WEBVTT - Press Pass: Jeffrey Lurie 0:00:08.680 --> 0:00:17.520 Anyway, it's good to see you too. Okay, Um, you 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:19.840 know what, I just wanted to kind of make myself 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:24.360 available a little here, share my excitement for the season 0:00:24.440 --> 0:00:27.200 with our fans. And really that's the reason it's sort 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:29.760 of impromptu. I didn't give any notice. I appreciate you 0:00:29.760 --> 0:00:33.120 guys coming on short notice too. Kind of woke up 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:36.760 this morning and said, you know, uh, talked in March 0:00:37.120 --> 0:00:39.159 extensively about the state of the team, but some of 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:42.040 you don't get to the owner's meetings in March, so 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:44.400 I was thinking, Okay, a good time to do it. 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:47.360 I'm excited share it with the fans. And it's not 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:49.400 meant to be a state of the team or anything, 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:52.000 just sort of an impromptu thing and have fun like 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:54.640 we did last time. Okay, open up to any questions 0:00:54.640 --> 0:01:06.040 you guys. Yeah, oh, okay, Hey, Jeff, other than twenty fifteen, 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:08.720 how he's been the GM since twenty ten, no playoff 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:12.000 wins during that span. What's your evaluation of him going 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:14.319 into this year, through this offseason, and what gives you 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:16.520 the confidence he's the guy to build a championship. Yeah. 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:19.280 I think how he's done a tremendous job. I have 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:24.000 real total confidence in Howe the last couple of years, 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:32.600 remarkable franchise changing decisions, and as I've said before, it 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:36.840 is not easy to not tank and be able to 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:39.000 accomplish the goals you want to make. In the NFL, 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:43.679 it's so hard to get quarterbacks and the maneuvering the 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:47.280 use of assets the way we did, the identification of 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:50.720 the one player that we you know, had a lot 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:54.640 of confidence in Carson Wentz at a time when other 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:59.600 teams all needed quarterbacks. That's just one of many many 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:04.360 Keith things that Howee, the player personnel department, analytics, everybody 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.520 has participated in, and the coaches in a big way. 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:12.079 Ever since then, it's like been one domino after another 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:16.040 in terms of smart moves. Really happy with the additions 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:22.400 this offseason, as was last offseason. In today's NFL, and 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:27.640 I've said this before, it's not simply having Okay, this 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:30.160 is your scout or this is your GM or whatever. 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:38.520 Football operations requires enormous processing and identifying of key data. 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:42.880 And if you don't have great player personnel department, excellent 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:48.440 analytics department, really good sports science, top notch player development, 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:53.600 excellent teaching, you're not going to be the team you 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:59.240 want to be, and Howe's primary function is to organize that, 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.600 to be the final decision maker when it comes to 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:06.880 the key moves we make, and also to structure contracts 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:10.520 so that we can maximize our assets. And you know, 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:14.080 the way he structured the Sam Bradford contract allowed us 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:16.280 to retrieve a first round draft choice and a fourth 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.600 round draft choice, very hard to accomplish in this league. 0:03:19.880 --> 0:03:21.880 We also didn't have a lot of assets to be 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:25.160 able to trade up in terms of getting Carson and 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:27.960 to that number two pick. You know, we were not 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.280 a two and fourteen team. We were going to be 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.560 drafting thirteen, I think, And how do you get there? 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:35.280 How do you get up there? We could get to eight. 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:38.960 It was a double move, very rare, you know, when 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:42.800 you look back on the last couple of years, very 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.720 impressive performance. And I couldn't have more confidence in how 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:49.760 he Jever, Yeah, sure of cover Rob's going to ask, 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:53.960 but I'll say ask specifically about, you know, some of 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:56.960 the things that how He's done since that owners being, Yeah, 0:03:57.280 --> 0:04:00.320 shoring up the secondary kind of turning a surplus of 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:04.720 wide receivers into a strength or maybe close to building 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:07.960 a strength there. I'm satisfied with that. Yeah, there's the key, 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:12.800 and you know, I think it's being philosophically sharp, which 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:17.760 is this, can you have take a patient, mid term 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:21.920 and long term view and at the same time maximize 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:25.479 short term opportunities And that's also not hard to do, 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:27.880 and that's not easy to do in the NFL. So 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:30.080 what we've been able to do I think this offseason 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:34.640 is really improve with a lot of good young players, 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:39.280 position ourselves to be able to have the flexibility to 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:43.000 resign every good player we have, and at the same 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:46.760 time adding some one year players that are very good 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:51.120 players like Alicean Jeffrey and Timmy Journegan, where you have 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:55.040 the ability to potentially have their rights, extend them, see 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:58.920 how they are, and go forward that dual purpose. I mean, 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.240 you know, some franchises, you can see it happening now 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:06.600 with this potential quarterback draft choice draft class. They're just 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.320 trading away assets and trying to get draft picks. We've 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:14.200 taken the philosophy that we can try to find a 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:16.640 way to get a franchise quarterback and then try to 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:19.600 really maximize both the short term and the long term 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:24.479 as best you can and consistently every decision for the 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:28.560 short term has been where we don't sacrifice any midterm 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:32.240 or long term flexibility. And that was the absolute standard 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:36.279 that we believed in and do believe in. So what 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:40.560 specifically is the expectation this year for Doug Peterson and 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:45.599 for the team? Okay, the expectation this year is that 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:50.000 we have improved the team. Who knows how the season's 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:55.280 going to go in terms of injuries, whether chemistry comes 0:05:55.320 --> 0:06:00.760 together every season to marathon, it's not determined until you 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:03.400 really look back on it and what happened and how 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:06.719 successful were you. But you know, I think I love 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.599 the blueprint we have. I think that we are headed 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:16.800 in a terrific direction. And look, I think honestly, you're 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.480 dealing with a team that's pretty young team. You have 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:23.240 some veterans that select, you know, positions like punter and 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:27.839 things like that, but and left tackle. But basically a 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:31.839 young team that has resigned a lot of players, a 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:35.440 lot of the core players, ability to acquire future players 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:39.400 will will evolve and have a great, you know, opportunity 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:45.000 there to do that. But the key is that we 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:50.559 we have the opportunity to compete strongly now and that's 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:53.200 that's what I expect. I expect us to compete strongly, 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:56.800 and we're in the second year of a of a 0:06:56.920 --> 0:07:00.080 very potentially special young quarterback. We don't even know that it. 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.880 So you look around the league, we're not you know, 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.400 like all of us. We look around, we see the 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:07.719 good young quarterbacks. How they do in their second year, 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.560 how the teams do in their second year. It's not 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:14.119 so much these young quarterbacks don't evolve. I think there's 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:20.160 a similarity to the way Marcus Mariota, Derek Carr, Jameis Winston, 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:22.880 you name it. The ones that are successful. You can 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:27.040 see year one, year two, year three. My expectation with 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:29.720 Carson is he will be better in year two than 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.560 year one. He'll be significantly better in year three than 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.320 year two, and he'll be significantly better in year four 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:39.360 than year three. Where that's where we're at. The difference 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:41.560 in records of the teams with all those you can 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:46.200 research it yourself, but it typically, I think, is how 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:49.280 terrific do you surround him? And you know, you have 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.280 young quarterbacks that join teams and take them to the 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:56.440 Super Bowl, But those are teams basically that have top two, 0:07:56.520 --> 0:08:00.240 top three defenses and whatever we hope to be there. 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:03.520 We hope to be there. But uh, that's the rarity. 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:06.480 And UM, you know, I see us as a team 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:11.040 with an excellent blueprint, great opportunity, terrific direction. But we're 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:16.800 in year two of the plan. Jeff, a former NFL 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:21.360 GM recently came out strongly criticizing Doug Peterson in terms 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:25.400 of his qualifications and made it seem as if he 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:28.440 was under the gun in terms of his tenure. Here 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:32.320 you mentioned improvement and how this is going to be 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:36.240 a long haul. What's your endorsement of Doug and you 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.000 will you stay with him and see and see this through. 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:41.640 I have a strong endorsement of Doug. I think first 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.839 of all those comments, I kind of you guys call 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:48.560 it clickbait or hot takes. Uh that that's that's how 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:53.240 I saw that. But you know, I Doug think about this. 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:57.040 I mean, Doug took over a team that had um 0:08:57.080 --> 0:09:01.440 some locker room issues with the previous head coach, lost 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:04.920 his starting quarterback ten days before the start of the season, 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:08.079 and was asked to use our young third string quarterback, 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:14.080 had to put together a coaching staff and you know, 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.560 my personal evaluation of the coaching staff that he put 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:21.520 together or inherited, but was open to Inherit is outstanding. 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:25.680 I mean really outstanding. And that is a that's a 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:33.240 huge credit because quarterback analysis, locker room chemistry, and the 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:39.600 ability to put together a top notch coaching staff, those 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:43.520 are three real key ingredients and I think he aced 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:47.400 them all. Yes, there's going to be growing pains with 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.000 any first year head coach. We've We've had that with Andy, 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:51.920 We've had it with Chip, We've had it, you know, 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:55.240 no matter who it is. I see him as someone 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:59.680 who can keep improving. And he's a listener, he's a collaborator, 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:03.240 and I think he has terrific relationships with the players, 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:07.320 and you know, the futures in front of him and 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:11.280 it's there for the taking. Jeff, would you sign Colin 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.640 Kaepernick if you had a need at quarterback? And what 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.640 do you think the owners around the league's responsibility is 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:21.120 when it comes to players who are demonstrating in the 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:25.439 name of social injustice. It's you know, it's that's kind 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:27.280 of two questions in one. Let me just focus on 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:33.120 social injustice because it's a big problem in America. Social injustice, 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:40.280 it's a big problem around the globe and anybody who 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:44.360 wants to do proactive things to try to reverse social injustice, 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:47.559 I'm all in favor of. It has to be respectful. 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:51.800 It certainly has to respect the military and the people 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:53.959 that serve, the women and men that serve our country, 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:59.560 emergency responders. Whoever that is, you've got to, I think, 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:04.239 do it in a respectful way. But I applaud anybody 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:09.199 that you know can find respectful ways of trying to 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:14.840 use their platform in some way, UM to discuss social injustice. 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.960 We all need to discuss it. We've all seen it 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.360 around us. We live in a city that has a 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:23.280 lot of it, and it's multiple issues. They're not just 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:26.920 you know, they're not racial and simply racial issues. They are. 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:32.200 There's there's a lot of economic issues and players have 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:37.479 gritten determination. There's no boundary on how that gritten determination, 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:40.679 UM gets expressed. I'm not talking about calling here. I'm 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:44.160 just talking about the concept of social injustice in America 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:48.600 and elsewhere. And uh, you know, sports is an opportunity 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:52.280 to bring people together, and I see it as an opportunity. 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:56.640 I applaud you know, um, when players can bring communities together. 0:11:56.760 --> 0:12:00.480 We see it all the time, and I think it's great. 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:05.240 You know, I have no idea, but that's that's you know, 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:10.840 we are completely happy with our quarterback situation. So like 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:14.720 every position situation, I mean, if that happened, we'd have 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:18.240 to fully evaluate it. With Michael Vick, there was a 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:22.000 complete vetting of how is he as a teammate, what 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:25.839 is his character, what's his potential, what's his football intelligence? 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:29.839 Could he can he be a backup in Michael situation 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:32.240 or a third string in that time period. It's a 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:36.920 whole series of evaluations. Um So anyway, that's that's how 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:39.040 we'd approach any player acquisition. I don't want to talk 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:43.080 about any specific player. Jeffrey, how have you seen Howie 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:45.720 Roseman and Joe Douglass work together and why are you 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:48.360 confident that partnership can work and be the one to 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:52.200 lead this organization going forward. Yeah, I've been incredibly impressed 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:54.680 with the two of them. How he has, you know, 0:12:54.720 --> 0:13:00.760 I think, been a terrific um manager and really kind 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:03.160 of I think, with a lot of self reflection, has 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:06.800 become somebody that has organized those multiple departments in a 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.920 very good way. Attracting Joe, Andy and that whole group 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:14.880 has been terrific Joe has just been wonderful to work with, 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:18.760 and you know, they seem to be working great together. 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.640 And the nice thing about them is I think they 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.080 can have a lot of open discussion on every issue 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:27.400 and and and that's how you reach the best decisions, 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:29.880 and that that's what I've seen. It was very happy with, 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:32.640 you know, the whole process in the draft this year, 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:37.199 and I thought it was very thorough, It was very strategic. 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:41.240 We knew exactly at what we would do if X 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:46.000 player wasn't there, and it was. It was simply great 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:48.760 discussion about what to do in the second round. That 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:54.280 was an upside decision. Obviously the organization hurt the short term, 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:58.680 but we thought it was looking forward. We don't expect 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:00.600 to be drafting in the top ten for a while, 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:05.440 hopefully for a decade or more. And it's hard to 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:09.880 get cornerbacks that you rate, you know, in the top 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:12.680 one or two in the draft, very hard to get. 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:16.200 So did a lot of research. Howie Joe led the 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:22.000 way and basically made the gamble that Sydney can be, 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:24.880 you know, the premier cornerback we think he can be 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:28.800 and healthy and it's a gamble, but it was something 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:33.560 we thought was a good strategy Jeffrey, as an owner 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:36.800 in this league. Yeah, as a follow up to Colin Sure, 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.920 there are a number of people who believe he's been 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:44.720 blacklisted as an owner. How would you, Yeah, Well, I 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:48.360 think the definition of blacklist is some discussion amongst people 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:52.120 to not hire or not approve or something like that. 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.840 I've never had a discussion with anybody, so it doesn't 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:59.400 work that way. I mean, there's no communication. We're very 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:04.760 competitive against each other, the thirty two owners. I don't 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:08.720 reveal anything, They don't reveal anything. And you know, there's 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:11.440 no discussion that ever takes place about any player. In 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:13.240 my twenty three years in the league, I've never heard 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.600 any discussion of a player like that. You keep it 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:21.000 to yourself and you have your own strategy, and you know, 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:25.760 I think it's that's the way it works. Jeffrey. I 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:29.480 heard you speak a little while ago about keeping a 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:32.800 long term vision while maximizing the short terms. And I 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:37.160 know in March you spoke of needing multiple drafts to 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:39.440 really get to the point where you have the team 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:43.160 you want. But now that you run the threshold of 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:46.440 the twenty seventeen season, is this a playoff team. Oh, 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:48.880 I think so much happens in any given season that 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:51.400 you can never say that. I mean I've never in 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:54.280 twenty three year, three years, even if coming off all 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:59.440 those multiple NFC nfcast championship games and NFC East titles 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:01.560 and all that, I've never come and said, you know, oh, 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.840 we're obviously a playoff team. It just doesn't work that 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:08.240 way in the NFL. I mean, look at last year, Uh, 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.720 what what was his Atlanta's record going into the season 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:14.640 and what was Dallas's record going into that season? Last year, 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.320 I think Dallas became the number one seed, and what 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:21.400 was Atlanta six and ten going into last year? With 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:24.080 with Maddie Ice, who's a very good quarterback. But we'd 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:26.000 be sitting here talking about how could you have Maddie 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:28.840 Ice and b six and ten and they you know, 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:33.000 developed one hell of a team. Uh So it's it's 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:38.440 sort of foolhardy to make any predictions whatsoever. You you 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:41.680 mentioned the analytics department. Yeah, um, I don't think fans 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:44.760 have a ton of insight into that group. What role 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:47.680 does it play in player personnel and how what sort 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:50.400 of the scope of that group. Yeah, we've been, we've 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:55.200 been you know, uh, utilizing analytics for a long long time, 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:58.880 but um now, I guess it's it's probably more codified 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:03.960 where there's just so much data to gain when you 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:08.960 do the research, and this is on college players pro players, 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:15.440 when you can really correlate and figure out what creates success. 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:18.080 All you're trying to do really is beat the odds. 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:21.879 Anyone who studies the NFL draft knows the odds of 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:26.280 hitting on draft picks is not high. Whether whatever round 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:29.000 you're in first is the highest, but it's not high. 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:33.160 And I know Washington Post did a pretty interesting study 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.000 of the draft over the last was at ten fifteen years, 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:40.880 and it was pretty interesting and very accurate. I think 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:45.679 it's it's so all all you try to do is 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:53.800 bring analytics, medical, everything together psychological to try to up 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:56.359 your odds. So if the odds in a fourth round 0:17:56.440 --> 0:18:00.600 are twenty one percent of a team ever getting a 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:03.359 player that can start for five years, you're trying to 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:06.080 get it to thirty percent or forty percent or something 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:09.680 like that. That's the only way to you know, improve 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:14.040 your performance. And that's so analytics, I think increasingly around 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:17.440 sports is very important. But it's a tool, that's all. 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:20.600 It is you know, if you're looking at Carson Wentz, 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:23.639 we do analytics, but it took a lot more than 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:30.040 analytics to decide that we were going to select Carson. Hey, Jeff, Um, 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.200 if I could follow up with something about Kaepernick when 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:39.200 you said you applaud anyone who respectfully find respectful ways, 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:43.360 you know, to have their platform. Does kneeling for the 0:18:43.440 --> 0:18:48.919 national anthem? Does that? Is that respectful to you know what? I? Yeah, 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:53.720 I don't think that anybody who is protesting the national 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:57.639 anthem in and of itself is very respectful. If that's 0:18:57.720 --> 0:19:01.800 all their platform is is to protest the national anthem, 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:06.920 then what's the proactive nature of it? Okay, it's it's 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:10.439 sort of but I think we sometimes can misinterpret what 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:14.320 those are and uh, you know, I've talked to Malcolm 0:19:14.359 --> 0:19:17.760 Jenkins about it, and uh you know, I think, um, 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:22.280 there's he's involved, very involved in our community here, and 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:26.160 uh that's that's my involvement with Malcolm. It's it's what 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:29.760 can you do as a player, um, to be involved 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:33.760 in the community, whether it's social injustice, whether it's autism, 0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:37.960 you name it. There's opportunities to really be proactive. We 0:19:38.040 --> 0:19:41.520 as a franchise, try to be as proactive as you 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:43.720 can be as a sports franchise, and we hope we'll 0:19:43.720 --> 0:19:47.640 get more and more proactive, um, you know, and particularly 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:51.240 on issues that we think are company wide, like autism 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:55.520 and things like that. So, UM, I just you know, 0:19:55.720 --> 0:19:58.840 I think it's all about respect. It's respect and uh, 0:19:59.520 --> 0:20:04.760 anyone you know I think doesn't have respect for the 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:10.040 servicemen that support the country, UM loses me. So it's 0:20:10.080 --> 0:20:14.320 like very important to show respect for the flag, for 0:20:14.359 --> 0:20:18.840 the anthem, but it can be misinterpreted that certain people 0:20:19.000 --> 0:20:20.720 are not showing respect. We got to get to the 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:23.240 bottom of what are they trying to accomplish and are 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:25.840 they being proactive in the community and what are they doing? 0:20:26.240 --> 0:20:27.720 And that's you know, I think you got to take 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:34.040 a more holistic view of it. Jeff. When when Jason 0:20:34.040 --> 0:20:37.520 Peters got his extension earlier a few months ago, he mentioned, 0:20:37.960 --> 0:20:40.800 I said, you guys were best friends. So just curious 0:20:40.800 --> 0:20:43.639 about what your relationship is like with him, and have 0:20:43.760 --> 0:20:46.680 you changed the way you try to be in relationships 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:49.480 with or your relationships with players over the years. Knowing 0:20:49.520 --> 0:20:52.639 that it is a business and you guys come and go, well, 0:20:52.800 --> 0:20:55.479 you know, first one, Jason Jason I are very close. Um. 0:20:56.640 --> 0:20:59.760 I have unbelievable respect for him as a player and 0:21:00.000 --> 0:21:03.480 as a teammate as a person, and we just you know, 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:07.480 we've had a close relationship for a long time. I've 0:21:07.480 --> 0:21:10.000 had close relationships with so many players. I don't think 0:21:10.040 --> 0:21:14.360 I've changed my philosophy on that whatsoever. It's um it's 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:17.639 sometimes really hard when you have to trade a player 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:22.959 recently John Dornbass. He's like a family member. But you know, 0:21:23.640 --> 0:21:27.520 it's it goes with the territory. You try to become 0:21:28.080 --> 0:21:31.160 as real and genuine as you can be with your 0:21:31.200 --> 0:21:35.159 fellow teammates, your players, your partners here. You're all in 0:21:35.200 --> 0:21:39.040 this together. And I've never shied away from it. I've been, 0:21:39.560 --> 0:21:42.160 you know, as you may or may not know, close 0:21:42.240 --> 0:21:44.320 with a lot a lot of players, a lot of coaches, 0:21:44.760 --> 0:21:48.760 and you know, maintain that friendship where regardless of whether 0:21:48.760 --> 0:21:52.919 they're still an Eagles family or not. But um, so, no, 0:21:53.080 --> 0:21:56.560 there's been no change, And I love Jason. Jason's just 0:21:57.280 --> 0:22:00.400 very special. Treffer. You've talked a lot about draft well 0:22:00.400 --> 0:22:03.520 in the value in terms of team building and building 0:22:03.520 --> 0:22:06.639 the talent around Carson Wentz. This offseason, the decision to 0:22:06.640 --> 0:22:09.040 bring in guys like al Shan Jeffrey lager Blond on 0:22:09.200 --> 0:22:12.520 short term deals. Is there any concern about any upeval 0:22:12.800 --> 0:22:16.000 moving forward given the salary cap, about keeping those guys 0:22:16.000 --> 0:22:18.600 and finding that balance of building around the quarterback that 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:20.560 you're ultimately going to have to extend to a long 0:22:20.680 --> 0:22:23.679 term deal. It's well said, it's a balance. But I 0:22:23.720 --> 0:22:27.399 mean al Sean provided the opportunity to get a young player. 0:22:28.359 --> 0:22:30.320 You know, if all show them were thirty three or something, 0:22:30.600 --> 0:22:33.480 we probably would have had very little interest in doing 0:22:33.480 --> 0:22:35.760 a one year deal like that. This was a twenty 0:22:35.760 --> 0:22:38.920 seven year old, very good, young receiver that we thought 0:22:39.000 --> 0:22:42.639 could be something that we would potentially be able to resign. 0:22:42.760 --> 0:22:47.800 We never signed anybody that we couldn't potentially resign going forward. 0:22:48.040 --> 0:22:50.840 That was the standard. If there was somebody that was 0:22:50.880 --> 0:22:53.000 only going to be here and he was twenty seven 0:22:53.000 --> 0:22:56.280 and we couldn't resign him, why do that, you know, 0:22:56.359 --> 0:22:59.680 give up assets or give up a significant cap room 0:22:59.760 --> 0:23:04.199 or something thing like that. Yeah. Any more thought to 0:23:04.320 --> 0:23:06.159 a pitting for a Super Bowl? I know you mentioned 0:23:06.160 --> 0:23:08.040 that when they were in New York bidding for a 0:23:08.040 --> 0:23:10.640 Super Bowl. Yeah, I'd love to. I mean, I really 0:23:10.760 --> 0:23:13.119 want to get the draft again. We can talk about 0:23:13.200 --> 0:23:18.360 the draft. The draft was one huge Philly success. You know, personally, 0:23:18.640 --> 0:23:21.000 it meant a lot to me. I love showcasing Philly 0:23:21.040 --> 0:23:23.800 across the country. I tell people wherever I go how 0:23:23.840 --> 0:23:26.320 incredible our fans are. But you know, they're fans of 0:23:26.359 --> 0:23:28.760 other teams. There's owners I talk to you about it, 0:23:28.800 --> 0:23:31.920 but they have their teams. It's very special here. It's 0:23:31.960 --> 0:23:34.959 it's incredibly special to own a team, and it's incredibly 0:23:35.000 --> 0:23:40.320 special to have this fan base. And the draft kind 0:23:40.320 --> 0:23:42.000 of showed it to the rest of the country, which 0:23:42.040 --> 0:23:44.680 I loved. I think it was great economically for the city, 0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:47.760 and I hope the city in the NFL can you know, 0:23:47.840 --> 0:23:52.800 come together and bring another draft to Philly. Super Bowl wise, 0:23:52.840 --> 0:23:55.360 it's a lot more difficult. You know, if we were 0:23:55.400 --> 0:23:58.320 able to build a retractable dome stadium, I think we 0:23:58.320 --> 0:24:01.320 would have had a Super Bowl by now. It was 0:24:01.359 --> 0:24:04.960 attempted in New York. It was successful, but it's it's 0:24:05.480 --> 0:24:08.719 it's not something I think the league is, you know, 0:24:08.880 --> 0:24:12.840 plotting to repeat. It may happen, but it's it's it's 0:24:12.840 --> 0:24:17.439 more iffy. Yeah, Obviously, Howie and Doug report to you, 0:24:17.560 --> 0:24:20.159 But what's your level of involvement on a day to 0:24:20.240 --> 0:24:23.280 day basis in terms of the decisions in the dynamics 0:24:23.320 --> 0:24:26.399 within the building. You know, um, as I said, I 0:24:26.400 --> 0:24:29.840 ask a lot of questions. You've known that I engage 0:24:29.880 --> 0:24:35.159 with them all the time. Great relationship with both Howie 0:24:35.200 --> 0:24:39.320 I probably uh, I don't know, talk to a couple 0:24:39.400 --> 0:24:42.800 times a day at a minimum at different times because 0:24:42.800 --> 0:24:44.879 we're dealing not just with players, We're dealing with the 0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:50.000 whole football operations, you know. So the technology, we want 0:24:50.000 --> 0:24:52.920 to be at the forefront of every form of technology 0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:55.960 that can give our players or coaches a better resource. 0:24:56.320 --> 0:24:59.080 We're constantly looking for what's what can give us a 0:24:59.160 --> 0:25:02.040 leg up on everything, So we're talking about all that 0:25:02.119 --> 0:25:07.400 kind of stuff. Doug as you know, very genuine, friendly 0:25:07.480 --> 0:25:12.959