Speaker 1: Eagles Entertainment thirty one to thirteen. Your final score is
Speaker 1: the Eagles get back in the win column on the
Speaker 1: road against Buffalo. Thanks for joining us on the postgame
Speaker 1: show presented by Rico fran Duffy I Greece, Amy Campbell.
Speaker 1: I love having both of you here at the top
Speaker 1: of the show and we get to talk about a
Speaker 1: win today. Guys. I'm pumped for this. We said it
Speaker 1: coming in. The run game was going to be key
Speaker 1: with this weather going on. The Eagles really good it
Speaker 1: done on the ground and through the air. But two
Speaker 1: hundred and eighteen rushing yards. Original thoughts or initial thoughts
Speaker 1: and original thoughts from this one, well, just my initial thoughts.
Speaker 1: It is just how dominant the run game was today
Speaker 1: and it's really what you needed on the road in
Speaker 1: the type of weather that they were going to be
Speaker 1: playing in today. You really needed to run the ball
Speaker 1: effectively today, not really have to put the ball in
Speaker 1: Carson's hands to have to throw the ball thirty to
Speaker 1: forty times a day. So that's my first impression coming
Speaker 1: away from this game is just how dominant the offensive
Speaker 1: line played the day and those running backs behind them.
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard, what a job today with him running in
Speaker 1: between the tackles, Miles Sanders finally out in that open
Speaker 1: space able to take one of those big plays and
Speaker 1: turn it into a touchdown for his first career rushing
Speaker 1: touchdown today. Just a dominant effort really by that offensive line.
Speaker 1: I thought the defensive line also was excellent against the run.
Speaker 1: You twenty nine eight in this game. The Buffalo offense
Speaker 1: rushing the football, but keep in mind how much that
Speaker 1: came from Josh Allen, the quarterback, so that wasn't necessarily
Speaker 1: run defense. I think the Buffalo Bills they came in
Speaker 1: wanting to run the football, just like the Eagles in
Speaker 1: this game. But the defensive line with new players of
Speaker 1: defensive tackle, young linebackers, were able to stop the run,
Speaker 1: which was big. Yeah. Yeah, Buffalo only rushing for ninety
Speaker 1: eight yards in this one night. Yeah, really impressive brand
Speaker 1: that defense today, undermanned not having their starters in there
Speaker 1: and keep positions in the front seven. Real nice job.
Speaker 1: But those guys coming up today doing a real nice
Speaker 1: job coming downhill making tackles. When you're playing whether like
Speaker 1: the day, you're kind of worried about whether and not
Speaker 1: tackling will be an issue I thought the down linebackers
Speaker 1: Nate Gary flying around everywhere out there to day really
Speaker 1: made some plays. Yeah. Yeah, you talk about you know
Speaker 1: the big numbers that jump out. We're looking at this one.
Speaker 1: The time of possession Eagles thirty five minutes to Buffalo's
Speaker 1: twenty four almost thirty six there for the Eagles. When
Speaker 1: the run game is working, you're able to control the
Speaker 1: clock like that, you give your defense a break a
Speaker 1: little bit more as well, and they're able to kind
Speaker 1: of have that energy through the end of the game.
Speaker 1: Buffalo's defense at the end of the game was kind
Speaker 1: of gas to me. Yeah, And there were multiple turnovers
Speaker 1: from the offense in this game, so we're able to
Speaker 1: hold on to the football. Possessing the ball allows you
Speaker 1: to be a little bit more creative. It allows we're
Speaker 1: just more balls to go around. If you're not turning
Speaker 1: the ball over in your own end to start the
Speaker 1: game like last week, and you're able to sustain drives,
Speaker 1: that will gives you a lot more flexibility to be
Speaker 1: able to do what you want to do, what you
Speaker 1: plan to when your game plan in the week of practice,
Speaker 1: throughout the course of the game, and the Eagles we're
Speaker 1: able to go out and execute today. I know, coming
Speaker 1: into this when we talked about how there was going
Speaker 1: to be pressure on the linebacking core. What did you
Speaker 1: see from them today, friend, Well, they were able to
Speaker 1: make plays. Gary was playing sideline to sideline against a
Speaker 1: couple of backs that are elusive and decisive. You know,
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary, you look at what he's done as a rookie.
Speaker 1: He's made some big plays, but he's also been very
Speaker 1: confident carrying the football. Frank Gore is timed and tested
Speaker 1: as one of the best to ever do it. So
Speaker 1: the Eagles were able to shut these guys down. It's
Speaker 1: an offensive line that wants to be able to move
Speaker 1: the football, move people off the football. So I thought
Speaker 1: that the front seven really came back and responded very
Speaker 1: well today. Yeah, Brandon Graham, what a big game by
Speaker 1: BG today, Just all over the field, forcing turnover, is
Speaker 1: getting at the Josh Allen, big quarterback, difficult to bring down,
Speaker 1: knows he likes to run the ball as well when
Speaker 1: he gets out on the perimeter. I thought Brandon just
Speaker 1: showed up time at the time Fletcher as well. He
Speaker 1: and Fletcher, I thought they were all over the field today.
Speaker 1: I mean that first three and out for the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: Fletcher made that stop on a run play on second down.
Speaker 1: They came up with the strip sack on third down,
Speaker 1: so very early on he had an idea of what
Speaker 1: you guys are gonna get from the Seagles defensive line.
Speaker 1: BG obviously coming up with that huge turnover at the
Speaker 1: end of the first half, it was great to see
Speaker 1: the defensive line come out basically dominate in this game.
Speaker 1: That was huge for the for the win, especially when
Speaker 1: you talk about wanting to see the veterans responding to
Speaker 1: the adversity, and we saw that, especially from Fletcher, especially
Speaker 1: from Brandon Graham. And you talk about Josh Allen getting
Speaker 1: things done on the ground. He was the Bills leading
Speaker 1: rusher today forty five yards on eight carries. There led
Speaker 1: his own team in rushing, which is kind of not
Speaker 1: what you want if you're the offense. But he really
Speaker 1: does continue to develop in the Eagles defense a great
Speaker 1: job of shutting him down. He's just so strong in
Speaker 1: a way. I talk about, how, you know, comparing him
Speaker 1: to a Cam Newton coming into the game, and he's
Speaker 1: very very similar in a lot of the ways that
Speaker 1: he's able to have success. So yeah, he's going to
Speaker 1: have his plays where he breaks away from the Eagles defense.
Speaker 1: The tackling wasn't always great today. Slippery conditions out there
Speaker 1: allowed those guys to be able to make plays through contact.
Speaker 1: But overall, I thought the defense really showed up in
Speaker 1: a game look where they needed to show up. The
Speaker 1: Eagles need to come out of this game with a win,
Speaker 1: and they were able to come through after everything happened
Speaker 1: this past week. The resiliency of this group I thought
Speaker 1: was really impressive. And the best part was your stars
Speaker 1: showed up. They led by Exa Apple Malcolm making plays
Speaker 1: out there today. We talked about Fletcher and Brandon Graham.
Speaker 1: Those are the guys that you needed to step up
Speaker 1: if you were going to get a victory today. When
Speaker 1: I look at this game today, all the key players
Speaker 1: for the Eagles, in my opinion, they're veteran players that
Speaker 1: you needed to have a big game today. They all
Speaker 1: came to play. Alishan Carson had a good game today,
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard showed why you traded for him in the offseason,
Speaker 1: and then we talked about the guys on the defensive
Speaker 1: side of the ball having to come and step up.
Speaker 1: And play today. This Buffalo Bills team, they were using
Speaker 1: this game as a measuring stick for themselves. You know,
Speaker 1: they come into this game five and one, but they
Speaker 1: know the Eagles reputation. In fact, they won the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl two years ago. The toughest test came against New England.
Speaker 1: They fell short in that game, and they felt this
Speaker 1: game would be a game that they could truly find
Speaker 1: out whether they stand at in the NFL. And to
Speaker 1: the Eagles credit, this was a tough game to go
Speaker 1: up there and have to win. I mean I played
Speaker 1: up there at Orchard Park. That is not an easy
Speaker 1: place to go up there and play. And when they
Speaker 1: are rolling like they had been this season, it makes
Speaker 1: it even more different, especially with that wind going. And look,
Speaker 1: you talk about guys like Malcolm Jenkins, guys like Jordan Howard,
Speaker 1: two players who were the players who watch from Merrill
Speaker 1: reason might quick before the game. Let's see, yuh what
Speaker 1: kind of game they had. Here's Merrill kim my favorite
Speaker 1: part of our show, Alan trying to get the Eagles
Speaker 1: off side with a hard count. They don't budge. He
Speaker 1: goes back, he looks the footballer is loose and it
Speaker 1: is picked up by think by Alan. Let's see he
Speaker 1: was hit on the play by Fletcher Cox. Wins takes
Speaker 1: the snap and he's back, he's looking. He dumps it
Speaker 1: out the Sanders, who comes across the forty five, runs
Speaker 1: to the forty trying to get to the outside, does
Speaker 1: thirty five thirty twenty five and out of bounds up
Speaker 1: big bills twenty three yard line goes Miles Sanders and
Speaker 1: what a great play, twenty seven yards. Alan calling for
Speaker 1: the football. He's going to run and he is tripped
Speaker 1: up and the footballer is loose, and let's see, I
Speaker 1: think the Eagles have it. I think you're right. I
Speaker 1: think the Eagles have it. Second, the two wentz under
Speaker 1: sound hosting them the near side. Lentz pumps, looks fires
Speaker 1: touchdown Eagles. He's got his man. He wanted tell Us
Speaker 1: Scuttar and he was open on the Eagles take fullya win.
Speaker 1: Hts it off again and running up the middle, picking
Speaker 1: up a first down and more at the forty thirty
Speaker 1: five thirty at Sanders twenty five twenty fifteen ten five touchdown.
Speaker 1: Biles Sandows his first NFL rushing touchdown. Mouse sander Is
Speaker 1: just breaks off the left side and he out runs everybody,
Speaker 1: leaving all of the blue shirts in his week for
Speaker 1: his first NFL touchdown. We have been waiting for that
Speaker 1: to happen. He's so explosive for They're bringing in big
Speaker 1: V on one side, Boston Scott. Boston Scott is in
Speaker 1: the backfield. Lents under center gives the Boston Scott and
Speaker 1: he spins and he's in touchdown. Boston Scott. Boston Scott
Speaker 1: another first, his first rushing touchdown on second down when
Speaker 1: almost slipped, let's tax it, get it off the Howard
Speaker 1: again up the middle, touchdown, Eagles, Howard up the middle
Speaker 1: for a touchdown. Boy. Yeah, six twelve to go and
Speaker 1: the Eagles are up thirty to thirteen. That's awesome, really exciting.
Speaker 1: I'm hearing some of you. Producer Melissa's telling me some
Speaker 1: of you are asking about my jacket, some compliments, Thank
Speaker 1: you very much. I got it last year at the
Speaker 1: Eagles Pro Shop. But really, guys, I'm just trying to
Speaker 1: keep up with like Jaylen Mills, Malcolm Jay, this team
Speaker 1: is so swaggy. I'm just I'm just trying to keep up,
Speaker 1: actually doing a good job of it. Keep up with YouTube. Okay,
Speaker 1: look at I mean this Blazers. Really I love the
Speaker 1: little pink think touch over now, Yeah, that's a victory series.
Speaker 1: In the victory suit, I am feeling that. All right,
Speaker 1: let's get into your three takeaways from this one. Suit
Speaker 1: is not as sharper. To run game was, Okay, that's
Speaker 1: my first takeaway. The run game dominant. I mean two
Speaker 1: hundred yards rushing. Not since that Green Bay Packer game
Speaker 1: have we seen the run game look this good. And
Speaker 1: really everybody to touch the ball was successful running the
Speaker 1: ball today. Boston Scott got his first touchdown, to get
Speaker 1: three rushing touchdowns from three different guys, Sanders, Scott, and
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard who led the way rushing the ball today
Speaker 1: was phenomenal. And then I think even Carson in the
Speaker 1: running game and him being able. You know, I think
Speaker 1: Doug called a quarterback drawn third and ten on one
Speaker 1: play and he actually picked up eleven yards on the play.
Speaker 1: So just the run game all the way around, offensive line,
Speaker 1: fantastic job. Two hundred and eighteen yards, the best team
Speaker 1: rushing performance under Doug Peterson since he's been with the Eagles.
Speaker 1: Who's the meal downs at the end of the game too,
Speaker 1: which I hate that's that you take six attempts. Out
Speaker 1: of that, the average goes back up. You got six
Speaker 1: yards of the total, But no, they were outstanding. You
Speaker 1: mentioned Carson Wentz. I think we got to talk about
Speaker 1: his performance in this game too, because he was very
Speaker 1: efficient with the football, took care of it, also knew
Speaker 1: when to run and went to check down, when to
Speaker 1: throw the ball away, was very very smart in the
Speaker 1: inclement weather against a tough defense that's not allowed a
Speaker 1: big play all season. I thought it was a really
Speaker 1: big performance here from number eleven. Yeah, Carson Wentz eight
Speaker 1: carries for thirty five yards average four point four yards
Speaker 1: to carry the longest one for thirteen yards like you
Speaker 1: said there right, Yeah, a nice job. And that's my
Speaker 1: second takeaway from the game. It's Carson Wentz and the
Speaker 1: way that he played today, and particularly on third down
Speaker 1: eight fifteen. On third down just clutch, like you said,
Speaker 1: protecting the football, knowing where to go with the ball,
Speaker 1: getting the ball out of his hands quick. I liked
Speaker 1: the deep ball he threw the outshone a day. Nice
Speaker 1: touch on that pass there, not overthrowing aushan. So I
Speaker 1: thought Carson was for a game that he was pretty
Speaker 1: much asked to manage today because of the weather, made
Speaker 1: the throws when he needed to make the throws, and
Speaker 1: really on third down, came up with a lot of
Speaker 1: big players on third down and in the red zone
Speaker 1: three for four in the red zone. Those are really
Speaker 1: his calling cards as a quarterback here is that he's
Speaker 1: affiicient on third down and in the red zone, takes
Speaker 1: care of the football. Needed to do all three of
Speaker 1: those things to day, and I thought he was excellent
Speaker 1: at it well, and considering how windy it wasn't there.
Speaker 1: He completed seventy point eight percent of his passes seventeen
Speaker 1: of twenty four, I thought, especially going against the wind
Speaker 1: a couple of times, really accurate. I thought that was
Speaker 1: especially impressive from him, which again you have to also
Speaker 1: take into account on that. Just add context the throwaways
Speaker 1: and throws, the eats, you know, so those I know,
Speaker 1: it counts towards the completion percentage, but those aren't inaccurate throws.
Speaker 1: Those are good choices to get rid of the football
Speaker 1: and take with the DVA head. The defense won this down,
Speaker 1: We're gonna play to the next one. So those, I mean,
Speaker 1: they factor into the completion percentage. But just speaking to
Speaker 1: your point, about how efficient he was in this game.
Speaker 1: A really impressive number other people have next gen stats.
Speaker 1: We have friend Duffie Dads and also a great job
Speaker 1: by him a being patient right, allowing the offense to
Speaker 1: just play itself out. They moved the ball early, got
Speaker 1: three points, and then they get down seven to three.
Speaker 1: He still never seen rush back there. He never seemed
Speaker 1: like he was trying to force throws or force plays
Speaker 1: down the field, and eventually that defense got into ball
Speaker 1: in great position right before to half, able to go
Speaker 1: in there and get a touchdown. Then I thought they
Speaker 1: came out in the second half, great job, offensive play
Speaker 1: call and able to go down get that big touchdown
Speaker 1: from Miles. It was eleven and seven at halftime, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, this game was very very tight, and they
Speaker 1: came out and they busted it open and they never
Speaker 1: looked back in the third quarter. Really impressive performance coming
Speaker 1: out of the locker room. Which brings me to my
Speaker 1: third takeaway from the game. The resiliency of right, the
Speaker 1: resiliency of this team. Two straight difficult losses where you
Speaker 1: know a lot of people around here heads hanging down,
Speaker 1: frustrated understandably so having to go back on the road
Speaker 1: for a third straight week, after hearing all the negativity
Speaker 1: around town, finding a way to go out and win
Speaker 1: this football game. Great job Doug Peterson having his guys
Speaker 1: ready to go. I thought they came out and showed
Speaker 1: great resiliency today because this was a game they had
Speaker 1: to have. I think when you look at just this
Speaker 1: team being a second half team and the numbers you
Speaker 1: see in the third quarter and then the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: from this team, that speaks to the coaching staff and
Speaker 1: to the players as well. But that speaks to the
Speaker 1: coaching staff saying, Okay, we're gonna go into the locker room.
Speaker 1: What do we need to fix, what we need to
Speaker 1: get corrected? All right, now, let's go out and execute.
Speaker 1: I think that that's a really that's a testament to
Speaker 1: this coaching staff. Well when you talk about how close
Speaker 1: it was at the half and just how they broke
Speaker 1: the game open and the half, but they did get
Speaker 1: on the board first, I'll be a just a field goal,
Speaker 1: they go up, they go up three to zero, and
Speaker 1: then they fall behind us seven to three. But also
Speaker 1: just to be able to score right before the half
Speaker 1: and stop that Buffalo touchdown right going into the locker room,
Speaker 1: how much momentum does that give a team, I mean,
Speaker 1: scoring right before the half. To me, it's like one
Speaker 1: of the biggest things I look at determining who's going
Speaker 1: to win a game is just getting that momentum going
Speaker 1: off the field into the locker room at half. It
Speaker 1: was huge, and considering they were getting the ball coming
Speaker 1: out of the locker room, it kind of worked out
Speaker 1: well for them. I know Buffalo Almos got that three
Speaker 1: right there before the half, That's certainly what it took
Speaker 1: away some of that momentum. But the fact that the
Speaker 1: Eagles were able to get that turnover and then get
Speaker 1: points out of it, and then come out of the
Speaker 1: locker room and get points, I really felt like that's
Speaker 1: where the game swung at when you got what fourteen
Speaker 1: points right there. Buffalo never recovered from that. I can
Speaker 1: say that we were watching the game off to the
Speaker 1: side some of our production teams. I was screaming for
Speaker 1: about fifteen minutes about that penalty on zach Ertz and
Speaker 1: they end the end zone on the two point play,
Speaker 1: like people, because I've heard you from the other room,
Speaker 1: and I wasn't quite sure because in that game the Eagles,
Speaker 1: there was a tough spot the defense were able to
Speaker 1: was able to come through because you're kicking out into
Speaker 1: the wind on a short field. That gave Buffalo the
Speaker 1: ability to get into field goal range any other game, right,
Speaker 1: all right, Like fine, you figure it out, you kick
Speaker 1: a touchback and no harm, no foul. In this game,
Speaker 1: that tikie tack penalty could have made a difference the
Speaker 1: Eagles defense held. Yeah, one of the craziest wind games
Speaker 1: that I've seen, especially at this time of the year,
Speaker 1: where you're seeing these miss kicks and you're just seeing
Speaker 1: like just how one team had such an advantage going
Speaker 1: one direction. Have you ever played in a game like that? Oh? Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's why I like. Just flipping the field changes the
Speaker 1: entire advantage of who's got Chicago, Chicago, Windy City. Anytime
Speaker 1: you go out games places, and when you know you
Speaker 1: have to go there and player, you hope it's early
Speaker 1: in the season as opposed to October, no Ran, brid December,
Speaker 1: because the weather is very tricky. And that's how Buffalo is.
Speaker 1: If you're gonna go to Buffalo and play, you want
Speaker 1: to get up there early in the season as opposed
Speaker 1: to the mid to the late season because the weather
Speaker 1: can be tricking. If you're not used to it, you
Speaker 1: won't know how to play in it. And so obviously
Speaker 1: Buffalo is very accustomed to doing it, and the kickers, Uh,
Speaker 1: it's a tough job for them because now it's almost
Speaker 1: like being a golfer, right, you have to sort of
Speaker 1: when you kick that ball, are you kicking it into
Speaker 1: the win and planning it for the win to push
Speaker 1: back to the left? How far do you kick it
Speaker 1: outside the gold post and hope that the wind brings
Speaker 1: it back in? Man, I would not have wanted to
Speaker 1: be a kicker out there today. Now it's definitely easy
Speaker 1: to Yeah, be thankful for that. M fran. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about some things that you're excited to break down this
Speaker 1: week because you get a closer look at the film.
Speaker 1: What are you most looking to the player to play?
Speaker 1: The offensive line? Number one, it's always tough in this game.
Speaker 1: There weren't a lot of replays where they were of
Speaker 1: a show exactly what the offensive line did in this game,
Speaker 1: both in the run game and in the passing game.
Speaker 1: I cannot wait to see Brandon Brooks, Lane Johnson seemed
Speaker 1: like they got a lot of movement upfront. Excited to
Speaker 1: see how those two were able to manage in this game.
Speaker 1: How did Andre Dillard look in his second start against
Speaker 1: a pretty good defensive front there in Buffalo? Anxious to
Speaker 1: see what that group looked like just a start thing, thought, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm definitely curious about just another NFL start for Andre
Speaker 1: Dillard and how he continues to develop. Any initial thoughts
Speaker 1: on the offensive line, I thought they were fantastic. I mean,
Speaker 1: the times that Carson was sacked other than the one
Speaker 1: blitz that I think got on him pretty quick, you
Speaker 1: can almost chalk those up to coverage sacks right where
Speaker 1: he's back there holding the ball. I thought the offensive
Speaker 1: line did a nice job, not just in the run game,
Speaker 1: but in the passing game as well, and it's something
Speaker 1: they need to continue to build or he think we
Speaker 1: talk about Andre Dillard is getting more comfortable the time
Speaker 1: that he's out there. Didn't get his number call today,
Speaker 1: and that's what you want from an offensive line, and
Speaker 1: no false starts, no holding calls, that's what you always want.
Speaker 1: So I would imagine he'll probably grade out pretty well
Speaker 1: after this game. He's a guy I'm actously to go
Speaker 1: back you when I broke him down this week on
Speaker 1: Yar's game plan. So excited to see what he looked
Speaker 1: like in his second start. The third down offense is
Speaker 1: another one too. They did some really good things, I thought,
Speaker 1: creatively with different stacks and motions to help get guys
Speaker 1: free first third down of the game. But Nelson Aglore
Speaker 1: came off a stack set where he wasn't touched up
Speaker 1: until he was tackled, which that's what you want. You
Speaker 1: got him free up past the liners or past the
Speaker 1: first down marker, and Eagles are able to move the chains.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what they did on third down
Speaker 1: because they were able to convert some big ones today.
Speaker 1: You talked about that third and long draw from Carson Wentz.
Speaker 1: Just some really creative play calling that. I'm excited to
Speaker 1: see what the coaches dialed up. Yeah, it did seem
Speaker 1: like we saw some extra creative stuff today on screen game.
Speaker 1: The screen that was nice today, tight end screens, the
Speaker 1: running back screens. I love seeing that implemented into the
Speaker 1: game plan. Even though Buffalo isn't a big time blitzing team.
Speaker 1: For some reason, they came at them a little bit
Speaker 1: today and I thought the screen game worked. Will you
Speaker 1: know what it was like is that when you have
Speaker 1: a defense that likes to play zone and those guys
Speaker 1: like to carry on that long one to Miles Sanders.
Speaker 1: All the receivers released up vertically. Yeah, all those linebackers underneath,
Speaker 1: they're running with their receivers because they got to carry
Speaker 1: all right, friend, we definitely want to continue to break
Speaker 1: that down later. But head coach person approaching the podium,
Speaker 1: let's hear his thoughts on this winter game. What tell you?
Speaker 1: Just told him I was proud of them, um, and
Speaker 1: how they really, uh, how they handled their business here
Speaker 1: in the last this last week with all the some
Speaker 1: of the distractions around our football team, and how they
Speaker 1: were able to kind of put that away focus on
Speaker 1: this football game and just do their job, you know,
Speaker 1: and this is really a great team win. And I
Speaker 1: told him that after the game, the most this was
Speaker 1: the most rushing yards during your time here. What was
Speaker 1: working today on the ground? Well, I credit the offensive line,
Speaker 1: the tight ends, um, you know, Jordan Howard had a
Speaker 1: big game. But but really I think coming into this game, um,
Speaker 1: this is a good defense, good front. Let me tell
Speaker 1: you that right right up at the beginning here. But
Speaker 1: but I felt comfortable and really the conditions. The conditions
Speaker 1: kind of warranted more of a running game. Um and
Speaker 1: and so, uh, you know, our offensive line was a
Speaker 1: very prideful group, and uh they want to run. They
Speaker 1: they'd run the ball the whole game if you could.
Speaker 1: But they just did a great job up front. Jordan.
Speaker 1: Um gosh, ran ran extremely hard and uh, um, please
Speaker 1: with how we handled that today at eight plus a
Speaker 1: minute drive in the fourth quarter. Um, at between third
Speaker 1: and ten, you you had a design run and Carson
Speaker 1: they picked up. Um did you make that play for them?
Speaker 1: You know you're really need this game? Like is that calling?
Speaker 1: Und you were seven and over? Example? Um, well, it
Speaker 1: wasn't a design run. It was a screen and there
Speaker 1: was a defensive player in his throwing lane and he
Speaker 1: just pulled it down and took off. I mean that's
Speaker 1: that's Carson making a play. Um and and uh just
Speaker 1: a great great play by him, great execution obviously, and
Speaker 1: uh you know he played really really tough today. The
Speaker 1: secondaries received the left visit criticism lately. Where do you
Speaker 1: how do you think they performed? For that? I thought
Speaker 1: they stepped up, um, you know criticism. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: we've had some injury back there and Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we've we've we've held it together. Guys, coaches have done
Speaker 1: a great job of coaching their play. And you know today,
Speaker 1: you know, Darby was back full and we had Jalen
Speaker 1: back out there. I mean, you know, so the secondary
Speaker 1: Sydney was out there today, and so we know we're
Speaker 1: starting to get those guys healthy and and back out
Speaker 1: on the field. I thought they really did a nice
Speaker 1: job against you know, some really good skilled players, you
Speaker 1: know for the Bills. Um did a nice jobless you
Speaker 1: got your touchdown. Jordan now he was in there, almost
Speaker 1: seemed like he was. Yeah, it was a new new
Speaker 1: kind of a play we wanted to put in UM
Speaker 1: this week, take advantage of of our you know, two
Speaker 1: two running backs. Um. Jordan had a tremendous block on
Speaker 1: that play and Miles just uh so I kind of
Speaker 1: pulled away and showed his speed. Um. You know, just
Speaker 1: a wrinkled play we had up. You know, I ran
Speaker 1: it earlier in the first Uh in the first half.
Speaker 1: Uh Carson had an opportunity to throw it to al
Speaker 1: Sean over on the right side and was incomplete. So
Speaker 1: it came back with it and saying that the drama
Speaker 1: the last week or so, and you guys have come
Speaker 1: up here and get away after what's been in the
Speaker 1: top weeks off the field, this team kind of come
Speaker 1: together and build. I think we just got to learn,
Speaker 1: you know from kind of what we've gone through and
Speaker 1: and and really you know these first eight games, Um,
Speaker 1: we just got to focus on football and and and
Speaker 1: and come to work every day and and keep doing,
Speaker 1: keep doing really frankly what they did this week in
Speaker 1: practice and their preparation and you know, um do the
Speaker 1: best they can to eliminate some of the distraction around
Speaker 1: the team. And um, you know, it's a it's a
Speaker 1: close locker room. And and I think today was was
Speaker 1: proof of that how well these guys played together, that
Speaker 1: the you know, the excitement, the enthusiasm show today. It's
Speaker 1: a really really good team win. And it's only we
Speaker 1: but keeting your record coming in? Was that a winner?
Speaker 1: Else game to be good? I mean it's uh, I
Speaker 1: mean it was. I'd say it's a pretty close to that. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, we needed to win, um, you know, to
Speaker 1: keep us at at four and four and keep us uh,
Speaker 1: you know, in in the hunt. I guess in the
Speaker 1: conversation it would have been a lot harder had we
Speaker 1: had lost this football game, you know, to come back
Speaker 1: and try to make a make a run. But um,
Speaker 1: we were just focused on going one. To know this week,
Speaker 1: malm he didn't the team didn't have the players only
Speaker 1: team meeting and all these years heal with peoples that
Speaker 1: learning have one this week? Did you kind of talk
Speaker 1: with them about that about having one help best for years? Yeah?
Speaker 1: And all I really know about it is I U
Speaker 1: when I met with the player committee on Wednesday, Um,
Speaker 1: they approached me about it and and wanted to do that,
Speaker 1: so it was in their hands. The leadership. I think
Speaker 1: it's just, uh, it's a step in the right direction,
Speaker 1: you know, for those guys to step up and kind
Speaker 1: of take ownership things we talk about. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: they went out and they earned it today and I
Speaker 1: think it's a it's a great step forward for for
Speaker 1: our leaders from our football team and um, you know
Speaker 1: for them to listen, being a leader it is not
Speaker 1: about being perfect, and everybody makes mistakes. But but they
Speaker 1: they owned it and they stepped up and really led today.
Speaker 1: Guys like Rodney and Malcolm on the same team. What
Speaker 1: type of message and examples that show the younger just
Speaker 1: shows that everybody, you know, everybody's got to perform, everybody
Speaker 1: has to play, and we're trying to win each week.
Speaker 1: It's hard to win in this league. And um, for
Speaker 1: them to do that and give our offense a quality look, Um,
Speaker 1: it's nothing against the guys that you know practice that
Speaker 1: all the time. And they also wanted to get more
Speaker 1: work as well and get go go against uh you
Speaker 1: know al Sean and Zach and you know Nelly and
Speaker 1: guys like that. So it's just, uh, it's it's really
Speaker 1: really good from a leadership standpoint that they did that
Speaker 1: their backers game. You mentioned that a recipe for this
Speaker 1: team could be running the ball and efficiency from Carson.
Speaker 1: You mentioned the weather, But was this gonna be the
Speaker 1: game plan regardless or was it because of the conditions. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, you always want to I think try to
Speaker 1: establish that you know, run run game and settled in
Speaker 1: that way. But um, today two quarters you could kind
Speaker 1: of do some things with your offense, and the other
Speaker 1: two quarters it was taught because of the weather. So
Speaker 1: it was probably a little more more weather oriented than anything.
Speaker 1: That final drive you were going against the wind, um,
Speaker 1: and it was quick drive again, Yeah, because it's the
Speaker 1: you know, it's kind of the last one. Um, but um,
Speaker 1: it's impressive. The guys really again took it upon themselves.
Speaker 1: You know. We rode the offensive line, the tight ends,
Speaker 1: um and you know, found a way to win. We
Speaker 1: talked a lot about this week about about finishing. You know,
Speaker 1: it's one of the things that we had to focus
Speaker 1: on a little bit and do a better job of that.
Speaker 1: And and uh that was a great example of that.
Speaker 1: Well or was it just squirreled tricky quarterbacks? Yeah? Today
Speaker 1: today the for us the second and fourth quarters, it
Speaker 1: was really into our face. The rain was kind of
Speaker 1: coming down sideways a little bit there, and it was
Speaker 1: it was a challenge, a challenge throwing the ball. But
Speaker 1: I thought, you know, we had I think we had
Speaker 1: to drive. They had to drive, you know, into the
Speaker 1: wind and scored. So um, you know, listen, this is
Speaker 1: the this is the National Football League, and we got
Speaker 1: to be smart. But at the same time, we ask
Speaker 1: our players to do that as well. Carson with the Waite,
Speaker 1: Carson played, How was you assess him? Um Man? I thought, Uh,
Speaker 1: I thought he played extremely well today. He played tough,
Speaker 1: made some great decisions. Um Uh with it. You know,
Speaker 1: even and and and and again. It goes back to
Speaker 1: not only the run game helped him, but you know
Speaker 1: even even for me too as a play caller, trying
Speaker 1: to put him in some situations to be successful, and
Speaker 1: he handled those extremely well. Um overall, looking at it,
Speaker 1: just you know, thinking back on the game, I thought
Speaker 1: he played, he played smart, he played tough, played aggressive
Speaker 1: through the ball. Well, he was accurate. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: helped us stay on the field on I think eight
Speaker 1: of fifteen or something third down. So, um, played played
Speaker 1: good today. Thanks all right, thank you, Hey, thanks coach.
Speaker 1: Talking about how conditions warranted more of a running game
Speaker 1: gives credit to the offensive line, the tight ends end
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard. What a game from Jordan Howard. Guys, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean just type of type of game you want,
Speaker 1: big bag that's gonna run down. He'll get behind those
Speaker 1: shoulder pads and defenses don't like to see in weather
Speaker 1: right there, right, you start wearing down the opposing defense
Speaker 1: when you keep giving the ball to that big fella.
Speaker 1: And you saw that late in the game in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. I thought the holes got bigger for him
Speaker 1: as the game went on and he started getting to
Speaker 1: that second level, and those secondary players don't want to
Speaker 1: come up and tackle two and twenty five pounds two
Speaker 1: and thirty pound running back. The scouting term that people
Speaker 1: will use his forward lean, like he's always running with
Speaker 1: his pads going forward, his feet are always going so
Speaker 1: when he gets stopped for what normally would be two yards,
Speaker 1: he's fallen for five. I mean that's just kind of
Speaker 1: the kind of runner he is, and in this game
Speaker 1: that really helped the Eagles move the football when they
Speaker 1: muted him. Yeah, ninety six yards almost cracks one hundred
Speaker 1: twenty three carries average four point two yards game. But
Speaker 1: I think what stands out about Jordan Howard is how
Speaker 1: hard he runs, and like you said, friend, he's just
Speaker 1: always you think he's on his way down, but he's
Speaker 1: getting another two, three five leaning. Let's let's go to
Speaker 1: our plays of the game. Who wants to go first?
Speaker 1: I think to me the big one was you know,
Speaker 1: we talked it was eleven seven and a half time.
Speaker 1: This is a tight game, and to me, the play
Speaker 1: that really busted it open was that sixty five yard
Speaker 1: touchdown from Miles Sanders. The rookie running back down the
Speaker 1: left sideline, excited to go and watch it on film
Speaker 1: to see exactly how he was able to shake loose.
Speaker 1: But I'll tell you one thing. One of the big
Speaker 1: blocks on that play was from running back Jordan Howard.
Speaker 1: They lined up with those two split backs, both guys
Speaker 1: on the field. They did it four times last week,
Speaker 1: three passes, so I want to see exactly how the
Speaker 1: Bills lined up. Was a nickel was a nickel defense?
Speaker 1: Were they expecting pass? Jordan Howard leaked up into the
Speaker 1: second level on a lead play and laid out the
Speaker 1: defender at the second level on that side. So excited
Speaker 1: to see exactly some of the other things that went
Speaker 1: into it. But that was the one key block and
Speaker 1: that helps to break this game open for the Eagle.
Speaker 1: GIA coach giving Jordan Howard a lot of credit there
Speaker 1: in the press conference, he said, Yeah, that was kind
Speaker 1: of a little wrinkle we had in there, Jordan with
Speaker 1: the big block to spring Miles. And that's why they
Speaker 1: say ultimate team game. Everybody has to do their assignment.
Speaker 1: And when you have a guy like Jordan Howard getting
Speaker 1: that block, Miles Sanders with the gas to make it
Speaker 1: to make it all the way, yeah, I wouldn't be
Speaker 1: surprised at the defense thought that was going to be
Speaker 1: a passing place. Who I think that the Eagles were
Speaker 1: in that that sort of personnel package. They've thrown the
Speaker 1: ball out of that package. So nice little wrinkle there,
Speaker 1: running the ball and using Jordan as a lead blocker.
Speaker 1: For me, it's the Brandon Graham sack right before the half.
Speaker 1: The force that fumbled are put the Eagles in scoring position.
Speaker 1: Eagles take the league there for the first time and
Speaker 1: never relinquished the lead. And I think being able to
Speaker 1: score points right before the half, as well as get
Speaker 1: the two point conversion and then score coming out of
Speaker 1: the locker room, I think turned the game on its head,
Speaker 1: and once the Eagles went up by double digits, really
Speaker 1: put that Bill's offense in a predicament, meaning that they
Speaker 1: wouln't have to throw the ball just about every time
Speaker 1: to catch. I call, and that's not the formula for
Speaker 1: successful Buffalo throwing the ball. They would rather run the ball,
Speaker 1: and they certainly don't want to throw it when you
Speaker 1: know they're going to throw it. So I thought getting that,
Speaker 1: getting that that turnover right before the half and allowing
Speaker 1: the Eagles to get points to go into locker room
Speaker 1: and take that lead really establish a confidence level that
Speaker 1: the Eagles never relinquished. Yeah, I think maybe next time
Speaker 1: we do this, I might go first because that one
Speaker 1: was going to be mine as well. But I will
Speaker 1: tell you a little different spin on it. You know,
Speaker 1: my key to this game coming in was to force
Speaker 1: josh Allen to turn it over. How the Bills, when
Speaker 1: Josh Allen doesn't turn it over, they usually win, and
Speaker 1: so that was kind of the key was not just
Speaker 1: to win the turnover battle, but to force him to
Speaker 1: turn it over. He fumbled three times and the Eagles
Speaker 1: recovered one that one. As soon as that happened, I
Speaker 1: looked at producer Melissa and I said, that's my play
Speaker 1: of the game. The Eagles are going to win. Now.
Speaker 1: It was far from over for the Eagles, but I
Speaker 1: was like, that was what they needed. If they can
Speaker 1: not turn it over themselves, forcing Josh Allen to turn
Speaker 1: it over, that's going to be what makes the difference
Speaker 1: in this one. So, yes, like you said, sets up
Speaker 1: that Scuore momentum going into halftime. But the fact that
Speaker 1: Brandon Graham was able to do this, especially with all
Speaker 1: the pressure that was on the defensive line in this game.
Speaker 1: I mean, Eagles Fens just have to love this guy.
Speaker 1: It just warms my heart every time I see him.
Speaker 1: Oh question, it was a huge before in six tackles
Speaker 1: and shack, forced fumble and the fumble recovery on that
Speaker 1: one play. It's funny brought that out because I was
Speaker 1: thinking about my key to the game as well. In pregame.
Speaker 1: We talked about this on the Kickoff show. I said
Speaker 1: that they had to watch out for those traff runs,
Speaker 1: those quick hitting downhill runs. Didn't take long. Second drive
Speaker 1: of the game. They ran that play and it went
Speaker 1: for no yards. The Eagles were able to shut down
Speaker 1: that run as well as most of the other runs. Here.
Speaker 1: I've got the numbers on what they were to do.
Speaker 1: Frank Gore nine for thirty four singletary, the rookie three
Speaker 1: for nineteen. If you're gonna able to do able to
Speaker 1: do that against the two star running backs and the
Speaker 1: other team, that's really going to lead to a good
Speaker 1: day on defense. Yeah, very impressive stuff there from the
Speaker 1: Eagles defense. And look, we talked about how the veterans
Speaker 1: needed to step up. We saw that today. We talked
Speaker 1: about Brandon Graham. We've talked about Fletcher Cox, Malcolm Jenkins
Speaker 1: another one of those guys who hey, he was able
Speaker 1: to catch up. Eagles insider das Dara was able to
Speaker 1: catch up with Malcolm Jenkins after this game to hear
Speaker 1: from the veterans safety. Here's David Malcolm. Hey, Malcolm, this
Speaker 1: team came together today. What do you think here? What?
Speaker 1: How did it all happen? I think place you know,
Speaker 1: team ball, offense, you know had their moments where they flash,
Speaker 1: defense had their moments where we got stopped. Special teams.
Speaker 1: Just a complete team win versus physical team, A good
Speaker 1: team on the row. Obviously good win. Galvinizing week when
Speaker 1: all things are considered, what happened during the week? I
Speaker 1: think so. I mean, you know, this team is not
Speaker 1: new to adversity. Um. You know, when when things get bad,
Speaker 1: we always tend to blue each other together and this
Speaker 1: is no difficult Thank you all right, great stuff, Thank you, Dave.
Speaker 1: Always fun to see those that excitement coming off the field.
Speaker 1: To me, that's like those emotions when you can capture
Speaker 1: them in that moment is huge. How long did it
Speaker 1: take you when you're coming out after a game to
Speaker 1: like level out and return to normalcy? Yeah? It thanks well.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, me, if going there and get
Speaker 1: showered and you sort of come down all the the
Speaker 1: energy rush that you had, the adrenaline from the game,
Speaker 1: it can take a few moments there. So I can
Speaker 1: imagine Malcolm walking off that field. He's trying to collect
Speaker 1: his thoughts. You got a lot of stuff racing through
Speaker 1: his heads. It's been a long week, been a tough
Speaker 1: week mentally for these guys, and to get that win,
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure felt a little draining but relieved, I'm
Speaker 1: pretty sure at the same time, but they also know
Speaker 1: they still have a lot of work to do. Right.
Speaker 1: You get one and you almost don't get enough time
Speaker 1: to enjoy that one. Right, you're saying to yourself, man,
Speaker 1: this is the feeling that we've been missing. I want
Speaker 1: to go back out there and let's do it again. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, he has to be part of him just
Speaker 1: has to be feeling extremely relieved. There was a lot
Speaker 1: of pressure, you know, on this entire team this week,
Speaker 1: this defense, but especially him as a leader. You know
Speaker 1: how his name was out there being called out a
Speaker 1: little bit for him to you know that, you know,
Speaker 1: there was a little bit of that, like okay, like
Speaker 1: I lived up to what I needed to do. Does
Speaker 1: that stuff getting your head at all? Yeah? For sure,
Speaker 1: possible not to right, Yes, he's a competitor, and when
Speaker 1: your sort of challenge or someone calls you out and
Speaker 1: his questioning whether or not you're leadership on the team,
Speaker 1: he's going to take that personal, especially from someone who
Speaker 1: doesn't know him very well, right, someone that was here
Speaker 1: for such a short period of time to go out
Speaker 1: there and cast these type of things about this man's character,
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure that did not feel good. And while
Speaker 1: you don't want to allow that to take control of you, right,
Speaker 1: you want to be able to control those emotions that
Speaker 1: was certainly in the back of his head as far
Speaker 1: as motivation and wanting to go out there and play
Speaker 1: play well. Today we're talking about like emotions and stuffing
Speaker 1: up coming off a victory and you have a short flight.
Speaker 1: But although I know the flight from Buffalo made that
Speaker 1: flight a few times, it's a short one gap. What's
Speaker 1: it like when you know, when you have to feel
Speaker 1: a little bit of relief coming after that win after
Speaker 1: losing too straight? All right, short flight, I'm gonna get
Speaker 1: home quick. Now? Are you getting ready for Chicago? Almost? Instantly.
Speaker 1: How much How long do you kind of let that
Speaker 1: linger a little bit? Will you kind of try to
Speaker 1: enjoy it for the rest of the day. Right, it's
Speaker 1: been a couple of weeks since these guys have been
Speaker 1: able to smile on the plane ride back after the game, right,
Speaker 1: So you certainly want to enjoy it because wins are
Speaker 1: very hard to come by in this league. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, you know there's a lot of work
Speaker 1: still left to be done, and this is a prideful
Speaker 1: football team. They'll enjoy it for twenty four hours, get home,
Speaker 1: hug the family, the wife and and the kids, and
Speaker 1: you may watch a little football the rest of the day.
Speaker 1: Like you said, it's a short flight, so they'll be
Speaker 1: back here in a couple of hours and able to
Speaker 1: catch the evening game. But I'm pretty sure when they
Speaker 1: get up tomorrow, it's back to business. Right, It's back
Speaker 1: to business. You want to almost repeat what you did
Speaker 1: this past week. Right, you sort of figured out a
Speaker 1: formula that's going to allow you to be successful this
Speaker 1: week and led to a w we as athletes where
Speaker 1: creatures have had it. So you try to get back
Speaker 1: into that same routine that you were You went through
Speaker 1: last week so you can have that same result the
Speaker 1: following week. Now, you know that mental rhythm throughout the
Speaker 1: week for a football player is just a huge component
Speaker 1: of the game that I don't think it's enough enough conversation,
Speaker 1: enough credit to these guys who are dealing with the
Speaker 1: wins and the losses and flush that but learn from it,
Speaker 1: but move on, but don't forget it. All of those
Speaker 1: different things that you have to do to be able to,
Speaker 1: you know, get your mind in the right place. I do.
Speaker 1: I want to highlight Boston Scott. He had his first
Speaker 1: NFL touchdown. When you talk about that mentality, I mean
Speaker 1: a guy who has continued to show up, do the
Speaker 1: right thing, wait for his number to be called, and
Speaker 1: had you know, didn't have a funnel in this game.
Speaker 1: Watch that hang on to the touchdown. What did you
Speaker 1: see from him today? I mean, we've just seen what
Speaker 1: we continue to see from this kid. Going back to
Speaker 1: you know, the last preseason of the preseason twenty eight
Speaker 1: team when he was in New Orleans. I remember watching
Speaker 1: him and you see this dynamic playmaker on offense and
Speaker 1: on special teams. He's got juice to be able to
Speaker 1: make the big play. We saw a little bit of
Speaker 1: that last week late in the game against Dallas as well.
Speaker 1: They're trying to find ways to get him into the
Speaker 1: football game. He comes in in the low red zone
Speaker 1: and is able to plunge in for his first score.
Speaker 1: So I think when you look at Boston Scott, there
Speaker 1: are some similarities and he's not the same player. I'm
Speaker 1: not by the terms of usability to a young Darren Sprowls.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's got that quickness, that ability to impact
Speaker 1: the game a number of different ways. So still a
Speaker 1: young player, only in his second year in the league,
Speaker 1: but interested to see how he can continue to develop
Speaker 1: in this offense. Yeah, five six able to get behind
Speaker 1: those linemen, very difficult to see as a defender, right,
Speaker 1: the same thing the problem Sprowles presents when he has
Speaker 1: the football in his hands and you're running sort of
Speaker 1: that delayed drawl or you're running that lead play up
Speaker 1: in there. That's that's a benefit for Boston Scott, right.
Speaker 1: He knows that he's going to be hard to find,
Speaker 1: and he does a great job of getting behind those linemen.
Speaker 1: And I thought last week versus Dallas, when it was
Speaker 1: in garbage time late in the game, he ran the
Speaker 1: ball well earned some extra carriages this week. He earned
Speaker 1: the trust of Duce. He earned the trust of Doug
Speaker 1: Peterson because when Miles Sanders go out, they could have
Speaker 1: very easily went strictly to Jordan Howard in those situations.
Speaker 1: But Boston Scott, earning the trust of his coach, is
Speaker 1: able to get out there and get some carries in.
Speaker 1: What about Miles Sanders, You know, we're we're gonna be
Speaker 1: waiting to see how that shoulder. He left the game
Speaker 1: questionable to return with the shoulder, but really involved in
Speaker 1: the screen game, especially today, that was really working for
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson's offense. Young player, still trying to find the
Speaker 1: exact sort of identity he's going to possess in this offense.
Speaker 1: Uh certainly carving out the ability to be a part
Speaker 1: of the passing game, right. He's certainly an explosive player.
Speaker 1: We knew all those things. It's really just getting him
Speaker 1: out in open space, you know, the running of the football,
Speaker 1: being patient behind the line of scrimmage, no one when
Speaker 1: to put that foot in the ground, and getting north
Speaker 1: and south versus taking everything outside. He's still learning that.
Speaker 1: It's in every week process for him. But you see
Speaker 1: at times why they drafted him in the second round
Speaker 1: because he's a home run threat when he does touch
Speaker 1: the ball. His ability to take a short play turning
Speaker 1: into a long play is something that offense can use
Speaker 1: the rest of the season. He only had a handful
Speaker 1: of touches in the game. It was three carries, three catches.
Speaker 1: I think when you look at the overall stat line,
Speaker 1: but I'll just say this small sample size, but I
Speaker 1: thought that he ran. He was running the football confidently. Today.
Speaker 1: I thought that he seemed very confident, not just the touchdown,
Speaker 1: but even on some of those shorter runs. I thought
Speaker 1: that he seemed very decisive with the football, which is
Speaker 1: good to see. I'm excited to see that on film
Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, and as we have continued to see
Speaker 1: him developed, I mean it feels like yesterday were friend
Speaker 1: and I were here, we were talking about him getting
Speaker 1: drafted and how excited Deuce was to have him in
Speaker 1: this offense and a huge weapon for Carson Wentz, who
Speaker 1: I believe is slowly approaching the podium. M a guy
Speaker 1: who were very excited to hear from after a great
Speaker 1: win for Carson. Was the outfit look like, Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: the other thing we're looking at it again. We talked
Speaker 1: about completed seventy percent of his past is seventeen of
Speaker 1: twenty four four, one hundred and seventy two yards, one touchdown,
Speaker 1: a rating of one oh four point nine. Really good
Speaker 1: stuff there from QB one. And I don't know if
Speaker 1: he's gonna look as awesome as I do in this
Speaker 1: jacket today, but there I might win. Let's listen very
Speaker 1: for Carson. The two third down runs, can you just
Speaker 1: sc The first one in RPO was the second one
Speaker 1: just kind of improvised the first one. First one was
Speaker 1: a naked play and UM, Dan just got wide, so
Speaker 1: I just saw green Grass took it. U. Second one
Speaker 1: was a screenplay. Guy was in the throwing line and
Speaker 1: just kind of took it and ran made a play
Speaker 1: and UM, that drive was huge. That drive was huge.
Speaker 1: Those plays were huge. The way we were able to
Speaker 1: run the ball in that drive, UM, the way we
Speaker 1: could finish the game like that, that was big for us.
Speaker 1: That's the second one I got from quarter at quarter
Speaker 1: Feld switching sides the ball. Yeah, I mean it's interesting weather.
Speaker 1: Interesting weather, UM, probably as windy as I've played in.
Speaker 1: UM took me back to the good old days on
Speaker 1: the on the playground, probably back in North Dakota. That wind,
Speaker 1: but um yeah, I mean yeah, you were cognizant of
Speaker 1: which direction you're going with the wind against the wind,
Speaker 1: and um, you know that to some extent that maybe
Speaker 1: changed his play calls a little bit, um, but the
Speaker 1: way we were able to run the ball to day
Speaker 1: that was huge. Horse take me through that. When did
Speaker 1: you realize that you're a better off? Um? Right when
Speaker 1: the d end was in the throne wine And at
Speaker 1: that point I was just went into IMPROVM mode and
Speaker 1: made a play. Um. The guys had a screen set
Speaker 1: up for the receiver and I just tried to get
Speaker 1: get in behind it as best I could. Aversion that
Speaker 1: drive the past though Zach got excited. What did you
Speaker 1: see the first progression on that he he crushed his
Speaker 1: guy off the line. You know, I saw his release, um,
Speaker 1: and and that was that was the route right there,
Speaker 1: and he got wide open on the corner. Did a
Speaker 1: great job. And I know he had a really quiet
Speaker 1: game otherwise, but you know when we needed him, he
Speaker 1: stepped on mid each play so much. Tough conditions helped
Speaker 1: bringing guys together. Yeah, this win was huge for us. Obviously, UM.
Speaker 1: Conditions going on the road every time. He shoot, this
Speaker 1: was our third trade road game. That's that's tough, you know,
Speaker 1: to do what we did today. UM, to stay together
Speaker 1: throughout everything, and then to come out and get a
Speaker 1: big winning It's a really good football team. UM, that
Speaker 1: was huge for us. Don't give us a lot of
Speaker 1: confidence going forward. Why do you think the UM You know,
Speaker 1: I think it's just something that we we like to
Speaker 1: do UM here and there to just kind of, you know,
Speaker 1: move the front a little bit, get them, you know,
Speaker 1: get their eyes, UM looking at different things, the jet motions,
Speaker 1: those types of things, and we are able to do
Speaker 1: that and do that effectively to night standers. Touchdown having
Speaker 1: George did there as well, was blocked. Yeah, that was sweet. Yeah.
Speaker 1: By the way, this week, where can I give you
Speaker 1: when you have a two? Yeah, I mean I the
Speaker 1: first thing I said to Miles you better give your
Speaker 1: other boys in love on that because Jordan's block was sweet.
Speaker 1: I had front row view on that. UM. And to
Speaker 1: have an explosive run like that, I mean it's been
Speaker 1: a while since we've really broke a long touch on
Speaker 1: run like that. UM. And conditions like like they were today,
Speaker 1: that was huge. That was huge in Jordan, um being selfless,
Speaker 1: he did turn into fullback right there. I can't say
Speaker 1: enough good things about those two kind of weather. How
Speaker 1: long does it take to sort of calibrate, Uh, you
Speaker 1: know how much you have to adjust your mechanics. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean you try not to adjust anything, and you
Speaker 1: know something you just have to chalk up. The wind's
Speaker 1: gonna do his thing at times, you know, and so
Speaker 1: you just obviously you guys saw I was wearing gloves.
Speaker 1: I was doing something different. But um, you know, guys,
Speaker 1: guys made plays, um, and we were smart with with
Speaker 1: how we you know, attacked in the passing game when
Speaker 1: when we did receive different things trick term of trying
Speaker 1: to figure out if we needed to wear gloves, like
Speaker 1: how did that work? Yeah, pre game definitely came out
Speaker 1: and trying to with with and without gloves, and um,
Speaker 1: the gloves was h ended up being a good decision
Speaker 1: um too, especially with the rain and everything. So um,
Speaker 1: but yeah, it's huge enfor us. The one pass that
Speaker 1: sort sailed, it seemed rolling out right. I'm just thankful
Speaker 1: there's only one that's sailed. So yeah, that one, uh yeah,
Speaker 1: I just got away from it first sea for Miles
Speaker 1: as far as I mean, obviously the running game production
Speaker 1: hasn't been but just a confidence standpoint, but getting better
Speaker 1: every week in practice. UM, he's been awesome. He's been
Speaker 1: an incredible rookie. UM. The way he's come in and
Speaker 1: just wanted to learn, wanting to work. UM. You know,
Speaker 1: he's obviously had some huge plays in the passing infor
Speaker 1: us and able to understand, um, what we're trying to
Speaker 1: do offensively in the passing game when the Blitz pickup game. UM.
Speaker 1: And then obviously running the ball, he's always been that
Speaker 1: big play threat. And to get a big one tonight
Speaker 1: or this afternoon that was huge for us this week
Speaker 1: and everything you guys kind of went through one and
Speaker 1: off the field. Is there something in that team meeting
Speaker 1: that maybe you felt carried over it to this game? UM?
Speaker 1: I just think you know, I said it last weekend, UM,
Speaker 1: after lost in Dallas. You know, I said, I think
Speaker 1: this is gonna bring us closer together. And then obviously
Speaker 1: there's a lot of other outside noise and everything, but
Speaker 1: guys are able to just stay together and stay focused
Speaker 1: on the task, and UM, keep bringing the energy to practice,
Speaker 1: keep bringing the focus and we're able to come away
Speaker 1: with a big victory today. Your leadership role this week,
Speaker 1: challenge guys around. Yeah, I mean, just try and keep
Speaker 1: everyone together, you know. I mean it's it's easy when
Speaker 1: when losses come to to want to point fingers and guys.
Speaker 1: You know, just trying to make sure everyone's on the
Speaker 1: same page going forward with everything going on, and guys
Speaker 1: did a really good job responding. You guys are at
Speaker 1: the halfway point of the season. Now you're four and four.
Speaker 1: Sure that's not what you wanted to be at this point,
Speaker 1: but how do you feel about where those teams sits
Speaker 1: right now as you hit into the second half? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I feel huge. This was a huge win.
Speaker 1: I feel good about it. Um, against a really good
Speaker 1: team on the road. Um, Like you said, four and
Speaker 1: four is not what we what we wanted to where
Speaker 1: we wanted to be, but to come away with a
Speaker 1: victory here, UM, hopefully this can propel us going forward
Speaker 1: and I feel good, UM going forward that you know
Speaker 1: we're gonna be able to do something. Thanks, would you
Speaker 1: would you like to use more twenty one twenty two
Speaker 1: personnel just in that? Um? I think we do a
Speaker 1: really good job of mixing up our personnel. You know,
Speaker 1: from uh doing eleven, getting three white outs, getting two
Speaker 1: tight ends to um, you know, were able to get
Speaker 1: big V out there in some running situations as well.
Speaker 1: And I think coaches a really good job of mixing
Speaker 1: up the personnels and playing the matchups wisely. We actually
Speaker 1: the opportunity to run. Do you feel like it's just
Speaker 1: it's just please do your strength? Um? You know, I
Speaker 1: still don't. I mean a lot of those guys are
Speaker 1: a lot faster than me, so I do not want
Speaker 1: to run ever. But when I'm out there, you know,
Speaker 1: you got to make a play. We were able to
Speaker 1: do that, and um, you know again I'm not seeking
Speaker 1: running or anything, but when it's there, I'm gonna do
Speaker 1: it by run. There's something called to get you in motion.
Speaker 1: The offense seems to open help you guys. To um,
Speaker 1: I think it did today for sure. I think, um,
Speaker 1: you know, coming in obviously with the conditions, bigger emphasis
Speaker 1: on the running game, so to be able to to
Speaker 1: run some of those pla action bootlegs and those things
Speaker 1: I thought were huge for us today and that's something
Speaker 1: we can keep building on. How much pressure to take
Speaker 1: off your shoulders how much pressure to take off your shoulders.
Speaker 1: But you guys aren't running your ball successful. It's huge,
Speaker 1: It's huge, and it's it's really our our recipe, you know,
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's how we want to be. We
Speaker 1: want to be able to run the ball. We want
Speaker 1: to be able to establish the line of scrimmage. Um.
Speaker 1: And we are able to do that today. Real critical
Speaker 1: swing type game. Nice to win them, but how much
Speaker 1: of the method is going to be we'd like to
Speaker 1: avoid these situations? Yeah together, Yeah, I mean without a doubt. Um,
Speaker 1: hopefully this can propel us going forward. UM. And you know,
Speaker 1: I don't want to call them swing type of games,
Speaker 1: but these are big wins, big key wins on the road,
Speaker 1: UM against you know, like the Green Bay team. This
Speaker 1: this is a great team too. UM. And to come
Speaker 1: in here and get a big win. UM. Like I said,
Speaker 1: hopefully this can propel us going forward. And now thankfully
Speaker 1: we're at home a couple of weeks, so that'll help
Speaker 1: a lot. Just to say about the guys in a
Speaker 1: lot of room, like, like you said, there was a
Speaker 1: lot going on this week, a lot of the outside
Speaker 1: noise that you were able to kind of as a
Speaker 1: group kind of keep it together. Uh, it's huge, and
Speaker 1: I think that speaks a lot to the veterans and
Speaker 1: just um guys you know, being hungry, hungry to get
Speaker 1: back on the field and um get that that losing
Speaker 1: taste out of their mouth and stay together. You know,
Speaker 1: we try and do everything we can to block out
Speaker 1: all the extra noise and everything. And guys were able
Speaker 1: to do that and do that well this week. Trouble
Speaker 1: finding it stride early and then feed off that Brandy
Speaker 1: Graham strip sack. Whatever was I think you Squire fresh
Speaker 1: out sport ever your next five possessions and how much
Speaker 1: were you able to feel off that offensive? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean that was huge. You know, anytime the defense can
Speaker 1: it's can create a turnover. Um, that's huge and then
Speaker 1: obviously for us to take advantage of that to the
Speaker 1: kild field position, to take advantage of the momentum. Um,
Speaker 1: that's really what we try and do every time we
Speaker 1: step on the field. You know, the defense we try
Speaker 1: and control the ball um offensively, but when the defense
Speaker 1: can create a turnover, we got to capitalize and we
Speaker 1: were able to do that today. In order was your
Speaker 1: Throe just on that play? Um ursus did a great
Speaker 1: job I'm getting open creating separation. UM. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: like I said earlier, he might have been a slower
Speaker 1: day for him with with catches, but you know, in
Speaker 1: the game online like like, it was a big, huge
Speaker 1: play opportunity like that. Um, he did a great job
Speaker 1: getting separation and I could have almost pumped ball on
Speaker 1: to him. He confidence, Yeah, just he was so open,
Speaker 1: you know, so I just find a way to get
Speaker 1: it to him and probably you know, better ball he
Speaker 1: probably gets in the end zone. But I'm just glad
Speaker 1: to completely about Alan down the left side and in
Speaker 1: the third part of what was that to play? Um,
Speaker 1: that was a big one for us, you know, something
Speaker 1: that we saw um the first half. So it was
Speaker 1: a good adjustment that we made at halftime coming out
Speaker 1: to be able to take advantage of it and and
Speaker 1: get a huge play. You got to enjoy those long
Speaker 1: drives were able to kind of impose your will. That's
Speaker 1: what we trying to do. That's what we try and
Speaker 1: do offensively, and especially in the fourth quarter like that
Speaker 1: with kind of the you know, the game up in
Speaker 1: the air the way it was. UM, that's the type
Speaker 1: of drive we want to want to have. It and
Speaker 1: seal the deal should go ahead. Do you want to
Speaker 1: as you say, resume you just running involve the franchise
Speaker 1: board back way? What makes that the recipe that we
Speaker 1: just want to establish line of scrimmage? You know? I
Speaker 1: think that's the big big guys up front that we have, um,
Speaker 1: that's that's one of their biggest strengths in establishing the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. And I think everything else that we do,
Speaker 1: from the play actions, from the bootlegs, the nakeds um
Speaker 1: all of that stems from from those guys control line scrimmage.
Speaker 1: So to be able to come in here and control
Speaker 1: of the way we did was huge for us. All right,
Speaker 1: Carson talking about imposing the team's will on offense, and
Speaker 1: what jumps out to me immediately, guys, is just how
Speaker 1: they're able to use the run game to control the clock.
Speaker 1: But that last drive, you know, as they're up trying
Speaker 1: to ice the game fourteen plays, eight minutes and seventeen seconds,
Speaker 1: just using their running game to control of the clock,
Speaker 1: but imposing their will on a really good Bill's defense
Speaker 1: ran how how impressive is that to be able to
Speaker 1: do that? Obviously it's what you want to do, but
Speaker 1: to actually be able to get that done execution wise. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think a lot of fans know what the two
Speaker 1: minute drill is, but the four minute drill is, you know,
Speaker 1: equally as important. In the four minute drill. You know,
Speaker 1: a two minute you're in hurry up offense. You're trying
Speaker 1: to score, put points on the board, try and come back.
Speaker 1: Four minute drills the opposite. You're trying to possess the football,
Speaker 1: grind the clock down, and salt a way of victory.
Speaker 1: So the Eagles have shown the ability to be able
Speaker 1: to do this before. We've seen them numerous times over
Speaker 1: the course of the last three years have success in
Speaker 1: the four minute drill. Ultimately, what I think is that
Speaker 1: it just comes down to being a good situational football team.
Speaker 1: And you hear that all the time. When you hear
Speaker 1: situational football, What does it mean all of these players
Speaker 1: are all guarding, you know, go into different situations, third down,
Speaker 1: red zone, backed up, first down run game, third down
Speaker 1: pass game. How are you able to do If you're
Speaker 1: able to win in situational football across the board, more
Speaker 1: often than not, it's going to result in w and
Speaker 1: the Eagles are able to do that today. Exactly what
Speaker 1: we thought today. All right, Mike Quick caught up with
Speaker 1: head coach Doug Peterson after the game. Let's hear from
Speaker 1: the coach and Nike. First of all, coach, congratulations on
Speaker 1: getting back into the win column. You know, many weeks
Speaker 1: you haven't gotten the league, but today you drew blood
Speaker 1: on the scoreboard. What was the difference? I think the
Speaker 1: mindset of the guys coming in here. You know, we
Speaker 1: had a lot of distraction probably in the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks, in particular this past week leading up to
Speaker 1: this game. And I really give a credit to our
Speaker 1: leadership of our football team, how they handled only themselves,
Speaker 1: but how they handled their team, the way they took
Speaker 1: ownership of a lot of things that were being said
Speaker 1: and kind of swirling around our team, and then coming
Speaker 1: out here and putting that type of performance up getting
Speaker 1: the lead. We talked about trying to start fast and
Speaker 1: get the lead and not play from behind, and we
Speaker 1: were capable of doing that today and it really really
Speaker 1: paid off. Made a difference. Speaking of your leadership, your
Speaker 1: quarterback seventeen to twenty four, and I thought it was
Speaker 1: one of his best games. His ability to run the
Speaker 1: ball when you needed him to run and the whole
Speaker 1: just talk about his performance and how much he gave
Speaker 1: you today. He played, he played, He played lights out today.
Speaker 1: You know, anytime you don't have to ask your quarterback
Speaker 1: I think in this league to throw it, you know,
Speaker 1: forty fifty times a game, then you can run the
Speaker 1: ball with success. It just it just helped you overall offense.
Speaker 1: It really helps your game. And he made some really
Speaker 1: good decisions in the passing game. It was a struggle
Speaker 1: there for probably the second in the fourth quarter, just
Speaker 1: going back into the win. But he just he made plays.
Speaker 1: He relied on his guys. His guys got open, they
Speaker 1: caught the ball in some tough elements. Proud of the
Speaker 1: way he played. Can you kind of lead me to
Speaker 1: my next question? Your running backs? I thought they were outstanding.
Speaker 1: Miles only got three carries, but very effective. But Jordan Howard,
Speaker 1: he was solid in Your offensive line moved the ball
Speaker 1: all day. I think is that what you really wanted
Speaker 1: to come into this game doing or is it you
Speaker 1: felt like you could move the flat? Yeah, we feel
Speaker 1: like we got a really good offensive line. Number one.
Speaker 1: You know, they worked hard in practice. We felt like,
Speaker 1: you know, Jordan Howard could take advantage. It was gonna
Speaker 1: be a downhill style kind of again the trenches type
Speaker 1: of a run game with the amount of speed to
Speaker 1: have on defense. And it's a good defense. It's a
Speaker 1: big it's a big defense. They're athletic, they can run
Speaker 1: around these two safeties. Player and hide are aggressive and
Speaker 1: they're around the ball a lot. And I just get
Speaker 1: my hats off the offensive line. They really took it
Speaker 1: upon themself, you know, even as a play caller, just
Speaker 1: being able to come back and dialing up run after run.
Speaker 1: Um kind of settled in. I thought, again, Jordan, Jordan's
Speaker 1: the type of back that we we expected. Uh and uh,
Speaker 1: he had an outstanding game today. How proud of you?
Speaker 1: And I think you have to be awfully proud when
Speaker 1: you look at this team only give a fifteen yard
Speaker 1: or they gave up only fifteen points per game coming
Speaker 1: into this game. You score thirty one points on them. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's a great defense. Um and uh, you know, sometimes
Speaker 1: sometimes our players are are sort of oblivious to some
Speaker 1: of those stats and our records. We just got to
Speaker 1: go play and and that's that's kind of what they
Speaker 1: did today. They put a lot of distraction behind them
Speaker 1: m focused on their job, played for for sixty minutes,
Speaker 1: minutes our word was finished. We needed to finish better.
Speaker 1: Ye uh, and they did that today. I have to
Speaker 1: ask you this one question. We go on the defensive side,
Speaker 1: three of your four man rotation at defensive tap, there
Speaker 1: are guys who are practice squads last week. How big
Speaker 1: was that the performance that those guys gave me? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, I'll go back and watch the tape in
Speaker 1: the morning and and and get a better evaluation of that.
Speaker 1: But just having those bigger bodies, having those guys in
Speaker 1: there and allows Fletcher to get some rest during the
Speaker 1: course of the game, keep him healthy. And I thought,
Speaker 1: initially just thinking back, that they really stepped up and
Speaker 1: did a nice job today and it's something that we
Speaker 1: can build up. Thanks coach, Thanks Quat all right, great
Speaker 1: stuff there from Mike and head coach Doug Peterson. Mike
Speaker 1: bringing up something that I meant to mention a while ago,
Speaker 1: and I forgot. This was a Buffalo defense at a
Speaker 1: looted fifteen point two yards per game. The Eagles scored
Speaker 1: thirty one, so doubling that coach talked earlier this week
Speaker 1: about going back to basics with the offense and kind
Speaker 1: of just getting rid of some of that mental clutter
Speaker 1: for the guys and just you also talked in that
Speaker 1: interview about how he was able to really call the
Speaker 1: game the way he wanted to because things were working
Speaker 1: so well. How did you see the offense kind of
Speaker 1: maybe scaling back but still being even more efficient. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think ultimately the big thing is having having success
Speaker 1: on first and second down allows you to stay on
Speaker 1: track with your game plan. Everybody you hear the saying
Speaker 1: all the time, stay on schedule. As an offense, that
Speaker 1: allows the court, the coach, or the play caller to
Speaker 1: be able to stay on schedule with calling plays, being
Speaker 1: able to rack up things. From a situational standpoint, there
Speaker 1: are several plays today that I thought that the Eagles
Speaker 1: had the right play dialed up at the right time
Speaker 1: against the right defense. And that's what happens when you
Speaker 1: have first and second down success. And I think more importantly,
Speaker 1: when you go on the road, you got to take
Speaker 1: care of the football, no turnovers to day, and penalties
Speaker 1: had to be minimal and they only had four penalties
Speaker 1: a day. If you think back to the eagles four losses,
Speaker 1: you look at those games it's penalties and turnover self
Speaker 1: inflictive wounds where they can't get out of their own way.
Speaker 1: They didn't have any of that today. They really played
Speaker 1: a clean game today. Fran talked about the running game,
Speaker 1: being able to stay ahead of the sticks. That allows
Speaker 1: when you get the third and four, third and three,
Speaker 1: you're not gonna have to basically put stress on your
Speaker 1: offense to throw up there in those conditions like they
Speaker 1: were today in Buffalo. Just a real nice job of
Speaker 1: this offense having a clean game, playing a clean game,
Speaker 1: and typically when they play this way, they come out victorious.
Speaker 1: If you look at the four wins that they've had
Speaker 1: where they're able to put up these type of points,
Speaker 1: they take care of football, the penalties are minimal, are minimized,
Speaker 1: and they don't have those plays in the game where
Speaker 1: they get behind the chains right where they hurt themselves.
Speaker 1: And through the first half of this season, that's really
Speaker 1: you can look at the four wins and the four
Speaker 1: losses and when you look into those details, I think
Speaker 1: that's what you're gonna find. You're gonna find that when
Speaker 1: they play a clean game, they're gonna come out victorious.
Speaker 1: But when they play a sloppy game and you have
Speaker 1: turnovers and penalties, it's very hard to overcome. They didn't
Speaker 1: get down by double digits today, which we know that's
Speaker 1: been an issue all year long. When they can play
Speaker 1: with the lead and they can play with confidence like
Speaker 1: they did today, this is the type of football team
Speaker 1: they can be well and with a couple of those penalties,
Speaker 1: things didn't get off the rails, and not with something
Speaker 1: that coach was looking to see this week, as hey,
Speaker 1: can we stay mentally and not when something happens get
Speaker 1: into that narrative of oh, here we go again, here
Speaker 1: we go again. And we really saw that resilience from
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Speaker 1: Graham fumble recover. The Eagles now only have to go
Speaker 1: a little bit to be able to get into scoring range.
Speaker 1: And that's where we're at here, low red zone. It's
Speaker 1: second and short, and the Eagles call a route concept,
Speaker 1: a couple of route concepts that they've shown in this
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Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard, he's gonna win one on one at the
Speaker 1: goal line, comes away with a touchdown in the middle
Speaker 1: of the field. Great designed by the Eagles coaching staff
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Speaker 1: at the end of the first half. Eagles goin eleven
Speaker 1: to seven with this two point conversion. Thank you, fran
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Speaker 1: the adversity game in and game out, he plays through
Speaker 1: the whistle until the clock hits zero zero zero, and
Speaker 1: I love to see him coming up and making a
Speaker 1: game changing play for the Eagles today. I agree, it'd
Speaker 1: be hard not to vote for Brandon in the type
Speaker 1: of game that he had to day. But when I
Speaker 1: look at this game, Amy, it's hard not to vote
Speaker 1: for that offensive line, that run game though. Yeah, two
Speaker 1: hundred yards rushing. I'm surprised Jordan Howard's not one of
Speaker 1: our Toyota Players nominees. But I would have to go
Speaker 1: with the old line. Yeah, despite the ESPN issue best
Speaker 1: best rushing performance under coach Doug Peterson and against a
Speaker 1: really good, really good deep Julie good Bill's defense, which, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's pretty cool. That they got good things going in
Speaker 1: Buffalo makes the games a lot better. All Right, we
Speaker 1: talk about moving on from this one. We're going to
Speaker 1: relish this for at least another twenty four but next week,
Speaker 1: of course, we will be back here as the Eagles
Speaker 1: get to come home, which I finally, we're excited. I
Speaker 1: know they're excited. They're going to be welcoming the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 1: The Bears now three and four. They lost to the
Speaker 1: Chargers today. It was a pretty ugly lost, seventeen to sixteen.
Speaker 1: Mister field goal with a chance to win it. I
Speaker 1: know that that's probably a little triggering for them field
Speaker 1: field goals in this one, but yeah, it just continues
Speaker 1: to be their achilles hell. What do you initial thoughts
Speaker 1: about the matchup here with the Bears, Well, a lot
Speaker 1: like this with Buffalo, except it will be at home Chicago.
Speaker 1: You know, it's very difficult to put points on the
Speaker 1: board against that defense. But coming off another heartbreaking lass
Speaker 1: at home due to special teams, it'd be interesting to
Speaker 1: see where does Chicago Bears team is at mentally. You know,
Speaker 1: you got two teams really kind of going in the
Speaker 1: opposite direction here. Eagles found their mojo today. They get
Speaker 1: to come back home coming off a big road victory.
Speaker 1: Chicago will be coming in here next week facing this
Speaker 1: Eagles team just coming off of a big victory at home,
Speaker 1: getting to play their first ROLD game, and that's a
Speaker 1: deflating loss that they had to day to the Chicago
Speaker 1: but I mean to the LA Chargers. Wow, Okay, so
Speaker 1: they out gain yeah the Chargers three eighty eight to
Speaker 1: two thirty one and still get the loss. Two turners
Speaker 1: rushing tell you, and yeah, wow wow, they absolutely crushed
Speaker 1: them on the on the offense, but yeah, two turnovers
Speaker 1: dominated time of possession turnovers and them a couple of
Speaker 1: missfield goals, and you will put an l in the
Speaker 1: call of a great good chancefer the Eagles to get
Speaker 1: an NFC win as well, big wins they need one too,
Speaker 1: you know, when you start looking at the conference tiebreakers
Speaker 1: things of that nature. The Eagles, I think all four
Speaker 1: of their losses have been to NFC teams, So be
Speaker 1: nice to get a victory in the conference against a
Speaker 1: team that you know, I mean, Chicago season isn't overweight yet,
Speaker 1: but you got a chance to put them in a
Speaker 1: difficult position, and especially having a tiebreaker over them, I
Speaker 1: gotta get this one. Yeah, And we got the sence
Speaker 1: last year, at least I did with Chicago that this
Speaker 1: was a team that wasn't quite there but had kind
Speaker 1: of everything in place, and that that lost to the
Speaker 1: Eagles in the playoffs to kind of eliminate them almost
Speaker 1: was going to be that galvanizing moment for them. You know,
Speaker 1: they were young, they were a little inexperience, but that
Speaker 1: was going to be the moment that you now you
Speaker 1: see a veteran team that has this experience, and that's
Speaker 1: not what we've seen from them this year. But they
Speaker 1: definitely have that potential struggles at the quarterback position with
Speaker 1: Mitch Trubisky just coming back, but that's really their their
Speaker 1: biggest issue. Their defense is good enough to keep them
Speaker 1: in game. They're gonna be in just about every game
Speaker 1: because they don't give up a ton of points, but
Speaker 1: their offense has been ineffective. The quarterback has struggled to
Speaker 1: poot points on the board. So you know, let's keep
Speaker 1: it that way next week. Yeah, Well, the Eagles can
Speaker 1: build on this win over Buffalo as they look to
Speaker 1: welcome Chicago next week. Of course, we will be right
Speaker 1: back here thirty minutes before kickoff. Friend Duffy will be
Speaker 1: joining me for the kickoff show, and then, as always,
Speaker 1: when it's all over, we're gonna we're gonna wrap it
Speaker 1: all up with the postgame show. As always, Hey, have
Speaker 1: a great week everyone. The Eagles got the w We
Speaker 1: have plenty to celebrate, but we're looking to head to Chicago.
Speaker 1: We'll see you next week.