Speaker 1: Hi, everybody, and welcome to Eagles for his sixty Dave
Speaker 1: Spidero and Mike Quick back for a second week. We
Speaker 1: didn't scare him off after Troocky appearance last week. We've
Speaker 1: got a lot to get you on the show today.
Speaker 1: First one asking Mike tough game on Sunday night in Dallas.
Speaker 1: What did you take away from that loss? You know
Speaker 1: what I took away that this is a good football team.
Speaker 1: I don't think many people expected this team to go
Speaker 1: down to Dallas and play as well as they played. Well.
Speaker 1: I thought they played great, and it's a game that
Speaker 1: they everyone knows they should have could have won. They
Speaker 1: didn't win the game, but I was impressed with how
Speaker 1: well they played, how well they fought all the way
Speaker 1: down to the end. And we know that many of
Speaker 1: these games are going to come down to the last possession,
Speaker 1: and in that last possession, there are just some things
Speaker 1: that didn't go well and that's the reason why they
Speaker 1: lost the game. But I was really impressed with the
Speaker 1: way they played. Andy went toe to toe with a
Speaker 1: team that everybody kind of figures is the best team
Speaker 1: in the NFL and the NFC right now. Yes, sorry,
Speaker 1: New England Patriots and the Eagles. Really, we're in position
Speaker 1: to win the game. You gonna learn to close things out.
Speaker 1: So we're looking at the New York Giants though. But first, today,
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson and many others had press conferences. Let's get
Speaker 1: you caught up on everything happening with his football team,
Speaker 1: including the very latest on Josh Huff. Our Eagles three
Speaker 1: sixty update with Alex Smith. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith
Speaker 1: here with your three sixty update. Well. As the Eagles
Speaker 1: get set for Sunday's game in New York, some off
Speaker 1: the field news had to be addressed by the team today,
Speaker 1: as reports service on Tuesday that wide receiver Josh Huff
Speaker 1: was involved in an incident on the Walt Whitman Bridge.
Speaker 1: Today we heard from head coach Doug Peterson and from
Speaker 1: Huff himself responding to those reports. It's not what you
Speaker 1: want on a player day off to see happen. He
Speaker 1: and I spoke about it privately, and um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's uh, it's it's one of the things I talk
Speaker 1: about all the time with players. You know, you just
Speaker 1: try to eliminate distractions. And I made a terrible defision yesterday,
Speaker 1: and I mean I can't get into details about anything,
Speaker 1: but I'm already apologized to my teammateson to mister Larry
Speaker 1: an entire Eagles organization about my action yesterday. Meanwhile, switching
Speaker 1: back to news on the field, the Eagles have had
Speaker 1: some trouble and closing out close games this season. Today,
Speaker 1: be heard from some of the players on what needs
Speaker 1: to change to come out victorious in those tight games.
Speaker 1: You don't just show up on Sunday and all of
Speaker 1: a sudden think you're gonna finish the game. It's it's
Speaker 1: the way you go about everything, whether it be your meetings,
Speaker 1: your practices, your drills, your lifts, um, you got to
Speaker 1: finish everything. And and it's got to be um, you know,
Speaker 1: a lifestyle. And I think this team understands what it takes.
Speaker 1: I think just in those moments, everybody's to really lock
Speaker 1: in on what their main job is, you know. I
Speaker 1: think sometimes it's in a then when you think you've
Speaker 1: got the game under control, everybody kind of, you know,
Speaker 1: takes that deep breath and then that's when you slip up.
Speaker 1: You know, it just comes with trial and error. You know,
Speaker 1: obviously it's frustrating. We just gotta excut down down the wire.
Speaker 1: You know, it's pretty plain and simple. We can't turn
Speaker 1: the ball over and we just got to execute laden games.
Speaker 1: And I think we'll be fine once you start doing that.
Speaker 1: And finally we'll close with a quick injury update. Left
Speaker 1: guard Alan Barber did not practice today. He is still
Speaker 1: week to week according to coach Peterson. Meanwhile, defensive tackle
Speaker 1: Benny Logan did practice in a limited fashion today. You
Speaker 1: can stay right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com and
Speaker 1: the official Eagles mobile app for a complete injury update
Speaker 1: and with your three sixty update. I'm Alex Smith. Thank
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Speaker 1: loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith
Speaker 1: and welcome back to another edition of Stats Only, where
Speaker 1: every week we go inside some of the biggest plays
Speaker 1: from the Eagles' latest game. And as we go back
Speaker 1: and look at the matchup against the Dallas Cowboys. Will
Speaker 1: start today by looking at the opening kickoff, which helped
Speaker 1: set an early physical tone for the Eagles and nearly
Speaker 1: created a turnover on the first play of the game.
Speaker 1: Dallas's Lucky Whitehead can be a dangerous returner, but the
Speaker 1: Eagles made sure he had nowhere to run on Sunday night.
Speaker 1: The Eagle's charge was led by Michael Kendricks and Terrence Brooks,
Speaker 1: who combined to force a fumble that Whitehead was fortunate
Speaker 1: enough to recover. Kendricks reached the top speed of twenty
Speaker 1: one point one seven miles per hour on the play,
Speaker 1: while Brooks peaked at twenty one point seven miles per hour.
Speaker 1: The duo created a combined force of five hundred eighty
Speaker 1: four point one three Newton's on the play, and for
Speaker 1: those of you who are a little bit rusty with
Speaker 1: your physics, that's enough force to accelerate a one hundred
Speaker 1: and the eighties town object in this case Whitehead up
Speaker 1: to sixteen miles per hour per second. So it's no
Speaker 1: surprise that the Eagles were able to force the ball
Speaker 1: out thanks to the big hit. Switching over to the
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball, linebacker Jordan Hicks seems to
Speaker 1: have a knack for making big plays in Dallas, and
Speaker 1: his end zone interception was yet another example. With the
Speaker 1: Cowboys driving deep into Eagles territory late in the second quarter,
Speaker 1: Hicks stepped up and made his biggest play of the night,
Speaker 1: intercepting Dak Prescott in the end zone. For Hicks, the
Speaker 1: interception was his second pick in Dallas in his last
Speaker 1: two games played at at and T Stadium. Hicks used
Speaker 1: his combination of size and athleticism to make the play,
Speaker 1: as his eight foot reach and thirty eight inch vertical
Speaker 1: leap helped him easily pick the ball out of the air.
Speaker 1: Hicks had a very strong game overall, traveling a total
Speaker 1: of twelve hundred and sixty five yards on eighty three snaps,
Speaker 1: reaching a top speed of seventeen point eight eight miles
Speaker 1: per hour. And finally, we'll focus in on kick or
Speaker 1: Caleb Sturgis, who is very quietly having the best year
Speaker 1: of his NFL career and his second season here in Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: Sturgis has been consistent throughout the season, missing just one
Speaker 1: field goal in eighteen attempts. Sunday's game may have been
Speaker 1: his best performance yet as an Eagle. He connected on
Speaker 1: three field goal attempts, including a career long fifty five yarder,
Speaker 1: And if you add up all of Sturgis's kicks from kickoffs,
Speaker 1: to field goals and extra points, Sturgis drilled the ball
Speaker 1: a combined five hundred and seventy eight yards in the game,
Speaker 1: resulting in five touchbacks and just one return, while also
Speaker 1: putting eleven points on the board for the Eagles. So
Speaker 1: that will wrap things up for this week's edition of
Speaker 1: Stats Only. We'll see you back here next week on
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles dot Com and the official Eagles Mobile app.
Speaker 1: Once again, thanks so much, Alex. And we're talking a
Speaker 1: little defense here, Mike um I thought the Eagles defense
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Speaker 1: matchup against the Giants. Particularly the linebackers are stepping up here, yeah,
Speaker 1: and they have to. You know, this is a defense
Speaker 1: where of course the front four they're going to go
Speaker 1: up the field all the time, and they're going to
Speaker 1: leave spaces and it's up to the linebackers and then
Speaker 1: the safety that comes down in the bucks to field
Speaker 1: those gaps and everybody in a gap. It makes this
Speaker 1: defense work. So the Eagles, the defense better work really
Speaker 1: well on Sunday. The New York Giants have one of
Speaker 1: the most explosive offenses in the National Football League. When
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Speaker 1: Road Trip up the Turnpike this week Mike the New
Speaker 1: York Giants, How would you like the rivalry when you played.
Speaker 1: That's always a good tripping. I love those rivalries. I
Speaker 1: love these games like the Redskins and the Giants where
Speaker 1: it's right up and down down ninety five quarter. They're
Speaker 1: the best games. You know a lot of these guys
Speaker 1: from the offseason, You have relationships with a lot of
Speaker 1: these guys, and to me, it just makes the right
Speaker 1: read that much better, that much sweeter when you're able
Speaker 1: to especially go there and get a win. Yeah, a
Speaker 1: win would be so huge for the Eagles, who need
Speaker 1: this game to reach the five and three mark at
Speaker 1: the halfway point of the season. Our first look now
Speaker 1: at the New York Giants, and we start at the
Speaker 1: quarterback position. Carson Wentz Mike talk about his progress, and
Speaker 1: then Eli Manning continuing to play at a high level,
Speaker 1: although he will be quite a target for Jim Schwartz.
Speaker 1: You know, I think that Carson Wentz when you're watch
Speaker 1: him play now, you almost forget that he's a rookie
Speaker 1: because he plays so well. He plays like a veteran,
Speaker 1: he handles himself like a veteran, and the way he
Speaker 1: runs the offense. Just to watch this guy on a
Speaker 1: day to day basis he doesn't seem like a rookie
Speaker 1: at all and so impressive, and looking at the New
Speaker 1: York Giants and their quarterback, I think it's one of
Speaker 1: these situations where, like the Minnesota Vikings, you know where
Speaker 1: Eli is gonna be. Eli doesn't take a lot of
Speaker 1: sacks because he's gonna throw the ball away, but he's
Speaker 1: gonna give you some opportunities, especially when the pressure around him.
Speaker 1: He's not good with pressure. He's not good against the blitz,
Speaker 1: so he's gonna throw the ball up at times and
Speaker 1: give opportunities for the secondary to get picks to turn
Speaker 1: the football over. And that's a good thing because the
Speaker 1: way Swartz is able to attack offenses and quarterbacks, I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna really work in the Eagles favor in
Speaker 1: this game. On Sunday, Mike, for those who might not
Speaker 1: know it, what does this mean when Kurson gets up
Speaker 1: to the line Scammerson, what does it mean? It means
Speaker 1: he's got a big chess. It's a signal, right if
Speaker 1: he's killing a play to an audible. So I think
Speaker 1: sometimes you can use that as a dummy audible, but
Speaker 1: I think most often to cost him when he does
Speaker 1: this he's breaking the play that's called in the huddle,
Speaker 1: and he's getting the team into a better play, a
Speaker 1: good play. And you see the veteran quarterbacks throughout the
Speaker 1: National Football League do this. Whether it's kill kill, you'll
Speaker 1: hear something's a kill kill, or they're different codes for
Speaker 1: killing the play that's initially called and getting the team
Speaker 1: into a better play. All right, running game here, Mike,
Speaker 1: the New York Giants, they just don't run the football.
Speaker 1: For Sean Jennings two point seven yards per carry. We
Speaker 1: don't know on the Eagles side, who's going to run
Speaker 1: the football. Darren sprowls a big game against the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: what can you reasonably expect in terms of his energy level,
Speaker 1: his touches moving forward here? Well, I think it's not
Speaker 1: a bad thing that we don't know who the running
Speaker 1: back is going to be of the day. And Deuce
Speaker 1: Staley is a running backs coach and he likes to
Speaker 1: mix those things up. So for the New York Giants,
Speaker 1: they have the same question that you have. So they're
Speaker 1: not sure if it's gonna be Ryan Matthews's, if it's
Speaker 1: going to be a heavy dose of Darren Sprows, or
Speaker 1: is it gonna be Windells Smallwood. They've got four backs
Speaker 1: and they have to decide which of these backs. But
Speaker 1: I think that you're able to mix things up, but
Speaker 1: you cannot. In my mind, you really have to start
Speaker 1: to feature a one guy and mixing it up from
Speaker 1: week to week. It will confuse the other side. But
Speaker 1: I think you lose a little bit of continuity within
Speaker 1: your offense when you have to do that all the time.
Speaker 1: Do you believe that the Giants are a one dimensional
Speaker 1: offense at this point, and maybe that plays into the
Speaker 1: favor of Eagles. They're not a good running football team.
Speaker 1: The Giants are strong when they're throwing the ball when
Speaker 1: they have time to throw the football, and you're getting
Speaker 1: the ball to those targets that they have on the outside.
Speaker 1: Victor Cruz is back, the rookie seems to be outstanding.
Speaker 1: He's targeted more than any rookie wide receiver in the
Speaker 1: National Football League. And of course they've got Odell Beckham Junior,
Speaker 1: who's one of the top receivers in the league. He
Speaker 1: can do so many things. So that's the strength of
Speaker 1: what they do. So if you're able to eliminate that
Speaker 1: or at least put a muzzle on that and force
Speaker 1: Eli to do something else with the football, then the
Speaker 1: Eagle stand a real strong chance of winning this football game. Mike,
Speaker 1: the Eagles wide receivers have not been productive enough. Maybe
Speaker 1: that's a fair thing to say. They certainly want more
Speaker 1: production out of them. True, what do you see from
Speaker 1: that group. They have to be better. It's plaining simple.
Speaker 1: They have to be better. They can be better. And
Speaker 1: to me, drop passes are just a matter of concentration.
Speaker 1: It's watched the ball into your hands. It's as simple
Speaker 1: as that. You got to watch the ball and you
Speaker 1: can't be concerned about run after the catch when you've
Speaker 1: dropped this many passes. It's all about making the catch.
Speaker 1: Even if I fall down where I catch the football,
Speaker 1: at least I'm doing my job. I'm getting to the
Speaker 1: football and making the catch. Too many times, the wide
Speaker 1: receivers are dropping too many balls and it has an effect.
Speaker 1: They have to be able to win on the outside
Speaker 1: man coverage against the Giants, and the Giants have very
Speaker 1: good cover corners Donors Jenkins on the outside. They drafted
Speaker 1: Eli Apple and Dominic Rogers. Cormarty. We know that guy
Speaker 1: because he was here for a while. All of these
Speaker 1: guys are very good man cover guys. They have to
Speaker 1: be able to beat those guys in man coverage. If
Speaker 1: you can't do that in this league, you can't play
Speaker 1: and Landon Collins, a big playmaker at the safety position.
Speaker 1: The Eagles must get the ball to the tight end
Speaker 1: as well. Zach Ertz a couple of catches, but really
Speaker 1: nothing down the field for Zach why. I think it's
Speaker 1: port designed and you have to get the quarterback comfortable
Speaker 1: with throwing the football down the field. And part of
Speaker 1: it is this horizontal stretching that we're seeing a lot of.
Speaker 1: But there has to be more emphasis on vertically stretching
Speaker 1: the defense and opening up because right now, defenses are
Speaker 1: able to shorten the field, they're able to play down
Speaker 1: and because they're not threatened over to top. You got
Speaker 1: to get a little bit more of that going on,
Speaker 1: even if they're not completion's day. If you're able to
Speaker 1: threaten down the field, it opens up your defense. It
Speaker 1: opens up everything for the offense, for that inside receiver
Speaker 1: that you talked about, the Zach Hurtz. It opens up
Speaker 1: running lanes for your running backs. That has a big
Speaker 1: effect on the defense if they're concerned about the deep
Speaker 1: ball and we'll see. Doug Peterson when he was in
Speaker 1: studio on Tuesday said that he wants to throw the
Speaker 1: ball down down the field more so we'll see if
Speaker 1: that if he has the opportunity to do so. A
Speaker 1: matchup to watch on Sunday the right tackle for the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles Hulla Polo Vadi Vitai and Jason Pierre Paul.
Speaker 1: How has Vitai played? How is that matchup? I think
Speaker 1: since the very first game where Vitai had to go
Speaker 1: in and start, he's miles away from that. He played
Speaker 1: so much better in the last two games, and in
Speaker 1: particularly against Dallas Cowboys, he played extremely well. There might
Speaker 1: have been one or two plays where he was beaten,
Speaker 1: but he showed his athleticism getting on the outside and
Speaker 1: getting perimeter blocks to the second level. He showed his
Speaker 1: strength and power and holding up and pass protection. And
Speaker 1: in the run game he looks so much but he
Speaker 1: looked completely different now and I think it's a big
Speaker 1: confidence fact that he's a little more confident now. He's
Speaker 1: settled in now and he feels like he belongs now,
Speaker 1: and that's really really encouraging because the Eagles, looking at
Speaker 1: two reserve starters this week, with Wiznowski at left guard
Speaker 1: and with Vitai the rookie replacing Lane Johnson at the
Speaker 1: right tackle position. That's our first look at the Eagles
Speaker 1: and the New York Giants for Sunday. Of course, we've
Speaker 1: got a few days to talk about this great matchup.
Speaker 1: We've got more to get to here on Eagles three
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Speaker 1: Right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. The Eagles travel
Speaker 1: up north to MetLife Stadium to take on the New
Speaker 1: York Football Giants. This Sunday. It's the last road Division
Speaker 1: game for the Eagles in twenty sixteen. They need to
Speaker 1: get a win. And to preview the matchup, we bring
Speaker 1: in a man who is an institution when it comes
Speaker 1: to covering the Giants, and that's Michael Eisen from Giants
Speaker 1: dot Com. Michael, my first question for you is this.
Speaker 1: The Giants have struggled to run the football this season,
Speaker 1: ranked last in the league in that category. So have
Speaker 1: they gotten enough good play from Eli Manning to offset
Speaker 1: that on the Giants way to their four and three
Speaker 1: start to this point, Chris, Before I answer the question,
Speaker 1: I just want to say that in twenty eleven, we
Speaker 1: finished last in the league in rushing and we won
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. So but to answer you a question, yes,
Speaker 1: I think Eli Manning has been playing well. He's really
Speaker 1: no different than he's been in any other season. It's
Speaker 1: your thirteen for Eli. He's actually has his highest completion
Speaker 1: percentage of his career right now. Now. He's a strong leader,
Speaker 1: he's a key team captain. Again, he's throwing the ball well.
Speaker 1: Has he been perfect? No, I'm sure. Most notably, he'd
Speaker 1: like to have a couple of passes from the Washington
Speaker 1: game back, but Eli's playing well at late at age
Speaker 1: thirty five. Michael, not to harp on the rushing game,
Speaker 1: but Shane Vereen is injured. Rashad Jangs has struggled. He's
Speaker 1: had some injuries this season. Is there any hope in
Speaker 1: sight for the Giants rushing attack coming off the byeway?
Speaker 1: I think so, Chris. I don't want to minimize the
Speaker 1: fact we are. We are only averaging seventy yards rushing game,
Speaker 1: and I know Ben mcindoo would like that to improve,
Speaker 1: but I do think so. I think we look at
Speaker 1: Paul Perkins, the fifth round draft choice from UCLA, who
Speaker 1: has I think only gotten sixteen touches in the first
Speaker 1: seven games, and I would expect that he would see
Speaker 1: the ball more often. He's shown potential take the ball
Speaker 1: and gained some yardage. Arleans Darkwa who didn't even play.
Speaker 1: He started a game and then didn't play the next two,
Speaker 1: but he's a he's a hard runner when he's in there.
Speaker 1: You know, everyone, I think expects for Sean Jennings to
Speaker 1: come around at some point. He's in top condition. And
Speaker 1: there's still hope that Shane Verne will come back off
Speaker 1: ir late in the year. So I definitely think there
Speaker 1: is plenty of hope and the possibility of improvement in
Speaker 1: the run game. Michael Eagles fans are well aware of
Speaker 1: what Odell Beckham could do on the field, had over
Speaker 1: two hundred yards in the game this season. But how
Speaker 1: has Ben McAdoo utilized the other receivers Victor Cruze coming
Speaker 1: off missing last season with the knee injury, and rookie
Speaker 1: Sterling Shepherd. Well, when you have three good receivers like that,
Speaker 1: Ben's trying to spread the ball around. There's gonna be
Speaker 1: mismatches somewhere. I think O'Dell is the one who most
Speaker 1: often draws a double team. So you look for Victor,
Speaker 1: you look for Sterling, but he's trying to get the
Speaker 1: ball all them. I think you know that O'Dell is
Speaker 1: probably the first among equals, but Ben's trying to get
Speaker 1: him all involved as much as he can. If you
Speaker 1: look at the defensive side of the football, Michael Jerry
Speaker 1: Reese invested a lot of money this offseason in free agency,
Speaker 1: So of all the new additions, who is provided the
Speaker 1: most bang for the buck on the defensive side of
Speaker 1: the ball. For Steve Spacnoul right now, I'd have to
Speaker 1: say Jenars Jenkins our cornerback, he's really been well. He's
Speaker 1: certainly been our best cornerback. He's the one who covers
Speaker 1: the top receiver on the other team. In most games
Speaker 1: he has two interceptions. He's been a real he's been
Speaker 1: a good tackler. He's just he plays hard. He's a
Speaker 1: practice every day. He also returned scored a touchdown on
Speaker 1: a sixty five yard blocked field goal. So I would
Speaker 1: have to say all of them have played pretty well
Speaker 1: or very well, but I think Genors is a little
Speaker 1: bit above the others. Last question for your real quick here, Michael,
Speaker 1: who is an under the radar X factor? Who's a
Speaker 1: player that we're just not talking about that might impact
Speaker 1: this game between two division rivals who are both four
Speaker 1: and three in the season. You know, it's hard to
Speaker 1: say that Olivier Vernon would be under the radar, considering
Speaker 1: he's one of our marquee free agents. But he only
Speaker 1: has one sack this year, and I think he personifies
Speaker 1: what coaches like to say that sacks are overrated. It's
Speaker 1: really more pressure. He's been a really good all around player.
Speaker 1: He had five solo tackles in the London game. Against
Speaker 1: the Rams, he forced a fumble pressure case Keenum. He's
Speaker 1: really done a lot, just doesn't have the sacks to
Speaker 1: show for it. And I really think he's on the
Speaker 1: verge of a breakout game where he's gonna get a
Speaker 1: couple of sacks and really step up as a major
Speaker 1: force at defensive end. Michael Eisen from Giants dot com,
Speaker 1: thank you so much for taking us behind enemy lines
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Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Mike. Now time to take a
Speaker 1: look at the Eagles upcoming schedule, and that is presented
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Speaker 1: the Giants, Eagles back home against Atlanta and then on
Speaker 1: the road again against Seattle. Although I gotta say, I
Speaker 1: think the schedule when I looked at it a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago, I said, boy, the brutal schedule. But
Speaker 1: I don't think the Giants are as good as we thought.
Speaker 1: I don't think Seattle is as good as we thought it.
Speaker 1: Certainly don't think Green Bay is as good as we thought.
Speaker 1: That said, very tough. What about it? I think alant
Speaker 1: is better than I thought. Yeah, yeah, okay, okay, I'm
Speaker 1: respecting that offense. Yeah yeah, they're very good. Yeah, And
Speaker 1: I agree with you on the other points. I don't
Speaker 1: think the Giants who are a great football team, and
Speaker 1: I think it's an opportunity for the Eagles to get
Speaker 1: back into the win column. I think going out to
Speaker 1: Seattle it's a little tougher, tougher of a task. But
Speaker 1: if you look at Seattle, they're not playing well. I
Speaker 1: saw what happened with them in New Orleans. Um, that
Speaker 1: too is a game that but they have to be
Speaker 1: at their best, you know. It's this team is a
Speaker 1: good team to but they're not good enough to make
Speaker 1: a lot of mistakes and still win in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. If they play good discipline football, they shouldn't
Speaker 1: be able to in the next three or four weeks
Speaker 1: get three or four wins. Yeah, gets some wins. Hey,
Speaker 1: four turnovers in the fourth quarter of games for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: You're not going to win games doing that. So we've
Speaker 1: got one more segment to go here on Eagles three sixty.
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Speaker 1: what is the key to beating the Giants on Sunday?
Speaker 1: Kid of beating the Giants is winning on the outside
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