Speaker 1: We'll take it everyone, We'll take it everyone. Welcome to
Speaker 1: the postgame Show. I'm just so excited. Okay, I can't
Speaker 1: hold it on that one. Welcome to the Postgame Show
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Speaker 1: Breathe a little easier, Okay. Basically, it was the matchup
Speaker 1: from January, the Divisional Round playoff game, repeated here with
Speaker 1: basically the same ending. Met Ryan goes to Julio Jones.
Speaker 1: This time it was to the left side of the
Speaker 1: field Royal Darby in coverage. Jones catches the ball this time,
Speaker 1: but his momentum takes him out of bounds and the
Speaker 1: Eagles escape with the eighteen to twelve victory. In my estimation,
Speaker 1: this is what exactly what the Eagles had to do tonight. Okay,
Speaker 1: we all knew that with Nick Foles starting at quarterback,
Speaker 1: there were a lot of turnover on offense in terms
Speaker 1: of players being injured during the preseason not being able
Speaker 1: to get that rhythm. The defense had to step up
Speaker 1: to the task. But when push came to shove, the
Speaker 1: Eagles offense got the job done to get the go
Speaker 1: ahead touchdown. Jagi his second score of the night, an
Speaker 1: eleven yards scant late in the fourth quarter, and the
Speaker 1: defense held on to give the Eagles to win. For me,
Speaker 1: you're going against a battle tested, very very good veteran
Speaker 1: Falcon squad. You just had to steal this one, so
Speaker 1: you kind of get your feet set as you go
Speaker 1: into the twenty eighteen season. Yeah. I mean, you know
Speaker 1: what I've learned, Chris watching these two play again tonight,
Speaker 1: is that these are two teams that are very close
Speaker 1: when it comes to talent, when it comes to execution,
Speaker 1: when it comes to being matched up against one another,
Speaker 1: they do a lot of similar things. You remember back
Speaker 1: to the game in January that was a defensive battle,
Speaker 1: same thing here tonight. The Eagles offense tough sledding for
Speaker 1: the most part in the first half, Eagles defense keeping
Speaker 1: them in the game, big stops in the red zone.
Speaker 1: That's really the difference in the game tonight. The Eagles
Speaker 1: defense in the first half keeping the Falcons out of
Speaker 1: the end zone, allowing the Eagles offense to final rhythm
Speaker 1: in the second half and get things going. And miden
Speaker 1: way through that third quarter, how about Dougie p bringing
Speaker 1: out a different version of the Philly Special from the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, sort of igniting this offense in the second half,
Speaker 1: certainly igniting the Eagles fans inside the Lincoln Financial Field.
Speaker 1: And I thought the defense was just outstanding all night. Hey,
Speaker 1: a little bit of ben, but don't break. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be difficult stopping Julio Jones. The Falcons they targeting so much.
Speaker 1: He's gonna get us catches, He's gonna get his yards.
Speaker 1: But for the fourth straight game, this Eagles defense when
Speaker 1: facing the Falcons, have been able to keep Julio Jones
Speaker 1: out of the end zone. He gets his numbers in
Speaker 1: between the goal line, the goal line, but he hasn't
Speaker 1: gotten in the end zone. And a great job. Really
Speaker 1: deja vu all over again that final defensive stand down
Speaker 1: there where Matt Ryan has multiple opportunities throwing the ball
Speaker 1: in the end zone. Great job by the Eagles red
Speaker 1: zone defense keeping them out of the end zone. Had
Speaker 1: us here with our hearts and our throats a little bit,
Speaker 1: But you know what a great way to kick off
Speaker 1: the two eighteen season. And we've realized that the defense
Speaker 1: was gonna come out, was gonna have to come out
Speaker 1: and lead the charge. That yeah, because the offense they
Speaker 1: just haven't had enough time to be on the field together.
Speaker 1: That show tonight. Sloppy play as well, when when you
Speaker 1: don't play guys in the preseason. And this isn't anything
Speaker 1: that's specifically related to the Eagles, this is a trend
Speaker 1: around the National Football League going through the preseason. You're
Speaker 1: gonna get sloppy play, penalties everywhere, turnovers in the second half.
Speaker 1: But the Eagles able to pull it together and really
Speaker 1: start running the ball with Jaya Jaii and I think
Speaker 1: they gave them a little momentum as well, big plays
Speaker 1: from Darren Spros. Nelson Agilore really the only threat in
Speaker 1: the passing game all night, and they had to use
Speaker 1: him in a different faceted ways just to get the
Speaker 1: ball moving. But just a great game and to deepense.
Speaker 1: So many stars on that side of the ball that
Speaker 1: we can go through. I'm gonna love looking at this game.
Speaker 1: This will be fun to want to watch. Twenty six
Speaker 1: total penalties called and accepted in this ball game. So certainly,
Speaker 1: as you said, it's almost preseason, ask, it's basically when
Speaker 1: you're resting guys during the actual preseason, you're gonna take
Speaker 1: these first couple weeks of the year to get themselves acclimated.
Speaker 1: It's almost the approach that New England takes with its
Speaker 1: team because they play so late into the year over
Speaker 1: and over and over again that by the time you
Speaker 1: get to the next regular season, it's such a shortened
Speaker 1: window that, look, you want to keep your guys as
Speaker 1: fresh as possible, so you're using these September games. And
Speaker 1: that's why in the past couple of years when we've
Speaker 1: seen the Patriots lose one of those close games averon
Speaker 1: and you say yourself, is this the year when it's
Speaker 1: gonna unfold? Well, no, that's not the case. It's just
Speaker 1: a matter of fact that, Look, they're trying to get
Speaker 1: their feet under them so they can peak when you
Speaker 1: get to October, November, and December when you're making that
Speaker 1: playoff push there. So what we're gonna do now is
Speaker 1: we're gonna send over to Lake and fire Field and
Speaker 1: we're gonna bring in the Eagles insider himself, Daves and
Speaker 1: Amy Campbell. Look, I mean, what a thriller. Dave first
Speaker 1: and foremost there the Eagles red zone defense, holding the
Speaker 1: Falcons out four out of five opportunities. It seems like
Speaker 1: all offseason Atlanta was preaching that I was gonna have
Speaker 1: a better red zone offense and that was not the
Speaker 1: case tonight. What did the Eagles do down there at
Speaker 1: the goal lot to be able to keep the Falcons out?
Speaker 1: What didn't matter most? Well, a couple of things here, Chris,
Speaker 1: and thank you very much for bringing it to Amy
Speaker 1: and I. Here an absolute replica of the game in
Speaker 1: January against the Falcons, the NFC Divisional playoff game, and
Speaker 1: what the Eagles did so well in the red zone.
Speaker 1: They dominated the line of scrimmage. Amy and I talked
Speaker 1: about this before the game. My focus was on the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage and your focus was on outside in
Speaker 1: coverage and Eagles dominated in both. Yeah, we were both right.
Speaker 1: I thought it was really a defensive showdown here for
Speaker 1: the home team, and like Chris mentioned, multiple tries there
Speaker 1: for the Atlanta offense. Atlanta was in the red zone
Speaker 1: a lot tonight and they did not get They weren't
Speaker 1: converting to touchdowns and a lot of those chances, and so,
Speaker 1: like you said, that defensive line kind of making it
Speaker 1: happen for them in the trenches, and then on the
Speaker 1: outside the dbs really stepping up, and of course Julio's Julio,
Speaker 1: so he's gonna eat no matter what. But outside of that,
Speaker 1: I'd say a great defensive showing from the home team. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and the Eagles I think really Chris and Ike in
Speaker 1: that last drive. Certainly throughout the game, they never let
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan drop back set feel comfortable in the pocket.
Speaker 1: They did a lot of it with a four man
Speaker 1: rush that allowed seven to drop into coverage. And Fletcher Cox,
Speaker 1: we talked about it before the game, a dominant performance
Speaker 1: in January against Atlanta. He Chris Long, Brandon Graham really
Speaker 1: really took care of business up front. Well, and your
Speaker 1: guy to watch Jordan Hicks too. How that really exciting sack.
Speaker 1: He basically bowled over DeVante Freeman there to take Matt
Speaker 1: Ryan down. Really exciting moment there for the deal. And
Speaker 1: the Eagles offense did just enough. They were able to
Speaker 1: mix things up a bit. Obviously a little bit of
Speaker 1: trickery helped them early in the game, and then they
Speaker 1: got the running game going and they got darren sproles
Speaker 1: involve catching the football. I thought he was a bit
Speaker 1: of an X factor. Corey Clement and JAGII, who's been
Speaker 1: bothered by a foot injury, ran hard, rand tough and
Speaker 1: put the ball in the end zone in the red
Speaker 1: zul Yeah, two touchdowns for Jji. I think you nailed it.
Speaker 1: They're saying that Philly Special replica two point zero was
Speaker 1: what seemed to really open up the offense a little bit.
Speaker 1: That there were a lot of hiccups and you know,
Speaker 1: kind of some timing issues, some rhythm issues, maybe some
Speaker 1: comfort issues for that first team offense, and it seemed
Speaker 1: like it took, you know, a trick play to kind
Speaker 1: of get them going a little bit there as well.
Speaker 1: And the crowd here obviously a big factor. Incredibly loud,
Speaker 1: not to the level I don't think of NFC playoffs
Speaker 1: last year, but very close. It was. It was a
Speaker 1: great home field advantage for the Eagles. Oh yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean this is my first regular season home game here
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia, so my first experience with the Philadelphia crowd,
Speaker 1: and man, I just I couldn't even leave the field
Speaker 1: for you know, I stayed down here for the first
Speaker 1: half and I was just soaking it up. The fans
Speaker 1: were so awesome and you know, I love the booing, right,
Speaker 1: like you gotta keep your team honest, like, you know,
Speaker 1: don't take long. Didn't take long. And you know, I
Speaker 1: reading tweets, people are saying, it's it's a banner knight,
Speaker 1: It's championship banner knight, and you're gonna get a boolee
Speaker 1: right into the first quarter. But you gotta keep your
Speaker 1: team honest. You know a good thing when you see it,
Speaker 1: and you know you know a bad thing when you
Speaker 1: see it. So I loved in my first experience here.
Speaker 1: It was awesome. Yeah, and this is the kind of
Speaker 1: way I think the Eagles are gonna have to win
Speaker 1: early in the season, with a lot of grid, with
Speaker 1: a lot of fortitude and doing the little things in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter to win games. That's what championship teams do, guys,
Speaker 1: and that's what the Eagles did this evening. Great stuff
Speaker 1: there from David Amy. Dave can't wait to read You're
Speaker 1: on the Insight com later on, as well as listen
Speaker 1: to the Eagles Live podcast to recap the win over
Speaker 1: the Falcon. So, David Amy were talking there about the
Speaker 1: running back rotation ike and to me, it seemed like
Speaker 1: that on that final drive you saw what it could be,
Speaker 1: what it probably should be here in twenty eighteen with
Speaker 1: Jagi as the lead guy. With Corey Clement sprinkling some
Speaker 1: key runs there, I thought I was going to break
Speaker 1: that one for a touchdown there, and then Darren Sprowls.
Speaker 1: The X factor just so uncanny, especially on third down.
Speaker 1: He had a third down early in the game is
Speaker 1: a third and short carry where he was able to
Speaker 1: wiggle by the defender just enough to get the first down.
Speaker 1: But he had a couple of clutch, you know, possessions
Speaker 1: there late in the game to help get the Eagles
Speaker 1: over the hump there. It just seemed like they work.
Speaker 1: That's the one thing that they could count on, and
Speaker 1: I think they could probably you know, put their emphasis
Speaker 1: on here. As Dave said in the first month of
Speaker 1: the season, as they're gonna have to kind of win
Speaker 1: ugly so to speak. Here, I think we saw with
Speaker 1: the running back rotation can be here for this Eagles team. Yeah,
Speaker 1: nice job by Doug, you know, he and Mike gros
Speaker 1: sticking with the running game right. It wasn't working early
Speaker 1: in the game. I think a big, big part of
Speaker 1: that was a lack of a real threat at the
Speaker 1: receiver position. We didn't throw the ball down the field
Speaker 1: very much. And what that allows is for Atlanta to
Speaker 1: really start to crowd the box, and I thought our
Speaker 1: office and line struggle with picking up guys blocking them
Speaker 1: getting to the second level, and there weren't very many
Speaker 1: holes for these running backs to run through. In the
Speaker 1: first half, they tried to switch out the temp as
Speaker 1: far as whether you're going with Spros or whether you're
Speaker 1: gonna with Cory or Jayaji, wasn't much there in the
Speaker 1: first half. Great job coming out in the second half
Speaker 1: getting some misdirection plays. I saw a nice little wrinkle
Speaker 1: where they brought Nelson Agilore in for like a jet
Speaker 1: sweet look. I think that forces Atlanta's eyes to follow him,
Speaker 1: and they were able to get some quick hitters up
Speaker 1: the middle of Corey Clement and Darren Spros as well.
Speaker 1: And once those plays started to happen, especially the Philly
Speaker 1: special two point zero, I think that forced Atlanta to
Speaker 1: back off a little bit and it gazed. It gave
Speaker 1: the Eagles offensive line a lot of confidence. And then
Speaker 1: and then you started to see them get a body
Speaker 1: on the body and Jayagi getting behind his pads being
Speaker 1: patient as well. I thought I saw a much more
Speaker 1: patient runner in the second half, a little lebyon Bell
Speaker 1: like from Jiji. That's that's not somewhere accustomed to sin.
Speaker 1: But I saw that a little bit in the second half,
Speaker 1: and that allowed holes to develop, because when you're running
Speaker 1: these sort of RPOs or these read actions, you have
Speaker 1: to give time for the defense to move and then
Speaker 1: the offensive linemen to get to a certain angle. So
Speaker 1: you're gonna need a little bit of patience. I thought
Speaker 1: Jedgi showed that in the second half, and he was
Speaker 1: able to break some big runs. They certainly needed their
Speaker 1: run game tonight because the passing game was almost it
Speaker 1: was almost wasn't even existent tonight. Well what was odd
Speaker 1: was to me, I thought we were gonna see a
Speaker 1: little more twelve personnel early on. Okay, you figured you
Speaker 1: knew you were you know, you were hurt at wide
Speaker 1: receiver there with no al Sean, no mac Hollands obviously,
Speaker 1: and you know Shelton Gibson out there starting out y.
Speaker 1: You of DeAndre Carter playing his first NFL game, you know,
Speaker 1: playing significant snaps. So I figured we would see alive
Speaker 1: of Zach Ertz and Dallas Goddard. But you didn't really
Speaker 1: see alive of the twelve personnel there, And to the
Speaker 1: Falcon's credit, third linebackers did a very good job of
Speaker 1: putting the clamps down on zach Ertz, and zach Ertz
Speaker 1: an off night for him where you don't see him
Speaker 1: drop the ball, you know, ever basically, and we saw two,
Speaker 1: possibly three drops throughout the course of this game. And
Speaker 1: then Dallas Goddard, you saw the cash radius that he
Speaker 1: has on that one red zone attempting to the ends
Speaker 1: and they almost brought in. And then the turning point
Speaker 1: of this game was almost the ball that he caught
Speaker 1: over the middle off that pop pass, and unfortunately Demante
Speaker 1: Casey was just in the right place at the right
Speaker 1: time be able to knock the ball loose, you know,
Speaker 1: got tried to do what he could to secure it.
Speaker 1: Dion Jones came up with the interception, and that's where
Speaker 1: he almost wondered, is that where the tide's gonna turn.
Speaker 1: It seemed like the Eagles, you know, made a lot
Speaker 1: of mistakes on special teams especially, were able to overcome them.
Speaker 1: You figured they were gonna have to win ugly tonight,
Speaker 1: but they were able to overcome some mistakes that you
Speaker 1: didn't expect them to make in order to get the
Speaker 1: victory there. So it was interesting from that same point
Speaker 1: of not utilizing the Titans as as much as I
Speaker 1: thought they were going to in this matchup. But again,
Speaker 1: Atlanta's got a fast, aggressive defense. Maybe they just figured
Speaker 1: from a matchup standpoint, that wasn't the area where they
Speaker 1: thought they could win. And you gotta give Nick time
Speaker 1: to throw the football, right, you know that that fast
Speaker 1: defense Atlanta has. You know, those tight ends are going
Speaker 1: to be huge in the red zone, and so we
Speaker 1: didn't get down in the red zone very often. They
Speaker 1: ran the ball in when we were able to get
Speaker 1: down there. So that's something they're going to continue to
Speaker 1: work on. You know, the Eagles, that's a huge part
Speaker 1: of their offensive package using two tight ends, So I
Speaker 1: don't expect that to go away. There were some opportunities
Speaker 1: there for the tight ends tonight to make some catches.
Speaker 1: I guarantee you that ball throwing the Dallas Goddard, he's
Speaker 1: going to do a better job of getting his feed
Speaker 1: in bounds, making sure he has enough room to come
Speaker 1: down catch. So you know, but you see, like you said,
Speaker 1: catch radius, his size, his ability even if the man
Speaker 1: is there in coverage, just throw the ball up to him.
Speaker 1: He's a good athlete. He can go up there and
Speaker 1: get the ball. The thing I loved that the Eagles
Speaker 1: were able to do tonight is that they didn't hurt
Speaker 1: themselves on an offensive standpoint by turning the ball over
Speaker 1: the one interception that they had. Just a great play
Speaker 1: by the Atlanta Falcons. Get a safety credit for putting
Speaker 1: his helmet on the ball and popping that out of
Speaker 1: the other than that, I thought Nick did a great
Speaker 1: job of keeping the ball out of harm's way. All Right,
Speaker 1: So we're gonna hear from head coach Doug Pearson and
Speaker 1: quarterback Nick foleson just a little bit, But first we're
Speaker 1: gonna send it back over to the link where Eagles
Speaker 1: and Saura. Dave Spader is standing by with defensive and
Speaker 1: Brandon Graham. All Right, there some auto technical difficulties there.
Speaker 1: So again we're gonna hear from coach Pearson and quarterback
Speaker 1: Nick Foles in just a few moments there. But the
Speaker 1: defensive line just you you were wondering how would the
Speaker 1: rotation work. And we didn't see a law of heloading
Speaker 1: nada in the in the preseason and training camp. And
Speaker 1: again he's been around the league for such a long time,
Speaker 1: four years old, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, big fellow is
Speaker 1: not looking at training again, but you still saw the
Speaker 1: juice the one tackle for lost there in the second half.
Speaker 1: You said, this guy still has it, and those are
Speaker 1: the types of snaps that you need to get from
Speaker 1: him so that you don't have to force excessive reps
Speaker 1: for other guys down the line. I love seeing Michael
Speaker 1: Bennett moved around the four. I thought he came off
Speaker 1: the edge very nicely tonight. Chris Long, I mean, Chris
Speaker 1: Long might just have the you know, the wisdom of
Speaker 1: youth basically at this point here once again getting a
Speaker 1: strip sack, something that he was so effective at last
Speaker 1: season for the team type for first I believe in
Speaker 1: the league with four strip sacks as another one tonight.
Speaker 1: Unfortunately the deals weren't able to come up with it.
Speaker 1: But nonetheless though Chris Long bringing that presence off the edge. Yeah,
Speaker 1: how could you not love the way Chris plays? You know,
Speaker 1: gives you nothing but effort. Right, old guy been in
Speaker 1: the league for a few years, still loves playing the
Speaker 1: game of football. And the great thing about this defensive
Speaker 1: line is the depth. And these guys are going to
Speaker 1: benefit from not playing so many snaps. And you saw
Speaker 1: that come to truition to night in the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: especially if the Eagles were able to get to Matt Ryan.
Speaker 1: The Falcons couldn't get to Nick Foles late in the game.
Speaker 1: You got guys cramping up all over the field, Guys
Speaker 1: going to the sideline not coming back in. You watch
Speaker 1: the Eagles defense defense, they look stronger, and when they
Speaker 1: could get pressure on Matt Ryan, he didn't have a chance.
Speaker 1: When they couldn't get pressure on him, He's able to
Speaker 1: get the ball to Julio. But you saw the depth
Speaker 1: of that defensive line come to fruition and show why
Speaker 1: it's gonna be the force of the defensive side of
Speaker 1: the football once again this year, led by Fletcher Cox,
Speaker 1: led by Chris Long. I liked what I saw from
Speaker 1: Michael Bennett tonight, regardless if he got a sack or not.
Speaker 1: There were plenty of times that I saw him get
Speaker 1: penetration and flush masses around the quarterback from hockey and
Speaker 1: that's what you need to see. Derek Barnett couple of
Speaker 1: mistakes lining up off side and negating a couple of sacks,
Speaker 1: but still he was around the football tonight. And then
Speaker 1: my favorite player amongst them all and It's hard for
Speaker 1: me to say this considered I'm a spartan Brandon Graham,
Speaker 1: Brandon Graham and Wolver rain Man. He's out there his
Speaker 1: first action of the year, and I thought he did
Speaker 1: a nice job in his limited playing time as well. Indeed,
Speaker 1: so again the Eagles coming out with the eighteen to
Speaker 1: twelve victory. Dan Bruegeler actually had this stat on Twitter
Speaker 1: during the broadcast and he said that there are two
Speaker 1: players left from the draft and it was Chris Long
Speaker 1: sacking Matt Ryan. How about So how about that for
Speaker 1: you right there? So, Matt Ryan, was it just me
Speaker 1: or did you look off in terms of throwing the
Speaker 1: football there? Obviously, look, you're throwing the Julio Jones arguably
Speaker 1: the best receiver in the game, and Julio is gonna
Speaker 1: make things happen. But there were a lot of balls
Speaker 1: that Matt Ryan threw tonight that you just kind of wondered,
Speaker 1: is the arm striking out theres or something off? As
Speaker 1: it is it just preseason rush for him. Yeah, It's
Speaker 1: hard for me to put a finger on what was
Speaker 1: exactly going on with Matt Ryan to night. He was
Speaker 1: either overshooting balls or he was under throwing balls poorly.
Speaker 1: I mean his quarterback play quite honestly, and I even
Speaker 1: I don't even say some questionable play calling down there
Speaker 1: in the red zone. That's gonna be the big story
Speaker 1: out of the lamb if you're in Atlanta. They struggled
Speaker 1: with red zone last year, not putting the ball in
Speaker 1: the end zone, having to kick field goals. That was
Speaker 1: the story to night. The Eagles defense in the red zone,
Speaker 1: able to step up and keep the Falcons out of
Speaker 1: the end zone. Would they get one touchdown and night out? Yeah?
Speaker 1: The one and that was off of a short field
Speaker 1: from the tip interceptions if they were able to get
Speaker 1: from Tevin Coleman. But yeah, not getting the ball in
Speaker 1: the ends on a number eleven is what's gonna hunt though.
Speaker 1: All right, listen over to the link where head coach
Speaker 1: Doug Pearson there was a play we had put in
Speaker 1: for this week. It was a play that was in
Speaker 1: our third down menu. We were on the correct hash
Speaker 1: mark and it was the right time of the game. Philly, Philly,
Speaker 1: let's play. What did you learn about them tonight? A lot? Actually? Um?
Speaker 1: The biggest thing again, um just again, no panic on
Speaker 1: the sideline resiliency. Um. Toughness, you know, um, hanging with
Speaker 1: each other through all the you know kind of the
Speaker 1: ups and downs, the ob and flow of the game,
Speaker 1: the mistakes, the penalties, um turnover you know, Um, just
Speaker 1: the guys hanging hanging together. Again, there was no there
Speaker 1: was no panic tonight. And uh you know credit, Uh,
Speaker 1: I tell you, the deciding factor in this football game
Speaker 1: to me was our defensive line and then our offensive line.
Speaker 1: How they controlled that line of stagrammage. That was That
Speaker 1: was a big part of this football game tonight. Is
Speaker 1: there a part of you when you called that play Philly,
Speaker 1: Philly that it kind of saw this seems the type
Speaker 1: of situation like this offense and in the building needed
Speaker 1: a spark and it was a good time for it.
Speaker 1: A little bit, you know, we'd we'd offensively was sort
Speaker 1: of you know, misfired a little bit, you know, early
Speaker 1: in the game, first half in particular, and we came
Speaker 1: out in the second half and you know, just same
Speaker 1: same type of thing, and just just we're looking for
Speaker 1: a big play, somebody to make a play, you know,
Speaker 1: and you kind of look for that from time to time,
Speaker 1: and again just felt like it was the right time
Speaker 1: to make that call and Uh, Um guys executed it.
Speaker 1: Uh well good locally was appeared to be the exact
Speaker 1: same play in New England ran against you guys in
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl and successfully. We're aware of that. That's
Speaker 1: where we got it from. We just we just put
Speaker 1: the from people in the game. The difference. Yeah and yeah,
Speaker 1: they were in eleven personnel I think, and we were
Speaker 1: in twelve. The red zone defense tonight, I think they
Speaker 1: had five trips one one touchdown. How important was that?
Speaker 1: What you say again, it's probably probably the game you know,
Speaker 1: the deciding factor of defense. Uh. Again, you know they
Speaker 1: got down there and bowed their neck and and uh
Speaker 1: made made several big I mean big stops, big stops
Speaker 1: for us, and and uh, you know that's what it takes,
Speaker 1: I think early in the season like this until until
Speaker 1: your offense really kind of gets on track and and
Speaker 1: get going a little bit. I know we got the
Speaker 1: run game going in the second half. We did hit
Speaker 1: some some passes in the second half. But I think
Speaker 1: that's what you need too, is uh. And that's why
Speaker 1: it's a great team sport. You need all three phases
Speaker 1: and defense. Um played extremely well tonight. And it's unfortunate
Speaker 1: too we could have had a couple of turnovers, you know,
Speaker 1: a couple of interceptions there, but um, red zone defense
Speaker 1: was outstanding. That's looked pretty comfortable on the outside. I mean,
Speaker 1: is there any part of you, I guess that is
Speaker 1: it all still kind of marble at where he was
Speaker 1: and where he got to and now how you're able
Speaker 1: to use him with him this offensive player he's become. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm really have been really impressed with Nelson and his
Speaker 1: work ethic and his drive and motivation to to really excel,
Speaker 1: you know, only and at this level, but also with
Speaker 1: his craft being a skilled receiver, and um, it was
Speaker 1: evident tonight that our confidence and in my confidence in
Speaker 1: him is um unbelievable, extremely high, and being able to
Speaker 1: move him inside and outside now and and find find
Speaker 1: unique ways to get him the football. He's very explosive
Speaker 1: with the ball in his hand. And you know, just
Speaker 1: my hat's off to him the way he's worked the
Speaker 1: last couple of seasons to put himself in this positions.
Speaker 1: I think had three carries that he went into the
Speaker 1: second half. Why that this married well, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we just again tried to trying to find a spark offensively,
Speaker 1: whether it be the runner, whether it be a run scheme,
Speaker 1: the run you know, the run fit, whatever it was,
Speaker 1: and we just couldn't find it in the second half.
Speaker 1: We made some adjustments a halftime and and uh, you
Speaker 1: know I made I made a conscious effort just to
Speaker 1: keep keep him in there on some of those runs.
Speaker 1: And he was running really hard, and obviously the touchdown
Speaker 1: late and the two point conversion were evident of his
Speaker 1: his ability to run the football and just leaned down
Speaker 1: him a little. People were on second half. Is that
Speaker 1: your decision to keep the team in the locker room
Speaker 1: during the banner unbailing ceremony and what went into the
Speaker 1: no no I was actually part of the whole you know,
Speaker 1: tribute both teams. We're going to be in the dressing
Speaker 1: room during that, and um, you know, for us, it
Speaker 1: was just a matter of just getting our guys, you know,
Speaker 1: prepared for the game without being on the field. So
Speaker 1: we'll went through your mind at the end there when
Speaker 1: you stop him, there's a penalty you have to do
Speaker 1: it again. Almost the same scenario as the playoff game
Speaker 1: lays there. I mean that thought rolled through my head
Speaker 1: quite honestly. You know, here we are again one second
Speaker 1: to go and and comes down to the final play
Speaker 1: the game and uh, um again hats off to the defense.
Speaker 1: You know again a great great red zone stop. Uh
Speaker 1: did it all night. Proud of those guys, Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: and really kept kept our offense in this football game.
Speaker 1: And then and then the offense got on track. But uh,
Speaker 1: great job for our defense. Conversation between you and Dick
Speaker 1: at half time to sort of rector him and recalibrate
Speaker 1: him for the second day, we just you know, basically
Speaker 1: just had to make a couple of subtle run adjustments
Speaker 1: with with the run game and then with he and
Speaker 1: I just uh, you know, I wanted to pick his
Speaker 1: brain and find out what he what he was comfortable
Speaker 1: with and with the game. But we had left on
Speaker 1: the on the call sheet, you know, to go to
Speaker 1: and find find some things that that we could generate
Speaker 1: a you know a little bit of some offense with
Speaker 1: and um, he had some ideas and I had some ideas,
Speaker 1: and we were comfortable with that, and and UH just
Speaker 1: just had to you know, really kind of focus in
Speaker 1: on on a little bit of quick throws. We got
Speaker 1: back to the run and then and then a couple
Speaker 1: of deep throws that we just missed on. But those
Speaker 1: were all plays that that he and I were comfortable,
Speaker 1: you know, in the second half with yeah, there are guys.
Speaker 1: Is there a point where when you put your quarterback
Speaker 1: the passing line to wealth because Risky asked that one
Speaker 1: more time, is there a point where when you put
Speaker 1: your quarterback out the passing lines too often? It becomes
Speaker 1: baby a physical and risk or something that you might
Speaker 1: want to think about not doing. Understanding question, you put
Speaker 1: your quarterback catching passes? Oh oh on that Philly Philly play. Um,
Speaker 1: I don't know. You know, you got to make sure
Speaker 1: that defense is going to be a man coverage and
Speaker 1: they're not accounting for your quarterback. And um, it's a
Speaker 1: little calculated risk. You know, you're not going to do
Speaker 1: it every week, but but we felt like we had
Speaker 1: a great opportunity to do it, and um, he did
Speaker 1: a nice job of securing the catch and getting himself
Speaker 1: out of bounds. You're missing Maragos and l mc collins
Speaker 1: and some other guys. How big of a loss of
Speaker 1: those guys in terms of special teams? So you had
Speaker 1: some stakes there tonight. Well, we had a few you know,
Speaker 1: penalties there, but I don't think it's a result of personnel.
Speaker 1: I really felt like special teams overall did a nice
Speaker 1: job Cam, you know, kicking the ball, Jake kicking the ball,
Speaker 1: and then our cover teams. We're good. We just got
Speaker 1: to clean up a couple of things, um, you know
Speaker 1: after the play, after the whistle, things like that that
Speaker 1: uh you know, we got the we got the penalties
Speaker 1: on and and uh we do that. We'll be okay.
Speaker 1: But I thought special teams overall did a did did
Speaker 1: a nice job with the name on your playsheet of
Speaker 1: the past eight three to four, Philly, Philly. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's not your favorite problem. But before it came out
Speaker 1: before the game that Carson is out several weeks, is
Speaker 1: that accurate? You know what? I have not seen or
Speaker 1: I've seen it, but uh, um, I'm gonna I'm gonna,
Speaker 1: you know, um investigate that a little bit more and
Speaker 1: and and see see where, where and why and when
Speaker 1: that came out. But um, I'm not going to comment
Speaker 1: too much more. Thanks for raving good time. There's head
Speaker 1: coach Doug Pearson leaving the podium at Lincoln Financial Field
Speaker 1: after the Eagles defeat the Aliant Falcons by a score
Speaker 1: of eighteen to twelve. And how about that taking a
Speaker 1: page out of New England's playbook, calling Philly Philly there
Speaker 1: as Nelson Agilore has actually finishes with the best quarterback
Speaker 1: rating one eighteen point eight of the night, floating the
Speaker 1: ball there for the fifteen yard game to Nick Foles.
Speaker 1: So our standing called by a dog. And again that
Speaker 1: really sparked the offense. And I think we all figured
Speaker 1: the offense was going to probably be sluggish early on
Speaker 1: the defense with the holders way, it's just amazing that
Speaker 1: you see Doug go to that type of play to
Speaker 1: kind of get things going. And obviously the crowd loved
Speaker 1: it and energized the offense as they scored on it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: how about this, Our quarterback called the ball. Our quarterback
Speaker 1: called the ball when they threw it to him right there.
Speaker 1: So that's another shot for Nick Foles over Tom Brady. Indeed,
Speaker 1: so of worse. Now, if you didn't have a chance
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Speaker 1: didn't get to hear Merrill. Reason my quick, well, guess
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Speaker 1: highlights from the booth as well, so we've got all
Speaker 1: the best from their calls tonight in the latest edition
Speaker 1: of Merrill Camp. This is the tenth play of this
Speaker 1: drive and it's fourth and goal from the one back
Speaker 1: to the yard Ryan under the center. Ryan goes to Freeman,
Speaker 1: tries to get outside. Hey, get up. They stop him.
Speaker 1: A goal line fans one by Jordan Heck, that is
Speaker 1: beautiful defense. Yeah, they got the big plays. They got
Speaker 1: it down inside the five yard lines. But what a stand.
Speaker 1: But this isn't necessarily Jake Elliot's favorite area. Jake likes
Speaker 1: them from fifty yards out. This is a little twenty
Speaker 1: six yard chip shot. Let's see if he ties the
Speaker 1: game right here. Attle spotted kick us up and the
Speaker 1: kick is going him. We're tight at three. Freeman to
Speaker 1: the left of Ryan, who stamps his right foot in
Speaker 1: the gun. Ryan back. Here comes the rush. He's hit.
Speaker 1: They've got him back at the thirty five. They got
Speaker 1: him at time. It was George Hicks. What a great job,
Speaker 1: a great play call here by Jim Schwartz bringing that
Speaker 1: blitz from the second level and Higgs comes through and
Speaker 1: he just runs over Freeman the running back on his
Speaker 1: way to that sack. They have Corey Clement in position
Speaker 1: to the right of Bulls. They go double tight end
Speaker 1: motion to the nearest side. This time the give goes
Speaker 1: to Clement on a reverse Aglar fire to Tolls and
Speaker 1: falls out of bounds at the twenty five yard one.
Speaker 1: The Phillies special worked again fifteen yards. Well, this time
Speaker 1: they actually snap it two Nick Foles. He gives it
Speaker 1: the Cory, he gives it to Nelson Agla Angela throws
Speaker 1: the ball down the sideline. Come on, Doug, digging into
Speaker 1: that playbook. I'm loving it. The Fellows Special, the fans
Speaker 1: what they want. Dog said it was retired prematurely. Second
Speaker 1: and one a giant who was right. Bowles puts Josh
Speaker 1: Perkins in motion, gives it to a touchdown. That's the
Speaker 1: offensive line taking over the football game, beating them to
Speaker 1: the punch at the line of streamers, getting Jagie and
Speaker 1: to pay dirt. Great stuff as always from Merril and Mike.
Speaker 1: They're they're in mid season form. They don't got to
Speaker 1: worry about preseason or any of that. They can just
Speaker 1: walk up the bus and be ready to go. Now,
Speaker 1: of course, you probably realize where was the JGI game
Speaker 1: winning touchdown. You're gonna to check out the full version
Speaker 1: of Meryl Camp coming up later on today on Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles dot Com and the Eagles Apps. So we're waiting
Speaker 1: to hear from quarterback Nick Foles in just a little bit.
Speaker 1: But something that was intriguing for me early on in
Speaker 1: this game is how Dan quinn. You know, we talked
Speaker 1: about the Atlanta red zone struggles there he tried to
Speaker 1: channels inner Doug Peterson to go for it on fourth
Speaker 1: and goal from the one yard line, and the defense
Speaker 1: with Common Grouge Hill and Jordan Hicks coming up in
Speaker 1: a big way to stop DeVante Freeman on the outside
Speaker 1: to stop to play. And it seemed like when the
Speaker 1: Falcons only got three points despite driving the ball deep
Speaker 1: on their first two drives, you were just saying to herself,
Speaker 1: that's setting the tone for the Eagles. If they can
Speaker 1: keep themselves in this and not get blown out right
Speaker 1: from the jump, that they're gonna be in this ball
Speaker 1: game here. Yeah, because think about it, those are two touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Now you're down fourteen nothing, and I don't know if
Speaker 1: Dug can stick with the running game. Yeah, you get
Speaker 1: down fourteen nothing in the NFL, you abandoned the running
Speaker 1: game and you start throw throw, throw, throwthrow and with
Speaker 1: the the offense was sputtering in the first half, that
Speaker 1: could have led to more turnovers, that could have led
Speaker 1: to putting the ball on Harm's way. So the defense
Speaker 1: coming up with stops there in the first half were huge.
Speaker 1: We talked about the Falcons issues last year in the
Speaker 1: red zone with Steve Sarkeesian in his first year as
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator, where the same issues happened again this year,
Speaker 1: and you and you you mentioned that first gold line
Speaker 1: standing the Eagles had. I was actually okay with Dan
Speaker 1: Quinn going forward. Oh, I'm not saying I questioned the decision.
Speaker 1: I agree with the decision. I think you had to
Speaker 1: go for a thing. I'm questioning the personnel that was
Speaker 1: out there. Right, You're going a heavy package with no
Speaker 1: Julio Jones on the field where the defense knows you're
Speaker 1: gonna run the football. At worst, they're gonna throw the
Speaker 1: ball to Austin Hooper. So the defense would much rather
Speaker 1: have to cover Hooper than they have to cover Julio
Speaker 1: Jones out there. I thought it was a mistake on
Speaker 1: Steve Sarkeesian from a personnel standpoint, made it much too
Speaker 1: easy for the Eagles defense and Jim Schwarz, so the
Speaker 1: key in on the Bonta Freeman in the run game.
Speaker 1: Camu Gruger Hill had a great game to night in
Speaker 1: that it started with that play there where he was
Speaker 1: able to fight off two blocks. That's the kid get
Speaker 1: the tackle on DeVonta Freeman on fourth down, and you're right,
Speaker 1: that really set the tone for the rest of the
Speaker 1: first half from a defensive standpoint. Speaking of Jordan Hicks,
Speaker 1: it was great when you look at the injured guys
Speaker 1: from last season. Okay, obviously Carson Wentz still sideline not
Speaker 1: playing tonight, but the guys who that club rehab group.
Speaker 1: You have Jordan Hicks, you have Darren Sproles, and have
Speaker 1: Jason Peters, all with outstanding efforts tonight. Jason Piers, you
Speaker 1: know again, man on a mission, doesn't look like he's
Speaker 1: lost a step that you know, the coaches have not
Speaker 1: afraid to leave him out in the island and team
Speaker 1: care of business out there, you know, with no problems
Speaker 1: whatsoever this year there And we gotta we gotta wait
Speaker 1: to hear about Jason Peters because Howard Askin reported late
Speaker 1: in the game the last Eagles offensive possession that Jason
Speaker 1: Peters went straight to the locker room, but the offense
Speaker 1: never went back out there, so we don't know if
Speaker 1: it was serious. And now I'm just going off of
Speaker 1: what I heard Howard reporting from the sideline. But you're
Speaker 1: right when you talk about the guys that were injured
Speaker 1: last year and got back on the field this year.
Speaker 1: I thought, my man, man, Jordan Hicks looked great, and
Speaker 1: if this guy can play sixteen games, Jordan Hicks is
Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl linebacker in this league. He just needs
Speaker 1: to be able to stay healthy. His last healthy full
Speaker 1: season in twenty sixteen, I thought he played at a
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl level team wasn't as good, so he didn't
Speaker 1: get the recognition. Comes back last year, got off to
Speaker 1: a good start, and then got the achilles injury to
Speaker 1: end his season. I thought he was phenomenal tonight. Jason Peters,
Speaker 1: like you said, while he was out there, picked up
Speaker 1: right where he left off. And people don't understand how
Speaker 1: big of a deal it is to have Jason Peters
Speaker 1: out there. We know that he's a future Hall of Famer,
Speaker 1: first ballot Hall of Famer, but what he does for
Speaker 1: the rest of the offensive line, what he does from
Speaker 1: Mike Row and Doug Peterson when it comes to calling place.
Speaker 1: Jason Peters doesn't need help when blocking his man, so
Speaker 1: you don't have to turn the protection towards him. You
Speaker 1: can help the other guys. Jason Peters is gonna lock
Speaker 1: his guy down tonight. How many times did we see
Speaker 1: Tank or Big Beasley thrown to the ground not getting
Speaker 1: within five feet Nick Foles because Jason Peters, the bodyguard
Speaker 1: was back in. They just gave up. Yeahs right off
Speaker 1: this episode like a Pears this frind night. It's not
Speaker 1: gonna happen today, not whatsoever. You're not going to out
Speaker 1: athletic Jason Peters. No, you just start because he's a
Speaker 1: very good athlete for his size. Indeed, there so I
Speaker 1: also liked along the offensive line, you saw the unbalanced
Speaker 1: line worked there to fruition. You also saw Seumalo coming
Speaker 1: in as an extra tackle. It's almost like the Eagles
Speaker 1: were playing the hits everything that worked for them in
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen. Let's just bring it back. Okay, we'll do
Speaker 1: a little remix and we'll put it back out there
Speaker 1: and it'll be just as good and it'll lead to
Speaker 1: more success. Here's that was huge for this Eagles team.
Speaker 1: Here working that offensive line because with again, when you
Speaker 1: looked at the preseason, what was the biggest issue there,
Speaker 1: It was that left tackle position as well as Big
Speaker 1: V played there down the stretch in twenty and seventeen
Speaker 1: to help the Eagles win the Super Bowl. You look
Speaker 1: at two and eighteen and they gotta get this team ready.
Speaker 1: So also you show up that left tackle spot. And
Speaker 1: across the board, the run game was much more effective
Speaker 1: and the past protection Walla has it ups and downst
Speaker 1: with the course of guard overall was better because, like
Speaker 1: you said, you could just leave him on an island.
Speaker 1: You leave Lane Johnson on an island, and those two spots,
Speaker 1: those guys are we wiped out the equation. And I'll
Speaker 1: even tell you for the offensive line, the sacks that
Speaker 1: we gave up tonight, I don't think they were necessarily
Speaker 1: blocking issues. I think the receivers had a hard time
Speaker 1: getting open. Nick had to hold the ball a little
Speaker 1: bit longer than he wanted to, and they led to sacks.
Speaker 1: But I thought the offensive line did a nice job protecting.
Speaker 1: You just got to be able to get rid of
Speaker 1: the football. And I'll tell you something else with Doug
Speaker 1: and his play call in the night. He took his
Speaker 1: chances when he saw fit to take shots deep right
Speaker 1: the play down the field the Mike Wallace. I thought
Speaker 1: both of those were good calls, just needed a little
Speaker 1: bit better throws and then maybe you get big plays there,
Speaker 1: you get chunk plays. But the game wasn't working. The
Speaker 1: intermedia game wasn't working as well as we become accustomed
Speaker 1: to sin and I thought Doug and my gross sticking
Speaker 1: with the running game, allowing NET to sort of feed
Speaker 1: the offense and then get some passes in there was
Speaker 1: really the key to this offense getting some rhythm and
Speaker 1: coming up with the big touchdown drives that both for
Speaker 1: both Jayagi touchdowns. The mission for the Eagles in the
Speaker 1: next ten days is how do you generate those X plays,
Speaker 1: those chunk plays? And is it as simple as you
Speaker 1: get Alshan Jeffrey back in the lineup. That could be
Speaker 1: a possibility, But nonetheless though, that's gonna be the challenge
Speaker 1: for the Eagles As they get the mini buy, which
Speaker 1: is good for them, they get a couple extra days
Speaker 1: to rest, they've got that wins, they get that first
Speaker 1: win in the back pocket, because we'll get into the
Speaker 1: schedule later on down the show. But it is really
Speaker 1: a difficult schedule with the first place, with the divisions
Speaker 1: you're going against this year, that you need to get
Speaker 1: these early wins as much as possible, especially knowing that
Speaker 1: you're not gonna be playing at full tilt because you
Speaker 1: don't have Carson Wentz in'll lineup, and you're missing some
Speaker 1: key guys like Alshon Jeffrey out there on the field. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I don't know when now, y'all, I'm gonna be back.
Speaker 1: I know he was out there in the pregame sort
Speaker 1: of warming up before everybody came out, so I saw
Speaker 1: him catching passing and stuff on Twitter. Look good there,
Speaker 1: so I know he's gonna He's anxious to get back
Speaker 1: as soon as as soon as he can. But you
Speaker 1: ask the question about what the Eagles will need. They
Speaker 1: need another receiver to step up. They need someone else
Speaker 1: to be able to step up, whether it's Mike Wallace
Speaker 1: on the outside posing a threat, stretching the defense, opening
Speaker 1: up the middle of the field, or whether you're getting
Speaker 1: a Shelton Gibson or DeAndre Carter playing the other receiver
Speaker 1: to X receiver spot and open it up. I just
Speaker 1: thought it was too crowded in the middle of the
Speaker 1: field because you don't have those safeties backing off. And
Speaker 1: what I saw from the Falcon's defense is that they
Speaker 1: didn't necessarily fear the Eagles running by them, except for
Speaker 1: Mike Wallace a couple of times, and when the Eagles
Speaker 1: did decide to go deep to him, there was usually
Speaker 1: a safety over there to help with him. But you're
Speaker 1: gonna need more than just go routes. You're gonna need
Speaker 1: somebody with the deep end routes. You're gonna need crossing routes,
Speaker 1: things that nature, things that pull safeties out of the
Speaker 1: middle of the field so that Nelson can operate in. Now,
Speaker 1: we saw how it worked last year with Tory Smith
Speaker 1: and al Shan when they're in the game, Nelson was
Speaker 1: able to be a legitimate threat on third down just
Speaker 1: about any time they were in third down. Think about
Speaker 1: all those third and longs that Carson was able to
Speaker 1: convert because you couldn't just key in on one guy.
Speaker 1: What I saw the night from our passing game is
Speaker 1: that we didn't really pose a threat to Atlanta's defense,
Speaker 1: at least enough to make them back off. No, and
Speaker 1: credit to Nelson Aglore, who did the most of what
Speaker 1: he could. Obviously, look at the numbers at the end
Speaker 1: of the night, ten targets, eight catches for just thirty
Speaker 1: three yards. But they came into some pivolal situations. There
Speaker 1: some third down conversions that I think one third down
Speaker 1: and long conversion that was wiped out due to the penalty.
Speaker 1: But you know, knowing that he was going to be
Speaker 1: the go to guy with you know, al Sean and
Speaker 1: mac out tonight, you know, he made the most of
Speaker 1: the opportunist party. That's the biggest thing to do there.
Speaker 1: The other situation that we were watching coming to the game,
Speaker 1: so was it linebacker. We've talked about Jordan Hicks, but no,
Speaker 1: Nigel Brattle all right, suspended for the first game of
Speaker 1: the year. So the base package you saw Kamu Gruza
Speaker 1: Hill who we talked about, Nathan Garrett out there as well.
Speaker 1: We also saw a lot of the big nickel package
Speaker 1: coming in tonight, Corey Graham number twenty four, working to
Speaker 1: add a little bit more beef there if they were
Speaker 1: gonna have to contend against the run. But you know,
Speaker 1: it goes back to Steve Sarkisian in the play call,
Speaker 1: and they really did not go to the run. Game.
Speaker 1: It was pretty much a heavy dose of let's get
Speaker 1: the ball Julio, try to feed him as much as possible,
Speaker 1: which again worked from the twenties to the twenties, but
Speaker 1: in the red zone they didn't come to fruition. So
Speaker 1: I thought that Jim Schwartz and Eagles defense did a
Speaker 1: good job of overcoming the loss of Nigel Brown, knowing
Speaker 1: you're gonna get that physical playmaking presents ten days from
Speaker 1: now in week two, and I'm glad you brought up
Speaker 1: the linebackers, you know, I was. I was kind of
Speaker 1: skeptical about how the young guys would do out there tonight,
Speaker 1: going up against this Falcons offensive line, these two running backs.
Speaker 1: But I got to give them credit, man, they did
Speaker 1: They did a better job than I thought they were
Speaker 1: going to do tonight. The Falcons, to their credit, they
Speaker 1: ran the ball enough because because you saw Camu out there,
Speaker 1: and you saw all Nathan Gary out there an awful
Speaker 1: lone tonight, I thought we was gonna see more big
Speaker 1: Nickel out there. But the Falcons wanted to try to
Speaker 1: keep the Eagles in that base deepens so they could
Speaker 1: run the ball when they tried to. Wasn't a whole
Speaker 1: lot there. I thought the young linebackers did a nice
Speaker 1: job getting off the block more importantly playing downhill, being
Speaker 1: decisive as opposed of indecisive, allowing those Atlanta offensive linemen
Speaker 1: to get up to them and not have to fight
Speaker 1: those big boys off. And then obviously when you got
Speaker 1: a front four in front of you, like the guys
Speaker 1: that we have, they're gonna make your job a lot
Speaker 1: easier as well. Indeed so DeVante Freeman just six carries
Speaker 1: for thirty six yards. Tevin Coleman nine carries for nineteen yards.
Speaker 1: He did have a touchdown in the game tonight, but
Speaker 1: still just not enough as the Eagles beat the Land
Speaker 1: Falcons by the score of eighteen or twelve, and we
Speaker 1: just saw a highlight of a guy we hadn't talked
Speaker 1: about Jess yet. Julio had ten catches on nineteen targets
Speaker 1: for one hundred and sixty nine yards, zero touchdowns for
Speaker 1: the fourth game. I believe against the Eagles they kept
Speaker 1: him out of the end zone. But Ron Darby's play.
Speaker 1: Ron Darby's play tonight was outstanding. I mean, he was
Speaker 1: in Julio's hip pocket whenever they were in man coverage.
Speaker 1: Really was able to stay over the top of him
Speaker 1: whenever Matt Ryan wanted to go deep. Gave up some
Speaker 1: other plays where they had to move Julio around almost
Speaker 1: to get him away from Ron Darby. You really saw
Speaker 1: Ron Darby's athleticism and his speed on display to night
Speaker 1: against one of the game's best wide receivers. Eight tackles,
Speaker 1: five solo tackles. The three pass deflections were huge because
Speaker 1: I think all three pass deflections prevented first downs to
Speaker 1: Julio Jones. So all three of his past deflections I
Speaker 1: believe came against Julio Jones, and I guarantee you Julio
Speaker 1: left the game to night thinking about number twenty one
Speaker 1: because there were some plays to be made for him
Speaker 1: there that twenty one just wouldn't give up. We haven't
Speaker 1: even talked about the one that Julio should have been
Speaker 1: given credit for, the fifty two yard reception in the
Speaker 1: second half, which really could have tipped the scales in
Speaker 1: Alan's favor. He pulled a double move on Jalen Mills,
Speaker 1: had him beat down the field, Matt Ryan aired out
Speaker 1: over his shoulder, and Julio was just he seemed like
Speaker 1: he had secured it as he was going out a bounce,
Speaker 1: but the referees disagreed and uh, we got the hometown call. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we still don't know what to catch is. I thought
Speaker 1: they cleared this up, that's what they said. But fortunately
Speaker 1: for us that call went when our ways a lot
Speaker 1: of calls out there to night. I'm pretty sure we
Speaker 1: had some goal against us that we didn't like. It
Speaker 1: was historic. The amount of penalties again, fifteen accepted penalties
Speaker 1: for the Falcons, one hundred and thirty five yards of
Speaker 1: lost yard due to penalties, and then eleven penalties for
Speaker 1: the Eagles. Not a whole lot better so, but I
Speaker 1: believe I think they're in the NBC broadcast they said
Speaker 1: the fifteen penalties was a record. Yeah, I mean it
Speaker 1: seemed like the refs were in preseason four. They wanted
Speaker 1: to throw the laundry out in the field. Every gonna
Speaker 1: be so they got sore elbows and everything else. And
Speaker 1: quite frankly, there were some subjective calls there, you know
Speaker 1: that listen holding calls, passing affairs, things like that. You're
Speaker 1: at the referees mercy as to whether or not they're
Speaker 1: gonna either allow you to just play or they're gonna
Speaker 1: call a tiki tach foul again. There were enough out
Speaker 1: there tonight that both teams got enough to complain about
Speaker 1: and also been fortunate enough to some of them with
Speaker 1: their favor tonight because there were some balls that were
Speaker 1: dropped that I thought were caught on both sides, ball
Speaker 1: that I thought may have been a fumble that was
Speaker 1: ruled incomplete, you know, on our behalf from zach Ertz
Speaker 1: there at one point in time, so sloppy played first
Speaker 1: game not I mean, it's not anything that's out of
Speaker 1: the ordinary when you're coming out of the preseason and
Speaker 1: in today's NFL where no team really played their first
Speaker 1: teamers through the first four weeks, I mean through those
Speaker 1: four weeks of preseason football, because they just want to
Speaker 1: get to the first game as healthy as possible. Of course,
Speaker 1: you're gonna see sloppy play. You're gonna see grabbing, You're
Speaker 1: gonna see things that nature. You're also gonna see guys
Speaker 1: like the Atlanta Falcons defenders cramp up because they haven't
Speaker 1: played a tall games, they haven't played a full game.
Speaker 1: It was hot out there tonight, but what what a
Speaker 1: wonderful start to the season. And then typical Philadelphia fashion,
Speaker 1: it had to be a little memorable, right, because we
Speaker 1: had the lightning delay at the beginning of tonight's opening game.
Speaker 1: That stall we can't even have our championship moment a
Speaker 1: little bit, yeah, you know, but that that's another thing
Speaker 1: that to take it into consideration is did that play
Speaker 1: much of a factor because it seemed like that the crowd. Look,
Speaker 1: the crowd was in the stadium, you know, at seven thirty,
Speaker 1: they were amped up. They were ready to reveal the
Speaker 1: banner and see the trophy come out in the field
Speaker 1: and a magnificent display there with Jeffrey Lurry carrying out
Speaker 1: the trophy for the fans. But you know, when you
Speaker 1: have that that delay, a kind of you know, kind
Speaker 1: of temperate expectation that everybody's you know, run into the
Speaker 1: concourse having to come back. It kind of dampened the
Speaker 1: enthusiasm just a little bit. And then the Eagles, they
Speaker 1: look when the Eagles won the coin toss and deferred
Speaker 1: and the Falcon's got the ball first, I thought that
Speaker 1: was the perfect scenario for the those because I wanted
Speaker 1: to see the those defense go out there first, and
Speaker 1: then what did the Falcons do? They drive it down
Speaker 1: the length of the field. But then you get the
Speaker 1: goal line stand, which it's like, okay, great situation there,
Speaker 1: but then the offense pretty much gives it right back,
Speaker 1: so it's essentially like a punt, and then the Falcons
Speaker 1: drive it back down again and get the field goal
Speaker 1: to take the early three nothing lead, and you kind
Speaker 1: of we're waiting for you for something to get the
Speaker 1: crowd energized, to get the crowd into it, because certainly
Speaker 1: they wanted to cheer this team on. Okay, they wanted
Speaker 1: to celebrate, you know, the Super Bowl banner, un bailing
Speaker 1: that World Championship banner that's now going to hang permanently
Speaker 1: from the rafters and Lincoln Financial Field. They wanted to
Speaker 1: save her at the moment as much as possible. But
Speaker 1: of course it's time to turn a page now and
Speaker 1: the Eagles getting a huge win here to start things off,
Speaker 1: and what's going to be a very competitive and crowded
Speaker 1: NFC conference when you look at the other divisions and
Speaker 1: the teams who could be in the mix here, we're
Speaker 1: gonna be talking about different teams, I'm sure between now
Speaker 1: and the end of the regular season, but right now,
Speaker 1: when you look at the typical conference powers and some
Speaker 1: new teams who could be added to the mix. You know,
Speaker 1: the Eagles need every as they can get because we
Speaker 1: all saw how important home field advance was for this
Speaker 1: team a year ago, just losing the one regular season
Speaker 1: game at home and then domining in the playoffs. But
Speaker 1: of course that playoff run began against the lam Falcons
Speaker 1: and again both games come down to a fourth and goal.
Speaker 1: You know, the first matchup came down to a fourth
Speaker 1: and goal throw. This one came to time about to
Speaker 1: run out. Should have been a fourth and goal situation,
Speaker 1: but Jordan Hicks what's called for the penalty. But outside
Speaker 1: of that, very similar endings. Julio Jones doesn't catch the
Speaker 1: ball on the right side of the field. Julio Jones
Speaker 1: does catch it, but his out of bounds on the
Speaker 1: left side of the field. In the second one, and
Speaker 1: to your credit, we haven't talked much about Ronald Darby.
Speaker 1: Darby was a man covering him on the one at
Speaker 1: the end of the game tonight. Yeah, forcing that play,
Speaker 1: and really, when you look at the replay, ron Darby
Speaker 1: making sure he pushes Julio Jones completely out of bounds.
Speaker 1: When they put that rune in that there is no
Speaker 1: force out on a catch a receiver can do, I
Speaker 1: mean a defensive back and do whatever he needs to do,
Speaker 1: push him out, get him out of bounds, And there
Speaker 1: was no way Julio was coming down with both feet
Speaker 1: in bounds. There he makes the catch this time. Doesn't
Speaker 1: have the feed in bounds last year or earlier this year,
Speaker 1: I should say, in the playoff game, kept both feeding
Speaker 1: down in bounds but couldn't come down with the catch.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure the Atlanta Falcons have seen enough of
Speaker 1: Lincoln Financial Field in this Eagles defense. But I'll tell
Speaker 1: you what, man, we could see this team again in
Speaker 1: the postseason, because I think they are a good team,
Speaker 1: but they have some issues they certainly need to iron out.
Speaker 1: And I think they're going to see an different Eagles
Speaker 1: team if they do happen to see us playoffs. Because
Speaker 1: we expect Carson to be back on the field, we
Speaker 1: expect the offense to be clicking on all cylinders. Eagles
Speaker 1: didn't have their full complimentary of weapons tonight, but had
Speaker 1: to do whatever they needed to do to get this victory.
Speaker 1: Great job by this team, Great job by Jim Schwartz's defense,
Speaker 1: really keeping the team in the game, coming up with
Speaker 1: big stops constantly putting Matt Ryan under pressure. I look
Speaker 1: at these offensive skill position players of the Falcons and
Speaker 1: I get nervous when I see all these guys out there. Well,
Speaker 1: that's that's the thing with his team. Yeah, there is
Speaker 1: a level of underperforming there because all week long, when
Speaker 1: you preview the matchup, you go quarterback. Matt Ryan was
Speaker 1: the MVP a couple of years ago. Julio Jones, Are
Speaker 1: you we the best receiver in the game? And you
Speaker 1: know what he brings to the table. You look at
Speaker 1: those two. They can be starters on any on any
Speaker 1: team in the independ Mohammed's a new quality, quality number
Speaker 1: two receiver. Do we hear Calvin Ridley's name? He dropped
Speaker 1: one past the night Now, that was pretty much it.
Speaker 1: You know, Calva Ridley was the guy who we thought,
Speaker 1: you're going to add him to this offensive arsenal. But
Speaker 1: you know, whether it's the play calling, whether it's Matt
Speaker 1: Ryan taking a step back in this game, whether the
Speaker 1: defense is doing a great job of getting in Ryan's
Speaker 1: face to make life tough for him, it's this This
Speaker 1: offense has just not been able to generate points against
Speaker 1: this Eagles defense. Maybe it's just the way the styles
Speaker 1: matchup when they meet, when these two teams get together.
Speaker 1: But you know, the Eagles, they can't block this Eagles
Speaker 1: defensive line. To me, that's where it's at. The Eagles
Speaker 1: d line, I think. And Matt Ryan's no different than
Speaker 1: any quarterback in this league. You hit him enough, they're
Speaker 1: gonna start getting legity back there. They're gonna to get
Speaker 1: rid of the ball before they need to, or they're
Speaker 1: gonna be erratic with some of the passes that are
Speaker 1: thrown out there. And I thought the Eagles all night long,
Speaker 1: they were in Matt Ryan's face. They made him uncomfortable,
Speaker 1: they made him escape the pocket. He had to throw
Speaker 1: on the run a couple times in the first half.
Speaker 1: He had to tuck the ball and run himself because
Speaker 1: he was being flushed out of the pocket. So, you know,
Speaker 1: I thought the defensive line, which it was the exact
Speaker 1: same formula for success for the Eagles in the playoff game.
Speaker 1: They dominated in that victory. It was the same same
Speaker 1: recipe to night, get after him, Get after these guys
Speaker 1: up front. Fletcher Cox can't be blocked, Brandon Graham, Derek Barnette,
Speaker 1: Chris Long. They were just coming from all sorts of
Speaker 1: waves tonight. That's again that's gonna be the key for
Speaker 1: this defense is can the defensive line rotation hold up
Speaker 1: throughout the course of the year. That was a big
Speaker 1: question after losing guys like Benny Curry and Bo Allen
Speaker 1: was saying, look, this was a key to the Eagle
Speaker 1: success last season. They're gonna need it once again. And
Speaker 1: you know, they brought in quality veteran guys, but you
Speaker 1: don't know how they're going to fit into the new scheme.
Speaker 1: And something that fran Duffy had pointed out to me
Speaker 1: while watching the pregame warm ups, Michael Bennett's out there
Speaker 1: leading the offensive and defensive line huddles. Okay, he's leading
Speaker 1: the breakdowns for them. So you rarely hear a coach
Speaker 1: that spent one like Jim Schwartz rave about a player
Speaker 1: during the preseason in training camp, because they're kind of
Speaker 1: trying to like keep everyone at arm's length, so to speak,
Speaker 1: from praising him up too much. But he couldn't say
Speaker 1: enough good things. He was gushing over what Michael Bennett
Speaker 1: has brought, not just from the on field performance, but
Speaker 1: from the leadership behind the scenes. And I think that
Speaker 1: was interesting because that was a big question with him
Speaker 1: coming from Seattle. Was he going to be someone who
Speaker 1: was a maucontent in the locker room. But he's a
Speaker 1: guy who's just fitted in with the program. They joke
Speaker 1: about the bromance between he and Chris Long. It's just
Speaker 1: you just look at that defensive line group and it's
Speaker 1: Michael Bennett and Chris Long and Fletcher Cox and Hellodi
Speaker 1: Not all having the lockers right next to one another. There.
Speaker 1: It's just a wealth of experience, a wealth of talent
Speaker 1: and certainly set in the tone for that side of
Speaker 1: the ball. And not including the other leaders that you have,
Speaker 1: guys like Captain Malcolm Jenkins there who thrived in you know,
Speaker 1: all the numerous roles that he was asked to put
Speaker 1: on here tonight. Yeah, this is different a line of Listen,
Speaker 1: Michael Bennett seem like he's fitting into this culture, uh
Speaker 1: pretty well. And from everything you hear, he's been, he's
Speaker 1: been one of the leaders. That's that's taking taking a
Speaker 1: step here with the team. All right, let's send it
Speaker 1: over back to the link where quarterback Nick Foles, the
Speaker 1: victorious quarterback, is now set to address the media or honestly,
Speaker 1: but we were both thinking the same thing at the
Speaker 1: same time. Um, I went over there to talk to
Speaker 1: him and say, this might be a good time and
Speaker 1: he pointed to the call sheet and I was like,
Speaker 1: that's what I was coming over here for. So it Uh, yeah,
Speaker 1: we worked again. Let's go through your mind as you
Speaker 1: guys make that play called to kind of ignite the offense.
Speaker 1: You know, in games like this, Atlanta is a tremendous team.
Speaker 1: M their defense did an amazing job tonight. Mixed sense
Speaker 1: the coverage they did really good job in their man
Speaker 1: covere tonight. Um, but like in the in the game
Speaker 1: right there where it's third down, you need it, you
Speaker 1: need a big conversion, but you also want to get
Speaker 1: some momentum going. So we knew that we could probably
Speaker 1: get them a man coverage at that time. So, um,
Speaker 1: they don't really account for me and they dropped me,
Speaker 1: gave me a little bit of time. Nelly got on
Speaker 1: the edge and made a great throw um. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that was just a huge momentum boost for
Speaker 1: us during the game. When when you guys are having
Speaker 1: pos getting it were rhythm offensively, what's the key to
Speaker 1: kind of battling through it? Yeah, I mean it's never fun. Um,
Speaker 1: that's a like I said, that defense they played lights
Speaker 1: out tonight. They did a great job, and I think
Speaker 1: the big thing is just continue to communicate on that lines. Um,
Speaker 1: just continue to keep working one play at a time. Um,
Speaker 1: this game's not easy. Win in the NFL is not easy,
Speaker 1: especially against the team Atlanta. So it's just no one
Speaker 1: freaked out. Everyone take it easy. Like we keep looking
Speaker 1: at the pictures, we keep talking about the plays. We
Speaker 1: go out there and we execute. We stay calm in
Speaker 1: the huddle, and the guys did a great job all
Speaker 1: night of staying calm in the huddle. Just continue to work.
Speaker 1: When when we get behind the change, just continue to work.
Speaker 1: And you know, it was a dogfight all night. Our
Speaker 1: defense did a great job. When Atlanta got in the
Speaker 1: red zone, really helped us out. And you know it
Speaker 1: was it was a really great team winning. I do
Speaker 1: you feel like you're really starting to get in the
Speaker 1: rhythm when did I? Those are one of those unique
Speaker 1: games where, um, you know, it's not really a rhythm thing.
Speaker 1: It's just you're gonna fight all game. Um. They did
Speaker 1: a great job of you know, playing us, playing you know,
Speaker 1: covering us, doing zone doing man going to high safeties.
Speaker 1: They don't do that a lot, you know, And it's
Speaker 1: just one of those things where it wasn't a rhythmic game.
Speaker 1: But I thought our guys fought hard and I thought
Speaker 1: we you know, we made some big plays when we
Speaker 1: needed to. Our defense did a great job. Special teams.
Speaker 1: But it's just it was a very unique game, but especial.
Speaker 1: But the next team you played was you know, victimized
Speaker 1: by a quarterback catch as well. I mean not really.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you can get a team at the
Speaker 1: right time, Um, sometimes it's great to have it, you
Speaker 1: know in there. Um you also need, you know, to
Speaker 1: be able to catch it and everything. But I love
Speaker 1: having plays like that. Our team loves, I mean everyone
Speaker 1: loves a good trick play. You know, you were catching
Speaker 1: past that, you were running patterns and the warm ups
Speaker 1: was it was it especially because this play was actually
Speaker 1: I do that every warm up, and I just it's
Speaker 1: a way for me to go out there and be
Speaker 1: a kid for a little bit warm with a body catch.
Speaker 1: I've I've done it my entire life and something that
Speaker 1: I still do. I think some coaches probably think I'm
Speaker 1: crazy doing it, but it's something I enjoy doing now.
Speaker 1: Very similar to last year, this team just seems to
Speaker 1: find a way to get a win no matter what
Speaker 1: the circumstances are. The defensible light stand. What does it
Speaker 1: say about the character of this team to make up
Speaker 1: a very similar group to be able to do this again.
Speaker 1: I mean it's the NFL. Winning games is so tough,
Speaker 1: and I'd say the big thing with our team is
Speaker 1: we never turn on each other. You know, on the sidelines,
Speaker 1: if you know the offense is struggling, we're not. You know,
Speaker 1: the defense isn't. They're going out there and they're gonna
Speaker 1: get the ball back for us. That's their mindset. They
Speaker 1: have our backs vice versa. At the defense you know,
Speaker 1: gives up a couple of plays, Hey, we're gonna go
Speaker 1: out there. We're gonna help you. Special teams is you know,
Speaker 1: the center of everything. So I think when you have
Speaker 1: a team like that, you know, through it out a
Speaker 1: tough game like this where there's not a lot of rhythm,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's you know, that's how you have to
Speaker 1: win games. You lean on each other, you never turn
Speaker 1: on each other, and that's what's built here. That's the
Speaker 1: character of this team. Nelson a lot early and then
Speaker 1: throughout the game. Was that just what they were giving
Speaker 1: you defensively? Was that a point of emphasis? How did
Speaker 1: that kind of play out? Yeah? A lot of times.
Speaker 1: You know, I mean Nelson's a great receiver as a
Speaker 1: guy I have a lot of trust in he does
Speaker 1: a great job of getting open um and a lot
Speaker 1: of times too, it's just going through my progressions, um,
Speaker 1: and just getting the ball to him, get into him, um.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think it was more just going through
Speaker 1: my plays and you know he finds a way to
Speaker 1: get open. Well, lot to get on the gadget play
Speaker 1: Malcolm Jenkins that he hadn't he didn't know that was
Speaker 1: in the playbook. He hadn't seen it at practice, went,
Speaker 1: when's the last time you guys practice that the Philly Philly. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know. We're still calling this version. Well the
Speaker 1: first version was the Philly Special. This is actually Philly Philly.
Speaker 1: I miscalled it, I guess in the Super Bowl. So
Speaker 1: it got both so now we have a Philly Philly. Um. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we did it one time in practice and uh, he
Speaker 1: was probably watching film, you know, his offense defense. But yeah,
Speaker 1: we got one good rep. So I was Carson on
Speaker 1: the sideline helping you. Obviously he he wanted to be
Speaker 1: out there starting, starting this game. How did he you
Speaker 1: know take that? I mean, just like he always does.
Speaker 1: You know, we we sit over there as a quarterback group,
Speaker 1: we go through the pictures, we talk about what you know,
Speaker 1: they asked me what I'm seeing. I asked them what
Speaker 1: they're seeing. And it's a group effort um. That's how
Speaker 1: it was at the end of the season. That's how
Speaker 1: it is now. And you know, we have a really
Speaker 1: great quarterback room. It's fun to go work with them
Speaker 1: because you know, they're guys that you know, we can
Speaker 1: talk about those situations and help you help each other
Speaker 1: out the offense. Just getting just getting Darren out there
Speaker 1: is awesome. You know, he's such a tremendous player. He's
Speaker 1: an amazing teammate, one of my favorite teammates of all time.
Speaker 1: So just to have him out there, it means a lot.
Speaker 1: He's so dynamic, he can do you know, so many
Speaker 1: different things. But I think just who he is and
Speaker 1: what he represents and his work ethic. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: he just brings everyone together, which is really special. How
Speaker 1: does how does already trade hard as a as a passer.
Speaker 1: I mean there are different players. I mean Trey was
Speaker 1: like a tight end. Um, I was a passer. Sorry,
Speaker 1: I thought you were going in My bad. It's what
Speaker 1: time is it? One twenty? They're both they both put
Speaker 1: the ball on the money, so they're they're both two
Speaker 1: for you know, one for one on one for one.
Speaker 1: So you know, hats off of them have to do
Speaker 1: to get better with before Do you feel like this?
Speaker 1: I think we just keep working. You know, we're gonna
Speaker 1: we're gonna watch this film, We're gonna be critical, and
Speaker 1: we're gonna keep working, you know, one day at a time.
Speaker 1: That's what we always do. I mean, we've we've played
Speaker 1: a lot of football. Football is not this playing in
Speaker 1: the NFL is not easy. Win these games isn't easy.
Speaker 1: I think that's what we lean on. But there's a
Speaker 1: lot of stuff we have to clean up, and you know,
Speaker 1: we have the guys that are going to be critical
Speaker 1: of one another to do that. So when we get
Speaker 1: back into the facility, we'll go about it like we
Speaker 1: always do and get better. Ye different than the Philly Special,
Speaker 1: it's just almost exactly like the play the Patriots ran
Speaker 1: against You guys, what are your thoughts on that that
Speaker 1: you end up stealing the play that failed in the
Speaker 1: last game you play. I mean it's a good play, um,
Speaker 1: I think you know, it's just one of those things
Speaker 1: where there's a lot of you know, even the Philly Special,
Speaker 1: it have been ran on different levels of football. It
Speaker 1: is just not at that certain time in a super
Speaker 1: Bowl in that situation. That's what made it so unique.
Speaker 1: And the name of the play, Um, I think that
Speaker 1: you know, this league, there's a lot of great plays,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of great minds. So when you see
Speaker 1: something like that that's unique and it works well, you know,
Speaker 1: you try to execute it like they do. So, I
Speaker 1: mean it's a good play. A kind of this game
Speaker 1: out of the way now with the batter of Dana
Speaker 1: furl and now you have the league one win and
Speaker 1: the focus was pretty much for the most of the
Speaker 1: team on this season, and now officially the focus will
Speaker 1: big on the season. Alleys and sevento is all over
Speaker 1: pretty much. Yeah, I mean, you know, obviously it's a
Speaker 1: great honor a night. Um. I know, this city and
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagle fans all around and us as players, you know,
Speaker 1: this is an exciting moment um. But yes, it's it's
Speaker 1: really great to, you know, get a win in week one,
Speaker 1: especially on this stage with everything going around. There's a
Speaker 1: lot going around the city today. It felt, honestly like
Speaker 1: it was like a playoff game sort of atmosphere. You know,
Speaker 1: our crowd was so loud. There's a lot going on.
Speaker 1: I mean, trying to get to the game was hard. Shoot.
Speaker 1: I had to try to get here really early because
Speaker 1: I was in traffic. M But you know, it is
Speaker 1: nice to move on and you know, improve and now
Speaker 1: get the season going. I know you guys didn't watch
Speaker 1: the ceremony. I mean, you guys in the locker room
Speaker 1: during the ceremonies, did you at all catch yourself looking
Speaker 1: up at that banner at all? During the game? I
Speaker 1: saw when I ran out there and I starting, I
Speaker 1: glanced up once. But you know, I was so focused
Speaker 1: on just playing this game. Playing against the Falcons. I know,
Speaker 1: I've watched them on film. I played against them last year.
Speaker 1: I knew it was going to take every ounce of
Speaker 1: energy I had to, you know, just focus in and
Speaker 1: not pay attention to everything else going on. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, it's great. It's a great honor having that
Speaker 1: banner up there. It'll be there forever, um, and I
Speaker 1: know that all the fans and everyone are super proud
Speaker 1: of it. You stay locked in, you know, not knowing
Speaker 1: just how much longer you may or may not start
Speaker 1: with Wentz a situation, how important for you not to
Speaker 1: kind of let your mind wander and just stay locked
Speaker 1: in as if you're going to start no matter what
Speaker 1: the circumstances. Yeah, I mean I think that's where, you know,
Speaker 1: I just take it one day at a time. And
Speaker 1: I've said it all along. You try to prepare as
Speaker 1: a starter, but there is you know, it's a unique situation.
Speaker 1: But um, that's the where I just you know, stay
Speaker 1: in the moment um, the everything I have to my teammates, Um,
Speaker 1: prepare like I always do, and then we'll see what happens.
Speaker 1: To take one more from Zach and your time here,
Speaker 1: both stints, the games haven't always been pretty, but you
Speaker 1: tend to win much more than to lose. Why is that?
Speaker 1: Is there something to that? It's just people I work with.
Speaker 1: I've always said, you know this, you know this team,
Speaker 1: the people that work at you know the Novercare facility. Um,
Speaker 1: you know the character of everyone there, doesn't matter who
Speaker 1: you are not just the football players. You know, it's
Speaker 1: a special place to work. It's a camaraderie. Um, it's
Speaker 1: a family, and you know, it's not just about excess
Speaker 1: and o's in this game. We always try to make
Speaker 1: it excess and nose, but it's not. It's it's not
Speaker 1: turning on one another. It's going to work every day
Speaker 1: and enjoying where you work and stay longer because you
Speaker 1: just enjoy being there. So I've been fortunate, you know,
Speaker 1: in my stints in Philly to you know, work in
Speaker 1: a great environment at a great facility with great people,
Speaker 1: and I really, you know, pay tribute to them for
Speaker 1: us being able to pull out these tough wins. Okay,
Speaker 1: thank you for all Right, there's quarterback Nick Foles leaving
Speaker 1: the podium, and you know, Nick was asked during a
Speaker 1: week about his pension for having such a high baring
Speaker 1: to this performances. Either you get Hall of Fame worthy
Speaker 1: Nick Foles like in the Super Bowl, or you get
Speaker 1: you know, just some so so performances really easy in between,
Speaker 1: and tonight it was probably on the lesser end of
Speaker 1: the scale with only a fifty point four quarterback rating.
Speaker 1: But guess what, at the end of the day he
Speaker 1: got the win. Yeah, and he did a nice job
Speaker 1: of taking care of football for the most part. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Probably had one or one or two other throws that
Speaker 1: that could have ended up wrong for him should have been.
Speaker 1: And eventually the safety made the play on Dallas Goddard.
Speaker 1: That wasn't necessarily Nick Foles's fault or Dallas Goddard's fault.
Speaker 1: That's just a great play by the safety putting his
Speaker 1: helmet on the ball and popping it out of there.
Speaker 1: But I thought, Nick, listen, this is what he does.
Speaker 1: We've seen him throughout his career. We've seen him at
Speaker 1: as highest we've seen him when he struggled. I thought
Speaker 1: tonight he didn't force anything. He didn't force anything, didn't
Speaker 1: have any critical turnovers in the red zone. You know.
Speaker 1: The thing that had me a a little concern were
Speaker 1: the two interceptions he threw in the Cleveland game because
Speaker 1: they were just bad decisions day. They were unlike Nick
Speaker 1: Foles to make those types of decisions at those moments
Speaker 1: in the game. Didn't have any of those tonight. That's
Speaker 1: certainly what you want to clean up. And while Nick,
Speaker 1: he talked about it the other day, how he may
Speaker 1: need a couple of weeks or so to get his rhythm.
Speaker 1: Like former basketball player, he needs a couple of games
Speaker 1: before he can really have a real good rhythm and
Speaker 1: feel confident in what he's doing. Well tonight, he stayed
Speaker 1: within himself. I thought Doug did a great job calling
Speaker 1: to really really not asking Nick to do a whole
Speaker 1: lot some safe throws out there, took some chances when
Speaker 1: they needed to, And listen, when your defense is playing
Speaker 1: as well as they are, you don't need to take chances.
Speaker 1: You don't need to take chances, and give the ball
Speaker 1: back to the Atlanta Falcons and keep putting your deepens
Speaker 1: in tough positions. Defense found themselves in some difficult positions
Speaker 1: at times to night, but I thought they came up
Speaker 1: pretty big each time. Yes, it did. So we've heard
Speaker 1: from coach Pearson and quarterback Nick Foles. What we're gonna
Speaker 1: do now is take a break here on the postgame show.
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Speaker 1: and foremost, Nelson Agilore, who did it all for the
Speaker 1: Eels offense tonight through the Philly Philly pass to Nick Foles.
Speaker 1: Had a nice jet sweep for a game sixteen yards
Speaker 1: and was the focal point of the passing game for
Speaker 1: eight catches, even though it's only for thirty three yards. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I don't recall any drops tonight from Nelson, Yes,
Speaker 1: you know, I do recall a lot of tough catches
Speaker 1: and traffic over the middle. Had to take some big hits,
Speaker 1: and like you said, being the focal point of the
Speaker 1: offense without I mean, as far as the passing game
Speaker 1: goes without a lot of help around him. I thought
Speaker 1: he did a nice job to night. Really was a
Speaker 1: special weapon for them on the offensive side of the ball.
Speaker 1: That Jess wasn't his pass catching. He talked about the
Speaker 1: runs that he had, the throw to Nick Foles for
Speaker 1: the Philly Philly play where Nick catches them off guard.
Speaker 1: That was really a big momentum change there. So you know,
Speaker 1: Nelson really showing his worth and his versatility as a
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Beautiful touch on that pass, by the way,
Speaker 1: very underrated to get over Beasley. In his last two
Speaker 1: games going back to the Super Bowl, Aglare has seventeen
Speaker 1: receptions ye for this football team. And I think two
Speaker 1: years ago would you ever have said, day, No, he
Speaker 1: doesn't even drop passes. I mean he just doesn't. He
Speaker 1: makes a lot of the tough catches and traffic. All right.
Speaker 1: So our second nominee defensive tackle Fletcher Cox. Okay, look,
Speaker 1: the stats aren't overly flashy. He had a sack tonight,
Speaker 1: but should have had two, should have had two. But
Speaker 1: time after time again, Fletcher was bulldozing whether it was
Speaker 1: a guard, whether it's a center, and was just making
Speaker 1: life miserable in the pocket for Matt Ryan. He was
Speaker 1: chasing players all over the field. He was huge here
Speaker 1: in the in the gold line. Stop that's a touchdown. Stop.
Speaker 1: I mean he stopped that, that's a touchdown. From Freeman
Speaker 1: if Fletcher isn't there, So Fletcher Cox is dominant self again.
Speaker 1: You know, he said that he wants to be recognized
Speaker 1: as the best defensive player in the game, and certainly
Speaker 1: he was a lot for this Falcon's offensive line to
Speaker 1: handle on Thursday nights and to be recognized as that guy.
Speaker 1: You have to show up on big games opening night
Speaker 1: national TV. You also have to show up in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter when the team needs you, and Fletcher was
Speaker 1: able to do that. He makes everyone else's job around
Speaker 1: him so much easier because he commands so much attention.
Speaker 1: I say he's gonna have sixteen sacks one per game.
Speaker 1: He got one, yeah, pace the sixteen all right, our
Speaker 1: third and final nominee running back two touchdowns on the evening,
Speaker 1: you know, handling the load for the Eagles offense from
Speaker 1: the running game standpoint, showcasing that he can be the
Speaker 1: featured back in this offense, taking those touches that Lagart
Speaker 1: Blunt would have had a year ago, especially down the
Speaker 1: stretch where you're wondering who's gonna work the ball in
Speaker 1: the short yards and red zone situations. And Jay a
Speaker 1: Giant got the job done tonight for the Eagles and
Speaker 1: really running with a purpose tonight, running with great vision,
Speaker 1: getting behind his pads, getting downhill, being a physical runner.
Speaker 1: You see right there, that was a huge touchdown right
Speaker 1: there for Jedgi, the first one of the game. And
Speaker 1: that's that's what you need. Not having a guy like
Speaker 1: la Garrett Blunt in the arsenal anymore. You're gonna need
Speaker 1: somebody that can run in between those tackles and even
Speaker 1: break tackles at times. And I thought Jedgi didn't get
Speaker 1: a ton of carries in the first half, but they
Speaker 1: needed him in the second half. They wrote him in
Speaker 1: the second half, and he came through for him. He did.
Speaker 1: This is someone who missed a lot of time in
Speaker 1: the preseason because of a foot injury. Yeah, okay, So
Speaker 1: again you talk about the players who have been in
Speaker 1: and out of the lineup. You looked at the running
Speaker 1: back position. We haven't seen the top three guys out
Speaker 1: there at all together because Darren Sprowles, you know, did
Speaker 1: not play at all in the preseason. Corey Clement was
Speaker 1: sidelined for a bit during the preseason. So having all
Speaker 1: three of those guys being silent at one point or another,
Speaker 1: it was great to see that three of them worked
Speaker 1: together so well in concert on the game winning drive,
Speaker 1: so you could see what the back rotation could be
Speaker 1: here in twenty eighteen. So what we're gonna do is
Speaker 1: we're gonna take our last break here on the postgame
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Speaker 1: conundrum here now that we have Philly, Philly in the
Speaker 1: vernacular from a play calling standpoint. After the trick play
Speaker 1: are people are gonna be confused when they see that
Speaker 1: statue in Headhouse Plods at Lincoln Founcial Field that says
Speaker 1: you want Philly Philly. It's not gonna be referring to
Speaker 1: the right play. Yeah, and we all know now there
Speaker 1: was a snaffoo by Nick. He meant the called Philly
Speaker 1: sta actually just said Phillip Philly. Doug. I believe that
Speaker 1: was probably the Paul's Doug had because Doug's like, Philly
Speaker 1: what we're talking about? Oh, he means Philly state that
Speaker 1: he was able to think of his feet that quickly though,
Speaker 1: to realize that actually and then go right along with it.
Speaker 1: So so what do they do if he didn't know
Speaker 1: what it just went? Well? I think he knew what
Speaker 1: Nick meant, yes, but it took him a second for
Speaker 1: the register, right, because he's saying Philly Philly and that's
Speaker 1: not the actual play call. And it's funny when you
Speaker 1: hear the miked up version of them in the huddle.
Speaker 1: Nick goes back to the huddle and says Philly special.
Speaker 1: He doesn't call it Philly Phillips. You know, Uh, it's
Speaker 1: good to have another play in. Here's the thing, I
Speaker 1: would say, let's as long as they practiced the play
Speaker 1: that they're gonna that's in the game plan that they're
Speaker 1: gonna run that week, will be okay. Because you don't
Speaker 1: want guys thinking Philly Special is really Philly Philly and
Speaker 1: vice versa. That that's what you don't want to happen.
Speaker 1: So that's why you just gotta kind of take it.
Speaker 1: You've enjoyed it at this point and go on from there.
Speaker 1: So so, speaking of the Philly Philly now, Greg Hosell,
Speaker 1: NFL film seer, producer and fran Duffy broke it down
Speaker 1: in our Rica review. Take it away, gentlemen, as we
Speaker 1: get to highlights Philly Philly. So we've got that six
Speaker 1: three ball game. Now it's third quarter, the Eagles facing
Speaker 1: third down and the offense has struggled a little bit
Speaker 1: little bit at this point. Now, Greg, but you figure
Speaker 1: you look back, we had the celebration in the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl fifty two here before the game tonight, and you
Speaker 1: know you'd think of Philly Special. How many times we
Speaker 1: heard Philly Philly all offseason. There's no way we'll ever
Speaker 1: see a play like that ever again. No, no, we're
Speaker 1: not not until third down in the middle of the
Speaker 1: first game or the next season. There you go and
Speaker 1: we see something exactly like and you see it for
Speaker 1: obvious reasons here, because the offense was really struggling, particularly
Speaker 1: in the past game. Nick Foles was completing some passes
Speaker 1: but for very minimal yardage. So here's a critical third down.
Speaker 1: Not that the game was getting away from the Eagles,
Speaker 1: but you had the feeling that their offense was really
Speaker 1: not doing a whole lot because it wasn't. So you
Speaker 1: get to a third down, crossed midfield, what do you
Speaker 1: get another version of Philly Special? Exactly right, You've got
Speaker 1: You've got Corey Cleamer in the backfield. You got Nick
Speaker 1: Foles in the backfield. Two thirds of the Philly Special, right,
Speaker 1: Yo is right there. Trey Burton obviously in Chicago. So
Speaker 1: they go down to Nelson Agloor at the bottom of
Speaker 1: the screen. Nelson's going to take the reverse here from
Speaker 1: Corey Clamber. As we let this run, you'll see this
Speaker 1: play out. Dallas Goddard's running down the seam. So we've
Speaker 1: gotta running down the seam. That side of the field
Speaker 1: is wide open. Nick Foles finished just the catch once again.
Speaker 1: This is the longest pass play for the years at
Speaker 1: that point. And you know, with Holland and Jeffrey not playing,
Speaker 1: I mean, who knows, maybe falls becomes a receiver, maybe
Speaker 1: he's playing the wrong position. Just an outstanding way for
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson kind of get the crowd back into it,
Speaker 1: and the offense seemed to be getting a little bit more.
Speaker 1: A little bit of juice. A little bit of juice,
Speaker 1: no question. So we get to see another version of
Speaker 1: the Philly Special here in the Eagles victory. Great stuff
Speaker 1: there from Greg and Frying. A bigger surprise for you tonight,
Speaker 1: like the fact that they call Philly Philly, or that
Speaker 1: the fans were booing at the end of the first
Speaker 1: half as Let's left the field. Obviously, the fans booing,
Speaker 1: you know, and I understand, as fans were passionate, and
Speaker 1: I know what's in our DNA, and I know they
Speaker 1: loved this team as well. But I just don't think
Speaker 1: giving a national audience something to sort of hang on
Speaker 1: this fan base that we're trying to detach ourselves from
Speaker 1: being a good fan base, you don't need that. Tonight.
Speaker 1: Tonight was banner night. Tonight was an opportunity to see
Speaker 1: this team in its full compliment of players on the
Speaker 1: field to really celebrate what was a great season last year.
Speaker 1: And you know, as much as I tried to preach
Speaker 1: all week long that we have to expect somewhat of
Speaker 1: a slow start and a choppy start because this offense,
Speaker 1: especially from the offensive side, they haven't had a chance
Speaker 1: to be out there on the field together very often
Speaker 1: this summer. To me, it was expected as far as
Speaker 1: getting off to a slow start. But here's the thing.
Speaker 1: I will give the fans credit for ay. It wasn't
Speaker 1: some long drawn out boom that it was just like,
Speaker 1: you know, like they just hated the team or what
Speaker 1: have you. I think when the offense is struggling and
Speaker 1: the team and the fans wanted so bad, they can't
Speaker 1: help but allow their emotions to come out at that time.
Speaker 1: But it didn't stop them from getting behind their team
Speaker 1: and supporting their team once the place started, So to me,
Speaker 1: at least showed that they're not going to just sit
Speaker 1: back and say, you know what, they won the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: Whatever happens this year happens, Oh yeah, we all want
Speaker 1: it again. Yeah, that's the thing. Everyone everyone always said.
Speaker 1: I For many years, people would say, if the Eagles
Speaker 1: can just win one, I'll be satisfied. You know, that's
Speaker 1: never the case. Especially get that first taste, you always
Speaker 1: want a little more. So we're gonna roll into the schedule.
Speaker 1: And this is exactly why it was so important for
Speaker 1: the Eagles to wins night because they get the mini
Speaker 1: by here and you go to Tampa Bay to take
Speaker 1: on the Buccaneers without Jamis Winston. Okay. Then week three
Speaker 1: you get Frank roych and Andrew Luck coming to town.
Speaker 1: And Andrew Luck's going to be the big question mark,
Speaker 1: what is he gonna be after not playing football at
Speaker 1: all in two and seventeen. And then you have that
Speaker 1: weird game in Nashville against the Tennessee Titans team that
Speaker 1: came back to beat the Chiefs in the playoffs last season.
Speaker 1: So you have that first core of the season there.
Speaker 1: But then you get the rematch with the Vikings Division
Speaker 1: matchup with the Giants Panthers, another tough foe, and you're
Speaker 1: going to London that first half of the schedule. That's why,
Speaker 1: to me, it was so important that the Eagles got
Speaker 1: this win under their belt so that they can start
Speaker 1: stockpolling wins just because of how difficult the road is
Speaker 1: going to be head for this team. Yeah, don't matter
Speaker 1: how they look pretty ugly, it don't matter. You don't
Speaker 1: give w's back once you've acquired them, and they acquired
Speaker 1: a W tonight, and that's all that matters. When I
Speaker 1: when I look at that schedule, even going on the
Speaker 1: road to Tampa, they got ten days. They need to
Speaker 1: get this offense together. You know, Tampa's the defense is
Speaker 1: a lot like Atlanta. They're they're small, they're fast. They
Speaker 1: certainly have guys up front, guys like Gerald McCoy, Vinny Curry,
Speaker 1: who's there. Now? You look at their secondary, they got
Speaker 1: some pretty good guys down there. Brent Grimes is another guy.
Speaker 1: They'll match up on your best receiver. We're gonna need
Speaker 1: to start clicking on the offense. You put a lot
Speaker 1: of stress on your defense when you only score field goals, right,
Speaker 1: and it takes as long as it did tonight for
Speaker 1: us to get in the end zone. You can't live
Speaker 1: by that. Even against a team like Tampa that's gonna
Speaker 1: be without their quarterback Jameis Winston. They're gonna be at home.
Speaker 1: Who knows what the temperature is gonna be down there.
Speaker 1: That certainly plays a factor. And again the Eagles, you're
Speaker 1: gonna get everyone's best shot. I don't care who you face.
Speaker 1: When you're the defending Super Bowl champions, you're the team
Speaker 1: that circled on every opponent's schedule, and so you're going
Speaker 1: into Tampa, they're looking at that light. This will be
Speaker 1: a great win for our organization if we can get it.
Speaker 1: So we need to get the offense clicking. And Doug
Speaker 1: will be the first to tell you it puts a
Speaker 1: lot of stress on your defense when you're not putting
Speaker 1: points on the board. They got away with it the
Speaker 1: night because they were playing at home and a deep
Speaker 1: end stood up, But going on the road playing that way,
Speaker 1: it's difficult because you gotta remember the other teams. Crowd
Speaker 1: is in the game, even though Tampa. Even though Tampa,
Speaker 1: when you're the super Bowl champions, you're gonna get a
Speaker 1: sellout crowd. You're gonna sell a crowd. But I feel
Speaker 1: like the Tampa is sort of like Philly South to
Speaker 1: an extent. Okay, we'll see when when you don't put
Speaker 1: points on the board, well then yeah that's the problem. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's the problem. Well, hopefully that the extra four days
Speaker 1: of rest and work for the coaches and will be
Speaker 1: able to scheme that part of it app So that's
Speaker 1: gonna do it for us here on the postgame Show
Speaker 1: presented by Rico. Thank you very much for staying with
Speaker 1: us into the night here as the Eagles are able
Speaker 1: to defeat the Atlanta Falcons by a score of eighteen
Speaker 1: to twelve. He's Iris, I'm Chris McPherson again, thanks for
Speaker 1: joining us. Well of complete coverage all throughout the night
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Speaker 1: we're all again loopy here. It's late at the night,
Speaker 1: so we're gonna say farewell everyone, enjoy this banner night
Speaker 1: as the Eagles start the season one to zero.