WEBVTT - Eagles 360: Bradford Vs. Patriots? 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:35.919 Along everyone, We welcome you at Eagles three sixty at 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:39.280 an Overcare Complex our Exfinity studio Davis Spidero along with 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:41.479 Chris McPherson. First time that I've had a chance to 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:44.840 sit here and talk since the Eagles loss on Thanksgiving 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:47.319 to Detroit. We are not going to go through that 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:50.680 game piece by pieces, far too painful. We do want 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:52.239 to kind of look ahead at this football team as 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:56.320 it gets ready for New England on Sunday, with or 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:59.560 without Rob Gronkowski will update that of course as the 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:01.840 week go along. Chris, you've been around the building all day. 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:04.600 What do you sense is the mood around here? They're 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:06.920 moving on and obviously it's a cliche of New England 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:10.399 to use very successfully Last year, after that disappointing loss 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:12.920 to Kansas City, they moved on to Cincinnati, and I 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:14.600 think that's what the Eagles are doing at this point. 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.280 I like Chip Kelly's approach of how he takes every 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:20.200 game a week at a time, and it's very important 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:23.760 that with all the outside noise starring to circumvent here 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:26.479 at the Novocare Complex, people saying this then and the other, 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:29.319 that the team just focuses on its own business and 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:32.080 handle what they can control what you can control. At 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:33.640 this point, you're not going to be able to make 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.520 up any ground in the division. You know, one fell swoop. 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:39.080 They need to get back to playing the way they 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:42.240 were earlier in the season, and will offer our suggestions 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:45.600 on exactly what the defense, for example, can do after 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:49.440 consecutive games of forty five points allowed. Brian Westbrook will 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:51.559 join us later in the show. First things first, let's 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:55.120 get you caught up on everything going on with Eagles today. 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:59.400 Chip Kelly meeting the media amid a lot of speculation. 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:05.240 Report it's inuendo and fascinating rumors. Hi everyone, I'm Alex 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:07.960 Smith and this is your three sixty update. The Eagles 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:09.600 will be back out on the practice fields here at 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:12.240 the Novacare Complex on Tuesday, But on Monday we heard 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:14.240 from head coach Chip Kelly, who gave an update on 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:17.000 the status of quarterback Sam Bradford and while the Eagles 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:19.280 will have to wait and see how Bradford responds this 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:22.040 week in training, Kelly did talk about which areas of 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:25.399 the game he's seen improvement in Bradford. I think there's 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:28.399 a comfort level with him. Obviously he missed a lot 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:30.560 of the offseason program. Was here every day, but not 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:33.200 taking the reps every day, you know, in the offseason program. 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:37.000 So I think his obviously when he's around it and 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:39.160 he's in it and practicing in it every day, playing 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:41.440 every day, you know, you could see him grow. When 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:43.440 I thought he grew, you know, really in those last 0:02:43.440 --> 0:02:44.800 couple of games. So he played really well when we 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:47.440 played Dallas, you know, and I thought he was on 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:49.000 track when we were playing in Miami, and then he 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:51.560 gets hurt. So we'll hopefully we'll see where he is. 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:53.000 I don't know what his status would be this week. 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:56.120 Over the past two weeks, the Eagles defense has had 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:58.720 their fair share of struggles, but according to Kelly, he 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:01.760 has full confidence in defensive coordinator Bill Davis and the 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.520 rest of the Eagles defensive coaching staff because I've seen 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:06.680 Billy do a great job. And up until two weeks ago, 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:08.440 we I thought we were playing really well on the 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:09.960 defensive side of the ball. I thought we're doing some 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:11.639 really good things on the defensive side of the ball. 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:14.640 You know. The last two weeks, obviously, we haven't played 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:16.320 as well as we can as a team on that 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:17.920 side of the ball or in any phase of the 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:21.560 in any phase of the game in the last two weeks, offensively, defensive, 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:24.520 or special teams. But I've seen him coach, and I 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:26.840 know Billy knows football. I know Billy's a really good communicator. 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:28.560 I know Billy's a really good teacher, and he's a 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:31.720 really really good football coacher. And finally, it seems that 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:35.119 with every major college coaching job that becomes available, Chip 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:37.880 Kelly becomes a candidate for that job. But today Kelly's 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.160 shot down any rumors of him leaving for the USC 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:43.280 job or any other college football job, as he says, 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:46.760 all focus is on beating the New England Patriots. No, 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:49.080 I really don't, because there's so many things that are 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:52.520 written and said nowadays that it's ridiculous, and it's it's 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:54.240 I think a lot of times we just chuckle and 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:56.400 laugh to be honest with him. You know that I 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:59.040 had a meeting in Philadelphia with the USC on Friday. 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:02.840 I mean I was in New Hampshire, So no, I've 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:05.720 never I mean, it's it's crazy, but it's just it's 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:07.560 really it's kind of sad that everybody can just write 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:09.440 whatever they want or say whatever they want, and then 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.680 everybody takes it as the truth. You know, it's it's 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:14.840 it's the world we live in. But if you have 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:16.880 to sit there every single day and combat everything that 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:19.360 comes out, it's it's I mean, you're just I think 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:21.359 you're wasting time. Our focus and energy is going to 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:23.599 be on the New England Patriots. So it's I don't 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:25.240 know why it comes up or why it has to happen, 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:27.440 but to have that every day, with every rumor that 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:30.919 you hear about every person or everything, is just it's crazy. 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:33.960 That will wrap things up here from the Novacare Complex. 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:36.280 Be sure to stay tuned to Philadelphia Eagles dot Com 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:39.120 throughout the week for all of your latest Eagles news. 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.479 Thanks so much, Alex. Let's be honest here, Chris. It 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:47.400 will never stop with Chip Kelly. He will always be 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:50.680 linked to the glamour jobs in college football. 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We all wonder why. 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:45.840 I would say, first and foremost, you have to look 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:47.680 at the play of the quarterback position and the fact 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.680 that you inserted Sam Bradford into the lineup, and look, 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.080 it took time for him to adjust after not playing 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:56.120 football for the better part of two seasons. As Chip 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:59.520 Kelly said earlier today, Bradford starting to improve. We started 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:01.720 to feel more, were more comfortable in the offense, and 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.280 a play in particular that I pointed to was him 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:06.600 rolling out of the pocket down the red zone early 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.240 against Miami and finding Josh Huff in the back of 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:12.080 the end zone for the touchdown. Being able to see 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:15.640 him finally put all of those skills together. So unfortunately 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.040 the injury came when it did. Hopefully we'll be back 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:20.320 in the lamp this week now. As for what he 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:22.440 can do for the Eagle's offense, I think the biggest 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:25.400 thing with him is he can challenge defenses outside the 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:28.960 numbers and vertically down the field and utilize the talents 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.360 there where. You look at when Mark Sanchez did, he 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.000 ran the offense with tempo, He got everyone to the 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.520 line of scrimmage quickly, but I thought defensive were starting 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:38.760 to creep in knowing they pretty much had to defend 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:41.199 just the middle part of the field there. I think 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:44.840 Bradford will make defenses respect, especially outside of the numbers, 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:48.080 a lot more. And let's be clear, the Eagles one 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:51.040 of the main objectives coming into the season was finding 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:55.960 that franchise quarterback and finding him not only for twenty fifteen, 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:58.360 but for many years to come. I don't think that 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:01.120 there's an answer yet to that question. To that picture, 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:03.720 it's not clear. That's why it's important that Sam Bradford 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:06.480 gets back on the field stays healthy for five games. 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:10.199 It gives you more of an opportunity to evaluate him 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:14.080 and find out the weaknesses, find out the strengths, find 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:16.880 out how you can tailor the offense better to fit 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:19.760 his skill sets. So I know how Eagles fans feel. 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:23.400 Four and seven disappointed, three straight losses, got it understood. 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:26.400 The Eagles still need to find out about their football players, 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.360 and the quarterback position is at the very top of 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.000 the list. So let's all hope that Sam Bradford gets 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.360 healthy now. The Eagles the running game has just not 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:38.120 been there for much of this season. Chris Ryan Matthews 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:41.240 out with a concussion, sounds like he's a major question 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:44.160 mark to get back for this Patriots game. It's a shame, 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:46.480 very scary. In fact, they's already missed the last two games, 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:48.640 and the fact that his stats is still question marks 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:51.360 hanging into this week is certainly a surprise. But when 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:53.880 Matthews and Murray the market Mury were on the field 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.080 together that mill part of the season, the Eagles rushing 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.000 attack was getting going, and I thought they did a 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:01.719 great to have a compliment one another. Demarca Murray very 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.440 good with those inside zone runs in between the tackles 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:06.440 and use Matthews to be able to get on the 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:10.160 perimeter in the sweeps and the outside zone plays as well. Look, 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:13.000 they just bring two different things to the table. Murray 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:15.400 is more of a finisher. Matthews is a little bit 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:17.959 more quick, a little bit more elusive. I would say 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:20.440 Murray is tougher to bring down, but it's hard to 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:22.800 get your hands wrapped around a guy like Matthews who 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:25.760 has that big size that you see typically in bigger 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.680 running backs, but has the quickness and the agility to 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:31.480 be able to beat defenses on the perimeter. So from 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.160 that standpoint, Dave, I think that's what the Eagles are 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:35.680 missing right now, is just that complimentary piece that they're 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:38.760 not focusing all the attention on Murray. Yeah. I tend 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.480 to think that the offensive line is really the culprit 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:44.000 here in terms of the running game. Over the years, 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.559 we see when they're offensive line is working well, doesn't 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:48.400 really matter who the running back he is. Unfortunately for 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:51.760 the Eagles, that offensive line has not been consistent from 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:54.720 its play, from its stability, from its continuity, a lot 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:58.120 of injuries, and the Eagles just not able to get 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.760 the running game going, which, as we know, sets up 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:04.880 everything else in this ship Kelly offense. So Ryan Matthews 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:06.920 or not, the Eagles need to get something going. And 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:09.720 I gotta be play a little keepaway from Tom Brady 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:13.440 on Sunday question. I don't see the Eagles going tempo tempo, 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:17.200 tempo tempo unless they've got something going and scoring a 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:18.920 lot of points. Well, what was so frustrating was we 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:20.840 saw early in the game against Detroit. You saw the 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:23.800 offense matriculate the ball down the field. They made some 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.560 third down conversions, and he figure, Okay, they're getting themselves 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:29.040 in position for an early scoring strike, but then they 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.280 had the Lane Johnson penalty when he was moved over 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:33.760 to left tackle after Jason Pierce had to exeter just 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:36.480 ten snaps, and then cab Sturgis attempted the fifty yard 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:38.800 field goal that claimed off the uprights, and that really 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:40.520 just kind of set the tone for what was a 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:44.320 dismal day down there in Detroit. Good starts against Miami, 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:47.400 good start against Tampa Bay, not a bad start against 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.800 Detroit offensively, and the Eagles are the owners of three 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:54.800 consecutive losses. 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We think 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:22.920 than Tampa Bay forty five points Detroit forty five points, 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:26.760 five touchdown passes in each game allowed by the Eagles defense. 0:14:27.040 --> 0:14:29.320 This is an Eagles defense Chris did earlier in the season, 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:33.640 taking the football away, stopping the run better in the 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:37.480 red zone. First, what has happened, and then what can 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:39.040 we do here in the final five games? Look at 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:40.960 what's happened last couple weeks day. The first thing I'm 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:44.280 gonna look at is the offense, and maybe you're probably thinking, well, 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:46.280 you guys just delved into the offense. Was a to 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:48.600 do here? I feel like that the defense may have 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.040 seen the offense struggle on the field and realized that 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.800 they had to play virtually a perfect game in order 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:56.000 the peoples you keep the Eagles in it, and it just, 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:59.160 unfortunately was not going to come to fruition. So from 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:01.800 MeTL standpoint, they need to forget about that and focus 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:04.520 on their jobs on the field. I'm looking first and 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:07.760 foremost at the defensive line here. We've talked about how 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:10.520 Fletcher Cox has played at an all pro level this season. 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:13.720 Benny Logan has had a very very good twenty fifteen campaign. 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:17.040 They need to bring their a games against a hobble 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:19.480 New England offense. You know you're going to see a 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:21.440 lot of quick passes. Tom Brady is going to get 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:23.920 rid of the football quickly. But you cannot allow what 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:26.720 Garrip want and that run game to get going. They 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:29.240 need to win the upfront to set the tone for 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:31.360 the rest of the defense. Yeah, and then along with 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.560 that you win the physical battle at the line of 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:35.960 screaming jaw. Very important. The concerning part to me, and 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:38.520 I'm not gonna blame the offense for the Eagles defensive struggles. 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.560 I see a defense that has allowed far too many 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:45.320 third down conversions that lived on the takeaway early in 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:48.360 the season. There have been zero takeaways in the last 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:50.720 three games. A team that in the last three games 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:53.640 has just had so many troubles in the red zone. 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:55.880 So what do you do. Well, You've got to mix 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:59.080 things up, no doubt against Tom Brady, but fancy gimmicks 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:01.360 and schemes and this splitz and that it's not going 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:04.040 to work. Against Tom Terrific, he's seen it all comes 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:06.440 down to execution. Eagles just need to man up and 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.680 be more physical. This defense has lost its physical edge, 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.480 not only up front, the linebackers, particularly the inside linebackers 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:17.600 running around blocks, not taking on blocks. Quarterback Byron Maxwell 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.280 needs to play more physical. He needs to be more 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:24.480 interested in tackling the man rather than going for the strip. 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:27.720 Eagles safeties, I think they've been consistent and find Jenkins 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:30.400 and you know he's played very well back there with 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:34.040 Walter Thurman, he's played well. But the Eagles secondary has 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:37.440 absolutely no chance if you a don't stop the run 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:40.240 and b if you don't get to the quarterback. And 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:41.720 I know a lot of people out there saying, well 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:44.000 Eagles aren't blitzing enough. Well, they did almost the entire 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.600 game against Matthew Stafford. You see what it did for them. 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:50.080 Comes down to being more physical, playing more as a man, 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:53.000 winning your battle, and then mixing up the scheme. There's 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.560 certainly a part of that. I'm not excusing Bill Davis 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:59.200 from this, but this defense has I would think Chris 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:01.960 hit Rock from a pastoral standpoint, I want to see 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:05.120 a little more Vinny Curry two sacks in fifteen snaps 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.600 on Thursday against the lines. He has been very, very 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:10.680 productive in those types of situations and that's where he thrives. 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:13.600 So why not give him more of an opportunity, because 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:16.760 quite honestly, the Eagles are lacking that number three pass 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:20.080 rusher after Connor Barrow and Brandon Graham. Graham had that 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:22.639 role the number three guy year ago, they really haven't 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:26.000 had someone to fulfill it. So hopefully maybe Vinny Curry 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:28.440 will get some more action into your point, David about 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:30.840 the secondary. I want to see a little more press coverage. 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:33.920 The Eagles emphasize the desire to have these tall, long, 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.560 physical corners. They need to utilize that at the line 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:38.920 of scrimmage. Too much off coverage and that is really 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:41.400 going to hurt you going against a team like New England. Yeah, 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.160 and listen, no disrespect to the weapons that the New 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.440 England Patriots have, because they make it work no matter 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:48.879 who they put on the field. And we've got a 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:51.240 quarterback like Tom Brady, He's going to make it work. 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:54.439 But Brandon LaFell is their leading receiver, not exactly a 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:57.240 superstar talent. So I'd like to see and I agree 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:59.720 with Chris, I'd like to see the Eagles challenge more 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:02.240 at the line of scrimmage. As for the pass rush 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:04.679 with Brandon Graham and Connor Barbin, the Eagles know that 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:06.440 neither one of them, and they knew before the season 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:09.160 neither one of them an elite pass rusher. The lack 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:12.480 of development from Marcus Smith has really come back to 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.359 hurt this defense. You're talking about a first round draft 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.520 pick who cannot get on the field, who cannot produce 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:23.280 for this defense, and you really miss that edge rusher 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.439 that offenses have to account for. At this point, the 0:18:26.480 --> 0:18:29.800 only real player of the Eagles have is who kind 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:31.879 of says, hey, let's worry about this guy is probably 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:34.960 Fletcher Cox, and he's not necessarily a pass rusher in 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:36.920 a three four defense. So the Eagles, if you don't 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:39.840 win an upfront, you're gonna pay for it in the secondary. 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:42.399 And that's what's happening to this football team. When we 0:18:42.480 --> 0:18:45.440 return to Eagles three sixty, the Hall of Famer Brian 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:49.720 Westbrook joins us via Skype. He's in Maryland, but he's 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:52.480 got some opinions on the Eagles. At four and seven, 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:55.360 just one game out in the NFC East what does 0:18:55.400 --> 0:19:05.760 this team do in the stretch? I got tickets, Metro tickets. 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:08.119 You need a Metro ticket? Talk to me, please, I 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:10.399 don't even know these real tickets. If you know, just 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:14.080 doesn't touch it. This leather legit. I mean, how do 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:17.960 we really know? It looks good? Right? No, I'm paying myself. 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:20.680 I gotta make Does the baby need a Metro ticket? 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:22.320 I'll give her one on me. These tickets. They're not 0:19:22.320 --> 0:19:24.440 stealing your soul. You can look at him. May Nobody 0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:25.880 wants to buy tickets from a guy on the street. 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:49.520 I don't understand. I want to go. 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Start 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:36.280 your journey at TRIPLEA dot com. I's Eagles three sixty 0:20:36.320 --> 0:20:38.880 Dame Spinnaro along with Chris McPherson. Time now to bring 0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:41.720 in our Hall of Famer former Eagles running back Brian 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:45.760 Westbrook via Skype. Brian has obviously been watching this Eagles 0:20:45.800 --> 0:20:49.719 team very carefully here every Monday on Eagles three sixty. Brian, 0:20:49.760 --> 0:20:53.120 you saw Thanksgiving, You've lived through games like that. What 0:20:53.160 --> 0:20:56.600 are you seeing from this football team. We're seeing a 0:20:56.640 --> 0:20:59.040 team that is not playing very well right now. And 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:01.760 when you have a small margin of era like this 0:21:01.840 --> 0:21:05.400 football team has, you can't make any mistakes. You can't 0:21:05.440 --> 0:21:07.760 have the off side penalties, you can't have the holding, 0:21:07.960 --> 0:21:09.720 you can't have the drop balls, you can't have the 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:12.560 missfield goals. And then you're gonna need some luck as well. 0:21:12.560 --> 0:21:14.080 You're gonna need to be able to make plays on 0:21:14.119 --> 0:21:16.679 the defensive side of the ball and get some special 0:21:16.680 --> 0:21:19.800 teams plays and all of those things this football team 0:21:19.880 --> 0:21:21.840 is not getting at this point. And so you have 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:24.080 to be able to play a complete football game, and 0:21:24.200 --> 0:21:26.200 right now they're not doing that. Probably gonna be a 0:21:26.200 --> 0:21:27.840 lot of heat on the coach as a head coach 0:21:28.359 --> 0:21:31.119