1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, it's definitely been a journey and a growing process, 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 1: you know, but I you know, I attests a lot 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: of that to our coaches and and this organization for 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: giving me the opportunity to come in here and work 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: and um, you know, because it's not really about where 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 1: you came from or what you did elsewhere. It's about 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: what you do once you're once you're here, And uh, 8 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: I've always appreciated appreciated that, and you know, I give 9 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: give a lot of credit to the coaching here. They've 10 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: really helped bring me alone. I knew last night we 11 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: talked to you, said that you are Philly fan. You're 12 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,599 Speaker 1: from the Philly here. Yeah, yeah, Philly fan growing up. 13 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: What is its to now play this rootball against the 14 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: team that you grew up. Yeah. Yeah, it's a it's 15 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: a unique kind of kind of perspective on things, but uh, 16 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: you know, at the end of the day, it's it's football, 17 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: and it's it's the same game that I've played since 18 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: I was seven years old, and um, you know, it 19 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: just so happens that I'm playing my childhood team. But uh, 20 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: you know, I just got to go out there and 21 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: perform and and take care of Business On Sunday you 22 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: mentioned about Super Bowl thirty nine. Do you remember that 23 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: and what was that like because you were Yeah, yeah, 24 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: I was an Eagles fan. Yeah, so, uh I remember 25 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: I was in my best friend's basement watching with the 26 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: whole neighborhood, and um, you know we're we're obviously rooting 27 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: for the Eagles pretty hard back then. But uh yeah, 28 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: it's kind of funny how things come full circle and 29 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: and things have kind of played out pretty nicely. Who 30 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: was your favorite player on that team? Brian Dawkins. He's 31 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: my favorite Eagle of all time for sure. Just this 32 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: experience this maybe for you then the last time has 33 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 1: expanded and now you're at one of these boots. How 34 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: different is yeah? This is this is yeah, this is 35 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: a cool, little, cool little thing. But um yeah, it 36 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 1: just kind of kind of kind of take it all 37 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: in this this whole week. Um, you know, kind of 38 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: do what your ass But you know, like I said before, 39 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: at the end of at the end of the week, 40 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: it's it's a football game, and we got to kind of, 41 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: you know, keep that in perspective and and really focus 42 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: on that James that was lost for the week game. 43 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: I guess it was against the Panthers. You guys of 44 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: course lost that game. You're sitting there too, And two, 45 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: what what kind of changed after that game? And and 46 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: you know, you guys obviously got it going pretty good 47 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 1: after that. Yeah, you know, I think I don't think 48 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: necessarily anything changed. I think we just kind of, um, 49 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: we really had the ability to kind of focus in, 50 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: settle in, and get those first kind of games under 51 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: our belt. Um and you know, really focus on what 52 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: we needed to correct as a team, uh, individually, what 53 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: we could work on and and uh, you know, I 54 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,239 Speaker 1: think we we took those those lumps early on and 55 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: then kind of grew from it as best we could. 56 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: What do you remember more than any specific points game 57 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: you remember from Carolina? Now, I mean, it was just 58 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: we had to play a complete game. And I think 59 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: that's what something we always strive to do. We always 60 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: try to play, you know, a full sixty minute game, 61 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: you know, from start to finish as best as we 62 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: can and execute every single play. Um, you know, and 63 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: I think early on, there's uh, you know, there's two 64 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: losses that we had early kind of it showed that 65 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: we had to go out there and execute for a 66 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: full sixty minutes because you know, games are hard to 67 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: win in the NFL, and if you don't, um, you know, 68 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: do your best on every play, then you know, things 69 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: can slip away from it, like we got sure whatever. Yeah, 70 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: was sort of the sky mentality. Yeah, I mean, like 71 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: you said, we don't really focus on that sort of 72 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: thing where we're you know, pretty pretty focused on the 73 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: task at hand that we have. And and that was, 74 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: you know, after we lost that Week four game, you know, 75 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: we just kind of turned the page and moved on 76 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: to Week five. Do a year after year. Yeah, I mean, 77 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: he's he's an ultimate competitor, and you know, he focused 78 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: his game. It's like he was a you know, he's 79 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: wanted to do your own kid out of college and um, 80 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: you know still has that hunger, you know, to to 81 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: compete and be the best, and that's why he is 82 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: the best, you know. So um it's it's truly remarkable 83 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: what he's been able to do for so long. And um, 84 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: you know, I think we all can learn a lot 85 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: from from the way he approaches his craft experience. And 86 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: I think every game is a whole different beast, you know, 87 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: whether it's Week one or a Super Bowl. I think 88 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: we we kind of we kind of maintain the approach 89 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: and we trust the process that we have and and 90 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: uh and prepared for games and so you know, I 91 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: don't think there's any any advantage that we gain from 92 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: from being here before. It's just it's a whole new 93 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: thing and we got to take care of it. Did 94 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 1: grow up in Philadelphia area. What do you know about 95 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: his fan base that has been starving? Yeah, Yeah, the 96 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: Eagles fan base is definitely a passionate group, and you know, 97 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: there's a lot of loyalty to the team, and um, 98 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: they take a lot of pride in that. And it's 99 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:09,239 Speaker 1: something that I've always appreciated, appreciated, um, you know, growing 100 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: up as an Egos fan and and now seeing it 101 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: from a different, different perspective, it's it's a great thing. Yeah, 102 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: I mean I was actually just watching some clips of 103 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: it earlier. Um, you know, it was it was a 104 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: tough game and uh, you know, it just kind of 105 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: came up short at the end. Um, but you know, 106 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: it was it was a lot of toughness on both 107 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: sides of the field, and it was it was a 108 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: hard fall game, as any Super Bowl really is. And um, yeah, 109 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: it was just uh just one of those days the 110 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: Patriots just kind of pulled it out. Anything from your 111 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 1: family or pride, Yeah, I've got plenty of texting calls 112 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: from a lot of family. Um. You know, my my family, 113 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: my wife's family is all egos fans and um. But 114 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: they kind of gave me the no that they'll be 115 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: wearing Patriots gear over top of the ego scare this 116 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 1: week checkers. Yeah, you know, I think it just speaks 117 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: to Bill and and the way he prepares his teams 118 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: to play. Um. But you know, at the end of 119 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: the day, it's it's still a game, and we just 120 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: got to go out there and prepare all week. It's 121 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: best weekend and and I try to put the best 122 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: product out on the field on Sunday night. Very grateful 123 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: they had very good built the running back. Yeah. You know, 124 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 1: the Eagles do a lot of a lot of good 125 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: things defensively. You know, they're very good against the run 126 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: and they get after the past it. Like you said, um, 127 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: very well. So we just have to go out there 128 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:55,559 Speaker 1: and execute um every every single play. You know, whatever 129 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: your job is asked, you got to go out there 130 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: and do it to your best ability. Because this guys 131 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: over there they have a lot of talent, they have 132 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: a lot of um, you know, they play with a 133 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: certain kind of nastiness that I appreciate. And so we 134 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: got to be ready to go talk about the tickets, 135 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: family and friends, and you try to focus on the game. 136 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: But what is that like? And how do you handle that? Yeah? 137 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: You know, luckily we kind of get that done with 138 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: in the first couple uh days after right after the 139 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: championship games. Um, and really you kind of learned to 140 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: kind of put it on your your wife or you know, 141 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: somebody else like that, and and the kind of let 142 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: them handle this so you can focus on on what 143 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: we need to focus on, that's playing this game. Your friends. Man, 144 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: you got to take care of me like that. Yeah. 145 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: I mean I had a unique situation being from from Philly. 146 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: I had to put a bunch of people kind of 147 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: reach out. But I was able to, you know, handle 148 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: it pretty well. And and like I said, my wife 149 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: really stepped up and she kind of kind of handled 150 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: all that stuff. We'll have we'll have a pretty good 151 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: contingency because my wife's family's Eagles season ticket holders, so 152 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: they got tickets elsewhere. We'll have a pretty good condency. 153 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: Last year's come. You think when you look back at 154 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: how amazing. Yeah, you know, it was a great game. 155 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: It was. It was absolutely absolutely fantastic. Glad that we 156 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: pulled it out. Um, but you know, at the end 157 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: of the day, that's last year and we're focused on 158 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 1: this year and and prepared to be the Eagles. Your 159 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: message to your friends afore your town lest Chester as 160 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: they watched this game, I'd just be ready for a 161 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: good game. You know, the Eagles have a great team 162 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 1: and it's a great organization, and uh, you know, we 163 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: got to take advantage of this opportunity I did. Yeah, 164 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: speaking of being frum Philly, I know you're James writtenhout definitely. Yeah. 165 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: How square is that named after one of your hand stuff? Yeah? 166 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: It is my uncle couple a couple of miniages back 167 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: and and that was my my grandmother's maiden names written house. 168 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: So yeah, we're linked in there somehow. You don't have 169 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: any property there though, No, unfortunately, no, I wish I did. 170 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,959 Speaker 1: That's that's some Uh that's some nice real estate there. 171 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: Such success, I think it. I think it starts at 172 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: the top. You know, mister Kraft runs this organization in 173 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 1: a certain way that that kind of breeds uh, breeds 174 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: success and it allows for people to really you know, 175 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: kind of just take care of their business in a 176 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 1: in a way and holds everyone accountable to what they 177 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: have to do. And then obviously a turn was down 178 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: to Bill and the way that he holds us all 179 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: accountable and um, you know, the respect that he has 180 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: for every player on the team and he gets the 181 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: best at every play.