Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome Eagles three sixty on this Tuesday
Speaker 1: at the Overcare Complex on Eagles insider Dave Spidero in
Speaker 1: my holiday spirit, joined by the Great Glenn mac Now,
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas to you, Happy Holidays to you. Everything's good,
Speaker 1: everybody good. Yeah, thank you, family, thank you too. Ready
Speaker 1: for a win on Saturday night? Very much? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: actually feel very good about this point. Now we have
Speaker 1: to talk a little bit about Arizona because it is
Speaker 1: still fresh Annis and it was really I think the
Speaker 1: winklint to me, it's it was a very telling game.
Speaker 1: It was a reminder of last year when the Seattle Seahawks,
Speaker 1: defending Super Bowl champions came to Lincoln Financial Field. Eagles
Speaker 1: were riding high after the big win over the Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 1: and you kind of said, well, this is kind of
Speaker 1: a litmus test for the Eagles. Seattle outclassed the Eagles
Speaker 1: that day, the first of three consecutive losses in December
Speaker 1: on Sunday night. The Arizona Cardinals showed on that night,
Speaker 1: perhaps only how much of a difference between the Cardinals
Speaker 1: and the Eagles. Your take, well, yeah, I think there's
Speaker 1: a couple of levels. Tiers of talent in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Let's stay in the NFC. You got Carolina, Arizona, maybe Seattle,
Speaker 1: and then you have the second tier, which you hope
Speaker 1: includes the Eagles. But the Eagles are not an elite team,
Speaker 1: and Arizona under Bruce Arians amazingly has become that elite
Speaker 1: team over the last couple of years. There that they
Speaker 1: can run the ball, as we saw, they can pass
Speaker 1: the ball. Their defense is a top five in the NFL.
Speaker 1: All around, the Eagles faced a very good team and
Speaker 1: it showed. We'll get to your takeaways from the game
Speaker 1: in a bit. The questions can the Eagles be an
Speaker 1: elite enough team on Saturday night to beat the Washington
Speaker 1: Redskins to assume control of this NFC East and then
Speaker 1: go to New York to following Sunday with a chance
Speaker 1: to win the division. Well, you love the way it's playing,
Speaker 1: which is that you're going to finish with two games
Speaker 1: against your division. The leak switched to that, what maybe
Speaker 1: eight ten years ago, where you finish up, and so
Speaker 1: it makes all these games critical. Dave, I know that
Speaker 1: Washington has won a couple of in a row, but
Speaker 1: I really like the eagles chances this week. I'll explain
Speaker 1: to you coming up all right. I like that. I
Speaker 1: like that a lot. We've got a busy day at
Speaker 1: the Novicare Complex now. The players were off on Monday,
Speaker 1: they came back on Tuesday. There's some injury updates to
Speaker 1: be had, there are some training updates to be had,
Speaker 1: there are some matchup conversations to have. So let's get
Speaker 1: your cut up with everything happening at the Novicare Complex today.
Speaker 1: Are Eagles three sixty update. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith
Speaker 1: and this is your three sixty update. A rainy morning
Speaker 1: here in South Philadelphia forced the Eagles inside the practice
Speaker 1: bubble for today's training session, and one of the big
Speaker 1: topics here today at the Novicare Complex was the Eagles
Speaker 1: shoring up there tackling for Saturday night's game against the
Speaker 1: Washington Redskins. We heard from defensive coordinator Bill Davis and
Speaker 1: players inside the locker room on the topic tackling we
Speaker 1: work on every day. I think we work on more
Speaker 1: tackling and talk about it. Tackling and turnovers. Now, like
Speaker 1: everybody has seen, it's tackle first, go for the strip second.
Speaker 1: And in that game the other night, there were too
Speaker 1: many times that we were going for the strip first,
Speaker 1: and it's it's not the way we've taught, it's not
Speaker 1: the way the guys have been doing it. But for
Speaker 1: whatever reason, when you make a decision to go for
Speaker 1: the strip, it's usually when the guys being tackled and insecured.
Speaker 1: And it was all pretty much us, especially the running
Speaker 1: game and stuff that we don't use. It we don't do,
Speaker 1: and we just had to make sure we stay professional,
Speaker 1: we get the ball carrier down instead of going for
Speaker 1: you know, turnovers and strips. We are in the top
Speaker 1: of the league and turnovers for reason. And I think,
Speaker 1: you know, guys have to be small enough to just
Speaker 1: get the guy in the ground. Like I said, ninety
Speaker 1: percent of it is just want to the other tenants technique.
Speaker 1: And so there's a couple of things that we can
Speaker 1: do and most of it's not drill work. It's it's
Speaker 1: not Pop Warner tackling drills, but it's just, you know,
Speaker 1: when we're in our team periods, how are we approaching
Speaker 1: the football. The Eagles will not release their first injury
Speaker 1: report of the week until Wednesday, but they may be
Speaker 1: without cornerbacks Byron Maxwell and Eric Rowe, who are both
Speaker 1: dealing with injuries. After Sunday's loss. Inside the locker room,
Speaker 1: we heard from cornerback Jalen Watkins, who spoke about being
Speaker 1: ready for his opportunity and some of the praise that
Speaker 1: he received from his position coaches after last week's game.
Speaker 1: It's really good, especially for this week. Um, we're playing
Speaker 1: a vertical passing team now. I don't think it gets
Speaker 1: better than the Cardinals when it comes to vertical passing
Speaker 1: in this league. So that experience should be able to
Speaker 1: carry over for us this week and covered the deepall.
Speaker 1: We also heard from running back to Marco Murray, who
Speaker 1: spoke two days elier than his normal Thursday appointment in
Speaker 1: the locker room since there is no media availability on Thursday,
Speaker 1: and according to Mary, he's looking to get more touches
Speaker 1: in the offense. Granted that the Eagles can run the
Speaker 1: ball more effectively as a team against Washington, obviously, I
Speaker 1: mean I don't think we can run the ball that much,
Speaker 1: so we gotta, you know, hopefully it'll get a little
Speaker 1: bit more on run at Tiens and we can game
Speaker 1: you a little bit out of hand. Exclose the ball offense,
Speaker 1: and they were option. You can't keep running the ball
Speaker 1: and running the ball, you know, trying to stay within
Speaker 1: the game and hopefully we can. You'll stick to the
Speaker 1: game plan and to you just try to run and
Speaker 1: run and hopefully we win. Tonight at eight o'clock, the
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl rosters will be announced. Be sure to stay
Speaker 1: tuned to Philadelphia Eagles dot com for all of the
Speaker 1: covers to see if Fletcher Cox, Malcolm Jenkins, maybe Darren's brows,
Speaker 1: if any of the Eagles make the playoff roster. Be
Speaker 1: sure to stay tuned to Philadelphia Eagles dot com tonight
Speaker 1: at eight o'clock for all the latest. Thank you so much, Alex.
Speaker 1: We've got some show to get to here, a lot
Speaker 1: to get to actually, including a look at the NFC East,
Speaker 1: which Glenn, we finally have some clarity. We know the
Speaker 1: paths to the playoffs. Oh. I thought you're gonna say,
Speaker 1: we have one team that's out. We're gonna talk about
Speaker 1: that team. We're gonna talk about that team not only
Speaker 1: from what they are now, but what they need to
Speaker 1: be next year to be back at the top of
Speaker 1: the division. Interesting that once again the NFC East winner
Speaker 1: is dethroned after just one year. There are no dominant
Speaker 1: teams clearly in a division that was once roamed by
Speaker 1: the very best teams in this National Football League. Not anymore, Glenn, No,
Speaker 1: I don't think Joe gibbson Bill Parcels coaching. Yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: it's the coaching you had Giants Hall of famers running
Speaker 1: these franchises back then. You don't have that. Yeah, Well,
Speaker 1: what we do have is a great race to the finish.
Speaker 1: When we return to Eagles three sixty, we're gonna wrap
Speaker 1: things up from Arizona Glenn mcnow's takeaways from the loss
Speaker 1: and maybe as they translate into the game on Saturday
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Speaker 1: Dave Spidero Glenn mac Now. Some takeaways from Glenn after
Speaker 1: the forty to seventeen loss to the Arizona Cardinals said,
Speaker 1: don't give me out of Steve Spurrier. Now that's good.
Speaker 1: They're not pretty as you can imagine. And number one
Speaker 1: is one that really has concerned me all year and
Speaker 1: concerned me more this week than any other, which is
Speaker 1: there seems to be no chemistry between Sam Bradford and
Speaker 1: Elson Aglar. You and I have talked about the difficulty
Speaker 1: of being a rookie wide receiver, and I'll grant that,
Speaker 1: but he was on the field for fifty seven plays,
Speaker 1: more than any other skill position player other than the quarterback.
Speaker 1: Of course, one target, no catches, one penalty for minus
Speaker 1: five yards. He was a complete non factor. And moving forward,
Speaker 1: we've got a couple of games this year, he's gotta
Speaker 1: be involved in the offense. Well, let's talk about that now.
Speaker 1: Patrick Peterson, Pro Bowl cornerback, was matched up against Agelore
Speaker 1: for much of the game. Was that at all a factor? Now,
Speaker 1: Nelson Agil. We all thought that there would be much
Speaker 1: more production coming from the first round draft pick this year,
Speaker 1: and we've seen very small flashes of it, hampered by
Speaker 1: a high ankle sprain. I get all that, but the
Speaker 1: fact is the Eagles had Jeremy Macklan leave in free
Speaker 1: agency and to replace that production, they signed Miles Austin,
Speaker 1: who's since been released. They hope that Josh Hush Josh
Speaker 1: Huff would take another step up that really hasn't happened,
Speaker 1: and they hope that Agiler would be a starter and
Speaker 1: a very productive one. And Glennie's got nineteen catches. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're really getting nothing. You have to get something. Number two.
Speaker 1: That said Sam Bradford. He had a mixed game, but
Speaker 1: I was very impressed with his toughness. What I've learned
Speaker 1: about Sam Bradford this year is he can take a hit,
Speaker 1: stay in the pocket and throw. There are times when
Speaker 1: I want him to step up in the pocket that
Speaker 1: he doesn't. But he took a lot of hits the
Speaker 1: other night, and I thought, I hate to say, two
Speaker 1: interceptions and a fumble aside, but beyond that, he threw
Speaker 1: very accurately and he played a tough game. And the
Speaker 1: concern is that he's taking so many hits. It wasn't
Speaker 1: just on Sunday night. Man, He's really taking a lot
Speaker 1: of hits all year. Too many, too many. Not a
Speaker 1: ton of sacks, but a lot of hits. I really,
Speaker 1: I really believe the Eagles have to ride Sam Bradford
Speaker 1: through the rest of this season. I mean, if if
Speaker 1: this offense, which has not performed two expectations, is to
Speaker 1: get to that next level and to beat Washington and
Speaker 1: to beat New York, they have to do it through
Speaker 1: the passing game. And that is sam Bradford getting the
Speaker 1: ball down the field. Now, the first times played Washington
Speaker 1: for the first time in the season, we saw them
Speaker 1: throw down the field touchdown pass, Riley Cooper, touchdown pass
Speaker 1: Miles Austin. Hope to see more of that on Saturday night.
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford has to leave the way for this football team. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I agree, all right, here you go, number three, Next
Speaker 1: man up is a great theory the coaches have to
Speaker 1: live by. It's what coaches have to say. But in
Speaker 1: this case, with Byron Maxwell and Eric Rowe both questionable
Speaker 1: for this coming week, Row going through the concussion protocol
Speaker 1: and E. J. Biggers and Jalen Watt and stepping in,
Speaker 1: it's pretty scary to Sean Jackson is coming to town
Speaker 1: and more these guys are going to have to cover
Speaker 1: him and that is not the ideal situation begin and
Speaker 1: you would expect then if that's the case, that you
Speaker 1: have safety help over the top, that you limit those
Speaker 1: big plays, and where it really impacts you is the
Speaker 1: short passing game, which Kirk Cousins has been outstanding at
Speaker 1: in his NFL career. Really good tight end, really good
Speaker 1: wide receiver, Pierre Garsaum running backs with Morris and Matt Jones,
Speaker 1: that can carve you up. And we've seen how much
Speaker 1: the Eagles struggling against the run. If Maxwell and Row
Speaker 1: don't play now, Bill Davids City was hopeful that they
Speaker 1: would go on Saturday. If they don't play, it really
Speaker 1: puts the Eagles in a pickle. That would mean the
Speaker 1: Eagles are four cornerbacks down with Jacorey Sheppard down, Nolan Carroll,
Speaker 1: Rowe and Maxwell. That is tough for any team to
Speaker 1: overcome us. And we do know to Sean Jackson and
Speaker 1: he's a dangerous man. All right, here you go. Number four.
Speaker 1: The Eagles have not tackled well all season. I'm telling what,
Speaker 1: telling you what you know, and it was really at
Speaker 1: its worst display against Arizona. We all wish you practiced
Speaker 1: it more. You had more of it going coming out
Speaker 1: of training camp. But there is a problem, and the
Speaker 1: coaches talked about over the last couple of days, tackle
Speaker 1: the man, not the ball. I know, takeaways is such
Speaker 1: a huge emphasis with this defense, and that's great, but
Speaker 1: make sure you wrap up the man first, and that
Speaker 1: really hurt him against Arizona, and it's got us stop
Speaker 1: the next two games. Yeah, I think it's it's a
Speaker 1: combination of technique and mentality and being physical. And I
Speaker 1: would expect the Eagles to play with a must win situation,
Speaker 1: extremely physical football on Saturday. All right, here you go,
Speaker 1: number five. Sometimes the best move is just to keep
Speaker 1: your mouth shut. I don't know if players care about it,
Speaker 1: but I really didn't like the Rocky tribute by Jordan
Speaker 1: Matthews when the team is twenty three down at the point,
Speaker 1: and then at the end of the game in the
Speaker 1: postgame locker room, Michael Kendrick said, and I just want
Speaker 1: to read the quote. If I know this team and
Speaker 1: I know myself, Man, the Redskins got something coming to them.
Speaker 1: For real. You just lost a game forty to seventeen.
Speaker 1: You'd only to stir it up against Washington. Sometimes the
Speaker 1: best thing to do is to show us, don't tell
Speaker 1: us fair enough. I will say, Jordan Matthews really conducts
Speaker 1: himself the right way. I understand the right moment. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I understand that. I'm at a place I think it's
Speaker 1: a little bit of frustration from Jordan Matthews, like we're
Speaker 1: gonna keep fighting, Okay, So but I don't disagree. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: thank you. Those are Glenn's five takeaways. When we return
Speaker 1: to Eagles three sixty. We're going to talk about the
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Speaker 1: Let's talk a little bit about the NFC East, shall we,
Speaker 1: with the Eagles hosting Washington on Saturday, then going to
Speaker 1: New York the following Sunday. The Eagles, as they said,
Speaker 1: and back to the future. Density is in our hands, right, Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: they're density. Yeah, it's right now, you do. So the
Speaker 1: Eagles win two, and the Eagles are in now the
Speaker 1: NFC East. We've been watching it all year. It's been
Speaker 1: really tight all year. We know that the Cowboys eliminated.
Speaker 1: So let's begin with a little conversation about the Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 1: It's easy to say that it all went wrong when
Speaker 1: Tony Romo was injured, and that's probably a pretty fair
Speaker 1: way to start things. But now Romo has had some
Speaker 1: injury issues, he's got some age issues, the Cowboys falling
Speaker 1: apart defensively, the offensive line not performing nearly to the expectations.
Speaker 1: I thought the offensive line is the greatest system. That's
Speaker 1: all I ever hear is that's five Hall of Famers
Speaker 1: side by such why you can't predict one season to
Speaker 1: the next. But in your mind, Glenn, now the Cowboys
Speaker 1: are going to have likely a top five or six
Speaker 1: draft pick. They'll have an opportunity potentially to nab a quarterback.
Speaker 1: If you're Jerry Jones, what are you prioritize here? I
Speaker 1: still think the defense has major holes. The pass rush
Speaker 1: is terrible, They've had injuries in the secondary. The running
Speaker 1: back situation is Darren McFadden really your guy? That's very average?
Speaker 1: Well what are you doing about quarterback? You summed it
Speaker 1: up very well. And Romo is thirty six, I believe,
Speaker 1: or somewhere around there. And I don't think Tony Romo
Speaker 1: is listening. He'll come back and it will help him,
Speaker 1: but they do have to look for the future. I'll
Speaker 1: give you the crazy prediction. You know who they bring
Speaker 1: in for next year, Johnny Manson, I knew you were
Speaker 1: gonna say it. All. Let's play a little game. Let's
Speaker 1: play a little game. You're not I'm one of them.
Speaker 1: I'm Cleveland, you're Jerry Jones. Right, how much you want
Speaker 1: to give me for Johnny football? Third round pick? Pal done?
Speaker 1: That was easy? See how easy it is in the NFL, yea,
Speaker 1: because they always make trades. Listen, you said it. Dallas's
Speaker 1: defense is a mass, darl Dallas's running game is nothing
Speaker 1: since they lost DeMarco Murray amazingly. Well, they get some numbers,
Speaker 1: but McCadden has had over one hundred yards a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks here, but nothing explosive. Right, He's okay. Um,
Speaker 1: Dez was hurt all this year. You've presumed Dez is
Speaker 1: going to be better next year. But I know a
Speaker 1: lot of people thought their whole season just fell apart
Speaker 1: because the quarterback. I'm telling you they were, they would
Speaker 1: have been in the same mix as everybody else. So
Speaker 1: you'd think if Rome I believe if Romo had been healthy,
Speaker 1: that they the Cowboys would be a top of the
Speaker 1: NFC East honestly they were. There were enough games played Atlanta,
Speaker 1: perhaps the first Philadelphia or the second Philadelphia game, where
Speaker 1: the Cowboys would have won those games with Tony Romo
Speaker 1: rather than Matt Castle Courtney. Okay, eight, all right, well,
Speaker 1: let's talk about the rest of the division. We know
Speaker 1: that Washington comes to Philadelphia on Saturday. Standings here, we
Speaker 1: know the Giants play on Sunday night without Odell Beckham
Speaker 1: junior at Minnesota. I'm marking that down as a loss
Speaker 1: for the Giants, which would mean they're eliminated big time.
Speaker 1: Absolutely after the Eagles beat Washington. So let's let's the
Speaker 1: final week, the final as we kind of said all year. Yep. Now,
Speaker 1: the Odell Beckham situation after sitting out a week, we'll
Speaker 1: kind of fire as he brings to the field against
Speaker 1: the Eagles. Probably a lot, But I think at that
Speaker 1: point they're already done. They're out of the division, they're
Speaker 1: out of the race. I know a lot of people think, hey,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be Tom Coughlin's last game. They're gonna win
Speaker 1: one for all Tommy, and that'll probably be part of
Speaker 1: their spirit. But the Giants has not been a good
Speaker 1: team all year. When they have nothing to play for,
Speaker 1: or I can't imagine they're going to be better. So
Speaker 1: you've heard it here first, Glenn mcnow is predicting in
Speaker 1: his own way that the Eagles will be Washington beat
Speaker 1: New York and we'll be talking about the playoffs, hoping
Speaker 1: that I can give you that much. Not a prediction.
Speaker 1: I'll go one week at a time. I like that.
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Speaker 1: am Alex Smith, and welcome to another edition of Fantasy Spin,
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Speaker 1: Guru dot com. Joe, I want to start things off
Speaker 1: today by talking about Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford, a guy
Speaker 1: who seems like he just keeps getting a little bit
Speaker 1: better each week since coming back from an injury. If
Speaker 1: you're a fantasy owner out there, what kind of value
Speaker 1: to Sam Bradford have right now? Well, we've got some
Speaker 1: really like, I mean, for lack of a better term,
Speaker 1: bad quarterbacks starting this week, or if you want to
Speaker 1: be a little bit kinder than that, Alex quarterbacks who
Speaker 1: we don't know a whole lot about are going to
Speaker 1: be starting around the NFL this week. And Sam Bradford's
Speaker 1: at home in a must win game in a pretty
Speaker 1: good matchup against Washington. So Sam Bradford is certainly going
Speaker 1: to be on the radar for some of these teams
Speaker 1: who have been streaming quarterbacks you mentioned. I think his
Speaker 1: level of play has frankly been better than his teammates
Speaker 1: level of play of late and I think against ARIZONI
Speaker 1: had a couple of touchdown passes, a long touchdown pass
Speaker 1: to Jordan Matthews. When you're playing from behind, you're going
Speaker 1: to end up throwing a couple picks. But he had
Speaker 1: three touchdowns earlier this year against Washington. I think Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford can't come through for you. For those of you
Speaker 1: in deeper leagues who really aren't sure what quarterback you're
Speaker 1: going to use this week, Joe, this is do or
Speaker 1: die time. It's championship weekend for most fantasy leagues out there.
Speaker 1: So with that in mind, who are two guys who
Speaker 1: can make the difference in fantasy lineups this weekend? Well?
Speaker 1: Number one Stephan Diggs has a good matchup against the
Speaker 1: New York Giants. And he was kind of a guy
Speaker 1: just gotten about for fantasy because the Vikings passing game
Speaker 1: had been so bad. But it's come alive, you know,
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. Step On Diggs at two
Speaker 1: touchdowns last week for Minnesota. He's got a good matchup
Speaker 1: with the New York Giants. Teddy Bridgewater is coming on
Speaker 1: a little bit more. I think step On Diggs is
Speaker 1: worthy of consideration as a number three wide receiver if
Speaker 1: maybe you've ignored him the last couple of weeks. And
Speaker 1: then there's Kamar Aikin of Baltimore Ravens, And look, he's
Speaker 1: not a household name. He might still be on your
Speaker 1: waiver wire, but he's had seven consecutive games of ten
Speaker 1: or more Fantasy points despite three different starting quarterbacks over
Speaker 1: that span in Joe Flacco, Matt Shop and Jimmy Clawson,
Speaker 1: and all the way back in October he had five
Speaker 1: catches for seventy seven yards and a touchdown against these
Speaker 1: Saint Pittsburgh Steelers. Kamar Aikin could come through as a
Speaker 1: number three wide receiver for you this week, and then
Speaker 1: Joe on the other side of that, maybe two guys
Speaker 1: who might want to stay away from this weekend if
Speaker 1: you're looking to take home that fantasy championship. Certainly hard
Speaker 1: to stay away from guys who have gotten you to
Speaker 1: this point, especially at the running back position. But I'd
Speaker 1: be hard pressed to say Todd Gurley doesn't have a
Speaker 1: terrible matchup at Seattle, certainly the worst matchup for running
Speaker 1: backs over the last month has been Seattle, and I
Speaker 1: guess if you extend that back two or three years,
Speaker 1: it's been a terrible matchup for running backs. Todd Gurley
Speaker 1: cannot do it all by himself, unfortunately. He lacks really
Speaker 1: a lot of talent around him, especially along the offensive line,
Speaker 1: and he's averaged under three yards per carry in three
Speaker 1: of his last five games. Hard to sit him given
Speaker 1: some of the slop that's going to be out there
Speaker 1: at running back this week, but you have to be
Speaker 1: aware that his matchup is not very good. And then
Speaker 1: there's Aj Green of the Cincinnati Bengals with AJ McCarron
Speaker 1: starting a quarterback, traveling to Denver with arguably the best
Speaker 1: secondary in football. Not a great matchup for a guy
Speaker 1: who's been banged up as well. Remember you had that
Speaker 1: back issue last week. And there you have it. Great stuff,
Speaker 1: as always, in our thanks to Joe Dolan, the managing
Speaker 1: editor of Fantasyguru dot Com. Be sure to follow Joe
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Speaker 1: That'll wrap things up for this week's edition of Fantasy Spin.
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Speaker 1: got something special for you. We're putting together a list
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Speaker 1: the runners up on that list in the next segment.
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Speaker 1: Dave Spidero Glenn mac Now, we've got a segment coming
Speaker 1: up on Facebook then Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. It's called
Speaker 1: Redskins we love to hate. We're gonna list five of
Speaker 1: them there, but we've got some really interesting runners up
Speaker 1: that Glenn you begin I do. And let me just
Speaker 1: preface it by saying, as we put together this list,
Speaker 1: there are not as many guys from Washington that we
Speaker 1: hate as cowboys as giants. If you look over the years,
Speaker 1: they're great players who have hurt the Eagles. Guys like
Speaker 1: Daryl Green, Guys like Art Monk, guys like John Riggins.
Speaker 1: They just weren't the loathsome characters of the Jeremy Shockys
Speaker 1: and Michael Irvinska. But I did come up with some,
Speaker 1: and let us start with this. We did put Jerry
Speaker 1: Jones on our Cowboys list. I'm gonna put Daniel Snyder
Speaker 1: on our list. But I'll tell you, at the same time,
Speaker 1: Redskins fans probably dislike him as much as we dislike him.
Speaker 1: I would think, so, right, so he's there, I'll put
Speaker 1: this is one that always bugged me, those Hog fans
Speaker 1: who always put on the pig noses in the dresses.
Speaker 1: I hated those guys, okay, and they were, by the way,
Speaker 1: the Hogs were good. I happen to know a guy
Speaker 1: who goes around life at times when it's convenient for
Speaker 1: him posing as Russ Grimm Hall of Fame lineman from
Speaker 1: the Washington Redskins. Really yeah, how big is He got
Speaker 1: thirty five people into a p Diddy Super Bowl party? No,
Speaker 1: lie as Russ. I didn't hate the hot you know,
Speaker 1: Jim lash always was pretty dirty, so I didn't like him.
Speaker 1: And Joe Jacobe I just didn't like looking at him
Speaker 1: because he had a head the size watermelon. But they
Speaker 1: weren't great players, and you respected them. One guy I
Speaker 1: really did dislike over the years, and he's a good
Speaker 1: player too, was Clinton Portis when he was there. Actually,
Speaker 1: his mother might have been tougher than him, but Clinton
Speaker 1: Porters was the guy who, when they were playing the
Speaker 1: Eagles would walk over to the sidelines and start jabbering
Speaker 1: with Eagle fans and getting them going. And so Clinton
Speaker 1: Portis is on my I like Clinton Portis for the outfits,
Speaker 1: for the fun. He just seemed to enjoy the game
Speaker 1: of football. Look for our complete list of Redskins we
Speaker 1: love to hate on Facebook and Philadelphia Eagles dot com.
Speaker 1: In the week ahead, our Amroso's on the Menu segment
Speaker 1: for you tomorrow, We've got Chip Kelly in studio, We've
Speaker 1: got I'm Gonna go Behind Enemy Lines Andrew Walfer Redskins
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Speaker 1: a couple of Philadelphia Beat reporters talking about Eagles against Redskins.
Speaker 1: And here's how it's gonna go down on Saturday night, Right, Clint,
Speaker 1: you gotta clean you want to tell you now? Absolutely
Speaker 1: I like the Eagles chances this week, and I think
Speaker 1: that Eagles are gonna win it. I'm gonna give you
Speaker 1: some good, bold predictions later in the week, but I'm
Speaker 1: going to tell you that the Eagles are going to stop.
Speaker 1: Washington is a bad team on the road. I know
Speaker 1: they won once in Chicago. I think they're gonna revert
Speaker 1: to being a bad team on the road. And I
Speaker 1: think Kirk Cousins, who all of a sudden everybody's all
Speaker 1: hot to trot about what he is, is going to
Speaker 1: revert to the Kirk Cousins who hurts his team. It'll
Speaker 1: be a good game, believe it or not for the
Speaker 1: Eagle second there. I think the Eagles come out flying
Speaker 1: in the first quarter, and I honestly think they played
Speaker 1: their best game of the year. This is the time
Speaker 1: to do it when where you're done. All right, So
Speaker 1: that's it for Glenn mcnow. I'm Dave Spidero. We thank
Speaker 1: you for joining us on Eagles three sixty. Have you
Speaker 1: ourselves a great Eagles Day.