Speaker 1: Welcome to a victory edition of the postgame Show, presented
Speaker 1: by Rico Chris McPherson alongside former Eagles linebacker Ike Rest.
Speaker 1: The Eagles get the job done, starting fast and finishing
Speaker 1: strong to get a twenty eight to thirteen win over
Speaker 1: Washington to improve to six and six on the season.
Speaker 1: Ike As, history was actually made tonight as zach Ertz
Speaker 1: set the single season franchise record for most receptions, surpassing
Speaker 1: Brian Westbrook's ninety from back in two thousand and seven.
Speaker 1: He's now up to ninety three on the year. But
Speaker 1: the Eagles dominating Washington, especially in the second half, outscoring
Speaker 1: Washington fourteen and nothing after Mark Sanchez, our good old friend,
Speaker 1: had to come in for Colt McCoy who suffered a
Speaker 1: fractured fibula in the first half of the game. So
Speaker 1: the defense dominating the Eagles offense able to move the
Speaker 1: ball up and down the field now as maybe as
Speaker 1: may points as the score should have maybe as a
Speaker 1: should have gotten tonight, but nonetheless doing enough to get
Speaker 1: the job done and keeping the season alive. Ike Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, you take the win anyway
Speaker 1: that it comes, you know, one twenty points they all
Speaker 1: count as one. So when I look at this game,
Speaker 1: this was a much needed win that the Eagles had
Speaker 1: to get first time this year getting consecutive wins on
Speaker 1: the season, So that's certainly was big also. But to
Speaker 1: the point that you made, Chris, this really was a
Speaker 1: dominating game from the Eagles, really gonna be when they
Speaker 1: look back at this film from an offensive standpoint, they
Speaker 1: know they should have had forty points easily against this
Speaker 1: vulnerable Red red Skins defense. Right This Red Skins defense
Speaker 1: over the last few weeks had been leaking a little oil.
Speaker 1: They have been very good through the first half of
Speaker 1: the season, but over the last couple of weeks they
Speaker 1: started showing some weak areas, particularly in the passing game.
Speaker 1: And you saw the Eagles if you look at their
Speaker 1: total yardage well over four hundred, could have very easily
Speaker 1: had five hundred plus yardage, could have scored more touchdowns
Speaker 1: than they scored tonight. Turnovers stopped on downs at the
Speaker 1: one yard line, two yard line, so that's two more
Speaker 1: touchdowns for you right there. But I thought, from from
Speaker 1: a team overall perspective, really came out and really handled
Speaker 1: this team the way that they should have, especially from
Speaker 1: a defensive standpoint. Red Skins didn't really get much but
Speaker 1: the one run from the ageless wonder Adrian Peterson ninety yards.
Speaker 1: I still can't believe that old man ran ninety yards
Speaker 1: and there was nobody within five yards of him. So
Speaker 1: that will laugh, Yeah, they'll laugh about now at the time.
Speaker 1: Very concerning, but no sure for sure, you know. But
Speaker 1: that's the only play they had offensively tonight for the
Speaker 1: Washington Redskins. You looked at two quarterbacks at the cope.
Speaker 1: McCoy went out, Mark Sanchez coming in. Two quarterbacks that
Speaker 1: really can't beat you with their arm, you know. And
Speaker 1: so the Eagles really put them in situations where they
Speaker 1: were gonna have to throw the ball in order to
Speaker 1: win the night, and they just couldn't get it done.
Speaker 1: Just a smothering effort from this defense after that ninety
Speaker 1: yard touchdown run, and then the offense as they were
Speaker 1: trying to get some things going, able to move the
Speaker 1: ball no problem, just sometimes couldn't punch it in in
Speaker 1: the end zone to really finish off some outstanding jobs.
Speaker 1: But in the end, the Eagles sit at five hundred
Speaker 1: six and six, where they hoped to be when the
Speaker 1: night began. And we know there's a big game coming
Speaker 1: up Sunday down in Texas. So the Eagles keep their
Speaker 1: season alive for another week and should be exciting the
Speaker 1: last month of the season. Four games left the goal,
Speaker 1: they're still in the playoff hunt. This is how we
Speaker 1: want it. This is what you asked for. Yeah, that
Speaker 1: was the biggest thing is you know, as much as
Speaker 1: what's gone wrong for the Eagles this season, they sell
Speaker 1: everything in front of them, and it was basically to
Speaker 1: win in the division. Okay. It started last week getting
Speaker 1: that win over the Giants, coming back from the nineteen
Speaker 1: to three deficit, overcoming that Jake Elligott in the game
Speaker 1: winning field goal, and you're hoping to carry that momentum
Speaker 1: into the game tonight. Now, Washington won the coin toss
Speaker 1: deferred the ball to the second half, so the Eagles
Speaker 1: offense got in the field first, and they moved right
Speaker 1: down the field twelve plays, seventy five yards. Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: hitting Golden Tate, who took off in this game. Finally
Speaker 1: got to see the Golden Tate that I think we
Speaker 1: all expected when he was acquired for the third round
Speaker 1: pick from the Detroit Lions. Great job moving the ball around,
Speaker 1: but establishing the ground game early, getting Josh Adams involved,
Speaker 1: game Corey Clement involved there, but really taking it to
Speaker 1: Washington because, as you said, this Washington defense had been
Speaker 1: struggling of late matt Ian Knights, who starts for that
Speaker 1: defensive line, very good interior disruptor. He was out for
Speaker 1: the game tonight, so they were able to take advantage
Speaker 1: of that and move the ball on the ground. And
Speaker 1: you look there one hundred and thirty rushing yards in
Speaker 1: the game tonight, in over one hundred and twenty in
Speaker 1: the game against the Giants last week. So they are
Speaker 1: finding something here on the ground. And I thought we
Speaker 1: saw some vintage Carson Wentz where he's using his feet
Speaker 1: to make plays. You look at the touchdown throw to
Speaker 1: Golden Tate work, he rolls to his right, buy some time,
Speaker 1: hits Golden Tate. Another play to Golden Tate work, he
Speaker 1: did the ball, he's drifting to his left, scramble drill
Speaker 1: tells Tate get up the field. He was covered by
Speaker 1: the linebacker Zach Brown, get up the field goal and
Speaker 1: I would get the ball too. Beautiful touch passed. I
Speaker 1: thought we saw that to get him in rhythm early,
Speaker 1: and as you said the offense was able to move
Speaker 1: the ball up and down the field. Twenty eight points,
Speaker 1: should have had more, but four hundred and thirty six
Speaker 1: toll yards of offense, you have to like what you
Speaker 1: see there. And then the defense dominating. Once Colton McCoy
Speaker 1: came out of the game and Mark Sanchez went in again.
Speaker 1: Adrian Pearson had the nineteen yard touchdown run common gruge
Speaker 1: help not able to get off the block that helped
Speaker 1: lead to the touchdown there. But in the second half,
Speaker 1: I think the toll yards was somewhere in the thirties
Speaker 1: for Washington. Sanchez was just signed off the street two
Speaker 1: weeks ago after Alex Smith's injury. Colton McCoy this was
Speaker 1: just his second start at the beginning of the game here,
Speaker 1: so Washington already underman on offense with some key losses
Speaker 1: along the offensive line. They had some more injuries there tonight,
Speaker 1: so the Eagles defense able to do the job that
Speaker 1: they had to do, especially upfront with Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham,
Speaker 1: Michael Bennet, Chris Long dominating and winning those bats up front,
Speaker 1: so that Washington could never get anything going. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: that's what I loved about this game. You know, we
Speaker 1: just saw that graphic and you looked at the time
Speaker 1: of possession, the Eagles almost had a two to one
Speaker 1: over the Washington Redskins when you look at how they
Speaker 1: were able to keep the ball and keep their Red
Speaker 1: Skins defense on the field, basically wearing them down. But
Speaker 1: I thought after the Eagles came out, they scored on
Speaker 1: their first drive, I thought the Eagles defense really set
Speaker 1: the tone and really smothered this Red Skins offense for
Speaker 1: the most part, and that was the type of effort
Speaker 1: you were gonna need tonight in order to win this
Speaker 1: football game. You thought the Eagles offense might struggle a
Speaker 1: little bit to put the ball in the end zone,
Speaker 1: but you kind of felt like the advantage was gonna
Speaker 1: be to this Eagles defense as long as they got
Speaker 1: after Coate McCoy and then Mark Sanchez who eventually came
Speaker 1: in there to replace him. And I thought after the
Speaker 1: first couple of drives, they really settled down. We gotta
Speaker 1: realize we're out there with two of our linebackers only
Speaker 1: having one arm. I mean, they're basically playing with one
Speaker 1: hand as both of them Camu and Nigel Bradham both
Speaker 1: have broken hands and I think at times it makes
Speaker 1: it difficult for them to be run defenders because it's
Speaker 1: hard to disengage from the blockers. Those linemen get a
Speaker 1: hold of them and it's hard to get off of them.
Speaker 1: We saw that on the Agent and Peterson touchdown, as
Speaker 1: Camu couldn't get off the block there. But after that
Speaker 1: they settled down and I thought they really kept the
Speaker 1: rad scans and second and long, third and long situations
Speaker 1: and really we're able to build some momentum. All right,
Speaker 1: we're gonna hear from head coach Doug Pearson quarterback Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz in just a little bit. But first we're gonna
Speaker 1: welcome in Eagles insire Dave Spidero and Amy Campbell, who
Speaker 1: are standing by at the link. Dave, something that we
Speaker 1: really hadn't seen much from this team all season, the
Speaker 1: team starting fasking and the touchdown on the opening drive
Speaker 1: and then finishing strong outscoring Washington fourteen and nothing in
Speaker 1: the second half. How crucial was it to have this
Speaker 1: type of effort and they must win a game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it was a really good, encouraging performance from
Speaker 1: the offense. I liked the variety and the play calls.
Speaker 1: I like the confidence at this show. I like the
Speaker 1: way the offensive line played against and out ending front
Speaker 1: seven from the Washington Redskins. Now, look, there were mistakes,
Speaker 1: two red zone possessions end up with zero points. It
Speaker 1: could have been a lot more convincing, but it feels
Speaker 1: like there's a corner turned with his football team, a
Speaker 1: spark that we hope to see from the Giants win.
Speaker 1: Having tonight, Amy, Eagles, I thought really offensively had their
Speaker 1: way with the Washington Redskins well, and when you talk
Speaker 1: about turning a corner, we saw a lot of guys
Speaker 1: who were very productive tonight. The most productive night for
Speaker 1: Golden Tate in his Eagles career touchdown there as well
Speaker 1: as that two point conversion for him, Josh Adams out
Speaker 1: gained his record last week by a yard eighty five
Speaker 1: yards on twenty carries for him tonight. They continue to
Speaker 1: show that he's going to be RB one moving forward.
Speaker 1: So the offense turns a corner there and especially in
Speaker 1: the run game, really encouraging to see, Like you said,
Speaker 1: against this Washington front seven, that's very stout and I thought,
Speaker 1: Amy Day that the defense also put their imprint on
Speaker 1: this game. You know you're going up against back up
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in Colt McCoy and Mark Sanchez. This is really
Speaker 1: a game where the Eagles as a defensive you and
Speaker 1: it got a chance to feast on the solfense and
Speaker 1: it was great to see them take advantage of that tonight.
Speaker 1: I thought Russell Douglas at the getting off to a
Speaker 1: little bit of a rocky start, really played well as
Speaker 1: the game went on, tackle well, made that big play
Speaker 1: on Chris Thompson late in the game. Talk about how
Speaker 1: this defense showed up tonight. Also, yeah, what a tackle
Speaker 1: that was on Chris Thompson. Kind of you felt the
Speaker 1: juice on that one just throughout this place or a
Speaker 1: really exciting thing to see Russell Douglas back on this
Speaker 1: field and healthy again and making that big play. And
Speaker 1: you took the words right out of my mouth there
Speaker 1: when you talk about the defense feasting on the opportunities.
Speaker 1: Washington without many of their offensive linemen a couple more
Speaker 1: hurt in this game, and then of course going to
Speaker 1: the third string quarterback in Mark Sanchez after Colt McCoy
Speaker 1: knocked out, you really saw the defense take advantage of
Speaker 1: those opportunities. I was looking to see them affecting the
Speaker 1: quarterback up front and limiting the run game, limiting Adrian Peterson.
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson, actually it was pretty limited tonight. He had
Speaker 1: the one ninety yard touchdown there, the big play, but
Speaker 1: ninety eight yards was all he had in this entire game.
Speaker 1: So they really were able to limit him outside of
Speaker 1: that one day as well. They should when you're playing
Speaker 1: against third string offensive guards and a third string quarterback
Speaker 1: who can't throw the ball outside of the numbers. You know,
Speaker 1: it took a little bit of time for the Eagles
Speaker 1: to adjust to Mark Sansons, but once they had, you know,
Speaker 1: this is the kind of game. You get a lead,
Speaker 1: your defense can fees. You feel the momentum, you feel
Speaker 1: the energy. A nice interception from Nate Gary. Just a
Speaker 1: solid performance, integrating Sidney Jones, Russell Douglas back into the lineup.
Speaker 1: You hope that Avante Maddox and Jalen Mills can play
Speaker 1: next week. So really hopefully a good springboard for Dallas. Now,
Speaker 1: how about that interception Nate Gary. That was awesome to
Speaker 1: see his first career interception there, Dave. You mentioned how
Speaker 1: the Eagles were able to pounce once they had the lead.
Speaker 1: History was made there tonight at the link was zach
Speaker 1: ert saying this the single season franchise record for most
Speaker 1: receptions there. How big was it for him to involvement
Speaker 1: in the office the way that he has throughout the
Speaker 1: course of the season in this must win performance. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean yes, but you kind of expect that from hers.
Speaker 1: I was really more impressive with it was the way
Speaker 1: the Eagles moved the ball around. They missed some opportunities
Speaker 1: as well, but they got out Sean Jeffrey involved, they
Speaker 1: got Golden Tate involved, they got Agloor involved, They moved
Speaker 1: it around, and then Zach Kirtz is just a complete
Speaker 1: tight end who was making tough catches getting to the sticks.
Speaker 1: Eagles had a lot of third and long tonight, and
Speaker 1: Ertz and Wentz did a lot of bailing out. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Arts has been consistent this whole season. I agree that
Speaker 1: it is equally as impressive, if not more impressive, that
Speaker 1: guys like Alshan, Jeffrey, Nelson, Aglare Gold and Tate, even
Speaker 1: who had had a quiet few games here, were able
Speaker 1: to kind of get that ballads going on offense once
Speaker 1: spreading the ball around a little bit more. Well, another
Speaker 1: interesting thing for me tonight, another three hundred yard performance
Speaker 1: from Carson Wentz, but I thought he left a lot
Speaker 1: out there as well. Yeah, there were some plays out there.
Speaker 1: They missed, some receivers and screen here there Nelson Agilore
Speaker 1: down the field, urged down the field, but a bad
Speaker 1: zone interception. But these are things that Carson Wentz will
Speaker 1: work on. I just see somebody who's not as consistent
Speaker 1: in his footwork as he needs to be, back pedaling
Speaker 1: at times, not setting. These are things to correct correct
Speaker 1: during the work week getting ready for a very stout
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. Yeah, and let's not forget he's coming off
Speaker 1: an ACL injury. And we heard Jordan Matthew said earlier
Speaker 1: this week he's seen quarterbacks come off of a cl
Speaker 1: injuries and they usually struggle that first year. He said.
Speaker 1: Carson's almost too good that we don't give him credit
Speaker 1: for that. So let's not forget he is still recovering.
Speaker 1: As much as he says he is fine, this is
Speaker 1: his first year back after a serious injury, so definitely
Speaker 1: have to give him a little credit there. Well, speaking
Speaker 1: of recovering from injury, it was great to see Mighty
Speaker 1: Mouse back in the lineup tonight. He got a touchdown.
Speaker 1: How about Darren sproles in the impact he had on
Speaker 1: the offense, and honestly surprising to me that he was
Speaker 1: used in the run game as much as it was
Speaker 1: and at the timing was there, The power was there,
Speaker 1: the nose for the end zone was there. Had a
Speaker 1: nice little pund return on sideline, showed the quick feet.
Speaker 1: But it was very encouraging to see Darren Sprowls out
Speaker 1: there and hopefully no setbacks during the work week. Let's
Speaker 1: get him ready for the Dallas Cowboys. Eagles need all
Speaker 1: the weapons in the special teams and on offensive they
Speaker 1: can get Dallas hope that. Yeah, of course we always
Speaker 1: want to see these guys Helsey, but you could just
Speaker 1: feel how how right it felt in here to see
Speaker 1: him doing so well and to get that touchdown. Just
Speaker 1: you could feel the collective smile of all of her
Speaker 1: give a big ovation when we lined up for that
Speaker 1: first punt return. So clearly everybody aware of how much
Speaker 1: of a fan favorite Darren Sprowls is and how much
Speaker 1: as we see again tonight as we did in Game
Speaker 1: one against Atlanta, what a difference Darren Sprowls makes. Excellent
Speaker 1: great stuff from as always from Dave and Amy, can't
Speaker 1: wait to listen to the Eagles Live podcast and read
Speaker 1: the on the it's like com later on, I guess
Speaker 1: the early morning hours coming up here. So but Darren Spoils,
Speaker 1: as you know Dave mentioned with some of the injuries
Speaker 1: guys coming back, Jail Mills at Vante Max. You need
Speaker 1: as many horses as you can get as you're gonna
Speaker 1: go against this Dallas Cowboys team that's gonna be feeling
Speaker 1: itself coming off the upset went over New Orleans. Plus
Speaker 1: Eagles have a short week while Dallas has the extended layoffs,
Speaker 1: so it's actually two straight games share for the Eagles
Speaker 1: going against a team with the extended layoff. Yeah. I mean, listen,
Speaker 1: this is a physical game, and you know, going up
Speaker 1: against the Dallas Cowboys with what's on the line, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a tough game. They've been resting, they played
Speaker 1: last Thursday where they knocked off the Saints. They've also
Speaker 1: had extra days to have people pat them on the
Speaker 1: back and tell them how good they are. And so
Speaker 1: we know the Eagles are coming in as a hungry
Speaker 1: football team trying to avenge a loss at home here
Speaker 1: to these very same Dallas Cowboys. A few weeks ago.
Speaker 1: There's no two ways around it. You knew this would
Speaker 1: be a tough game coming up this week. I'm just
Speaker 1: happy there's a lot on the line and the Eagles
Speaker 1: have something to play, something to play for, because they'll
Speaker 1: go into this game motivating and ready to go, and
Speaker 1: if the Cowboys aren't ready to go, the Eagles will
Speaker 1: leave out of Texas with a w, a much need
Speaker 1: to win, and a top for first place. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: the biggest thing is when's the last time you felt
Speaker 1: the Eagles you know, as underdogs in a division game
Speaker 1: like this. I'm not just talking about any game. I'm
Speaker 1: talking about like a division showdown. They're going on the
Speaker 1: road and the Cowboys, imagic, can be heavy favorite in
Speaker 1: this game. The Eagles are the defending super Bowl champions. Still,
Speaker 1: there's still the defending MC East champions. Okay, they want
Speaker 1: to make sure to protect that title, especially if they
Speaker 1: have a chance to go in knowing how everyone's gonna
Speaker 1: be hyping up the Cowboys over the next week. And
Speaker 1: let's take a look at the standings here. The Eagles
Speaker 1: you know, tie with Washington now in second place in
Speaker 1: the division. The path to the playoffs just goes through
Speaker 1: the MC East. The Eagles win Sunday night or Sunday
Speaker 1: afternoon in Dallas, they're gonna be tied for first place. Okay,
Speaker 1: with three games to go and another crack at a
Speaker 1: division opponent in Washington in week seventeen. So the fact
Speaker 1: that the Eagles have done so well in the division,
Speaker 1: that's the biggest thing there. If the Eagles beat the
Speaker 1: Cowboys on Sunday and then finished tied with Dallas, let's
Speaker 1: say at the end of the line here, you're gonna
Speaker 1: be looking at a division record, the division standings there,
Speaker 1: and that's gonna be the first typebreaker the Eagles as
Speaker 1: long as they beat Washington week seventeen, come out in
Speaker 1: first place. Yeah. I mean, they still have some work
Speaker 1: to do in front of them, of course, and they've
Speaker 1: taken care of the first part of a lot of
Speaker 1: this work they had to do by winning these first
Speaker 1: two games at home against the Giants and then the
Speaker 1: red Skins, and now probably the toughest test of the
Speaker 1: stretch is this Sunday's game against the Cowboys. Again we
Speaker 1: talk about the short week, then going on the road
Speaker 1: against the divisional opponent that's been resting. They've been resting.
Speaker 1: It will be ten days, eleven days since the last
Speaker 1: time the Cowboys have played when Sunday at four twenty
Speaker 1: five hits here. But you know what, this is the
Speaker 1: situation we find ourselves in. When you don't necessarily do
Speaker 1: the things that are required of you early in the season,
Speaker 1: you put yourself in this position where you sort of
Speaker 1: gotta you gotta basically run the table almost that very
Speaker 1: little room for era coming down the stretch here, because
Speaker 1: just beating the Cowboys Sunday doesn't mean your work is done.
Speaker 1: You have to continue to win, because the Cowboys could
Speaker 1: continue to win if they were to lose to you Sunday.
Speaker 1: So a lot of work to be done. But I
Speaker 1: like the fact that the Eagles are starting to play
Speaker 1: some of their better football, some of their best football
Speaker 1: of the season. And the good thing about that is
Speaker 1: there's still room that they can grow and get better
Speaker 1: as a team. You saw Golden taking his so offense.
Speaker 1: You think he's not going to be even better the
Speaker 1: more weeks that he gets acclimated with his new teammates.
Speaker 1: So you know, it's not how you start a season,
Speaker 1: sometimes it's how you finish. And the Eagles may wind
Speaker 1: up playing their best football down the stretch, which could
Speaker 1: boat well for them if they can qualify for the postseason.
Speaker 1: As we continue to recap the eagles twenty eighth to
Speaker 1: thirteen win over Washington, what are your three big takeaways
Speaker 1: from the win tonight? Well, the biggest thing I gotta
Speaker 1: start with is how the Eagles offense started right the
Speaker 1: Eagles they you know, Washington wanted to tell us. I
Speaker 1: was kind of hoping that the Redskins would win the
Speaker 1: talks because I know if the Eagles on it, we
Speaker 1: would defer. We get the ball first, put that offense
Speaker 1: on the field. Great drive to open up the game.
Speaker 1: I believe it was seven minutes over seven minutes, ends
Speaker 1: with a touchdown, So you get your crowd behind you,
Speaker 1: you get up seven to nothing. We haven't done that
Speaker 1: very often this year. I thought that was key for
Speaker 1: this team starting this game. Also getting off to a
Speaker 1: fast start was certainly a big kid. And then Golden
Speaker 1: take the new acquisition to the team. Been struggling to
Speaker 1: try to find ways to get him involved in the offense.
Speaker 1: Tonight obviously his best game as an Eagle. Scored his
Speaker 1: first touchdown as an Eagle, also got a two point
Speaker 1: conversion like that celebration. You're old enough to remember the worm.
Speaker 1: Remember we are going out of the same age somewhere
Speaker 1: around there, So that that celebration he brought out, He's
Speaker 1: starting to fit in and get comfortable. I expect bigger
Speaker 1: and better things as the season continues to go along.
Speaker 1: And then the defense. We talked about the defense and
Speaker 1: their performance to night, going up against the likes of
Speaker 1: Cote McCoy and Mark Sanchez. Off this defense a little
Speaker 1: under man had their work cut out for him. Gave
Speaker 1: up one big play to Adrian Peterson, obviously a ninety
Speaker 1: yard touchdown run. You don't want to have that on
Speaker 1: your resume to night. But I thought other than that,
Speaker 1: the Redskins couldn't do anything offensively throwing the ball, running
Speaker 1: the ball, throwing the ball short, trying to get guys
Speaker 1: to run after the catch. None of it was working.
Speaker 1: I thought the Eagles did a better job of tackling
Speaker 1: the night. You know, I thought we tackled poorly against
Speaker 1: the New York Giants. They came back to night in
Speaker 1: the scene like we got more guys to the ball.
Speaker 1: You see more guys wrapping up the ball carrier. The
Speaker 1: run game again other than the one running play I
Speaker 1: thought was stout all night. So it's good to see
Speaker 1: the defense taking advantage of plan at home and using
Speaker 1: that crowd noise to their advantage. And it really gave
Speaker 1: the Redskins offense a lot of problems to night. You
Speaker 1: didn't want to keep them in the game. That's the
Speaker 1: biggest thing, because even when they came up with Colt McCoy, okay,
Speaker 1: they probably work gonna pu up a ton of points.
Speaker 1: To begin with, he had three interceptions to his first
Speaker 1: start of the season Backham Thanksgiving against dus. He had
Speaker 1: the full week of prep to be able to get
Speaker 1: ready for the Eagles, but still, he's someone who's known
Speaker 1: to give up the football to put some balls in
Speaker 1: the air that the defensive backs will have a chance
Speaker 1: to get after he comes out of the game, and
Speaker 1: you knew you were waiting for Mark Sanchez to have
Speaker 1: that classic one throw, and Nate Garrett was a person
Speaker 1: who was able to capitalize and take advantage of the opportunity,
Speaker 1: leading to three Eagles points to help seal the deal
Speaker 1: for them. But the biggest thing is once Sanchez came
Speaker 1: in the game, you knew he didn't have much chemistry
Speaker 1: with that team. Washington was just getting a couple of
Speaker 1: playmakers back in Chris Thompson and Jamison Crowder, so certainly
Speaker 1: the timing wasn't going to be there with them. The
Speaker 1: chemistry is not right. They're pretty much the playbook. Whatever
Speaker 1: he's there for. Cole McCoy has been shrunk, so virtually nothing. Okay,
Speaker 1: they're just trying to protect the ball at that point,
Speaker 1: not turn the ball over. You know, keep things very manageable.
Speaker 1: You know, throws to the sticks and you know in
Speaker 1: between the numbers over the middle where you have Jordan
Speaker 1: Read and Vernon Davis out there, that's pretty much it.
Speaker 1: So once you're able to take that away from Washington,
Speaker 1: there wasn't much for them. They couldn't get into a
Speaker 1: shootout with the Eagles. That's why you just needed the
Speaker 1: Eagles to get that one touchdown to get them over
Speaker 1: the hump there. Okay, they had the league going into halftime.
Speaker 1: Just give yourself that little bit of cushion to finally
Speaker 1: break free and to force Washington into a game that
Speaker 1: they were not going to be able to play. They
Speaker 1: were gonna have a hard time playing that type of
Speaker 1: game coming into the game tonight even with the call McCoy,
Speaker 1: but with Mark Stantons, you knew what happened. So what
Speaker 1: we're gonna do now is we're gonna get ready to
Speaker 1: send it over to Lincoln Financial Field. As head coach
Speaker 1: Doug Pearson, the victorious head coach, is standing by to
Speaker 1: address the media following the win the twenty eight to
Speaker 1: thirteen decision over Washington. Now he's making his way over
Speaker 1: to the podium, taking a sweet time allowing the rapporters
Speaker 1: to get into their seats. But let's just send it
Speaker 1: over now, As coach Pearson discusses they'll win. It looks
Speaker 1: like he came out with a clear purpose to try
Speaker 1: and be balanced, trying, you know, trying to team that
Speaker 1: thrust the entire game with that. Does that one of
Speaker 1: the plays doing it? Yes? And what media effected new work? Well,
Speaker 1: I think we, uh offensively executed extremely well, especially on
Speaker 1: that first drive. UM. Thinking back, I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: UM had a nice nice mix of running pass and
Speaker 1: and and did kind of getting everybody settled in. But
Speaker 1: I thought that, uh, you know, the guys have really
Speaker 1: focused in UM, you know this week, and and UH
Speaker 1: did a nice job and it was it was really
Speaker 1: good to see this tonight for the defense was run
Speaker 1: stopping has a problems the last few weeks. Adrian Peterson's
Speaker 1: a load except for the one run. Yeah, pretty pretty
Speaker 1: dark good job. Yeah, you know, I mean we knew
Speaker 1: going in that uh possibly have to you know, stop
Speaker 1: the run again. Um, and I thought they thought they,
Speaker 1: you know, for the most most part throughout the game,
Speaker 1: did a nice job of that. I really felt like
Speaker 1: our corners quite frankly, we're able to come up and
Speaker 1: make some make some uh tackles for losses or at
Speaker 1: least some minimal gains on the perimeter when when you know,
Speaker 1: a big back like that that bounces outside. So yeah,
Speaker 1: they did a nice job. Two version, when you went
Speaker 1: up seven, you went for two. You got it. I
Speaker 1: understand that the mathis, you know, you got two scores there,
Speaker 1: but what if the deeper math there, deeper math. Yeah,
Speaker 1: like gosh, now you're throwing me for a loop. Deeper math.
Speaker 1: Was just trust the math and trust uh to go
Speaker 1: up two scores. I mean that was the right thing
Speaker 1: to do. And yeah, it was just it was the
Speaker 1: right thing to do. Yeah, I think there's anything deeper
Speaker 1: net first time this year that you guys went back
Speaker 1: to back games. Are you seeing things start to turn around?
Speaker 1: Like you said last week? You know, I think that
Speaker 1: I think this group, um, first of all Brazilian group,
Speaker 1: you know, and as you know, and I've said that
Speaker 1: a lot, and um, this group doesn't doesn't let a
Speaker 1: lot bother them. And and I think what you've seen
Speaker 1: now at these last couple of week, we started to
Speaker 1: get some guys back healthy a little bit. You know,
Speaker 1: we're not we're not there yet, but but we're getting close.
Speaker 1: And um, I think I think things are kind of
Speaker 1: kind of clicking a little bit, you know, especially uh,
Speaker 1: you know, the off it's just kind of you know,
Speaker 1: work through some things and some rhythm and timing and
Speaker 1: getting more guys involved and and um, you know, I
Speaker 1: think that's starting to take take shape just a little bit.
Speaker 1: And defense is gaining confidence. The young guys are maturing
Speaker 1: and playing well, and and you know, um, you know
Speaker 1: we need that, we need that right now, We need
Speaker 1: that sort of shot in the arm and had that
Speaker 1: picked me up. And I believe this is the first
Speaker 1: two game winning streak, you know, this season, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's a great time to you know,
Speaker 1: start winning he's Cory back to where he was last
Speaker 1: year with the way uh clemic Corey's Corey's I think
Speaker 1: Corey's back. I mean, I think he's the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks he's shown that. Um, he's run extremely hard.
Speaker 1: He's he's you know, he's obviously one of our core
Speaker 1: teams players. But yeah, he's uh, he's feeling good, you know,
Speaker 1: and and uh doing some doing some really good things running,
Speaker 1: running hard words on the field. All I got was
Speaker 1: he got rolled up. We'll find out more later to
Speaker 1: night and tomorrow scores touchdown. He went to the bench
Speaker 1: you don't normally do that and congratulated And personally, why
Speaker 1: was that an important moment for you and for Darren
Speaker 1: and for the team? I wanted to Um, I wanted
Speaker 1: to go over and just just sort of say welcome
Speaker 1: back and and congratulate him, and uh, he just he
Speaker 1: just looked up and and just kind of whispered thank you,
Speaker 1: you know to me, and um, he's such a class
Speaker 1: act and a great leader on this football team. And um,
Speaker 1: obviously it's unfortunate his situation, the injuries that that have
Speaker 1: set him back, but for him to come out tonight
Speaker 1: and and uh, do the things he was able to do,
Speaker 1: and then the guys, I do believe the guys really
Speaker 1: wanted to get him a touchdown at some point, you know,
Speaker 1: And and uh, it's just it meant a lot to him,
Speaker 1: but it meant a lot to the guys as well.
Speaker 1: And and so I just wanted to I wanted him
Speaker 1: to know from from my standpoint how much I preh him.
Speaker 1: Does he presonify the resilience of the team. That's the
Speaker 1: way he works, the way he works. He he doesn't
Speaker 1: let anything. He's he's one of the guy one of
Speaker 1: the few guys that doesn't let anything bother quite frankly,
Speaker 1: he through through this injury. He has just battled and
Speaker 1: he is he has worked his tail off every single
Speaker 1: day to get back on the football field. And and
Speaker 1: so proud of him and what he's been through in
Speaker 1: the adversity to to come out and you know, get
Speaker 1: himself in the end zone, get that touchdown tonight. I
Speaker 1: think is it's what he needs, you know, I think
Speaker 1: as an individual, that's what he needs to kind of Well,
Speaker 1: now we'll catapult him this next week and in the
Speaker 1: remainder of our season, however many games that is, and Um,
Speaker 1: he just he just epitomizes the heart and soul of
Speaker 1: our football team. And and it was really really good
Speaker 1: for that to see, you know, for us to see
Speaker 1: that tonight. Well you mentioned earlier, was uh that the
Speaker 1: reason at least a little bit of tempo earlier to
Speaker 1: try to get Carson in the river. That and that
Speaker 1: and we just you know a lot of times when
Speaker 1: when you know, we get a substantial game, a chunk
Speaker 1: type play, I like to like to kind of get
Speaker 1: on the ball because you know the play clock is
Speaker 1: running down, you know a little bit, and just helps
Speaker 1: us get on the ball. And then it just helps
Speaker 1: our offense settle in, our quarterback settled in. And um,
Speaker 1: we did it a couple of times tonight, just kind
Speaker 1: of change a pace just a little bit, and um,
Speaker 1: it was effective centers just part of the part of
Speaker 1: the game plan. Just part of the game plan, Yeah,
Speaker 1: a little bit. And just just the way that the game,
Speaker 1: the game plan went this week. Yeah, he see Carson
Speaker 1: improvised a lot more today. How much more dangerous does
Speaker 1: it make the offense when he scramming around extending plays
Speaker 1: and creating like that. Well, anytime he can he can
Speaker 1: extend plays with his legs. Um, he's such a good
Speaker 1: athlete and he throws well on the perimeter. Um, I
Speaker 1: think it's just an advantage to the offense. And um,
Speaker 1: he was able to do that tonight and made made
Speaker 1: a I think in the first first half, I think
Speaker 1: made a nice throw to Nelson Aguilar come across the field.
Speaker 1: And then in the second half, I believe Golden Tate
Speaker 1: a couple of times, and just being able to do
Speaker 1: that just you know, helps us stay on the field.
Speaker 1: And um, he's gifted at doing that, and U, I
Speaker 1: mean it's just something that just just happens naturally for him,
Speaker 1: you know. And it's a it's an exciting play worked
Speaker 1: with Golden Teate so well tonight and just kind of
Speaker 1: what have you learned about him the last month when
Speaker 1: things haven't you know, necessarily been going according to plan.
Speaker 1: You know, I don't know if it's as much Golden Tee,
Speaker 1: it's just I think I think the offense allowing the
Speaker 1: offense to work and just a lot of those throws.
Speaker 1: Golden Tape wasn't necessarily the primary guy, you know. It's
Speaker 1: just you kind of get through your reads or or
Speaker 1: you know, a broken play and and and Carson found him.
Speaker 1: So he's beginning going back to Golden Mean, he's he's
Speaker 1: you know, he's kind of found a rhythm. He's kind
Speaker 1: of understanding the offense a little bit more. And UM,
Speaker 1: I think I think tonight it was Um it was
Speaker 1: really good to see because the ball got spread around
Speaker 1: a little bit in the passing game and uh, uh
Speaker 1: he hit a hit a nice night tonight. Approach change
Speaker 1: when the quarterback when the team has to switch quarterbacks
Speaker 1: mid stream, No, Uman, you still have to stick with
Speaker 1: your game plan and stick to to you know, because
Speaker 1: obviously you know, you plugged the the backup quarterback in
Speaker 1: and but you still have to you know, stop the
Speaker 1: run and do those things. But um, it doesn't it
Speaker 1: doesn't change, Um, doesn't change anything about your game plan,
Speaker 1: you know, moving before, At what point did the backs
Speaker 1: that I'm sorry, at what point did the back spasm start?
Speaker 1: And what's the level of of concern about him right now? Yeah,
Speaker 1: obviously we'll you know, we'll evaluate him, evaluate him further tomorrow.
Speaker 1: But uh, they started um, you know pre game and
Speaker 1: and then just precautionary, just just decided to keep him
Speaker 1: out early. Speaking of golden tape, Um, he was over
Speaker 1: in the flat and Carson kind of had a scrambled
Speaker 1: drill and take turned it up field I think, and
Speaker 1: then in the you know card of the end zone
Speaker 1: that was Carson Wentz on the run. Um, how much
Speaker 1: of that? It's just a quarterback in a wide receiver
Speaker 1: kind of being on the same page and knowing how
Speaker 1: to play. Yeah, you know, we we spend a lot
Speaker 1: of time in training campus stuff with with scramble rules,
Speaker 1: you know, and in assignment football when we're down in
Speaker 1: the in the red zone and um, I want to
Speaker 1: say that the play was actually designed for al Sean
Speaker 1: and um it wasn't there and then he had to
Speaker 1: move and then and then Golden Taping, a veteran guy
Speaker 1: knew how to get himself open and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: get in a position to to make that make that play.
Speaker 1: The offensive line ums played much better the last two games,
Speaker 1: and he did earlier in the seasons. You agree with that,
Speaker 1: And but and if so, why it all started to
Speaker 1: kind of come together for them? Yeah, I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: we had a little injury up front, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: with Jason Peters with uh, you know, with with Lane
Speaker 1: and and and you know, different things and and I
Speaker 1: think I think the guys are this time of year.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think everybody's just kind of settling in
Speaker 1: the end. And uh, you know, Jellen just a little bit.
Speaker 1: And that group is the last couple of weeks have played,
Speaker 1: I've played well, and um, you know, I I told
Speaker 1: him before the game that we were gonna, you know,
Speaker 1: we were gonna have to ride their back again, you know,
Speaker 1: in this football game. And you know they embrace that,
Speaker 1: they want that, and I just think that this is
Speaker 1: a this is a good time for them to really
Speaker 1: start start coming together, all right. Her coach Doug Pearson
Speaker 1: addressing the media following the eagles twenty eighth to thirteen
Speaker 1: win over Washington, a game in which the Eagles held
Speaker 1: the ball almost twice as long as Washington. Very interesting
Speaker 1: note with Darren Sprowles coming back and scoring a touchdown
Speaker 1: in his first game since the season opener against Atlanta.
Speaker 1: After it gets in the end zone, Doug goes over
Speaker 1: to congratulate him. Darren's been through a lot the last
Speaker 1: two years. Certainly he wanted twenty seventeen to be his
Speaker 1: last run. Suffers the actual for him and torn acl
Speaker 1: and the home open against the Giants has to be
Speaker 1: on the sidelines as the eel's going to win the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Urged by his daughter to come back in
Speaker 1: two eighteen figures, I'm gonna give it one last go,
Speaker 1: gets injured after the first game and bounce through injuries
Speaker 1: and is not able to get back on the field
Speaker 1: until tonight. So everyone loves Darren Sprowles, Okay, the ultimate
Speaker 1: overachiever in his career, what he's been able to do.
Speaker 1: It was just great to see Doug go over to
Speaker 1: acknowledge him, understanding that he has been such a leader
Speaker 1: off the field and he finally gets a show that
Speaker 1: on the field tonight. Sure, and obviously you want a
Speaker 1: storybook ending for Sprowsy coming back, and we still got
Speaker 1: a lot of football left to be played. So and
Speaker 1: the good thing is, you know, knock on wood, he's
Speaker 1: going to be able to help this team down the stretch,
Speaker 1: and hopefully he's going to be able to end his
Speaker 1: career walking off the field upright and healthy where he
Speaker 1: can say goodbye to the game that he's given so
Speaker 1: much too. Certainly as a borderline Hall of Famer, if
Speaker 1: they ever put the proper respect on kickoff and pump
Speaker 1: return men, as they should in this league. Darren sproles
Speaker 1: as along with another former teammate of Mind and Brian Mitchell,
Speaker 1: I think should be in the Hall of Fame. But
Speaker 1: I think he's had a great career and it's just
Speaker 1: great to see him back on the field. You certainly
Speaker 1: didn't want to see him in his career being injured
Speaker 1: and doing all the work that he did last offseason
Speaker 1: to get back and get healthy for this year and
Speaker 1: to get hurt early and didn't have a setback and
Speaker 1: miss as many games as he has. I know this
Speaker 1: season has not gone the way he thought it would,
Speaker 1: but I'm happy to see these back out on the field.
Speaker 1: It's just icing on the cake for him to be
Speaker 1: out there scoring touchdowns and doing that. The fact that
Speaker 1: he could put that uniform on again and step on
Speaker 1: the field, and like I said, hopefully when it's all
Speaker 1: setting done, he's going to be able to walk off
Speaker 1: the field healthy and walk away from the game being
Speaker 1: able to hold his head high and proud of what
Speaker 1: he's accomplished in this league. Because I know you're talking
Speaker 1: about players that have been doubted throughout their careers. You
Speaker 1: look at Darren Spros and you know that he's been
Speaker 1: hearing he's too small since he was about five years
Speaker 1: old when he first started playing football. I've seen the
Speaker 1: videos of him playing Pop Warner football for him well.
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, he looks the same today
Speaker 1: as he did in Pop Warner. I'm just saying, at
Speaker 1: least height wise. Anyway. You know, I love you, Sprosy,
Speaker 1: But my point is is that this guy has been
Speaker 1: doubted his whole life, and he's overcome all those doubts.
Speaker 1: He's proving people wrong throughout his career. Most people thought
Speaker 1: he shouldn't have come back this year. He's proven wrong,
Speaker 1: and happy to see him back out there on the field.
Speaker 1: It would be interesting because after all the adversity he's
Speaker 1: been through in this season alone, he could still have
Speaker 1: the storybook end. Yeah, that's the thing. Yeah, he probably
Speaker 1: figured he would come back in Eagles, would be riding high,
Speaker 1: come off the Super Bowl. He would hopefully be able
Speaker 1: to try to get back to back. It could still
Speaker 1: be just not the way that he imagine it or
Speaker 1: the way that he probably thought about it as he
Speaker 1: was doing that offseason rehab coming back from the ACL injury.
Speaker 1: So someone that he trains within the off season in
Speaker 1: San Diego in Titan zach Ertz sent history tonight with
Speaker 1: his ninety third reception of the twenty eighteen season. No
Speaker 1: Eagle has ever accomplished more than ninety. Brian Westbrook, his
Speaker 1: mark that has lasted eleven seasons, is now surpassed. He
Speaker 1: had ninety back in two thousand and seven, that amazing
Speaker 1: All Pro first team campaign. Well again, you look at
Speaker 1: the list now, zach Ertz is atop the leaderboard there
Speaker 1: with another nine catches this evening. He's had great performances
Speaker 1: against Washington in the past. Back it was twenty fourteen,
Speaker 1: I believe he set to a single game franchise record
Speaker 1: with fifteen receptions. Has a thirteen reception game against Washington.
Speaker 1: You know, he has been the go to guy for
Speaker 1: this offense since week one, and even though everyone might
Speaker 1: know that the ball is going to come to zach Ertz,
Speaker 1: teams have not been able to up them. Another nine
Speaker 1: catches this evening. When the Washington knew that Urch was
Speaker 1: on the precipice of getting the record, yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: he continued to makes a strong case with me considered
Speaker 1: the best tight end in football on his way to
Speaker 1: that potential All Pro nomination. All right, the man who
Speaker 1: threw him that record, saying he passed Carson Wentz's at
Speaker 1: the podium. Now got you moving, maybe doing a little
Speaker 1: more improvisation that maybe we've seen in previous weeks. What
Speaker 1: was the question exactly? With more play action and it
Speaker 1: allows you to maybe move a little more and maybe
Speaker 1: do a little more improbably, I mean, just play action
Speaker 1: and kind of boots and nakeds and stuff or something
Speaker 1: that we've always, you know, thought was kind of one
Speaker 1: of our bread and butters, especially at first second down
Speaker 1: and I'm getting the run game going really opens up
Speaker 1: those things and so gets me on the edge of
Speaker 1: chance to make some plays, guys, a chance to make
Speaker 1: some plays down the field and underneath and everything. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I thought we used that effectively tonight, Offen said, one
Speaker 1: of the better games of the season. It was good
Speaker 1: last week against the Giants as well. Do you feel
Speaker 1: like things are starting to come together for you guys?
Speaker 1: I do. I do. I think we're really kind of
Speaker 1: playing well together, meshing together, um, kind of doing what
Speaker 1: we do best, you know, running the ball, kind of
Speaker 1: relying on those big guys upfront from play actions, nakeds, boots, Um,
Speaker 1: trying to stay on the field on third downs. You know,
Speaker 1: we got to clean up some things in the red
Speaker 1: zone for sure. Um, but but things are you know,
Speaker 1: we left some plays out there were, no doubt, but um,
Speaker 1: we're kind of starting to kind of mesh a little
Speaker 1: bit offensively, Like the chemistry is getting a lot better
Speaker 1: with Golden tape getting a field for him. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean every I mean every week, every practice, Um, kind
Speaker 1: of every opportunity with Golden is just an opportunity to
Speaker 1: just build that relationship, build that chemistry. And tonight you
Speaker 1: made some great plays, made some great plays after the
Speaker 1: catch two, which is which is big and it was
Speaker 1: good to can finally get him in the end zone too.
Speaker 1: Did the role you had busy for him when when
Speaker 1: you got him and it kind of took a little
Speaker 1: while to get there. Yeah, I think, you know, first
Speaker 1: and foremost, Um, Golden is a great player. I feel
Speaker 1: we got a lot of guys offensively that we can
Speaker 1: spread the ball around too, So we never truly try
Speaker 1: and focus in on one guy just trying to go
Speaker 1: after you know what, maybe the week link in their
Speaker 1: defense or just kind of how to let the play
Speaker 1: come to you and tonight he was in the right
Speaker 1: spot and made some great plays and we'll keep building
Speaker 1: from there. For sure. This is like the second week
Speaker 1: in a role you guys were balanced, like running the
Speaker 1: ball as well as passing. Um, you know, especially with
Speaker 1: Josh Adams, Like how important is that for you guys,
Speaker 1: you know, as far as winning. Yeah, I mean running
Speaker 1: the football, Um, it is really our bread and butter,
Speaker 1: you know. I think it gets those the big boys
Speaker 1: up front going um, kind of gets the defensive line
Speaker 1: kind of out of pass rush mode. I think. Uh
Speaker 1: so that's something that's big for us. And just staying
Speaker 1: balanced and using that. I think it's really our m
Speaker 1: O for sure. On the interception in the red tie, yeah,
Speaker 1: I just forced it. I forced it underneath coverage, kind
Speaker 1: of kind of got there and just threw it behind
Speaker 1: him and Nor made a great play. And definitely one
Speaker 1: kind of kicking myself. Want to get back about being
Speaker 1: in a situation right now where you win and now
Speaker 1: you find more life with teach win just with about
Speaker 1: where you were already as a team having one and
Speaker 1: finding that new life again. Yeah, I mean it's big
Speaker 1: for us, especially where we were now winning too straight
Speaker 1: and trying to kind of get some momentum going. Doing
Speaker 1: it against an nfcust opponent is huge, and now kind
Speaker 1: of setting ourselves up to make a run, you know,
Speaker 1: to try and do something special here. And I think
Speaker 1: we're we're again leaving some plays out there, but we're
Speaker 1: still fine. We're finally starting to click a little bit
Speaker 1: um and mesh together, and you know, we're extremely excited
Speaker 1: for next week's opportunity. For sure, going in recent weeks.
Speaker 1: You have you didn't get sacked today? What's been the
Speaker 1: difference for the offensive line and how does that make
Speaker 1: you feel when you know you're not gonna get touched
Speaker 1: the whole Hell? Yeah, again, hats off to the line.
Speaker 1: You know they played great football game both running the
Speaker 1: ball and protecting me and keeping me up right. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's hard to say exactly what the difference is,
Speaker 1: but again I think just as an offensive unit, Um,
Speaker 1: we're just finally starting to kind of mesh it and
Speaker 1: play together. And again we're leaving plays out there. You know,
Speaker 1: there's plenty that I'm kicking myself. I want back, but um,
Speaker 1: I think the offensive line was really he's just starting
Speaker 1: to mesh him play well. To you, what is it
Speaker 1: like having Darren Schools back, just knowing the journey that
Speaker 1: he's been through the last two years. Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: having Darren back is awesome. You know, he's a little
Speaker 1: spark for us offensively. I was extremely stoked to see
Speaker 1: him again in the end zone. You know, it seems
Speaker 1: like he's been a while since he's been out. There
Speaker 1: been a while since him and I got to play together.
Speaker 1: Um So having him back in the huddle, having him
Speaker 1: makes him plays that he did. Uh, that definitely gives
Speaker 1: our offense a little motivation, a little, a little spark,
Speaker 1: and it was It was great to see that Carson
Speaker 1: Zach Hurts, the way he runs his RUSS, the way
Speaker 1: he's seemingly very predictable. He met understands where to be
Speaker 1: and the kind of when to be there. How much
Speaker 1: easier doesn't make your job? Yeah, I mean it makes
Speaker 1: my job way easier. You know, having a guy like
Speaker 1: Zach Hurtz again. You know, it seems like we're talking
Speaker 1: about him all the time, but uh, he just completely
Speaker 1: understands the game from almost a quarterback's view. It knows
Speaker 1: where he needs to be nose coverages, No, almost knows
Speaker 1: when I'm gonna be hot and when to look early,
Speaker 1: and all sorts of things. So I'm just having another
Speaker 1: guy with that kind of intelligence, next level intelligence. UM.
Speaker 1: And then also the way he just runs his routes
Speaker 1: and gets open. Um, he does a great job. And
Speaker 1: then that's why we keep finding him professional and personally.
Speaker 1: Professionally and personally. For him to break the Eagles all
Speaker 1: time single season record for most catches, that's awesome. I
Speaker 1: didn't really realize that. Um. At the end of the day,
Speaker 1: I know he's gonna say the same thing. He's just
Speaker 1: happy we won. But that's that's good for him. And
Speaker 1: obviously we still got a handful of games. Like it
Speaker 1: seems like you talked about started fast for ten weeks. Now,
Speaker 1: what was the benefit of that first drive? That was huge?
Speaker 1: I think, you know, it almost kind of got the
Speaker 1: monkey off your back a little bit, kind of UM.
Speaker 1: Like you said, we've talked about it a bunch and
Speaker 1: we just haven't executed. And this week we did made
Speaker 1: some plays on third down, we got in the end
Speaker 1: zone there, you know, Golden made a great play getting
Speaker 1: open on the scramble to finally you know, seal the
Speaker 1: drive off. So again, it kind of just felt like
Speaker 1: we got that monkey off our back and started the
Speaker 1: way we wanted to start, just starting to mesh. How
Speaker 1: big will that be coming up against an improving Dallas
Speaker 1: copp come next week. Yeah, I mean we know Dallas
Speaker 1: is a great team. They're a great team, a great defense.
Speaker 1: They make things tough for you. So again, like you said,
Speaker 1: just the way we're finally starting to mesh a little
Speaker 1: bit offensively. Um, it's gonna be big for us going
Speaker 1: down there, and we got our work cut out for
Speaker 1: us for sure. Bert's success. There was a report from
Speaker 1: ESPN yesterday that a team source said that there've been
Speaker 1: too many targets to him. Um, what do you make
Speaker 1: of that? And do you feel as there's any validity.
Speaker 1: I don't really, you know, think too much into that, honestly.
Speaker 1: I mean the guy makes plays. You know, he makes plays,
Speaker 1: he gets open. I think our effectiveness rate when I
Speaker 1: when we do throw his way is it's pretty successful.
Speaker 1: So I'm not If it wasn't, yeah, it would be
Speaker 1: something we need to evaluate. But you know, he gets open,
Speaker 1: plays great football and he's having a heck of a year.
Speaker 1: Carson tonight, I think gives you the second most three
Speaker 1: under yard games in franchise history. What does that mean
Speaker 1: to you? And are you a bit surprised that you've
Speaker 1: been able to put up those kind of numbers this
Speaker 1: early in your career. Yeah, honestly, I don't. I don't
Speaker 1: really know much about the numbers. I know we left
Speaker 1: some yards out there. I know I missed a couple,
Speaker 1: So I really don't don't think too much about three
Speaker 1: hundred yard games or this or that. Um, all I
Speaker 1: know is at the end of the day, we got
Speaker 1: we got to win, and we're finally getting some momentum going.
Speaker 1: Like the players wanted Sprowls to get in the end
Speaker 1: zone tonight with that's something you had to discussed with
Speaker 1: him at all throughout the week or even today. That
Speaker 1: was nothing we really discussed. Um, but you know, we
Speaker 1: all knew finally getting him back out there, Um what
Speaker 1: he kind of brings the offense, Like I said, just
Speaker 1: a little spark and uh he's kind of a quiet
Speaker 1: leader and everyone just respects how he works, and uh man,
Speaker 1: it was just really good to get him back out
Speaker 1: there and to get him in the end zone. We
Speaker 1: were all pretty excited about that. You had a few
Speaker 1: getting catches towards the end of the game. How how
Speaker 1: reliable is he becomes the last couple of days. Yeah,
Speaker 1: ill sounds great. You know another guy that that understands
Speaker 1: the offense, understands defenses um and plays with you know,
Speaker 1: just a sense of urgency and getting open and uh,
Speaker 1: just again he understands the game and just having his
Speaker 1: big kind of physical abilities that he has a big
Speaker 1: target with great hands. It's just a guy that went
Speaker 1: in doubt. You know, I can his way too, and
Speaker 1: you know even when he covered, he's not, so you know,
Speaker 1: hats off to him. And again, we have a lot
Speaker 1: of guys we can spread spread the ball out too,
Speaker 1: So I'm pretty fortunate. Thanks guys. All right. Quarterback Carson
Speaker 1: went addressing the media following the win over Washington, and
Speaker 1: very interesting that I didn't realize that this was the
Speaker 1: first time Winston Sproles played together since that Week three
Speaker 1: game twenty seventeen, because obviously Winston playing the season opener
Speaker 1: against Atlanta. Yeah, I didn't even realize that. So, yeah,
Speaker 1: having those guys back on the field for the first time,
Speaker 1: I'm sure made Carson excited about having Darren Sproles back
Speaker 1: out there. And uh, let listen, let's hope we can
Speaker 1: continue to get guys back. You know, um, there are
Speaker 1: no excuses in this league. Everyone deals with injuries. We
Speaker 1: saw what the Eagles were able to do when they
Speaker 1: had to deal with injuries last year, but they've been
Speaker 1: hit with another rash of injuries. I don't think we've
Speaker 1: had the same experience from a depth standpoint this y
Speaker 1: year and has hurt us a little bit. But they're
Speaker 1: starting to get guys back. Got a couple guys back tonight.
Speaker 1: Don't know the situation on a few other guys like
Speaker 1: Jalen Mills and Jordan Hicks and whether or not they'll
Speaker 1: be ready to go this week. But as you come
Speaker 1: down to stretch here, obviously, the more of these guys
Speaker 1: you can get back into the vote, it just makes
Speaker 1: you a stronger team. What were your thoughts. Carson wants
Speaker 1: to address the ESPN report that Art has been fed
Speaker 1: the ball too much and that's one of the reason
Speaker 1: why the Eels have struggled this season. I mean, Art
Speaker 1: has been absolutely outstanding and very productive with the ball
Speaker 1: going his way. You certainly can't say, and I thought
Speaker 1: Carson had addressed the ball the right way, where if
Speaker 1: it was an issue, we would have to talk about it.
Speaker 1: If the offense was stalling or struggling because of it,
Speaker 1: then we maybe need to talk about it. That's not
Speaker 1: the case always. Zach Ertz, with another nine nine catches
Speaker 1: on ten targets eighty plus yards, again set the franchise
Speaker 1: record for most catches in a season. So, you know,
Speaker 1: just another efficient performance. Yeah. You know what, I can
Speaker 1: go through a list of teams with their best weapons,
Speaker 1: whether to wide out or whether to tight end, they
Speaker 1: typically will get the most targets on those respective teams.
Speaker 1: That's what you do. You throw the ball or you
Speaker 1: try to get the ball in the hands of some
Speaker 1: of your best players. And I mean, I've been watching
Speaker 1: zach Ertz since he got here out of Stanford back
Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen, and the guy has been nothing but productive.
Speaker 1: He's gotten better just about each year. And for some
Speaker 1: notion or some report to be out there that maybe
Speaker 1: somebody is thinking that part of the offensive struggles is
Speaker 1: that you're looking to throw the ball to zach Ertz
Speaker 1: too often, that just makes no sense to me. Quite frankly.
Speaker 1: He's the one guy that's been in there every week
Speaker 1: from week one, and he's been the most consistent. Of
Speaker 1: all of your offensive players, whomever you've had on that
Speaker 1: side of the football from a skill position stand point,
Speaker 1: the one guy has been consistent week in and week
Speaker 1: out has been number eighty six. He's reliable, he's durable,
Speaker 1: He's typically surehanded when you throw him to football. Now,
Speaker 1: if this was if this was a case where you
Speaker 1: know you're forcing the ball to him and is leading
Speaker 1: the turnovers because he's covered and his stalling drives, that's
Speaker 1: one thing I'm watching the night And every pass he
Speaker 1: threw to zach Ertz, zach Ertz was open, and I
Speaker 1: mean he caught nine out of the ten that you
Speaker 1: threw to him. So as long as you're getting that
Speaker 1: type of production, Carson Wentz needs to continue to ignore
Speaker 1: that noise coming from the outside. Certainly here here's the thing.
Speaker 1: For a long time, fans were wondering, when is it
Speaker 1: gonna be the breakout year for Earth's right. He showed
Speaker 1: so much potential early in his career, at over fifty
Speaker 1: receptions to the second season, everyone said, once he gonna
Speaker 1: take that next step, Well, obviously everyone's gonna be fixated
Speaker 1: on the numbers this year and last year he had
Speaker 1: an outstanding season, earning Pro Bowl honor, says the Eels
Speaker 1: went on to win the Super Bowl. When you're looking
Speaker 1: at his year in the year out stats, he's had
Speaker 1: seventy five catches at least and at least eight hundred
Speaker 1: receiving yards now in four straight seasons. To me, this
Speaker 1: has been his best year. To me, doing what he
Speaker 1: did last year may have come a little easier because
Speaker 1: he had other weapons around him that the defense has
Speaker 1: to pay attention to. He's the guy. Yeah, Nelson had
Speaker 1: eight touchdowns, Al Shan had eight touchdowns, Tory Smith had
Speaker 1: a few, so the ball was being spread around for
Speaker 1: the most part. This year, he's been the guy every
Speaker 1: defense knows going into the game. He's the guy that's
Speaker 1: going to get the ball. They're gearing their defense trying
Speaker 1: to stop him, to slow down this offense, and he's
Speaker 1: still being productive. So to me, he's been your best
Speaker 1: offensive weapon this year. He's been the most consistent offensive
Speaker 1: weapon this year. And to me, he's having his best
Speaker 1: year because defenses have been able to focus in on
Speaker 1: him and he still has found a way to be productive. So, Zach,
Speaker 1: continue to do what you're doing. He's going to break
Speaker 1: the record and I hope he breaks the record. I
Speaker 1: don't know if he can get to uh Marvin Harrison's record. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well you know, you don't know. Four games left the goal.
Speaker 1: So but he's certainly going to break Jason Witten's record,
Speaker 1: and quite frankly, I wish he could do it next week.
Speaker 1: It would be perfect. What is he about? Thirteen short?
Speaker 1: What is he sixteen catches short? He needs seventeen to tie?
Speaker 1: That's his career. Yeah, you can do it, big time showdown.
Speaker 1: You know the way the way that Winn was going
Speaker 1: about on the broadcast, you wish he would have done
Speaker 1: it right there right loves he does the mutual admiration
Speaker 1: and that was that was Zach's favorite player. Yes, Staly
Speaker 1: was with that situation there. Yeah, we can't all be perfect. No.
Speaker 1: So one of the players who Zach Ertz passed on
Speaker 1: the way to send in the single season franchise record
Speaker 1: for receptions to this season was Jordan Matthews, who put
Speaker 1: up eighty five catches back in twenty fifteen. Was I
Speaker 1: believe Matthews capped off the scoring if I'm a touchdown
Speaker 1: perspective by getting in the end zone to seal the
Speaker 1: win for the Eagles tonight. He spoke with our Eagles
Speaker 1: entire days, but after the win. Here's that interview. Now
Speaker 1: they are down on the field with wide receiver Jordan Matthews.
Speaker 1: Big performance from the Eagles offense. What went well tonight?
Speaker 1: You know we went to this practice week saying we
Speaker 1: want to be physical, we want to be able to
Speaker 1: run the ball, do some big things in the run game.
Speaker 1: I think you saw that. I'm so happy for Darren
Speaker 1: Sprous how about four to three man to be able
Speaker 1: to come back off of a tough injury and to
Speaker 1: be able to do what he did today for this team.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be huge for us. Josh Addis has gonna
Speaker 1: run the ball well. The offensive line has been playing great,
Speaker 1: and obviously with Eleven back there, there's nothing but good
Speaker 1: things can happen. Big one on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 1: First place in the NFC East at stake. Do you
Speaker 1: feel like this team has turned the corner. I feel
Speaker 1: like this team's got to go back to work. We
Speaker 1: gotta watch this film, we gotta correct it, and then
Speaker 1: next week is gonna be a big game for us.
Speaker 1: We just gotta taken one day at time Jordan Matthews
Speaker 1: a great job. So we've heard three interviews now or
Speaker 1: heard from coach Peterson, Carson Wentz, Jordan Matthews, and each
Speaker 1: one of them praise the offensive line with the work
Speaker 1: that they did. So oh, speak of the records there,
Speaker 1: let's sit back to the link number eighty six, Zach
Speaker 1: Ertz standing by to send the record. Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: it's cool. I mean, obviously there have been so many
Speaker 1: great players in this organization. UM, and to set the
Speaker 1: record at home obviously very special. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: the most important thing to me tonight was to win
Speaker 1: UM five and six against the good football team, against
Speaker 1: a really good run defense. UM. They got good players
Speaker 1: up and down that defense. So something that we needed tonight, UM,
Speaker 1: and something that allowed us to continue to have the
Speaker 1: every opportunity UM in terms of the postseason in front
Speaker 1: of us. That was the most important thing. How would
Speaker 1: you describe how you're connection with Carson's ball. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I think this year's definitely taking that next step. UM.
Speaker 1: I thought last year we were playing at a high level,
Speaker 1: but I think this year we've kind of taken that
Speaker 1: next step. UM. We see the game so similarly, we
Speaker 1: talk about football all the time. We're fully invested in
Speaker 1: being the best players we can be for this team,
Speaker 1: in this organization, and we just love the game of football.
Speaker 1: We love talking about it. We love, um the fine
Speaker 1: art of route running and the timing of the quarterback
Speaker 1: in the tight end, and I think you can see
Speaker 1: it each and every Sunday most of the time. There's
Speaker 1: been one time this year I think we've seen something different,
Speaker 1: and other than that, we see the game very similarly.
Speaker 1: And it's a lot of fun playing with him. I mean,
Speaker 1: the guy is so competitive, he's so talented. Um, it's
Speaker 1: really fun. Yeah, I mean, I mean putting up that
Speaker 1: many yards against that defense, Um, it's very I think
Speaker 1: it's very revealing about where we're at as an offense. Obviously,
Speaker 1: we have the ball inside the five twice and don't
Speaker 1: at any points. It's tough. By the same time, we
Speaker 1: didn't panic after those drives and we've got a lot
Speaker 1: of good players on offense. And this isn't about me
Speaker 1: at all. Everyone else is doing their job tonight and
Speaker 1: that was the most important thing coming out here, finding
Speaker 1: a win. So happy for Darren. He's been through the
Speaker 1: game at the past eleven weeks of trying to get
Speaker 1: right from the Sam strength thing, and just proud of
Speaker 1: all the work he put in to get to this point.
Speaker 1: He could have easily called a quits and said, man,
Speaker 1: maybe this just isn't for me anymore. Um, but he
Speaker 1: really stuck, stuck to the process and just found a
Speaker 1: way to get healthy. And we need him. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's a dynamic player and he's really helpful for a
Speaker 1: football team clicking after a whole season struggling. Why do
Speaker 1: you think that, Um, I mean, I think it just
Speaker 1: takes time. We got new faces. Obviously Carson didn't start
Speaker 1: the year um, bringing in new guys. UM. But we
Speaker 1: work really hard in practice. I mean, we're grinding for
Speaker 1: three days during the week trying to get this thing right.
Speaker 1: We understood that the talent level on the offense wasn't
Speaker 1: matching their production. UM. And guys, we're not panicking by
Speaker 1: any means. UM. We were just focused on being better
Speaker 1: from the previous week, and I think it's finally starting
Speaker 1: to click. Um. Against the defense tonight that I mean
Speaker 1: that front seven is probably one of the best in
Speaker 1: the league. Um. Josh Norman is one of the best corners.
Speaker 1: Two really good safeties. UM. So it was a really
Speaker 1: good performance. We held held the ball for a long time.
Speaker 1: And most importantly, I mean our team is built to
Speaker 1: play with the league UM and coming out fast, getting
Speaker 1: seven points early something we haven't really done been successful
Speaker 1: UM in most of these games. So that's probably the
Speaker 1: biggest thing that I took from tonight was we finally
Speaker 1: started fast record yeahs. Yeah. In terms of route running,
Speaker 1: I mean, just studying him for so long, UM, finding
Speaker 1: the intricacies of how he ran routes. It's something that
Speaker 1: I studied from the moment I came into the league,
Speaker 1: since I had the opportunity to really study tight ends
Speaker 1: and study their film. He was the guy I was
Speaker 1: always watching because it seemed like third down UM, he
Speaker 1: was always getting his number called, and he was always
Speaker 1: attacking leverage, and so I just really just modeled my
Speaker 1: game after him. I think there's there are some differences,
Speaker 1: but there's a lot of similarities. UM. And I've said
Speaker 1: it since I was sixteen. He was a guy that
Speaker 1: was always on TV, unfortunately back in California, and he
Speaker 1: was the guy that I was forced to watch, but
Speaker 1: at the same time, it was the perfect guy for
Speaker 1: me to watch. Because I was able to see at
Speaker 1: sixteen years old how a tight end should play. M
Speaker 1: I a ultimate respect for him. He knows that. Um,
Speaker 1: we have a good relationship. I obviously we shouldn't play
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys, but um, it was fun playing against
Speaker 1: him too for a couple of years. Jersey. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: he just uh you know. He told me in the
Speaker 1: passion though it wasn't because that he was my favorite
Speaker 1: tight end growing up. He said it was because of
Speaker 1: he really respected how I played the game, UM, and
Speaker 1: how how I was always trying to get better. He
Speaker 1: said he was watching my game from the moment I
Speaker 1: came into the league. Um, and he was one of
Speaker 1: the guy that I was one of the guys he
Speaker 1: would studying the offseason and having being the only guy
Speaker 1: that he ever traded Jersey with is honestly special. Obviously,
Speaker 1: everyone knows how I feel about him, and I'm excited
Speaker 1: for the game next week in Dallas. That problem targets.
Speaker 1: Did you hear of that? I did hear of it, obviously. UM. Obviously, UM,
Speaker 1: there are there are things that come out playing in
Speaker 1: the NFL for six years, there are things that come
Speaker 1: out sources all the time. UM, I don't feel like
Speaker 1: I hope I'm not the problem. I don't think I'm
Speaker 1: the problem. I'm just trying to be the best tight
Speaker 1: end I can be. UM. I said all along, it's
Speaker 1: all about efficiency, UM, when it comes to targets and catches.
Speaker 1: I feel like we're efficient in that regard. UM, And
Speaker 1: I think I mean, I'm just focusing on trying to
Speaker 1: put wins on tape. That's the only thing I try
Speaker 1: and do. UM. I don't really focus on whether I
Speaker 1: get the ball or not. I said it all along,
Speaker 1: whether I get two catches or ten catches. The most
Speaker 1: important thing to me is winning football games. And I
Speaker 1: thoroughly believe each and every guy in that locker room
Speaker 1: feels the same way. UM. There's never been a doubt
Speaker 1: of selfishness from anyone in that locker room. And UM,
Speaker 1: I don't think I do. I don't want to give
Speaker 1: it too much merit just is what it is. UM.
Speaker 1: Focused on the win tonight. I felt like everyone got
Speaker 1: the ball, felt like it was a it was a
Speaker 1: good team win, and that's what I'm focused on address
Speaker 1: with the team. No, I didn't care at all, UM,
Speaker 1: I don't think there was anything to address. UM. I mean,
Speaker 1: it was an anonymous source, so if it was one
Speaker 1: of my teammates, I felt like they I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: I don't have a motive by any means. I feel
Speaker 1: like we have a great relationship with all my teammates
Speaker 1: and I got I mean, I can't give too much
Speaker 1: credit to an anonymous source because I don't know who
Speaker 1: it was. A practicutill Thursday. Yeah, I guess I'll thank
Speaker 1: you for that. Yeah, I mean, typically we don't start
Speaker 1: practicing until two days after a game. Um, it'd be
Speaker 1: really tough to go out there on Wednesday and play
Speaker 1: football game after a physical football game like we just had. Um,
Speaker 1: And at this point in the year, the recoveries sometimes
Speaker 1: more important than the little little details. I mean, obviously,
Speaker 1: we played these guys a couple of weeks ago. Um,
Speaker 1: I played them. There's gonna be my twelfth time playing them,
Speaker 1: so they know me, I know them. Um, it's gonna
Speaker 1: come down to how fresh can we be for that game. Um,
Speaker 1: that's gonna be the most important thing for a lot
Speaker 1: of guys. Just trying to get your body right. Obviously
Speaker 1: it's gonna be week thirteen for us, so that's how
Speaker 1: your body feels right now, and guys are gonna be
Speaker 1: in the training room, moving in the training room. Hopefully
Speaker 1: we'll get some more with these injured guys back. Um
Speaker 1: But um, I think that's the right schedule in terms
Speaker 1: of practicing. UM. I'm I want to be on the
Speaker 1: field each and every play. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: Dallas is playing really well. UM. I got a lot
Speaker 1: of confidence teaching every time he's in the game. I
Speaker 1: got a lot of confidence in the coaches doing what
Speaker 1: they do drawn out the game plan. Um. It's not
Speaker 1: saying that fourth and one, I'm off the field. It's
Speaker 1: based on the play that they already have called. Um So,
Speaker 1: each and every week they personnel the plays. Um. I
Speaker 1: can't play every snap, Obviously, We've gotten that early in
Speaker 1: the year and it's just not sustainable. Um So, that
Speaker 1: was a play where Dallas was in It was a
Speaker 1: scramble or it was an automatic sprint out to the
Speaker 1: right and he was backside, and it was a great
Speaker 1: play call. You said a few weeks ago that you
Speaker 1: had to believe despite the evidence. Yeah, two wins since then,
Speaker 1: and I'm playing the first place on Sunday. Just kind
Speaker 1: of what was the feeling in the locker room after
Speaker 1: this one. Yeah, I mean, guys are obviously extremely happy.
Speaker 1: It's really tough to win football games in this league. Guys,
Speaker 1: we found out the first eleven games of this year. Um,
Speaker 1: obviously we didn't start the way we thought we were
Speaker 1: going to. But I think this one really speaks to
Speaker 1: the overall resiliency of this football team, the character of
Speaker 1: the guys in the locker room. Obviously at four and
Speaker 1: six when we got drilled by the Saints a few
Speaker 1: weeks back, everyone had the opportunity to kind of put
Speaker 1: their head to heads down and sulk. Um, But guys
Speaker 1: not in that locker room really loved the game of football.
Speaker 1: I think guys really loved their craft. And I mean
Speaker 1: we went to work and obviously six and six now
Speaker 1: not where we wanted or thought we were going to be.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, we got the whole season
Speaker 1: in front of us. UM, I think we're close. I
Speaker 1: think we're really close. Um. Obviously, we scored two touchdowns
Speaker 1: inside the five yard line tonight, We're putting up forty
Speaker 1: against a really good team, and so if we're able
Speaker 1: to execute in the low red zone. UM, just finding
Speaker 1: little things to be better at each and every week,
Speaker 1: but I think we're close to reaching our ultimate potential
Speaker 1: as an offense. Thanks guys, Thank you guys. There was
Speaker 1: Zach Now like you mentioned this at the top of
Speaker 1: the show, Eagles convert those red zone opportunities. That's twenty
Speaker 1: eight is a forty, it's thirty eight. I mean it's
Speaker 1: definitely much higher. It should have been much higher. Still
Speaker 1: impressive output by the Eagle's offense, but still a lot
Speaker 1: of points left on the board, so still much room
Speaker 1: for improvement. Getting ready for a Sunday afternoon showdown against Dallas.
Speaker 1: Here's something I thought was very interesting with zach ertz
Speaker 1: season on the line in the last two weeks. Okay,
Speaker 1: he's putting up all these amazing numbers, gaudy numbers. Okay
Speaker 1: on tractice at the all time NFL record for most
Speaker 1: catches by a tight end in a single season. Last
Speaker 1: two games Giants in Washington, sixteen catches, one hundred and
Speaker 1: seventy four yards and a touchdown. Games that you have
Speaker 1: to win. He's coming through in the clutch. You go
Speaker 1: back to the Super Bowl, Okay, the fourth down conversion,
Speaker 1: the touchdown, the championship winning touchdown. Zach Ertz has been
Speaker 1: the go to clutch guy in this offense for some
Speaker 1: time now. That's not just putting up gaudy numbers, that
Speaker 1: he's got some substance behind it that when the game
Speaker 1: is on the line, he is a guy you can
Speaker 1: depend on. Yeah, I mean, listen, he's clearly been the
Speaker 1: best offensive player around here other than the quarterback position
Speaker 1: over the last three or four years. You know, since
Speaker 1: he's been here. You just look at his numbers, you
Speaker 1: look at the consistency, You look at how he's gotten
Speaker 1: better each year, more than likely on his way to
Speaker 1: a second Pro Bowl, second consecutive Pro Bowl, starting to
Speaker 1: establish himself really as arguably the best tight end in
Speaker 1: the game of football. So his resume just continues to
Speaker 1: just be added upon. His numbers are gonna be there.
Speaker 1: We've already said this. By the time he's done playing, man,
Speaker 1: he's gonna own every receiving record known to the in
Speaker 1: this franchise's history. So that's just it. He's the It's
Speaker 1: rare that you draft the player for a certain skill
Speaker 1: set and you know what he's projected to be. It's
Speaker 1: rare that that player actually lives up to that, and
Speaker 1: he certainly has lived up to that in well, I
Speaker 1: was getting ready to saying he's on his way to
Speaker 1: surpassing it because you just look at the consistency, consistency
Speaker 1: year in and year out. He's still young enough that
Speaker 1: um playing alongside Carson Wentz, he's gonna put up numbers,
Speaker 1: astronomical numbers in the league where they encourage you to
Speaker 1: throw the ball even more, his numbers are just going
Speaker 1: to get better. Just appreciate what we get a chance
Speaker 1: to watch week in and week out, year in and
Speaker 1: year out, because it's not often that you know, these
Speaker 1: high draft picks turn out to be what you hope
Speaker 1: they would be when you selected them. And that's not
Speaker 1: just for the Eagles, that's for the NFL in general.
Speaker 1: So considering Zach was the high second round draft pick,
Speaker 1: like either the second or third pick in that second
Speaker 1: round back in two thousand and thirteen, Man, you look
Speaker 1: at Lane Johnson, zach Ertz, and man, if we can
Speaker 1: just keep Jordan Hicks healthy and on the field, he's
Speaker 1: another guy that has a promise in future. But just
Speaker 1: on Zach Man, Zach has been he's been outstanding and
Speaker 1: he's one of the good guys that we have on
Speaker 1: his team. He's great in the community. He's all about
Speaker 1: the team, never complains about how many catches or targets
Speaker 1: that he's getting, doesn't worry about some of the criticism
Speaker 1: criticism that's thrown his way. Just continues to work on
Speaker 1: his game and tries to improve, but more importantly, tries
Speaker 1: to be a good teammate year in and year out.
Speaker 1: And I think that's the thing that I respect about
Speaker 1: him the most is that he doesn't care about all
Speaker 1: these individual numbers. All he cares about is the team
Speaker 1: having success and is genuine. You know. The thing with
Speaker 1: him is that he's coming off the Pro Bowl, coming
Speaker 1: off the Super Bowl Championship. He was finding ways to
Speaker 1: improve his game. And he said that last season he
Speaker 1: missed two games, he only played in four team games.
Speaker 1: He wants to be on the field. He looks up
Speaker 1: to Jason Winton, says it was his favorite player growing up.
Speaker 1: Studied the film in the Whole Nine. Jason Winton missed
Speaker 1: one game in his entire career, and that was as
Speaker 1: a rookie. So Urch wanted to find a way to
Speaker 1: be on the field. So he went back and studied
Speaker 1: his strength routine, his weightlifting routine and found he was
Speaker 1: getting injured about the same time every single year the
Speaker 1: same way, so we overhauled his weightlifting routine in the
Speaker 1: off season so that he could be healthy and tight
Speaker 1: End's coach Justin Peel said this week, Urch is feeling
Speaker 1: fresher going into games, even though he's playing much more
Speaker 1: snaps than he's ever had in his career and obviously
Speaker 1: getting the ball throwing his way more than before. He's
Speaker 1: leaned on a ton every week and people think, well,
Speaker 1: the fun part or we see the results right the
Speaker 1: catches in the yards and you feel like, well, you're
Speaker 1: throwing the ball enough. He feels good. No, it is
Speaker 1: not easy being as successful as Zach is week in
Speaker 1: and week out, finding ways to get open deep as
Speaker 1: his gearing towards stopping you. They bang your around, you
Speaker 1: get past the defensive in he chips your linebackers sitting
Speaker 1: there way you know he hits you a little bit,
Speaker 1: he turns you over to a safety. So you know,
Speaker 1: zach Ertz, when you're being game planned every week from
Speaker 1: a defensive standpoint, it makes your job a little more
Speaker 1: difficult to have success. And somehow he's finding ways to
Speaker 1: have success, whether it's in the red zone, whether it's
Speaker 1: out in the open field, he makes tough catches, catches
Speaker 1: where he has to go up reach behind himself at
Speaker 1: times to make to make catches. So we're looking at
Speaker 1: one of the best in the game right now, and
Speaker 1: let's just be thankful that we have one of the
Speaker 1: best at his position plan for our team. And you wish,
Speaker 1: if those reports are true, that the guys look within
Speaker 1: themselves to not say, why can't I get some of
Speaker 1: the opportunities that he's getting, but say just take advantage
Speaker 1: of those opportunities when they come. And this is a
Speaker 1: guy who always has a smile on his face, it
Speaker 1: always has something encouraging to say. It's never about him,
Speaker 1: it's always about the team. That's the type of stuff
Speaker 1: that should be infectious to everyone else. So again, I
Speaker 1: don't want to believe the reports that are out there,
Speaker 1: but they're out there from someone and you would hope
Speaker 1: whoever is putting that type of stuff out there, take
Speaker 1: a look at a guy like Zach Erst his workout there,
Speaker 1: how he comes to work every day, how he plays
Speaker 1: when he's out there. It's something to be emulated, not
Speaker 1: something to be envious of. And want to take away
Speaker 1: from that, you ought to be hoping that that guy
Speaker 1: gets more opportunities because he seems to take advantage of
Speaker 1: the opportunities when they present itself. Every week on the show.
Speaker 1: You have a moment just like that where you hit
Speaker 1: it right on the head, perfectly well said on Earth
Speaker 1: and his impact on this twenty eight team, Eagles team,
Speaker 1: and the organization as a whole. So we heard from
Speaker 1: Heyko Dug Pearson at the podium, but we always know
Speaker 1: he's the most candid when he does his post game
Speaker 1: one on one air views with Hall of Fame wide receiver. Quick,
Speaker 1: we're gonna send it to an interview right now, which
Speaker 1: took place a short time ago. Already, Coach has been
Speaker 1: a while. The first possession, you take it down and
Speaker 1: you score points. Um, how did it happen and how
Speaker 1: did it feel for you? It felt great, um, And
Speaker 1: I think you know, you look, it was a good,
Speaker 1: good mix of running pass I think we we we
Speaker 1: you know, I leaned more towards the run, I think
Speaker 1: in the first that first drive, but you know it
Speaker 1: was it was it was well executed drive and it's
Speaker 1: something that uh, we haven't had much success this season
Speaker 1: and it was good to put one together to start
Speaker 1: this game. You got Golden Chayed involved early in the
Speaker 1: football game. He scored that touchdown. Talk about how you
Speaker 1: were finally incorporating him and how comfortable he's getting in
Speaker 1: this offense. Well, he's getting real comfortable in the offense.
Speaker 1: And and I believe that was a broken play that
Speaker 1: Carson actually scrambled and found him in the corner of
Speaker 1: the end zone. It was a great play by Carson
Speaker 1: as well. And you know, he's just he's a veteran
Speaker 1: player that really is just Um, he's unselfish. He just
Speaker 1: wants to help this football team win and whatever his
Speaker 1: role is. And um, you know, he's getting more comfortable
Speaker 1: and and we'll just continue to, uh, you know, increase
Speaker 1: more and more. But one of the things tonight, I
Speaker 1: think from carson standpoint, was the fact they utilized a
Speaker 1: lot of a lot of targets, a lot of a
Speaker 1: lot of players on offense in a passing game. And
Speaker 1: that's kind of what you need to have, that kind
Speaker 1: of balance. He was able to spread the ball around.
Speaker 1: What was it defensively from the Ridskins that you wanted
Speaker 1: to take advantage of in this game, Well, we knew
Speaker 1: this is a good this is a good defense. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, especially against the run. They're there their tremendous
Speaker 1: run defense, and they they they crowd the box and
Speaker 1: they've got a really good, big, physical front two gap
Speaker 1: style of defense. And um, you know, we felt like
Speaker 1: it if we could control the line of scrimmage, um,
Speaker 1: we could we could really do some some some good
Speaker 1: in the In the run game, I thought, you know,
Speaker 1: Jeff Stallin put together a really good run plan and
Speaker 1: um and then and then getting him in and it
Speaker 1: was really eleven personnel to run and it was twelve
Speaker 1: personnel to throw. It was kind of the kind of
Speaker 1: the theme a little bit. But um, guys, just um,
Speaker 1: you know, they came to work this week, they executed well,
Speaker 1: they understood the game plan, and it was good to
Speaker 1: see how big was the screen game into Night's game,
Speaker 1: because I thought you got some big chunks in the
Speaker 1: screen game we did second half of the game. I
Speaker 1: used quite a few screens actually, and um, you know,
Speaker 1: I think none bigger than the one Corpy had to
Speaker 1: start I think the fourth quarter to get us down
Speaker 1: inside the inside the five. But um, yeah, screens are
Speaker 1: a great change of pace. Uh, they're a great way
Speaker 1: to um sort of solidify and it kind of calm
Speaker 1: down any kind of pressure or rush from the defense.
Speaker 1: And and uh, you know, I think our screen game
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks have really it's really improved
Speaker 1: and guys have executed well. Darren sprowls back into lineup.
Speaker 1: Good for both Darren and good for this offense. It
Speaker 1: is it's great to see him back out there. You know,
Speaker 1: he brings a breath of fresh air obviously, and it's
Speaker 1: great because of the adversity that he's faced this season.
Speaker 1: And then you know, ultimately to get him in the
Speaker 1: end zone I think is something that he really really
Speaker 1: will cherish. I think, you know, looking back on this
Speaker 1: particular football game, but um, it's great to get him
Speaker 1: out there, especially you know the part returns. But we'll
Speaker 1: keep integrade him each and every week. Talk about the
Speaker 1: defensive side a little bit. They gave up the one
Speaker 1: ninety yard run to Adrian Peterson, but aside from that,
Speaker 1: they didn't give up a lot to that offensive the Ridskins.
Speaker 1: You know, we kind of knew coming in that they
Speaker 1: were gonna have to rely on the run, I think,
Speaker 1: and Adrian is as uh man, He's a he's an
Speaker 1: agress wonder. I mean, the kid just continues to play
Speaker 1: hard and and he's have a really good season. And um,
Speaker 1: he's another big back that we've had to know, we've
Speaker 1: had to uh tackle on these last couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: But I really thought that um our perimeter guys tonight
Speaker 1: actually really came up and did some nice things, you know,
Speaker 1: making some tackles for loss and then some some minimal
Speaker 1: gains and um, you know it's something if we can
Speaker 1: maybe force them to pass, you know, and put it up,
Speaker 1: put it in the quarterback's hands, that we would have
Speaker 1: a little bit of success to in that and our
Speaker 1: guys roach that challenger. You got a big one coming
Speaker 1: up now, going down to Dallas, a big week of preparation. Um,
Speaker 1: how big is that? And talk about the week leading
Speaker 1: up to that. Yeah, you know, it's it's all coming
Speaker 1: down to, you know, this last month of the season
Speaker 1: for us, and and you know we've we've I've asked
Speaker 1: the guys to commit now to to each other obviously
Speaker 1: here at the end of the year, and you know, um,
Speaker 1: you know we're right where we want to be. Well,
Speaker 1: maybe not where we want to be, but but under
Speaker 1: the under the circumstances, we're right, you know, right where
Speaker 1: we need to be. And and we still get to
Speaker 1: control you know, our own, uh the fate, so to speak.
Speaker 1: And um, you know we we know Dallas a good
Speaker 1: football team. They're they're hot right now, they're on a
Speaker 1: little there, you know, obviously on a roll. And um
Speaker 1: we're on a short week now, you know, they're on
Speaker 1: a long week. We're on a short week. So we
Speaker 1: got to come come to work on Wednesday, ready to go.
Speaker 1: Thanks Cod's good look, Thanks Quicken, Grace up always there
Speaker 1: from Heyco, Doug Pearson and Mike Quick. So, speaking of
Speaker 1: Mike Quicken, going into that booth with Merrill Reese, we
Speaker 1: have the best of Merrill camp Cursey of Sports Radio
Speaker 1: ninety four w IP. I'm sure Merrill Mike had lots
Speaker 1: of good things to say from tonight's win over Washington.
Speaker 1: Let's get to those highlights right now. And a second
Speaker 1: and goal at the six Adams to the left of Wentz. Wentz.
Speaker 1: Now there's a jump and the Eagles are off sides again,
Speaker 1: I believe. But Wentz is rolling, Wentz is looking, he
Speaker 1: is throwing, and it is caught. Is it a touchdown?
Speaker 1: Yes to Golden Tate. Now, let's see about the movement.
Speaker 1: I don't know that anything was called, but it is
Speaker 1: a touchdown past the Golden Tate in the far corner
Speaker 1: of the end zone, his first as an eagle. You know,
Speaker 1: I saw the same movement the other night in the
Speaker 1: game where the tackle moves early in a lane. Johnson
Speaker 1: moved early. No one stopped playing. They kept the play alive.
Speaker 1: Carson kept it alive. Golden Tate kept working in the
Speaker 1: back of the end zone, his first such downd as
Speaker 1: an eagle. First and ten ball at the fourteen. Sprowls
Speaker 1: in the game to the left of Wentz slot to
Speaker 1: the far side, Jeffrey the near side. That's time. It
Speaker 1: goes to Sprowls at the fifteen, cuts back at the ten.
Speaker 1: At the five, he's in the end can eighty mouse goes. Boy,
Speaker 1: you couldn't wait for that. Couldn't wait. Listen. This is
Speaker 1: a great play call and Darren sprous one of the
Speaker 1: things that he's been so good at. He follows number
Speaker 1: sixty two, helps Jason Kelsey to the promised land. When
Speaker 1: Kelsey gets out on the perimeter, he's got the line
Speaker 1: back of Mason Foster. And he just rides him down
Speaker 1: the sideline and Sprows gets in behind him and when
Speaker 1: the contact comes, Sprous is able to get into the
Speaker 1: end zone for the touchdown. First and ten up at
Speaker 1: their own forty five. Sanchez and they got again. He's back,
Speaker 1: he's looking. He starts to run too late. He's sacked.
Speaker 1: Brandon Graham BG. Brandon Graham sacks his formercy mate First
Speaker 1: and ten at the forty four. That goes Wentz. He's looking.
Speaker 1: He pumps, he fires and at is complete. He's got
Speaker 1: ERTs at Earth's makes the catch, picks up seven yards.
Speaker 1: At is now the Eagles record holder for receptions in
Speaker 1: a season. He now has ninety one. I like to
Speaker 1: command that Carson has right here. He gets on the center.
Speaker 1: Besides that, he wants to get into a different play.
Speaker 1: Steps back, communicates to everybody, gets a positive play to
Speaker 1: his favorite target, Zach Ert. What's back, he's looking. He
Speaker 1: fires complete touchdown. Jorge Matthews. Very well done. Now he
Speaker 1: puts this ball right in the midsection of Jordan Matthews
Speaker 1: and they are working on the fresh meet. Danny Johnson
Speaker 1: comes into the game. Well, you've got to go after
Speaker 1: that guy. He's fresh he just came off from the bench.
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews lines up outside, he runs a slant on
Speaker 1: him and Carson puts it there and the ball just
Speaker 1: sticks right into midsection. That was an archer heading a
Speaker 1: bulls eye low. Receiver of the foreside looks fire and
Speaker 1: it is complete and in goes Golden tape. It was
Speaker 1: throw low, yeah, take tug it out inches from the
Speaker 1: turf and then rolled up the big end zone. First
Speaker 1: and fifteen play action. Sanchez being chased fires and as
Speaker 1: an intercept that it is that's picked off by Gary.
Speaker 1: Nathan Gary picks off Mark Sanchez. Well, and what a
Speaker 1: great job of catching the football by Nathan Gary full
Speaker 1: of spotted. The kick is away, the kick has the distance,
Speaker 1: and the kick is good again. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1: The Sports Radio ninety four w IP for sharing Merrill
Speaker 1: cam with us. I was getting mesmeris. I was getting
Speaker 1: like losted to play reliving the memories all over again.
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, Merrill's called a few Sanche's interceptions
Speaker 1: in his time, so that was like old hat right there. Unfortunately. Yes,
Speaker 1: so we're gonna take our first break here on the
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Speaker 1: you with the Toyota Player of the Week nominees. But
Speaker 1: as we talk about maybe our unsung heroes of the game,
Speaker 1: and we heard Coach Pearson in a one on one
Speaker 1: interview with Mike Quick and you've talked about this earlier
Speaker 1: in the show. The tackling, especially on the perimeter, you know,
Speaker 1: led by Russell Douglas, shine light on him after giving
Speaker 1: up the early reception allowed him to be your unsung
Speaker 1: hero of the game today. Yeah, it really did, you know.
Speaker 1: I thought the game got off to a little bit
Speaker 1: of a rough start for Russell Douglas out there. Obviously
Speaker 1: the Eagles secondary a little sh or handed, gave up
Speaker 1: a player early in the game, where he get him
Speaker 1: with a little bit of a double move, and you know,
Speaker 1: for young players, that can sort of crush your confidence.
Speaker 1: So to watch him bounce back from that and really
Speaker 1: become a real force in the run defense game and
Speaker 1: even in the past defense game, it was good to
Speaker 1: see Russeul bounce back from that early tough start and
Speaker 1: really came up with some key tackles, particularly the one
Speaker 1: where the Redskins had this throwback play set up perfectly
Speaker 1: with Chris Thompson. Jordan Reed is throwing the ball on
Speaker 1: the other side of the field of Chris Thompson. They
Speaker 1: really do have it set up perfectly and Russeul is
Speaker 1: the only defender over there. And what I loved about
Speaker 1: what he did on that play was he decided, you
Speaker 1: know what, I'm gonna go ahead and take my shot.
Speaker 1: He's by himself now, he knows if he misses that tackle,
Speaker 1: Chris Thompson can be running up the sideline. So but
Speaker 1: he took a shot with confidence made the tackle, and
Speaker 1: I thought that was just sort of an indicator or
Speaker 1: sort of a domination of what his night was like.
Speaker 1: Whereas you know, where it may not have looked good,
Speaker 1: he turned around and made it a good play. So
Speaker 1: I thought Russell Douglas being out there and the way
Speaker 1: that he was able to battle back and really come
Speaker 1: through with a solid game in the end, really being
Speaker 1: a big help in that run defense, I thought he
Speaker 1: would be a great unsung hero. Can think about a
Speaker 1: week ago, it was DeVante Bosby, Chandon Sullivan, Craven LeBlanc.
Speaker 1: You know, tonight you're getting back Russell, he gets Sydney Jones, LeBlanc,
Speaker 1: you know, maintained that slot position. Hopefully maybe Jail Mills
Speaker 1: next week against Dallas. Potentially maybe Avante Max gets back
Speaker 1: into the mix as well. Certainly would be welcome going
Speaker 1: against the Dallas offensive weapons with Amari Cooper, they're leading
Speaker 1: the way, my unsung hero, Jason Kelsey, Okay, it seemed
Speaker 1: like time after time it can anytime there was a
Speaker 1: big play. Number sixty two was leading the way, paving
Speaker 1: the road, so to speaks, whether it was a run game,
Speaker 1: pass game, making sure that whoever ahead the ball could
Speaker 1: get a few extra yards. Obviously, the most athletics center
Speaker 1: in the entire game showcase that ability once again, and
Speaker 1: Doug Pearson and Jeff Stoutlin, the offensive line coach run
Speaker 1: game coordinator did a great job of scheming ways to
Speaker 1: get him to the second level tonight. Yeah, starts up front,
Speaker 1: we know it. The offensive line, defensive line. They're gonna
Speaker 1: set the tone for your team. And typically when those
Speaker 1: two lines play well, you're gonna have a good game.
Speaker 1: So you watch the Eagles the last two weeks. Their
Speaker 1: offensive line has really played their best football, the best
Speaker 1: stretch of football in this season, and it couldn't happen
Speaker 1: at a better time where they need to get the
Speaker 1: running game going. Carson needs to be protected back there
Speaker 1: so that he has an opportunity to get the ball
Speaker 1: to these skilled position guys. It really was the strength
Speaker 1: of the team last year, particularly at the went Scott injured.
Speaker 1: Nick Foles was able to be behind this offensive line
Speaker 1: and had success that he had and the running game
Speaker 1: was a part of it. It starts up front. When
Speaker 1: they played well, the off has gonna function. Will all right,
Speaker 1: We're gonna see plenty of Kelsey as We're gonna send
Speaker 1: it to the Rico whiteboard for the Rico Review, where
Speaker 1: Fran Duffy and NFL Film seior producer Greg Cosell breakdown
Speaker 1: Darren sprowles Is fourteen yard touchdown from tonight's victory. All right,
Speaker 1: so we've already seen Golden taps first touchdown as an Eagle.
Speaker 1: How about Darren Sproles first touchdown of the season. A
Speaker 1: little draw play from the Eagles here late in the
Speaker 1: first half to get on the board. Greg tells what
Speaker 1: you see here a little sprint draw and it's been
Speaker 1: a long time for Darren Sprowles. We call sprint draw
Speaker 1: because you see, normally your draw play has the back
Speaker 1: behind the quarterback, but here he's offset, So there's a
Speaker 1: little bit of a sprint element by the quarterback to
Speaker 1: make sure that he can hand the ball to the back.
Speaker 1: And they're going to work to the left side of
Speaker 1: the offensive formation and Sprowles will work over there. And
Speaker 1: what you're hoping happens two things that the defensive end
Speaker 1: to that side works up the field as a pass
Speaker 1: rusher and takes himself out. So Jason Peters just pretty
Speaker 1: much takes where he wants to go. But then the
Speaker 1: key block here is really by Jason Kelsey. And this
Speaker 1: is where having a really athletic center helps you out
Speaker 1: in the sprint draw game, because he has to work
Speaker 1: to get to Mason Foster and let's unfreeze it because
Speaker 1: this is an outstanding block. As you keep your eye
Speaker 1: on Kelsey right here. Look at him. Now, remember that's
Speaker 1: an offensive center who's two hundred and eighty five pounds
Speaker 1: or so. And look at the athleticism, the mobility, the movement,
Speaker 1: the balance. It's the balance that's critical because he has
Speaker 1: to do this on the move. He can't just stop
Speaker 1: and block a guy. And there's another really good block
Speaker 1: by Zach Ertz on the backside to seal the other
Speaker 1: stack backer, Zach Brown. So let's clear the screen and
Speaker 1: run it and just Kelsey an unbelievable job. And here
Speaker 1: you see the sprint draw Sproles, makes a nice cutback
Speaker 1: and then takes Foster into the end zone. Really well designed,
Speaker 1: well executed. Kelsey gills the second level and got two there.
Speaker 1: He's one of the best. Again, the athleticism that Kelsey has,
Speaker 1: he may be the best in the league at that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I would say so. So Darren Sprowles gets on the board,
Speaker 1: the Eagles make it fourteen ten. They get a field
Speaker 1: goal just before halftime. Washington, So fourteen thirteen going into
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Speaker 1: a brand new Toyota so. Our first player up for
Speaker 1: this week's nomination defensive end Brandon Grant. We've been kind
Speaker 1: of waiting for a breakout effort for him this season,
Speaker 1: and I thought the turning point of the game was
Speaker 1: after Josh Adams was stuffed on fourth and goal. Okay,
Speaker 1: Washington gets the ball back, Graham gets a tackle for loss,
Speaker 1: almost gets Peterson. There's a play right here, almost gets
Speaker 1: Pearson down for the safety. The balls at the one
Speaker 1: yard line, Eagles forced the three and out. They're able
Speaker 1: to turn on and get the touchdown in the next
Speaker 1: drive and take the lead and don't look back. He
Speaker 1: also had a sack in this game. I thought Graham
Speaker 1: was around the football really helping set the edge and
Speaker 1: set the tone for the defensive line in this contest. Again,
Speaker 1: the type of contest we've been waiting for from BG
Speaker 1: this season. Yeah. I mean, much like when we talk
Speaker 1: about Jason Kelsey on the offensive side of the ball
Speaker 1: and how the old line has to really carry the
Speaker 1: water for that offensive side, the D line has to
Speaker 1: do the same. And typically when the D line plays well,
Speaker 1: the defense is gonna play well. So it's great to
Speaker 1: see Brandon show some flashes and night getting there and
Speaker 1: make some plays. He's been close throughout the season when
Speaker 1: it comes to getting those sacks, and was just good
Speaker 1: to see him get in there and get a few
Speaker 1: hits on the quarterback tonight. All Right. Our second nominee
Speaker 1: wide receiver, Golden Tate, hey the breakout game for him
Speaker 1: that everyone's been waiting for since he was acquired as
Speaker 1: a trade deadline. This is the amazing part of his
Speaker 1: stat line. Seven targets, seven catches, and you just felt
Speaker 1: that it was a much more natural fit getting him
Speaker 1: into the offensive flow where the first couple of games
Speaker 1: as an Eagle, they were trying to they were trying
Speaker 1: to create plays for him, which you would expect, but
Speaker 1: that really as we talked about earlier with zach Ert
Speaker 1: and whether or not it's been disrupting the offense, you
Speaker 1: felt that trying to force the ball and Golden Tape
Speaker 1: was disrupting the offense. Tonight it was much more fluid.
Speaker 1: There a couple of scrambled drills where Tate wasn't the
Speaker 1: primary option but still made the play, you know, Tate
Speaker 1: showing off that run after the catch ability again getting
Speaker 1: his first touches. Yeah, that was the big play right there.
Speaker 1: That right there, you said to yourself, that's what we
Speaker 1: need to see more of. I thought it was just
Speaker 1: a more natural figure that loved this play. Here where
Speaker 1: Wentz at the ball Life told them to go up field,
Speaker 1: and here's a touchdow where Wentz goes to his right,
Speaker 1: fires the dart and gets it in there for the score.
Speaker 1: And I know Golden Tate is rightfully the one of
Speaker 1: the Player of the Game nominees. But man watching Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz makes some of these throws to him, it's so
Speaker 1: reminiscent of the way Carson this throw right here, Are
Speaker 1: you kidding me? He's coming to his left, waves Golden
Speaker 1: Tate up the field and then drops a feathery ball
Speaker 1: over the top of the defender to Golden. Take that.
Speaker 1: That's that's the Carson Wentz we saw last year, that
Speaker 1: play right there, getting outside the pocket, even the touchdown
Speaker 1: the Golden Tate where he saw Carson sort of he's
Speaker 1: in the pocket, he thinks about taking off, and then
Speaker 1: he decides it the last second not to take off,
Speaker 1: and he throws the ball to gold to take This
Speaker 1: play right here. I mean, this is here in the pocket.
Speaker 1: He's dancing. He's dancing. This is what we saw Carson
Speaker 1: do time and time again last year at that quarterback
Speaker 1: position against Washington. I also wonder if taking the punt
Speaker 1: return duties off of Tate shoulders helped him, which the
Speaker 1: offense Sprowles did the punt return duties tonight. You wonder
Speaker 1: if that allowed Tape to get more into the float
Speaker 1: of the offensive Golden Tate our second nominee. Oh, certainly
Speaker 1: that was remineste reminiscent of Week three rookie season, Darren
Speaker 1: Sprowles touched on against the Steelers. Yep, see your eyes
Speaker 1: lit up too, you do right away as well. So
Speaker 1: all right, so our last nominee. What more can we say?
Speaker 1: Every week there's gonna rename the award after him, so
Speaker 1: the Toyota zach Ertz Player of the Week awards. So again,
Speaker 1: nine catches, ten targets, eighty three yards, you know, sets
Speaker 1: the franchise single season record for most catches in the
Speaker 1: year as ninety three. Now in the season, he's on
Speaker 1: the verge of eclipsing a thousand yards for the season.
Speaker 1: What more, we've we've been gushing about the entire night.
Speaker 1: You know, this is he he has said. You talk
Speaker 1: about how he's very humble and he's all about the team.
Speaker 1: He has said that he wants to be the greatest
Speaker 1: tight end in franchise history. When all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: doune and he is well on his way to making that,
Speaker 1: at least number wise, he will be yes, numbers wise, yes,
Speaker 1: of course, you go, guys like Pete Wrest laugh, Yes,
Speaker 1: you guys who played in different errors and things of
Speaker 1: that nature. But still from a number standpoint, he's gonna
Speaker 1: most likely be the guy one to all of sudden tone. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and uh, it's a it's a pleasure to watch him
Speaker 1: play every week. It's it's great to see a guy
Speaker 1: who continues to work at his craft and get better,
Speaker 1: never rests on his laurels, comes back every year where
Speaker 1: he's trying to add something else to his game so
Speaker 1: that he can be a complete player. And uh need
Speaker 1: more zach Ertz on your team. You need more guys
Speaker 1: like that on your team. So um Jess, kudos to him.
Speaker 1: Broke one of my former teammates' record in Brian Westbrook.
Speaker 1: But uh, I don't know if you could have if
Speaker 1: it could have happened for a better guy than a
Speaker 1: guy like zach Ertz. Now that's again you said it
Speaker 1: earlier so succinctly and perfectly that you want guys to
Speaker 1: emulate guys. If guys are complaining about why they're not
Speaker 1: getting targets, look at zach Ertz to find out why
Speaker 1: you're not getting targets and do some of the things
Speaker 1: that he's doing to help yourself get the ball a
Speaker 1: little more in this offense. So vote now for the
Speaker 1: Toyota Player of the Week. Three great nominees. Other ones
Speaker 1: that we could have thrown in mixed. Dais Sprowles could
Speaker 1: have been in the mix as well for getting his
Speaker 1: touchdown in his return to action. But Brandon Graham, Golden Tape,
Speaker 1: zach Ertz are your nominees. So before we wrap things
Speaker 1: up here, let's take a look at the upcoming schedule,
Speaker 1: and really it's Dallas week. Let's let's face the facts. Okay,
Speaker 1: tonight it was a must win game. Next Sunday is
Speaker 1: the must win game. You've already lost once a Dallas.
Speaker 1: Dallas beat you in your own house. Now you get
Speaker 1: to go to Jerry World and hand it back to
Speaker 1: him and the whole world. Everyone is gonna be on
Speaker 1: the Cowboys bandwagon after upsetting the New Orleans Saints. So
Speaker 1: it's all there in front for the Eagles. They said it,
Speaker 1: they didn't expect to be six and six at this
Speaker 1: point of the year, but they're playing their best football,
Speaker 1: they're getting healthier, and they'd get a grand opportunity to
Speaker 1: take it to the Cowboys to show that they are
Speaker 1: still the top dog. Forget underdogs. The top dog in
Speaker 1: the NFC East. Yeah, I mean you got December meaningful football,
Speaker 1: and that's what this team wanted. It's not the ideal situation,
Speaker 1: but it is the situation, and you still have a
Speaker 1: lot to play for. And whatever the goals were for
Speaker 1: this team at the beginning of the year, they are
Speaker 1: still there available to them winning this division, obviously getting
Speaker 1: in the postseason, and then going on that run once
Speaker 1: you're in. So those goals are still in front of
Speaker 1: the Eagles. Despite the way this season has been up
Speaker 1: and down, all the adversity they've dealt with, they still
Speaker 1: have found themselves in this position and now they have
Speaker 1: to go out and take advantage of it. And as
Speaker 1: a player, you want to play in these type of games.
Speaker 1: You want to play. It's gonna be what Week thirteen
Speaker 1: is a week? Yeah? Week fourteen? Uh? National TV? Uh?
Speaker 1: You get you get America's game at four twenty five.
Speaker 1: And so going up against one of your your your
Speaker 1: rivals and the Dallas Cowboys in their building, getting a
Speaker 1: chance to exact revenge on them in their building they
Speaker 1: beat you a couple of weeks ago. You get to
Speaker 1: return the favor to them and put yourself in a
Speaker 1: good position, uh, coming down the stretch. Yeah, you don't
Speaker 1: necessarily lock up a playoff position by winning, but you
Speaker 1: put yourself really a leg up on the Cowboys, which
Speaker 1: is what you need to do. So, um, I'm excited, man,
Speaker 1: Sunday can't Sunday can't get here fast enough and so
Speaker 1: um uh, Chris, you know, a couple of weeks ago,
Speaker 1: we didn't know what the month of December was gonna
Speaker 1: be like for the Eagles. We knew they had games
Speaker 1: they had to play, but we didn't know what they
Speaker 1: would mean. And so as a right now, they're meaningful
Speaker 1: football games left to play, and none bigger than this
Speaker 1: Sunday's game against the Cowboys. All right, So the Morning
Speaker 1: Show with the Angel Cataldi is going on now in
Speaker 1: Sports Radio and ninety four w IP. So in a
Speaker 1: couple hours when you jump on with John Marks for
Speaker 1: the afternoon show, what do you think the theme is
Speaker 1: gonna be. I think everybody's going to be excited. I
Speaker 1: think this is what the fans wanted to take care of.
Speaker 1: These two games at home. Put yourself in a position
Speaker 1: going to Dallas with something to play for, first place
Speaker 1: on the line. There's obviously stuff we'll nitpick at about
Speaker 1: the game from from tonight, but for the most part,
Speaker 1: fans are gonna be happy that the Eagles found themselves
Speaker 1: in this position when a lot on the line comes Sunday.
Speaker 1: Last two seasons, the second meeting between the Eagles and
Speaker 1: Cowboys was meaningless. Right, won't be the case this time
Speaker 1: around in twenty eighteen, And it's a short week, so
Speaker 1: we're gonna turn the page quickly and get right into
Speaker 1: Cowboys week. He's like, ree, I'm Chris McPherson. You've been
Speaker 1: watching the postgame show presented by Rico. Thanks for watching
Speaker 1: Eagles win twenty eighth or thirteen. Hey, Coach Doug Pearson
Speaker 1: will address the media at noon. Until then, get a
Speaker 1: nice little nap and we'll see you in a couple
Speaker 1: of hours