WEBVTT - Eagles 360: October 20 0:00:22.680 --> 0:00:25.720 We welcome you to Eagles three sixty on this Thursday. 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:29.000 Dave Spidero, Glenn Mac. Now, we've got a lot to 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:31.520 get to a head of this game with so many 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:38.280 intriguing storylines, name them top three storylines. Three storylines. One, 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:40.960 can the Eagles defense recoup and not have a first 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:44.760 half collapse because you're gonna need that to win. Number two, 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:48.240 can the Eagles get back to not destroying themselves with penalties? 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:50.600 That would be a good one. And number three, I'll 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:53.520 give you the obvious one. It's the return of Sam Bradford. Yeah, 0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:57.360 there you go. We're done. We're going home. Everybody, thank you. 0:00:57.480 --> 0:00:59.000 And by the way, can the Eagles win a game 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:02.800 after losing in Detroit and in Washington? Is the home 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.640 cooking the right recipe for the Eagles in this breast 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:09.640 cancer awareness campaign game? Well, to get you caught up 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:13.480 and everything happening here our Eagles three sixty update Alex 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:17.520 Smith on the day that coordinators Frank Reich and Jim 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:23.360 Schwartz a very upset Jim Schwartz met the media. Hi everyone, 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:26.440 I'm Alex Smith here with your three sixty update. All 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:29.440 eyes will be on the Eagles defense on Sunday as 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:31.840 they try to recover from a game against Washington in 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.520 which they gave up two hundred and thirty yards on 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:36.800 the ground. And while the Vikings may not have the 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:39.720 most prolific rushing attack in the NFL, in fact, they 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:43.120 ranked near the bottom in most rushing categories. Defensive coordinator 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:46.080 Jim Schwartz and defensive tackle Fletcher Cox, you know that 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:48.040 there's a lot of work to be done to clean 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:51.160 up the Eagles rush defense. Yeah, no, I don't there 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:53.240 there was no new runs that they ran at US. 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:56.040 You know, they ran the inside zone week or the 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:58.720 Zone Stretch week. The Zone Stretch Strong actually did a 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:00.960 fairly decent job to stop and the Zown Stretch Strong. 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.280 The Zown Stretch week was a problem for US. Crack Toss, 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:06.520 you know, they were all players were prepared for. But 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:10.520 practicing and preparing for him and talking about him and 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:13.720 going on on the practice field, that doesn't mean anything 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:15.320 if you don't do it on Sunday. We didn't do 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:17.800 a good enough job on Sunday. The last two weeks. 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.280 I think, you know that run defense has has not 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:22.720 been you know what it was the first three weeks 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:27.000 and we've just got to go back to the basics 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:30.079 and you know, take pride in it and not let 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:31.680 a team run the ball on us. And I think 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:35.160 we'll do that on Sunday. Meanwhile, one of the running 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:38.400 storylines this week continues to be the return of Vikings 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:41.680 quarterback Sam Bradford. Today we heard from Jordan Matthews and 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:44.440 Jordan Hicks as they spoke together at a press conference 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:47.880 about what the return of Bradford means for Sunday's game. 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:50.760 The main thing that, as a friend, you know, and 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:53.360 I knew that the trade was going down, I wanted 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:56.080 to know what situation he was going to, you know, 0:02:56.120 --> 0:03:01.000 because beyond football, you know, he's obviously my friend, So um, 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:02.760 I want to make sure, you know, I want to 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:04.320 know if he was going to a good situation where 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:06.880 he could go and compete. And then not only did 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:09.200 he get to go to a team in Minnesota, but um, 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:11.040 I know Koch Sherman's there, and him and Koch Sherman 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:14.240 had a great relationship. He was even actually at Sam's wedding, so, 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:16.200 you know, so him being able to go there and 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:18.600 have somebody he knows and then go to a team 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.679 that I feel like fits him. You watch some film. 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:25.000 Obviously you have a good feel for you know what 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:29.120 Sam does good, does well at and some things that 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:32.440 hopefully we could try to take advantage of. You know, 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.040 I don't. I think he knows what we do. We 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:38.440 know kind of how he is. I think at the 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:41.240 end of the day, it kind of bounces out. You 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:43.520 can catch the rest of that press conference, as well 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:46.240 as all of our other locker room coverage right here 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:49.960 on Philadelphia Eagles dot com and the official Eagles mobile app. 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.320 Thank you so much, Alex. In a bit here on 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:57.360 this jam packed Eagles three sixty Glenn Mac now we'll 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:01.480 offer some of his bold predictions. As he arches an 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:04.200 eyebrow in my direction. I'm feeling good about it. Good, 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:06.520 feeling good. But next when we returned to Eagles three 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:11.120 sixty ESPN South Pallotonio in for the big game this week, 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:27.240 he stops by the studio to talk Eagles vikings. Are 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.280 you here to buy the tickets? Hey, buddy, you here 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:34.599 for the tickets? Yeah? Dude, what's the password? Man? 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They're 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:13.440 obviously the only team in the NFL hasn't turned the 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.240 ball over, David. They're not going to get chunks of 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:19.239 yards in the running game. They're last in the league 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:22.800 and rushing. I think what they do well is protect 0:06:22.800 --> 0:06:27.000 the football, move the chains, get you into disadvantageous third 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:30.440 down situations, and then convert. Mike Zimmer is running a 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:34.280 carbon copy of Bill Parcel's football, and Parcels, as you know, 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:40.040 is his mentor right. Protect the football field, position, advantageous 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:43.719 third down situations, and convert and play great defense. And 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:47.239 that's the big challenge for Carson Wentz, who through five 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:49.800 games is you fill in the blank. I think he's 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:51.800 a B plus, you know, and I would have given 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:55.000 him an A minus except for last week. I thought 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:57.120 what I saw from him, and I just talked to 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.680 him about it a little bit. I saw his eyes 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:04.280 level down. He wasn't looking downfield as much. He was thinking, 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:07.320 I think in his mind subconsciously. I got a rookie 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:10.160 tackle on the right side, and I just asked him 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.120 about it, and he said, you know, at some point, 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:15.440 your instincts just take over and it's natural to do that. 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:17.880 I thought in the first four games that he played, 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:20.920 he didn't do that. He was playing with youthful exuberance, 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:23.920 you know. And I think in the last game he 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:25.800 was worried a little bit about the rush, and in 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:28.280 this game he'll have to definitely be worried about the rush. 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:32.120 If I had asked you prior to the September eleventh opener, Hey, 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:33.920 sal how would you feel if the Eagles won three 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:36.800 of their first five games? You may have felt pretty 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:39.040 good about it. Now that they're here and the way 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:41.320 they've gotten here, how do you feel about this three 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:43.320 and two team? Well, I think you're right. I mean, 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:45.040 if we had said after the first five games they 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.120 were going to be three and two, we would way 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.080 ahead of the ball game. So I think they are 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:51.480 way ahead of the ball game. I think it's very 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:54.960 important to have a big picture outlook to the season 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:59.440 in four game chunks, and at the beginning of the 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.080 second four game chunk, they took a little bit of 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:04.280 a step back. So now they have to have the 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:07.440 equalizer in this football game. That to me is the 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:10.440 kid is to get back on track, because let's face it, 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:15.040 the Washington game was a setback. In many ways. I 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:18.559 thought it was important for Doug Peterson to set the tone, 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:20.720 and I like the way he set the tone just 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:22.480 at the beginning of the week and saying, you know, 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:25.280 we're gonna stick with our guys. Nobody's panicking. But he 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:26.960 said a couple of other things that I thought were 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.640 very interesting that I haven't gotten a lot of play want. 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:33.120 He sat in with Jim Schwartz in the defensive meeting 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:35.560 and watched the film and said he wasn't ready to 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:39.120 make changes just yet, but I think he's thinking about 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:42.480 big picture, what he has to have his hands into. 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:44.679 Where's he got to get dirty because he is the 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.160 head coach and it's a sixteen game season. So that's 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.640 a good segue to the defense. So two hundred and 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:52.800 thirty rushing yards allowed to Washington, five hundred yards of 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:56.080 offense nearly we did not see this coming from this defense. 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.600 What's going on there? Well? I think a couple of things. 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.199 First of all, they're over pursuing and they're not tackling. 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:04.160 Then the run game, in the passing game, they're not 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.640 getting the pressure from their down four linemen. The Eagles 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.760 going into this week are the least blitzing team in 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:13.880 the NFL lowest percentage only fourteen percent of the opponent's 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:17.520 drop backs. That's a very low number, even by Jim 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:21.480 Schwartz standard. Coming into the season, Schwartz was at twenty 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:25.520 to twenty two percent, So he's down a third. That's 0:09:25.559 --> 0:09:28.480 a lot why. I don't know the answer to that, 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.880 and I expect that will he'll get that question as 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:36.440 the week progresses. Okay, Eagles against this undefeated team, the 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:38.520 undefeated team for coming off a bye week. How did 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:40.800 the Eagles win on Sunday? I think they've got a 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:44.400 grind one out. That's the way Mike zimmer plays defense. 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:46.640 Here's the three things he's got to be concerned about 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:50.480 the Eagles. Zimmerd is the godfather of the double a 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:55.120 gap blitz. A double a gap blitz works if you've 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:58.800 got a quarterback who doesn't understand where all the pieces 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:02.239 are on the field. If he does, he can execute 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:04.320 out of it pretty quickly. And I think Wentz is 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:07.080 among the great things about Wentz is he's smart, so 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.679 I think he'll understand that. They'll coach him up on 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:11.720 that he'll get out of it. Plus he's got quick 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.720 feet in the pocket, So that's number one, and it's 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.559 a big one. It's a really big one. Number two 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:19.559 is they've got to run the ball better. They've got 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:23.720 to stay in more manageable third down situations. And number three, David, 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:26.800 you can't have thirteen fourteen penalties a game. The Eagles 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.800 lead the league with nine point eight penalties a game. 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.160 That's terrible. You know, let's call it what it is. 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:35.560 And Doug Peterson talked about the latter two things. More 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:39.320 manageable third down on offense, stop the penalties. If we 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.360 do that, it doesn't matter if Big V's playing right 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:45.360 tackle or Dicky V. Yeah, we love that line. Is 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:51.840 a great cross roads game, I mean, a really important 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:53.959 game too for Doug to establish things here. No, I 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:55.560 don't think so. I don't think cross roads a game. 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:58.800 It's a bound I'll go as far as bounce back game. 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:03.320 Like I said, it's in four game chunks. First four 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:06.439 games a solid Ay, you're three and one. Now you 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:08.840 took a little step back. Now you gotta bounce back 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:11.920 because you got two road games in the division South Pale. 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:13.920 Always a pleasure to have you in studio. Thanks for 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:18.000 joining us. This portion of Eagle three sixty was presented 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:21.960 by Rico. Rico makes information work for the Philadelphia Eagles. 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:31.360 Their legend is legendary. 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I 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:18.520 sept the Philly, the bus, the trolley, the train, Jefferson Station, Airport, 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:23.199 Long sixty ninth Street, Broad Street to the game, Paoli, 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:27.280 sher and Hill, Chestnut Hill Regional Rail. I sept to 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.400 Philly the Broad Street line on game days. He Lovedega 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:34.160 to the movies, to My Park, play Spring Garden, Late 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:48.160 Night West Philly, South Philly. Halloween Excitement is back at 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:52.400 Duncan with Halloween donuts and munchkins, drizzleed, decorated and all 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:54.560 dressed up for the season. Pick up a box and 0:12:54.600 --> 0:13:02.200 share the fun. America Runs. I'm Duncan, Dave Spidero, Glenn 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:05.920 macnow Eagles three sixty worth an overcare complex and we're 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:10.439 talking Eagles and Vikings, and Glenn has some bold predictions. Yes, 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:12.920 it's bold prediction time by Glenn mcnow. All right, Dave, 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:16.040 here you go. Number one, this is bold. The Eagles 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:19.719 this week will not kill themselves with penalties. How about that? 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.040 What does that mean? No, here's what thteen and thirteen? 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:24.600 What is that? Last three weeks? Thirty six penalties three 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.440 hundred and twenty four yards. That was a killer. If 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:29.880 the coaches have worked on anything this week, you have 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.040 to assume it is getting them to discipline and they 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:34.160 know it. They know what they're doing. So here's what 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:36.800 you go. If the coaches are effective and the players 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:41.360 are smart, and I think they are, let's say seven 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:44.240 penalties max. Sixty five yards. You know you're gonna get 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:45.880 a holding along the way. You know there's going to 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:49.280 be a pass interference because there always is. That's it. 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:52.920 Seven sixty five the max. Okay, that's you're over under 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:55.640 for Sunday, Glenn and I take the under number two. 0:13:57.160 --> 0:13:59.959 We know the Eagles want Dorial Greenbeckham to be more involved. 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:03.439 We know last week he played in more than eighty 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:07.040 percent of the plays forty eight plays. They targeted him 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:10.640 four times, only one catch. This week, I actually think 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.719 they're going to connect day. I think he's gonna have 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:15.640 a few catches. I see him having a touchdown. I 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.679 think Jordan Matthew's kind of iffy status as we sit 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:21.560 here today may play into it a little more. Somebody's 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.280 got to get the touchdowns this week. Doriel greenbeck Well, 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.880 that would be a welcome relief for an offense that 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:30.120 has been searching for points these last couple of games 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:34.440 against the NFL's best defense. Dorial Greenbeckham, with the size, 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:38.200 has the advantage there, gaining the trust of Carson Wentz, 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.640 Frank Reich talking very highly about him today. Why not 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:43.840 you're with me? I'm with you all right. Number three, 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:47.600 Watch for this because the Vikings always do this play 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:50.000 I used to call at the end around now it 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:52.520 became the Jet sweeps. Cordarell Patterson is a guy they 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:55.200 love to do that with he's got in his career 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:59.400 twenty eight carries. He averages eleven yards a carry. He's 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:01.960 a danger or risk man. I think you're gonna use them. 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:04.920 The good news is, so far this year teams have 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.120 tried that jet sweep whatever you want to call it, 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:11.680 fine six times against the Eagles, only six yards they've 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:13.560 given up. They've done a good job with it. But 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.040 the Vikings will do it minimum of two times, no 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:18.880 doubt about it. I mean, the strength of the Minnesota Vikings, 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:21.520 as we've talked about all week, is their defense. The 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:25.120 Vikings offense is not a high powered offense, and they're 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:28.800 down to their fourth and fifth offensive tackles. The Eagles 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.400 have to take advantage here, so it would be surprising 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.520 to see the Eagles give it up on the edges 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:37.200 in a jet sweep scenario. Sam Bradford gets the football 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:40.680 out of his hands very quickly, no interceptions, accurate all that. 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:43.600 I mean, the Eagles should have an advantage up Franklin. 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:46.840 They should. I guess they an offensive let's we've said 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:48.760 it can't run the football. They should. The loss of 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:51.320 Benny Logan, the loss of Monny Logans gonna hurt and 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:53.560 you're gonna you know, you're gonna need big games there from. 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:55.880 This is where death comes in in the NFL, and 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:58.520 that's what's gonna have to happen. And geez, how about 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:01.480 rediscover the pass rush and we'll get the other two 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:05.400 bold predictions on the Kickoff Show, which starts at noon 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:08.480 on Sunday. Glenn mcnell, thank you very much. We've been 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.480 talking about the Vikings. We know only so much about 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:13.560 the Vikings. So in our next segment here on Eagles 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:17.400 three sixty, we go behind enemy lines. What has made 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:20.400 this Vikings team so potent through five games? We'll find 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:23.880 out when we return. 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Mike, why 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:45.600 don't get us send us to thank you card for 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:49.320 giving you guys Sam Bradford. Okay, the Vikings Vikings are 0:18:49.400 --> 0:18:51.000 up to the five and nose start. Can you just 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:54.760 explain what Sam Breford has done to stabilize at football 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:57.879 team after the loss of Teddy Bridgewater? Well, can I 0:18:58.119 --> 0:18:59.879 just hand deliver you that thank you card and we 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:01.520 have a cheese steak and we'll call it good? How 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:03.680 about that? Well, how about in the draft next year 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:06.440 when we're getting the first round pick, so we could 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:08.680 do the exchange. I'll be perfect. Yeah, kind of a 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:12.000 win win for both sides. I think Chris, you guys 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:14.199 look like you're in good shape with Carson Wentz and 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:17.240 Sam Bradford is coming in here for the Vikings and 0:19:17.520 --> 0:19:19.360 really has hit the ground running. You know, he did 0:19:19.400 --> 0:19:22.840 not start Week one for US at Tennessee Sean Hill. 0:19:22.880 --> 0:19:25.679 Our backup started that game and he played well and 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:28.440 the Vikings obviously won that game. But since then Sam 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:30.640 has started all four games, has not turned the ball over, 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:34.760 has six touchdowns, completing seventy percent of his passes, has 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:37.920 a passer rating writer on one O nine. He's been 0:19:37.960 --> 0:19:40.560 great and you said the word, Chris, stabilize. He's stabilized 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:42.960 this offense and he's also taken it a step further. 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:45.719 He can make plays with his arm, and he can 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:48.480 stretch the field vertically. He's had a couple of really 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:51.200 nice passing days for US two hundred and eighty plus yards. 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:54.000 He had a two touchdown game for US. He's been 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:56.960 spreading the ball around really well. To Chris, and I 0:19:57.040 --> 0:20:00.199 remember our victory over the Giants on Monday Night football 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:04.520 marked the one month anniversary of the acquisition of Sam Bradford. 0:20:04.560 --> 0:20:07.600 That was a night where the Vikings won. Sam Bradford 0:20:07.640 --> 0:20:11.400 had twenty six completions to nine different receivers, so one 0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:14.960 month into it, Sam was already demonstrating a mastery of 0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:18.920 this offense. So it's been a really a big time 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:21.400 trade acquisition for the Vikings to get Sam in here. 0:20:21.640 --> 0:20:25.120 So Mike tay Bridgeware goes down, Sam Bradford comes in, 0:20:25.520 --> 0:20:29.320 Adrian Pearson goes down the league's rushing camp from twenty fifteen. 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:32.960 What are the Vikings done to kind of stabilize I'll 0:20:33.040 --> 0:20:36.159 use that word again, to get the ground gameslidify. I 0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:38.560 think that's a really important factor for the Vikings here 0:20:38.560 --> 0:20:41.280 coming out of the bye. They are not running the 0:20:41.320 --> 0:20:43.440 ball as well as we're used to seeing them run 0:20:43.480 --> 0:20:45.639 the ball With Adrian Peterson, of course, I mean he 0:20:45.720 --> 0:20:47.680 led the league in rushing last year and the Vikings 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:50.480 had the fourth rank rushing offense. So we're far from 0:20:50.480 --> 0:20:53.840 producing at that kind of level, but you gotta cut 0:20:53.920 --> 0:20:55.920 him some slack. We've had a bunch of injuries along 0:20:55.920 --> 0:20:58.399 the offensive line, which I know you're familiar with, and 0:20:58.840 --> 0:21:01.840 Tony Sprano is can his tail off to get that 0:21:01.920 --> 0:21:04.199 group to gain some synergy. Hopefully they can do that 0:21:04.240 --> 0:21:07.320 here coming out of the bye. I looked at the 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:10.919 thirty nine road victories in the NFL this season, Chris 0:21:11.400 --> 0:21:14.240 and teams when they went on the road. They're running 0:21:14.240 --> 0:21:16.720 for about one hundred and fifteen yards per game. The 0:21:16.840 --> 0:21:19.199 Vikings are running it at seventy yards per game, So 0:21:19.240 --> 0:21:21.520 that's a number that Mike Zimmer would love to see 0:21:21.600 --> 0:21:24.960 increase coming out of the bye. So Mike Zimmer head 0:21:24.960 --> 0:21:28.200 coach at defensive mastermind, a longtime assistant, finally got the 0:21:28.240 --> 0:21:31.639 head coaching gig there in Minnesota. Why has that defense 0:21:31.920 --> 0:21:36.200 become so stout, so spectacular early in the season, arguably 0:21:36.520 --> 0:21:40.720 and statistically the best unit in the entire NFL. Yeah, 0:21:40.880 --> 0:21:43.760 interesting question, Chris, and I think what it is is 0:21:43.800 --> 0:21:46.800 something that has overlooked quite a bit. I don't point 0:21:46.800 --> 0:21:51.200 to any individual players, Everson Griffin, Lynval Joseph, Eric Kendricks, 0:21:51.200 --> 0:21:53.600 Harrison Smith, Zavier Rhodes has done a great job on 0:21:53.640 --> 0:21:56.680 some of these receivers. I think it's continuity. I think 0:21:56.720 --> 0:21:58.800 that is the key to this defense. When you look 0:21:58.840 --> 0:22:02.600 at the core of this defense. The guys that I mentioned, 0:22:03.040 --> 0:22:05.320 they've been playing together for two and some of them 0:22:05.359 --> 0:22:07.840 for three years now. This is their third season with 0:22:07.880 --> 0:22:11.560 Mike Zimmer. All eleven players on defense on the field, 0:22:11.560 --> 0:22:14.119 they know what the other ten guys are doing, and 0:22:14.160 --> 0:22:17.200 I think that is a big advantage for Mike Zimmer's 0:22:17.240 --> 0:22:20.000 defense to have that continuity. I talked about how the 0:22:20.040 --> 0:22:22.840 offensive line is looking to build that continuity and that 0:22:23.000 --> 0:22:25.960 synergy with all the moving parts and pieces that they've 0:22:25.960 --> 0:22:30.000 had because of injuries the last two seasons and especially 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:32.720 this year, the defense, knock on Wood, has not had 0:22:32.760 --> 0:22:35.800 to deal with that. They have continuity, they have synergy. 0:22:36.240 --> 0:22:40.800 It is eleven individuals moving as one piece. And I 0:22:40.840 --> 0:22:44.480 think that is a huge reason for this defense's success 0:22:44.480 --> 0:22:47.320