Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome the Eagles. Three sixty days Federo
Speaker 1: Eagles Insider along with Glenn mac Now today, how are
Speaker 1: you serving? Good afternoon, Good afternoon to you. We are
Speaker 1: ready for the Arizona Cardinals. We are ready for the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. The team continues to train. I see this
Speaker 1: as just a real test of where the Eagles are
Speaker 1: right now against a Super Bowl contending team. Good win
Speaker 1: against New England without weapons, good win against Buffalo at home.
Speaker 1: Buffalo is not the same class as Arizona, Dave. Arizona
Speaker 1: is really one of the two or three best teams
Speaker 1: in the NFL. I think people don't really see it
Speaker 1: because they play on the West Coast. Our memory is always, oh,
Speaker 1: the Cardinals are terrible, but they have offense, defense, special team.
Speaker 1: Bruce Arians has done a great job coaching. You're right,
Speaker 1: it's a great test for the Eagles. Arizona is a
Speaker 1: team that could end up in the Super Bowl this year.
Speaker 1: It's just to me, it's just it's a formula. How
Speaker 1: do you win in December. I've always thought that December
Speaker 1: was different than the rest of the year in terms
Speaker 1: of the pace of the game, the attention to detail,
Speaker 1: the teams that don't turn the football over, the teams
Speaker 1: that score touchdowns in the red zone, those are the
Speaker 1: teams that win in December, and those are the teams
Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. And we saw last year the
Speaker 1: Eagles losing three straight games in December because they come
Speaker 1: into too many penalties. They had a bad turnover ratio,
Speaker 1: they didn't score touchdowns on the red zone. Mark Sanchez
Speaker 1: not at the level that we see now that Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford is playing. Redford has been great, great, great, but
Speaker 1: he's been good enough to inspire a lot of confidence
Speaker 1: and he's just been smart. Yeah, he's a guy who's
Speaker 1: avoided turnovers. The interception last week was clearly not his fault.
Speaker 1: The only bad play he made was on the sack,
Speaker 1: which whatever, you lost track of time. I'll just add
Speaker 1: one thing to what you said about what you have
Speaker 1: to do to win. You got to win at home
Speaker 1: in December. You got to win those home games. The
Speaker 1: Eagles are three and three at home this year. You
Speaker 1: have to own your stadium. It's going to be a
Speaker 1: cold night Sunday. You're gonna have sixty eight thousand people.
Speaker 1: They're excited for you. This is that kind of game.
Speaker 1: Where if you want to win the division, win in
Speaker 1: the playoffs, you grab the home field and be yea.
Speaker 1: So we will see on Sunday night. It's back in
Speaker 1: black night for the Eagles. But before we get to Sunday,
Speaker 1: we've got a lot going on today at an overcare complex.
Speaker 1: And to get you caught up on everything happening here,
Speaker 1: it's our Eagles three to six the update. Take it away,
Speaker 1: Alex Smith. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith and this is
Speaker 1: your three sixty update. As you can see, the any
Speaker 1: weather here in South Philadelphia forced the Eagles inside the
Speaker 1: bubble for today's training session as they continue to get
Speaker 1: set for sunday nights match up with the Arizona Cardinals.
Speaker 1: One of the big storylines today was the Eagles facing
Speaker 1: the Cardinals defense, which is the biggest blitzing defense in
Speaker 1: the NFL, as they have the most blitzing attempts of
Speaker 1: any team. We heard from head coach Chip Kelly and
Speaker 1: some of the players inside the locker room about how
Speaker 1: playing against this blitz will work out on Sunday. It's everybody,
Speaker 1: you know. I think that you got to tie the
Speaker 1: offensive line in there, You got to tie the receivers
Speaker 1: in there knowing when when things are hot and when
Speaker 1: things aren't hard. But I think Sam has has done
Speaker 1: a really good job. Um. I think he's got a
Speaker 1: better feeling, a better understanding in terms of what we're doing. Um,
Speaker 1: from a tax standpoint, what are we trying to get accomplished?
Speaker 1: Great team obviously, defense bring a lot of no lot
Speaker 1: different types of blitzes and differently got the type of
Speaker 1: personnel at a game and trying to get coasiself done
Speaker 1: right hands. Inside the Eagles locker room, we also caught
Speaker 1: up with left tackle Jason Peters, who discussed how he's
Speaker 1: been dealing with a bunch of nagging injuries this season
Speaker 1: and what he has to do to get through them
Speaker 1: on a daily basis. There's a lot of treatment coming
Speaker 1: in at six o'clock, you know, I come in early,
Speaker 1: I stay late, you know, just trying to get my body,
Speaker 1: you know together. You just gotta get yourself and in
Speaker 1: best preparation as you can to play in the game
Speaker 1: for us. If you got an ankle or back or
Speaker 1: some kind of injury, you just gotta, you know, get
Speaker 1: it up how as you can during the week and
Speaker 1: get ready to go on Sunday and Finally, we hear
Speaker 1: from running back to Marco Murray, and while this may
Speaker 1: be his first season here in Philadelphia, his time with
Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys has prepared him for how the NFC
Speaker 1: East always seems to be a close race down the stretch,
Speaker 1: and he's ready for the final three games here in Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: Every year I've been in size last year it's been
Speaker 1: like this million. So come down every game every Sunday.
Speaker 1: You gotta team obviously about other teams I've got that
Speaker 1: will wrap things up up here from outside the Novacare Complex.
Speaker 1: Be sure to stay tuned to Philadelphia Eagles dot Com
Speaker 1: for all the latest Eagles news throughout the week and
Speaker 1: for an injury update heading into Sunday's game. Thank you
Speaker 1: so much, Alex. Lots to get to today. We've got
Speaker 1: Glenn's Bold Predictions coming up. We've got the great Merrill Reese,
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Speaker 1: behind enemy lines and talk about the Cardinals. I've kind
Speaker 1: of just reluctantly accepted that the Cardinals are for real.
Speaker 1: I do believe they are for real. I believe they're
Speaker 1: very good. What point in the season did you kind
Speaker 1: of feel that they were a legit team. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: was with you at the beginning because Carson Palmer, you know,
Speaker 1: old quarterback Chris Johnson is going to come back. He's
Speaker 1: now hurt, but he did great. You know in November
Speaker 1: they had a stretch of two weeks where they beat
Speaker 1: Seattle and they beat Cincinnati. Beat Seattle on the road
Speaker 1: in Cincinnati. Those are two real contenders this year. You
Speaker 1: win those teams, that's when you know they're for real. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I thought they would suffer when Todd Bowles left to
Speaker 1: become the head coach in New York. That has not
Speaker 1: been the case at all. Anyway, let's get you caught
Speaker 1: up with the Arizona Cardinals Behind Enemy Lines with Chris
Speaker 1: McPherson and Darren Urban from Azy Cardinals dot Com. Hello everyone,
Speaker 1: I'm Chris McPherson and welcome to Behind Enemy Lines, presented
Speaker 1: by Gatorade. Here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. On Sunday night,
Speaker 1: the Eagles host the eleven and two Arizona Cardinals, who
Speaker 1: are sailing into the playoffs after winning seven consecutive games
Speaker 1: entering this Sunday's showdown Ellencoln Financial Field, and to preview
Speaker 1: the matchup, we bring in Darren Urban from Azy Cardinals
Speaker 1: dot Com. And Darren, we have to start with the
Speaker 1: potential MVP canon in quarterback Carson Palmer, who has rebounded
Speaker 1: nicely after missing the second half of last season with
Speaker 1: the knee injury. What has impressed you the most about
Speaker 1: his twenty fifteen season. Well, in a lot of ways,
Speaker 1: Carson is playing perhaps better football than he's ever played.
Speaker 1: I know, obviously he had some good years in Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: especially before he heard his knee the first time. But
Speaker 1: the way he's doing things this year, in terms of
Speaker 1: his accuracy, especially with as much as they throw the
Speaker 1: ball down the field, the fact that he's in arguably
Speaker 1: the best shape of his career. He hurt his knee,
Speaker 1: and obviously he had to rehab his knee, but he
Speaker 1: took that time to rehab really the rest of his body.
Speaker 1: I mean, his upper body is clearly in better shape
Speaker 1: than it had been in the past. Not that he
Speaker 1: was in bad shape, but he's He's in fantastic shape
Speaker 1: for a guy who's about to turn thirty six later
Speaker 1: this month, I believe, So, you know, I think those
Speaker 1: kinds of things. He's moving in the pocket better than
Speaker 1: he has in a long time. You know, he worked
Speaker 1: with his brother in the off season in terms of
Speaker 1: his steps and standing tall in the pocket and buying
Speaker 1: himself time. And he's never going to be a scrambler,
Speaker 1: but he's been really effective in terms of extending plays,
Speaker 1: the way he can move his feet, and all those
Speaker 1: things together have obviously led him to a MVP type season. Saron,
Speaker 1: we know in Philadelphia what Larry Fitzgerald has done over
Speaker 1: the years, and his twenty fifteen campaign has been brilliant
Speaker 1: to this point. But it's not just Gerald in that
Speaker 1: passing attack. John Brown had the game winning touchdown against
Speaker 1: the Eagles last season, and Michael Floyd has been very impressive.
Speaker 1: What can you say about this trio wide receivers which
Speaker 1: will make it tough for any defense to contain. Well, again,
Speaker 1: you're talking about having three Pro Bowl type receivers when
Speaker 1: they're playing at the top of their game. You know,
Speaker 1: Michael Floyd's not going to make the Pro Bowl. He
Speaker 1: got off to too slow of a start after he
Speaker 1: heard his finger in training camp. And I don't know
Speaker 1: with all the receivers out there, if John Brown's got
Speaker 1: a chance. But you know, you got guys that could
Speaker 1: be number one receivers if they needed them to be.
Speaker 1: And John Brown is closing in on a thousand yards
Speaker 1: and he missed a couple of games because of injury.
Speaker 1: You know, Michael Floyd got off to the slow start
Speaker 1: because of his injury, and yet he's had four one
Speaker 1: hundred yard games in his last five. And you mentioned
Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald, who is having a renaissance season that not
Speaker 1: a lot of people, including myself saw coming, not to
Speaker 1: this level. So Carson Palmer's got a lot of weapons.
Speaker 1: He's throwing the ball again. Well, they're getting decent protection,
Speaker 1: They're running the ball better than they have in the
Speaker 1: last couple of years, which gives them some balance. All
Speaker 1: those things help. But when you've got receivers like Brown
Speaker 1: and Floyd and Fitzgerald again, like you mentioned it, it's
Speaker 1: tough to cover them all. I mean, if you want
Speaker 1: to double cover one or maybe two, that's fine, but
Speaker 1: somebody's going to have single coverage. And Palmer's done a
Speaker 1: really good job finding them. And that doesn't even include
Speaker 1: a guy like rookie running back David Johnson out of
Speaker 1: the backfield, who's one of the better receiving running backs
Speaker 1: around and he can catch the ball too, So they've
Speaker 1: got a lot of options and that's why they have
Speaker 1: among the most points in the NFL. Starn Obviously, the
Speaker 1: offense is getting a ton of accolades, ton of hype,
Speaker 1: you know, number one offense in the entire NFL. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about the defense for a moment here. The story
Speaker 1: of Dwight Freeney, who was nearly on the verge of retirement,
Speaker 1: gets a call to come to Arizona and he's helped
Speaker 1: rejuvenate that pass rush. How important has his addition been,
Speaker 1: not just from a playing standpoint, but from a veteran
Speaker 1: leadership standpoint as this Arizona team looks to get over
Speaker 1: the fifteen. I think one of the things about Dwight
Speaker 1: Frainy that's worked out so well is he understands his role.
Speaker 1: He understands that he came in to be a pass
Speaker 1: rush specialist, the guy that's not going to play every down,
Speaker 1: and he's been okay with that. Like you mentioned, he
Speaker 1: was on the verge of retirement. Talked to him the
Speaker 1: other day and he basically said, it's kind of lucky
Speaker 1: that he didn't retire at the time the Cardinals called
Speaker 1: him because he was ready to. He figured if he
Speaker 1: wasn't signed two or three weeks into the regular season,
Speaker 1: he was probably time to wrap it up. His agent
Speaker 1: convinced him to give it another week or two, and
Speaker 1: that's right about the time the Cardinals called because Alex
Speaker 1: Okaffer had hurt his calf after the fourth game, the
Speaker 1: fifth game, somewhere in there, and they needed another guy,
Speaker 1: and they called Dwight Frainye and he's stepped in. He
Speaker 1: leads the team in sacks with four at this point. Now,
Speaker 1: they don't have a tremendous pass rush overall. They have
Speaker 1: to blitz a lot of the time to get pressure.
Speaker 1: They don't have a dynamic young pass rusher who they
Speaker 1: can lean on. So you know, having a guy like
Speaker 1: Freeny is a big deal. And it's still something I
Speaker 1: think this team has to continue to work on very
Speaker 1: hard to generate pass rush, but having Freeny here has
Speaker 1: made a big difference. He's teaching a rookie, Marcus Golden
Speaker 1: who's the starter at outside linebacker, some of the tricks
Speaker 1: of the trade, and they think that that's going to
Speaker 1: help Marcus Golden down the road. It's just worked out
Speaker 1: really well. But again, that's what general manager Steve Kim
Speaker 1: has done. He brings in these one year veterans with
Speaker 1: something to prove, a little bit left in the tank.
Speaker 1: He gets just what he needs out of them. It
Speaker 1: doesn't cost him a lot of money. Oftentimes it's a
Speaker 1: minimum contract, and it's really helped this team the last
Speaker 1: three years when they've done things like that. Darren Urban
Speaker 1: from az Cardinals dot com, thank you very much for
Speaker 1: taking us behind enemy lines presented by Gatorade. You're on
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles dot com. Thanks so much, Chris, thanks so much, Darren.
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Speaker 1: let the bold prediction man make his pick. Here we go.
Speaker 1: You feel free to agree or disagree. I'm excited, all right,
Speaker 1: Here you go. Number one, Ryan Matthews is going to
Speaker 1: be this game's leading rusher. And I'm talking about for
Speaker 1: both teams. Give a minimum sixteen carries, give a minimum
Speaker 1: a seventy five yards. Arizona blitzes a lot. They run
Speaker 1: blitz a lot. You want the guy who's quick to
Speaker 1: the whole, you can go up the middle on him.
Speaker 1: I think this is his kind of game. It's ay,
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews dead. So you are suggesting, of course, the
Speaker 1: other shoe here, that DeMarco Murray. Not that involved, quick
Speaker 1: to the whole, not that above right. I mean he
Speaker 1: could get ten carrocs, but I don't think he's sixteen
Speaker 1: more than that. I'll take sixteen to seventy five. Sixteen
Speaker 1: seventy a minimum, all right. Number two we have seen
Speaker 1: over the year's Dave Larry Fitzgerald. Just kill the Eagles.
Speaker 1: He's killed everybody but man, he's been great against the
Speaker 1: Eagles over the years. It will not be him this week.
Speaker 1: He'll catch some passes, but he's not going to be
Speaker 1: the dangerous guy. The guy, I kind of put it
Speaker 1: this way, the guy who will break your heart, the
Speaker 1: guy who will cause you pain will be John Brown.
Speaker 1: You probably remember him last year he caught that what
Speaker 1: eighty yard or bring the Eagles to loss. He missed
Speaker 1: three games with an injury this year. Since he's been back,
Speaker 1: he's averaged ninety five yards a game. Huge touchdown against
Speaker 1: the Vikings last week. He's gonna be tough to cover
Speaker 1: Byron Maxwell's got that ankle. We'll see how that plays out.
Speaker 1: Or Eric Rowe. He's a tough matchup. He's gonna hurt. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Ed Reynolds over the top is gonna be so critical
Speaker 1: in this game. Can't afford any breakdowns like the one
Speaker 1: in the first quarter last week against Sammy Watkins. Now
Speaker 1: Reynolds learned his lesson obviously late in the game, got
Speaker 1: over on the throne of Robert Woods made the game
Speaker 1: saving interception. But Ed Reynolds has never seen speed like
Speaker 1: this with Brown, with Floyd, with Fitzgerald. And while you
Speaker 1: say Fitzgerald may not be the primary receiver, we've seen
Speaker 1: it so many times for he's coming back home. He
Speaker 1: went to school a Valley Forge military academy. But it
Speaker 1: wouldn't be bold for me to just tell you still
Speaker 1: fingered crossway. Alright, all right, here you go number three.
Speaker 1: And I know I've done this one before, but I
Speaker 1: do feel this one again again because of the way
Speaker 1: the Cardinals play defense. They blitz, they have a very
Speaker 1: good secondary. To me, the answer is find your tight
Speaker 1: ends underneath or going down this seam. So I'll tell
Speaker 1: you Ertz, oh boy, he had a great one last
Speaker 1: week and sell A combined for a minimum of nine
Speaker 1: catches this week against Arizona. And if the Eagles are
Speaker 1: gonna win, those two have to have great games. Okay,
Speaker 1: the tight end tight ends take control of the passing game.
Speaker 1: Correct alright, those are Glenn's three bold predictions. You can
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Speaker 1: Great Merril Reeves getting ready for prime time football the
Speaker 1: Eagles and Arizona Cardls meryll Let's re twenty thirteen. In
Speaker 1: the decision, I hired Chip Kelly Bruce Arians. I know
Speaker 1: you've known Bruce for many, many years. This success does
Speaker 1: not surprise you. No, Bruce Arians always was a good coach.
Speaker 1: He's an NFL lifer. After his college days, he had
Speaker 1: tremendous success as an offensive coordinator. He communicates with his players,
Speaker 1: so I was convinced. And if you needed any extra convincing,
Speaker 1: he did a wonderful job with Indianapolis filling in for
Speaker 1: Chuck Pagano when Chuck Pagana was ill, So it doesn't
Speaker 1: surprise me at all. And Chip spoke very eloquently about
Speaker 1: the success of Bruce and the way that Arians has
Speaker 1: put together a team. So the offense that comes into
Speaker 1: town on Sunday night leaves the NFL in in explosive plays.
Speaker 1: They score points in bunches. They are a down the
Speaker 1: field threat. Merrill and I gotta tell you, I never
Speaker 1: thought Carson palmer And was going to be this kind
Speaker 1: of players. He has flourished in the system, well he has.
Speaker 1: They always talked about Andy's cliche about they used to
Speaker 1: we have put a player in a position to make plays,
Speaker 1: and that's what Bruce arians has done. And it doesn't
Speaker 1: hurt when your receivers are named Larry Fitzgerald and John
Speaker 1: Brown and Michael Floyd and J. J. Nelson and throwing
Speaker 1: Darren Fells the tight end and you have a running game.
Speaker 1: So you put those great compliments to the quarterback, and boy,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what it really works. So if you're
Speaker 1: Bill Davis and you've had success against Tom Brady, you've
Speaker 1: had success last week against the Buffalo Bills keeping them
Speaker 1: out of the end zone, I wonder what the tact
Speaker 1: will be on Sunday night. What do you think one
Speaker 1: thing you can't do? And I certainly don't have any
Speaker 1: firsthand knowledge of this, and I'm not a defensive coordinator,
Speaker 1: but it would seem to me that you cannot blitz
Speaker 1: him very often, once in a while a well time blitz.
Speaker 1: But when you blitz, you take somebody out of coverage,
Speaker 1: and you need all the coverage that you can get.
Speaker 1: I think the key to this game, Dave is putting
Speaker 1: tremendous pressure on Carson Palmber with your front guys, I
Speaker 1: think you need. I think you need a career game
Speaker 1: from Fletcher Cox, who has had some great games, and
Speaker 1: I think you need another one this Sunday night. You know,
Speaker 1: it's interesting there's been so many comparisons Fletcher Cox and
Speaker 1: Jerome Brown, and I've said this during the week. My
Speaker 1: argument against that is that I think Fletcher's actually been
Speaker 1: more consistent throughout his career than Jerome. Jerome wasn't really
Speaker 1: didn't really come into his own until the last couple
Speaker 1: of seasons. He was kind of set some plays off.
Speaker 1: If I recall correctly, what are your recollections of Jerome, Well,
Speaker 1: he was he was a fierce, fierce presence on that field.
Speaker 1: But I remember speaking with Bud Carson, the great defensive coordinator,
Speaker 1: and Bud one said that Jerome was helped a great
Speaker 1: deal by having Reggie White on one side and Clyde
Speaker 1: Simmons on the other and conversely, they were both helped
Speaker 1: by having him crushed the pocket. So it wasn't just
Speaker 1: Jerome Brown, it was that defensive line. Maro. We are
Speaker 1: seeing the Eagles offense improving. You think they've got to
Speaker 1: score some points on Sunday night to beat Arizona. Your
Speaker 1: view of the Eagles offense and within that the play
Speaker 1: of quarterback Sam Bradford. Well, I think the offensive line
Speaker 1: has pulled together. They are helping each other. They have
Speaker 1: become a little more stable. They've given Sam sometime. I
Speaker 1: think Sam Bradford has achieved a certain level of comfort
Speaker 1: that we didn't see early. He perhaps trusts his knee more.
Speaker 1: He's not tentative in any way, shape or form. He
Speaker 1: is stepping into his throws. Watch him. I've watched him,
Speaker 1: and I've watched the tape. He is technically so sound
Speaker 1: right now and he's releasing the ball. I don't go
Speaker 1: by his statistics. I've seen a couple of throws in
Speaker 1: these last weeks. Go back to New England. He threw
Speaker 1: an amazing pass in that game to Jordan Matthews on
Speaker 1: the sideline, but the rush in his face and then
Speaker 1: when he had to move the ball. He put it
Speaker 1: through a small window into the hands of Riley Cooper,
Speaker 1: and he did it again this past week. People were saying, well,
Speaker 1: he doesn't go deep. It can't go deep, it can't
Speaker 1: go deep. The game opened with a gorgeous plass for
Speaker 1: Riley Cooper that unfortunately was ruled not caught. And then
Speaker 1: he went with another bomb to Nelson Agilar that was
Speaker 1: the rookies first NFL touchdown. And then the pass that
Speaker 1: he threw to Brent Sellek down inside the five yard
Speaker 1: line that was resulted in an interception, but it really wasn't.
Speaker 1: It was in Brent's hands and it was taken away
Speaker 1: by Leotis mcclvin. But Sam Bradford looks like a leader.
Speaker 1: He's been a leader in the locker room lately. The
Speaker 1: players tell you that, and I think he is ascending.
Speaker 1: Well your thoughts on how this game plays out on Sunday.
Speaker 1: It's a tough game. It is a tough game. I
Speaker 1: don't buy the fact that it's a meaningless game because
Speaker 1: all they have to do is beat the Redskins and
Speaker 1: the Giants. First of all, that's never easy to beat
Speaker 1: those two in a row. Secondly, if they do win
Speaker 1: this game, and then they beat the Redskins, and the
Speaker 1: right things happen, they can clinch before they even go
Speaker 1: to New York. So it's a big game. The last
Speaker 1: three have been gripping, they've been tight, they've gone down
Speaker 1: to the final menace, and I hope that's what we
Speaker 1: see again this week, and I hope the outcome is
Speaker 1: is for the guys in Midnight Green Eagles, Well, they
Speaker 1: won't be in Midnight Green Oh. They're in black, black
Speaker 1: on black. That's the Black Knights of the School Killer.
Speaker 1: There we go roll rest Eagles two and oh in December,
Speaker 1: hoping to get to three and oz on Sunday night.
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Speaker 1: Eagles dot Com. Time for a progress report inside the game,
Speaker 1: Mike Quick and I Grease for more Game plan show.
Speaker 1: Take a look at Byron Maxwell, the Eagles big ticket
Speaker 1: cornerback who's made some really positive strides this season. All right,
Speaker 1: Mike progress reports brings us to the number one free
Speaker 1: agent acquisition this all season, Byron Maxwell. You talked earlier,
Speaker 1: this may have been Byron's best game overall as a
Speaker 1: corner here. Yeah, I like the way he played and
Speaker 1: he really took on the challenge of Sammy Watchaus at
Speaker 1: the line of screams done get his hands on him.
Speaker 1: But this is one of those fifty fifty balls, and
Speaker 1: he plays screw to play, goes up and make sure
Speaker 1: that he doesn't secure the catch. I like what he
Speaker 1: does against this player. Yeah, the thing I noticed the
Speaker 1: most about Maxwell Sunday as he competed he can be
Speaker 1: a fifty fifty balls that you'd like to talk about
Speaker 1: in the air. I mean, this could have very easily
Speaker 1: been a player where he relaxed after he thought he
Speaker 1: did his job, but he realizes the play is still
Speaker 1: alive and he's fighting through this play and continues to
Speaker 1: back that ball off. Je Watkins is a guy that's
Speaker 1: really good at high pointing the football, and Max's right
Speaker 1: there with him to make sure that he doesn't secure
Speaker 1: the catch. Yeare wanta watch him here on this play? Now,
Speaker 1: this eventually turns out to be a first down, but
Speaker 1: that's not what we're really paying attention to. Watch Maxwell
Speaker 1: up here on the coverage of Sammy Watkins, and what
Speaker 1: I like about here he is this technique. He realizes
Speaker 1: he has help over the top from the safety, so
Speaker 1: his job is the player underneath and so to force
Speaker 1: that receiver to his help up top. But Max is
Speaker 1: like a shadow on him. He gives him a little
Speaker 1: hesitation move. It's a double move come back, and he
Speaker 1: gives him a little hesitation move right around the thirty
Speaker 1: five year old line. A little hesitation there, then a
Speaker 1: burst and a comeback and he's right there. I like
Speaker 1: that tight coverage, yeah, and it's really this is about
Speaker 1: playing the covers planned to the strength of the coverage.
Speaker 1: When you have help over the top, you should be
Speaker 1: aggressive underneath. Watch him here late in the game, we
Speaker 1: got sort of a stack receiver. Look, this can be
Speaker 1: difficult for a dB because they're trying to get some
Speaker 1: sort of a pick route boring here to get you
Speaker 1: knocked off your coverage. Between he and Malcolm Jenkins, he
Speaker 1: and Malcolm, they are able to fight through this and
Speaker 1: again at the point at the highest point of attack,
Speaker 1: Maxwell is fighting keep the ball out of Watkins hand.
Speaker 1: I could really begin with the communication between these two
Speaker 1: guys right before the snap and they're expecting to pick
Speaker 1: Max stage tight to the receiver and funnels him down
Speaker 1: the sideline. That has to be a perfectly thrown ball
Speaker 1: for them to get that reception because of the tight coverage,
Speaker 1: and like most great dvs will do, they'll use that
Speaker 1: sideline as an extra defended air. Maxwell fault through us
Speaker 1: earlier struggles in the season, starting to play good football
Speaker 1: down the stretch when it's needed the most. Thanks so much,
Speaker 1: Mike and Ike. We've got a special segment for you
Speaker 1: that will appear on Facebook a little later in the week.
Speaker 1: We're trying together the Cardinals and the Eagles, from the
Speaker 1: Chicago Cardinals to the Saint Louis Cardinals, to the Phoenix
Speaker 1: Cardinals to the Arizona Cardinals. I forgot the Phoenix part,
Speaker 1: all tied into the Philadelphiagles. Make sure you look for
Speaker 1: Glenn and I on Facebook later in the week. What's
Speaker 1: ahead for us on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. Amrosso's on
Speaker 1: the menu for you tomorrow Chris mcpearson in studio and
Speaker 1: we'll break down some of the key matchups between the
Speaker 1: Eagles and the Cardinals. Alex Smith with his stats only segment,
Speaker 1: and we got a little crunch time with cornerback Eric Rowe,
Speaker 1: who Glenn has really really played well and I'm I'm
Speaker 1: gonna be I am surprised. I thought he was more
Speaker 1: of a safety. He really has a chance to be
Speaker 1: a cornerback. Yeah. I still think he may end up
Speaker 1: as a safety. But after the first shaky week he had,
Speaker 1: the last two he's been just fine and he's gonna
Speaker 1: have a big challenge this week. He survives this week,
Speaker 1: you'll feel great. Yeah. He's not going to find any
Speaker 1: group of receivers more dangerous than these guys. How do
Speaker 1: you feel about the game. I feel that it's gonna
Speaker 1: be really tough. Uh yeah, yeah, you know. I love
Speaker 1: to come on and pick an Eagles win. But here's
Speaker 1: the good news. I've been wrong every game the last month,
Speaker 1: so you know, if I'm wrong one more time, the
Speaker 1: Eagles win, will all be happy, all right, So Glenn
Speaker 1: is picking the Arizona Cardinals. Will find out on Sunday night.
Speaker 1: Glenn Macnow, thanks for joining us. Thank you for joining us,
Speaker 1: For Glenn, for me, Dave, we say, have yourselves a
Speaker 1: great Eagles Day.