to being aggressive. And Eli
Speaker 1: getting rid of the ball quick was part of their
Speaker 1: game plan obviously, because he doesn't want to have to
Speaker 1: sit back there and hold the ball against this Eagles
Speaker 1: front front four, and they showed they can get after
Speaker 1: him at times today. I felt after the second order,
Speaker 1: once they felled twenty and seven, I thought the Eagles
Speaker 1: defense bounced back, they settled down a little bit. Then
Speaker 1: they came out in the second half and it seemed
Speaker 1: like the Eagles had established the momentum. You thought they
Speaker 1: had control the game, and you kind of started to
Speaker 1: as a fan take a back seat and be like,
Speaker 1: all right, they're gonna get this one. They're gonna be okay.
Speaker 1: But fourth quarter, just like in that first being back
Speaker 1: in a week three, the Giants kept chipping away and
Speaker 1: they never never went away. What do you think was
Speaker 1: a change there from early in the game, defense struggling,
Speaker 1: middle of the game, they're bouncing back. Then all of
Speaker 1: a sudden at the end they need the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: stop there, and then they had to make sure that
Speaker 1: the last few seconds there that the hook and Ladder played.
Speaker 1: The miracle play didn't take place. Without being privy to
Speaker 1: the play calls, it just seemed as if we sort
Speaker 1: of played not to get beat over the top. You know,
Speaker 1: Patrick Robinson going out in the second half on that
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, forcing Malcolm to play a little more slot
Speaker 1: corner as opposed to being back also may have hurt
Speaker 1: the team a little bit. But they just they just really, honestly, Chris,
Speaker 1: they haven't looked the same over the lad three weeks.
Speaker 1: In the secondary part. I mean, you're getting pass rush
Speaker 1: up front, but if the quarterback is getting rid of
Speaker 1: the ball quick, you gotta be able to come up
Speaker 1: and make tackles. And there was also just too many
Speaker 1: mental eras I mean jumping off sides on fourth down
Speaker 1: when the Giants are out there to punt the ball
Speaker 1: to extend their drive that led to a touchdown, that
Speaker 1: led to a touchdown when it looked like the Eagles
Speaker 1: had the game in hand. I mean, they're they're up
Speaker 1: thirty one to twenty three, about to get the ball
Speaker 1: back after just scoring a touchdown, and then you give
Speaker 1: the Giants life by jumping off sides. They're able to
Speaker 1: take advantage of that going there and get a touchdown,
Speaker 1: and then you know, at a dangerous team is a
Speaker 1: team that has nothing to lose. The Giants are sitting
Speaker 1: there at two and eleven. They're gonna let it fly.
Speaker 1: And that's really what you saw today as a team
Speaker 1: from the Giants to play loose. This is the best
Speaker 1: they've looked offensively all year long. You know, I don't
Speaker 1: know if they scored twenty three, right, except for three
Speaker 1: three exactly, So you know when they had the little
Speaker 1: run in the third, I mean the fourth quarter in
Speaker 1: week three, that's really what you saw from then today.
Speaker 1: They went back to whatever was successful for them then
Speaker 1: and they implemented that in the game today. So keyo
Speaker 1: here Rasseul Douglass, the rookie who has been very good
Speaker 1: this season, a healthy scratch today. The Eel's trying to
Speaker 1: get some more help on special teams with Ryan Brayman,
Speaker 1: who was signed earlier this week. He was active for
Speaker 1: the game so special teams coming through in a huge way.
Speaker 1: Would have been nice having Douglas out there, especially when
Speaker 1: I was thinking to the one Laman pass to the
Speaker 1: end zone. Ron Darby's in coverage has a chance in
Speaker 1: the end zone to go up and make the interception.
Speaker 1: You're like, Rasseul's come through with those. Of course, you
Speaker 1: can't coach hype, you can't know, hey whatsoever. Razul, who's
Speaker 1: about three or four inches taller than Ron Darby may
Speaker 1: have gotten, may have been able to pull that down.
Speaker 1: But you look at those numbers, man, you're talking about
Speaker 1: four hundred and twenty some yards passing for ELI to day,
Speaker 1: over five hundred yards of total offense. I haven't looked
Speaker 1: at the stats from the previous games all year long,
Speaker 1: so I don't know. I would imagine this is the
Speaker 1: most yardage this defense has given up all probably close
Speaker 1: to last week. I got to look back to last
Speaker 1: year earlier with the Rams did but again back to
Speaker 1: back performances, and you think about the playoffs. Now you're
Speaker 1: gonna likely see Misso Vikings who ran up and down
Speaker 1: the field on the Cincinnati Bengals today. That's the one
Speaker 1: reason why the Eels don't have home field avantaced about
Speaker 1: the playoffs as Minnesota took care of its business. Today,
Speaker 1: you have New Orleans with Drew Brees obviously a veteran quarterback. There,
Speaker 1: Cam Newton who's been to the Super Bowl, so he
Speaker 1: knows what to do with the football. You know, Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson's on the outside looking in at this point. So
Speaker 1: bad teams don't go to the playoffs. So anybody you
Speaker 1: face in the playoffs, and we left out Atlanta, who
Speaker 1: could potentially plan at the Rams be a rematch there.
Speaker 1: We got to tighten up on the defensive side of
Speaker 1: the ball. We got two games left to go, and
Speaker 1: you know they're gonna get it fixed. I have to
Speaker 1: have confidence that they will get it fixed. You know,
Speaker 1: you don't play as well as they played on defense
Speaker 1: throughout the year. You know, this is the fourth ranked
Speaker 1: defense coming into this game. They have to get these
Speaker 1: things fixed because quite frankly, they still have all the
Speaker 1: personnel there that's been there all year. I mean, they've
Speaker 1: added Ron Dark to the mix, and so you would
Speaker 1: think that should be a positive for this defense. But
Speaker 1: for whatever reason, over the last couple of weeks, we
Speaker 1: just have not looked the same on the defensive side
Speaker 1: of the ball. Well, the strength of this defense is
Speaker 1: the line. Yes, so when you're having a quick passing game,
Speaker 1: time to gain the past neutralizes it. So you're neutralized
Speaker 1: one of the strengths of this football team right there.
Speaker 1: So that's something that's you know, the Eagles have to
Speaker 1: figure out how to get the defensive line more involved
Speaker 1: when you know that opposing teams and offenses are going
Speaker 1: to be trying to get rid of the ball quickly
Speaker 1: to pick apart the secondary. How key now other egals
Speaker 1: have the first round, by how key will that week
Speaker 1: off be? I mean, that's that seems like maybe it's
Speaker 1: a fatigue starting to set in with this defense. There's
Speaker 1: something along those lines where maybe you get that week
Speaker 1: off and get your legs back under you and you're
Speaker 1: gonna be fresher for when you get the postseason roll. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I completely agree with that. That bye week is huge,
Speaker 1: not only for those reasons, but that's just one less
Speaker 1: tough game you have to win to try to get
Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. Let's not forget what the goal
Speaker 1: here is. And if the objective is to get to
Speaker 1: the super Bowl and you want to play as few
Speaker 1: I mean as few games as possible, So getting that
Speaker 1: bye week, basically he says, all you have to do
Speaker 1: is win two and you're end and hopefully if they
Speaker 1: get another win next week. We're talking about home field
Speaker 1: advantage throughout the playoffs, and you ask how huge that
Speaker 1: that off week is. It is big time. It's very
Speaker 1: difficult to make that run from the wild card weekend
Speaker 1: to get to the super Bowl. So having that bide week,
Speaker 1: it doesn't guarantee you anything, but it certainly is huge.
Speaker 1: And it's just another week to sort of sharpen sharpen
Speaker 1: up on everything, to allow Nick Foles to continue to
Speaker 1: get more comfortable in the offense, to gain more of
Speaker 1: a rhythm with some of the receivers. As good of
Speaker 1: a day as he had today, there were still sometimes
Speaker 1: where he seemed to be on one page and maybe
Speaker 1: al Sean Jeffrey was on a different page. So that
Speaker 1: extra week allows you to really sharpen up in your
Speaker 1: passing game and also to get our running game going.
Speaker 1: So it's big time indeed. So what's good for the
Speaker 1: Eagles is that they had three straight games on the
Speaker 1: road okay in Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York. Okay,
Speaker 1: two teams bound for a playoffs about the third and
Speaker 1: division rival. You come out two and one. So now
Speaker 1: you have your two final games of the regular season
Speaker 1: at home Oakland on Christmas Night, and Oakland may have
Speaker 1: nothing to play for itself. Then Dallas, of course, they're
Speaker 1: still in the mix right now. They're actually playing Oakland tonight,
Speaker 1: so Dallas might be ouv as well. So the last
Speaker 1: two games could be against teams like the Giants. They're
Speaker 1: just playing for pride and trying to play out the
Speaker 1: string at this point, so those can be dangerous teams.
Speaker 1: It could be in string. But to me with Oakland,
Speaker 1: you're going across the country west coast, east coast, a
Speaker 1: Christmas night, Christmas night, you're away from your family, hopefully
Speaker 1: you across your fingers. That could be a packet in
Speaker 1: type of game right there. But now you're guarantee. Then
Speaker 1: the week off for the wild card, then that first
Speaker 1: game the divisional round will be at the Link. So
Speaker 1: right now, three consecutive home games for the Eagles, and
Speaker 1: we can't overlook the fact that this was their third
Speaker 1: straight role game. Yeah, that's that's difficult. You know, they
Speaker 1: were able to come out of this thing two out
Speaker 1: of three, and that's certainly huge winning the last two.
Speaker 1: But you you look at if you look back at
Speaker 1: schedules of teams around the league, if you're saddled with
Speaker 1: the task of playing three straight road games, that third
Speaker 1: straight road game is very difficult to get. You've been
Speaker 1: away from home for a long time, you don't necessarily
Speaker 1: have the energy. Luckily for the Eagles, it was just
Speaker 1: a bus trip up the turnpike, but still, it's the
Speaker 1: third straight road game against the team that has nothing
Speaker 1: to play for other than pride, and it seemed as
Speaker 1: if the Eagles were just a little flat, that they
Speaker 1: didn't have necessarily the same energy. Defensively, the offense, I
Speaker 1: mean the offense carry the defense for most of this game.
Speaker 1: I mean the Giants go down it's their first opening
Speaker 1: drive touchdown of the entire season. Eagles are down six
Speaker 1: nothing after Derek Partnett blocked the extra point, and you're like, already,
Speaker 1: Nick Foles has to come out and just come out swinging. Okay,
Speaker 1: there's no which is interesting because usually the Eagles win
Speaker 1: the coin toss, they want the ball in offense. So
Speaker 1: you can tell the Eagles felt, let's get the defense
Speaker 1: on the field. Let's pin the Giants offense back since
Speaker 1: it struggled all year, and give Nick some good field
Speaker 1: position and said, he's down six nothing, but what does
Speaker 1: he do? Marches down the field and then leads the
Speaker 1: way for a touchdown. Overall, four touchdowns on the day
Speaker 1: for Nick Foles. The most sense he had the seven
Speaker 1: touchdown performance against the Oakland Raiders back in the twenty
Speaker 1: thirteen season. You look at the red zone numbers there
Speaker 1: in the box score, four out of six. The one
Speaker 1: thing was, how would he do in situational football? Third
Speaker 1: down little off compared to previous weeks, sure with Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz under center, but third down still strong though, but
Speaker 1: red zone outstanding job by him making sure that when
Speaker 1: they got down there, they converted those opportunities into touchdowns,
Speaker 1: because that really made the difference in say his game.
Speaker 1: But to me, Nick Foles did everything and more you
Speaker 1: could have asked of him coming into this first game
Speaker 1: as a starter. Yeah, I mean, and this is why
Speaker 1: I had the confidence when you know Carson went down,
Speaker 1: as as difficult as that is to have to swallow,
Speaker 1: but having Nick Foles go in there, a guy who's
Speaker 1: familiar with this office certainly enough doling around him. Wasn't
Speaker 1: necessarily gonna have to shoulder or load and carry the
Speaker 1: offense all day. And I love the play designs, the
Speaker 1: play calling. It's really what has allowed Carson Wentz to
Speaker 1: be the front runner for the MBP. We don't give
Speaker 1: enough credit to these coaches that the dial up the place,
Speaker 1: particularly in the red zone. This is the best red
Speaker 1: zone offense in the NFL, and it showed itself to
Speaker 1: be true again today four out of six with touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Opportunity really to go six for six, I mean, there
Speaker 1: was a good chance they could have easily gone six
Speaker 1: for six in the red zone and got touchdowns. But
Speaker 1: it's the reason why I had full confidence that this
Speaker 1: offense wouldn't necessarily miss a beat because I love the
Speaker 1: way the plays have been called all year long, particularly
Speaker 1: in the red zone. They seem to have found a
Speaker 1: nice rhythm down there. They know the players to dial
Speaker 1: up who to get the ball to, whether it's Alshon Jeffrey,
Speaker 1: whether it's Nelson Agil, or whether it's zach Ertz. You're
Speaker 1: talking about three formidable types of weapons that can hurt
Speaker 1: you on any given play. That makes it very difficult
Speaker 1: for a defense to stop you when you don't know
Speaker 1: who to take away. In the red zone, Nick basically
Speaker 1: has his choice four touchdowns, four different receivers. The first
Speaker 1: one to Alshon Jeffrey, who I thought an outstanding performance.
Speaker 1: Very first play from Nick Foles a throw to al Sean,
Speaker 1: got the ball out of his hands quickly, get the
Speaker 1: playmaker involved early on. And then that touchdown throw in
Speaker 1: the back of the end zone. Great job by Jeffrey
Speaker 1: making sure he doesn't go out and bounds or a
Speaker 1: little question of that. Did a phenomenal job with the footwork,
Speaker 1: but Nick doing a great job of finding the open
Speaker 1: man back there and feeding the ball to him to
Speaker 1: get them on the board again. Probably the thing that
Speaker 1: stands out to me the most no turnovers on the day, biggest,
Speaker 1: That was a huge thing. That was the one thing
Speaker 1: that you wanted to watch from Nick Foles. What do
Speaker 1: you take care of the football? He had the one
Speaker 1: fumble when Olivia Vernon came off the edge. Luckily the
Speaker 1: Eagles were able to recover it. Outside of that, he
Speaker 1: kept the ball out of harm's way throughout the course
Speaker 1: of the day, didn't try to do too much, stay
Speaker 1: within the framework of a game. Hey, if something's not there,
Speaker 1: okay to punt. And that's what Nick talked about last
Speaker 1: week in his press conference when he said he's he's
Speaker 1: ready for this moment. He knows what to do, and
Speaker 1: sometimes you gotta just allow the game to unfold and
Speaker 1: not try to win it in the first half of
Speaker 1: a game or the first quarter of a game. You
Speaker 1: gotta give yourself a chance late in the game, so
Speaker 1: you don't need to feel pressure to have to score
Speaker 1: touchdowns or points every time you have the ball. When
Speaker 1: there wasn't a play there. Nick was able to even
Speaker 1: throw the ball away or you know, he didn't have
Speaker 1: many sacks today. I think I only had one sack today.
Speaker 1: So that was the big key. Being a heady veteran
Speaker 1: understanding that you can't win a game early, but you
Speaker 1: can lose it early with some of your decisions that
Speaker 1: you make. And that's that's why it's a it's a
Speaker 1: huge plus to have a guy like Nick Foles as
Speaker 1: your backup. You basically inserted a starting quarterback when you
Speaker 1: look at the amount of starts that are under his belt,
Speaker 1: the pressure of playing in this city, with the expectations
Speaker 1: he's led a team to the playoffs, the moment was
Speaker 1: not going to be too big for Nick Foles, and
Speaker 1: I was fully confident that he would come in and
Speaker 1: play within himself and allow these weapons around him to
Speaker 1: sort of do what they've been doing all year, which
Speaker 1: has made plays. We even saw a little mobility from
Speaker 1: him in the pocket, a little Wentz like moved there
Speaker 1: where it was Pierre Paul Billie was bearing down on
Speaker 1: him on the opening drive and he just steps right
Speaker 1: out of the way, and yeah, you know, it's those
Speaker 1: little things. He was able to buy time rolling out
Speaker 1: of the pocket. Almost had a nice play too, Almost
Speaker 1: had a nice play to Tory smith All on the
Speaker 1: sideline when he bought time with his feet there. You know,
Speaker 1: those are the types of things where in the coming
Speaker 1: weeks he gets more time and practice with the receivers,
Speaker 1: developed that chemistry, he's gonna make those types of plays.
Speaker 1: So overall did a great job distributing the ball, spreading
Speaker 1: it around, so you can't keen on one guy. You
Speaker 1: look at how the Ease were able to take advantage
Speaker 1: on the Burton touchdown where two defenders bear down on
Speaker 1: alshon Jeffrey. Also Trey Burton's wide open. It's not like
Speaker 1: Trey Burtons a guy that you can just leave alone,
Speaker 1: you know, lead uncover for crying out loud. So that
Speaker 1: right there show is just a great play design by
Speaker 1: the coaches. You saw the Giants defense trying Kean and
Speaker 1: taking away certain guys from the Eagles offense. But Nick
Speaker 1: Foles made the Eagles pay using that experience, did a
Speaker 1: great job of getting rid of the ball quickly when
Speaker 1: the Blitz came. You know, some of the throws were
Speaker 1: a little off. I know there's a couple to Earth
Speaker 1: where it's like it's a timing. It was just a
Speaker 1: little off for the ball placement. It's a little bit better.
Speaker 1: They have some big games to beat the blitz there.
Speaker 1: But I think in the second half that one catched
Speaker 1: by alshon Jeffrey, whereas the ball extended was the only
Speaker 1: place where the ball could be thrown. The touchdown to
Speaker 1: Zach Ertz, I thought was another example of great ball placement.
Speaker 1: Just overall, just great job running the offense and just
Speaker 1: never seemed to, you know, pressure himself when the Eagles
Speaker 1: were trailing big in the first half. I think there
Speaker 1: are a lot of people who are wondering ken Nick
Speaker 1: Foles lead a type of comeback. You know where you
Speaker 1: feel like if Carson Wentz were in the game, this
Speaker 1: offense could score enough points. We just hadn't seen that
Speaker 1: from Nick Foles to this point, and we saw that
Speaker 1: today that even if the Eagles are trailing, that this
Speaker 1: offense is still good enough with Nick Foles as a
Speaker 1: quarterback to be able to put up points and still
Speaker 1: remain the highest scoring offense in the NFL. And it's
Speaker 1: going to get better as as Nick continues to play
Speaker 1: and he gets more and more reps out there, he
Speaker 1: becomes more and more comfortable with his receivers and the
Speaker 1: timing gets better. I'll caution everyone just think back to
Speaker 1: the early part of this season when Carson and al
Speaker 1: Sean couldn't necessarily get their chemistry going. It takes a while,
Speaker 1: and that's sort of what you're gonna see from Nick Foles.
Speaker 1: It's it's unfair to Nick to expect him to come
Speaker 1: in and be clicking as well as Carson had been
Speaker 1: clicking all year long. I mean, Carson had played but
Speaker 1: thirteen games to get to the level in which he
Speaker 1: was very comfortable with everyone. Nick's only been in there
Speaker 1: for his first start, doesn't have thirteen games to get
Speaker 1: get rid of the either this is the first week
Speaker 1: where he's getting the practice reps the Eagles. In practice,
Speaker 1: they give all the first team reps to the top
Speaker 1: quarterback and Carson's getting all the snaps. Yeah, and that's
Speaker 1: that's the standard operating procedure for most teams around the league,
Speaker 1: as your first stream quarterback is going to take nine
Speaker 1: of the snaps throughout the week in practice with the
Speaker 1: first teams or the backup guys don't necessarily get a
Speaker 1: whole lot of reps. Sometimes they're running the scout team.
Speaker 1: So what we saw from Nick today I thought was perfect. Again,
Speaker 1: it's gonna get better next week. If they're forced to
Speaker 1: play in that final game against the Cowboys, I think
Speaker 1: you'll see him be even better as far as chemistry
Speaker 1: with the wide receivers and the time and that sort
Speaker 1: of thing or be there. So I just I feel
Speaker 1: very comfortable with the system and not saying that Nick
Speaker 1: is a system quarterback. I just feel comfortable with the
Speaker 1: system that has allowed this team to be the number
Speaker 1: one scoring team in this league. You put the backup
Speaker 1: quarterback in there and they still put up thirty four
Speaker 1: points today with base with virtual ease. I mean that's
Speaker 1: what they were able to do because you have great
Speaker 1: play design, you got great play calling, and you got
Speaker 1: playmakers at your disposal on the outside and the slot
Speaker 1: in the backfield if you want to give the ball
Speaker 1: to the running backs. I mean those type of things
Speaker 1: our quarterbacks dream. These things are quarterbacks dream when he's
Speaker 1: running an offense. Don't put a ton of pressure on
Speaker 1: him to do all the work. Just download the plays
Speaker 1: and all he has to do is get the ball
Speaker 1: out of his hands quick like the plays that are
Speaker 1: designed to do. And like I said, it looked good today.
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna look even better next week as
Speaker 1: he gets more and more repetition with the players around him.
Speaker 1: And so when it comes to Nick Foles. Also, it
Speaker 1: was interesting to see how Doug Pearson was still aggressive
Speaker 1: with the play call. That was the one thing I
Speaker 1: think we all wonder in the fourth situation, would he
Speaker 1: still go for it? Like yeah, with Carson Wentz all season,
Speaker 1: they went for it. And I think they kind of
Speaker 1: showed their hand early with le Garret Blunt in the backfield.
Speaker 1: They put someone in motion and also they kind of
Speaker 1: really called it. They're gonna have a run play. Giant's defense.
Speaker 1: Credit to them for being able to snax. Harrison is
Speaker 1: hard to move many but the whole l defense in
Speaker 1: the backfield. I mean, Blunt didn't have a chance, okay
Speaker 1: on that play, but you still even saw a quarterback
Speaker 1: sneak there from from Nick Foles, which you didn't expect
Speaker 1: to see to get the first down there late in
Speaker 1: the game. So it seemed like Doug didn't deviate too
Speaker 1: much from the way he would call the game with
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz, which I think is something that was very
Speaker 1: interesting from that standpoint in terms of, you know, how
Speaker 1: different would his offense be, and there really weren't a
Speaker 1: ton of changes. You can't and you can't, And I
Speaker 1: was glad Doug went into this game with the same
Speaker 1: aggressive approach because when you're facing the backup quarterback, what
Speaker 1: what the defense is going to do is trying to
Speaker 1: force him to beat you throwing the football. So so
Speaker 1: all right, we're gonna say now the MetLife Stadium head
Speaker 1: coach Doug Pears and set to address the media. All Right,
Speaker 1: your decision that to pick three points instead of going
Speaker 1: five points, go to five points and uh touchdown has
Speaker 1: to beat you talked about the university, which you guys
Speaker 1: facing the stating down and clinching the first round die. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: first of all, um, you know anytime It's what I
Speaker 1: told the team at the end of the game in
Speaker 1: the locker room that you know, anytime the Giants and
Speaker 1: Eagles play, it's always going to be a battle, regardless
Speaker 1: of records. Throw everything out and it's becomes a sort
Speaker 1: of a slug fest. And you know, um, two weeks
Speaker 1: in a row for our team to really find a
Speaker 1: way to uh and then you know a week ago
Speaker 1: play well enough and then come back this week and
Speaker 1: really don't play great, um, but still find a way
Speaker 1: to win the game. Um. You know, players have made
Speaker 1: plays all year. They continue to make plays, but uh,
Speaker 1: plenty of plenty of uh, you know, mistakes to go
Speaker 1: around that we gotta definitely clean up moving forward. To
Speaker 1: be an issue throughout the day today, but it hadn't
Speaker 1: been at all of the rest of the season. And
Speaker 1: said it your readable to really know. It wasn't nothing on,
Speaker 1: nothing on Nick, nothing on you know, getting plays in
Speaker 1: a lot of times if you'd notice too, just just
Speaker 1: our overall energy, Um, just getting guys back to the
Speaker 1: back to the huddle a little bit. We just gotta
Speaker 1: I gotta do a better job during the week of
Speaker 1: coaching that up and and uh, making sure our guys
Speaker 1: get back to the huddle in time. And and the
Speaker 1: other thing too when when there's when there's chunk type
Speaker 1: plays too, that clock's moving, and we just got to
Speaker 1: be a little more, a little more sense of urgency
Speaker 1: in those situations. I thought, I thought he played well,
Speaker 1: really well. I mean, you know, I'm sure you know
Speaker 1: there's some there's some things that he would like to
Speaker 1: to do over. Obviously each game is going to be
Speaker 1: that way. But um, I thought he handled himself extremely well,
Speaker 1: a lot of poise back there. Took some shots today
Speaker 1: and bounced up and um did it, did a nice job,
Speaker 1: did a nice job. The defense they didn't like how
Speaker 1: to play against the Rams and then say give up
Speaker 1: a lot of yards? How you putting up there? Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I'm not you know, I'm not concerned these guys. Are
Speaker 1: these guys understand, I mean, they really do. If you're
Speaker 1: if you're in that dressing room a few minutes ago,
Speaker 1: you know, you know the players know, Um, they got
Speaker 1: to clean some things up obviously, and and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we can't have ten penalties and expect to win too.
Speaker 1: And then some we couldn't get off the field on
Speaker 1: third down. That's always been something that we've kind of
Speaker 1: been good at on defense. And but I'm not I'm
Speaker 1: not concerned as far as special teams. A block, field goal, block,
Speaker 1: touch your point, block punt. Did you see something going
Speaker 1: into the game or is it just something that that
Speaker 1: happened over the course of Well, you know, Fhip studies
Speaker 1: the protections and had a couple of different wrinkles in there. Um,
Speaker 1: and then you know, Barnett's blocked a couple already this season,
Speaker 1: and it got one. Malcolm got one, I believe, and
Speaker 1: and um and then and then and then you know,
Speaker 1: just uh, the rush on the punt, you know, was
Speaker 1: just a just a thing of beauty executed well. The
Speaker 1: scheme and um, just things that to kind of change
Speaker 1: it up. And and and like I said, Phip does
Speaker 1: a good job of of of you know, understanding protection
Speaker 1: and uh designing some some rushes to to to do that.
Speaker 1: What have you if you played three games in a
Speaker 1: row and see it off the West Coast, lost your
Speaker 1: starting quarterback, you won two at three, what have you
Speaker 1: learned about your team over the past three weeks. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know it's um, gosh, it's it's it's it's a
Speaker 1: tight group. It's a real tight group. It's a family atmosphere.
Speaker 1: That's an a band of brothers, is you know, And
Speaker 1: those are those are just not they're not words. I
Speaker 1: mean that that those guys really believe that. And you know,
Speaker 1: coaches and players really buy into everything that we're doing. Um.
Speaker 1: We've had we've had a tough stretch. Um, you know
Speaker 1: these last three three weeks. Um, But to go two
Speaker 1: and three or two and one rather in the in
Speaker 1: these last three games, I think it's just a credit
Speaker 1: to the players, the coaches, UM, and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we still have everything right in front of us obviously, UM,
Speaker 1: got got a great opportunity Christmas night to to do
Speaker 1: some more uh in the postseason. So UM, a gettle
Speaker 1: bit longer week, get the guys rested and ready to go,
Speaker 1: the game plan coming in offensively. Uh. In terms of
Speaker 1: you know, balance, I mean, did you feel like you
Speaker 1: had to to run more all the I mean pass
Speaker 1: more despite the calls for you to run more? Um, well,
Speaker 1: you know for me going into it and and kind
Speaker 1: of the offensive game plan two is just to to
Speaker 1: continue to do the things we we we've been doing
Speaker 1: all season. And um, yeah, we tailored a couple of
Speaker 1: things for for Nick obviously, but um in the passing game.
Speaker 1: But really, really I wanted to maintain the aggressiveness offensively. Um.
Speaker 1: You know again too, you want to you want to
Speaker 1: try to establish the run best you can and get
Speaker 1: that thing going and um and then you know, play
Speaker 1: action passed. But you know we got down so fast
Speaker 1: that that uh um again, there was no panic. You know,
Speaker 1: we just just just one play at a time and
Speaker 1: worked ourselves back into it and won the game that
Speaker 1: it was any two touchdown deficit or thirteen point deficit
Speaker 1: there in the first half. What was the conversation where
Speaker 1: their adjustments made on defense? Did you think you just
Speaker 1: needed a few more drives? What was that like? No,
Speaker 1: I mean really we just had to make a play.
Speaker 1: We couldn't get off the field. I think it would
Speaker 1: you know the first third, first five third downs, I
Speaker 1: think they converted and they were shoot, what was the
Speaker 1: number third down ten for eighteen? I mean, I mean,
Speaker 1: there's your there's your story right there. You just can't
Speaker 1: get off the field and you just got my could
Speaker 1: play somehow and we had some we had some secondary
Speaker 1: penalties and just couldn't got off the field. And those
Speaker 1: are things that are there are critical errors that that
Speaker 1: uh you know, then we had a we had off
Speaker 1: sides on a on a punt return. You know that
Speaker 1: that gave them a new set of down. So you
Speaker 1: just can't you can't do that thing. You know, you
Speaker 1: can't do it. You gotta you gotta be smart to
Speaker 1: know the situation obviously. Um, and we got it, you know,
Speaker 1: we gotta get it fixed zone touchdown passes and you've
Speaker 1: got had success down there all season. Um, I mean yeah,
Speaker 1: it's not like you've even missed a beat nicking near
Speaker 1: What has been the secret, uh to use success ins
Speaker 1: out of the red zone? I really don't think there's
Speaker 1: a secret. I just think it's just the execution of
Speaker 1: the players. I mean we spend we spend time during
Speaker 1: the week on that and it's been a it's been
Speaker 1: a really an area of focus for us all season long,
Speaker 1: off season, starting the off season, and you know through
Speaker 1: training camp and um, you know you get guys like uh,
Speaker 1: you know, all Sean and and and Urts, and you
Speaker 1: know these guys are making plays down there. There are
Speaker 1: a couple of big targets that you can go to.
Speaker 1: Trey Burton's had a couple of nice games here back
Speaker 1: to back, and uh, um we got to continue to
Speaker 1: run the football down there. So yeah, it's uh, it's
Speaker 1: something that we uh, you know, spend a lot of
Speaker 1: time on obviously during the weekend. Uh just comes down
Speaker 1: to the execution of the players. What was it feel
Speaker 1: like in the locker room and during the game without Carson,
Speaker 1: who's an MVP candidate. I mean, were there guys looking
Speaker 1: around saying who's going to lead us? Or was it
Speaker 1: Nick build that role? What was it Blake? I was
Speaker 1: it different this week versus the last thirteen? Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm sure, I'm sure. You know, Carson probably
Speaker 1: reached out and and uh to all the players and
Speaker 1: you know, offensively, probably wished them well. But you know,
Speaker 1: there was no because they spent the whole week with Nick,
Speaker 1: so you know, there might have been a little bit
Speaker 1: of that like, Okay, how are we going to play?
Speaker 1: You know, what's going to happen to start the game,
Speaker 1: But you know, we we we just go right down
Speaker 1: the field and and Um, you know, Nick had the
Speaker 1: hot hand early and just kind of maintained it throughout
Speaker 1: the game. And really I think, you know this, this
Speaker 1: was just uh, it's a great win not only for
Speaker 1: the for the team, but but for Nick too, you know,
Speaker 1: and and for the for the gas. For Nick to
Speaker 1: have a lot of plays called for him early, it
Speaker 1: seemed like it was you know, we kind of expected, Okay,
Speaker 1: you're gonna run the ball a lot and protect him,
Speaker 1: and you know, your offensive line is what it is.
Speaker 1: It seemed like there was a concerted effort to either
Speaker 1: not stray or or maybe even emphasize the pass to
Speaker 1: get Nick sort of into the offense, to establish that identity.
Speaker 1: Was was that part of your thinking day? That was
Speaker 1: part of my thinking? And um, to go to go tempo,
Speaker 1: you know in the first quarter, to kind of hurry
Speaker 1: things up a little bit and move down that you know,
Speaker 1: march down the field. It settles your quarterback down, it
Speaker 1: settles your offensive line down, and really kind of gets
Speaker 1: everybody into rhythm. And um, we did that a couple
Speaker 1: of times in the game tonight and or this afternoon,
Speaker 1: and um, you know, I just just my gut was
Speaker 1: you know what I'm gonna I'm gonna maintain my aggressiveness.
Speaker 1: I just as a play caller. I didn't. I didn't
Speaker 1: want to. I didn't. I didn't want to. I didn't
Speaker 1: want to take a step back, you know, and to go, Okay,
Speaker 1: you know, we gotta do this, we gotta run the
Speaker 1: ball more. You know. I didn't want to do that.
Speaker 1: And I told the team that you know that that
Speaker 1: I was going to stay aggressive and play calling and
Speaker 1: still push the ball down the field and take shots
Speaker 1: when we had them. Um, and then and then still
Speaker 1: do the run game. So why Chance over Isaac? And
Speaker 1: how do you think Chance played? Um? Well, I evaluate
Speaker 1: the film obviously, but I think I think just overall
Speaker 1: he got got edged a couple of times today. Um,
Speaker 1: but I you know, after I watched the film, I
Speaker 1: can't give you a better evaluation. Um, you know tomorrow,
Speaker 1: but I think overall pretty well. Now you're talking and
Speaker 1: follow up to staying aggressive, as Marcus said, Uh, is
Speaker 1: that a message to the team as well, because he
Speaker 1: said during the week nothing to changes, but you can
Speaker 1: say that and losing MVP? Was that a conscious decision
Speaker 1: to show everybody? But we're moving forward changing. You have
Speaker 1: to you have to. I mean it's it's been this
Speaker 1: way all season. Um. So we lost our quarterback, our
Speaker 1: left eye. I mean, you know the injuries we've had
Speaker 1: and we've been faced with. But you know, we're twelve
Speaker 1: and two for a reason. And and and I've got
Speaker 1: to maintain I've got to maintain that edge. The players
Speaker 1: have got to maintain that edge. Um, it's too hard
Speaker 1: to win, you know in this league, and every team
Speaker 1: is good. I mean you saw you saw it today,
Speaker 1: and UM, you know, I just I trust the guys.
Speaker 1: Bottom wise, I trust the players. I trust the way
Speaker 1: the way we practice during the week, the way the
Speaker 1: guys prepared. And um, as a play caller, it gives
Speaker 1: you a lot of confidence to go in and and
Speaker 1: and be aggressive like that and then matter this one.
Speaker 1: What was the message, Well, the message was, first of all,
Speaker 1: you know, congratulations and and did the whole thing. You know,
Speaker 1: we we we're slowly checking boxes NFC East a week
Speaker 1: ago and then and then you know, a buying a
Speaker 1: home game, Now check the box. But there's still everything's
Speaker 1: in front of us. And and I just challenged them,
Speaker 1: you know that, Uh, I can't play like this and
Speaker 1: and win in the postseason. Obviously, UM can't play like
Speaker 1: this and expect to win every week, you know. Um,
Speaker 1: you got to come prepared, you know, and and uh
Speaker 1: um you gotta come. When I say prepared, I think
Speaker 1: I think from a mental standpoint, that that emotion, you know,
Speaker 1: that uh um, that sort of sense of urgency, and
Speaker 1: that that that dominating swagger, that that you want to
Speaker 1: see your team come out of the dressing with with.
Speaker 1: And that was kind of the message you know today, Um,
Speaker 1: happy for the guys again, found a way to win.
Speaker 1: We hung in there and and uh twelve and two.
Speaker 1: All right, thanks, all right? Head coach Doug Pearson addressing
Speaker 1: the media. Is it the happiest after that, you can understand. Look,
Speaker 1: he's thrilled because they check in over box, as he said,
Speaker 1: they've got the division tower wrapped up, they have first
Speaker 1: round by now, they're gonna have a home playoff game
Speaker 1: in January, first time since the twenty thirteenth season. What,
Speaker 1: of course Nick foleswill to korback, so great for all
Speaker 1: of us that we can start, you know, playing our
Speaker 1: calendars and knowing that weekend of the sixteenth and seventeenth,
Speaker 1: I believe, or you know, you know, there's gonna be
Speaker 1: a playoff game. Outside of that, though, there's a lot
Speaker 1: like you said at the beginning of that, he'll be
Speaker 1: able to show the players this week when it comes
Speaker 1: to making mistakes and you know, kind of tweaking the
Speaker 1: details and saying, if we want to win the playoffs,
Speaker 1: you cannot perform at this level. It's the best of
Speaker 1: both worlds for the coaches, you know, because they get
Speaker 1: the win, which is obviously the number one goal. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, there are plenty of coaching points
Speaker 1: to take away from this game, especially on the defensive
Speaker 1: side of the ball. So I thought Doug handled that
Speaker 1: press conference perfectly. You look at his sort of his
Speaker 1: I don't know his mood after the game. That's befitting
Speaker 1: of a coach who knows they were lucky to get
Speaker 1: a win today, because you don't necessarily win football games
Speaker 1: when you give up the points the way that the
Speaker 1: defense gave up points today. Okay, so we're gonna wait
Speaker 1: to hear from quarterback Nick Foles in just a little
Speaker 1: bit over at MetLife Stadium. One thing to note the
Speaker 1: run game, Okay, we all wondered how that would be
Speaker 1: impacted by the loss of Carson Wentz and Nick Foles
Speaker 1: coming to starting lineup. It seems to me like Jay
Speaker 1: j has established himself as the guy and they're expanding
Speaker 1: his role more and more. Had two huge plays in
Speaker 1: the third quarter, one on a run, another on a
Speaker 1: screen pass. It seems like to me that Jji is
Speaker 1: firmly established established himself as the guy. So before we
Speaker 1: talk about the running game, let's send it back to
Speaker 1: me Lay State and where Nick Foles its Sandy By.
Speaker 1: You get out there, it kind of it's as usual
Speaker 1: any times you know there's a you get the butterflies
Speaker 1: for sure. I think anytime any game you ever play
Speaker 1: and you get that excitement, um, because it's just it's
Speaker 1: a big stage. There's a lot going on. UM. But
Speaker 1: once you get on the field, you just sort of
Speaker 1: just play play ball. You live in the moment and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, there's just something that comes out of you
Speaker 1: that you just go out there and just play. You
Speaker 1: went offtown early with you that's something that play made
Speaker 1: you in the offense and there you will have effectively.
Speaker 1: It's just something we do. Um, it's part of our offense. Uh.
Speaker 1: Coach Peterson loves uh the you know, mixing that in
Speaker 1: and you see it a lot more in the NFL now,
Speaker 1: I just throw the defense off and we really like
Speaker 1: to do it. So yeah, I mean it's one of
Speaker 1: those things that I can get you into a rhythm.
Speaker 1: You can get some you know, quick long games that
Speaker 1: help lot. How important was it for you to get
Speaker 1: this win under your ballive out and you have to
Speaker 1: team rust of the way? Huge, I mean just getting
Speaker 1: back out there, playing a full game on the road
Speaker 1: in New York. I mean NFC East. It doesn't matter
Speaker 1: what's going on in the season or what it's always
Speaker 1: going to be a battle. New York played a great game,
Speaker 1: came down to the end. I mean the time we
Speaker 1: played them before is the same way. But to come
Speaker 1: here and face a bunch of different things, have different
Speaker 1: guys step up, special teams, makes plays defensive, makes plays offense,
Speaker 1: and it's like we switched off all throughout the game.
Speaker 1: But we stuck together and we had some adversity early.
Speaker 1: So it was a great game to come out and
Speaker 1: get a win. Huge. The offense just compote. I'm not
Speaker 1: trying to get it all back as I think at
Speaker 1: that point. UM much motant things not to press because
Speaker 1: you can only score you know, six points and then
Speaker 1: you know whatever you choose to do after that. So
Speaker 1: really just say, hey, I can't force it, like living
Speaker 1: the moment, read the plays out. You know, obviously you
Speaker 1: want to be aggressive at times, but just not worry.
Speaker 1: We knew we were going to stick together and guys
Speaker 1: were going to make plays and just did it one
Speaker 1: thing at a time and just sort of leaned down
Speaker 1: each other. And that was the big message, and that
Speaker 1: sort of everyone's mindset said. He wanted to kind of
Speaker 1: send a message to the team. And he's not taking
Speaker 1: to step after this play, calling like, yeah, we have
Speaker 1: to lean on the run? What did that mean to
Speaker 1: you psychologically? Don't even going on. I think somebody might
Speaker 1: beginning to call, are you good? I think the big
Speaker 1: thing is with him coming out and just saying he's
Speaker 1: not changing anything. I mean, it just says a lot
Speaker 1: about his confidence in me, is confidence in the players
Speaker 1: in the offense. And I've sort of been the message
Speaker 1: this whole year's guys have had to step up. But
Speaker 1: it's just that the atmosphere that's created that. I mean,
Speaker 1: we've had a lot of injuries and I know I've
Speaker 1: talked about, but the guys that are injured are still there.
Speaker 1: It's not like they're not a part of the team.
Speaker 1: So they're still creating that atmosphere that when things do
Speaker 1: go wrong, guys don't bling. I mean, Carr, I've stressed
Speaker 1: like Carson's still gonna be a huge part of this
Speaker 1: team every step of the way, no matter what. And
Speaker 1: uh sore every single guy that's injured. So, um, that's
Speaker 1: a special thing because it doesn't always happen that way.
Speaker 1: And um, they've all those guys have helped create the
Speaker 1: atmosphere in Philly. You guys right after surgery, did he
Speaker 1: was did he make his Parson fell today at all? Uh? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean we we have a group text, um nate
Speaker 1: him and I mean we're together all the time, and
Speaker 1: uh definitely, you know, semi text before the game. I
Speaker 1: haven't had a chance to look at my phone, but
Speaker 1: just wishing us luck. Um, you know, he wants to
Speaker 1: be here so bad. He's one of the greatest competitors
Speaker 1: I've played with, and um, you know, going out there
Speaker 1: getting this win, I know he's he's really excited. Isn't
Speaker 1: the suggestions on the inn that text it was just
Speaker 1: I'll keep that personal butfinitely rusted it all early on.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's definitely some things where I go back
Speaker 1: and watch it that I can clean up absolutely. Um.
Speaker 1: I think the big thing was you just keep playing
Speaker 1: when something does go wrong or you wrong, or you
Speaker 1: miss a throw or maybe the decision wasn't what I
Speaker 1: wanted and that's why we go back to film. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I can absolutely get better. There's a lot of a
Speaker 1: lot of work to be improved on, but um, it's
Speaker 1: a beautiful thing. I'm gonna have a day to improve it.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna just continue to do that. And we have
Speaker 1: so many great guys on this team that had that
Speaker 1: same mindset. Was four touchdown, zero the sorry, the picks
Speaker 1: none there. Of those two what matter most? Which one
Speaker 1: matter more to you? You know, they're all great. I
Speaker 1: think you're just really just getting that first one back. Um,
Speaker 1: the one that al Sean where you're going through your
Speaker 1: whole progression and he makes a great play. I think
Speaker 1: that was a big one. But guys made place all day. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, like Nelly at the end making that great
Speaker 1: cats Earth's crossing face, catching one traffic and then trade
Speaker 1: being aware when the cover sort of broke down and
Speaker 1: you just sort of see those guys all around that
Speaker 1: can make play. So that's a big part today. Four
Speaker 1: touchdown games, it's open back in twenty thirteen, I think, Um,
Speaker 1: to not start a game for fourteen months and then
Speaker 1: throw four touchdowns in your next start, specials down for it.
Speaker 1: I'm just really special. I mean, this whole journey and
Speaker 1: being back in Philly, Um, it's sort of it's crazy,
Speaker 1: if I'm being honest, Um, just wearing the Eagles journey
Speaker 1: to go back to Philly and wear it. Um, I
Speaker 1: wear a lot, you know, I take a lot of
Speaker 1: pride in that. And uh, you know, I can't say
Speaker 1: enough about our guys. I mean they made some big
Speaker 1: plays today to you know, help with those touchdowns. I mean,
Speaker 1: made some big plays. But yeah, it's a it's a
Speaker 1: special moment for sure, A moment when you you had
Speaker 1: JPP in your face and you kind of you kind
Speaker 1: of dip them and then to where yeah, I'll watch
Speaker 1: Carson a lot, Um, I channel my inner Carson wentz
Speaker 1: right there and uh yeah and just made a play,
Speaker 1: you know, just try to get him to move and
Speaker 1: step up, and then uh, you know, I defended on
Speaker 1: whole tory and hold his arms down. It's probably a touchdown,
Speaker 1: but Tory did a great job fighting through. Um, we
Speaker 1: get the call, get down there and get the same
Speaker 1: rolling You've been with some explosive offenses in the past.
Speaker 1: Obviously seven touchdowns that game. Carson throws four last week,
Speaker 1: you throw four this week. What is it about this
Speaker 1: offense that could make it so effect You just have
Speaker 1: guys that prepare throughout the week and work really hard
Speaker 1: and are on the same page. Our coaches schematically do
Speaker 1: a great job. I mean we're very well coached. UM.
Speaker 1: So going to work every day, you know that you're
Speaker 1: you're going to give get the coach's best effort and
Speaker 1: they're gonna help you every single day. And that's something
Speaker 1: that as athletes, that's what you want. UM. But guys
Speaker 1: are where they're supposed to be. UM. They understand the concepts,
Speaker 1: they understand what we're looking for and the O line
Speaker 1: I mean giving us time. I mean those those guys
Speaker 1: are amazing and being able to run the ball, so
Speaker 1: that opens everything up the run games. So all that
Speaker 1: combines into an offense that can put points on board,
Speaker 1: and guys believe it in one another. What is the
Speaker 1: first round fighting. I mean it's obviously something great. Um
Speaker 1: I was fortunate to be a part of it last
Speaker 1: year in Kansas City. But I mean we still have
Speaker 1: a lot of work to do this season. We can't
Speaker 1: focus on that. I think the big thing is you
Speaker 1: get your you let your body recover. It's a long season,
Speaker 1: and you can guys who are Nick Duck and help
Speaker 1: with their injuries. But we have to finish these these
Speaker 1: games out strong and keep improving and h For me,
Speaker 1: I keep getting more reps and building this repetition with
Speaker 1: all these guys. Once early but it seemed like for
Speaker 1: the most part, protection was there. How do you feel
Speaker 1: in the pocket? Feel great? Feel great? The guys did
Speaker 1: a wonderful job in the pocket and gave me time.
Speaker 1: There's a couple of times where I pushed up and
Speaker 1: got out just to change from throwing angles. But they
Speaker 1: did a great job, especially about the chance a big
Speaker 1: fee over there. Yeah, the story, I mean, guys having
Speaker 1: to step up. I mean it's not easy. It's not
Speaker 1: easy in this league. It's not easy to win in
Speaker 1: this league, especially with the conference rival. Those guys have
Speaker 1: done a big V's done an amazing job. Chances I've
Speaker 1: worked with them on scout team. I've worked with them,
Speaker 1: I've seen them work every single day. I know Wiz
Speaker 1: helps them all the time going in there in this environment.
Speaker 1: You know, they did an awesome job to down two touchdowns.
Speaker 1: The fuel position you had, What was the value of
Speaker 1: that after the interception out? Oh, it's huge, Darby getting
Speaker 1: that pick is I mean, anytime a momentum can shift
Speaker 1: like that, it's huge for a team. And that's where
Speaker 1: you really as a quarterback, you don't want to get
Speaker 1: You want to be smart, but you want to be
Speaker 1: aggressive because you know, like a touchdown right there is
Speaker 1: huge just with the momentum. It's a game of momentum.
Speaker 1: So that was a huge play in the game to
Speaker 1: get us going in the right direction. Did you was
Speaker 1: there anything this past week that made you feel like
Speaker 1: that you knew this was gonna turn out the way
Speaker 1: you did, and you just felt it comfortable and you
Speaker 1: felt like, you know, Doug was giving you for much
Speaker 1: the full playbook, And it just goes back to the
Speaker 1: preparation of our team, the coaching staff for players. Anytime
Speaker 1: you can prepare every single day and do the extra things,
Speaker 1: it'll give you opportunity on game day to be successful.
Speaker 1: It's not. It doesn't always happen that way, but you know,
Speaker 1: our coach do a great job of once again creating
Speaker 1: an atmosphere that guys work hard, they understand their job,
Speaker 1: they do the extra you know, maybe it's before the
Speaker 1: day starts, or after practice or after the day, and
Speaker 1: they take care of their body. So all that gives
Speaker 1: you an opportunity on game day to be really successful.
Speaker 1: So we just have to keep doing those little things right.
Speaker 1: Appreciate you all right. Quarterback Nick Foles after his four
Speaker 1: touchdown performance, his first such outing since, of course, the
Speaker 1: seven touchdown game against Oakland, which just happens to be
Speaker 1: the Eagles next opponent. So how fitting is that? So yeah,
Speaker 1: so I should start Nick Foles next league too, of
Speaker 1: my fantasy football league, I guess you're gonna win thanks
Speaker 1: to Nick Foles. So on the field, fantasy nick Foles
Speaker 1: delivering for everyone. The funny thing is, in all seriousness,
Speaker 1: you see how great this offense has been all year.
Speaker 1: The play call, in the play design, Carson was able
Speaker 1: to do what he did put him to the forefront
Speaker 1: of the MDP conversation. Nick Foles comes in in his
Speaker 1: first game he's putting up staggering numbers. So when when
Speaker 1: you think about it, this is just a will or
Speaker 1: your offensive machine. And why I don't want to take
Speaker 1: any credit away from the players, because you certainly need
Speaker 1: players to make the x's and o's go, But it
Speaker 1: certainly helps to have good offensive minds putting together a
Speaker 1: game plan and then knowing which plays to dial up
Speaker 1: when needed. So coaching matters. That's so okay. We remember
Speaker 1: watched the game on TV and experience like most Eagles
Speaker 1: fans out there, and it was a good experience. You know,
Speaker 1: they're the highs lost of the day most of that, Yes,
Speaker 1: but what was it like at MetLife Stadium? From the
Speaker 1: radio booth right now, we're gonna send it to Merrill
Speaker 1: Cam presented by Sports Radio ninety four w IP Wherever
Speaker 1: camera looking in on Merriories and Mike Quick as they
Speaker 1: call the best players from the Eagles win over the Giants,
Speaker 1: Manning back again, Manning stepping up, he has time, he
Speaker 1: fires and it is intercepted. Intercepted. It is Dorby Derby
Speaker 1: at the forty Derby at the thirty five Derby at
Speaker 1: the thirty Derby cuts back, goes to the Plumby a
Speaker 1: brilliant interception and an even better run by Ronald Dorby.
Speaker 1: That's showing confidence in your defense by Doug Peterson, and
Speaker 1: Derby comes up huge, stepping in front of your throw
Speaker 1: and taking it back the other way Eli intended it
Speaker 1: for Roger Lewis. The ball goes back the other way.
Speaker 1: Bulls backs up, Bulls looks, Bulls fires and at his
Speaker 1: cut touchdown, Fulls delivers to Erks. This is a great job.
Speaker 1: Here's it. You've got to have the protection. Zach Ertz
Speaker 1: is gonna get open versus this defense. When he's protected,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have big plays like this. It's a great
Speaker 1: throw and catch, but the protection makes this play absolutely clean.
Speaker 1: In the return, Barner Wing gets so that's blocked. Get's blocked,
Speaker 1: and the Giants fall of the ball that it comes
Speaker 1: over to the Eagles. Actually the Eagles come up with it.
Speaker 1: Come on, Corey Clement, it's the one who comes up
Speaker 1: with it. And it was come Cruge Hill who blocked it,
Speaker 1: holds facts look, pulls, fires and it is caught a touchdown.
Speaker 1: He went up but pulled up. Oh I love that.
Speaker 1: What a great job. Nelson Aglar going up over the
Speaker 1: defender and taking the football. That's not making the catch,
Speaker 1: that's taking the football. Thanks again in Sports Radio ninety
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Speaker 1: gonna have a lot more discussion about the game, about
Speaker 1: Nick Foles, the run game, what's happened with the defense
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Speaker 1: it all right, Welcome back to the post game show
Speaker 1: presented by Rico. Before we were interrupted there by Nick Folesike,
Speaker 1: we were getting into the run game and how it
Speaker 1: looked like Jagi has established himself as the guy. Well,
Speaker 1: Garribela is still top of the depth chart was out
Speaker 1: there where the stars would begin the game, but Agile
Speaker 1: got the first carry and in some of those pivotal
Speaker 1: moments in the third quarter where the Eagles needed a spark,
Speaker 1: he was the guy. So it seems like they're expanding
Speaker 1: his role ever so more by the week as we
Speaker 1: get ready for this postseason run, and they should. I mean,
Speaker 1: let's let's face it, I think JEDGII is the best
Speaker 1: running back on this team right now. I think it's
Speaker 1: more or less of a comfort level he needs to
Speaker 1: sort of find within this offense. Coach is still trying
Speaker 1: to discover what he does best, how to get him
Speaker 1: the ball in the best positions. But here's the other
Speaker 1: thing as well, you got you gotta realize that Jedji
Speaker 1: has a little bit of a knee issue right coming in,
Speaker 1: and so the coaches want to monitor that as well,
Speaker 1: don't overuse him, so they certainly get him the ball
Speaker 1: in key situations. I still think he's gonna be the
Speaker 1: back who has the most carries week in and week out,
Speaker 1: but I don't think they're gonna abandon the versatility of
Speaker 1: that backfield and guys like ken Yon Barner who had
Speaker 1: some nice runs early in the game, Corey Clement who
Speaker 1: does a nice job when he gets a chance to
Speaker 1: touch the ball, and then la Garreth bum is going
Speaker 1: to get his touches as well. But I agree with you.
Speaker 1: I think I think Jaya Ji will be the featured back,
Speaker 1: but those other backs will still get their touches. Also
Speaker 1: interesting talking to Jaii this week in the locker room,
Speaker 1: he said that the training staff in Philadelphia has done
Speaker 1: stuff with him to help kind of take the pressure
Speaker 1: off the need to give him some exercises, some remedies
Speaker 1: to kind of help prolong the issue. So certainly that's
Speaker 1: a good sign, because, like you said, you want him
Speaker 1: fresh for the playoffs. Okay, the fact you got the
Speaker 1: division tier wrapped up, you got the first round by
Speaker 1: locked up, you don't need to ride him as much now.
Speaker 1: You need to save them, make sure he's fresh. But
Speaker 1: you do need, like you said, figure out how to
Speaker 1: best utilize them, and that's what we've been trying to
Speaker 1: do these last couple of weeks. Yes, the big yeah
Speaker 1: impact in the screen game, that would definitely be nice
Speaker 1: going forward. So, however, were you about the special team's
Speaker 1: performance today? I was excited about that. And Dave Phipp,
Speaker 1: who throughout his tenure here as an Eagle, has had
Speaker 1: the best special teams in the NFL this year, not
Speaker 1: as much, you know, but they showed up when they
Speaker 1: needed to. And let's face it, they've lost key guys
Speaker 1: off the special teams you wanted. The return game obviously,
Speaker 1: with Darren Spros not being in there isn't necessarily the same.
Speaker 1: So we're we're not getting the big plays out of
Speaker 1: the return game. Nothing that hurts us in the return game,
Speaker 1: We're just not getting those explosive plays that we typically
Speaker 1: see with Darren Spros. And then when you look at
Speaker 1: the coverage units, I was happy to see that we
Speaker 1: brought Brian Raymond back this week because he's been a
Speaker 1: big part of our success in years past. But not
Speaker 1: having Chris Marigolds out there has hurt us a little bit.
Speaker 1: And then what sort of underscored is not having Jordan
Speaker 1: Hicks as your starting middle linebacker out there. Some of
Speaker 1: the other young linebackers have to play more reps on defense. Therefore,
Speaker 1: you know, they're off some of the phases and the
Speaker 1: special teams, so the linebackers haven't been as prominent. It
Speaker 1: was great to see Kamu come up with the big
Speaker 1: punt block today certainly helped get the Eagles back in
Speaker 1: the game. I would say, just off the top of
Speaker 1: my head, this might be the first game that I
Speaker 1: would give a lot of credit to the special teams
Speaker 1: unit for actually winning this game for us today or
Speaker 1: certainly playing a big part in it. When you talk
Speaker 1: about block kicks, what is it three over the day?
Speaker 1: I mean, that is so rare in this league to
Speaker 1: see a block punt, a block field go, a block
Speaker 1: extra point. You just don't see that very often, big
Speaker 1: time from day. Fifth unit coming up today really contributed
Speaker 1: to this win. Speaking of Gruge Hill, second year linebacker
Speaker 1: might be in position to be named to the Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl that's going to be announced on Tuesday. In the
Speaker 1: running as a special teamer really should be yes, and
Speaker 1: there's a national amas around the league who are giving
Speaker 1: him some love. So the punp block today definitely should
Speaker 1: help his cause. So what happened to free him up
Speaker 1: to get that punt block? We're gonna sit it out
Speaker 1: to the Rico whiteboard for the Rico Review where Great
Speaker 1: Cosell and Fran Duffy are gonna break it down all
Speaker 1: twenty two style. So the touchdown by zach Ertz makes
Speaker 1: it twenty to fourteen a favor of the Giants. The
Speaker 1: Giants get the ball back and the Eagles force of
Speaker 1: three and out and a punt. So what do you do?
Speaker 1: You get a punt block here in the momentum continue
Speaker 1: swinging for the Eagles, And we saw the replay of
Speaker 1: this and we're sitting there loving what we see from
Speaker 1: this Eagle Special teams unit. Let's break this down and
Speaker 1: how it's really kind of it's very similar to what
Speaker 1: you see from a defensive line and a defensive front
Speaker 1: seven with pass. We'll start with your point about just
Speaker 1: separating this because I think that's a really good point.
Speaker 1: You want to, Yeah, you clear that out and clear
Speaker 1: that out and everything is going to work. Right in here,
Speaker 1: and that's a really important point. That's what they were
Speaker 1: trying to do. But notice what you have here. You
Speaker 1: have four defenders and you have three blockers. But this
Speaker 1: is really a pass rush concept. This is just a stunt.
Speaker 1: It's really with a picker and a looper. So what
Speaker 1: you're gonna have is Brayman right here, who with the
Speaker 1: Eagles just signed and a great special teams player. He's
Speaker 1: the picker, who's the looper, Gruge a hill, he comes around,
Speaker 1: very basic stuff. It's just like a pass rush. So
Speaker 1: just watch this. That's exactly what happens. They do a
Speaker 1: really really good job, really well done. I mean it's
Speaker 1: a stunt. Yeah, it's that's about as good as it gets.
Speaker 1: And it has an overload element because it starts out
Speaker 1: with four on three so that causes a little hesitation
Speaker 1: and a little confusion for those three guys on the
Speaker 1: Giants inside. But when all is said and done, it's
Speaker 1: an inside stunt with the picker and a looper executed perfectly. Yeah,
Speaker 1: just like you would attack a running back and protection
Speaker 1: that personal protector number twenty seven there for the Giants.
Speaker 1: He's back there and he's going with the pick with
Speaker 1: the pinner in Brayman and he doesn't see he doesn't
Speaker 1: react well enough to commu Bruge Hill coming in, and
Speaker 1: Gruge Hill has been a great special teamer for the
Speaker 1: Eagles all season long. So huge momentum swing. You get
Speaker 1: the Earth's touchdown follow which started with the Darby interception.
Speaker 1: Now you get the punt block. What does that lead to?
Speaker 1: That's the next play? Thanks Fran and Greg. You can
Speaker 1: see the entire All twenty two review tomorrow morning, first
Speaker 1: thing on the Eagles app and Philadelphia Eagles dot Com.
Speaker 1: So I like, I'm gonna put you a little bit
Speaker 1: on the spot here. Okay, mentioned Pro Bowl is gonna
Speaker 1: be announced. Your Pro Bowl selection here in Philadelphia is
Speaker 1: a special teamer. You might actually be the last special
Speaker 1: teamer guy exactly. That's what I mean. I'm not talking
Speaker 1: about darrens Brows as a return special story kicker. I'm
Speaker 1: talking about as a coverage guy. Who do you think
Speaker 1: from this Eagles team? You know, I'm sure Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: will be in an obvious choice, But who do you
Speaker 1: think else deserves Pro Bowl honors for this season? Well,
Speaker 1: Carson obviously, I just start on the offensive side of
Speaker 1: the Ball, Carson Zach zach Ertz, Lane Johnson, Jason Kelsey.
Speaker 1: I mean Alshon's late push. I mean he's almost up
Speaker 1: to ten touchdowns, but because the ball gets spread around
Speaker 1: so much, he may not have the yardage necessarily to
Speaker 1: get in there. But I'll go with those guys on
Speaker 1: offense as the only guys, and then when I go
Speaker 1: to the defensive side of the ball, you start with
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham. Do you think he finally gets
Speaker 1: this due this year? Yeah. I think Brandon Graham has
Speaker 1: to get in there. He's been deserving the last two years.
Speaker 1: He's had a career high and sacks and a half.
Speaker 1: This is another one today, So yeah, I would put
Speaker 1: Brandon Graham in there. Linebackers, nah, secondary not necessarily. In
Speaker 1: the secondary, I don't see anybody. Jenkins is the one
Speaker 1: who maybe maybe maybe it's funny because at the halfway point,
Speaker 1: I thought Jalen Mills may have a shot. Yeah. So
Speaker 1: and then if you go special teams wise, I think
Speaker 1: Camu deserves to be in there. I think Camu has
Speaker 1: been fantastic all year long with his coverage ability. So uh,
Speaker 1: here's the thing. While all those guys should certainly get
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl attached to their resumes. I don't want them play.
Speaker 1: We're hoping that they're not playing in the Pro Bowl.
Speaker 1: He just sets to throw it out there. It's something
Speaker 1: we'll enjoy this week to get into the holiday. But
Speaker 1: you know they announced it this week, Yes, Tuesday night,
Speaker 1: they'll be now. So we'll have complete coverage here on
Speaker 1: philadelphiagles dot Com and the Eagles app. So what we're
Speaker 1: gonna do now is take our final break. On the
Speaker 1: other side, we've got the Toyota Player of the Week
Speaker 1: nominees as well as the look at the upcoming schedule.
Speaker 1: Will break down the final two games and talk a
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Speaker 1: at a brand new Toyota, So of course you all
Speaker 1: know who the nominees are. We're gonna start off at
Speaker 1: the wide receiver position. How about Nelson? Agilore continuing his
Speaker 1: stunning turnaround led the team with fifty nine receiving yards
Speaker 1: on seven catches, also a team high. Also had a
Speaker 1: beautiful jump ball touchdown in the end zone and a
Speaker 1: key third down conversion late in the contest. Your thoughts
Speaker 1: on nelson performance. Man continues to just make plays look
Speaker 1: better and better each week. That's a great catch right there,
Speaker 1: great concentration early in the game. Just I'm just so
Speaker 1: happy for Nelson and the way he's bounced back this year.
Speaker 1: They found a great role for him in that slot
Speaker 1: and he's run with you man, I mean, I mean,
Speaker 1: what does he have eight touchdowns on the year already? Nine?
Speaker 1: Just been fantastic watching this kid really live up to
Speaker 1: be in that first round draft. It's great that they
Speaker 1: decided to add explosiveness to that slop position. That's the
Speaker 1: one thing that you see other teams utilize it. And
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews was a reliable go to guy in the offense,
Speaker 1: but Nelson brings a different element to this ability exactly. Yes,
Speaker 1: especially on those outside quick passes. Definitely a weapon in
Speaker 1: that front as well. So our second nominee, we're gonna
Speaker 1: stay at the wide receiver position. Let's be honest, We're
Speaker 1: gonna make this an offensive set trick. Show the Player
Speaker 1: of the Week nomination series here. Second up, al Sean Jeffrey.
Speaker 1: Not just the touchdown grab he had, but he was
Speaker 1: the go to guy early on for Nick Foles, helped
Speaker 1: get him into a rhythm, and he also was able
Speaker 1: to draw coverage away to open up things for other players.
Speaker 1: We talked about the Trey Burton touchdown earlier, but as
Speaker 1: you mentioned, he may not get into Pro Bowl this year,
Speaker 1: but playing amazing football down the stretch and showing why
Speaker 1: the Eagles rewarded him with that long term contract. And
Speaker 1: let's face the only reason he may not get in
Speaker 1: because he got off to a slow start to the season,
Speaker 1: But the second half of the season. I don't know
Speaker 1: how many receivers are out there that are doing or
Speaker 1: putting up the numbers that Alshon Jeffrey has put up
Speaker 1: since Week eight. Um just and I love the ten
Speaker 1: targets there. They mean they're trying to get him the ball.
Speaker 1: That's what a number one receiver, looks like they're trying
Speaker 1: to get him the ball. Timing needs to be a
Speaker 1: little bit better between he and Nick. But his run
Speaker 1: over the second half as a go to a receiver,
Speaker 1: as a touchdown maker is the reason why they brought
Speaker 1: him here. More importantly, it's the reason why they've got
Speaker 1: him the extension and he's gonna be here for years
Speaker 1: to come. Yeah, he loves play with Carson could have
Speaker 1: gotten into free agency, but is in a great situation
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia where he doesn't have to beat the guy,
Speaker 1: so to speak. Okay, it's you have Carson Wentz, you
Speaker 1: have Zach Ertch, you have other key players around you
Speaker 1: that you could just go out there play and they'll
Speaker 1: feel you have to have the pressure being the guy.
Speaker 1: So I think that's role man. Yes, not not one
Speaker 1: of these guys that it's a me me, me me
Speaker 1: me guy. Uh just just really a great example for
Speaker 1: everyone in that rot receivers position room. All right, Last,
Speaker 1: but not least, I mean, you gotta go with I
Speaker 1: still don't know why we call him NICKI six, you know,
Speaker 1: because because th touchdowns that's what it is. Did you
Speaker 1: go and he threw four more today? You know? Helped
Speaker 1: out Ikers his fantasy team, so that alone should should
Speaker 1: have given right there. So but nonetheless, again, I think
Speaker 1: the players all week long were excited for Nick because
Speaker 1: they they believed in him. They see what he can
Speaker 1: do in practice running the scout team. They knew what
Speaker 1: he's capable of and which is a matter of having
Speaker 1: the opportunity the platform to be able to showcase it.
Speaker 1: And he went out there did again. It was down
Speaker 1: six nothing from the jump, let him on a touchdown
Speaker 1: drive down twenty to seven. You know, was given some
Speaker 1: short fields thanks to the special teams and defense capitalize
Speaker 1: on those. Great job in the red zone and they
Speaker 1: get into me. The biggest thing there no turnovers whatsoever today,
Speaker 1: And I love the fact that he stayed within himself,
Speaker 1: didn't feel pressure to have to go out here and
Speaker 1: prove to everybody that everything he's gonna be okay, or
Speaker 1: try to outplay or do what Carson Wentz has done
Speaker 1: all year long. Just stay within himselves, stay within the
Speaker 1: framework of the offense, made the throws that were there
Speaker 1: available for him, didn't have any costly turnovers. This is
Speaker 1: what you get when you put a poised veteran quarterback
Speaker 1: in there. As your number two guy. Really he is
Speaker 1: a starting quarterback in his lead. Speaking of poise, the
Speaker 1: way he performed from the pocket, to me, that is
Speaker 1: so huge because I remember when he was here in
Speaker 1: two fifteen, he was starting to regress in terms of
Speaker 1: his pocket composure. For you seem to drift in the
Speaker 1: pocket and the pressure start throwing off his back foot.
Speaker 1: The ghosts were starting to get to him a little bit.
Speaker 1: But he stood in there. He took some shots today,
Speaker 1: but hung in there. We saw last week in the
Speaker 1: short time against the Rams. Didn't get again today, but
Speaker 1: did a great job of just playing within the pocket,
Speaker 1: which helps the offensive line. And look, the offensive line
Speaker 1: by and large, you didn't we didn't hear about Chance Warmatt. Okay,
Speaker 1: you know Vitel got beaten off the edge by speed
Speaker 1: move by Vernon early on in the game, but side
Speaker 1: that for the most part, handle himself. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: Pierre Paul wasn't a factor. You saw. You saw foes
Speaker 1: able to duck from pressure from him the one time
Speaker 1: he got in the backfield. So the offensive line maybe
Speaker 1: not as Greagan's in the run game, which you would expect,
Speaker 1: but did a good job of giving foes time to
Speaker 1: throw the football, and I think I think that was
Speaker 1: huge today when you're talking about the trouble we saw
Speaker 1: last week on the left side of the offensive line.
Speaker 1: Was Nwski was out. That was a concern coming into
Speaker 1: the game, and let's face the Spags dialed up Blitz
Speaker 1: as he brought extra pressure to that side, and to
Speaker 1: come out of this game with only one sack. More importantly,
Speaker 1: I think Nick was only hit twice to day, and
Speaker 1: so you saw the passing game operate without Nick being
Speaker 1: under a ton of pressure, which didn't force him to
Speaker 1: have to add lib and make plays off schedules. So
Speaker 1: you're right, I think you need to give a lot
Speaker 1: of credit to that offensive line today. That was a
Speaker 1: little bit of a concern, especially when we found out
Speaker 1: that Wiznewski was going to be inactive exactly. So it's
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Speaker 1: regular season. Ike and Hopefully, the Eagles will have only
Speaker 1: one more game away from the Link this year, and
Speaker 1: that will be Super Bowl fifty two in Minneapolis. Outside
Speaker 1: of that, they get the Raiders on Christmas Nights and
Speaker 1: they get the Dallas Cowboys on Near's Eve. You know,
Speaker 1: the Raiders may be completely out of it by the
Speaker 1: time the game rolls around Cowboys most likely it would
Speaker 1: be out of it. So you start having scenarios and
Speaker 1: discussions where everything's wrapped up for you again. Eagles win
Speaker 1: next gay that five game may not mean anything. The
Speaker 1: Raiders game may not mean anything because most of the
Speaker 1: league plays Christmas eat Vikings Packers is Sunday. The Eagles
Speaker 1: will know come Monday morning if that game is going
Speaker 1: to mean anything. So it's a good point by you. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: they could have They could have the number one seed
Speaker 1: wrapped up based off of what happens the day before,
Speaker 1: so that'll be big time as well. But you know,
Speaker 1: stay focused. They still need things, they need to work.
Speaker 1: They got clean things, they need to clean things up
Speaker 1: so that you're hitting on all cylinders once you once
Speaker 1: you get to that second round of the playoffs. But
Speaker 1: huge win the day that bye week is huge, Uh,
Speaker 1: don't be discouraged by the rough the rough patches that
Speaker 1: was displayed by the defense at times today. Still plenty
Speaker 1: of time to get the kinks worked out. We need
Speaker 1: one more victory. UM and home field advantages are so
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter what Minnesota does. Minnesota very presure. But
Speaker 1: let's look at the MC playoffs standings right now. Minnesota
Speaker 1: is not going away. They are eleven and three, dominated
Speaker 1: the Cincinnati and look, let's face it, Minnesota was home Cincinnati.
Speaker 1: It was announced today that Marla Lewis is coming back.
Speaker 1: That Mangos scene probably said the don't need to play
Speaker 1: the day. Yeah, yeah, that's exactly what they said. That's
Speaker 1: exactly what they said. Interesting matchup taking place right now,
Speaker 1: MC Y. The Rams are taking the Seahawks to the wood. Shit, okay,
Speaker 1: I believe a twenty seven to nothing. What's what's the score?
Speaker 1: Thirty four four nothing? Rams. So they're a little poed
Speaker 1: over losing to the Eagles last week and they're taking
Speaker 1: it out on cl wanting to show that they are
Speaker 1: the team to beat in the NFC West. So I
Speaker 1: don't know how much is going to change from what
Speaker 1: we see right now, especially with those top six teams.
Speaker 1: The NFC South is very tough. I think all three
Speaker 1: of those teams get in in the NFC South. And
Speaker 1: I think the guys at the top of the leaderboard,
Speaker 1: those top three seats, I think they're going to remain
Speaker 1: the way that they are because the Rams went up
Speaker 1: there and took care of business today. Now they got
Speaker 1: a tough game next week versus the Jacksonville Jaguars. So um,
Speaker 1: but I think those are the six teams to get
Speaker 1: in so right now. Great to me that Green Bay
Speaker 1: loss today Aaron Rodgers returned. I did not want to
Speaker 1: see him in the postseason whatsoever. So if the if
Speaker 1: the seating holds a form, okay, you go with the
Speaker 1: top four Eagles, Vikings, Rams seats. Okay, if chalk happens
Speaker 1: in the Wild Car Round, you're gonna have a rematch.
Speaker 1: Twenty thirteen playoffs grew Brees and Company coming back to Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: And here's a kind of as you want to start
Speaker 1: playing out your early twenty eighteen calendar. Here the Wild
Speaker 1: Car Round. Eagles don't have to worry about They can
Speaker 1: just sit back, relax, watch, enjoy the bye week, check
Speaker 1: out the games. You'll see who you're playing that's January
Speaker 1: sixth and seventh. The Eagles will play some point within
Speaker 1: the weekend of the thirteenth and fourteenth. The FC Championship
Speaker 1: and the NFC Championship games both played on the twenty first,
Speaker 1: and then, uh, you know, if two wins, hopefully both
Speaker 1: at home. Yeah, Minneapolis, I love it. I believe it.
Speaker 1: I you know, I just I'm believing in what this
Speaker 1: team has done this year. They've exceeded all expectations from
Speaker 1: people on the outside of this building, and they've managed
Speaker 1: to keep that noise on the outside away from the
Speaker 1: team and stay focused on on their expectations. I think
Speaker 1: they keep the blinders on, and uh, I'm ready. I'm
Speaker 1: ready for a big run in January. So February third
Speaker 1: be great to see Brian Dawkins get into the Pro
Speaker 1: Football of Fame. That would just be continuing the celebration.
Speaker 1: It's always like the Eagles are the super Bowl. He
Speaker 1: has to get in right at that points. The Eagles
Speaker 1: are at the forefront of everything. Got to get it
Speaker 1: in at that point, I would sort of hope. So,
Speaker 1: will you be said, there's still two games playing in
Speaker 1: the regular season, will you be said, if the twenty
Speaker 1: four mark if thirteen wins is broken, No, not at all,
Speaker 1: not at all, because it's not It's really not about
Speaker 1: um regular season records being said, it's what you do
Speaker 1: in the postseason. Could you guys could have got fifteen
Speaker 1: to one yet, and you could have done it. And
Speaker 1: we know that. And I've told with this debate about
Speaker 1: the OH four team versus this team goes on on
Speaker 1: on my show throughout the year two am tomorrow on
Speaker 1: a Sports ray of nine four WP and I wholeheartedly
Speaker 1: believe this and hope that this happens. I hope they
Speaker 1: finished this thing golf and become the better team. But
Speaker 1: the only way they can be better than the two
Speaker 1: thousand and four team is to what we gotta win.
Speaker 1: That's that's what's that. That's the only way other than
Speaker 1: that is just noise. It's just which which team is
Speaker 1: your favorite? And you know, I'm hoping that they exceed
Speaker 1: what we did in two thousand and four to two
Speaker 1: thousand and five and win that thing this year. Today
Speaker 1: it was ugly, but the Eagles did what they had
Speaker 1: to do to put themselves in position to get to
Speaker 1: the super Bowl. That's really what today it was all about. Okay,
Speaker 1: We'd have been great if Nick Foles had a dominating
Speaker 1: performance and the Eagles defense shut out and it was
Speaker 1: thirty four nothing or thirty four to three and said
Speaker 1: thirty four to twenty nine, that would have been great.
Speaker 1: And I think we don't feel a little bit better
Speaker 1: about ourselves. But the quarterback played well, it's not gonna
Speaker 1: be Nick Foles. That's the one. That's the one thing.
Speaker 1: I thing you got to take out today. Nick Foles
Speaker 1: throwing four touchdowns. All the questions were can Nick Foles
Speaker 1: lead this team? He can do it. Sleep easy tonight.
Speaker 1: You can exactly. The defense, they gotta raise the bar
Speaker 1: a little bit. Okay, it's gonna get a little tougher,
Speaker 1: especially you're seeing the types of offenses they're gonna have again, Rams, Saints,
Speaker 1: Vikings on all Silvers, Falcons, Panthers are lurking. You know
Speaker 1: it's gonna be coming on them. So but nonetheless, the Eagles,
Speaker 1: they beat the New York Giants, they secure the first
Speaker 1: round by and are just one win away from making
Speaker 1: sure that the road to the super Bowl on February
Speaker 1: fourth will go through Philadelphia. When it comes to NFC playoffs. Fright, Grace,
Speaker 1: I'm Chris McPherson, thank you all for joining us here
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