WEBVTT - Postgame Show: Eagles Win 21-18 Against the Carolina Panthers 0:00:03.400 --> 0:00:06.280 There. It is the big turning point in today's game. 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:08.719 The Panthers trying to punt T J. Edwards with the block, 0:00:08.960 --> 0:00:11.760 Sean Bradley comes up with the recovery the Eagles. Jalen 0:00:11.840 --> 0:00:15.120 Hurts runs it in for his second rushing touchdown of 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:18.320 the day. Eagles fans come on in. A win's a win, 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:21.439 and the Eagles got it today down in Carolina. Not 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:25.239 too pretty at times, but the Eagles find themselves back 0:00:25.239 --> 0:00:27.400 in the win column. Gabriella D. Givanni here with Fran 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:30.560 Duffy and I Grease. Where do we start, guys, Well, 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:32.760 victory is a victory, right. You're gonna take the wins 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:35.040 any way that you can get them. It certainly wasn't 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:37.760 the prettiest of games for three and a half quarters 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:41.040 there if you're looking for explosive offensive plays coming off 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:43.519 of the way they played last week versus Kansas City. 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:45.879 But I gotta be honest with you, being a defensive 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:48.839 guy and primarily a special teams guy, this game warms 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:51.000 my heart. I mean, this was This was one of 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:54.080 those games where the defense needed to answer the call 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:58.080 after last week giving up touchdown after touchdown. They answered 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:00.560 the challenge from their head coach. They came out today 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:02.880 and they were truly the difference makers. We knew it 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.240 would be a different game for the offense going up 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:09.200 against a better defense today, so the Eagles defense needed 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:11.520 to steal some possessions. They were able to do that, 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:15.759 got their offense some short field position, and finally man 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.839 a block punt to set up the game winning score 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:22.000 for the Eagles. It doesn't feel as good as it should, 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:24.600 but on the plane ride back, I guarantee you I 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:26.480 win as a win. And that's the thing is that 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:27.960 when you have a win like this, you can kind 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:29.600 of look at this in two different ways, right guys. 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:31.480 It's if you want to try and make sure you're 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:33.200 competing at the end of the year, you need as 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:35.480 many ws in the first half as possible. And for 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.840 a new regime, a new coaching staff, having a win 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:40.160 like this can be one of those character building wins 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:42.560 that later on in the season you reflect back on, Hey, 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:45.200 remember when we were down in Carolina, we never were 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:48.240 out of it. We've stayed, we fought, we got back 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:50.400 tooth and nail and came back and won that football game. 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:52.360 And it took all three sides of the football it 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:54.840 absolutely took all three sides, but starting kind of where 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:56.800 I did on the defense, I think this was a 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:59.640 huge bounce back game for the defense. Last week, the 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:03.400 offense and showed up big, the defense couldn't get it done. 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:05.640 This week, it was a little bit different. The first 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.800 half felt very similar, honestly to the Dallas game, where 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.440 the offense just couldn't establish a rhythm. They couldn't get 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.760 things going. They looked like they were struggling with the 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:15.600 game plan that was at hand. Some of the play 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.880 calling looked difficult for them to execute. But the defense. 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.160 The difference in this game in the Dallas game was 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:23.239 the defense was able to keep digging the offense out, 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:25.600 digging them out, digging them out until they could get 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.079 something going. Yeah, and we knew that the Carolina offensive 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:30.640 line was the week pointed this offense. Dallas had a 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:33.440 field day getting at the Sam Donald last week, so 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:35.680 you knew that the Eagles were gonna make some hey 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:38.360 against this offense. It was gonna start up front, and 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:42.160 our defensive line led the way. Jay Von Hargray every 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:44.919 week he's in the backfield getting a sack. Fletcher got 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:48.080 his first sack of the season Josh Swept with a 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:51.440 sack as well, and we got turnovers once they started 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:55.720 hitting Sam. Sam Donald became a different quarterback. Three interceptions 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:58.120 by the Eagles cornerback duo here in this game, and 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:00.720 the big thing for me just looking at down and 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:02.560 I think on both sides of the football, you can 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:05.600 look the Eagles offensively struggled on third down in this game. 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:07.920 A lot of those third downs though, third and six, 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:10.280 third and seven, third and nine, third and long. Right 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:12.080 then you go to some of those big stops on 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:14.440 third down. You mentioned the sack by Cox, the sack 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.120 by Hargrave, the sack by Josh Sweat, what happened with him, 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:19.720 They were third and long sacks. The defense a lot 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:22.160 more success when it's not third and two, third and three, 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:24.200 third and one, where the offense now just has to 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:26.160 play pitch and catch underneath a lot of the buzz 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:28.400 going into this game with Sam Donald's ability to run 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:30.560 the ball. So far this season, we haven't seen much 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:32.600 of what Sam Donald as a quarterback in the league 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.240 has looked like. When he was in with the Jets. 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:37.040 We've seen a little bit more of him, But like 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:39.000 you said earlier this week, just because these rush for 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:42.280 five touchdowns this season doesn't make him Lamar Jackson, right, 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:44.720 But I think the good thing that the defense did 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.800 today was pressuring him, pressuring him, and that's when Sam 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:50.520 Darnold goes back to those things that he struggled with 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:53.640 early on in his career. He throws those interceptions, and 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:56.640 when you can stack turnovers like that, I think it 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.880 creates such a momentum shift for this defense to keep 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.600 coming back onto the field and just chipping away. Yeah, 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:04.800 I thought I thought the defense did a nice job 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.080 of keeping the big play off of them. They didn't 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:09.920 get the ball thrown over their head, started creeping towards 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:13.640 the line of scrimmage a little bit more each each series. 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:17.120 Carolina had some success running the football. I think there 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:18.760 were times where they were able to take advantage of 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:20.599 some of the defenses that we were in. But I 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:23.160 noticed that Jonathan Gaining switched some things up to date, 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:26.160 gave Carolina some different looks. Stuff that they saw the 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.919 film wasn't necessarily what they saw out there today, and 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:32.000 I think that helped out from a coverage standpoint, that 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:34.800 allowed our cornerbacks to at least sit back there and 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:37.720 keep their eyes on Sam Donald felt like a little 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:39.600 bit more cover three. We need you have a single 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.120 high safety. That second safety rolled down. But I don't 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.000 want to get too carried away with that until going 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:46.960 back and watching the film. But certainly Veagles having more 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:50.320 success being able to slow those drives down, not as 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:52.760 many big chunk plays, both on the ground and through 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:54.680 the air. I'm curious to see what you guys think 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.680 about the linebacker play today. We talked a lot about 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.680 the pressure up front, but I as though some of 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:04.599 the struggle still came with that linebacking corps at times. Yeah, 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:07.599 you know, Chumba Hover had a nice day of running 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:09.680 the football. We still need to do a better job 0:05:09.720 --> 0:05:12.440 of getting off the blocks. Still too much catching and 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:15.680 trying to run around blocks. And in the NFL, you 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:19.040 do that, the offensive linemen just push you past the hole, 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.680 and the running backs are so they're so smart and 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.400 they're patient, they'll just wait until that lane opens up. 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:27.080 We need to do a better job of attacking downhill, 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:30.200 press those linemen bag in the hole, and then more importantly, 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.599 get off the blocks and be able to make the tackles. 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:34.920 Until we prove we can do that, we're gonna get 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:37.360 those talse cracks. We're gonna get the tame same type 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:40.240 of runs they started against the San Francisco forty nine. 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.080 Is we're gonna see that every week, Yeah, no doubt. 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:43.760 And I think that that too is the big thing 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:46.080 when you look at this defense and how they're trying 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.200 and how they try to put this thing together, is 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.120 that you're gonna get some big runs, right, You're gonna 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:52.120 get some of those tube hover to the to the 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:54.520 outside for seven, get them out for six, get up 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:56.560 for five. But when they throw the ball, they were 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.080 able to squash down on Sam Darnold and those receivers 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:01.560 four third and law and get off the field. And 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:05.080 the other part of that is Jonathan Gannon, the design 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:07.280 of this defense when they run it is to give 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:09.480 up those type of plays. Again, it just worked to 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:12.599 perfection to day because once Carolina got down to the 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:15.080 red zone, they weren't scoring touchdowns. You know, once they 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:17.799 got close to them green zone, they weren't scoring touchdown. 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:19.840 Kicked a lot of field goals today, So they moved 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.440 the ball in between the twenties, but they didn't lead 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:25.160 the touchdowns. For all right, let's measure the offensive side 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:27.560 of the ball. Big thing that everybody was looking for 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:29.760 this week to see how the Eagles can capitalize in 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:33.200 the red zone, something they've struggled with the past few weeks. 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:35.479 They can march down the field, but they could not 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:37.640 score when it came to the red zone. So we 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:40.960 did see some scoring in the red zone today, which 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:43.839 was great. However, that first half, like we touched on 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:47.320 when we opened the show, was tough for that Eagles offense. Yeah, 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:49.640 the offense didn't really get unlocked until they had the 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:52.360 big play to Quiz Walkings in my opinion, and then 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.599 you know, Jalen was able to run that in for 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:57.799 a touchdown. The block punt obviously set up great field 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:01.839 position led to the game winning touchdown. Down some things 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:05.160 to be to be corrected. From an offensive standpoint, I'm 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.320 not so sure they came in with the same game 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.680 plan they ran against the Kansas City Chiefs. I would 0:07:09.680 --> 0:07:11.080 have liked to have seen a little bit more of that, 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.240 a little bit more throwing the ball down the field. 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:17.360 It seemed as if Carolina was aware about the deep 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:19.400 ball and for the most part in the first half, 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:22.160 and they forced everything to be thrown underneath, and that 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.360 makes it it just makes it hard for an offense 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.880 to really score if you don't have the explosive plays. 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:29.880 I mean, when you think about the touchdown we scored, 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:33.520 it came from the Quiz Watkins explosive play, those eight 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:36.360 ten play drives. Man, that's what the defense wants you 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:38.200 to have to do in order to score. No question. 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:40.000 We talked about that on the defensive side, and that's 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.320 why the defensive identity is what it is, right because 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:44.280 it's hard to do that on offense. I think I 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:46.120 think the big thing early in this game, you just 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.080 couldn't get Jalen Hurts into a rhythm right. And when 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.320 you reflect back on the win in Atlanta even last 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:53.000 week against Kansas City, Jalen Hurts was in that rhythm 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.440 early and often, and I feel like that led to 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:58.240 sustained success. We just didn't get that early. But like 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.360 I said, after that deep ball of Quest Watkins, I 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:02.720 thought they moved the ball really well. Last week. You know, 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:04.880 the story was it was one of Jalen Hurts as 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.559 if not his best performance so far in the league. 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:11.160 So it seemed like two different quarterbacks. Really we're looking 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.280 at from last week to this week because last week 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:15.400 he commanded the offense, he had so much pois. His 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:19.520 pocket presence was very, very impressive. He was throwing really 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:22.440 good screen passes. The screen pass was not working out 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:26.360 too well today. So it was just interesting to see 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.320 coming off of the game he had last week. We 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:31.200 talked so much about confidence in his development and his growth. 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.160 I'm not saying he took a few steps back. It 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:37.000 just was different quarterback play than we saw last week. 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.680 Oh yeah, welcome to the life of an NFL quarterback. 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.040 It's gonna be that way from week to week. Some 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:46.040 defenses you face, you're gonna hear your eyes are gonna 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:47.839 pop because you want to say, man, we got a 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.360 lot of opportunities to make some plays there. And then 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:52.280 there are some defenses that you're gonna face and you're 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:55.480 gonna find out it's gonna be tough slating today. I 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.760 thought for the most part, he remained patient back there. 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:01.240 You know, he obviously, like in every game, it's gonna 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:03.920 be throws that he wishes he could have back. You know, 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:05.840 guys that he may have missed that he wished he 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:08.120 had gotten the ball too. But for the most part, 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:12.720 I loved he never gave up, his confidence, never wavered. 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.839 You saw him on the sideline, keeping his teammates head 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:18.840 in the game, and he never held his head down. 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:21.200 And when your quarterback has the ability to have that 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.920 type of mental toughness, you're never out of the game. 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.880 You could tell all he was looking for was for 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.560 his defense or somebody to give him an opportunity to 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:58.440 make a play off TJ. Edwards at the podium whatever there. Yeah, 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.400 it was something that you know, we worked during all 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:03.760 week and um, you know, we knew if we got 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:05.240 a certain look from them, if they blocked it a 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:07.080 certain way, that we could switch it and go do 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.560 a different kind of rush. And um, I mean it 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:12.679 just it worked out perfectly. Sean Bradley picked a hip 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.200 and it was I was free. So it was just 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:23.200 like how we drew it up. Yeah, yeah, I mean 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:26.520 it's just it's the ultimate team sport, right. You need everybody, um, 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:28.680 at all times to be at their best, and um, 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:30.680 you know one side's not as well the other side. 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:32.000 I got to pick them up just like you know, 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.920 it's gonna happen other ways during another game. So um, 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.640 it was really the ultimate team win. It feel great today. 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:41.400 I'd never block a point before, so it felt it 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.439 felt really good. Um, yeah, first one, so hopefully more 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:56.600 to come time. H Yeah, No, I thought he I 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:58.360 thought he did well. I think every day comes in 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:00.640 with the open mindset, wants to learned as much as 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:02.719 he can. And um, you know, I think a guy 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:04.480 who just comes in every single day and works and 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:06.439 works and works and wants his body to be right, 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:09.240 and um, you know, mentally he's doing everything he can 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:11.960 to be right for us. So uh, you know, obviously 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:13.280 he's got a lot of a lot of talent and 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.400 it's just good to see him out there healthy and 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:23.920 running around. To be honest with him, yeah, yeah. They 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:25.840 gave us a kind of the same look in one 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.120 of our early rushes, and um, you know, we kind 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:29.760 of just switched a couple of things up on the 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:32.320 on the second rush and Ray we get home. So 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:40.439 it was awesome. Yeah. No, I think we we all 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:43.120 wanted to come in and put our best foot forward. Um. 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:44.640 I think that, you know, the past couple of weeks 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:47.280 has been, um, not to our standard. And you know, 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:48.800 when you get a bunch of guys who are working 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.160 towards a common goal and want to do anything they 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:53.520 can to help improve this team, um, you know, good 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:55.440 thing is gonna happen, and we got the right leadership, 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:57.960 the right the right guys in this room, and um, 0:11:58.000 --> 0:11:59.240 you know it just it just goes to show what 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:00.800 you know, hard work and keeping your mind on the 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:02.719 right things we'll do for you. So I thought we 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:10.320 played well today. Um, nothing, nothing too crazy. To be 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:12.120 honest with you, I think it's just guys, you know, 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:15.720 executing an assignment with violence, and um, knowing that we 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:17.240 want to stop the run and we're you know, the 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:18.920 foot off eagles. You know, we don't want to give 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.280 up you know, big runs and things like that. So 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:23.960 you know, obviously always room to improve, but just coming 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:26.400 out there and putting our best foot forward, it felt 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:33.680 really good today. Yeah, there was no quit, no panic. 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:36.120 Um you know, I think that the biggest thing that 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.360 can happen is start freaking out and try to switch 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.319 a bunch of things up. And um, you know, I 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:42.240 think our guys just we just hunkered down and make 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:44.880 sure that we were doing our assignment well. And um, 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:46.880 you know I'll played them and scored more points than them. 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:48.520 I just think it was it was such a big 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:52.880 team win. To be honest with you, on all phases, 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:56.920 good sir, I appreciate you all right. That was t 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.719 J Edwards. He was a difference maker today. He said, 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:02.160 big team win. That's exactly what it was. And it's 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:04.680 no secret who comes to town on Thursday, Tom Brady 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:07.959 in the Buccaneers. So how important was this win today? 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.040 Obviously they needed to find a way to get in 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.360 the wind column. But knowing what's down the line, I know, 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.480 you want to stay present and focus on what's at hand, 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:17.200 but Thursday night comes pretty quick, Yeah, no doubt. I 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.719 mean the players obviously aren't looking ahead to Thursday night. 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:23.280 Just the very fact that they've lost three in a row. 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:25.640 I mean, that is a terrible taste of having your 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:29.600 mouth in the National Football Wage. Consecutive weeks with losses, 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:32.839 it makes the weeks seem so much longer. No one's 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:35.480 happy at home, no one's happy walking around the building. 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:38.200 So for almost a month the Eagles have had this 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:41.760 cloud hanging over them. So today's win is a huge 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:46.439 win just from a mental health standpoint, right, And they 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.240 needed to get a w just so they can get 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:52.400 that confidence going again. I know the TJ said no 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:54.920 one had lost confidence, but man, when you don't get 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:57.280 the results you're looking for after all the work you 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.880 put in, it can be deflating. So I'm sure this 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:02.960 the rod back home is going to feel good for him. 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.600 It'll be a much more of a fun riding back 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:07.680 home than we thought it would be after those first 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.120 couple quarters in this game, I think the big thing 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:12.760 is just again and he reflected on it very early there, 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:16.400 TJ just a full team win, having all three sides contribute, 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.840 having the defense pick up the offense when in the 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:21.000 past it's been vice versa. I think that that was 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:23.960 important a big takeaway here for this w Something important 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.360 that I thought he said was at halftime, no one panicked. 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:29.200 Jonathan Gannon didn't panic and trying to make all kinds 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.720 of adjustments, which I think the defense reflected that in 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:34.600 the second half because they didn't really change too much 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:36.960 up They stuck to what they planned to do. They 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.760 had a better understanding what Carolina was showing them offensively, 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:42.800 but they just stayed the pace. They stayed the course 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.240 of the game and ended up working out for them. Yeah, 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.960 And I thought outside of the first drive that Carolina 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:49.360 when they had the ball to them, you know, I 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:51.640 thought the Eagles defense played pretty well in the first 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:53.880 half no need to make a lot of adjustments. They 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:56.320 gave up that field goal, but the fact is they 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:58.680 held them to a field goal once they got down there. 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.560 And I thought coming out in the second half that 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:05.120 the defensive line would start to win those battles up front, 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.120 and that's really what took over. They were doing a 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:10.360 nice job and the secondary switching up the coverages. You know, 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.080 Darius got the interception in the first half, so not 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.880 surprised that Jonathan Gannon didn't do a whole lot of 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:20.160 adjustments at the half. Just fine tune some small things, 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:22.680 but continue to get out to Sam Donald. And Sam 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:25.400 Donald was a completely different quarterback in the second half. 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:28.080 I thought in the first half he was too comfortable 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:30.960 back there. Second half he never looked comfortable. I think 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:33.360 you mentioned the getting the cloud out from over your 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:35.480 head with the wind, and I think that definitely is 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.480 applicable for the entire team. But just defensively, think about 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:40.800 those guys kind of exercising some of these demons. Right. 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:43.320 You had Darius Slay come up with two picks, Fletcher Cox, 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:45.320 he gets his first sock of the season. I think 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.400 the defense as a whole, we're gonna feel pretty good 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:48.880 I think coming away from this win, it was good 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:52.680 and he saw Josh Schutt, Barnett Williams. It was excellent 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:55.080 to see from the defense. Looking at the other side 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:57.880 of the offensive line, obviously still shuffling some things around. 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:01.040 We saw Jordan my Lot at right tackles today. Andre 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:04.480 Dillard stayed at left tackle since Jordan returned. M Definitely 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:07.880 some struggles along that offensive line, but again we're looking 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:11.320 at different combination week after week after week. There's there's 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:13.680 some kinks you gotta work out, but they're rolling with 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:16.200 the punches. Yeah, and you know, Jordan my Alta gave 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:18.080 up a couple of sacks out there today, But I'll 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.320 take my hat off to Jordan Um playing a new position. 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:24.240 I'm sure that knee isn't one hundred percent healthy. I've 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:27.720 had that mcl sprain before. Um. He gutted it out. 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:30.720 He was out there, looked tough to band at the 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:34.960 knees at times. Hasan reddick nice job getting under the 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:38.360 blocks out there and forcing Jordan to sort of get 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.280 on his heels a little bit. But I thought for 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:43.360 the most part he battled Um. Like I said, gave 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:45.240 up a couple of sacks, but I'll take my hat 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:47.280 off to him. Man. He suited up and he went 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:49.440 out there with his guys. They knew that they were 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:51.200 short a right. We actually have to go back to 0:16:51.320 --> 0:17:16.520 the podium. DeVante Smith, Hey, y'all doing all right? Questions. 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:20.239 Good for you guys to come back and get that win. 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:23.160 I mean on sideline, that was talked the whole time, 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:24.960 just keeping our heads up knowing that we was in 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:27.520 the game. Defense played great, knowing that they was giving 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:30.240 us opportunities. So offense, we just had to keep lifting 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:32.359 each other up, keep keep pushing. And that's what we did. So, 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:34.000 I mean, it feels good back and I'm gonna win 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:43.320 inside another I mean control you control, I mean, we 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:45.760 don't have no control over that. Just keep pushing. I mean, 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:58.000 just keep doing what we gotta do. Um, knew that 0:17:58.119 --> 0:18:00.320 there was gonna play a lot of zero, so that 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:01.720 was the main thing. Noting that they was gonna play 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:03.040 a lot of zero. So we had an answer with 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:05.560 the quick game. So just going in knowing that when 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:07.200 they brought zero, we just had to have an answer 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:13.440 for it. Um, just the intensity and just us being disciplined. 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:15.160 We was killing ourselves. So it was just the whole 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:18.040 talk was just stop killing ourselves, so to stop making 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:22.200 a little small mistakes and just keep pushing. I mean, 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:28.560 everybody's happen right now, exciting. Um, just just to keep going. 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:30.960 I mean the defense they did what they did. Um, 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:33.320 they kept m getting stops for us, and we just 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:35.280 went out there and just execute it. So that was 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:37.119 the whole thing. Just on one side of the ball 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:39.080 is um doing what they got to do that they're 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:43.680 gonna pick the other side up. And that's what they did. Mindset. 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:48.359 I mean after the fine ball, I mean I was 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:50.639 little mad, but I mean you gotta let it go. 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:54.120 Game still going. You can't sit up there, Um think 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:56.359 about that the whole time. So I mean just corrected. No, 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:58.439 I gotta catch the ball and take it fast. So 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:01.159 I mean nothing not control over there, just catching talking 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:10.880 move on. So UM it was big because we needed 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:12.920 that spark offense. We needed that big play, and that's 0:19:13.080 --> 0:19:14.600 that was what we were saying. We just need somebody 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:15.840 to make a big play. And he stepped up and 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:21.439