WEBVTT - Eagles 360: November 2 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:24.800 Hi, everybody, and welcome to Eagles for his sixty Dave 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:27.159 Spidero and Mike Quick back for a second week. We 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:30.320 didn't scare him off after Troocky appearance last week. We've 0:00:30.320 --> 0:00:32.240 got a lot to get you on the show today. 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:35.920 First one asking Mike tough game on Sunday night in Dallas. 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:38.519 What did you take away from that loss? You know 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:41.839 what I took away that this is a good football team. 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:44.080 I don't think many people expected this team to go 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:46.360 down to Dallas and play as well as they played. Well. 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:48.559 I thought they played great, and it's a game that 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:52.319 they everyone knows they should have could have won. They 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:54.639 didn't win the game, but I was impressed with how 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:57.120 well they played, how well they fought all the way 0:00:57.120 --> 0:00:59.720 down to the end. And we know that many of 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:02.040 these games are going to come down to the last possession, 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:04.680 and in that last possession, there are just some things 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:06.840 that didn't go well and that's the reason why they 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:08.840 lost the game. But I was really impressed with the 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:10.679 way they played. Andy went toe to toe with a 0:01:10.720 --> 0:01:13.040 team that everybody kind of figures is the best team 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:15.440 in the NFL and the NFC right now. Yes, sorry, 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:18.039 New England Patriots and the Eagles. Really, we're in position 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:19.800 to win the game. You gonna learn to close things out. 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:23.000 So we're looking at the New York Giants though. But first, today, 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:26.080 Doug Peterson and many others had press conferences. Let's get 0:01:26.080 --> 0:01:28.520 you caught up on everything happening with his football team, 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.680 including the very latest on Josh Huff. Our Eagles three 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:35.120 sixty update with Alex Smith. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:37.800 here with your three sixty update. Well. As the Eagles 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:40.320 get set for Sunday's game in New York, some off 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:42.880 the field news had to be addressed by the team today, 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.960 as reports service on Tuesday that wide receiver Josh Huff 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:48.360 was involved in an incident on the Walt Whitman Bridge. 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:50.760 Today we heard from head coach Doug Peterson and from 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:55.240 Huff himself responding to those reports. It's not what you 0:01:55.320 --> 0:02:00.600 want on a player day off to see happen. He 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:06.400 and I spoke about it privately, and um, you know, 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.000 it's uh, it's it's one of the things I talk 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:11.640 about all the time with players. You know, you just 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:14.800 try to eliminate distractions. And I made a terrible defision yesterday, 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:19.000 and I mean I can't get into details about anything, 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:22.920 but I'm already apologized to my teammateson to mister Larry 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:27.799 an entire Eagles organization about my action yesterday. Meanwhile, switching 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.000 back to news on the field, the Eagles have had 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:33.480 some trouble and closing out close games this season. Today, 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:35.480 be heard from some of the players on what needs 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:38.560 to change to come out victorious in those tight games. 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:41.519 You don't just show up on Sunday and all of 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:44.040 a sudden think you're gonna finish the game. It's it's 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:47.200 the way you go about everything, whether it be your meetings, 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:51.320 your practices, your drills, your lifts, um, you got to 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:55.000 finish everything. And and it's got to be um, you know, 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:59.799 a lifestyle. And I think this team understands what it takes. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.600 I think just in those moments, everybody's to really lock 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.680 in on what their main job is, you know. I 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:09.000 think sometimes it's in a then when you think you've 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:12.280 got the game under control, everybody kind of, you know, 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:14.840 takes that deep breath and then that's when you slip up. 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:17.200 You know, it just comes with trial and error. You know, 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:21.000 obviously it's frustrating. We just gotta excut down down the wire. 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:22.840 You know, it's pretty plain and simple. We can't turn 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:24.720 the ball over and we just got to execute laden games. 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:26.960 And I think we'll be fine once you start doing that. 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:30.600 And finally we'll close with a quick injury update. Left 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:33.359 guard Alan Barber did not practice today. He is still 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:36.880 week to week according to coach Peterson. Meanwhile, defensive tackle 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:40.080 Benny Logan did practice in a limited fashion today. You 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:42.200 can stay right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com and 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.600 the official Eagles mobile app for a complete injury update 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:49.600 and with your three sixty update. I'm Alex Smith. Thank 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:52.200 you so much. Alex. A lot to get to on 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.120 this three sixty. Today, in a bit we'll get our 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:58.320 first look at the New York Giants. We'll go behind 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:01.680 the scenes with our behind lines, and when we return 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:05.520 to Eagles three sixties, some stats and numbers, our next 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:07.360 gen stats coming up. You won't want to miss it. 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:09.480 We'll be back in just a moment on Eagles three sixty. 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:17.520 I sept to Philly. I sept to Philly. The bus, 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:22.080 the trolley, the train, Jefferson Station, Airport, Long sixty nine Street, 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:26.160 Broad Street to the game. He all the sher and 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:30.120 Hill Chestnut Hill Regional Rail. I scept to Philly the 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:33.680 Broad Street Line on game days. 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Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:05.440 and welcome back to another edition of Stats Only, where 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:08.040 every week we go inside some of the biggest plays 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.440 from the Eagles' latest game. And as we go back 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:13.039 and look at the matchup against the Dallas Cowboys. Will 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:16.120 start today by looking at the opening kickoff, which helped 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.159 set an early physical tone for the Eagles and nearly 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:21.599 created a turnover on the first play of the game. 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:26.120 Dallas's Lucky Whitehead can be a dangerous returner, but the 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:29.200 Eagles made sure he had nowhere to run on Sunday night. 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.560 The Eagle's charge was led by Michael Kendricks and Terrence Brooks, 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:35.560 who combined to force a fumble that Whitehead was fortunate 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:38.400 enough to recover. Kendricks reached the top speed of twenty 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:41.000 one point one seven miles per hour on the play, 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:44.279 while Brooks peaked at twenty one point seven miles per hour. 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:48.239 The duo created a combined force of five hundred eighty 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:51.120 four point one three Newton's on the play, and for 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:52.719 those of you who are a little bit rusty with 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:56.279 your physics, that's enough force to accelerate a one hundred 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:59.000 and the eighties town object in this case Whitehead up 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:02.360 to sixteen miles per hour per second. So it's no 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:05.000 surprise that the Eagles were able to force the ball 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:09.039 out thanks to the big hit. Switching over to the 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:12.240 defensive side of the ball, linebacker Jordan Hicks seems to 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:15.040 have a knack for making big plays in Dallas, and 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:19.520 his end zone interception was yet another example. With the 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:23.120 Cowboys driving deep into Eagles territory late in the second quarter, 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:25.800 Hicks stepped up and made his biggest play of the night, 0:07:26.000 --> 0:07:29.080 intercepting Dak Prescott in the end zone. For Hicks, the 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:32.080 interception was his second pick in Dallas in his last 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:35.480 two games played at at and T Stadium. Hicks used 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:38.600 his combination of size and athleticism to make the play, 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:42.520 as his eight foot reach and thirty eight inch vertical 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:45.040 leap helped him easily pick the ball out of the air. 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:48.200 Hicks had a very strong game overall, traveling a total 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:52.240 of twelve hundred and sixty five yards on eighty three snaps, 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:55.880 reaching a top speed of seventeen point eight eight miles 0:07:55.880 --> 0:08:00.360 per hour. And finally, we'll focus in on kick or 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:03.760 Caleb Sturgis, who is very quietly having the best year 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:08.560 of his NFL career and his second season here in Philadelphia. 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:12.560 Sturgis has been consistent throughout the season, missing just one 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:16.160 field goal in eighteen attempts. Sunday's game may have been 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:19.160 his best performance yet as an Eagle. He connected on 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:22.960 three field goal attempts, including a career long fifty five yarder, 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:26.120 And if you add up all of Sturgis's kicks from kickoffs, 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:29.280 to field goals and extra points, Sturgis drilled the ball 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:32.440 a combined five hundred and seventy eight yards in the game, 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:36.280 resulting in five touchbacks and just one return, while also 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:42.240 putting eleven points on the board for the Eagles. So 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:44.200 that will wrap things up for this week's edition of 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.880 Stats Only. We'll see you back here next week on 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.360 Philadelphia Eagles dot Com and the official Eagles Mobile app. 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.520 Once again, thanks so much, Alex. And we're talking a 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.200 little defense here, Mike um I thought the Eagles defense 0:08:56.360 --> 0:09:00.080 really acquitted itself well. On Sunday, we'll talk about the 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:04.440 matchup against the Giants. Particularly the linebackers are stepping up here, yeah, 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:06.640 and they have to. You know, this is a defense 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:08.880 where of course the front four they're going to go 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:10.760 up the field all the time, and they're going to 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:14.000 leave spaces and it's up to the linebackers and then 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:16.160 the safety that comes down in the bucks to field 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:19.040 those gaps and everybody in a gap. It makes this 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:23.160 defense work. So the Eagles, the defense better work really 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.440 well on Sunday. 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I 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:49.640 love these games like the Redskins and the Giants where 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:53.120 it's right up and down down ninety five quarter. They're 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:55.280 the best games. You know a lot of these guys 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:57.959 from the offseason, You have relationships with a lot of 0:11:58.000 --> 0:11:59.959 these guys, and to me, it just makes the right 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:02.600 read that much better, that much sweeter when you're able 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:05.480 to especially go there and get a win. Yeah, a 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.520 win would be so huge for the Eagles, who need 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:10.600 this game to reach the five and three mark at 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:13.200 the halfway point of the season. Our first look now 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.560 at the New York Giants, and we start at the 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:19.400 quarterback position. Carson Wentz Mike talk about his progress, and 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:23.320 then Eli Manning continuing to play at a high level, 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:26.280 although he will be quite a target for Jim Schwartz. 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:28.960 You know, I think that Carson Wentz when you're watch 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:31.240 him play now, you almost forget that he's a rookie 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:34.199 because he plays so well. He plays like a veteran, 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:37.760 he handles himself like a veteran, and the way he 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.200 runs the offense. Just to watch this guy on a 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:42.920 day to day basis he doesn't seem like a rookie 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:46.640 at all and so impressive, and looking at the New 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:49.480 York Giants and their quarterback, I think it's one of 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:52.840 these situations where, like the Minnesota Vikings, you know where 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:54.920 Eli is gonna be. Eli doesn't take a lot of 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:57.800 sacks because he's gonna throw the ball away, but he's 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:01.080 gonna give you some opportunities, especially when the pressure around him. 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:04.240 He's not good with pressure. He's not good against the blitz, 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.959 so he's gonna throw the ball up at times and 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:09.640 give opportunities for the secondary to get picks to turn 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.679 the football over. And that's a good thing because the 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:16.240 way Swartz is able to attack offenses and quarterbacks, I 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:18.719 think it's gonna really work in the Eagles favor in 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.400 this game. On Sunday, Mike, for those who might not 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:23.400 know it, what does this mean when Kurson gets up 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:26.120 to the line Scammerson, what does it mean? It means 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.760 he's got a big chess. It's a signal, right if 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:31.760 he's killing a play to an audible. So I think 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:34.240 sometimes you can use that as a dummy audible, but 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:36.360 I think most often to cost him when he does 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:38.880 this he's breaking the play that's called in the huddle, 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:41.160 and he's getting the team into a better play, a 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.720 good play. And you see the veteran quarterbacks throughout the 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.640 National Football League do this. Whether it's kill kill, you'll 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.920 hear something's a kill kill, or they're different codes for 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:53.720 killing the play that's initially called and getting the team 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:55.920 into a better play. All right, running game here, Mike, 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:57.840 the New York Giants, they just don't run the football. 0:13:57.840 --> 0:14:00.560 For Sean Jennings two point seven yards per carry. We 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:03.079 don't know on the Eagles side, who's going to run 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:05.960 the football. Darren sprowls a big game against the Cowboys, 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:09.800 what can you reasonably expect in terms of his energy level, 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:12.800 his touches moving forward here? Well, I think it's not 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:15.760 a bad thing that we don't know who the running 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:18.160 back is going to be of the day. And Deuce 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:20.240 Staley is a running backs coach and he likes to 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:22.600 mix those things up. So for the New York Giants, 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.760 they have the same question that you have. So they're 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.440 not sure if it's gonna be Ryan Matthews's, if it's 0:14:27.480 --> 0:14:29.560 going to be a heavy dose of Darren Sprows, or 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:32.520 is it gonna be Windells Smallwood. They've got four backs 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:35.480 and they have to decide which of these backs. But 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:38.640 I think that you're able to mix things up, but 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:41.600 you cannot. In my mind, you really have to start 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.160 to feature a one guy and mixing it up from 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:46.960 week to week. It will confuse the other side. But 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.560 I think you lose a little bit of continuity within 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:51.640 your offense when you have to do that all the time. 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:54.440 Do you believe that the Giants are a one dimensional 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:56.600 offense at this point, and maybe that plays into the 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:59.880 favor of Eagles. They're not a good running football team. 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.480 The Giants are strong when they're throwing the ball when 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:04.560 they have time to throw the football, and you're getting 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:06.800 the ball to those targets that they have on the outside. 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:10.239 Victor Cruz is back, the rookie seems to be outstanding. 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:13.560 He's targeted more than any rookie wide receiver in the 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:17.040 National Football League. And of course they've got Odell Beckham Junior, 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.000 who's one of the top receivers in the league. He 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.520 can do so many things. So that's the strength of 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:24.960 what they do. So if you're able to eliminate that 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:28.120 or at least put a muzzle on that and force 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:30.560 Eli to do something else with the football, then the 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:33.560 Eagle stand a real strong chance of winning this football game. Mike, 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:38.040 the Eagles wide receivers have not been productive enough. Maybe 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:40.000 that's a fair thing to say. They certainly want more 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:42.160 production out of them. True, what do you see from 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:45.200 that group. They have to be better. It's plaining simple. 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.560 They have to be better. They can be better. And 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:51.560 to me, drop passes are just a matter of concentration. 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.560 It's watched the ball into your hands. It's as simple 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:56.480 as that. You got to watch the ball and you 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:58.920 can't be concerned about run after the catch when you've 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:01.760 dropped this many passes. It's all about making the catch. 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:04.520 Even if I fall down where I catch the football, 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:07.120 at least I'm doing my job. I'm getting to the 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:10.040 football and making the catch. Too many times, the wide 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.840 receivers are dropping too many balls and it has an effect. 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.640 They have to be able to win on the outside 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:18.440 man coverage against the Giants, and the Giants have very 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:23.080 good cover corners Donors Jenkins on the outside. They drafted 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:26.680 Eli Apple and Dominic Rogers. Cormarty. We know that guy 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:28.720 because he was here for a while. All of these 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.760 guys are very good man cover guys. They have to 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:35.280 be able to beat those guys in man coverage. If 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:37.320 you can't do that in this league, you can't play 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:40.640 and Landon Collins, a big playmaker at the safety position. 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:42.440 The Eagles must get the ball to the tight end 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.160 as well. Zach Ertz a couple of catches, but really 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:49.480 nothing down the field for Zach why. I think it's 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:53.720 port designed and you have to get the quarterback comfortable 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:56.160 with throwing the football down the field. And part of 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:58.920 it is this horizontal stretching that we're seeing a lot of. 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:02.280 But there has to be more emphasis on vertically stretching 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:06.199 the defense and opening up because right now, defenses are 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:08.680 able to shorten the field, they're able to play down 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:11.679 and because they're not threatened over to top. You got 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:13.240 to get a little bit more of that going on, 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:16.080 even if they're not completion's day. If you're able to 0:17:16.240 --> 0:17:18.920 threaten down the field, it opens up your defense. It 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:22.639 opens up everything for the offense, for that inside receiver 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:24.879 that you talked about, the Zach Hurtz. It opens up 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.640 running lanes for your running backs. That has a big 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:30.560 effect on the defense if they're concerned about the deep 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:32.800 ball and we'll see. Doug Peterson when he was in 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:36.000 studio on Tuesday said that he wants to throw the 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:38.159 ball down down the field more so we'll see if 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:40.359 that if he has the opportunity to do so. A 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:43.760 matchup to watch on Sunday the right tackle for the 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:48.399 Philadelphia Eagles Hulla Polo Vadi Vitai and Jason Pierre Paul. 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:52.600 How has Vitai played? How is that matchup? I think 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:56.200 since the very first game where Vitai had to go 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:59.880 in and start, he's miles away from that. He played 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:01.639 so much better in the last two games, and in 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:05.080 particularly against Dallas Cowboys, he played extremely well. There might 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:07.480 have been one or two plays where he was beaten, 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:10.720 but he showed his athleticism getting on the outside and 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.720 getting perimeter blocks to the second level. He showed his 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:17.040 strength and power and holding up and pass protection. And 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:20.159 in the run game he looks so much but he 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:22.919 looked completely different now and I think it's a big 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:25.760 confidence fact that he's a little more confident now. He's 0:18:25.760 --> 0:18:28.479 settled in now and he feels like he belongs now, 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:31.719 and that's really really encouraging because the Eagles, looking at 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:35.320 two reserve starters this week, with Wiznowski at left guard 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:38.600 and with Vitai the rookie replacing Lane Johnson at the 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:41.479 right tackle position. 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Hello everyone, I'm 0:20:59.240 --> 0:21:03.120 Chris mcpeer and welcome to Behind Enemy Alliance presented by Gator. 0:21:03.200 --> 0:21:06.560 Right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. The Eagles travel 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:09.080 up north to MetLife Stadium to take on the New 0:21:09.160 --> 0:21:12.600 York Football Giants. This Sunday. It's the last road Division 0:21:12.680 --> 0:21:15.320 game for the Eagles in twenty sixteen. They need to 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:17.639 get a win. And to preview the matchup, we bring 0:21:17.720 --> 0:21:20.120 in a man who is an institution when it comes 0:21:20.160 --> 0:21:23.120 to covering the Giants, and that's Michael Eisen from Giants 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:25.960 dot Com. Michael, my first question for you is this. 0:21:26.280 --> 0:21:28.639 The Giants have struggled to run the football this season, 0:21:28.920 --> 0:21:31.680 ranked last in the league in that category. So have 0:21:31.800 --> 0:21:35.400 they gotten enough good play from Eli Manning to offset 0:21:35.480 --> 0:21:37.640 that on the Giants way to their four and three 0:21:37.680 --> 0:21:41.359 start to this point, Chris, Before I answer the question, 0:21:41.440 --> 0:21:43.879 I just want to say that in twenty eleven, we 0:21:44.040 --> 0:21:46.359 finished last in the league in rushing and we won 0:21:46.400 --> 0:21:49.040 the Super Bowl. So but to answer you a question, yes, 0:21:49.119 --> 0:21:51.400 I think Eli Manning has been playing well. He's really 0:21:51.720 --> 0:21:53.840 no different than he's been in any other season. It's 0:21:54.040 --> 0:21:58.160 your thirteen for Eli. He's actually has his highest completion 0:21:58.240 --> 0:22:02.880 percentage of his career right now. Now. He's a strong leader, 0:22:02.920 --> 0:22:05.400 he's a key team captain. Again, he's throwing the ball well. 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:09.520 Has he been perfect? No, I'm sure. Most notably, he'd 0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:11.360 like to have a couple of passes from the Washington 0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:15.960 game back, but Eli's playing well at late at age 0:22:16.000 --> 0:22:19.240 thirty five. Michael, not to harp on the rushing game, 0:22:19.320 --> 0:22:22.400 but Shane Vereen is injured. Rashad Jangs has struggled. He's 0:22:22.400 --> 0:22:25.240 had some injuries this season. Is there any hope in 0:22:25.320 --> 0:22:27.600 sight for the Giants rushing attack coming off the byeway? 0:22:28.600 --> 0:22:30.560