Speaker 1: I think it was Tom Petty who said the waiting
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Speaker 1: here at the Novicare Complex. Hello everyone, and welcome to
Speaker 1: Eagles three sixty insider Dave Spidero joined by Joe d
Speaker 1: Camera on this Friday, and we're waiting for Monday night football.
Speaker 1: Get here already, three days day, three days away. Christ
Speaker 1: We'll see some more football Sunday with the pros, but
Speaker 1: three days from the big game Eagles and Falcons. Man
Speaker 1: Roll excided it started last night in Foxborough, Massachusetts. And
Speaker 1: what's that? I think I hear the Atlanta Falcons radio
Speaker 1: abroad just kidding Tom Terriffic. Now he was not kidding.
Speaker 1: Last night Tom Brady four touchdown passes and the Patriots
Speaker 1: opened the season in very strong fashion. We are focusing,
Speaker 1: of course, here on the Eagles and the Falcons. We've
Speaker 1: got a lot to get to today. Lane Johnson in studio,
Speaker 1: Joe and I break it down a bit, a couple
Speaker 1: of matchups to watch on Monday night, and then Alex
Speaker 1: Smith talks a little bit about the numbers, the stats,
Speaker 1: the history of the Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons. But
Speaker 1: first things first we throw it out to the practice field.
Speaker 1: It's our Eagles three sixty update. Alex Smith with everything
Speaker 1: happening today. Hi everyone, Alex Smith here with your three
Speaker 1: sixty update. Present it by Sports Authority. We are just
Speaker 1: three days away from the Eagles regular season opener in
Speaker 1: Atlanta on Monday night. Today, it was team chairman and
Speaker 1: CEO Jeffrey Lurie addressing the media. Lorie backed head coach
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly, saying that the head coach had nothing to
Speaker 1: prove this season and that he is an excellent head
Speaker 1: coach in this league. No, we just you know, we
Speaker 1: just go game to game, and he's an excellent coach
Speaker 1: in this league. There's no question about it. It It doesn't
Speaker 1: need to prove anything. It's a builder of a roster,
Speaker 1: you know, culture builders. He's everything that I think we
Speaker 1: all thought when we interviewed him in more. We wanted
Speaker 1: someone that could see the big picture at all times
Speaker 1: and help build a roster, help build the culture the
Speaker 1: way we wanted it, and had a vision and wasn't
Speaker 1: afraid to make unpopular decisions. And that's that's all come
Speaker 1: to Fruition, you know. Now, we just got to try
Speaker 1: to remain somewhat healthy and and play really well. One
Speaker 1: of the biggest questions heading into Monday night will be
Speaker 1: how Sam Bradford will hold up in his first regular
Speaker 1: season game in an Eagle's uniform, and according to both
Speaker 1: Bradford ed head coach Chip Kelly, there are no limitations
Speaker 1: on his snap count. Now. We're real confident in Sam's conditioning.
Speaker 1: We want to throw our guys every day. Did a
Speaker 1: great job. He was in great shape when he got
Speaker 1: here in August, past the conditioning test, So not concerned
Speaker 1: at all with the modest snap Sam will take. No
Speaker 1: I feel great with him. Um, you know, do you
Speaker 1: guys talk like I didn't get any work with him.
Speaker 1: I mean, we had five weeks of practice and we're
Speaker 1: out here for two hours today. I mean, we got
Speaker 1: a ton of stamps with those guys. Um, you know.
Speaker 1: So I feel really good with both the receivers and
Speaker 1: the line on the defensive side of the ball. We
Speaker 1: heard from Brandon Graham and Walter Thurmond on what it
Speaker 1: is that Falcon's running back Tevin Coleman brings to the
Speaker 1: table with his speed. I mean, like you said, it
Speaker 1: means a rookie and he's still getting his shop swayed
Speaker 1: as in the NFL, and you know, preseason is one thing,
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be different when you have going out
Speaker 1: there with the ones for the whole game and going
Speaker 1: out there with live buds. But I mean that's I mean,
Speaker 1: it's very impressive for running back to him to uh
Speaker 1: to run you know mid FO three. You know, I
Speaker 1: mean that that shows that he has home and ability
Speaker 1: if we if we aren't on our gaff assignments and
Speaker 1: our MP's and ques to where that he can't break
Speaker 1: the long one. I mean, he hit the whole. You know,
Speaker 1: that's one thing. And I mean with Shanahan stretch, you
Speaker 1: know type offense, he just looking for that one hole
Speaker 1: and you know he's shooting. I think that we just
Speaker 1: gotta get to him in numbers and we got we
Speaker 1: can't get them started because once you get him started,
Speaker 1: I mean, I know, Nolan num Boys fast four three
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Speaker 1: in for our kickoff show on Monday night at six o'clock.
Speaker 1: Thanks so much, Alex. When we return we'll get to
Speaker 1: visit with Lane Johnson, right tackle. I mean, I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a Pro Bowl player potentially. Well, it's
Speaker 1: a big year for him, Dave. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: you're talking about a situation where, you know, fourth overall
Speaker 1: pick in the draft just two years ago, so now
Speaker 1: in his third year, you know you're looking for Look,
Speaker 1: everyone's confident in Lane Johnson. We know that, but now
Speaker 1: it's about taking it beyond just confidence and trying to
Speaker 1: get to the point of dominance. That's really where I think,
Speaker 1: you know, the objective is because you know with Peters,
Speaker 1: you know, with Kelsey, hey, you're locked in there. The
Speaker 1: guards some uncertainty. They played pretty good in the preseason.
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson an opportunity really for the organization take a
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Speaker 1: you're saying. The Pro Bowl and when we return, we
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Speaker 1: coming along off the field. I explore that with Lane
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Speaker 1: offensive tackle Lane Johnson and Lane in his third year
Speaker 1: in the NFL, already a grizzled veteran in this league.
Speaker 1: I wondered, Lane, what is the transition like going from
Speaker 1: college to the NFL now that you've had some perspective
Speaker 1: on it. Probably the biggest change is just mentally grasping everything.
Speaker 1: You're moving to a new city, you're learning a new offense,
Speaker 1: new people. So my rookie was definitely my toughest year.
Speaker 1: But each season you learn more and more and you
Speaker 1: gain more knowledge, and so going to this year, I
Speaker 1: feel a lot more comfortable than I had the two
Speaker 1: previous years. How has the body changed? I bulked up.
Speaker 1: I think when I first surround here, I was around
Speaker 1: three oh five probably, and it was hard to keep
Speaker 1: that weight. So I guess my body's finally adapted because
Speaker 1: usually I wake up in around three fifteen. Sometimes I
Speaker 1: get around three to twenty. So, uh, you know, bulked
Speaker 1: up a little bit. It's a business, and for a
Speaker 1: twenty five year old man to be thrust into this
Speaker 1: business a lot of responsibility, the fame, the money, the pressure,
Speaker 1: the media. You've had a chance to, you know, be
Speaker 1: very ground to married, child, child on the way. How's
Speaker 1: that helped you? Huh? Well, you know, I have a
Speaker 1: lot of people depending on me, so I'm doing it
Speaker 1: for them. But it's it's been a wild ride. Just
Speaker 1: I'm just scrolling. I mean, each year I'm on this earth,
Speaker 1: you just learn more and you develop as a person
Speaker 1: and as a teammate. Here Lan, what was it like
Speaker 1: for you initially going from Oklahoma to Philadelphia where the
Speaker 1: fans are above and beyond loving this team, and every
Speaker 1: time you turn around there's a camera in your face.
Speaker 1: It's been a big change. Um, you know, I actually
Speaker 1: grew up around Houston. My grandfather lived in a big city,
Speaker 1: so thank god for that. You got me accustomed to
Speaker 1: a little bit. But the first year is definitely a
Speaker 1: big change, just being in my own house, you know,
Speaker 1: new family, you got it, got a child, so that
Speaker 1: was definitely the biggest, biggest difference, just my responsibilities, you know,
Speaker 1: went to a whole whole different level. Is the mental
Speaker 1: challenge of the game just as difficult as the physical transition,
Speaker 1: I believe. So I think developing your mind is keith
Speaker 1: key in this league because there's gonna be times where
Speaker 1: you make mistakes. Um, you get beat. That's how you
Speaker 1: learn to grow from There's a lot of players that
Speaker 1: get beat and ruin their confidence they never come back. So, um,
Speaker 1: I think the mental aspect is a big thing in
Speaker 1: this league. What's it like for you to leave here
Speaker 1: a frantic day, a physical day, to go home to
Speaker 1: a baby and a wife and your wife's expecting that
Speaker 1: must be a dose of reality. Yeah, yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: it's refreshing though. You get get to go down to
Speaker 1: the house and an unwind and get to be around
Speaker 1: the people you love, so it's a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: How about the camaraderie in the locker room, Lane, if
Speaker 1: these are these guys friends for life, friends for life, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's definitely a brotherhood. We get in there and
Speaker 1: it's like recess to be honest. Um, a lot of
Speaker 1: jokes are made, guys. I mean, there's there's so many
Speaker 1: characters on this team. I don't even know where to start.
Speaker 1: Some players may kind of get an opening game, it's
Speaker 1: just another game. Do you feel that opening night Monday
Speaker 1: Night Football National TV? Still something special? Definitely? Um, anytime
Speaker 1: you're out there on the big stage playing the NFL,
Speaker 1: it's an opportunity to be here. Um, it's not given
Speaker 1: to you. So you have to you have to you
Speaker 1: have to know that, and you know every time you're
Speaker 1: on that field is definitely special. What do you like
Speaker 1: before a game? I try to stay calm. I try
Speaker 1: to waste no energy because I know the game is
Speaker 1: going to be uh, you know a lot of plays involved,
Speaker 1: so I try to try to conserve my energy. Lane Johnson,
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Speaker 1: Joe to camera. Time now for us to give you
Speaker 1: our two matchups for the Eagles and the Falcons on
Speaker 1: Monday night. Joe, You're up, Come on, baby. There's a
Speaker 1: lot to look at it this game, obviously, Dave. But
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start with the offensive lot of the Eagles.
Speaker 1: You know, we've already talked about Lane Johnson, but let's
Speaker 1: go to the other side now with Jason Peters, the
Speaker 1: Pro bowler, the possible future Hall of Famer. And you know,
Speaker 1: you're talking about a situation when Jason Peters in this
Speaker 1: game going up against Vic Beasley, junior, very very very
Speaker 1: talented pass rusher from the University of Clempson his first
Speaker 1: pro football game, of course, Dave, in a regular season
Speaker 1: to six overall the overall pick in the draft, are
Speaker 1: coming out of Clemson, and a situation where you know,
Speaker 1: you talk about Beasley, you're talking about a player in
Speaker 1: his four years at Clemson as the all time sack
Speaker 1: leader in the University of Clemson's history thirty three sacks,
Speaker 1: a top and of course, you know, a dominant player
Speaker 1: in the ACC, a two time first team All American.
Speaker 1: So there's just a lot, you know, he's he's a
Speaker 1: guy that can be disruptive, forcing fumbles, Dave. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's a heck of a player now rookie exactly right,
Speaker 1: he's going to as an experienced player, So how about
Speaker 1: all that stuff aside? I know, but I think he's
Speaker 1: got to deal with Jason, But I agree with you.
Speaker 1: You know, they lost Brooks read On the other side,
Speaker 1: O'Brien Schofield comes in somehow, the Falcons have to put
Speaker 1: pressure on the line of scrimmage. And that's asking a
Speaker 1: lot for a rookie, although a first round pick, it's
Speaker 1: asking a lot for a rookie in his first game.
Speaker 1: It is, and it's it's one of the reasons why
Speaker 1: Atlanta is not considered a great team yet because you know,
Speaker 1: as much as they were strong a few years ago,
Speaker 1: they lost some players defensively, so they're trying to regenerate
Speaker 1: that process and you certainly he's a big part of
Speaker 1: their future. The question is how involved will he be,
Speaker 1: how dominant will he be able to be? In Game one?
Speaker 1: And you know, I think it's safe to say it's
Speaker 1: going to be more of an advantage for Jason Peters
Speaker 1: on Monday Night. So well, look's good on paper for
Speaker 1: Jason Peters, give me your matchup number two. Well, number two,
Speaker 1: I'm going to go to the other side of the
Speaker 1: ball and I'm gonna look at Brandon Graham. And Brandon
Speaker 1: Graham is going to be up against Jake Matthews, who
Speaker 1: was a six overall pick in the draft just two
Speaker 1: years ago. You know, for Brandon Graham, hey, this is
Speaker 1: a big spot now because you're talking about replacing trend Cole.
Speaker 1: You're a starter. Now, you're getting paid some solid money.
Speaker 1: You know. The defense last year for the Eagles was
Speaker 1: a defense to a second in the league in sacks,
Speaker 1: as we know, Dave. But at the same time, I
Speaker 1: still feel there could have been more pressure, particularly on
Speaker 1: third downs. It was a weird balance, Dave, because you know,
Speaker 1: usually a team that has that many sacks you would
Speaker 1: think is more dominant on third downs. But we saw
Speaker 1: the second dary struggle in part because the team seemed
Speaker 1: to struggle at times getting to the quarterback on third downs.
Speaker 1: So for Brandon Graham, an opportunity here five and a
Speaker 1: half sacks last year in a limited role, as we know,
Speaker 1: part time role. Obviously, the expectation will be for him
Speaker 1: to rise that number this year with additional sacks and
Speaker 1: going against you know, Jake Matthews is you know, from
Speaker 1: the Matthews family, and he was a big pick last year,
Speaker 1: and you know, it's it's an important spot in this
Speaker 1: and Brandon Graham is ready to go on that one.
Speaker 1: I really, I really think the Eagles have the feeling
Speaker 1: that they have such an advantage up front with the
Speaker 1: progress that they've made and then the problems that Atlantis
Speaker 1: had on the offensive line. So but you got, it's
Speaker 1: one thing to feel the way, it's another thing to
Speaker 1: want and do it. So good stuff. My two matchups
Speaker 1: to watch. The first one is an obvious one. It's
Speaker 1: the Eagles secondary in the vertical passing game against Julio Jones,
Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl player and All Pro wide receiver. Does
Speaker 1: it all very difficult to sup I don't expect Byron
Speaker 1: Maxwell to shadow Julio Jones throughout this game. I do
Speaker 1: expect the Eagles to at least bracket coverage Jones, mix
Speaker 1: up the looks, try to put the pressure on with
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, and do things to help them
Speaker 1: up front. I mean, Brandon Graham's gonna have to win
Speaker 1: that battle. It's gonna have to get to Matt Ryan.
Speaker 1: Can't give Ryan an opportunity to drop back seven steps
Speaker 1: and throw the ball down the field. Julio Jones will
Speaker 1: get his catches. What you want to do is limit
Speaker 1: those big plays. And remember last year Eagles allowing seventy
Speaker 1: two plays of twenty plus yards in the passing game,
Speaker 1: worst in the league. They went out and they rebuilt
Speaker 1: the secondary, new coaching staff, new players, new scheme, first
Speaker 1: test Julio Jones. It's a big one. They want, very
Speaker 1: big one. And of course, you know the young players
Speaker 1: there in the secondary. We'll see how long Bob Derek
Speaker 1: Rowe is and biggers. I mean, this is you know,
Speaker 1: this is a chess match, and it'll be the you know,
Speaker 1: the game within the game. I agree. So the other
Speaker 1: matchup that I have is on the other side of
Speaker 1: the ball to Marco Murray. I'm not looking at the
Speaker 1: big picture numbers. I'm not looking at thirty carries and
Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty two yards. I'm looking at to
Speaker 1: Marco Murray and Ryan Matthews to a degree, in the
Speaker 1: red zone. That's where the Eagles have really struggled the
Speaker 1: last couple of seasons. Twenty third in the league and
Speaker 1: touchdown efficiency. Last year, they bring in Murray, they bring
Speaker 1: in Matthews. They expect that physical running style in the
Speaker 1: red zone to put the ball in the end zone
Speaker 1: and keep Cody Parkey on the sideline. So that is
Speaker 1: just a huge matchup for me. I think Atlanta is
Speaker 1: going to be aggressive, physical, the Seattle style of defense,
Speaker 1: crowd the line of scrimmage, try to take away the run.
Speaker 1: But I think the Eagles want to establish that ground game.
Speaker 1: And I really believe Joe that the Eagles are gonna
Speaker 1: have no problem moving to football from twenty to twenty,
Speaker 1: as they have in both of Chip Kelly's first two seasons.
Speaker 1: It's inside the twenty where they've got to strike gold
Speaker 1: more often than they have in the past. We saw
Speaker 1: issues last year. I mean, you know obviously versus Arizona
Speaker 1: and versus San Francisco, and so this is a scenario where, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean punching the ball in and we saw Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: just last night, Dave. When you don't punch the ball in,
Speaker 1: you got to settle for field goals and your missfield
Speaker 1: goals and also all that sort of stuff. So it's
Speaker 1: it's a huge part of football and obviously. I think
Speaker 1: DeMarco Mry and Ryan Matthews will be a huge upgrade
Speaker 1: for the Eagles with the physicality they present inside the
Speaker 1: red zone, specifically inside the tenant. It's listen. I'm very
Speaker 1: excited with how this thing sets up. I really we
Speaker 1: shall see. Those are our key matchups? What are yours?
Speaker 1: I know you'll be thinking about it throughout the weekend.
Speaker 1: We've got a long way to go between now and
Speaker 1: Monday night. It's Eagles three sixty and when we return,
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Speaker 1: Eagles game, bringing you all the key facts and figures
Speaker 1: that you need to know. Today we go beyond the
Speaker 1: box score with the Eagles preseason, and we'll start things
Speaker 1: out by looking at quarterbacks Sam Bradford and some of
Speaker 1: the remarkable numbers that he put up in his first
Speaker 1: games as an Eagle. Bradford completed thirteen of fifteen passes
Speaker 1: for one hundred and fifty six yards and three touchdowns,
Speaker 1: good for a one hundred and forty nine point six
Speaker 1: passer rating, the second highest passer rating for any quarterback
Speaker 1: this preseason, trailing only Detroit's Matthew Stafford at one fifty
Speaker 1: six point three. His eighty six point seven completion percentage
Speaker 1: was tied for the league high with Buffalo's Matt Passle
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Speaker 1: Bay in which Bradford shined his brightest, going ten for
Speaker 1: ten for one hundred twenty one yards and three touchdowns.
Speaker 1: His passer rating of one fifty six point seven is
Speaker 1: just about as close as you can get to a
Speaker 1: perfect rating one fifty eight point three followed just shy
Speaker 1: of a yard per attempt criteria. Of Bradford's ten completions
Speaker 1: in that Green Bay game, six of them went to
Speaker 1: Eagles running backs, and if the preseason has taught us anything,
Speaker 1: it's that those Eagles backs, no matter who it is,
Speaker 1: will have a big impact in this team's passing game.
Speaker 1: While the sample size is much smaller, the Eagles running
Speaker 1: backs were a much bigger part of the passing offense
Speaker 1: to this preseason than they were during the two and
Speaker 1: fourteen regular season. Eagles running backs total three hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty eight receiving yards, led by Raheem Mostert, who led
Speaker 1: the team with one hundred and ninety four yards. Running
Speaker 1: Backs contributed thirty three percent of the team's receiving total
Speaker 1: as compared to last season, when the backs made up
Speaker 1: twelve percent of the team's receiving yards. And finally, we
Speaker 1: turn our attention over to the defensive side of the ball,
Speaker 1: a unit that the Eagles put a lot of time
Speaker 1: and effort into this past offseason to make sure they
Speaker 1: had the right personnel in with this group to help
Speaker 1: eliminate the big passing plays and increase the numbers of
Speaker 1: turnovers heading into two and fifteen. And if this preseason
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Speaker 1: defense created nine turnovers in four preseason games, highlighted by
Speaker 1: a pair of dazzling interceptions by Walter Thurman and to
Speaker 1: pick by the newly acquired Byron Maxwell. The defense generated
Speaker 1: two point two five turnovers per game in the preseason,
Speaker 1: a noticeable increase from the two fourteen regular seasons when
Speaker 1: the Eagles generated its twenty seven turnovers on the year.
Speaker 1: That's less than two per games. And that will wrap
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Speaker 1: segment here on Eagles three sixty Dave Spidero, Joe Di
Speaker 1: Camera and some final thoughts why not? What are you think?
Speaker 1: I want to hear what you got to say about
Speaker 1: Monday Night and about the season victory Monday Night Dave
Speaker 1: double digit. I do expect it to be a high
Speaker 1: scoring game. I really do. It's a situation where I
Speaker 1: think the second are for the Eagles will still get
Speaker 1: up some plays in the passing game to Matt Ryan.
Speaker 1: I mean, Matt Ryan's pretty good quarterback and they got
Speaker 1: some receivers. But I think it's just a game or
Speaker 1: the Eagles outscore Atlanta. I really do. As far as
Speaker 1: the season goes, I got the Eagles at twelve and four.
Speaker 1: I think the Birds are a heck of a football team.
Speaker 1: I think they've got a possibility for greatness. We'll see
Speaker 1: if they can push there, but I've got it as
Speaker 1: a division winning team twelve and four, a team that
Speaker 1: wins a playoff game and has a real viable shot,
Speaker 1: Dave to compete for the NFC Championship game, and beyond
Speaker 1: do they get there. I'm not sure, but I think
Speaker 1: they are very much in the mix, and I really
Speaker 1: believe Dave. They enter the season third in the conference,
Speaker 1: behind only Seattle in Green Bay. As far as being
Speaker 1: ready to contend, I think the Eagles have a great shot,
Speaker 1: he says, a great season. You know what I'm gonna say.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna look at the season. I'm gonna look
Speaker 1: at this game. And here's my word of caution. It
Speaker 1: is a weekend paved with giddy thoughts toward a victory
Speaker 1: of double digits. As Joe said, I just know from
Speaker 1: experience that the first game of the season can be wacky,
Speaker 1: can be weird, can be wild. Strange bounces, unusual things happen.
Speaker 1: So don't take this game for granted. Atlanta is coming
Speaker 1: in with a new coach, a lot to prove a
Speaker 1: rabbit home following. I think it's gonna be a lot
Speaker 1: tougher than people expect. I think the Eagles are better
Speaker 1: football team, and if they play the a game, come
Speaker 1: away with a victory on Monday night football. But it
Speaker 1: will not It will not be easy. That's my opinion.
Speaker 1: I'm a more cautious guy that I got double digit,
Speaker 1: but but still giving up some place. Yeah, well it's
Speaker 1: just that offense day. Yeah, come on, this offense now. Hey,
Speaker 1: I'm just sell you on the come on. I think
Speaker 1: the Eagles can put up fifty. But let's let's say
Speaker 1: I respect with the lanfoul because the're gonna do defensively.
Speaker 1: They play a pretty interesting scheme. All right, that's good.
Speaker 1: That does it for us. Our final thoughts, Joe to
Speaker 1: camera Dave Spidero with thank you for joining us on
Speaker 1: Eagles three sixty, and we remind you that our coverage
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