WEBVTT - Eagles 360: Season Opener In View 0:00:00.600 --> 0:00:37.199 Fellow Eagles fans and welcome Eagles three sixty Dave Spidero 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:41.080 Chris McPherson. It's the first day of school. That kind 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:44.240 of feeling for me. Fifty three man roster, ten man 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:47.560 practice squad and for the first time in twenty fifteen, 0:00:47.920 --> 0:00:50.479 all on the practice field on this Wednesday here at 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.760 an Overcare complex with the Atlanta Falcon straight ahead on 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:55.279 Monday Night football. How are you doing, Buddy, I'm doing 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:57.840 an outstanding I'm just so excited, Dave, because of all 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:00.400 the questions that we're waiting to answer are in the 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:03.800 off season. We finally get to see it unfold firsthand. 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.200 All the changes that Chip Kelly made with the roster. 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.800 Well Sam Bradford thrive at quarterback the running back position, 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:12.680 can DeMarco Murray build off the amazing season he had 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:15.399 last season? And the defense is it better? We're gonna 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:18.039 see it all unfold starting on Monday night. Yeah, We've 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:20.360 got a ways to go before we get to Monday night. 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:22.160 We got a lot to catch up on. Great show 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:25.440 for you today, a little Cover two segment with some 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:28.679 Philadelphia reporters who will give their perspective on all the 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:31.080 changes the Eagles have made and the look that they 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:34.240 have for this two and fifteen season. We will take 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:39.119 a look around a crazy agreed NFC East Nuts, what's 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:42.520 happening in this division and Chip Kelly joins me in 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:46.039 studio for our exclusive weekly one on one. Let's first 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:48.800 get you caught up on everything happening with the Philadelphia 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:54.040 Eagles today Alex Smith our Eagles three sixty update. Hi everyone, 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:56.520 Alex Smith here with your three sixty update, presented by 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.000 Sports Authority. The Eagles are less than a week away 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:02.080 from their Monday Night against the Atlanta Falcons. Today, Eagles 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:04.360 head coach Chip Kelly spoke at his pre practice press 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:06.960 conference talking about some of the challenges that go along 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:09.280 to game planning for a Falcons team with a new 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:12.000 head coach and Dan Quinn, who last year was Seattle's 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:15.560 defensive coordinator. No, you know, you just got some preseason games, 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:18.120 and obviously I don't think Dan used everything in the preseason, 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:22.400 both offensively and defensively, you know, just because of the 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:25.200 how preseason expresses itself. So he got to kind of 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:27.040 look at the coordinators and where they came from and 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:29.440 kind of match up what you think is going to happen. 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.280 But they'll have to be some in game adjustments. Kelly 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:35.280 also touched upon the addition of quarterback Stephen Morris, who 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:38.000 hadn't with the Jacksonville Jaguars before being signed to the 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.960 eagles fifty three man roster. Kelly spoke about what it 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:43.520 is that Morris brings to the table here with the Eagles. 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:45.840 We just had him. He was our highest we have 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:47.560 everybody rated. He was the highest rated guy that was 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:51.160 available after the waiver wire went too, So, you know, 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:53.480 we like his arm. He's got a really really strong arm. 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:56.919 Quick relieve. Jeff Stoutland knows him pretty well, was actually 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.560 at Miami when he played there, so kind of know 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:02.760 the make up of the player, talked to him back 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.079 when he was coming through the draft process, so kind 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:07.359 of relied on all of our information that we had, 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:08.760 But he was the highest rated guy we had that 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.520 was on the wave of wire. As for an injury update, 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:13.959 Kelly said that all sixty three players were on the 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:17.520 practice field today. That includes Cody Parkey, Zackert's, and Marcus Smith, 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:20.600 all who had previously missed time, and two other injured 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:22.359 players who are making their way back from a long 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:25.560 road to recovery. Are Sam Bradford and Demiko Ryan's. They 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:28.640 spoke today about how they're feeling entering the season opener. 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:30.960 You know, I guess you could look at it as 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:33.520 it's the last step, you know, getting out there and 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.120 playing a full game. But you know, in my opinion, 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:38.560 we've already hit the last step. You know, I think 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:41.119 I'm ready to play. You know, I don't think there's 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:42.600 anything else that I need to do, and now it's 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:43.920 time to just go out there and have fun and 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:48.200 play ball. Yeah, I do anticipate, anticipate playing on Monday 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:53.480 Night again. Coach Coach Davis will monitor the raps or 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:55.920 see how much I play, but I do anticipate playing 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:58.680 tight end. Zach Ertz said that he is hopeful to 0:03:58.720 --> 0:04:01.400 play in the Eagles Monday night opener, and he's doing 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:03.400 everything that he can to make sure that he's fully 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:07.200 healthy after missing the entire preseason with a core muscle injury. 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:08.960 I mean, I don't want to miss any games. I mean, 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:10.880 it works so hard all offseason i'd be ready for 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:13.200 the games and making impact for this team. So when 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:15.280 the games come around, I know that if I have 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:17.520 an opportunity to play, I'm gonna play. Um, obviously we 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:19.479 have to be smart of it or for it, because 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:21.160 it is the first game of a long season and 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.280 hopefully a long playoff run as well. So at the 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:25.600 end of the day, we're gonna be smart. Moving over 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:28.040 to the defensive side of the ball, cornerback Byron Maxwell 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.440 spoke about how this first game is a big test, 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:32.839 not just for him in his Eagles debut, but for 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:36.520 the entire defense as a whole. I think we'd be 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:38.200 very good. I mean, we got a lot of guys 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:41.640 that they go after the ball, so we could be 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:43.640 balls out there. Man. That's really what it's all about, 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:45.400 the end of the day. He just get in turnals, 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.400 making plays and what you all do. And last, but 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:51.719 certainly not least, we caught up with the newest quarterback 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.280 in the Eagles locker room, as Stephen Morris spoke about 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:58.120 getting to know Chip Kelly during his draft process. He 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:00.560 was telling me that he couldn't really know after quarterback 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:03.920 at that time, so obviously I was just didn't go 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.159 drafted that year, so I just went to Jacksonville and 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:08.240 he had an opportunity to pick me up and over 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:10.360 the form, that's what he did, and I was excited man, 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:12.479 happy to be here, happy to work with him, and 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:15.440 also on coach Day and coach Pat Tomorrow, we will 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:17.839 once again hear from head coach Chip Kelly in the morning, 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:20.560 and then we'll hear from DeMarco Murray and Malcolm Jenkins 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:22.760 in the afternoon. But until then, be sure to catch 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:25.680 up on the latest Eagles news right here on Philadelphia 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:29.360 Eagles dot com. Thanks so much, Alex and Chris. Now 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:32.560 time to get a little perspective on what some reporters 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.600 out there think about the football team in here. Yes now, 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:37.480 I don't want to go so much into the Atlanta game. 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.799 I want to focus big picture the regular season. Exactly 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:43.400 what do the reporters believe Beagles can do? What are 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.840 their thoughts on Bradford? What are their thoughts on the 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:49.640 improved defense. Jimmy Kemski from Philly Voice and Timocmats from 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.560 Birds Twain for seven joined me a short time ago. 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:54.960 We will have covered two right after this break on 0:05:55.120 --> 0:06:33.119 Eagles three sixty, Section five, twelve, Row six, seats seven 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.760 through ten. Those are our seats at this one time. 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:38.440 We can't be there. 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Well everyone, you know it must 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:38.320 be the start of the regular season, because it's time 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:41.960 for cover two here on Eagles three sixty. I'm Chris McPherson, 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:45.160 please be joined this week to open the year with 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:48.640 Tim McManus a Bird twenty four seven, and Jimmy Kemski 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:51.760 of Philly Voice. So, gentlemen, I don't really want to 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:53.680 focus on the falcon so much this week. I know 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:55.880 Eagles fans want always gonna happen Monday night, but let's 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:59.280 take a big picture approach to the entire season. I 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.280 will start record Sam Bradford. Tim, you got to see 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.920 him in trading camp, You saw him in the preseason 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:08.640 four drives four touchdowns. What are your thoughts on Bradford 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:11.200 heading into the regular season. They couldn't have looked any better. 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:13.640 I mean what Chip Kelly was hoping he would be 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:16.400 at least four this small sample size is exactly what 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:19.080 he got and that's he likes. The repetitive accuracy was 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:21.360 a term that he I don't know if he coined, 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.840 but he's been using ever since he got into town. 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:26.320 And that's what we've seen with Bradford. Just everything is 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:30.520 on point and that translated over into the preseason games, 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.280 of course, culminating in that ten for ten performance in 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:36.400 which he got the hopes of the city about as 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:39.240 high as they could possibly be following the postseason or 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:43.360 a preseason play. I think that the one issue is 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:49.240 that always got I mean, so we have to keep 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:52.080 it in perspective, don't because Bradford, while he's looked exceptional 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:53.840 and I think that he can have a really good year, 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.079 he's also had a bunch of years in the league, 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:57.880 and while there were things that were holding him down 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:01.040 you can say schematically and injury wise and all that 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:03.400 sort of thing, he still hasn't done it in a 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:05.880 big way in a big game and a big level 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:09.800 quite yet, and so I'm tempering expectations. But certainly everything 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.640 he's done so far has been next James agree or disagree, 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:14.880 which great. I mean even just the ten for ten, 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:17.000 It wasn't even so much that he went ten for ten. 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:20.920 Every pass he through was right where vall needed to be. 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.520 And not only that, the anticipation throws were great, which 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.520 is it really kind of speaks to the level over 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:28.559 poor that he's built up with his receivers already in 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:30.360 a short amount of time. And for me, the one 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:31.920 concerned that I would have is that he just really 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:34.040 hasn't moved around all that much. So I think when 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:36.840 he actually faces real live opponents, not that they weren't 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:39.280 live opponents in the preseason, but of course nobody's nobody's 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.480 sending the house at him, so he you know, sees 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:43.360 a couple even one of a couple of those double 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:44.920 a gap lits is where he's got the pressure right 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:46.560 in his face? Can he move away from that? And 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:48.040 for on the row? And that's you know, one thing 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:49.560 that he still has to kind of prove he can do. 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:52.719 But certainly everything he did in the preseason is more 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:54.640 than what anyone could have asked for all right, Gemma. 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:57.600 So the Eagles revamped the running back position. They signed 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:00.800 to Marco Murray, they signed Ryan Matthews, They bring mcdren 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:04.200 Sprowls from last season. Jimmy, how do you think the 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.679 rotation is gonna look once the season begins? It's the 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:10.360 best trio of running backs in the NFL in my opinion? 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:12.760 And wait, wait, wait wait, you disagree with Pro Football Focus? 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:16.160 How dare I? But yes, I think it's the best 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.319 trio running backs, and I really I don't think it's close. 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:21.320 And Mary's going to be the guy that is the 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:23.640 feature back, of course, but Ryan hapy is what he 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.320 showed both in training camp and in the preseason, looks 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:29.120 really good in his issue. Again, like Sam Bradford has 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:30.760 been that he hasn't always been able to stay healthy. 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:32.440 So if he can stay healthy and more of a 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:34.920 limited role, but of course being out there, and you know, 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.800 you have that kind of combo of Mary and Matthews 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.440 being the two sledgehammers and they can wear defenses down 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:43.240 over the course of a game and kind of face 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:45.920 tired defenses in the fourth quarter and just throw those 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.360 guys or that North South running style, those guys can 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:51.120 really be a force. Tim, Where does Darren Sprowles fit 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:53.600 into the picture. I think that he's gonna have to 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:57.000 find a role that's going to be elevated from last year. 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.439 And I think the coaching staff has kind of reinforced 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:01.800 that Dirny all season as a priority that they wanted 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:05.560 to make sure that that Sprowles remains a significant factor, 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.720 even though he is accompanied by those two very solid 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.280 running backs into Marco Mary and Ryan Matthews. And so 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:13.120 I think what you're gonna have is a lot in 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.240 the passing game. I mean you throw him out there 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:17.720 in the slot, coming out of the backfield. He puts 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:21.760 a gigantic strain on defenses, and I think that they're 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.080 going to be utilizing him quite a bit, even though 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:25.920 it isn't crowd of backfield. All right, Let's look at 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:28.800 the Eagles defense. They allowed a league high seventy two 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:32.760 passes the ex plays of twenty yards or more last season. Tim, 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.880 And your estimation is this Eagles defense better than the 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:38.079 one in twenty fourteen? Yeah? I think it has a 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:41.240 chance to be significantly better. There's been upgrades, as we know, 0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:44.440 in personnel, also the coaching staff, the people that have 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:48.360 been raving about Corey on one, I mean, it's unbelievable 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:50.440 how much you know, attention that he's been getting, and 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.560 so that certainly speaks to a couple of things, but 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.120 one of them being the fact that they've really taken 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:59.040 to his coaching. The one area of concern would be 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:01.960 the nickel right now. Billy Davis suggested that there might 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:05.200 be a rotating cast of characters in there depending on matchup. 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.600 That says to me that nobody has locked down that 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:10.959 spot yet and that's not a disaster but something to 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:13.080 keep an eye on. But overall, I think the defense 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:15.880 and the secondary in particular can be much improved. James, 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:19.000 any questions for you about the Eagles defense, Well, yeah, 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:20.840 just to Peeback on Tim, I think even just the 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:22.920 personnel in the secondary is going to be a lot better. Buyer. 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:25.680 Maxwell certainly going to be a big upgrade over Carry Williams, 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:28.640 and of course Bradley Fletcher, and then you have Walter Thurman, who, 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.760 before training camp began, you know, safety was one of 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:34.000 the biggest concerns heading into this season, and I think 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:37.120 he's kind of solidified that position starting opposite Malcolm Jenkins. 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:38.600 So if he can play well or he can play 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:40.959 as well as he did during training camp in the preseason. 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:43.439 And I think they have two, you know, very good safeties, 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:45.360 probably the best pair of safeties that they've had in 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:48.760 a while. And that defensive front seven really good. Obviously, 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:51.200 those front three at the on the defensive line are 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.760 all very good. Cox Benny Logan looks like he took 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:56.240 a big step forward this year. Cedric Thornton's a really 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.960 solid run stopper, and then those four linebackers across really 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.280 could make things happen against the pass, you know, getting 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:04.000 after the quarterback in coveraging against the run. All Right, 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:07.400 we all agree Eagles will win Monday night. To say, 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:09.040 I would say, yeah, I think I don't think the 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:10.960 Falcons are are a very good team. They're Eagles are 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:12.920 a better teams, should win. I would say that they're 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:15.600 maybe a little susceptible to a loss here. I think 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:17.240 they're the better team. But think about it, like the 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:19.160 inside linebacker is going to be a total strength of 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:20.880 this team, But is it going to be a strength 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:23.200 of this team on the onset given the fact that 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:25.520 none of them have had their reps. While you're figuring 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:28.040 out who the nickel Is in secondaries is kind of 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:31.240 jelly and figuring out how to work together. So there's 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:35.520 I think while they have looked exceptional in the preseason 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:38.320 all around, we do have to factor in the fact 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:40.360 that there are a lot of new pieces and new places, 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:42.839 and so I don't expect it to necessarily be gangbusters 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:44.920 out of the shoot, but they should still win, all right. 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:47.360 We'll take that as a win. 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Certainly Washington, no question 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:17.720 about the cover of the Washington Post said this morning, 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:24.320 Reset rebuild, reject, repeat very strong words about the struggle 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:27.680 that that franchise has had over the last couple of seasons. 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:30.320 Certainly they thought they had to answer in RG three 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.520 and he hasn't proven to be that to this point. 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:35.560 Can Kirk Cousins come in with some weapons around? You 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:38.240 have Pierre Garsan, you have de Shaun Jackson, But is 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:42.440 Kirk Cousins a good enough quarterback to keep that offensive float? Meanwhile, 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:44.760 on the defensive side of football, I think the defensive 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:47.960 line got better this offseason, got mccluhan. The general managers 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.680 made some good additions there. But from a passwal standpoint, 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.400 they don't have Briana Rackpo. They brought him Junior Gallet 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:55.560 from the Saints and he ruptured his achilles. He's not 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:57.800 playing from this season. So who is going to be 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:00.400 that compliment to Ryan Carrogan. I think that's a big question. 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.680 That's Trent Murphy's role. He's gonna come up and play 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:04.600 big in year number two for him, he's a big 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:07.719 time player. But the Redskins clearly in disarray from the 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:10.560 top to the bottom. So the when Eagles see them 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:14.000 early in the season on the road, you expect more 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:17.480 turmoil in our nation's capital. Now the New York Giants, 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:20.000 let's start there with the defensive side of the football. 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:23.720 Jason Pierre Paul with the unfortunate accident fourth of July 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:27.000 fireworks blows off his finger, not going to play football 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.280 for perhaps a month. And then even after that, how 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:33.800 effective canny be? That really damages the Giants in the trenches. 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:36.000 The pass rush really takes a hit there, and their 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:38.720 offensive lines had some injuries. Really, the Giants at the 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:42.040 line of scrimmage, huge question marks. This Pierre Paul situation 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:44.600 is just so bizarre. You know, first Pierre Paul doesn't 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:46.320 want to meet with the Giants, doesn't want to see 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:48.920 the extent of the injury. He finally reports, and at 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:51.720 first everyone's optimistic Pierre Paul would be ready to go. 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:54.640 The finger situation wouldn't be able to hold him off 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:56.720 the field. The Giants song, They're like, he's not ready 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:59.560 to play football. So he had not signed his tender yet, 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:02.000 use it the franchise tag for this season, so he 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:03.919 can't even be with the team. I don't know as 0:18:03.960 --> 0:18:05.680 it has to read. I don't know anybody who would 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:08.639 have been optimistic. I think the media totally overreported this. 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:11.360 It was ridiculous to think that somebody can lose an 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:15.800 index finger, not train the entire summer, and then walk 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:17.800 in the week of the opening game and have an 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:20.879 effective performance. Clearly that is not the case. Clearly the 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:24.680 Giants looking for some answers defensively. Offensively, though, Chris, they 0:18:24.720 --> 0:18:27.200 should be a really good football team if the offensive 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:29.200 line whole, Yeah, that's a big question. First round pick 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:32.160 Eric Flowers, the number two, number ten overall pick. If 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:34.320 he can slide in a tackle, then they will be 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:36.800 okay upfront. Now, Eli Manning did a great job distributing 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:39.040 the football. He cut down on the turnovers last season. 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:42.680 Victor Cruz looks iffy for the season opener against Dallas, 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:44.760 so we don't know if he's gonna play. Everyone knows 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:47.520 how good Odell Beckham Junior is, and the running game 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:49.440 should be a little bit better, But really it's gonna 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:51.720 come down to the offensive line there and then, as 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:54.560 you mentioned, the defensive side of the football. It seems Bagnol, 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:57.159 the defensive coordinator, once again there doesn't have enough of 0:18:57.200 --> 0:18:59.000 a pass for us. That's what helped him be successful 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:00.359 in the past. I don't know if he has that 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:02.200 this time round. The Dallas Cowboys the team to beat 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:05.120 in the NFC East, the defending championship of the division, 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:08.680 and they've had a pretty strong offseason, a quiet offseason. 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:11.640 Questions of Dallas Cowboys, who runs the football? What about 0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:14.359 the linebacker situation? How much of an impact is Greg 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:18.440 Hardy's four game suspension and the loss of cornerback Orlando Scandrick, 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:21.320 who have the ability to play outside and in the slot, 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:25.679 really impacts that defense. One that overperformed last year a 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:27.439 year ago this time because we were talking about how 0:19:27.480 --> 0:19:32.320 the Cowboys would be historically badge. Offensively, they overachieved, but 0:19:32.400 --> 0:19:35.800 they've taken some hits in the offseason at linebacker certainly, 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:39.520 on the defensive line with Hearty suspension, and in the secondary, yes, 0:19:39.560 --> 0:19:41.600 and bringing a guy like Hardy who has his off 0:19:41.600 --> 0:19:44.480 the field issues, you know, does that disrupt the chemistry? 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:48.280 Randy Gregory another never person with off the field character 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:50.400 issues coming into the draft. He selected in the second 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:53.000 round by the Cowboys. Look, can they provide they rushed 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:56.120 off the edge, certainly, but will that disrupt the locker room? 0:19:56.240 --> 0:19:58.520 And then that running back position, you know, they trade 0:19:58.600 --> 0:20:01.240 for Kristen Michael for really of the Seahawks, they just 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:04.080 don't seem to have a certified answer there or all 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:06.480 offseason it seemed like they've got a good offensive line. 0:20:06.560 --> 0:20:08.920 They're gonna be just fine, but you can't just replace it. 0:20:08.960 --> 0:20:11.680 DeMarco Murray, Well, if the offensive line is as dominating 0:20:11.680 --> 0:20:13.560 as it was last year, I've always believed that it's 0:20:13.560 --> 0:20:17.320 the offensive line more than the running back. I think 0:20:17.320 --> 0:20:19.080 the Cowboys will be able to run the football, and 0:20:19.119 --> 0:20:21.800 I think the offense will score some points. So that 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:24.400 is a look at the NFC East. Now let's get 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:26.320 back to the Philadelphia Eagles. And when we return to 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:29.720