WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Win 33-10 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:30.920 Welcome to the post game. Chauffreson in by Rico. I'm 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:34.600 Chris McPherson alongside Ike Reese. The Eagles demolished the forty 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:36.720 nine Is by a score of thirty three to ten, 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:39.720 taking grea business in their home to get to seven 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:42.919 and one on the season. Ike best record by this 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:46.959 football team since two thousand and four. Yeah, yeah, we're 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:48.839 gonna hear a lot of that this weekend and in 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:51.640 the week's coming. This team keeps playing the way that 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:53.840 they are playing. Obviously, old four team got off to 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:56.640 a thirteen and one start before we lost too and 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:59.440 gave away the last two games. But this is a 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:01.240 team as head it in the right direction. I mean, 0:01:01.240 --> 0:01:03.720 you gotta like what they did today. Came in against 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:06.920 a against an inferior team in the forty nine ers, 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:08.520 and took care of business. Got off to a little 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:11.200 bit of a slugger start. I think that's to be expected. 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:14.440 The weather was crazy out there, rain everywhere. Took this 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.760 team a little while to find this rhythm, but they 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:18.960 certainly found it in the second quarter and they carried 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:21.240 over into the second half. This is what you do 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:24.040 to teams that you're supposed to be take care of business, 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:26.120 get out of there with the w and get ready 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:27.759 for next week. All right, we have a great show 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:29.240 for you to come up. We're gonna hear from head 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:31.880 coach Doug Pearson and quarterback Carson Wentz. We're gonna have 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.880 a little film review Kursey of Great Cosell and fran Duffy, 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.800 and we're here from Eagles Inside Dave Spadero in just 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.120 a few moments. But I coming into this game, the 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:44.240 big storylines were how would the Eagles handled losing two 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:47.880 of their key leaders Jason Pierce on offense and Jordan 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:50.280 Hicks on defense. And I think on both sides of 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.520 the football, they acquitted themselves quite nicely. Well, let's start 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:56.440 on the defensive side of the ball. I thought the defense. Obviously, 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:58.440 this is an offense that doesn't have a lot of 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:00.920 explosive weapons. They got a rook quarterback in there, and 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.880 ce J Bethner he's going to be limited in what 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.880 he can do, so I wasn't as fearful about losing 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.720 Jordan Hicks this week, which I also give those young 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:12.480 linebackers time to get acclimated. This was sort of a 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:14.679 good warm up game for them. As you get ready 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:16.440 to go through the second half of the season. But 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:19.079 when you think about that offensive line, although we got 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:20.959 out of here with a w today, I mean, the 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.600 offensive line was up and down. You know, Carson Wentz 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:27.440 three sacks, officially hit on a few other occasions. You know, 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:30.800 they certainly don't want to have that be a theme 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.120 as you get ready to go through the stretch runner 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:36.280 this season. But I thought all those guys together eventually 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.160 sort of come and came together as a collective unit 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:42.160 and started to protect better and run the ball better 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:45.040 in the second half. So the offensive line is always 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:47.600 going to be the toughest because as a defensive coordinator, 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:49.600 when you know you have a guy like Big V 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:52.840 in there who's making a start for somebody as important 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:55.960 as Jason Peters, you're gonna try to load up on 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:58.960 this offensive line and try to cause confusion. Give San 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:02.400 Francisco credit, they did that at times today, But for 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:05.040 the most part, I thought our offensive line held together. 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:07.800 What I thought was encouraging by the Eagles on offense 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:09.760 is that, and maybe for the team as a whole, 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.280 is that Carson Wentz wasn't his best today. He was 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:16.280 not his sharpest, and he was getting all the national acclaim. 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:19.400 We're hearing the MVP discussion coming off the four touchdown 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.720 performance Monday night. Off on some throws that I held 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:25.440 the ball too long on some others, but the pieces 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:28.680 around him on offense, defense, special teams pick him up 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:30.480 and it's not just a one man show. And I 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.000 think that's what everyone has to realize. Yes, Carson is 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.000 going to get all the headlines, he's going to get 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.480 all the acclaim, but it's not all going to fall 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:39.440 on his shoulders. Yes, he's got to be the best 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:42.400 player on the field, but if he's not his sharpest 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.280 like he was today, this Eagles football team can still win. 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:47.480 And I mean, listen, a little bit of this has 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:50.520 to be expected. When you have the rain coming out 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:53.200 consistently throughout the game, it's gonna make it a little 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:55.560 sloppy on the offensive side of the ball for you, 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:58.560 you know, the Doug frank Wright, John D. Filippo, they 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.280 suddenly wanted to take their shot through the air when 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:04.480 it presented itself. They were able to do that. Carson 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.040 missed on a couple of throws, but that's to be expected. Again, 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:09.960 you're talking about rain, You're talking about new offensive lineman 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:12.680 in front of him. Here's the thing I love about 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:14.640 this team. He doesn't have to be at his best, 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:16.839 and they're gonna be games from time to time throughout 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.760 a sixteen game season that you're gonna have to be 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.159 picked up by your teammates. And I thought the defense 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.520 and special teams did a great job of picking up 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:26.960 the offense while it took the offense a little bit 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:30.160 time to get themselves going. I thought the defense came 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:33.559 out and played exceptionally well. This whole game turned around 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.760 off that Jalen Mills pick six that he was able 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.000 to put the Eagles up. I believe seventeen and nothing 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:41.200 at the time that touchdown. I think they were able 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:43.760 to feed off of that. But here's the thing. When 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:46.560 Carson needed to make throws, I thought, for the most part, 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.520 he was able to make them. All Right, what we're 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:50.960 gonna do now is send it over a little bit. 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:52.680 We're gonna send it over to a link. But jail 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:55.320 and Mills, second year cornerback, with the pick six there, 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.400 it was so impressive because he's done this all season long, 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:01.040 where it seemed like he's re eating the route better 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:04.640 than the receiver he's covering. Okay, it was an out route. 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:06.919 He read it perfectly, jumped in front of the ball. 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:09.680 And he's not the flashiest player. He's not the most 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:11.960 physically gifted player out there on the fields, not can 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:15.560 be the fastest corner, but he's so good at recognizing 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:18.360 what offenses wanted to do to attack him that he's 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:21.120 able to stick to his receiver. And he's just such 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:24.040 a sound job tackling as well that he makes it 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:26.240 tough to be able to attack. Well, here's the thing 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:29.000 I love about this kid. Hey, he's a classic overachiever. 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:31.120 It's not that as if he doesn't have any talent. 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:33.800 He's seventh round draft pick with suddenly he could have 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.280 been a higher draft pick, third round, fourth round if 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:38.760 it weren't for him off the field stuff prior to 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:42.159 the draft. And you said he's not the fastest. He's 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:44.440 not the quickest. But here's what he needs to start 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.840 getting credit for being a smart defensive back. His pre 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:51.880 snap recognition, studying throughout the week, understanding what an offense 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:55.160 is trying to do to him as a defense, understanding 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:58.799 the concept of the coverage that's being called and planned 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:01.960 to those strengths. If he has outside leverage and he's 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:04.159 gonna have inside help. Well, that's the way he's going 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:06.440 to play that wide receiver. He knows if he doesn't 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:08.360 have any inside help and he needs to use the 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:11.520 sideline as an extra defender, he's able to do that 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:13.359 as well. And you can play in this league a 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:16.120 long time by being an intelligent football player. You don't 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.200 have to be the most physically get the guy, but 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:21.160 understanding what an offense is trying to do to you 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:23.800 to expose the defense. That'll carry you a long way 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:25.400 in this league. And that's what I see when I 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:27.880 see Jalen Mills. On top of the swagger that he 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.320 plays with which you must have to play that position, 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:33.200 that confidence is through the roof each and every week 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:35.840 and certainly came through in a big way today. Now 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:37.200 we're gonna send it over to the lake for the 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:40.400 first time in bringing Eagles inside or day. Spadaro Dave, 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:43.560 how much of an impact did the rain have? We 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:45.400 obviously here in the studio and didn't get really have 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:47.599 a feel for it. So being out there on the sidelines, 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.920 what was it like dealing with the elements today? Yeah, 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:53.159 I mean, I think it had something to do with 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:58.400 a fairly lackluster offensive performance, but there was no wind. 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:02.159 The Eagles just didn't really execute offensively. But again, the 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:04.640 mark of a great team here, and the Eagles are 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:07.160 getting to that level, aren't they, is that you win 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:10.760 in a variety of ways. And today the defensive line 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:14.400 destroyed San Francisco. The defense stepped up until the offense 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:16.240 kind of cut up of it later in the game. 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:19.440 But the weather really wasn't nearly as bad as we 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:22.800 kind of had feared. Yeah. I can remember back at 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.680 oh four Dave when we played two games in the 0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.120 middle of our season against inferior opponents. We had to 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.040 go to overtown to beat the Cleveland Browns out in Cleveland, 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.440 and then we won a relatively low s foreign game 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.559 against the Chicago Bears right before the bye week. Until 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.120 your point, that's what good teams do. They aren't going 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.520 to play perfect every week, but you have to find 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:43.520 the way to win. That's what good teams do, and 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.960 that's exactly what this team did today. Yeah, no letdown. 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:50.240 I mean, the Eagles understood that San Francisco had a 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:53.840 good defensive front, which clearly show they came after Carson 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:55.920 Wentz to shut down the Eagles running game until late. 0:07:56.520 --> 0:08:00.000 But the Eagles still are playing with so much energy, 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:03.080 so much intensity, and they're picking each other up. You know, 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:05.720 Jake Elliot misses a couple of extra points, they come 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.560 back and block a field goal, the offense not really 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:11.440 getting in gear until late. The defense picks it up 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:14.000 and dominates. And then late in the first half the 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:17.120 interception return, the touch on top of the touchdown past 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:20.280 Zackertz and it's a blowout game. So yeah, I just 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:24.720 think this team, really really, it's just is trusting the 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:28.080 guy next to him. Look, they lose Patrick Robinson, Dexter 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:30.880 McDougall comes in and does a nice job. Everybody on 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:35.400 Joe Walker starting into the linebacker, everybody on this roster 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:39.120 feels like they own a piece of this team, Dave. 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:42.199 Last week after the Monday Night Wayne Carson Wentz was 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:45.120 getting all the acclaim. Can Doug Pearson start giving some 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:47.920 love for what he's done with this football team, getting 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:50.880 it to seven and one and preparing it for with 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:53.960 so many tough circumstances that could have maybe thrown the 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.280 team off track this week, getting them ready to play 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:59.200 and dominating the Niners the way they did. Yeah, you know, 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.880 he's done a triff job. His message is clearly being heard. 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.160 There's a lot of trust in the locker room. He 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.480 always talks about ownership, so the players are certainly responding 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.600 for him. But hey, let's not get ahead of ourselves. 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:12.480 Nineteen ninety four Eagles or seven and two, rich Kotite 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:14.280 was the king of the world, and then they lost 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:16.840 seven straight games, just saying, I don't think this team 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:19.199 is like that. They're clearly not built that way. But yeah, 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:22.559 Doug Peterson's done a terrific job letting people leave the 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:25.080 locker room, letting his veterans leave the locker room, and 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:28.440 you see the young players following in the veteran's footsteps. 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:32.679 Dave rich Kotite didn't have the Wentz Wagon at his disposial. 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:36.640 Talk a little bit about Carson's performances day, a little 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:38.559 bit of up and down. But I thought at Tom's 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:40.480 he made some big throws, and at Tom's he missed 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:42.760 a couple of guys to talk about his performance. Yeah, 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:45.680 you know, he missed. He missed Alshan Jeffrey early in 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:48.240 the game, had that defensive player coming into his chest. 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.480 He had the bad throwing the interception. I wanted to 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:54.480 see how Carson would handle adverse weather conditions, and I 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.920 thought he did fine. A lot of pressure, you know, 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.559 vity a left tackle, took him a while to settle in. 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.440 The Niners brought a lot of pressure and got to 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.599 Carson Wentz. So I would give him a solid B 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:09.200 for his performance here, and after weeks and weeks of 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:12.040 eight plus efforts, we look at the score sheet and 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:15.480 there's two touchdown passes, a two point conversion converted, and 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:18.400 it touched an interception, So I'll give him a solid 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.439 be all that matters, though it is a W in 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:22.839 the win column. Davey, you mentioned alshon Jeffrey at the 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.360 two point conversion, but when the Eagles need a big 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:28.000 play in the second half, he made the contested catch, 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.440 fought off the defender, and made his way into the 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:32.800 end zone to pretty much put the game out of reach. 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:35.360 What do you think of Alshan's performance today? Yeah, I 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:37.120 loved it, and I think that's what we've been waiting 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:40.160 to see from Alshan. Jeffrey, go up, get that fifty 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:44.080 fifty ball, show your catch radius, be more physical, box 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:47.040 out the defensive back. He did it, stayed in bounds, 0:10:47.080 --> 0:10:50.200 shook off the tackler got into the end zone. Great 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:53.600 sign of hopefully things to come for alshon Jeffrey making 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:57.600 those big plays down the field. All right, So Eagles 0:10:57.600 --> 0:10:59.439 and tire Day Spadaro, thank you very much. We can't 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:01.679 wait to reach on the inside coom as well as 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:04.680 listening to the Eagles Life podcast recapping the win in 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.160 just a little bit, Dave, thank you very much. Thank 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:09.920 you guys. All right, so we are going to hear 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.600 from head coach Doug Pierson and quarterback Carson Wentzon just 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.960 a little bit. But Ike, coming from the defensive standpoint, 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:18.840 what did you think of Jim Schwartz's game plan? Ay, 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.160 knowing that Jordan Hicks was not gonna be in the lineup, 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:24.320 so you have to differentiate between whether or not you 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.520 want to go with the nickel or dimes sub package, 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:29.120 and then facing a rookie quarterback who is making his 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:31.640 first career start on the road. Yeah, I thought Jim 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:33.439 did a nice job of mixing it up. I think 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:36.240 they brought pressure at the c. J. Beathard at the 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:38.480 right time. You're talking about a rookie who hasn't seen 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:41.600 everything yet in this league, so you're going to confuse 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:43.880 him a little bit, But at the same time, I 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.800 think the game plan not to overreact to not having 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:49.400 Jordan Hicks. You gotta trust the guys that you're coaching 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.400 up weekend and week out. Joe Walker's a guy even 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:55.080 though he was injured last year, he's in the meeting rooms, 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:58.000 is in the same defense. He's been here this whole offseason. 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:01.480 Has taken advantage of the opportunity, although minimum when he's 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.800 been given those opportunities. And I thought today the defense 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:08.559 really set the tone for this game. They attacked C. J. Bethet. 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:11.839 I thought the defensive line dominated that offensive line of 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:14.959 the San Francisco forty nine ers, and our linebackers were 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:18.240 flying around today. Michael Michael Kendricks made plays, Nigel Bradham 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:21.920 made plays. And here's the big thing. You didn't hear 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:25.000 anything about Joe Walker from a negative standpoint. There were 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:27.720 no holding calls, there were no pass and offairs things 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:30.559 of that nature. They got some cheap runs San Francisco 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.079 did hear and there, But for the most part, this defense, 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:37.520 particularly that defensive front, they were dominating when it came 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:40.640 to that San Francisco offensive line. So you know the 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.840 mark of a good defensive coordinator is not to overthink 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.720 things in times when you lose somebody, trust your scheme, 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.040 trust your coaching, and then trust your players to go 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:52.600 out there and execute. And that's what Jeff Schwartz has 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:55.480 been able to do. He's lost key guys throughout the season, 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:59.400 whether it be Fletcher Cox, Ron Darby, Ron Brooks in 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:03.400 the preseas Patrick Robinson to day. You talked about McDougal 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.920 going in the other day he was. He wasn't exposed 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:09.120 when he had to go in the game. So that's 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.840 the mark of a good defensive coordinator, trusting your players, 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:14.600 trusting your teaching, and allowing your guys to go out 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:17.600 there and execute. And that's exactly what they did. It's amazing. 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:20.840 Like the injuries that the Eagles defense, we could talk 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.440 about the offensive it, but the defense alone has been 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:25.920 able to overcome this season. You've lost Fletcher Cox at 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:28.440 times this season, You've lost Jordan Hicks for this season, 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:31.840 Michael Kendricks went down, McLeod was down for a game. 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:34.720 We talked about the cornerback with Darby and Patrick Robinson 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:38.000 going down today and this defense is still getting it done. Now. 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:40.600 What I love about the performance by the defensive line 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:44.480 today is the star stepped up. Okay, Brandon Graham is 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.680 going against a backup offensive tackle to begin the game. 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.440 The backup gets hurt, and then you have a third stringer, 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:54.280 Zane Beatles, coming into right tackle and Brandon Graham abuses him, 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.360 gets the sack, applies a pressure on CJ be third 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:00.640 Fletcher Cox dominates the middle of the here of that 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.600 offensive line of the forty nine ers. These are the 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:06.120 guys who you need to step up and win these 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:09.040 one on one battles and shine the way they did 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:12.120 on a weekend a week out basis, I really credit 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:15.440 the Eel's defensive line for getting to it with the 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.600 forty niners offensive line and winning these battles today. I agree. 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.240 I mean, and we didn't even mention the rookie Derek Barnett, 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:23.560 who over the last three or four weeks is really 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:27.240 starting to come on and make his presence spelt out there, 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:31.200 taking advantage of the snatch that he's getting basically a 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:34.000 third down pass rusher or an obvious pass the situation 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:37.160 guy in the Eagles sort of Nascar package. He's out 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.880 there on the field. Had a block field goal today 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.200 and a recovery I mean, that's going to be the 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:45.400 strength of this defense. Those guys up front, the depth 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:47.680 that they have, and the fact that when you go 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:50.080 to that second unit, there's not much of a drop 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:52.880 off there. There's no disrespect to those guys up that's 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:54.440 with that first showing it. But when you bring in 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.280 that second unit and you add a Derek Barnette to 0:14:57.320 --> 0:15:00.000 that equation, you add a Chris Long to that equation, 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:03.160 you don't have much drop off. And that's why this 0:15:03.240 --> 0:15:06.520 Eagle's front has been able to sort of carry the 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:09.360 load for our defense when we're missing at Jordan Hicks, 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:13.320 when our secondary, particularly our corners are very green young guys. 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:15.560 You got Rosal little Douglas out there. You got Jalen 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:17.760 Mills's only in this second year. When you have a 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:20.360 front four that can get out of the quarterback and 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:22.960 disrupt their time and in the pocket, it makes those 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:25.360 guys on the back end their job a lot easier 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:28.080 to perform. Indeed, like what we're gonna do now, as 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:30.120 we're waiting to hear from head coach Doug Pearson and 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.800 send it to the boot, we're gonna present Merll Cam 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:36.680 presented by Sports Radio ninety four W ip As Merlorys 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:40.520 and Mike Quick bring you the best calls from today's victory. 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:45.800 Bethard looks, dumps it over the middle and complete interceptal 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:51.080 reflections picked off by Rothy mcclowns. The first turnover of 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:55.120 the game, but a deflection as the past went off 0:15:55.200 --> 0:16:01.760 the hands and into the midsection of mcclown. Beethor takes 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:05.160 the snap. He's back. He steps up too late. He's 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:09.960 sacked at this time of his Fletcher Cocks on first down, 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:15.520 He rolls, looks, fires, complete touchdown. Hurtz has six little 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:21.200 season made it look easy. Low snap back goes Bostard, 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:25.320 he fires and it's intercepted. Mills tell the left five, 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:29.840 he cuts back at the fifteen. He's running Acluster fields. 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:33.040 He gets a clock, he cuts back. He said pull 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:40.000 the boots down. Jayle Mills magnificence wins takes the snap. 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:43.560 He's back. He is floating it for Jeffrey, who hasn't 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:49.400 on his feet at the ten five touchdown and shock Jeffrey. 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:54.960 He broke away from Wither's food. Grace uff is always 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:57.680 from Meryl and Mike, like we were talking about Derek 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:01.280 Barnett and I love with the cookies are giving this 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:03.440 Eagles team. Now you mentioned how important that death is 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:06.280 for this football team. You have Derek Barnett stepping up 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:08.600 in a big way with the blockfield goal, and he's 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:11.240 shining more and more each and every week. Were sold 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.960 Douglass out there and making keystops. How about the juice 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:17.360 at mac collins, the backpack kid brought to the offense 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:20.440 struggling there in the second quarter, Neil a little spark 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:24.200 there and two times back to back throws Carson Wentz 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:26.560 or a two or three players should say, Carson Wentz 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:30.240 goes to maccollins and trust him enough that he's throwing 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:34.120 the ball before maccollins is even open. He's throwing him open, 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:38.480 basically showing that faith in him. And those catches eventually 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:41.800 led to Zach Ertch's touchdown, which helped give the Eagles 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:43.560 a bit of breathing room there in the second quarter. 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:46.440 But overall, I just love what the rookies and this 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:48.960 draft class have been able to present for the Eagles 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:51.239 this year. Yeah, the guys that have been active, I 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:55.080 mean you just mentioned the guys, particularly Barnette, Roussel, Douglas 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:57.399 and Maccollins, even Elijah Qualls and when he had to 0:17:57.440 --> 0:18:00.560 step up and play when Fletcher Cox was out. These 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:03.359 guys are contributing. You don't forget about Corey Clement, who 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:06.320 wasn't necessarily a draft pick, but an undrafted guy they 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.600 brought in here, and he's certainly contributed over the last 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:12.919 couple of weeks. Your rookie class is sometimes it's going 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:15.520 to be tough to see whether or not you feel 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:17.280 like you got the right guys early in the season. 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:19.359 You got to get these guys time to get acclimated 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:22.440 to the NFL, the speed of the game, the understanding 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:25.040 that this isn't preseason anymore, this is the regular season. 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:27.320 See the preseason, when you get to go up against 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:29.560 the second, third, and fourth units, you don't really get 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:31.720 a clear idea of what it's like to be in 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:33.879 the NFL. Well, when you get to the regular season, 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:36.840 you're playing first teamers all the time, and when you're 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:38.639 in there, you're the speed of the game is just 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:40.480 a little fast. And I think as the weeks have 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:43.200 gone by, he's have contributed more and more. And that's 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:45.920 the mark of having a good draft. As as your 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:48.679 season goes along, those guys they start off contributed on 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:53.359 special teams, and then as injuries present themselves, you start 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:55.480 to filter them in and you see what they can 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:58.080 contribute there. I love what Matt Collins has been able 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:02.320 to do with the opportunity he's been given. Today actually 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:04.879 was the first time Carson didn't complete a pass to 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:08.080 Machollands on every target. On that interception play, Mac has 0:19:08.080 --> 0:19:09.640 to do a little bit better job gett in front 0:19:09.640 --> 0:19:12.600 of that receiver being on the same target. But you 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:15.959 can tell the trust is there with Carson and mac Hoollins, 0:19:15.960 --> 0:19:18.200 and that's not easy to gain when you're a rookie 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:20.760 wide receiver because sometimes quarterbacks don't know if you're gonna 0:19:20.840 --> 0:19:22.639 run the right routes, if you're gonna be on the 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:25.320 same page with them in hot reads. To this point, 0:19:25.400 --> 0:19:27.640 Mac Hoollins has been exactly where he needed to be 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:30.959 every time his number has been called, and more importantly, 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:33.639 he's made plays. I like the tackle he had also 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:36.119 on the punk coverage, and that's that's not easy to 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:38.639 do open field by yourself running down there as the 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:41.240 gunner being able to make that play on a slippery 0:19:41.320 --> 0:19:43.240 day like this. So when you look at our when 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:46.000