WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Win The Opener 18-12 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:09.760 We'll take it everyone, We'll take it everyone. Welcome to 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:12.160 the postgame Show. I'm just so excited. Okay, I can't 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:14.440 hold it on that one. Welcome to the Postgame Show 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:17.680 and presented by Rico Chris McPherson enjoy alongside I Crease. 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:23.400 Breathe a little easier, Okay. Basically, it was the matchup 0:00:23.400 --> 0:00:27.560 from January, the Divisional Round playoff game, repeated here with 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:31.680 basically the same ending. Met Ryan goes to Julio Jones. 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:33.600 This time it was to the left side of the 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:37.760 field Royal Darby in coverage. Jones catches the ball this time, 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:40.000 but his momentum takes him out of bounds and the 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:45.879 Eagles escape with the eighteen to twelve victory. In my estimation, 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:50.040 this is what exactly what the Eagles had to do tonight. Okay, 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:52.920 we all knew that with Nick Foles starting at quarterback, 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.320 there were a lot of turnover on offense in terms 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:58.280 of players being injured during the preseason not being able 0:00:58.320 --> 0:01:00.880 to get that rhythm. The defense had to step up 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:03.480 to the task. But when push came to shove, the 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:06.080 Eagles offense got the job done to get the go 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:08.880 ahead touchdown. Jagi his second score of the night, an 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:11.679 eleven yards scant late in the fourth quarter, and the 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:15.040 defense held on to give the Eagles to win. For me, 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:19.120 you're going against a battle tested, very very good veteran 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:22.280 Falcon squad. You just had to steal this one, so 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:24.280 you kind of get your feet set as you go 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:26.600 into the twenty eighteen season. Yeah. I mean, you know 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:29.520 what I've learned, Chris watching these two play again tonight, 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.440 is that these are two teams that are very close 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:35.520 when it comes to talent, when it comes to execution, 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:38.199 when it comes to being matched up against one another, 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:41.039 they do a lot of similar things. You remember back 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.560 to the game in January that was a defensive battle, 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:47.600 same thing here tonight. The Eagles offense tough sledding for 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:50.559 the most part in the first half, Eagles defense keeping 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:52.760 them in the game, big stops in the red zone. 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.520 That's really the difference in the game tonight. The Eagles 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:58.400 defense in the first half keeping the Falcons out of 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:01.919 the end zone, allowing the Eagles offense to final rhythm 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:04.840 in the second half and get things going. And miden 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.760 way through that third quarter, how about Dougie p bringing 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:12.960 out a different version of the Philly Special from the 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:16.639 Super Bowl, sort of igniting this offense in the second half, 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:21.079 certainly igniting the Eagles fans inside the Lincoln Financial Field. 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:24.400 And I thought the defense was just outstanding all night. Hey, 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:26.520 a little bit of ben, but don't break. It's gonna 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:31.519 be difficult stopping Julio Jones. The Falcons they targeting so much. 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:33.640 He's gonna get us catches, He's gonna get his yards. 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:37.200 But for the fourth straight game, this Eagles defense when 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:40.120 facing the Falcons, have been able to keep Julio Jones 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:42.560 out of the end zone. He gets his numbers in 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:47.160 between the goal line, the goal line, but he hasn't 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:50.440 gotten in the end zone. And a great job. Really 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:54.480 deja vu all over again that final defensive stand down 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:58.480 there where Matt Ryan has multiple opportunities throwing the ball 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:00.440 in the end zone. Great job by the Eagles red 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:03.320 zone defense keeping them out of the end zone. Had 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:05.959 us here with our hearts and our throats a little bit, 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.840 But you know what a great way to kick off 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:13.440 the two eighteen season. And we've realized that the defense 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.799 was gonna come out, was gonna have to come out 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:18.679 and lead the charge. That yeah, because the offense they 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:21.639 just haven't had enough time to be on the field together. 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:25.160 That show tonight. Sloppy play as well, when when you 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:27.680 don't play guys in the preseason. And this isn't anything 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.720 that's specifically related to the Eagles, this is a trend 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:34.040 around the National Football League going through the preseason. You're 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:39.240 gonna get sloppy play, penalties everywhere, turnovers in the second half. 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:42.080 But the Eagles able to pull it together and really 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:44.760 start running the ball with Jaya Jaii and I think 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.360 they gave them a little momentum as well, big plays 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:50.680 from Darren Spros. Nelson Agilore really the only threat in 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.000 the passing game all night, and they had to use 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:56.000 him in a different faceted ways just to get the 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:59.000 ball moving. But just a great game and to deepense. 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:01.120 So many stars on that side of the ball that 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:03.320 we can go through. I'm gonna love looking at this game. 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:05.480 This will be fun to want to watch. Twenty six 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:10.560 total penalties called and accepted in this ball game. So certainly, 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:14.160 as you said, it's almost preseason, ask, it's basically when 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:17.560 you're resting guys during the actual preseason, you're gonna take 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:20.280 these first couple weeks of the year to get themselves acclimated. 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:23.479 It's almost the approach that New England takes with its 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:26.920 team because they play so late into the year over 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:28.760 and over and over again that by the time you 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.479 get to the next regular season, it's such a shortened 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:33.560 window that, look, you want to keep your guys as 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.120 fresh as possible, so you're using these September games. And 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.200 that's why in the past couple of years when we've 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:41.080 seen the Patriots lose one of those close games averon 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:43.240 and you say yourself, is this the year when it's 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:46.680 gonna unfold? Well, no, that's not the case. It's just 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:48.960 a matter of fact that, Look, they're trying to get 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:51.080 their feet under them so they can peak when you 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.520 get to October, November, and December when you're making that 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:57.520 playoff push there. So what we're gonna do now is 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:00.599 we're gonna send over to Lake and fire Field and 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:04.200 we're gonna bring in the Eagles insider himself, Daves and 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:08.040 Amy Campbell. Look, I mean, what a thriller. Dave first 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:11.880 and foremost there the Eagles red zone defense, holding the 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:15.080 Falcons out four out of five opportunities. It seems like 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:17.400 all offseason Atlanta was preaching that I was gonna have 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:19.760 a better red zone offense and that was not the 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.520 case tonight. What did the Eagles do down there at 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:24.880 the goal lot to be able to keep the Falcons out? 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:28.159 What didn't matter most? Well, a couple of things here, Chris, 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:30.039 and thank you very much for bringing it to Amy 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:33.560 and I. Here an absolute replica of the game in 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:37.279 January against the Falcons, the NFC Divisional playoff game, and 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:38.920 what the Eagles did so well in the red zone. 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:41.479 They dominated the line of scrimmage. Amy and I talked 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:43.800 about this before the game. My focus was on the 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:46.600 line of scrimmage and your focus was on outside in 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:49.360 coverage and Eagles dominated in both. Yeah, we were both right. 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:52.280 I thought it was really a defensive showdown here for 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:56.160 the home team, and like Chris mentioned, multiple tries there 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:58.560 for the Atlanta offense. Atlanta was in the red zone 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.320 a lot tonight and they did not get They weren't 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.800 converting to touchdowns and a lot of those chances, and so, 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.440 like you said, that defensive line kind of making it 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:08.479 happen for them in the trenches, and then on the 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:11.880 outside the dbs really stepping up, and of course Julio's Julio, 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:14.600 so he's gonna eat no matter what. But outside of that, 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.400 I'd say a great defensive showing from the home team. Yeah, 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:19.280 and the Eagles I think really Chris and Ike in 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:21.839 that last drive. Certainly throughout the game, they never let 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:26.000 Matt Ryan drop back set feel comfortable in the pocket. 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:27.680 They did a lot of it with a four man 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:31.359 rush that allowed seven to drop into coverage. And Fletcher Cox, 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:34.200 we talked about it before the game, a dominant performance 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:39.080 in January against Atlanta. He Chris Long, Brandon Graham really 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:41.320 really took care of business up front. Well, and your 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:44.320 guy to watch Jordan Hicks too. How that really exciting sack. 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:47.400 He basically bowled over DeVante Freeman there to take Matt 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:50.000 Ryan down. Really exciting moment there for the deal. And 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:52.359 the Eagles offense did just enough. They were able to 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.719 mix things up a bit. Obviously a little bit of 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:57.440 trickery helped them early in the game, and then they 0:06:57.480 --> 0:06:59.680 got the running game going and they got darren sproles 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.520 involve catching the football. I thought he was a bit 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:05.800 of an X factor. Corey Clement and JAGII, who's been 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:09.080 bothered by a foot injury, ran hard, rand tough and 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:10.680 put the ball in the end zone in the red 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:13.520 zul Yeah, two touchdowns for Jji. I think you nailed it. 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:17.000 They're saying that Philly Special replica two point zero was 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:19.560 what seemed to really open up the offense a little bit. 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:21.640 That there were a lot of hiccups and you know, 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:24.360 kind of some timing issues, some rhythm issues, maybe some 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:27.320 comfort issues for that first team offense, and it seemed 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:29.440 like it took, you know, a trick play to kind 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:31.080 of get them going a little bit there as well. 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:35.280 And the crowd here obviously a big factor. Incredibly loud, 0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:38.440 not to the level I don't think of NFC playoffs 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.040 last year, but very close. It was. It was a 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:42.960 great home field advantage for the Eagles. Oh yeah, I 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:45.360 mean this is my first regular season home game here 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:48.920 in Philadelphia, so my first experience with the Philadelphia crowd, 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.280 and man, I just I couldn't even leave the field 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:52.920 for you know, I stayed down here for the first 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.000 half and I was just soaking it up. The fans 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.640 were so awesome and you know, I love the booing, right, 0:07:57.680 --> 0:07:59.720 like you gotta keep your team honest, like, you know, 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.560 don't take long. Didn't take long. And you know, I 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.640 reading tweets, people are saying, it's it's a banner knight, 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.239 It's championship banner knight, and you're gonna get a boolee 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:10.520 right into the first quarter. But you gotta keep your 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:12.400 team honest. You know a good thing when you see it, 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:14.000 and you know you know a bad thing when you 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:16.440 see it. So I loved in my first experience here. 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:18.080 It was awesome. Yeah, and this is the kind of 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:19.280 way I think the Eagles are gonna have to win 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:21.360 early in the season, with a lot of grid, with 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:24.120 a lot of fortitude and doing the little things in 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:27.840 the fourth quarter to win games. That's what championship teams do, guys, 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:30.440 and that's what the Eagles did this evening. Great stuff 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:33.000 there from David Amy. Dave can't wait to read You're 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:35.199 on the Insight com later on, as well as listen 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.559 to the Eagles Live podcast to recap the win over 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:41.880 the Falcon. So, David Amy were talking there about the 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:45.120 running back rotation ike and to me, it seemed like 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:47.880 that on that final drive you saw what it could be, 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:50.800 what it probably should be here in twenty eighteen with 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:54.160 Jagi as the lead guy. With Corey Clement sprinkling some 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.199 key runs there, I thought I was going to break 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.880 that one for a touchdown there, and then Darren Sprowls. 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:03.199 The X factor just so uncanny, especially on third down. 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:04.719 He had a third down early in the game is 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:06.840 a third and short carry where he was able to 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.280 wiggle by the defender just enough to get the first down. 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:11.839 But he had a couple of clutch, you know, possessions 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:14.079 there late in the game to help get the Eagles 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.360 over the hump there. It just seemed like they work. 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:18.280 That's the one thing that they could count on, and 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:20.720 I think they could probably you know, put their emphasis 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:22.839 on here. As Dave said in the first month of 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:24.520 the season, as they're gonna have to kind of win 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:26.920 ugly so to speak. Here, I think we saw with 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:29.920 the running back rotation can be here for this Eagles team. Yeah, 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.560 nice job by Doug, you know, he and Mike gros 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:35.040 sticking with the running game right. It wasn't working early 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.200 in the game. I think a big, big part of 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:39.840 that was a lack of a real threat at the 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:42.520 receiver position. We didn't throw the ball down the field 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:46.040 very much. And what that allows is for Atlanta to 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:48.640 really start to crowd the box, and I thought our 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:51.760 office and line struggle with picking up guys blocking them 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:54.440 getting to the second level, and there weren't very many 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.600 holes for these running backs to run through. In the 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:00.280 first half, they tried to switch out the temp as 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.040 far as whether you're going with Spros or whether you're 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:04.880 gonna with Cory or Jayaji, wasn't much there in the 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.520 first half. Great job coming out in the second half 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.720 getting some misdirection plays. I saw a nice little wrinkle 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.920 where they brought Nelson Agilore in for like a jet 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:17.680 sweet look. I think that forces Atlanta's eyes to follow him, 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:20.120 and they were able to get some quick hitters up 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:23.480 the middle of Corey Clement and Darren Spros as well. 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:26.720 And once those plays started to happen, especially the Philly 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:29.760 special two point zero, I think that forced Atlanta to 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.360 back off a little bit and it gazed. It gave 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:35.040 the Eagles offensive line a lot of confidence. And then 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:38.319 and then you started to see them get a body 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:42.040 on the body and Jayagi getting behind his pads being 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.120 patient as well. I thought I saw a much more 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:47.200 patient runner in the second half, a little lebyon Bell 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:50.240 like from Jiji. That's that's not somewhere accustomed to sin. 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:52.199 But I saw that a little bit in the second half, 0:10:52.520 --> 0:10:55.120 and that allowed holes to develop, because when you're running 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:59.000 these sort of RPOs or these read actions, you have 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:02.160 to give time for the defense to move and then 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:04.679 the offensive linemen to get to a certain angle. So 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:06.800 you're gonna need a little bit of patience. I thought 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.400 Jedgi showed that in the second half, and he was 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:12.319 able to break some big runs. They certainly needed their 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:16.600 run game tonight because the passing game was almost it 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:19.319 was almost wasn't even existent tonight. Well what was odd 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:21.480 was to me, I thought we were gonna see a 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:24.360 little more twelve personnel early on. Okay, you figured you 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:26.920 knew you were you know, you were hurt at wide 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:29.920 receiver there with no al Sean, no mac Hollands obviously, 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:32.319 and you know Shelton Gibson out there starting out y. 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.080 You of DeAndre Carter playing his first NFL game, you know, 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:38.080 playing significant snaps. So I figured we would see alive 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:40.120 of Zach Ertz and Dallas Goddard. But you didn't really 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.560 see alive of the twelve personnel there, And to the 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:45.520 Falcon's credit, third linebackers did a very good job of 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:48.560 putting the clamps down on zach Ertz, and zach Ertz 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:50.760 an off night for him where you don't see him 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:54.800 drop the ball, you know, ever basically, and we saw two, 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:57.120 possibly three drops throughout the course of this game. And 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.720 then Dallas Goddard, you saw the cash radius that he 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.280 has on that one red zone attempting to the ends 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:04.920 and they almost brought in. And then the turning point 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:07.559 of this game was almost the ball that he caught 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:11.480 over the middle off that pop pass, and unfortunately Demante 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:13.160 Casey was just in the right place at the right 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:14.920 time be able to knock the ball loose, you know, 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:17.120 got tried to do what he could to secure it. 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:19.719 Dion Jones came up with the interception, and that's where 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.400 he almost wondered, is that where the tide's gonna turn. 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:24.760 It seemed like the Eagles, you know, made a lot 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:28.040 of mistakes on special teams especially, were able to overcome them. 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.480 You figured they were gonna have to win ugly tonight, 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.280 but they were able to overcome some mistakes that you 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:35.600 didn't expect them to make in order to get the 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:38.160 victory there. So it was interesting from that same point 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:40.320 of not utilizing the Titans as as much as I 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.600 thought they were going to in this matchup. But again, 0:12:42.640 --> 0:12:45.360 Atlanta's got a fast, aggressive defense. Maybe they just figured 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:48.720 from a matchup standpoint, that wasn't the area where they 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:51.160 thought they could win. And you gotta give Nick time 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:53.480 to throw the football, right, you know that that fast 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:56.040 defense Atlanta has. You know, those tight ends are going 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:58.600 to be huge in the red zone, and so we 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:01.240 didn't get down in the red zone very often. They 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:03.680 ran the ball in when we were able to get 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.040 down there. So that's something they're going to continue to 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:08.240 work on. You know, the Eagles, that's a huge part 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.520 of their offensive package using two tight ends, So I 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.360 don't expect that to go away. There were some opportunities 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:17.079 there for the tight ends tonight to make some catches. 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:20.360 I guarantee you that ball throwing the Dallas Goddard, he's 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.120 going to do a better job of getting his feed 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.640 in bounds, making sure he has enough room to come 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:28.080 down catch. So you know, but you see, like you said, 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:30.960 catch radius, his size, his ability even if the man 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:33.520 is there in coverage, just throw the ball up to him. 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:35.400 He's a good athlete. He can go up there and 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:37.559 get the ball. The thing I loved that the Eagles 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:39.719 were able to do tonight is that they didn't hurt 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.440 themselves on an offensive standpoint by turning the ball over 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.600 the one interception that they had. Just a great play 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.000 by the Atlanta Falcons. Get a safety credit for putting 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:50.920 his helmet on the ball and popping that out of 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:53.000 the other than that, I thought Nick did a great 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:55.559 job of keeping the ball out of harm's way. All Right, 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:57.560 So we're gonna hear from head coach Doug Pearson and 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.120 quarterback Nick foleson just a little bit, But first we're 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.000 gonna send it back over to the link where Eagles 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:05.120 and Saura. Dave Spader is standing by with defensive and 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:23.760 Brandon Graham. All Right, there some auto technical difficulties there. 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:26.720 So again we're gonna hear from coach Pearson and quarterback 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:28.960 Nick Foles in just a few moments there. But the 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.640 defensive line just you you were wondering how would the 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:35.760 rotation work. And we didn't see a law of heloading 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.840 nada in the in the preseason and training camp. And 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:41.240 again he's been around the league for such a long time, 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:45.280 four years old, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, big fellow is 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:47.200 not looking at training again, but you still saw the 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.720 juice the one tackle for lost there in the second half. 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:51.840 You said, this guy still has it, and those are 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:53.680 the types of snaps that you need to get from 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.440 him so that you don't have to force excessive reps 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:58.880 for other guys down the line. I love seeing Michael 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:01.280 Bennett moved around the four. I thought he came off 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:04.400 the edge very nicely tonight. Chris Long, I mean, Chris 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:07.320 Long might just have the you know, the wisdom of 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:10.160 youth basically at this point here once again getting a 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:13.040 strip sack, something that he was so effective at last 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:15.560 season for the team type for first I believe in 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:18.240 the league with four strip sacks as another one tonight. 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.280 Unfortunately the deals weren't able to come up with it. 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:23.760 But nonetheless though Chris Long bringing that presence off the edge. Yeah, 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:25.920 how could you not love the way Chris plays? You know, 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:29.200 gives you nothing but effort. Right, old guy been in 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:31.400 the league for a few years, still loves playing the 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:34.120 game of football. And the great thing about this defensive 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:36.880 line is the depth. And these guys are going to 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:40.600 benefit from not playing so many snaps. And you saw 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.480 that come to truition to night in the fourth quarter, 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:46.360 especially if the Eagles were able to get to Matt Ryan. 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:49.560 The Falcons couldn't get to Nick Foles late in the game. 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.160 You got guys cramping up all over the field, Guys 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:55.000 going to the sideline not coming back in. You watch 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:58.360 the Eagles defense defense, they look stronger, and when they 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:01.160 could get pressure on Matt Ryan, he didn't have a chance. 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.000 When they couldn't get pressure on him, He's able to 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.440 get the ball to Julio. But you saw the depth 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:09.200 of that defensive line come to fruition and show why 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:12.000 it's gonna be the force of the defensive side of 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:15.160 the football once again this year, led by Fletcher Cox, 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:18.000 led by Chris Long. I liked what I saw from 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:21.240 Michael Bennett tonight, regardless if he got a sack or not. 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:23.440 There were plenty of times that I saw him get 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:26.720 penetration and flush masses around the quarterback from hockey and 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:30.120 that's what you need to see. Derek Barnett couple of 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:33.000 mistakes lining up off side and negating a couple of sacks, 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:35.920 but still he was around the football tonight. And then 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:38.280 my favorite player amongst them all and It's hard for 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:41.000 me to say this considered I'm a spartan Brandon Graham, 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:43.720 Brandon Graham and Wolver rain Man. He's out there his 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:46.600 first action of the year, and I thought he did 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:49.960 a nice job in his limited playing time as well. Indeed, 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:52.120 so again the Eagles coming out with the eighteen to 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:56.160 twelve victory. Dan Bruegeler actually had this stat on Twitter 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:58.880 during the broadcast and he said that there are two 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:01.480 players left from the draft and it was Chris Long 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.119 sacking Matt Ryan. How about So how about that for 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:07.600 you right there? So, Matt Ryan, was it just me 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:10.159 or did you look off in terms of throwing the 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:13.879 football there? Obviously, look, you're throwing the Julio Jones arguably 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:16.200 the best receiver in the game, and Julio is gonna 0:17:16.240 --> 0:17:18.119 make things happen. But there were a lot of balls 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:20.480 that Matt Ryan threw tonight that you just kind of wondered, 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:22.840 is the arm striking out theres or something off? As 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:26.080 it is it just preseason rush for him. Yeah, It's 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:27.720 hard for me to put a finger on what was 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:30.199 exactly going on with Matt Ryan to night. He was 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:33.080 either overshooting balls or he was under throwing balls poorly. 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:36.680 I mean his quarterback play quite honestly, and I even 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:39.920 I don't even say some questionable play calling down there 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:41.840 in the red zone. That's gonna be the big story 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:44.000 out of the lamb if you're in Atlanta. They struggled 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:46.280 with red zone last year, not putting the ball in 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:48.439 the end zone, having to kick field goals. That was 0:17:48.480 --> 0:17:51.520 the story to night. The Eagles defense in the red zone, 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:54.359 able to step up and keep the Falcons out of 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:57.960 the end zone. Would they get one touchdown and night out? Yeah? 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:00.000 The one and that was off of a short field 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:02.360 from the tip interceptions if they were able to get 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:04.920 from Tevin Coleman. But yeah, not getting the ball in 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:07.760 the ends on a number eleven is what's gonna hunt though. 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:09.640 All right, listen over to the link where head coach 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:13.119 Doug Pearson there was a play we had put in 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:15.640 for this week. It was a play that was in 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:18.440 our third down menu. We were on the correct hash 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:24.760 mark and it was the right time of the game. Philly, Philly, 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:33.240 let's play. What did you learn about them tonight? A lot? Actually? Um? 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:37.480 The biggest thing again, um just again, no panic on 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:43.760 the sideline resiliency. Um. Toughness, you know, um, hanging with 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:46.240 each other through all the you know kind of the 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:48.000 ups and downs, the ob and flow of the game, 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:53.560 the mistakes, the penalties, um turnover you know, Um, just 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:55.960 the guys hanging hanging together. Again, there was no there 0:18:56.000 --> 0:18:59.520 was no panic tonight. And uh you know credit, Uh, 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:02.960 I tell you, the deciding factor in this football game 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:05.880 to me was our defensive line and then our offensive line. 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:08.119 How they controlled that line of stagrammage. That was That 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:09.879 was a big part of this football game tonight. Is 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:12.040 there a part of you when you called that play Philly, 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:15.040 Philly that it kind of saw this seems the type 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:18.080 of situation like this offense and in the building needed 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:19.679