Speaker 1: What a feeling here in Philadelphia has The Eagles get
Speaker 1: off the season on the perfect note by feeding the
Speaker 1: Washington Redskins by a score of thirty to seventeen. Held everyone,
Speaker 1: I'm Chris McPherson and welcome to the post game show
Speaker 1: presented by Rico. I'm joining a longside Ikey, Hi film
Speaker 1: baby after that one feeling real good way to start
Speaker 1: a twenty seventeen season on the road a divisional opponent.
Speaker 1: Eagles struggled last year on the road, indeed only winning
Speaker 1: one game. Great way to get the season off. I
Speaker 1: thought this was a all around effort from all three phases.
Speaker 1: Typical back and forth game right in that ceast, You're
Speaker 1: gonna get a little bit of a slug fest, but
Speaker 1: the Eagles defense is able to come up with the
Speaker 1: big plays in the final couple of drives sealed his
Speaker 1: thing for us. This to me felt like an exercise
Speaker 1: of the Damiens type of game, and it was great
Speaker 1: to see Doug Pearson get the ice bath at the
Speaker 1: end because to me, this is the type of game
Speaker 1: where the Eagles would not have won this one a
Speaker 1: year ago. Okay, the offense was able to make big plays,
Speaker 1: especially late in the game, to move the chains, to
Speaker 1: keep the offense on the field even as the Redskins
Speaker 1: were starting to come back defensively. You mentioned Brandon Graham
Speaker 1: with the strip there, Fletcher Cox return it for the
Speaker 1: touchdown from twenty yards out. If the referees may have
Speaker 1: given us one on that one, but you know we'll
Speaker 1: take it. Indeed, Caleb Sturgis at a key fifty yard
Speaker 1: field goal, Jalen Watkins down the punt at the one
Speaker 1: yard line late in the game. So, as you said,
Speaker 1: all three phases contributed. But again, this was a coming
Speaker 1: of age game because all offseason it was how would
Speaker 1: the Eagles grow from year one to year two? And
Speaker 1: they were able to get leads late in games against
Speaker 1: key division rivals. You remember the Dallas game last year,
Speaker 1: but this time they were able to finish, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. And even though we felt good as Eagles
Speaker 1: fans coming into this game against the red Skins, you
Speaker 1: again are on the road against a divisional opponent, a
Speaker 1: team that's beating you five straight times. This was no
Speaker 1: easy victory for the Eagles and it was great to
Speaker 1: see the offense come out hot. I thought they played
Speaker 1: great in that first quarter getting us all to a
Speaker 1: thirteen nothing start, and then you know the Redskins, Mason
Speaker 1: plays in that second quarter. We gathered ourselves and then
Speaker 1: the defense Caleb Sturges with a big field goal right
Speaker 1: before the half. That was being going into the locker room,
Speaker 1: getting a little bit of momentum back, and then coming
Speaker 1: out of the locker room and getting a field goal
Speaker 1: on the opening drive. So these are things that whenever
Speaker 1: the Redskins made a push, the Eagles were able to
Speaker 1: answer the bell. And I can't say enough about the
Speaker 1: way this defense played coming down the stretch. They helped
Speaker 1: out big time for the offense, being able to get
Speaker 1: the red Skins off the field when they were deep
Speaker 1: in their territory and also coming up with their game
Speaker 1: selling touchdown with the sack forced from from Brandon Graham
Speaker 1: touchdown by Fletcher Cox. Absolutely beautiful. You throwing Jail and Mills. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that red interception right there at the goal line, because
Speaker 1: it seemed like that they were about to score. You're talking,
Speaker 1: all right, put a couple of points where it's three
Speaker 1: or seven, Washington is on the doorstep knocking, They're gonna
Speaker 1: get some more points on the board, and it really
Speaker 1: change the dynamic of the game. No, the pressure force
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins to throw the ball errantly. Jalen Mills, what
Speaker 1: a time for his first career interception, stepping up in
Speaker 1: the big way there. Yeah, and he also made a
Speaker 1: big play going the other way in the third quarter
Speaker 1: when he went up against the Royal prior right on
Speaker 1: one in the end zone. I love the way he
Speaker 1: was able to get his head around, look for the
Speaker 1: ball and then make a play on the ball. In
Speaker 1: years pass, we watched these cornerbacks sort of panic, get anxious,
Speaker 1: and what did they do? They throw a flag because
Speaker 1: you get a pass in appearance, I thought Jalen was
Speaker 1: in great position, nice y'all, keeping his composure coming up
Speaker 1: with that pass breakup and then the interception. Obviously I'll
Speaker 1: overthrow on Kirk Cousins partner pressure from Jordan Hicks there
Speaker 1: forcing the overthrow, but you got to catch him to
Speaker 1: take advantage of it, and Jalen was able to do that.
Speaker 1: Jial Mills is going to step up in the big
Speaker 1: way because Ronald Darby. We saw the injury there in
Speaker 1: the second quarter. It did not look at whatsoever. I'm
Speaker 1: sure Pierce will provide an update in his press conference,
Speaker 1: We're gonna have that lie from FedEx Field in just
Speaker 1: a few moments. But again, stepped on the ankle, the
Speaker 1: foot flipped. It doesn't look like a good situation for
Speaker 1: him moving forward. He came out of the game. So
Speaker 1: Jale Mills, who really has taken strides going to the
Speaker 1: second season, more is gonna be on his shoulders. More's
Speaker 1: gonna be on Patrick robinson shoulders moving forward as the
Speaker 1: Eagles had to figure out this cornerback situation. Enjoy the win,
Speaker 1: but big picture, down the line, the Eagles are going
Speaker 1: to go back to figure out who's gonna stop up
Speaker 1: at the cornerback position. Yeah, and that's why you gotta
Speaker 1: always have depth. And we got a couple of young
Speaker 1: guys that are gonna have to stop up and play.
Speaker 1: Today it was Watkins, Jalen Watkinson had to go in
Speaker 1: there and play a little bit of a corner and
Speaker 1: then you had Patrick Robinson. I thought he did a
Speaker 1: nice job filling in for Ronald Darby when he when
Speaker 1: he wrote his ankle earlier in the game. So you know,
Speaker 1: that's what this league is all about. Injuries are gonna happen. Also,
Speaker 1: Jason Peters, you hope he's okay. He tried to give
Speaker 1: it a go in the second half at the one
Speaker 1: play he had to come out of the game. Holle
Speaker 1: ful lou vounce. He had to go in there and place.
Speaker 1: But this is what you're saying around the league. You know,
Speaker 1: this is the first week of the seasons, the first
Speaker 1: time these guys have played sixty minutes four quarters since
Speaker 1: what last what a New Year's Day, They hadn't played
Speaker 1: four quarters. You're gonna get these things. You hope to
Speaker 1: sidestep a few of these injury situations, but it is
Speaker 1: happening around the league. The young guys got to be
Speaker 1: ready to step up and be ready to go. But
Speaker 1: I won't let that sully this big victory today because
Speaker 1: it's great to get off to a nice start with
Speaker 1: a w You gotta get the wins inside the division.
Speaker 1: You gotta get the wins on the road, as Ike mentioned,
Speaker 1: one in seven on the road last year, five straight
Speaker 1: losses to the Wash the Redskins. All that is out
Speaker 1: the door, people. Okay, the Eagles get off to the
Speaker 1: strong start with this thirty to seventeen victor. We're gonna
Speaker 1: hear from Doug Peer, so we're gonna hear from Carson Wentz.
Speaker 1: And speaking of Carson Wentz, I thought he did a
Speaker 1: magnificent job of buying time in the pocket. And you
Speaker 1: go to the first touchdown, a third and long situation,
Speaker 1: the heat is coming. He's able to elude two defenders
Speaker 1: there in the pocket. Varies reminiscent of that preseason touch
Speaker 1: to Mac Collins where he buys some time in the pocket,
Speaker 1: flicks the ball over to Nelson, Agilor makes the man
Speaker 1: miss DJ Sweringer and he's off to the races for
Speaker 1: a fifty eight yard touchdown. So great job by Wentz
Speaker 1: keeping his eyes down field all times. Phenomenal job by
Speaker 1: Agilore making the guy miss and using his athleticism on
Speaker 1: that scrambled drill play to come up with a touchdown.
Speaker 1: Really was a good day by Carson Wentz. Had a
Speaker 1: couple passes in the first half. I'm sure he will
Speaker 1: he want back, you know, he throw that later old
Speaker 1: Nelson is a little high throw a behind the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. That's a fumble there on that play. And
Speaker 1: he had an interception on another play. But I love
Speaker 1: the way he spread the ball around the field. And
Speaker 1: you're talking about his ability to keep his eyes down
Speaker 1: the field. That's one of the attributes as a young
Speaker 1: player you just don't see. And the fact that he's
Speaker 1: mobile in the pocket and doesn't necessarily always look to run.
Speaker 1: He's looking to buy time to make plays. It's gonna
Speaker 1: make this offense dangerous. Remind you a little bit of
Speaker 1: Brett Farve Aaron Rodgers. Guys that buy time too, no
Speaker 1: doubt about it. And he has sort of that gunslinger's mentality,
Speaker 1: which we're gonna benefit more often than not from it.
Speaker 1: Every once in a while, it's gonna bite us. But
Speaker 1: I don't take the good because it's definitely gonna outweigh
Speaker 1: the bad in this situation. This guy's ability to improvise
Speaker 1: on the move made plays his first game in his
Speaker 1: second season. I don't know if you could have asked
Speaker 1: for a better start. I thought a lot of the
Speaker 1: game was put on his shoulders. We tried to run
Speaker 1: the ball, didn't have a ton of success out of it,
Speaker 1: but we tried to run it a little bit there.
Speaker 1: But when the big plays needed to be made, it
Speaker 1: was due to him and on his arm. Eight or
Speaker 1: fourteen on third down. That's huge, extending drives, giving yourself
Speaker 1: extra possessions, eating up the clock thirty five minutes time
Speaker 1: of possession today for the Eagles on the offense, I mean,
Speaker 1: the offense was humming. I'm pretty sure they have a
Speaker 1: couple of series there they would love to have back
Speaker 1: and get touchdown instead of field goals. But to put
Speaker 1: up to what twenty three twenty four in your first game,
Speaker 1: I gotta get a details credit for their touchdown. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they do get there, they well deserved, say the very least.
Speaker 1: But the first play, the first throw for Carson Wentz,
Speaker 1: he went deep to Torry Smith. He wasn't wasting anytime.
Speaker 1: All this nonsense about the air yards at Dinkin offense,
Speaker 1: it is going to be completely different because he has
Speaker 1: the weapons, the personnel on the outside to utilize it.
Speaker 1: So to see Wentz go deep right off the bat
Speaker 1: to Tessa Redskins secondary and keep doing it time after time. Again,
Speaker 1: the timing a little off on those plays that will come,
Speaker 1: I think throughout the course of the season. But at
Speaker 1: least you saw the willingness by Wentz to take charge
Speaker 1: and be able to try those throws. And even after
Speaker 1: some setbacks you mentioned the pick six by Ryan Kerrigan,
Speaker 1: you fell after that, here we go, they go off
Speaker 1: to the Great Star. They were leading thirteen nothing. The
Speaker 1: Redskins were a little sloppy early, you know, kind of
Speaker 1: chipping away there. They were able to take the lead
Speaker 1: back from them, and you said, whatever you're gonna see.
Speaker 1: But Wentz and the Eagles rebounded in a big way. Again.
Speaker 1: The maturity and mental toughness that I think lacked at
Speaker 1: times do that swoon in the middle of the season,
Speaker 1: I think definitely was evident here today. So kudos to
Speaker 1: Doug Pearson for instilling that in this football team. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you want to know whether or not he was gonna
Speaker 1: be able to come back in his second year and
Speaker 1: have commanded this offense. Well, he's done more than take
Speaker 1: command to this offense. He's taking command of this team.
Speaker 1: I mean he has certainly has voted to captain, one
Speaker 1: of the captains for the team on the season. He
Speaker 1: is clearly putting his stamp on this organization and that
Speaker 1: bowls well for us moving forward. Love the way he
Speaker 1: moved the ball around, kept everyone involved. Nelson Agilor probably
Speaker 1: had his best game as an Eagle to date. Um
Speaker 1: missed on a couple of d throws to Tory Smith.
Speaker 1: But like you said, repetition is going to make that
Speaker 1: a lot easier as you moved down the field. The
Speaker 1: good thing about those is ay he was willing to
Speaker 1: throw him and be I thought Tory was open. Yes,
Speaker 1: you wonder whether not the old guy can still run.
Speaker 1: First of all, he had so much success early in
Speaker 1: his career. People think he's been around forever. He's only
Speaker 1: twenty eight years old. And as you saw to day,
Speaker 1: he was able to get behind the ranch gain secondary
Speaker 1: a couple of times. I'm excited about this offense moving forward.
Speaker 1: And then the defense man I mean Jim Schwartz and
Speaker 1: this defense really did a nice job of mixing coverage up.
Speaker 1: They mixed up the pressure package, they brought guys at
Speaker 1: time they were able to get home with just the
Speaker 1: four guys up front. I thought the defense as a whole,
Speaker 1: on all three levels had a very good game. We
Speaker 1: talked about the theme here was the defense finished, and
Speaker 1: I think through the first three quarters three plus quarters,
Speaker 1: even the defensive ends were getting pressure. You would see
Speaker 1: Chris Long coming in free not able to get the
Speaker 1: second credit to Kirk Cousins. Jim Schwartz warned everyone that
Speaker 1: you know he has more maneuverability in the pocket than
Speaker 1: most people. Indeed, but you saw Brandon Graham cream playing pressure.
Speaker 1: If any Curry is getting pressure in there, they just
Speaker 1: could not bring him down. So it was so important
Speaker 1: that as the Eagles defense finished this game off, and
Speaker 1: I was I was a little concerned after that sixteen
Speaker 1: play drive in the second half where you said to yourself,
Speaker 1: if the offense doesn't get at least one first down
Speaker 1: to eat up some clock here, give the defense a
Speaker 1: little bit of a break. Defense might be in trouble
Speaker 1: here because you figure Risks are starting to click on
Speaker 1: all cylinders. They got the momentum their home, They're right
Speaker 1: there ready for the score. Sixteen play drive really could
Speaker 1: have made a difference there. But credit to the Eagles
Speaker 1: for maintaining keeping them out the end zone, holding them
Speaker 1: to a field goal, and then being able to finish
Speaker 1: there at the end with Graham getting the forced fumble
Speaker 1: there that Cocks returned for the touchdown and then getting
Speaker 1: the sack on the final drive there for Cousins and company.
Speaker 1: Now I go to the head coach, right, they don't win,
Speaker 1: He's gonna receive a lot of the criticism and be
Speaker 1: a lot of attention on him, So when they played well,
Speaker 1: you got to give him credit. And I want to
Speaker 1: give him credit for having his team ready to play
Speaker 1: opening week of the season. We take it for granted
Speaker 1: that everybody's going to be excited and ready to go,
Speaker 1: but that doesn't necessarily mean that's going to be the case.
Speaker 1: I thought the guys came out fast. They played with
Speaker 1: the most energy in the first half, particularly in that
Speaker 1: first quarter. So give Doug credit for having his guys
Speaker 1: ready to go from the opening kick off. And then
Speaker 1: how about this the ability to sustain the punches of
Speaker 1: the Washington Risks. This was going to be a heavyweight fight.
Speaker 1: It was gonna be a four quarter battle. Red Skins
Speaker 1: gave their shots and the second and third quarter Eagles
Speaker 1: took the punches and came back, and they were the
Speaker 1: stronger team in my opinion, in the fourth quarter. So
Speaker 1: having your team ready to go, being the stronger team
Speaker 1: at the end of the game, and being able to
Speaker 1: finish that credit has to go to the head coach
Speaker 1: a lot there, Unpack, because first you talk about starting fast.
Speaker 1: That was one of the bugga boots for this team
Speaker 1: last year. There are scored seventy eight to fifty six
Speaker 1: in the first quarter of games last year, and everyone
Speaker 1: was wondering, Look, the starters didn't play a lot in
Speaker 1: the preseason, right, Okay, limited snaps compared to a year ago. So,
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, this is the first time they're playing
Speaker 1: for full sixteen minutes. How would they handle the increase
Speaker 1: in intensity knowing they're gonna be on the field for
Speaker 1: the entire time. Well, as you said, they were up
Speaker 1: to the challenge in a big way, so being able
Speaker 1: to start fast and sustain it, and as you said,
Speaker 1: you know they were stronger at the end of games
Speaker 1: that death really came in. Okay, this is not just
Speaker 1: a more talented team at the starter level team, it's
Speaker 1: a deeper team. You look at that defensive line late
Speaker 1: in the game, you're seeing the Destiny Vyous, the bo Allens,
Speaker 1: you know, being able to get Barnett was in there.
Speaker 1: Barnett has some flashes in there. So overall you're seeing
Speaker 1: these guys, all of these guys contribute, and they were
Speaker 1: able to sustain the Royal Darby injury, which you know
Speaker 1: a month ago he's not e mail on this football team,
Speaker 1: but then now you say yourself, oh, he's going to
Speaker 1: be a big contributor. He could be a guy that
Speaker 1: shadows some of these top receivers. What are they to do
Speaker 1: do with troll Pryor. They kept the corners to their
Speaker 1: side respectively, which made sense to me. But the fact
Speaker 1: is they were able to lose Darby and is still
Speaker 1: able even though they had two of their corners inactive
Speaker 1: Rosseul Douglas Dexter McDougall weren't even suited up for today.
Speaker 1: They were able to sustain the injury partially thanks to
Speaker 1: the versatility of a guy like Jalen Watkins and also
Speaker 1: the addition of a guy like Corey Graham who came
Speaker 1: in during training camp as well, because he could come
Speaker 1: as a third safety and he can move someone like
Speaker 1: Malcolm Jenkins around. Malcolm Jakins is an underrated game, not
Speaker 1: flashing in terms of stats. No pick six like he
Speaker 1: had a watchedon last year. But Jordan Reid was a
Speaker 1: non factor today. How long how long has it been
Speaker 1: since we been able to say that read against the
Speaker 1: Eagles man he kills us. Yes, so you have that.
Speaker 1: Jamison Crowder don't know how much the injury affected him,
Speaker 1: but he had the muff punt which was a big
Speaker 1: momentum shift early in the first half there, he wasn't
Speaker 1: much of a factor. So certainly the Redskins were hurting
Speaker 1: from the from the standpoint of not having guys like
Speaker 1: the Sean Jackson and Pierre Garson in the offense today. Yeah,
Speaker 1: offense still looking for an identity down there in Washington
Speaker 1: and they was certainly a big play offense last year.
Speaker 1: The guys that they have now down there are basically
Speaker 1: still trying to prove themselves. Jameson Crowd I had a
Speaker 1: great year last year in his second year, but Terrell
Speaker 1: Prior is really just in his second year playing wide receiver.
Speaker 1: And then you got the young guys. I didn't see
Speaker 1: jobs Jackson out there today, so he certainly was a
Speaker 1: part of their offense. And then you got Ryan Grant
Speaker 1: who made a couple of catches. That's an offense is
Speaker 1: going to rely heavy on. Jordan Reid in the run game.
Speaker 1: We did a great job on the run game today,
Speaker 1: very very understated there. And then you talked about Malcolm's
Speaker 1: defense along with Jordan Hicks around Jordan read all game outstanding. Indeed,
Speaker 1: we haven't really talked at all about the run defense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean the front four. Credit Cox, credit someone like
Speaker 1: Tim Journey and who obviously he got a sack, huge
Speaker 1: sack there in the second half. But also just the
Speaker 1: front four overall against the run, and I thought the
Speaker 1: linebackers move around the ball. Jordan Hicks had a fumble recovery,
Speaker 1: he almost had sacked that was wiped out, but you
Speaker 1: saw him. You saw Michael Kendricks would probably the toughest
Speaker 1: hit of the day against Big Rob Kelly called they
Speaker 1: called fat, They called fat Rob. But but you know,
Speaker 1: Kendricks would have one lay in the wood. Bradham was
Speaker 1: overly aggressive, had some penalties out there, but still you
Speaker 1: saw him flying around the field. Should have had should
Speaker 1: have had a pick six there. You know, missed a
Speaker 1: tackle on Chris Thompson on that touchdown there in the
Speaker 1: first half. But still, nonetheless, the front four did a
Speaker 1: great job of containing the line of scrimmage. And this
Speaker 1: is a Washington offensive line that has been that's pretty
Speaker 1: darn good. Okay. I know Trent Williams got rolled up
Speaker 1: on in the second half, so he might not have
Speaker 1: been one hundred percent, but Brandon Sheriff is a Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl guard. You know, Morgan Moses is in his own
Speaker 1: as the other starting tackle. They've put together a pretty
Speaker 1: good offensive line, but Kirk Cousins had to that scrambling
Speaker 1: ability and that run game never got off the ground.
Speaker 1: So really it was all on Kirk Cousins and shoulders,
Speaker 1: and you know, he made the plays. But overall, I
Speaker 1: think the receivers and the tight ends are still trying
Speaker 1: to get in sync there in Washington, and the Eagles
Speaker 1: credited them for taking advantage here in week one. Yeah,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. I mean, I think what the
Speaker 1: Eagles were able to do on defense certainly helped disrupt
Speaker 1: with the Radskins wanted to do offensively, So you know,
Speaker 1: credit to the Eagles being aggressive. You know, Kirk Cousins
Speaker 1: is a guy who can't get the ball out of
Speaker 1: his hands quick if you're allowing to sit back there.
Speaker 1: And I thought Jim Schwartz did a nice job of
Speaker 1: mixing up when to bring an extra guy, when not
Speaker 1: to bring an extra guy. And then more importantly, those
Speaker 1: guys up front and give them a lot of credit. Man,
Speaker 1: We put the spotlight on them to say, lead the charge,
Speaker 1: not only for the offense, I mean not only for
Speaker 1: the defense, but for the whole team. That's what the
Speaker 1: most has been invested from a position wise money and
Speaker 1: draft picks. I thought they said a nice tone. If
Speaker 1: this is what the defense is going to be like
Speaker 1: throughout the season, I think we're in for a h
Speaker 1: What can I say? Dang Green. That's that's hi, that's
Speaker 1: that's high praise. You can feel good. You feeling good?
Speaker 1: Teeny bit on the Gang Green. Yeah, let me first week? Yes,
Speaker 1: of course, a week. If there's one player who we
Speaker 1: wish could play Washington weekend a week account zach Ertz, Yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: you talk about the security blanket. You know, all the
Speaker 1: talk has been about al Sean Jeffrey Tory Smith, the
Speaker 1: additions at wide receiver, overhaul in that position, giving Wentz
Speaker 1: more weapons. But the security blanket in some key third
Speaker 1: down situations today was none other than a time himself.
Speaker 1: But we'll talk about more him in a bit. We're
Speaker 1: gonna send it defects Field and landover Maryland. Here from
Speaker 1: the victorious head coach Doug Peterson. What is Ronald Barby's
Speaker 1: injury and that's even well, I don't I don't know
Speaker 1: that necessarily. Um, obviously we'll get him examined when we
Speaker 1: get back to Philly, and I'll let you guys know tomorrow.
Speaker 1: The game wasn't obviously perfect. The way your defense played
Speaker 1: to step up Fletcher Cocks, Jamlin Mills in the red zone.
Speaker 1: How proud of you of these defense, you know, especially
Speaker 1: the corner bable lot to prove you know. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, very very proud of the way the guys
Speaker 1: battled hung in there as you as you said, it
Speaker 1: wasn't a perfect game, but they played for sixty minutes
Speaker 1: and and and in these games like this you have
Speaker 1: to do that. And and uh, my hats off to
Speaker 1: those guys on defense. They battled, they hung in there.
Speaker 1: Uh you know, kept our offense, uh you know, um
Speaker 1: in good situations when we took took the field. So
Speaker 1: great job on our defense. How did you think the
Speaker 1: offense played to the just Okay? Um, we made some plays,
Speaker 1: a lot of them were broken place. Um, we've got
Speaker 1: to obviously look at the film and make the make
Speaker 1: the corrections. Uh wasn't perfect. Um, too many breakdowns in
Speaker 1: in in some crucial situations. Some some drive killers, whether
Speaker 1: it be a penalty or or sack. Those are things
Speaker 1: we've got to take a look at. But all in all, Um,
Speaker 1: we had some opportunities. You know, there's some opportunities down
Speaker 1: the field, which which is exciting, and those are things
Speaker 1: moving forward that that will will address and I'll try
Speaker 1: to make those us or those laterals. Are they the
Speaker 1: reward on those or the rest? Well, it that particularly
Speaker 1: you're referred to wasn't supposed to be lateral. It just
Speaker 1: happened to be a lateral in that situation. And it's
Speaker 1: just based on what the defense presents. So, um, something
Speaker 1: we got to do a better job get fixed and
Speaker 1: uh um, just evaluate that situation. What does that mean
Speaker 1: that he might not throw backwards based on the police
Speaker 1: season be things. It's a it's a run actually quite honestly, Um,
Speaker 1: it's a run and then based on what the defense does,
Speaker 1: he has the ability to throw it. Okay, Oh, you're
Speaker 1: not talking about whether where of course is what you're
Speaker 1: talking about what Nelson does with what he does when
Speaker 1: it gets against So with all the issues that Nelson
Speaker 1: and all the bunks that Nelson went do last year
Speaker 1: or in the come out in his game as the
Speaker 1: longest touchdown of his career have a career day, how
Speaker 1: much is this going to help his confidence and how
Speaker 1: happy are you wing here? Yeah, you know, I obviously
Speaker 1: that first touchdown very excited for him and in the offense.
Speaker 1: But I think going forward his confidence level, um, and
Speaker 1: really really I've seen it all springing, all summer, and
Speaker 1: it's right right where I expected him to be. And
Speaker 1: he just carried it over into the game today and
Speaker 1: uh made some made some great plays and been third
Speaker 1: down plays um today and kept us on the field.
Speaker 1: And UH, for him, him, this is a this is
Speaker 1: a great first step you know to uh being the
Speaker 1: type of receiver that we know he can be and
Speaker 1: will be for us and the reason why you know,
Speaker 1: the Eagles drafted him so alive. So he hung in there,
Speaker 1: took shot after shot after shot. Um extended a lot
Speaker 1: of plays with his legs, his athleticism and you know,
Speaker 1: um battle tested. You know, we saw it last year
Speaker 1: a little bit and and proving again today. I mean, uh,
Speaker 1: give give the Redskins credit. They put put a lot
Speaker 1: of pressure on him and he was able to break
Speaker 1: some tackles, big strong, physical guy. His eyes were always downfield. Guys. Uh, Um,
Speaker 1: we're able to make some great plays once he was
Speaker 1: able to break the pocket. Yes, it did. Now I
Speaker 1: think I think it just is something that you know,
Speaker 1: we've been talking all week about, you know, kind of
Speaker 1: getting the monkey off our back, um down here and
Speaker 1: really against the branch skins and and particularly on the road.
Speaker 1: You know, um, we haven't done so well, particularly last year.
Speaker 1: Just all week we kept talking about it and talking
Speaker 1: about it, and um, you know it it was just
Speaker 1: the old the old set up on the sideline and
Speaker 1: uh and got the bath. So uh appreciative of it.
Speaker 1: But uh yeah, a little stick what's executed about the
Speaker 1: resiliency the team obviously, and all of a a sudden you're
Speaker 1: and you're behind some teams poled off shot. What does
Speaker 1: it say that, Well, it says a lot about the
Speaker 1: leadership and and and the way the guys hang in there.
Speaker 1: I mean, this team really believes in themselves and it
Speaker 1: really and we all feel like we can be a
Speaker 1: good football team. And uh, you know, we got to
Speaker 1: eliminate some stuff. I mean there's some there's some some
Speaker 1: crazy things that we gotta we gotta just eliminate, you know,
Speaker 1: the penalties and turnovers and things like that. But at
Speaker 1: the same time that that locker room believes in one another,
Speaker 1: they rally around each other when guys like Darby go
Speaker 1: down or you know, uh, Jason Peter steps out. I mean, guys,
Speaker 1: guys step up and play. And that's what you gotta
Speaker 1: have in these games. If Darby's out for a while,
Speaker 1: that would be a big bloat of your defense. Do
Speaker 1: you then have to adjust anything offensively? You know, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's something we'll look at tomorrow. Obviously evaluate Darby c
Speaker 1: where he's at. I'm sure he'll miss some time obviously
Speaker 1: if the ankle. But um, you know, I think offensively,
Speaker 1: we just we just have to continue to do our thing.
Speaker 1: We just got to clean up in the run game.
Speaker 1: We got to get better in the passing game, shore
Speaker 1: of the protection, and then defensively we'll be fine. You
Speaker 1: saw it today and um, you know jay le walk
Speaker 1: and stepped in and uh you know, battled out there
Speaker 1: and and uh you know, you get resouled and and
Speaker 1: McDougal now and and I get these guys ready to go. Um,
Speaker 1: is that a play argue in this game? And that
Speaker 1: kind of shows sure opponents that they can't plus their
Speaker 1: safety supposed they wants to me, it's it's a it's
Speaker 1: an opportunity. Um. You know, obviously with the personnel and
Speaker 1: and with Carson and and play action pass and just
Speaker 1: being able to design shot plays down the field. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, coming into each game, you know you want
Speaker 1: to be able to do that. Um. You know you
Speaker 1: don't want the defense to play eight to nine in
Speaker 1: the box all the time and the safeties are low.
Speaker 1: So oh so, UM, you know we're going to continue,
Speaker 1: you know, to look at that find ways to get
Speaker 1: the ball down the field. Um. And we just missed
Speaker 1: on a couple today that that could have been big hittersforce. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he tried to go in that third quarter. Um. You know, again,
Speaker 1: we'll evaluate him when we get back see where he's at.
Speaker 1: Um hopefully. Um, you know, it's just day to day
Speaker 1: and we'll get him. We'll get him this next Quaska.
Speaker 1: And yeah, Sturgis is another one we got to check
Speaker 1: out tomorrow. UM, give me more information tomorrow we get
Speaker 1: back to Philly. But it was part of the reason
Speaker 1: for going for two in that situation. Um and uh
Speaker 1: we actually cute it and and got it. Well here's why.
Speaker 1: Obviously he wanted to big Peters and you're going into
Speaker 1: a game with Peters album lane play left and big
Speaker 1: play right or he still Yeah, you know something with
Speaker 1: Big V's versatility. Um, it just depends on how long
Speaker 1: JP would be out. You know, if it's uh, um,
Speaker 1: longer than a week or so, you might you might
Speaker 1: do that, you might consider Lane over there. But but
Speaker 1: if it's just a week to week, day to day thing, um,
Speaker 1: we'll get Big V the reps and he'll get ready
Speaker 1: to go. New guys on this team already got hurt
Speaker 1: guys that didn't make it through the game. He used
Speaker 1: to remember when how they played over well number two.
Speaker 1: Did it seem like as the game progressed, the new
Speaker 1: guys seemed to sort of Yeah, I thought that they
Speaker 1: you know, I did it did a nice job for us,
Speaker 1: you know, the Garrett obviously on offense, and the two
Speaker 1: receivers for us, I mean, made some big plays down
Speaker 1: the field in the passing game, obviously in the running game,
Speaker 1: and then on defense. How I thought, just you know,
Speaker 1: observing without watching the tape yet just um, you know
Speaker 1: what Tim Jurnagan was able to do up front hunt
Speaker 1: and and um you know, to get and and Darby
Speaker 1: was really early in the game was playing well, and um,
Speaker 1: you know, these guys are are a great additional star
Speaker 1: football team and um, we just gotta you know, each
Speaker 1: week it's a it's a it's a battle each week.
Speaker 1: You know, we got to come to work on Wednesday
Speaker 1: ready to go and and uh we just got to
Speaker 1: continue to jail. Did you view up to playing end
Speaker 1: with cousins and Weather's arms going forward? You have? Did
Speaker 1: you have any expectation if you're waiting for everything. I'm
Speaker 1: just glad it was in our favor. You were able
Speaker 1: to find a couple of week from aforem and the
Speaker 1: players got the game or when it taste the flattery
Speaker 1: flatter taking a players to think that much? Yeah, and
Speaker 1: you know what I mean for me, it's uh, it's
Speaker 1: everything that I've been telling you guys. It's just asked
Speaker 1: the players you know how they feel about me? And
Speaker 1: and uh, um you know, um, I just give this,
Speaker 1: give this wind. All the players in that in that
Speaker 1: locker room, they battled. They uh, they hung in there
Speaker 1: through adversity and we pulled the game out. You were
Speaker 1: able to find a couple of big plays, chunk plays.
Speaker 1: But Q was that an area? Is that something that
Speaker 1: you felt you wanted to see cars and do to
Speaker 1: take his game to the next move? Well, yeah, obviously
Speaker 1: you don't go in hoping your quarterback has to run
Speaker 1: quite as much. But at the same time, it was
Speaker 1: a point of emphasis during the spring and training camp,
Speaker 1: you know, scrambled drills and things of that nature. We
Speaker 1: can an area that we could get better at. And uh,
Speaker 1: um it the hard work paid off. You know. Today,
Speaker 1: winters played after Gary went down, especially Thos kind of
Speaker 1: come up and down there. Yeah. I thought they, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, the um those corners are on an island
Speaker 1: quite a bit, you know, and I thought both of them,
Speaker 1: you know, Jaylen when he came in and then uh yeah,
Speaker 1: Jaylen and then Jaylen Mills, what a big play you
Speaker 1: know when we needed it. Uh, a couple drives of
Speaker 1: Redskins had you know, our defense was on the field
Speaker 1: one time, and uh to come up with that turnover
Speaker 1: there at that time was was huge. And I thought
Speaker 1: they stepped in and uh and did a nice job.
Speaker 1: It's one game any more significant, man. Now, well, you
Speaker 1: know we haven't played well, you know, and and especially
Speaker 1: here you know, this is this is a good football team.
Speaker 1: It's a tough place to crowd is into it, you know,
Speaker 1: and I think I think, uh, you know, losing five times.
Speaker 1: These guys kind of got the monkey off the back,
Speaker 1: so to speak, so I think that was part of it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: all right, thanks guys. There's head coach Doug Pearson walking
Speaker 1: off the podium at FedEx Field in land Over, Maryland
Speaker 1: after the eagles thirty to seventeen victory over the Washington Redskins.
Speaker 1: So some news on the injury front. Ronald Darby, as
Speaker 1: we expected, we'll be out for an indefinite amount of time.
Speaker 1: Hopefully we'll be able to be back at some point
Speaker 1: later in the season. But the Eagles did recover well
Speaker 1: because he did get injured there in the first half.
Speaker 1: One surprise one that I didn't pick up during the game,
Speaker 1: cab Sturgis apparently hurt his hip, so that's one of
Speaker 1: the reasons they went for two after the final touchdown
Speaker 1: on Fletcher Cox's fumble return score. So that might be
Speaker 1: one you have to watch in a week or so
Speaker 1: coming up there. But nonetheless, the offense, Doug didn't go
Speaker 1: overboard in his praise of the offense, you know, saying
Speaker 1: there's some things he wants to clean up, and I
Speaker 1: think it's good that you want to take a step
Speaker 1: back and say there are a lot of things they
Speaker 1: can learn from this game. There are a lot of
Speaker 1: good things they did, but nonetheless they're gonna still need
Speaker 1: to take the next step. They're still gonna need to
Speaker 1: improve down the line, whether it's in the run game
Speaker 1: to figure out how to get that going, whether it's
Speaker 1: a clean up some of the mistakes there they did have,
Speaker 1: you know, a couple of turnovers. Overall, though, you have
Speaker 1: to be very happy, as you said, Ike, with the
Speaker 1: way Carson Wentz and company opened the season, especially with
Speaker 1: so many new pieces in place. Yeah, and no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. Doug is probably speaking specifically about that offensive
Speaker 1: line play. I mean, I'll start with the running game.
Speaker 1: The fact that the Eagles I believe I went fifty
Speaker 1: four or fifty eight yards rushing today. Some of that
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz is doing twenty three twenty four attempts. That's
Speaker 1: not going to get it done. You know, they tried
Speaker 1: to commit to the run. You gotta get you gotta
Speaker 1: produce yardage if you're gonna run into football. And then
Speaker 1: Carson under pressure at times to day, you know, we
Speaker 1: can applaud him for being able to escape some of
Speaker 1: that pressure and make some things happen. You don't want
Speaker 1: to make a living doing that. Though, you don't want
Speaker 1: to make a living doing that. And when the play
Speaker 1: breaks down, the structure of the play breaks down. Now
Speaker 1: he has to improvise. You're gonna hit your targets sometimes
Speaker 1: on those, but more often than not. That's a win
Speaker 1: for the defense if they can get you off your
Speaker 1: mark and get you under pressure. So we had a
Speaker 1: little bit of that leakage from the offensive line today,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure that's one of the things offensively that
Speaker 1: Doug wants to get cleaned up. They knew that the
Speaker 1: resumes were going to bring the pressure. I mean, Washington
Speaker 1: is a pressure based defense. You look back to last season,
Speaker 1: you know, they really Harry Wentz on the third down situations.
Speaker 1: I thought that's probably the biggest difference when you look
Speaker 1: at how Wins performed as a rookie to this year,
Speaker 1: was how he handled those third down situations. Did you
Speaker 1: say eight to fourteen on third down today? You know?
Speaker 1: And some of those plays, you know, you have the
Speaker 1: touchdown Nelson Agilore, you have a key third down and
Speaker 1: long conversion to tour Smith later in the game, another
Speaker 1: one to zach Ertz where he against the one to
Speaker 1: al Sean indeed, so they came on some clutch plays.
Speaker 1: His ability to move in the pocket buying time. Again,
Speaker 1: that's the biggest difference, and that's when you look back
Speaker 1: to last season. The biggest silver line of last year
Speaker 1: is the fact that Carson Wentz got to play the
Speaker 1: sixteen games. What if you know, we go back in
Speaker 1: time and they have the situation where Carson Wentz doesn't play,
Speaker 1: has the wrench your ear, whatever you want to call it,
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, this is his first
Speaker 1: game and then he's probably like a deer in headlights
Speaker 1: and you're seeing what we saw a year ago happen today,
Speaker 1: where now you can fast forward and accelerate the development
Speaker 1: a little bit by knowing the fact that he's seen
Speaker 1: what teams are going to throw at him, he has
Speaker 1: an understanding of it. And this I think came up
Speaker 1: with the broadcast. His situational football percentages will go up
Speaker 1: much more because he understands the time. He understands when
Speaker 1: he has to move the ball down to field, get
Speaker 1: in the up tempo, like we saw at the end
Speaker 1: of the first half when they were able to get
Speaker 1: that fifty yard field goal. We also saw him in
Speaker 1: their down situations be so much better. All of that
Speaker 1: is a result of being able to play and take
Speaker 1: his lumps a year ago, so that again you know
Speaker 1: that he's a leader on this football team. You know
Speaker 1: he can handle the pressure. You know he has the talent,
Speaker 1: the ability now that he's a year into the system,
Speaker 1: and again he has the pieces around him to help
Speaker 1: him grow and make that leap a little bit easier
Speaker 1: to make. So to speak, Yeah, no doubt about it,
Speaker 1: and I agree with everything you said there, But I
Speaker 1: gotta tell you, Chris, it's something about this kid that
Speaker 1: even if this were his first start, he would have
Speaker 1: found a way to have turned sitting out a year
Speaker 1: learning from the sideline, getting an understanding of the offense
Speaker 1: and how things work in the National Football League from
Speaker 1: the sideline, he would have turned that into his advantage.
Speaker 1: I believe that's just how good he is, and no
Speaker 1: matter when he stepped on the field, he was going
Speaker 1: to have success. It's just a matter of putting the
Speaker 1: right pieces around him and allowing him to flourish. There's
Speaker 1: not a quarterback in this league that can have success
Speaker 1: if you don't have good talent around him. And that
Speaker 1: starts with guys upfront protecting him and then having guys
Speaker 1: on the perimeter that when it's time to make plays,
Speaker 1: he can get the ball to them. So you know,
Speaker 1: as long as they did what they did this offseason,
Speaker 1: you know Carson Wentz, and I mean by bringing in
Speaker 1: Tory Smith, Alshon, Jeffrey La Garrett Blunt. Whenever Carson stepped
Speaker 1: on the field, he was going to be successful. It
Speaker 1: was just a matter of how successful he would be.
Speaker 1: And I think this is just the first of many
Speaker 1: games this season and many years to come that will
Speaker 1: be marveling at his play. Four and oh in the
Speaker 1: month of September, go back to the first three games
Speaker 1: of last year where Wentz earned NFL Offensive Rookie of
Speaker 1: the Month honors. Everyone was all high on a high
Speaker 1: after the three o start. Well, September is a good thing,
Speaker 1: been a good time for the Eagles to as far
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson Carson Wentz a perfect four. No. Now, as
Speaker 1: much as we talk about the new faces Alshan to Let, etc.
Speaker 1: It's the old guys coming back. The length of Zach Ertz,
Speaker 1: the trusty, reliable veteran and Darren Sproles. We haven't talked
Speaker 1: to anything about him. He was a guy who was
Speaker 1: putting bubble wrap basically all preseason saying, you, we know
Speaker 1: what this guy's gonna do. We know he's gout's body ready, mentally,
Speaker 1: he's sharp. We just need to get him into the season.
Speaker 1: There is no point of adding any additional wear tear
Speaker 1: on him. It's let's get him to the season. And
Speaker 1: you got to see the way that he was unbailed
Speaker 1: in the offense today, both the Russian game, but more
Speaker 1: importantly at the receiving game and some of the cuts
Speaker 1: that he made. I still marvel at no matter his size,
Speaker 1: you know how long he's been the league. The experience
Speaker 1: that he is still able to make key plays in
Speaker 1: his offense helped move the chains and be a matchup
Speaker 1: nightmare for a defense. Is because he could be lined
Speaker 1: up anywhere and do so many things for Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: and company. Yeah, no doubt about it. Man. You know,
Speaker 1: I wish I could say with a straight face that
Speaker 1: we're looking at a future Hall of Famer. But the
Speaker 1: league is still slow to catch up to what this
Speaker 1: phase of the game means to the game overall. And
Speaker 1: I'm talking about the third phase of the game, the
Speaker 1: all purpose yardage phase of the game. Darren Sproles eighth
Speaker 1: in the history of this game in total yardage from skirmish.
Speaker 1: You know, bringing him out of bubble bubble wrap for
Speaker 1: the first game, you knew what you were gonna get.
Speaker 1: He's gonna take advantage of the opportunities that you give him.
Speaker 1: As the season goes along, you know Sprows is going
Speaker 1: to be heard from weekend in week out. He had
Speaker 1: a big screenplay to put the Eagles in good field
Speaker 1: position to help them convert what I believe was second
Speaker 1: in twenty six. Right now we wind up converting it
Speaker 1: on third down. So good to see the old man
Speaker 1: back out there. Still has the moves, still puts fear
Speaker 1: and the opposing team's kicking game whenever you decide to
Speaker 1: kick the ball to him, and even when he's not returning,
Speaker 1: kicks his decision making back there. When the fair catch
Speaker 1: the ball, when the letter ball bounce, all those things
Speaker 1: save your yardage. You know, we're looking at a guy
Speaker 1: who should be wearing a gold jacket at some point.
Speaker 1: But like I said, this league is slow to catch
Speaker 1: up and appreciate what those guys that brought to the game.
Speaker 1: Interesting bring up the third phase, because that is where
Speaker 1: to me, the overwhelmingly won this football game today because
Speaker 1: you look at Jamison Crowler's muff hunt, you look at
Speaker 1: the jail, the Watkins ability to pin the ball at
Speaker 1: the one yard line. I know the Redskins had a
Speaker 1: ball down at the five yard line of their own
Speaker 1: there during the course of the game. Cab Sturgis, you know,
Speaker 1: he had the extra pointments but bounced back with the
Speaker 1: fifty yard field goal. Had three field goals on the day,
Speaker 1: So credit to him. Hopefully he'll be able to go
Speaker 1: next week. But that was an area that was a
Speaker 1: little bit of a concern in the preseason. But I
Speaker 1: think everyone step back and said, guys, this is the
Speaker 1: biggest example of it's just preseason. Dave phipp as guy
Speaker 1: the best special teams unit in the league two out
Speaker 1: of the last three years. You knew that he would
Speaker 1: have his guys ready, even though that some of the
Speaker 1: parts are changing, and that phase is always changing. You're
Speaker 1: always waiting to see who are going to be those
Speaker 1: bomb of the roster guys you'll have at your disposal.
Speaker 1: Who's even gonna be active on gamey game day that
Speaker 1: you could throw in there. But he had the crew
Speaker 1: ready to go, and again they capitalized on some miscues
Speaker 1: by Washington and really help set the tone to help
Speaker 1: the Eagles get this thirty to seventeen victory. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: never overly concerned about Dave Phipps. Guys. You know, he's
Speaker 1: the one of the three coordinators that has the toughest
Speaker 1: job because he doesn't know who's going to be a
Speaker 1: core guys weekend and week out, and let alone, you
Speaker 1: get a couple of injuries in the game. Now you
Speaker 1: gotta play guys who aren't used to playing in certain areas.
Speaker 1: You knew once you got to the regular season he
Speaker 1: would identify his core guys that's gonna be out there,
Speaker 1: and I'm not surprised at all. They came out today.
Speaker 1: Great job covering kicks, good kickoffs by Caleb Sturgis. You
Speaker 1: talked about the field goals that he hit Donnie Jones.
Speaker 1: Nice punts, guys covering the ball down there. Jamison Crowder
Speaker 1: is a very sneaky, electrifying punt returner. So you get
Speaker 1: the ball in his hands, he can make things happen.
Speaker 1: All right, We're now gonna get ready to send it
Speaker 1: back over to fex Field to hear from the man
Speaker 1: who had a three hundred your performance through for a
Speaker 1: pair of touchdowns in the eagles thirty and seventeen win.
Speaker 1: And that's none other than the quarterback entering his second
Speaker 1: year in the NFL. That is the one and only
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. Cos I don't think the winner is he
Speaker 1: and him start the season off raining, but in Washington
Speaker 1: and Washington that's gonna be. Yeah, obviously, I'm egan for us.
Speaker 1: You know, last year we struggled on the road. I'm
Speaker 1: couldn't ask for a better opportunity to come down here
Speaker 1: a divisional rival like this. I mean, it was so
Speaker 1: cool being out there. The Eagles fans showed up in
Speaker 1: an amazing form, you know, hearing the Eagles chant at
Speaker 1: the end. I mean they traveled so well. So Um,
Speaker 1: that made it a lot of fun to play out
Speaker 1: there and getting this season off started like this. It
Speaker 1: feels really good. Of that first touchdown. Ye just looked
Speaker 1: like it was a kind of improvise at that point.
Speaker 1: And how watch you of that as a result of
Speaker 1: practice and how much of it's just instay? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean a lot of it, honestly is instinct. Um. They
Speaker 1: ran a good coverage and UM, just kind of things
Speaker 1: broke down and I just made plays. But that's something
Speaker 1: we've talked about all off season is just hey, guys
Speaker 1: never never die out there, just always stay alive. Get open.
Speaker 1: And Nelson did a great job, and I think we
Speaker 1: had a couple other guys open as well. UM, and
Speaker 1: that's just a big thing that that will kind of
Speaker 1: continue to continually work on, UM and it'll be a
Speaker 1: big part of our game. I guess that's news to me.
Speaker 1: So I don't know a good question. Um, you Devens
Speaker 1: played fantastic. So the three fours forms and it in
Speaker 1: a sption. How huge were they today? Defense is huge?
Speaker 1: You know, defense is huge. I mean we know what
Speaker 1: those guys can do. So we just got a limit
Speaker 1: our turnovers, limit our mistakes, stay on the field and
Speaker 1: put those guys in good situations because they're gonna get
Speaker 1: their job done in and they did a great jobs.
Speaker 1: There's been a lot of fun last year about what
Speaker 1: was going on with Nelson and it looks like this
Speaker 1: offseason though, was confident and holds out today and shows
Speaker 1: it how much of a good step in the COO.
Speaker 1: First game is is for Nelson, rolling four especially, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's big for him. I think it's big
Speaker 1: for him. But but honestly, going back to the offseason,
Speaker 1: I just saw a more confident player. I saw he
Speaker 1: was working and we were always talking about what he
Speaker 1: can do differently, different things, and um, just kind of
Speaker 1: see it just a new confident player and starting season
Speaker 1: off the way he did today, Um, it was huge
Speaker 1: for him. It seemed like he went to the guys
Speaker 1: who've been here before, it's a lot more of them
Speaker 1: to newer receivers. What do you attribute that to? That
Speaker 1: was just part of the way they played it, you know,
Speaker 1: their defense, I mean kind of took some things away
Speaker 1: on the outside of the time lines, and um, you
Speaker 1: know it was just kind of all part of of
Speaker 1: how how the offense work today. But um, we're at
Speaker 1: the same time not worried about it. Not Tory and
Speaker 1: al Sean will will get there's Um it was just
Speaker 1: again kind of something that that their defense did well
Speaker 1: today on the on the scrambled Pacey can you kind
Speaker 1: of tie defense such as the series covered for so
Speaker 1: long and all of a sudden totally totally I mean, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's that's tough on on you know, the secondary. Um,
Speaker 1: anytime a quarterback and is just extend plays and and
Speaker 1: find guys down field. I mean they have to cover
Speaker 1: for a long time and that can be really frustrating.
Speaker 1: UM talking to our defense a lot during the spring
Speaker 1: and just how frustrating that is. UM. So again, that's
Speaker 1: something that we just got to keep developing and be
Speaker 1: on the same page. How pressure take it'll take off
Speaker 1: the offense with Lets your cops just be still fun. Yeah, obviously, Fletcher,
Speaker 1: I mean Churn again was it was a great addition
Speaker 1: to the off scene for us. UM. You know that
Speaker 1: whole defense is an amazing job. We know we have
Speaker 1: an incredible front four with with depth as well. UM.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously losing Derby today, prayers will be with
Speaker 1: him and we'll see kind of what what that was.
Speaker 1: But you know, we know our defense is extremely talented.
Speaker 1: You know, we've we've gone up against him now for
Speaker 1: for way too long, so it's good to finally get
Speaker 1: a weak one here. But UM, yeah, again, we know
Speaker 1: those guys will take care of their business. I think
Speaker 1: it just opens things up, and I think it opens
Speaker 1: things up. Obviously we've missed um the first play the
Speaker 1: game to Tori. Um and I just overthrew him on
Speaker 1: the other one. But um, I think it'll nonetheless team
Speaker 1: see that, UM, and it will open some things up underneath.
Speaker 1: You know, I think Art's had had a big game
Speaker 1: today and and that's something that just having those elements
Speaker 1: will will continue to open things up for Sprowls, for Art's,
Speaker 1: for Nelson in the slot and some different things. So
Speaker 1: that's a big part of our game. First scrambled just
Speaker 1: then example just an example of you too, probably you
Speaker 1: know again that kind of just all came down to
Speaker 1: that improvised you know, play broke down had a free rusher, um,
Speaker 1: and he was just on on the same page as me.
Speaker 1: He saw the open open zone there to to just
Speaker 1: kind of take advantage of it. And um again, that's
Speaker 1: something that we've all arts with with Nelson, with Tori,
Speaker 1: with Alshan, it really everybody that we've all just kind
Speaker 1: of worked on. Is I always just aim in there
Speaker 1: and never never died, never quit out there and never
Speaker 1: quit plays, never dead. So that's a big, big part
Speaker 1: of us what we do. Do you think you're better
Speaker 1: at keeping your eyes down the field? Now, obviously that's
Speaker 1: a big part of those plays. Keeping down Um, I
Speaker 1: think it's just a comfortability thing. You know, I would
Speaker 1: say I probably am a little better. It's it's something. Um,
Speaker 1: there's a fine line though. Sometimes there's a time you
Speaker 1: just gotta take off and get what you can get,
Speaker 1: and um, you know you're never gonna be perfect. But
Speaker 1: in those times, instincts really take over. But I do
Speaker 1: feel confident with we just keep my eyes downfield and
Speaker 1: making plays when they're there. About the running game to day,
Speaker 1: look like it didn't quite ever get in here? What
Speaker 1: do you think was here? Yeah, I mean they did
Speaker 1: a good job. You know, hats out to Washington. They
Speaker 1: did a good job. And uh, you know, I think
Speaker 1: we had some things there. Um, you know, I guess
Speaker 1: I don't know that. I think Washington just said I
Speaker 1: had a good game plan. But at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, we made enough plays to win. You got
Speaker 1: a lot of questions about Alshon and Tory already. What's
Speaker 1: that kind of what's the chemistry between you guys, and
Speaker 1: how does it feel to play with two wide receivers
Speaker 1: that have such experienced in the enup already? Obviously it
Speaker 1: feels great. You know, I don't know what their numbers
Speaker 1: were today, Um, but at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: we know that what they can do. We know what
Speaker 1: they bring to our offense. Obviously Tory with his with
Speaker 1: his deep thread um, and then al Sean just his
Speaker 1: big playability. Um, we know what they can do. UM.
Speaker 1: So whether they get there's numbers wise or not, we
Speaker 1: know what they're doing to defense, and UM, defense have
Speaker 1: to kind of respect them as well. So I feel
Speaker 1: really good, really feel really comfortable with those guys as well.
Speaker 1: At what is mac Hollands brings the offense. Yeah, he
Speaker 1: brings some versatility. You know, he brings a big play,
Speaker 1: big body as well. You know, he's got some range
Speaker 1: to him. UM, So he can do a little bit
Speaker 1: of everything. He can go in the slide, he can
Speaker 1: play Z, he can play x UM and he's just
Speaker 1: a solid guy to you know, if somebody goes down,
Speaker 1: he can jump in and kind of not miss a beat.
Speaker 1: When you balance plays on offense today, especially the offic
Speaker 1: get of plays versus a couple of mistakes he turnovers,
Speaker 1: which your bottom line assessment of bill ball beforeward too
Speaker 1: and the offense. Yeah, at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: we won. You know, we made enough plays to win. Um,
Speaker 1: are there things that we left the field totally. You know,
Speaker 1: we made some mistakes to turn over some different things
Speaker 1: here and there. We gotta get those fixed, but we
Speaker 1: made enough plays to win, so we're gonna enjoy that
Speaker 1: first play the game As an offense. What kind of
Speaker 1: tone is that set for? What you gotta say? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that just shows that we're aggressive. Coaches is
Speaker 1: gonna be aggressive. We're gonna be aggressive. We're not gonna
Speaker 1: just sit back and wait. You know, we're gonna try
Speaker 1: and try and make plays early and early and often.
Speaker 1: And I love that about coach Peterson, you know. I
Speaker 1: love the way he called the game today. Um came
Speaker 1: and out aggressive right away and m kind of just
Speaker 1: stayed on. Thank you, thank you, all right. Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: addressing the media after the thirty to seventeen win, they
Speaker 1: talk about the soup game being strong and the open
Speaker 1: things up. That's the mark the franchise quarterback. Come on, now,
Speaker 1: you gotta start the season now exactly. You know, no
Speaker 1: no dirty T shirts or like that. You know, we
Speaker 1: gotta make the soup game strong. So props to him.
Speaker 1: One thing about Carson, he's not getting the call shit.
Speaker 1: I think that's a true Marco where you're at in
Speaker 1: your status in the NFL. Is the fact that he's
Speaker 1: not getting the calls like that intentional I'm gonna say
Speaker 1: the intentional grounding call, which I think other quarterbacks in
Speaker 1: league we have got that. That's the point I'm trying
Speaker 1: to make. So he's not quite that point yet. He's
Speaker 1: getting there, just not yet. All right, We're gonna take
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Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to the show everyone. So we
Speaker 1: heard from Doug Pearson, we heard from Carson Wentz. One guy,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give a little bit of props to here,
Speaker 1: Jeff statalin offensive line coach, and you might be saying,
Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot of pressure on Carson Wentz today,
Speaker 1: but big v to see how far he's come in
Speaker 1: a year where you know, he had up and down
Speaker 1: performance but again to be called off the bench, thrown
Speaker 1: into left tacks. Never played left tackle. Okay, this is
Speaker 1: a guy who started a bunch of games at right
Speaker 1: tackle last year. We all don't need to bring back
Speaker 1: the demons of Ryan Kerrigan in the year ago. First
Speaker 1: career started at Washington, acquit himself nicely as the season
Speaker 1: went on. I think everyone who was kind of had
Speaker 1: seered into their minds at first performance at Washington and
Speaker 1: kind of you know that tainted their thoughts on just
Speaker 1: a little bit, but to come in there in the
Speaker 1: drop of a hat and to showcase the depth that
Speaker 1: Statalin has helped develop this offseason. Because a lot of
Speaker 1: people said, well, Eagles went light offensive line, only eight guys. Well,
Speaker 1: this is a reason right here. But having a guy
Speaker 1: like Bye Tie who can be at swing tackle to
Speaker 1: do both right and the left side. Yeah, you're absolutely right.
Speaker 1: I mean, Big V deserves a lot of credit being
Speaker 1: able to go in there for Jason Peters and you're
Speaker 1: telling about playing left tackle. He hadn't had a lot
Speaker 1: of reps over there playing left tackle. But you certainly
Speaker 1: don't want to move Lane Johnson in the middle of
Speaker 1: the game from the right side to the left side.
Speaker 1: You want to keep him in his comfort zone. But
Speaker 1: I gotta get a big veal a lot of credit.
Speaker 1: Did a nice job going in At first glance, I
Speaker 1: didn't see much pressure coming from his side on that
Speaker 1: left side, so and he'd be interested to see once
Speaker 1: you go back and watch the film and how well
Speaker 1: he was able to do over there. But either way,
Speaker 1: I think going in there in the heat of the moment,
Speaker 1: being able to hold your own I think that shows
Speaker 1: how much he's grown. And like you said, give credit
Speaker 1: to Jeff Stoutlin, the offensive line coach, for having him
Speaker 1: prepared to go at a moment's notice. Big thing here
Speaker 1: for me coming out of this talk him aout vitie.
Speaker 1: You'll get jal Mills another second of year guy, key
Speaker 1: second of year guy step up in a big way.
Speaker 1: We talk about the interception, but you mentioned the pass
Speaker 1: affection he had against Terrell Pryor in the end it
Speaker 1: as well helping keep points off the board there for
Speaker 1: the Eagles. Wendell Smallwood not a ton of plays, but
Speaker 1: he had a key third down in short pass reception
Speaker 1: there in the second half to help move the chains
Speaker 1: and that was sort of the knock on him coming
Speaker 1: out West Virginia. Would he be a guy you could
Speaker 1: count on to be a three down back? I think
Speaker 1: the coaches kind of figured when they first selected him
Speaker 1: first and second down, he'll be good. You know, he's
Speaker 1: a good talent out of the backfield, can run the
Speaker 1: ball nicely, but can we trust him in those third
Speaker 1: down passing situations. The fact that the Eagles could trust
Speaker 1: him to be in there and for him to convert
Speaker 1: in a big way like that really will help him
Speaker 1: moving forward, to help him get that sense of confidence
Speaker 1: and get things rolling, because you know, we saw Garribelone
Speaker 1: out there today, We saw dawn sprowles. They're gonna need
Speaker 1: to feed when they're small with the ball throughout the
Speaker 1: course of the season. Here, you know, you're looking blunt
Speaker 1: to be your short yardage. You're inside the ten yard
Speaker 1: type of guy. I don't know if there's a true
Speaker 1: feature back on this roster. Smallwood showed the most juice
Speaker 1: to me during training camp in the preseason. When healthy,
Speaker 1: that's gonna be the big question for him. But if
Speaker 1: he can remain healthy and get on the field in
Speaker 1: these third down situations, I think that will help, you know,
Speaker 1: go a big way in his development. No, I agree,
Speaker 1: And it was nice to see him out there. And
Speaker 1: guy was banged up in training camp a little bit.
Speaker 1: But he's that guy that's going to be the change
Speaker 1: of pace guy, the guy that can can run inside
Speaker 1: or outside and as you mentioned, playing on third down,
Speaker 1: being able to catch the ball out of the backfield.
Speaker 1: But the biggest thing he's gonna have to do on
Speaker 1: those passing situations is be able to pass protect. You know,
Speaker 1: when the defense is bringing extra pressure when they're Smallwood
Speaker 1: has to recognize where that pressure is coming from, be
Speaker 1: able to step up, be stout in there as a
Speaker 1: pass blocker and keep that heat off of Carson Wentz.
Speaker 1: But I tell you one thing with this offense, and
Speaker 1: I'm recognizing with Doug Peterson and Frank Reich, nothing's gonna
Speaker 1: be given to these running backs. You're gonna have to
Speaker 1: earn it. The only thing that will be given is
Speaker 1: the opportunity. And when an opportunity is given to you,
Speaker 1: you had better make the most of it. So whichever
Speaker 1: back is making the most of those opportunities and has
Speaker 1: eating up positive yardage, those are the guys that Doug
Speaker 1: Peterson is going to ride the hot hand with. Another
Speaker 1: example of just how important the draft is. Okay, we
Speaker 1: talk about the second year player step up a big
Speaker 1: way today, but you go back to twenty first round
Speaker 1: pick Brandon Graham twenty twelve, your first round pick Fletcher Cox,
Speaker 1: both converge on the basically the play that sealed the
Speaker 1: win for the Philadelphia Eagles. We're gonna send it now
Speaker 1: to the RICO whiteboard for the Rico Review. As Greco
Speaker 1: Sell from NFL films and fran Duffy breakdown the all
Speaker 1: twenty two of the sack fumble created by Brandon Graham
Speaker 1: and the twenty yard touchdown return by one and only
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox, and that final play of course, the Fletcher
Speaker 1: Cox sack fumble of bumble recovery takes it back for
Speaker 1: a touchdown, a huge play for the Eagles defense to
Speaker 1: really secure this victory. And Greg it happens in the
Speaker 1: negative territory. Washington has the ball deep in their own
Speaker 1: end and this was a big situation for the Eagles defense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: very big. And you know, it reminds me of what
Speaker 1: Bill Walts used to say back when he was the
Speaker 1: coach of the forty nine ers that one of the
Speaker 1: biggest things in the NFL is pass rush in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. And he was speaking about that without blitzing,
Speaker 1: you need you're down for to be able to win
Speaker 1: and rush the quarterback. And that's exactly what happens here.
Speaker 1: And not only does Fletcher Cox win inside, but you
Speaker 1: see Brandon Graham win against Morgan Moses and by the way,
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, he gave Moses a real tough
Speaker 1: time the entire game. And I know you feel that
Speaker 1: watching this that you talk to Fletcher Cox and would
Speaker 1: you say, would he say his favorite move was? I
Speaker 1: asked Fletcher Cox a couple of years ago, I said, Fletcher,
Speaker 1: what's your favorite pass rush move? And he said very
Speaker 1: quickly the hands wipe And you see him win with
Speaker 1: the hands wipe. There wipe the hands of Brandon sharf Away,
Speaker 1: he sneaks inside, you get the sack fumble, he picks
Speaker 1: it up. Shows off that athlete. So what do we
Speaker 1: see in this game? Overall? We saw Carson Wins making
Speaker 1: some plays outside or structure outside of the pocket, something
Speaker 1: he's very good at. And we saw the defense coming
Speaker 1: up big with pressure both with blitz and with straight
Speaker 1: form and pass rush. I think it's a good formula
Speaker 1: for success. Obviously, some things for the Eagles to work
Speaker 1: on here moving forward. It's Week one of the regular season,
Speaker 1: but you have to be excited about what you saw
Speaker 1: from this Eagles team on both sides of the football.
Speaker 1: No question, big win on the road for this Eagles
Speaker 1: team inside a vision, great start for this twenty seventeen season.
Speaker 1: How how would you describe the shirt color by frand
Speaker 1: there Ike I would I would call that either green bean, green,
Speaker 1: forest green or throw up green. That's rough fight. I'm
Speaker 1: just saying, man, we'll call it victory Green for I'm
Speaker 1: going with Victory Green today for that one. So great
Speaker 1: stuff there by Greg and Fran. You can check out
Speaker 1: the full All twenty two review tomorrow morning right here
Speaker 1: in Philadelphiagles dot Com and the Eagles Mobile app. So ike,
Speaker 1: who would you say it was the player of the week?
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Speaker 1: for the Toyota Player of the Week. Go to Philadelphia
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Speaker 1: Player of the week nominees to vote for. We'll start
Speaker 1: with the cornerback himself, number eleven, Carson Wentz throwing for
Speaker 1: over three hundred yards. You know, beautiful way to start
Speaker 1: the game with a fifty eight yard touchdown where he
Speaker 1: eluded the pressure baland Nelson Agilore somehow, some way, aglare
Speaker 1: credit to him. Ade Dj Swertinger miss on his way
Speaker 1: to the end zone, but Wentz. Great job using the
Speaker 1: deep throws, the short throws, converting on third down. Overall,
Speaker 1: very very good. The one interception that was returning for
Speaker 1: a touchdown, it was bad to last cribage tip all
Speaker 1: type situation. Yeah, no doubt about it. Can't argue with
Speaker 1: you there. Carson Wentz. Phenomenal game for him today. Great
Speaker 1: job coming out leading the troops when he had to
Speaker 1: make plays with his legs, he was able to do that.
Speaker 1: Love the fact that he's still growing as a quarterback man.
Speaker 1: He is still growing. He hasn't even reached the Tippany Iceberger.
Speaker 1: What he's gonna be nice start to Carson Wentz's twenty
Speaker 1: seventeen season. All right, we'll say it was offense for
Speaker 1: the second nominee. And there's none other than a tight
Speaker 1: end zach Ertz. And there should be one of those
Speaker 1: maxims where when the Eagles play in Washington or against Washington,
Speaker 1: you must start zach Ertz as your fantasy tight end.
Speaker 1: And he was, you know, some sneaky you know, was
Speaker 1: building up stats are on, but really he was just
Speaker 1: the go to guy whenever, whenever Wentz needed to move
Speaker 1: the chains, whenever he needed to boil a pressure Erz
Speaker 1: was a go to guy. And you know, all the
Speaker 1: talk has been made about what would his role be
Speaker 1: because last year he was the featured guy. Now that
Speaker 1: you've got alshon Tory, what would he be. He's still
Speaker 1: going to be the go to guy and things are
Speaker 1: going to open up for him more. I thought did
Speaker 1: a great job of taking advantage of the opportunities. It
Speaker 1: seemed like anything in his direction he was getting his
Speaker 1: hands on. Yeah, no doubt about is zach Ertz off
Speaker 1: to a great start, improving. One of my predictions for
Speaker 1: this season about him that we know we talked about
Speaker 1: a breakout season for zach We've said that for a
Speaker 1: couple of years. But the reality is he's Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: a safety blanket. You know what they did last year
Speaker 1: the second half of the season. People think it's just
Speaker 1: zach Ertz coming alive in the second half. Well, he
Speaker 1: was banged up in the first half, right after the
Speaker 1: first game where he broke a collar ball, I believe,
Speaker 1: and so I thought they started to catch rhythm late
Speaker 1: in the season. How about today, eight targets, eight receptions
Speaker 1: for zach Ertz, all to a great start. I predicted
Speaker 1: he would leave the team in receptions this year. I
Speaker 1: actually want to go and research the staff because since
Speaker 1: the midpoint of last year, everyone thinks it's all December.
Speaker 1: It was basically since November the last eight or nine games.
Speaker 1: Last air nine games, he was second in the league
Speaker 1: among all players to Jordi Jordy Nelson in the receptions. Well,
Speaker 1: he had another big day today, he might be first
Speaker 1: going back to that time frame. So it's not just December.
Speaker 1: Is when zach Ertz shines and the last one of
Speaker 1: the guy who ran it in to seal the game,
Speaker 1: Bletcher Cox. Earlier in the game he had a sap
Speaker 1: a sack in a strip which led to a fumble
Speaker 1: recovery by Jordan Hicks. Well, here he makes the big
Speaker 1: play where he takes advantage of the great play made
Speaker 1: by Brandon Graham getting to the quarterback forcing the ball out.
Speaker 1: Cox very alert and just to athleticism for someone who's
Speaker 1: over three hundred pounds to be able to move down
Speaker 1: the field the way he does. You know, he's the
Speaker 1: big money guy there on that defensive line. He's the
Speaker 1: engine that drives at defense. He knows it, he embraces it,
Speaker 1: and he came up with the touchdown to put the
Speaker 1: game away today. Yeah, no doubt about. He could have
Speaker 1: gone with either, Zach. I mean, you could have either
Speaker 1: gone with Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham, I mean Tim Journey
Speaker 1: and having a sack over there. So the great thing
Speaker 1: is that d line had a lot of production and
Speaker 1: the fact that Fletcher Cox is leading the charge and
Speaker 1: like you said, he's the big money man over there.
Speaker 1: Microscope's gonna be on his plate. Is good to see
Speaker 1: Fletcher as well, get off to a good start, a
Speaker 1: couple of sacks, a couple of farmer recoveries, and a touchdown.
Speaker 1: Big man dancing in the end zone exactly he could.
Speaker 1: He was like, the celebration rules are changed, I could
Speaker 1: take advantage of the Now, that's what I'll get into
Speaker 1: the end zone. So we reviewed the win. Now we
Speaker 1: start to look ahead to what's on the horizon for
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Speaker 1: All right, this first quarter of the season was already doozy.
Speaker 1: Opening up on the road at Washington, we knew all
Speaker 1: the issues they are going into this game. They cleared
Speaker 1: that hurdle. Well, what awaits them? Going to Kansas City?
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson, Andy Reid and the Chiefs coming off beaten
Speaker 1: the defending champion New England Patriots in their house to
Speaker 1: start off the season. And then, last but not least,
Speaker 1: the Chiefs have a mini buy the kick things off already.
Speaker 1: So they've been sitting at home for four days, just
Speaker 1: saying all right, well we got coming up. We've got
Speaker 1: the scouting report now under way. Yeah, no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: This thing won't be easy. No, we're playing the AMC West,
Speaker 1: so you already know. Of those four teams, you got
Speaker 1: four tough games. Going to Arrowhead will be no easy
Speaker 1: task of getting to victory. But here's here's why I
Speaker 1: like this game. Okay, you got both teams coming off
Speaker 1: huge road wins. Obviously, the Chiefs have a few more
Speaker 1: days the rest. They played Thursday night up there in
Speaker 1: New England. Got a big win up there. Happy for
Speaker 1: Big Red. But I want to see the Eagles come
Speaker 1: back off of winning a big game on the road
Speaker 1: against a divisional opponent. You know, you have to match
Speaker 1: the Chiefs energy next week when you go out the Arrowhead,
Speaker 1: they'll be pumped up it. It'll be their first home game.
Speaker 1: If the Eagles can go out there and withstand the
Speaker 1: early barrage that the Chiefs are gonna throw at them,
Speaker 1: I mean they will hit you early and often and
Speaker 1: hope that you fold. I want to see how the
Speaker 1: Eagles respond early in this game and make this thing
Speaker 1: a fourth quarter game. I like our chances in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, we get this game to the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: I like our chances. You look at the Chiefs, they
Speaker 1: lost their playmaker at safety, Eric Barry for the season
Speaker 1: with the achilles injury. The Eagles have lost Ronald darbyfore,
Speaker 1: you know, an extended amount of time. So that's gonna
Speaker 1: be something to watch in the matchup. And can the
Speaker 1: Eagles slow down this all of a sudden explosive offense.
Speaker 1: That's the biggest thing. And that's really the story for
Speaker 1: both teams. When you go to last year. You look
Speaker 1: at the Chiefs, they didn't really have those dynamic playmakers.
Speaker 1: Travis Kelcey one of the best tight ends in the game.
Speaker 1: Alex Smith is old mister reliable, but you really didn't say,
Speaker 1: who's the guy that strike fear in you? Tyree Kill
Speaker 1: now has the ability Kareem Hunt after that amazing rookie
Speaker 1: record setting debut after he fumbled out of his first carry,
Speaker 1: went on and at over two hundred all purpose yards.
Speaker 1: So again, a lot to contain there, but you know what,
Speaker 1: that's for another day and join this week. We are
Speaker 1: we're gonna from the twenty four hour room. We might
Speaker 1: need to extend it just a little bit, so it's
Speaker 1: great to know after week one Beagles will be no
Speaker 1: worse tie for first place. Of course, the Giants and
Speaker 1: the Cowboys play each other on Sunday Night Football tonight,
Speaker 1: so that would be a good one to watch. But
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Speaker 1: and then join us tomorrow. As I mentioned again the
Speaker 1: All twenty two review with Fran Duffy, Great Cosell, Doug
Speaker 1: Pearson's day after press conference live here at noon and
Speaker 1: Eagles three to sixty. We're gonna have Dave Spanaro and
Speaker 1: Brian Westbrook breaking down the wind from all angles. So Ike,
Speaker 1: we get to hear you on the air tomorrow. Let
Speaker 1: fans know where they could check you out. Two six
Speaker 1: ninety four w I P. Carlin and Reese. We're having
Speaker 1: all all covered for you. Victory victory. That's a new
Speaker 1: thing for me this year. The victory. I didn't know
Speaker 1: if that was a two be Like, are we getting
Speaker 1: ahead of ourselves for next week? Maybe next week we
Speaker 1: get into that, but we'll take the v there. The
Speaker 1: biggest thing Eagles are one to know. They beat the
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