Speaker 1: Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. It's Eagles three sixty Davis Federo, Eagles
Speaker 1: Insider along with Glenn mcnell and this Thursday, the Eagles
Speaker 1: preparing for the New York Giants, and we must begin
Speaker 1: our show with a report from the mass unit, that
Speaker 1: is the New York Giants. Glenn, a lot of injuries. Now,
Speaker 1: we don't know how it's going to change between now
Speaker 1: and Monday, but we know cornerback Prince Amuka Mora out yea,
Speaker 1: we know that. Why Odell Beckham Junior not practicing today?
Speaker 1: The questionable, right, Well, I mean if he doesn't play,
Speaker 1: that's their number one weapon on a team that doesn't
Speaker 1: have a lot of weapons. My hunch is, and it's
Speaker 1: just a hunch. With a hamstring, he's probably gonna try
Speaker 1: to give it a go. But you know how those
Speaker 1: things can just pop. You can start a game and
Speaker 1: not finish the game. So that's a real problem for
Speaker 1: them as well. Linebackers Devin Kunard with a hamstring, John
Speaker 1: Beason with a concussion not practicing today could be huge. Yeah, Listen,
Speaker 1: the Giants have won three games this year, um, and
Speaker 1: I think they're kind of overperforming what they've done. If
Speaker 1: they come in here all banged up. It's going to
Speaker 1: be a real problem for them. So if we're done
Speaker 1: talking about injuries, now, okay, whatever you feel about I'm
Speaker 1: feeling good about the game. Yeah, And I'm feeling good
Speaker 1: about the game because it's really a must win for
Speaker 1: the Eagles. Another last week was yeah, this one is
Speaker 1: by the way. If they win this one, I will
Speaker 1: tell you that next week against Carolina. But they this
Speaker 1: one gets you, like gets the car fully toed out
Speaker 1: of the ditch. You're three and three, you've wanted a
Speaker 1: game in the division. You're even with the Giants, So
Speaker 1: you win this one. It's good and those are the
Speaker 1: more desperate team. Light that well, the Eagles are two
Speaker 1: and three, the Giants, of course, three and two and
Speaker 1: leading the very middling NFCA. Let's get you cut up
Speaker 1: with everything that is happening with the Philadelphia Eagles on
Speaker 1: this busy Thursday on the practice field, head coach Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly meeting the media, and Alex Smith has it all
Speaker 1: in our Eagles three sixty updates. Hi everyone, I'm Alex
Speaker 1: Smith and this is your three sixty update. The Eagles
Speaker 1: offensive line has struggled at times during the early parts
Speaker 1: of this season, but they did bring it together in
Speaker 1: a big way last Sunday in the victory over the
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints. Today, head coach Chip Kelly credited center
Speaker 1: Jason Kelsey for helping turn it around. In most teams
Speaker 1: in this league, the offensive line and what happens is
Speaker 1: center driven. He has to identify the front and identify
Speaker 1: how we're going to set protections, how we're gonna set
Speaker 1: the rue game, where we're gonna direct everything, and so
Speaker 1: he has to kind of be your coach on the field,
Speaker 1: so to speak, at that position. And you know, he's
Speaker 1: just a really really intelligent football part. Spends a lot
Speaker 1: of time studying film on setting tape and making sure
Speaker 1: that he's correct in his calls. But um, I think
Speaker 1: Jason could fit in any system in this league. Much
Speaker 1: has been made about quarterback Sam Bradford's pregame speech to
Speaker 1: the Eagles before sundays win over the Saints. Today, we
Speaker 1: heard from Bradford and others inside the locker room on
Speaker 1: what that speech meant to the team. Uh, yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm very comfortable. Yeah, obviously I've been around here now,
Speaker 1: you know, going into the sixth week of the season,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know how many months you know,
Speaker 1: it's been, but yeah, I feel like a lot of
Speaker 1: times sometimes people question my leadership just because I'm quiet,
Speaker 1: but you know, they don't see what I do behind
Speaker 1: the scenes or the relationships that I built with those guys.
Speaker 1: But you know, I'm very comfortable, you know, stepping up
Speaker 1: and saying something, you know what, I felt like it
Speaker 1: needs to be said. He's our leader. He's always been
Speaker 1: the type of guy to stand up and say something
Speaker 1: if he felt like all of us need to hear it.
Speaker 1: So I feel like he's been that way the entire time.
Speaker 1: Sam has been a leader since he's gotten here. But
Speaker 1: but it was definitely good to hear and great timing
Speaker 1: with what he said. Absolutely, But I mean, you have
Speaker 1: to know Sam, He's he's a quiet guy in the
Speaker 1: locker room, you know, but when the lights turn on,
Speaker 1: he's a competitor and you can see it. I think
Speaker 1: we kind of knew going into the year that he
Speaker 1: was kind of going to be the guy. So I
Speaker 1: don't think that he had to earn his stripes in
Speaker 1: that sense that we had to learn or that we
Speaker 1: felt that he had to earn the right to talk
Speaker 1: to us. I mean, he's the quarterback, and you're gonna
Speaker 1: listen to the quarterback first and foremost, and then if
Speaker 1: he doesn't want to be vocal, and someone else is
Speaker 1: gonna have to step it up. But you have to
Speaker 1: have a leader on offense, and it's gonna see him
Speaker 1: step up in that role. Monday night's game at Lincoln
Speaker 1: Financial Field will be the eagles sixth game the season,
Speaker 1: but is already their third NFC East rivalry game, and
Speaker 1: we heard from players inside the locker room today on
Speaker 1: what that rivalry means to this team as they look
Speaker 1: to get back on track. Well, there's always I think
Speaker 1: a little bit more in in division games and then
Speaker 1: that's just the reality of the fight. But um, you know,
Speaker 1: I think it's right where where we're at with two
Speaker 1: and three. I think that obviously is an important game
Speaker 1: for us, But you try not to really worry too
Speaker 1: much about the standards. You just try and focus prepared
Speaker 1: like you can, and I'll go out there and try
Speaker 1: and execute on Sunday or Monday in this good I
Speaker 1: don't think we look at it right now. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's so early in the season. The division standings are
Speaker 1: what they are, but at the end of the day
Speaker 1: is the NFC East Division game. And these games are
Speaker 1: physical and there's a huge rivalry here and it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a fun game on Monday Night that will wrap
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Speaker 1: tune in tomorrow as Chip Kelly gives one final preview
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Speaker 1: Alex a lot to get to on the show today,
Speaker 1: a progress report from the eagles most productive rookie, and
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Speaker 1: time for us to step aside. Chris McPherson going behind
Speaker 1: enemy lines with Michael Eisen from Giants dot com. What
Speaker 1: is happening with that football team? A lot of injuries,
Speaker 1: a lot of questions, and so far three wins and
Speaker 1: two losses. They're in first Place. Hello, egl's bands. I'm
Speaker 1: Chris McPherson, and we're gonna go behind enemy lines presented
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Speaker 1: Michael Eisen, the senior rater for Giants dot Com, who's
Speaker 1: gonna help us preview this Monday night showdown between the
Speaker 1: first place New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles. Mike.
Speaker 1: Let's look at quarterback Eli Manning a fantastic season to
Speaker 1: this point, ten touchdowns against only two interceptions. He's only
Speaker 1: been sacked four times all season, a quarterback rating of
Speaker 1: over one hundred. But it seems like he's doing more
Speaker 1: this year with less. Odell Beckham's been injured, Ruben Randall's
Speaker 1: been banged up. No Victor Cruz all season. So what's
Speaker 1: been the secret to eli May success? Well, first of all,
Speaker 1: I think Eli would probably dispute he's been doing more
Speaker 1: with less, because really Victor is the only one who's
Speaker 1: missed time. Victor Cruz hasn't played all season, but Beckham
Speaker 1: and Randall have played every game. They were hurt the
Speaker 1: other night. As far as a secret to Eli's success,
Speaker 1: I don't think it's a secret. He's just more comfortable
Speaker 1: in the offense this year. It's the second year and
Speaker 1: Ben McAdoo system. He has a greater understanding of what
Speaker 1: Ben mcado expects of him. He sees things faster on
Speaker 1: the field. Eli has worked hard this year to really
Speaker 1: strengthen his arm. He does a lot of arm exercises
Speaker 1: prior to practice, so his arm feels good. So I
Speaker 1: just think it's a natural. Even though he's in his
Speaker 1: twelfth year, Eli is still growing as a player. And
Speaker 1: in the offense, Michael, how is he doing it without
Speaker 1: a strong running game? Obviously they may allow change. It's
Speaker 1: the offensive line. They brought Eric Flowers with the first
Speaker 1: round pick this year, but still have not been able
Speaker 1: to really get it going on the ground. How has
Speaker 1: Eli been able to overcome that? Yeah, that's a bit
Speaker 1: of a mystery. The running game has been a bit
Speaker 1: of a disappointment. The Giants have not gained a hundred
Speaker 1: yards in a game yet. I just think Eli is
Speaker 1: just playing well. So it's one of those things where
Speaker 1: Eli is in a groove throwing the ball. You know,
Speaker 1: he started the season with one hundred and something passes
Speaker 1: without an interception. You didn't throw an interception until the
Speaker 1: fourth game. You know, he's like a baseball hitter. He's
Speaker 1: just in a groove. He's gotten hot. I don't want
Speaker 1: to jakes him, but you know, he's just playing very well.
Speaker 1: And I think if the Giants do get the running
Speaker 1: game at some point, it's just going to help Elie
Speaker 1: that much more. Michael, we obviously know ce Spagnolah from
Speaker 1: his time in Philadelphia working under Jim Johnson. He's once
Speaker 1: again the defensive coordinator for the Giants. Now he doesn't
Speaker 1: have an elite pass rusher like Jason Pierre Paul who's
Speaker 1: been out to this point in the season. But what
Speaker 1: has he been able to do to strengthen that unit
Speaker 1: to make it one of the best run stopping teams
Speaker 1: in the entire NFL. Well, he's involved everyone in the defense.
Speaker 1: You know, going in without JPP, they knew that they
Speaker 1: had to get others to help. And really, not only
Speaker 1: did we not have JPP the other night, but George
Speaker 1: Selvie and Robert Ayers, who had started a game together
Speaker 1: or two games together, they were inactive. Really, we've gotten
Speaker 1: a lot of great contributions from players. Probably no one
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia has ever heard of Kerry Wood, who was
Speaker 1: a free agent from Richmond last year as a rookie.
Speaker 1: Wani Unga, who is a first year player from b
Speaker 1: YU who sat out all of last season after tearing
Speaker 1: his ACL in his final game at BYU. He's played
Speaker 1: middle linebacker. He's done a tremendous job at middle linebacker,
Speaker 1: and really everyone on the defense. Bags has gotten everyone involved.
Speaker 1: They're sort of like the offense with Eli. Everyone's starting
Speaker 1: to understand more and more what is expected of them
Speaker 1: and they're playing at a very high level. Now. You know,
Speaker 1: the run defense has been very good this week. I
Speaker 1: believe it's ranked second in the NFL. The past defense
Speaker 1: not so good, ranked thirty seconds. So that part of
Speaker 1: the game has to improve. I wasn't going to bring
Speaker 1: that up, Michael so Well, I brought it up last thing.
Speaker 1: Monday Nights. Give us an X factor. Who's a player
Speaker 1: who's maybe going a little bit under the radar right now,
Speaker 1: but who could have a big impact for the Giants. Well,
Speaker 1: I'll tell you a guy who's really not getting much
Speaker 1: acclaim for what he's done as our kicker, Josh Brown.
Speaker 1: I know the Eagles had had issues at that position.
Speaker 1: Josh Brown is actually leading the NFL right now in
Speaker 1: both field goals with thirteen and points with fifty. He's
Speaker 1: thirteen for thirteen this season, and I don't want to
Speaker 1: jinx him, but he's made seventeen in a row dating
Speaker 1: back to last year, which is tied to Giants record
Speaker 1: he set two years ago. So we have got a
Speaker 1: thirteen year veteran, a really solid guy, a kicker, which is,
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes kind of an underrated position. So he's
Speaker 1: certainly not going to be intimidated in a big situation
Speaker 1: on the road if it comes down to a final
Speaker 1: kick in the fourth quarter. Michael, if you jinx any
Speaker 1: of your Giants players there, I think the fans in
Speaker 1: Philadelphia would welcome you with open arms. Sure they will.
Speaker 1: I may have to move to Philadelphia if that happens.
Speaker 1: Michael Eisen, senior writer for Giants dot Com. Thank you
Speaker 1: very much for takeing us behind enemy lines, presented by
Speaker 1: Data Rate. You're in philadelf the Eagles dot Com. Thanks
Speaker 1: so much, Chris, thanks so much. Michael and Michael. Will
Speaker 1: see you on Monday night when you come down to
Speaker 1: the Lincoln Financial Field, and we've got a lot to
Speaker 1: get you on the show. Mostly Glenn. He's got some
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Speaker 1: coverage all the way through as the Eagles played the
Speaker 1: New York Giants. And let's talk about the game. Now,
Speaker 1: some bold predictions from Senor mcnow all. Right, here you go,
Speaker 1: Monfrere number one. Sam Bradford is going to have his
Speaker 1: number one passing game of the season so far. He
Speaker 1: had three hundred and thirty six yards against Atlanta three
Speaker 1: and thirty three last week. He's gonna beat that. I
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be in the neighborhood of three hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty, and he's gonna start getting it early, which
Speaker 1: you know, Dave is critically critically important. And I'll tell
Speaker 1: you this as part of that. The Giants are not
Speaker 1: very good at covering tight ends. Against Buffalo, Charles Clay
Speaker 1: had over one hundred, Jordan Reedid Washington over one hundred.
Speaker 1: So look for a big day of the tight ends
Speaker 1: in a big passing day early. And may I add
Speaker 1: the statistical Cavard please that Sam Bradford has never had
Speaker 1: two games back to back games of three hundred yards
Speaker 1: passing in his career. So if Glenn's Bowl prediction comes
Speaker 1: true and Sam Bradford's making subtraction here Phil good Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly offense, yeah, because he needs to make traction in
Speaker 1: the Ship Kelly offense. So there you go. That's number one,
Speaker 1: all right, here you go. Number two. The guy to
Speaker 1: watch on the Giants is Shane Vereen, not his brother Ben,
Speaker 1: who we talked about the other day. Although he's a
Speaker 1: fine dancer. The Giants are as we talked about earlier,
Speaker 1: they're having problems with weapons. Odell Beckham is hurt, Randall
Speaker 1: is hurt. Shane Verreen is that tough back out of
Speaker 1: the backfield. He catches a lot of passes, he returns kickoffs.
Speaker 1: He's a dangerous He's like scrolls light scrolls, very light.
Speaker 1: But he's gonna be the guy who you're gonna have
Speaker 1: to worry about this week. He'll be the guy who
Speaker 1: does him dead. And the Eagles did a really good
Speaker 1: job last week against the Saints in the horizontal passing
Speaker 1: game with C. J. Spiller. We saw a week earlier
Speaker 1: his big played against the Dallas Cowboys. The Eagles shutting
Speaker 1: down that part of the Saint defense, Saints offense, and
Speaker 1: the requirements will be the same against Verreen. They're very
Speaker 1: aware of him, and I agree, Glynn, Shane Verreen is
Speaker 1: a really key weapon. Freelie Manning who has been kind
Speaker 1: of mistake free for much of the season. Eli Manning
Speaker 1: has been terrific this season. I'm a big part of it.
Speaker 1: He's just getting rid of the ball really quickly. DW Yeah,
Speaker 1: he is captain checkdown, but for them, for them, that's
Speaker 1: working right now. All right here you go. Number three,
Speaker 1: even taking into account that previous prediction about Shane Vereen,
Speaker 1: the New York Giants will not rush for seventy five
Speaker 1: yards this week. Their running game is terrible. We know
Speaker 1: how good the Eagles are against the run. Rasha Jennings
Speaker 1: Andre Williams are not the guys you should worry about.
Speaker 1: You know, the Giants hadn't had a good runner since
Speaker 1: twenty twelve, when a mod Bradshaw. When they had a
Speaker 1: moda Bradshaw, then he got hurt. Their line can't block
Speaker 1: against the run. You know, as you said, they prevent
Speaker 1: sexa he gets rid of it. So worldly thinking, I'm not.
Speaker 1: And the Eagles allowing just three point five yards per carry,
Speaker 1: that tide for best in the NFL. The front has
Speaker 1: done terrific jobs. That's three Glenn mcnell bold predictions. Two
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Speaker 1: Well there you go. I get an extra day next
Speaker 1: And actually did think of two more bold predictions. So
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Speaker 1: Merrow Reese. And on Monday night, it's back in Black
Speaker 1: Night at Lincoln Financial Field, Nationally televised game, nationally broadcast
Speaker 1: game on the radio as well. Fans love it, players
Speaker 1: seem to like it. How about you a lot in
Speaker 1: terms of a national game. I love it National game,
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Speaker 1: Kill Well, as long as it translates to a victory, Merrill,
Speaker 1: and it did last year when they wore the black
Speaker 1: against the New York Giants. What do you feel about
Speaker 1: this team today that maybe it didn't feel about prior
Speaker 1: to the week that the game before they went over
Speaker 1: the same. Well, I did know. I did know. I
Speaker 1: was disappointed in the way it started. I felt that
Speaker 1: I expected a lot coming out of the gate. And
Speaker 1: then I thought, well, maybe it's just an aberration, just
Speaker 1: game where they just didn't play well, and then it
Speaker 1: would happen again and they never really got it going.
Speaker 1: And then I got into the point where I'm using
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Speaker 1: fact of the matter is, I think there is more,
Speaker 1: and I think that it's a matter of this team
Speaker 1: coming together. You expect a lot because of what you
Speaker 1: saw in the preseason, but remember that the teams do
Speaker 1: not game plan for you. You have a quarterback who,
Speaker 1: although talented, hadn't played in a year and a half.
Speaker 1: You had an offensive line moom with some knicks and
Speaker 1: bruises and some changes, and then Andrew Gardner got hurt.
Speaker 1: It was all a matter of coming together, and I
Speaker 1: think I believe last week showed us what this team
Speaker 1: can be. Of course, they cannot afford to come out
Speaker 1: against the Giants and throw two early interceptions. You can't
Speaker 1: get away with the stuff like that. Turnover is killed.
Speaker 1: But I do think that this is a closer team
Speaker 1: to what we saw last week than the one we
Speaker 1: saw against Dallas in Washington. And what this team can
Speaker 1: be with a victory on Monday Night is a first
Speaker 1: place Eagles team in the NFC East. And to do
Speaker 1: somewhere that the defense is gonna have to come up
Speaker 1: big against an offense that likes to go down the field.
Speaker 1: Great receivers who are questionable at this point, but will
Speaker 1: assume that Odell Beckham Junior and Ruby Randa will play,
Speaker 1: and then a running back in Shane Vereen who adds
Speaker 1: a really interesting element to the passing game. Yeah, the
Speaker 1: Giants are definitely a better team than they were last year.
Speaker 1: I don't think we're going to see a repeat of
Speaker 1: last October or November, whatever it is, when the Eagles
Speaker 1: had the Monday night game against the Giants and beat
Speaker 1: them twenty seven to nothing. And in that game, the
Speaker 1: Giants quarterbacks were sacked eight times. I'd say quarterbacks because
Speaker 1: actually Ryan Nasson finished up the game. That's how fuel
Speaker 1: the attempts of Eli Manny became, but they sacked them
Speaker 1: eight times. This is a different Giants offensive line. It
Speaker 1: has been put together and Pugh has been moved. He
Speaker 1: was the first round epic from Bucks County who went
Speaker 1: to Syracuse to move from tackle the guard. They have
Speaker 1: a first rounder of playing tackle. The offensive line is cohesive,
Speaker 1: they're good and Eli Manning has only been sacked four
Speaker 1: times and he's getting the ball out of his hand very,
Speaker 1: very quickly. Is he an all time great quarterback? Marl?
Speaker 1: He's got two Super Bowl wins. He's engineered something like
Speaker 1: thirty two fourth quarter comeback victories. In your mind, is
Speaker 1: he one of the best that you've seen. He's a
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame quarterback based on what he's accomplished, based
Speaker 1: on his numbers, his longevity. The greatest streak is how
Speaker 1: many games he's played in a row without being injured
Speaker 1: and the fact that he's quarterbacked two super Bowl championships.
Speaker 1: That makes him a whole of fame quarterback. If you're
Speaker 1: talking about you use the phrase all time great, and
Speaker 1: to me, there are only a few that fit into
Speaker 1: that all time great category, going back to Johnny Unite, right,
Speaker 1: But a Hall of Fame quarterback indicates an all time great. No,
Speaker 1: I don't think so. A whole of same quarterback means
Speaker 1: he's one of the great ones, one of the best
Speaker 1: of his era. There are a lot of people in
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame who I would not say are
Speaker 1: all time greats. To me, all time greats are those
Speaker 1: that the Johnny United, He's an all time great, John Elway,
Speaker 1: Joe Montana, Rogers, Staubach. Eli's brother Peyton tom Brady only
Speaker 1: has one Super Bowls. He is an all time great
Speaker 1: to me. Eli Manning is a very very good quarterback
Speaker 1: who has done enough things right to earn a spot
Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame. But the quote all time great,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't put. It's a conversation for another day. That, okay,
Speaker 1: very very good is good enough to be in the
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. That's interesting. Eagles offense merrill only three
Speaker 1: points scored in the first quarter of games this season.
Speaker 1: It came out and really moved to football very well
Speaker 1: against New Orleans, turned the corner kind of game last week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think so. I think so, But that does disturb me.
Speaker 1: The fact that they have a total, a not so
Speaker 1: grand total of one field goal three points in all
Speaker 1: of their first quarters combined. That cannot continue. They've got
Speaker 1: to come out Monday night and have about put ten
Speaker 1: on the boards in the first quarter. What do you see?
Speaker 1: What are you say? I think they're going to play well,
Speaker 1: I really do. I think the Giants had some key injuries.
Speaker 1: We don't know how they're going to manifest themselves over
Speaker 1: the course of the game. Can Odell Beckham be ready,
Speaker 1: and not only can he be ready, he go out
Speaker 1: there on the field on a cold night and not
Speaker 1: reinjure the hamstring. That is the major question. I have
Speaker 1: a feeling he'll start, and the same with Ruben Randall.
Speaker 1: But we've seen players start. We saw Kendricks a few
Speaker 1: weeks ago come back and then repull the hamstring. We
Speaker 1: haven't seen Shady McCoy go out on the field yet
Speaker 1: except early in the season. But since he pulled the hamstring.
Speaker 1: To Sean Jackson with the problems with the hamstring, that's
Speaker 1: a very iffy injury. It doesn't sound serious, but what
Speaker 1: it is, it's long term and it gets into a
Speaker 1: player's mind and it really restricts what he can do well.
Speaker 1: It's a bungle up kind of night. National broadcast for
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Speaker 1: our final segment of Eagles three sixty. Eagles insider Dave Spidero,
Speaker 1: along with Glenn mcnelly's here every Tuesday and Thursday five o'clock.
Speaker 1: We love having you here. Glenn, and the Eagles have
Speaker 1: gotten some contributions from the rookies. How would you evaluate
Speaker 1: five games in this rookie class? Five games in, I
Speaker 1: would tell you that Hicks is obviously been so good
Speaker 1: for them, and he's the guy when they draft him.
Speaker 1: I think we're all surprised they're going to draft an
Speaker 1: offensive lineman there now in the third rounder, the third
Speaker 1: round they go for a linebacker, and what a great
Speaker 1: pick because he's really contributed. We haven't seen enough from
Speaker 1: agwell Arl yet. I know he's hurt now. I think
Speaker 1: you know he should come on later in the year
Speaker 1: because you've seen rookie wide receivers do so well in
Speaker 1: the NFL. Maybe our expectations were too high, but I
Speaker 1: hope as the second half moves on, he really does
Speaker 1: contribute because that'll be important. And of course Eric Rowe
Speaker 1: has played at cornerback, also getting some looks in practice
Speaker 1: looking better safety and Jacorey Shephard still recovering from that
Speaker 1: ACL injury. So it's been a promising early start for
Speaker 1: this rookie class, and who knows, they're gonna need every
Speaker 1: piece of this fifty three man roster as the season
Speaker 1: goes along. When we talked about Jordan Hicks, we did
Speaker 1: so with the knowledge that he's played very very well
Speaker 1: in our game planned Crewhyke Greas and Mike Quick give
Speaker 1: a little progress report on the gem of this two
Speaker 1: and fifteen draft class, linebacker Jordan Hicks A Mike Our
Speaker 1: rookie report brings us to Jordan Hicks, start round draft
Speaker 1: pick out of Texas, certainly catching the eye of all
Speaker 1: Eagles fans through the early part of this season. It
Speaker 1: seems to be a round of football, an awful lot.
Speaker 1: He's fortunate that he gets to line up next to
Speaker 1: Mufassa because he's shedding a lot of knowledge. He's a
Speaker 1: great study, good student. Watch him here, but this is
Speaker 1: such a nice job playing the linebacker position. He scrapes
Speaker 1: along there, stays behind those big bodies, shoots the gap
Speaker 1: and makes a big stop. Yeah, keeps his shoulders square
Speaker 1: to the line of scrimmage. He's done a fantastic job
Speaker 1: in the run game, but the passing games while being
Speaker 1: mostly impressed with me because you don't see the type
Speaker 1: of passing the offenses that he's seen now in college.
Speaker 1: And so he's man and man coverage here on mark
Speaker 1: Ingram coming out of the backfield. He knows he has
Speaker 1: to take away the inside leverage from him, forces him outside,
Speaker 1: and if this throw is on target from Drew Brees,
Speaker 1: it's a pick six for Jordan Hicks. You you can't
Speaker 1: play the coverage any better than that. He's taken away
Speaker 1: the inside, he knows he's got to break outside, and
Speaker 1: he just undercuts that route. Breese has to throw it
Speaker 1: away or suffer a pick. Yeah, no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: And then I watched him here in zone coverage. That
Speaker 1: was man coverage. The zone concepts are certainly difficult for
Speaker 1: rookies to understand. You watch Jordan Hicks here, what the
Speaker 1: Saints are doing. They're gonna run crossing routes in front
Speaker 1: of him, trying to entice him the job bucks see
Speaker 1: that back underneath there, but the guy behind him is
Speaker 1: who Drew Brees wants. Nice job of Hicks keeping pace
Speaker 1: with his guy underneath, but at the same time keeping
Speaker 1: depth at the first down sticks and he has enough
Speaker 1: athletic ability to get up and disrupt this row. Should
Speaker 1: have been a pick, should have been a thick, but
Speaker 1: still nice job by number fifty eight here understanding route concepts.
Speaker 1: I think what all the skills that Hicks brings. Is
Speaker 1: very fortunate that he gets to work with Demiko Ryans
Speaker 1: because it's just gonna make him better. Yeah, something about
Speaker 1: that number fifty eight, man, I can't remember a bad
Speaker 1: player wearing that numbers the memory. Jordan Hicks certainly a
Speaker 1: rookie that we need to keep my eye on. Thanks
Speaker 1: so much, guys, A little peek ahead at what's on
Speaker 1: the menu are amerosos on the menu segment here, we've
Speaker 1: got Ryan Matthews in for our Crunch time piece on Friday,
Speaker 1: Alex Smith with Stats Only a look at the numerical
Speaker 1: side of the Eagles and the Giants, and Chris McPherson
Speaker 1: and I on Eagles three sixty Towmorrow. We'll offer our
Speaker 1: key matchups. We have to figure out who's going to
Speaker 1: be playing, because obviously the first key matchup is what
Speaker 1: do you do against Odell Beckham Junior, who is absolutely great, phenomenal. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: have you seen his pregame warm up? Yes, it is incredible.
Speaker 1: What's fun about it is he has this crowd of
Speaker 1: you know, hundreds of people watching, and it's just it's
Speaker 1: a circus show. It's astounding. Yeah. Yes, I think what
Speaker 1: you do against Odell Beckham Junior is you hope he
Speaker 1: doesn't play there to make him catch you with two hands.
Speaker 1: Forget the one hand catch, you make him catching with
Speaker 1: two hands. For Glenn mcnow, I'm Dave Spiderow. We thank
Speaker 1: you for joining us an Eagle three sixty. Have yourselves
Speaker 1: a great Eagles Day