Speaker 1: Welcome to the postgame show presented by Rico. I'm Molly Sullivan,
Speaker 1: joined by former Eagles great Ike Reaes. Welcome. So the
Speaker 1: Eagles take away the victory twenty four to ten over Jacksonville.
Speaker 1: Of course, Cody Kessler. The Eagles announced that he is
Speaker 1: in the league's concussion protocol after that big hit two
Speaker 1: and a half minutes into the game. When we think,
Speaker 1: Ike about how quickly things can change in this league.
Speaker 1: You and I talked off camera your initial thoughts. We
Speaker 1: hate to see keskm Yeah, great opportunity for Cody to
Speaker 1: go out there and show he belongs in this league,
Speaker 1: have an opportunity to solidify the backup quarterback behind Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz while Nate Sutfell heals from his broken wrist. It's
Speaker 1: unfortunate for Cody because I know he's looking forward to
Speaker 1: this opportunity to night, to go out there and show
Speaker 1: what he can do in this offense. To get injured
Speaker 1: early in this game and not be able to finish
Speaker 1: the game, you sort of feel bad for him, But
Speaker 1: that's what this game is like. You know, you never
Speaker 1: know when that opportunity is going to be taken away
Speaker 1: from you. And that's why coaches are constantly trying to
Speaker 1: stress to players, particularly to young players during this time
Speaker 1: of the year, don't let these opportunities pass you by, right,
Speaker 1: because you never know when you're going to get another opportunity.
Speaker 1: So hopefully Cody clears concussion protocol and he's able to
Speaker 1: get back on the field as soon as possible, because
Speaker 1: you certainly want to see a young man try to
Speaker 1: live out his dream and if he is going to
Speaker 1: be released or not, have the opportunity to be the
Speaker 1: backup guy you wanted to be because he was out
Speaker 1: there on the field and couldn't get the job to
Speaker 1: not due to injury. Right, and he's the son of
Speaker 1: a coach. He gets that he's been in the gym
Speaker 1: since he was six months old. You just you hate
Speaker 1: to see it. We will hear from head coach Doug
Speaker 1: Peterson later in the show. If you're watching on Facebook,
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Speaker 1: for this guy. I am just the moderator here, but Ike,
Speaker 1: you are ready for those questions, and you've got three takeaways.
Speaker 1: I know you've got more than three, but you've got
Speaker 1: to streamline them down. So what's your first takeaway here?
Speaker 1: I think coming into this game, we all wanted to
Speaker 1: see what Miles Sanders was gonna do tonight, right, So
Speaker 1: I thought he and his second game showed flashes and
Speaker 1: why they drafted him in the second round. You look
Speaker 1: at Clayton Thorson. We just finished talking about Cody Kessler
Speaker 1: being knocked out of the game early. Well, this was
Speaker 1: an opportunity for Clayton Thorson to go out there and
Speaker 1: show what he can do at this level. And then
Speaker 1: you talk about day Shon Hall. I mean back to
Speaker 1: back games where Dayshan has made big plays getting to
Speaker 1: the quarterback. I mean he's making plays that showing up
Speaker 1: on film can't help but notice him. And at a
Speaker 1: position where we wanted to see someone step up and
Speaker 1: sort of solidify to back us behind Brandon Graham and
Speaker 1: Derek Barnett. Dave Shan two weeks in a row, I've
Speaker 1: been done a nice y'all. But when you go back
Speaker 1: to Maus, right, everyone's excited to see what Mouse Sanders
Speaker 1: is going to do when he gets an opportunity to
Speaker 1: touch the football, and if you wash him to night
Speaker 1: in the limited touches, just five carricks thirty one yards,
Speaker 1: you got a chance to see exactly why they drafted
Speaker 1: him where they did. His ability to make guys miss,
Speaker 1: his ability to accelerate through the hole when he sees daylight,
Speaker 1: and then when you're gettinghim out in the open space,
Speaker 1: you know that there's something special when the ball is
Speaker 1: in his hands. I can't wait till the regular season
Speaker 1: gets here because I know the coaches Deuce can't wait
Speaker 1: to unleash mouth Sanders on his league. Yeah, he's a
Speaker 1: good guy to have in your corner. Certainly. Going back
Speaker 1: to Clayton Thorson, you talk about poise under pressure. First
Speaker 1: quarter two for seventeen for twenty one yards, he set
Speaker 1: the tone. I'm big on body language. It's all those
Speaker 1: years on the sideline perhaps, but he looked comfortable out there, right. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you for a rookie to be thrown
Speaker 1: in when he wasn't really anticipating it, right, because the
Speaker 1: coaches tell you to be ready because you never know
Speaker 1: when your number is going to be called. But I'm
Speaker 1: pretty sure Clayton he got his first lesson and being
Speaker 1: in the NFL, albeit in the preseason, is that things
Speaker 1: can change in the drop of a hat, and he
Speaker 1: may have been prepared to go out there at the
Speaker 1: second half in his game to get ready to play. No,
Speaker 1: your number is called in the first quarter. I believe
Speaker 1: the second series of the game he was called out there,
Speaker 1: and I thought he handled it well. I mean, most
Speaker 1: young players, you may get him going out there and
Speaker 1: get a bunch of mistakes, turnovers, things of that nature.
Speaker 1: You may you had some miscommunication early, but he seemed
Speaker 1: to settle down and just started playing. I got a
Speaker 1: chance to watch Clayton when he was at Northwestern. Not
Speaker 1: many people have seen Northwestern football games, but being a
Speaker 1: big ten guy myself, I watched the big ten and
Speaker 1: so getting a chance to watch him play, you know
Speaker 1: that he has the ability to be a leader at
Speaker 1: that position out there. It's just a matter of what's
Speaker 1: his selling and will he be able to capitalize on
Speaker 1: the window when he's been giving his chance. I thought
Speaker 1: today young man did a nice job going out there.
Speaker 1: Considering he was thrown into the fire before, he probably
Speaker 1: is ready to get out there. Yeah, he hits Greg
Speaker 1: Ward for that thirty eight yard touchdown. Th nice throw
Speaker 1: put the Eagles up seven. Oh what's going through his mind?
Speaker 1: His first NFL touchdown. We talked about how he was comfortable,
Speaker 1: but you know, he didn't really have a choice, right
Speaker 1: you're kind of playing Louis playing free, letting the talent
Speaker 1: take over. And I think that's what happened for him.
Speaker 1: Once he got the jitters out, the butter the butterflies out,
Speaker 1: He's able to go out there and just play his game.
Speaker 1: And I think he's going to surprise some people with
Speaker 1: his athleticism, his ability to extend players get outside the pocket.
Speaker 1: He's not a pure pocket passer. I think in today's game,
Speaker 1: as a quarterback, you have to have some mobility to
Speaker 1: be able to extend plays. Clayton's able to do that
Speaker 1: right now. He's probably better off script than he is
Speaker 1: on script, and that's what it is with a lot
Speaker 1: of young players. Great step in the right direction for him,
Speaker 1: and he just needs to continue to build off of that.
Speaker 1: The more confidence. This is the most playing time he's
Speaker 1: going to get this year. Hopefully he won't see once
Speaker 1: the regular season start, he'll be over there holding the
Speaker 1: clipboard or dressed in a sweatsuit and active on Sundays,
Speaker 1: so he needs to take advantage of these preseason games.
Speaker 1: And he probably had more action to night than he anticipated.
Speaker 1: By the time the night was over with it, and
Speaker 1: I looked at his numbers, I thought he did a
Speaker 1: nice job. And going back to Greg Ward, that yards
Speaker 1: after catch turning that into a thirty eight yard touchdown.
Speaker 1: Nice block by jos Josh Perkins as well, just in
Speaker 1: terms of how good hands he's out there. You've seen
Speaker 1: it in practice. How has he progressed in his game development.
Speaker 1: Greg Ward, guy who was in training camp with us
Speaker 1: last year, managed to stick around. They liked some of
Speaker 1: the things he brought to the table. He's a very
Speaker 1: smart football player. Played quarterback at the University of Houston.
Speaker 1: Has been able to make the transition to wilde receiver,
Speaker 1: and I think that's an advantage for him because he
Speaker 1: understands the offense. He understands where the quarterback likes to
Speaker 1: put the ball, and as a receiver, he's going to
Speaker 1: be able to go out there and use that to
Speaker 1: his advantage. Much better athlete than I think a lot
Speaker 1: of us anticipated. Ability to run after the catch. I
Speaker 1: like Greg Ward and that receiver room is loaded with talent.
Speaker 1: And when you think about the top four guys, when
Speaker 1: you include jj Arthega Whiteside, who also had a couple
Speaker 1: of good catches tonight, he's a second round pick. He's
Speaker 1: gonna be here. So there are four guys with the
Speaker 1: Sean Jackson, Alshon, Jeffrey and Nelson Agilor you can almost
Speaker 1: count as being here. It'll all come down to whether
Speaker 1: or not the Eagles are gonna keep five receivers or
Speaker 1: six receivers, So you're battling for those one or two
Speaker 1: spots left in that room. Greg Walters here last year.
Speaker 1: He's a special teams player as well. I know the
Speaker 1: coaches like him. If he keeps making plays like he
Speaker 1: did tonight, it's gonna be hard to let that player go.
Speaker 1: Going back to DaShan Hall and one of your takeaways,
Speaker 1: there was that sack celebration at the end of the
Speaker 1: first half. We were together watching the game and because
Speaker 1: of the Jags hurry up offense, he had to sprint
Speaker 1: back to the line of scrimmage. You were shaking your head.
Speaker 1: So as Jim Schwartz break it down, you young fellow,
Speaker 1: y'all understand there's a time and the place for everything,
Speaker 1: and when the opposing team is in a hurry up
Speaker 1: offense right before the half and you know the clock
Speaker 1: is running. It's great that you get a sack there,
Speaker 1: but you just got to keep in mind where you're at,
Speaker 1: end the drive, where you're at heading into half time,
Speaker 1: and know that there's no time for celebrating there. I'm
Speaker 1: pretty sure he'll be reminded of that nice job of
Speaker 1: getting back on size and not costing his team a
Speaker 1: five yard penalty. But I'm pretty sure he was reminded
Speaker 1: to just stay in the game and it's a place
Speaker 1: and time to celebrate, and that wasn't really the time
Speaker 1: to celebrate, at least not that extensively. Right, fair enough,
Speaker 1: You'll learn now, you'll move on. That's what champions are
Speaker 1: made of, they say. He also did have the force
Speaker 1: fumble early in the second quarter, second street, second week
Speaker 1: in a in a row. Easy for me to say
Speaker 1: with a force fumble, but showing some nice moves there
Speaker 1: as well. I love the fact that you know, Hall
Speaker 1: and Sweat, these guys have been around a quarterback the
Speaker 1: last two weeks, two young guys again that Jim Schwartz
Speaker 1: is counting on to add depth to that defensive line,
Speaker 1: and both guys have shown flashes and Dave Shan Hall
Speaker 1: Uh seems to have come up with the big plays,
Speaker 1: the sacks, the things that you can find in the
Speaker 1: box in the box score, they show up there because
Speaker 1: one he's three or four sacks in two games, two
Speaker 1: forced fumbles. Um, he's making a strong case not to
Speaker 1: only make this team, but to be a part of
Speaker 1: the game day rotation. Where I notice coaching staff is
Speaker 1: looking for young guys to step up and sort of
Speaker 1: solidify that you don't go out and make a trade
Speaker 1: for the deepest hand like they did in the middle week,
Speaker 1: unless you're trying to light a fire under everybody. And
Speaker 1: it looks like Dave Shan Hall and Josh Sweat have
Speaker 1: noticed and they've gone out there and produced. I love
Speaker 1: what I've seen out of Hall the last two weeks.
Speaker 1: You know, albeit he's not going he's not he's not
Speaker 1: going up against Uh starting left tackle today, but I
Speaker 1: thought he did a nice job against Taylor LaJuan last week.
Speaker 1: You know, you get these type of plays in the preseason.
Speaker 1: Coaches love this production and the limited refs that you're
Speaker 1: gonna be out there, you have to produce proven that
Speaker 1: they can trust them. Yeah, And as a player at
Speaker 1: this level, it's all about production, right. First of all,
Speaker 1: you got to know your assignments, know your responsibilities out there,
Speaker 1: and then it's about cutting the loose and being producing.
Speaker 1: And this guy has been able to do that the
Speaker 1: last two weeks. You played in one hundred and twenty
Speaker 1: eight consecutive regular season games, which is unreal. Take me
Speaker 1: back to the ninety eight draft and what's what's going
Speaker 1: through their minds in terms of you want to be durable, right,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz telling us that it's been seven months since
Speaker 1: he's had pizza. That extremely tough, tough to a new
Speaker 1: level days for me. Yeah, hey, fair enough. But what's
Speaker 1: going through their minds? They want to be known as durable, right,
Speaker 1: But you also have to take care of your body,
Speaker 1: your mind, whether you're a rookie or event Yeah. You
Speaker 1: know the thing in this league today, as these players
Speaker 1: are very conscious of their what they put in their body,
Speaker 1: and they're very health aware. You know, training in the
Speaker 1: off season is much different than it was twenty years
Speaker 1: ago when I first came into the league. These guys
Speaker 1: put actual money into their off season and making sure
Speaker 1: they're eating right. Putting the right things in their body,
Speaker 1: making sure they're watching their weight. Their best way to
Speaker 1: get in shape is to stay in shape, never get
Speaker 1: out of shape. And it wasn't necessarily that way for
Speaker 1: the guys coming into the league twenty years ago. And
Speaker 1: that's a good thing for the players now. That's a
Speaker 1: good thing for the players now. And it's great that
Speaker 1: the sooner you learned that, the better off you are.
Speaker 1: And the fact that Carson is going into his fourth
Speaker 1: year and he's realized this early in his career, you
Speaker 1: hope that's something that's going to benefit him moving forward. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Shariff Miller, you got to talk about him. He showed
Speaker 1: some nice QB. Yeah. Yeah, Sharif Miller, another young guy
Speaker 1: that when you talk about adding death to that defensive front.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure how much he's going to be able
Speaker 1: to contribute and how soon. But they drafted him in
Speaker 1: the fourth or fifth round for a reason because he's
Speaker 1: a productive player up there at pinch stating, it was
Speaker 1: nice to see him local kids who right here in
Speaker 1: Philadelphia grew up an Eagles fan, so you want to
Speaker 1: see him do well out there. The young guys, we
Speaker 1: got a lot of talent on that defensive line. As
Speaker 1: far as guys being young, and they haven't even they're
Speaker 1: just scratching the surface right now. They haven't even realized
Speaker 1: their full potential yet. And that includes Derek Barnett. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: you know, you look at Schwartz, he likes that that
Speaker 1: four man rotation at defensive end. Who gets that spot?
Speaker 1: I mean, they're all fighting for it. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: right now it's still up in the air. You can
Speaker 1: obviously make a case for Dayshawn Hall the way that
Speaker 1: he's played in the preseason, and you can't judge everything
Speaker 1: by the preseason games. You know, these coaches have the
Speaker 1: ability of work. Coaches have the benefit of watching these
Speaker 1: guys in practice, watching them and others, you know, controlled
Speaker 1: situations where they can see them in short yardage, gold line,
Speaker 1: you know, third and long things of that nature. So
Speaker 1: I would say Hall is right there in the hunt
Speaker 1: Josh Sweat and Sharif Miller. I mean, I think between
Speaker 1: those three guys, you're gonna it's gonna be a tough choice.
Speaker 1: But that's what coaches want. They want you to make
Speaker 1: it tough on them. Don't make it easy on them,
Speaker 1: make it tougher than to figure out which guys they're
Speaker 1: gonna keep, because that means they're choosing between three guys
Speaker 1: that had the ability to do it. They just need
Speaker 1: to pick the right one or two. Fat Man could
Speaker 1: be fair enough, fair enough, I say fourth, but it
Speaker 1: could be five. Listen, if you stay ready, you never
Speaker 1: have to get ready. So we're gonna send it over
Speaker 1: to Meryl Reese and Mike Quick. How lucky are we
Speaker 1: that they're always ready? Yeah, they are always ready. Gentlemen,
Speaker 1: take it away with your best highlights of the game.
Speaker 1: Shot gun, low snap that goes Thorson, He pumps, he
Speaker 1: is going deep and it is cut down at the
Speaker 1: fifteen to the ten, to the five and running in
Speaker 1: for a touchdown is greg Ward. Greg Ward, but a
Speaker 1: beautiful move, took the football one high in the air,
Speaker 1: took it away and then cut to us right and
Speaker 1: run into the end zone. It is third and ten
Speaker 1: in show again in the gun slot to either side,
Speaker 1: rolls in the backfield, then show straight back hit as
Speaker 1: he fires and the ball is loose to the Eagles.
Speaker 1: Haven't they do now? Was his arm going forward or
Speaker 1: wasn't a fumble? The hit was Dayshon Hall at the
Speaker 1: recovery by Nathan Gary and they're saying a fumble Gardner
Speaker 1: Minshow takes the snap, he back pedals, he steps up,
Speaker 1: he's hit. Eagles have him sacked back near midfield. And
Speaker 1: that one is Shariff Miller, but Lidney Lion. Ye Sharif
Speaker 1: Miller coming off one edge, and you've got Josh Wet
Speaker 1: coming off the other edge. And they meet at the
Speaker 1: quarterback and they get him to the ground. Then Show
Speaker 1: takes the snap, looks it's being chased and he's tripped
Speaker 1: up and sacked back at the twenty. Give that one
Speaker 1: to Dayshon Hall, Dayshon Hall once again getting into that
Speaker 1: backfield and causing profits. First in goal from the one
Speaker 1: under a center. As Thornson does he give it to Adams.
Speaker 1: He does and Adams leaps in on second effort, walks
Speaker 1: in standing up Josh Adams touchdown those big guys in
Speaker 1: the trenches just due the job of controlling the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage and Josh Adams pushing the pile walking into
Speaker 1: the end zone. It is good by a lot. It
Speaker 1: was a line drive. Good bye plenty. Jake seems to
Speaker 1: be more comfortable with the longer kicks for whatever reason.
Speaker 1: I'm telling that would have been good from sixty yards.
Speaker 1: I mean that was hit it. He can I don't know,
Speaker 1: is this the preseason? It looks like good season form
Speaker 1: to me. Here we are looking at the stats. What
Speaker 1: jumps out to you? Well, I love the fact that
Speaker 1: they were able to run for one hundred and thirty
Speaker 1: nine yards tonight. You know, you had thirty three rushes
Speaker 1: hunting thirty nine yards. Um, that's a good sign. We
Speaker 1: didn't run the ball. And now we're gonna send it
Speaker 1: back out to Jacksonville head coach Doug Peterson at the
Speaker 1: podium again tomorrow and over the weekend. But you know,
Speaker 1: we're gonna get through the next few days. We're gonna
Speaker 1: evaluate everything. Um, obviously really excited for Clayton tonight, obviously
Speaker 1: getting a lot of time, but uh, you know, we're
Speaker 1: just gonna evaluate where we are and make a decision. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, as we go, you know whether or not
Speaker 1: you got the season. Um, you know it's still it's
Speaker 1: still early. Obviously, this is what the preseasons for to
Speaker 1: give these guys some opportunity. We still got a couple
Speaker 1: of games left and and U we're gonna we're gonna
Speaker 1: do uh do our due deligence to make sure that
Speaker 1: we see enough from everybody at every position to uh
Speaker 1: uh make make educated decisions. At the end, I just
Speaker 1: think he uh um, he just really calmed himself. I
Speaker 1: learned from last week, which was great to see Um
Speaker 1: studied himself. You know, it's it's it's it's I know,
Speaker 1: the feeling coming off the bench like that, you know,
Speaker 1: as a backup guy. And and he stepped in there
Speaker 1: and did a great job, great job leading the team,
Speaker 1: manage managing the game and and um you know, made
Speaker 1: some made some some big time throws, and it was
Speaker 1: it was encouraging to see him. Heartening that two quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in two games in the first half. You know, you're
Speaker 1: trying to get to work and you know you're keeping
Speaker 1: Carson out and everything else. Well, you know, Carson's out
Speaker 1: of games, he's not out of practice. And and we're
Speaker 1: we're practicing extremely hard with with our starters right now
Speaker 1: in practice, so we're getting a lot of good work there. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, it's it is kind of unique that that
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks that uh, I don't know if I've ever
Speaker 1: been a part of a whether I played for the
Speaker 1: fourteen years or coaching now. That we've we've lost two
Speaker 1: quarterbacks like this and in preseason games. But you know
Speaker 1: the beauty of it is we get we get them
Speaker 1: both back and and we'll evaluate you know, Cody in
Speaker 1: the morning again. And um, still got a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks of pre season to to work out a lot
Speaker 1: of a lot of details and again make those decisions
Speaker 1: at the end. Um, yeah, we Uh we had Greg
Speaker 1: Ward on standby U he was he was coached up
Speaker 1: in Ready go. Does this change anything, Carson and arm
Speaker 1: you know, change anything at all? No? Um, you know
Speaker 1: we're gonna get some great work with Baltimore coming into town,
Speaker 1: you know, this next week. And um, you know again,
Speaker 1: you know, the plan has always been to really push
Speaker 1: the starters in practice and make sure that they're they're
Speaker 1: prepared there. I really feel like practice is where you
Speaker 1: make it hard and challenging on our guys, and and
Speaker 1: Carson and the starters on offense have done a great
Speaker 1: job embracing that. And uh, we got another good opportunity
Speaker 1: this week. So UM, you know, we just take it
Speaker 1: day by day. I don't look to next Thursday. I
Speaker 1: don't even look to the opener. I mean, I'm looking
Speaker 1: to you know this weekend and getting ready for uh,
Speaker 1: you know our practice on Sunday, lay can play all
Speaker 1: the first seventh half, when did you play they were
Speaker 1: going to split the game two quarters a piece got
Speaker 1: hurt that. Yeah, they pressured there, um and and really
Speaker 1: it's unfortunate. Obviously you'd like the quarterback to kind of
Speaker 1: see that and and and get to a quick throw
Speaker 1: just kind of you know, held the ball a touch. Um,
Speaker 1: we'll look at the table, we'll evaluate it further, but um, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's uh, it's one of those where you know, we
Speaker 1: we sent the protection one way, they blitched the other way,
Speaker 1: and we were we were needed to get the ball out.
Speaker 1: However it comes, you need to start to practice. Weep.
Speaker 1: We help the quarterbacks. Um no, because the way things
Speaker 1: change now, you know, with our schedule change and everything. Um,
Speaker 1: you know we can we can get by with with
Speaker 1: the two guys. I mean, it does put a little
Speaker 1: more load on on both of those guys. But uh,
Speaker 1: you know, you know, until we can evaluate Cody further.
Speaker 1: You know, we're not ruling them out obviously, until until
Speaker 1: you know, we we evaluate them. Sure O, I haven't
Speaker 1: heard it obviously, I haven't had any up base yet
Speaker 1: on him. I probably here that in the morning. All right, thanks,
Speaker 1: And that was head coach Doug Peterson at the podium.
Speaker 1: He of course told us that until they evaluate Cody
Speaker 1: Kessler further, there is no change in this quarterback situation.
Speaker 1: He is confident with the two in place. He did
Speaker 1: mention what we predicted. Greg Ward was on stand by.
Speaker 1: He was coached up. He of course played college ball
Speaker 1: along with Braxton Miller, so Greg Ward was on stand by.
Speaker 1: Your thoughts from from Doug's press conference, Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: right now, it's hard for coach to really speak to
Speaker 1: you know, the extent of Cody's injury because it's still fresh,
Speaker 1: and they certainly want to take their time and reevaluate
Speaker 1: everything and then make a judgment as for how to
Speaker 1: handle him moving forward. But I'm not surprised guys like
Speaker 1: Greg Ward, Braxton Miller, former quarterbacks in college doesn't take
Speaker 1: a whole lot to get them on the sideline and
Speaker 1: basically say turn around and hand the ball to the
Speaker 1: running back so we can get out of here. So, um,
Speaker 1: it's one of those unfortunate situations that I guess you
Speaker 1: it's hard to plan for it, right, It's hard to
Speaker 1: plan for when you're in the preseason, you know these
Speaker 1: things can happen. But I thought Doug handled tonight the best,
Speaker 1: you know, best he could. Yeah, I thought he gave
Speaker 1: his players an opportunity to still go out there and
Speaker 1: be evaluated. Right, Because when you get a young guy
Speaker 1: like Cody I mean not Cody Um like Thorson out
Speaker 1: there and you don't you don't know if how much
Speaker 1: of the playbook he understands or nose. Now, you're at
Speaker 1: risk of the players around him and their performance being
Speaker 1: hindered because he's a younger player and these guys are
Speaker 1: relying on him to give them an opportunity to make
Speaker 1: this team. And a coach can sometimes take that and
Speaker 1: water down the offense and call all basic plays light
Speaker 1: handing the ball off, and then you got receivers out
Speaker 1: there who don't necessarily get to take advantage of being
Speaker 1: out there on the field. So I love the fact
Speaker 1: that Doug. We know coach Peterson no matter who's out
Speaker 1: there at that quarterback position. Once he's in that game,
Speaker 1: he's calling the game. He's in the flow of calling
Speaker 1: the game, and you had better be mentally prepared from
Speaker 1: our study in the in the film room for everything
Speaker 1: that he's gonna call that night. And I love that
Speaker 1: about Doug. He puts that pressure on his quarterbacks to
Speaker 1: know the entire game plan, and it looks like Cody
Speaker 1: Thorson did a great job of doing that tonight. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And with that, well, hey, it's good balance. It's good balance.
Speaker 1: You know what can we say? We know, we know
Speaker 1: what he's he's talking about. We are now going to
Speaker 1: transition to the unsung heroes and Cason point a man
Speaker 1: that made quick decisions, put the ball where he needed
Speaker 1: to be. So take it away. You're man, You're mad,
Speaker 1: digging away. You got him. Clayton Thorson, I thought he
Speaker 1: did a great job, seriously to have Cody Kessler go
Speaker 1: down as early as he did. Clayton Thorson being a
Speaker 1: rookie and being thrust into this situation, he could have
Speaker 1: very easily crumbled there. He could have very easily had
Speaker 1: to melt down, could have had all sorts of false starts,
Speaker 1: misaligned formations on offense. I've seen this type of stuff
Speaker 1: happening to young quarterbacks when they get thrown into the
Speaker 1: fire when they're not prepared, and I thought he was.
Speaker 1: He settled himself down and started running the offense. Sixteen
Speaker 1: to twenty six. I think that's that's a very good
Speaker 1: percentage there for a young quarterback. One hundred and seventy
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty yards, able to hit grig Ward for
Speaker 1: a touchdown, had the one interception out there, But for
Speaker 1: the most part, I thought I thought he conducted himself
Speaker 1: very well for a fifth round draft pick, really getting
Speaker 1: his first extensive action. Yeah, and with that said, the rookie,
Speaker 1: which is me, the rookie in the events they did there,
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders was my unsung hero. Got to start at
Speaker 1: running back. He brought the juice first play the game,
Speaker 1: twelve yard rushes, we saw him bounded to the outside.
Speaker 1: The kid can play. Don't tell me that that big
Speaker 1: ten background doesn't help him in the spotlight. You got
Speaker 1: one hundred and seven thousand at Beaver Stadium, you got
Speaker 1: the big house, sparty online one. Yeah. But but just
Speaker 1: having that background had to prepare him for this moment
Speaker 1: because he really shined when he needed to. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: love his demeanor. He just wants more. You could tell
Speaker 1: last week he was chopping at the bid. He got
Speaker 1: a little taste. Three carries. You only had three yards
Speaker 1: last week. He wanted to touch the ball a little
Speaker 1: bit more. Got a chance to do that tonight. Five touches,
Speaker 1: thirty one yards. This kid when he when he finally
Speaker 1: when the game slows down for him and he's able
Speaker 1: to just allow at his wall natural ability to take over.
Speaker 1: I really do believe he's the best back. He has
Speaker 1: the potential to be the best back we've had here
Speaker 1: since Shady left. I mean, I really do. Shady is
Speaker 1: arguably one deep as back this played here. He's an
Speaker 1: all time leading rusher Enfranchise history. We just haven't had
Speaker 1: that that game breaker, explosive player. We've been able to
Speaker 1: do it by committee. Don't get me wrong. We've had
Speaker 1: some good backs here by our committee. But to have
Speaker 1: a feature back, he won't be that this year. But
Speaker 1: when this guy reaches his potential, that's what he is.
Speaker 1: He has that ability to be in every down back first, second,
Speaker 1: and third exciting stuff. We should note Miles Sanders Jordan
Speaker 1: Howard first half combined for nine carries for forty one
Speaker 1: yards and that alone, so they really set the tone here.
Speaker 1: And after this quick time out, we've got more. You've
Speaker 1: got questions, We've got answers. We're gonna have our biggest
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Speaker 1: really spicing it up here. Break it all down for us. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we're talking about Clayton Thors's touchdown pass to Greg Ward.
Speaker 1: I mean, and what a player it was for the
Speaker 1: young fella able to get the ball out there to
Speaker 1: Greg war Greg war has been making plays out in
Speaker 1: practice in training camp all summer long. You've been able
Speaker 1: to hear the buzz about award in his set. You know,
Speaker 1: really a versatile player able to get in the end zone.
Speaker 1: For Clayton Thorson, I wanted to Clayton keep the ball?
Speaker 1: Did he keep that? Passed the touchdown? Well, let's hope
Speaker 1: so yes counts yes the preseason, it still counts as
Speaker 1: his first touchdown past in the NFL. Nice job there
Speaker 1: by the by Clayton Thorston and Gray Warred getting that
Speaker 1: ball in the end zone. I agree. I agree the
Speaker 1: Eagles Insider, the Eagles insenter. Everybody is the around here.
Speaker 1: We've got a good crew. Charles Johnson of course got
Speaker 1: the start at wide receiver. But we did see Mac
Speaker 1: collins fellow Tar Hill get some game action, which we
Speaker 1: love to see because he's often the first guy on
Speaker 1: the field, last one to leave. He's really persevered through
Speaker 1: some injury. So uh, Dave Spidero went one on one
Speaker 1: with Mac Collins. Take it away, Dave maccollins being back
Speaker 1: on the field tonight, What did it mean to you?
Speaker 1: M mean's alive. It's a long journey. Obviously, it's been
Speaker 1: a little while since I've been back out here. Uh,
Speaker 1: but it was awesome to you. Didn't look like they're
Speaker 1: any rush. You went right down there and made a
Speaker 1: bunch of plays on special teams. Yeah. There can't be
Speaker 1: a drab off. That's that's that's part of this business.
Speaker 1: You know. I had a year off, but I can't plays.
Speaker 1: I gotta be right back like everybody else. And you're
Speaker 1: feeling good. Yeah, I feel great, Mac Collins, thanks so much,
Speaker 1: appreciate it. And Mac rocking the new number, which I
Speaker 1: love to see. He said. Listen, you know I can
Speaker 1: step away. I got the Super Bowl with I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go make some new memories. We love to see him
Speaker 1: out here. More from Mac Collins, Quick time out. All right,
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Speaker 1: with us as we take a look now at the
Speaker 1: remaining preseason schedule. We've got your former coach coming to
Speaker 1: town next week. Yeah yeah, excited about that. Joint practices
Speaker 1: so I'll get a chance to see my old coach
Speaker 1: John Harball come up here and should be some good
Speaker 1: work for the for the squads. The joint practices are
Speaker 1: really starting to be a big, a big thing in
Speaker 1: the NFL. Yeah, you know the broad stroke here your
Speaker 1: birthday week. Eagles at Dallas October twentieth, So put that
Speaker 1: on the radar too. I know we're talking for season,
Speaker 1: but just get on that on the rate. And then
Speaker 1: the final one against the Jets. That's the annual final
Speaker 1: preseason game. Yes, yes, it is the fourth preseason game.
Speaker 1: Against the Jets. Yes, yes, exactly, but but next week
Speaker 1: will be the final real dress rehearsal for a lot
Speaker 1: of the guys, and it'll be interesting to see what
Speaker 1: coach does next week. I don't know if he's gonna
Speaker 1: play anybody as far as the starters, because, like I said,
Speaker 1: these guys Baltimore and be up here for the joint
Speaker 1: practice and they're starting to get a lot more work
Speaker 1: done in the practices as opposed to being out there
Speaker 1: on the field. So be interested to see what coach does. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so Baltimore here out then over here complex Monday and Tuesday,
Speaker 1: we of course will bring you everything. However, they also
Speaker 1: do practice on Sunday, so Eagles three sixty is back.
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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for hanging with us tonight. The Eagles
Speaker 1: walk away with a win on preseason Game two. Of course,
Speaker 1: we hope for the best with Cody Kessler. We will
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