Speaker 1: Be welcome you a needle three sixty Dames to their
Speaker 1: a Eagles insider along with Plan Mac. Now it's a Thursday,
Speaker 1: and a Thursday in an NFL Weekland reminds me of
Speaker 1: kind of the feeling you have in spring team getting
Speaker 1: ready to go. Anything's possible. Whatever's happened in the past
Speaker 1: is in the past. First start, it's beautiful feeling at all.
Speaker 1: That's sure. Eagles Patriots Sunday. It also helped rise up
Speaker 1: and save the season. Let's start with the first part.
Speaker 1: It also helps that they now haven't played since a
Speaker 1: week ago Thursday, so you can really push that way
Speaker 1: back in the background and try to look ahead. Hey,
Speaker 1: what do you say? Anything is possible? Yes, anything is possible.
Speaker 1: The Eagles of one, as we talked about on Tuesday
Speaker 1: and major upset days, and if they were to win,
Speaker 1: this would be a terrific upset. I will say this,
Speaker 1: every time we've had the chance to see Tom Brady
Speaker 1: four and all against the Eagles in his career in practice,
Speaker 1: you know, the week that the Eagles spent up there,
Speaker 1: the week that the Patriots spent down here. Anytime you
Speaker 1: see Tom Brady, you just reminded of just how remarkable
Speaker 1: he is, how efficient he is, how perfect he is
Speaker 1: as the quarterback, as the face of your franchise, as
Speaker 1: the absolute role model that every team would love to have.
Speaker 1: It's a man crush, no doubt. But I'm sure that
Speaker 1: every man has a man crush on Tom Brady. Yeah. Well, listen,
Speaker 1: we came from Chip Kelly's news conference earlier today in
Speaker 1: which somebody said to him, the Patriots seemed to win
Speaker 1: when Dion Lewis gets hurt and amun when guys come
Speaker 1: and go, how do they do it? And Chip Kelly said,
Speaker 1: Tom Brady's not hurt, right, and that's it. As long
Speaker 1: as he is, they are, and as long as Belichick
Speaker 1: as the coach, you can grab forty seven guys off
Speaker 1: the street and they'll probably beat you. And the spinnarrow
Speaker 1: mantra of the NFL is about quarterbacks and coaching, and
Speaker 1: the Patriots have the best coach and the best quarterback,
Speaker 1: and they certainly have the most success in the last
Speaker 1: twenty years in the NFL. We watch they get to
Speaker 1: today on Eagles three sixty. We've got some bold predictions
Speaker 1: from mister Glenn Macnow we've got the voice of the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles Merrill Reese in and just a bit. First
Speaker 1: things first, let's get you caught up with everything happening
Speaker 1: on this sunny Thursday in South Philadelphia. Hi everyone, I'm
Speaker 1: Alex Smith and this is your three sixty update. Today
Speaker 1: was the final day of media availability for the week
Speaker 1: as the Eagles get set for Sunday afternoons matchup with
Speaker 1: the New England Patriots. Today we heard from both head
Speaker 1: coach Chip Kelly and running back to Marco Murray on
Speaker 1: what it is that makes Patriots quarterback Tom Brady so successful.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it really just speaks to how
Speaker 1: good a football player of Tom is, you know, and
Speaker 1: that the fact that they've had a lot of moving
Speaker 1: pieces around him. You know that for them, it's that
Speaker 1: next man up mentality, which it really helps when he's
Speaker 1: the guy pulling a trigger because he really is an
Speaker 1: orchestra leader out there in terms of directing protections, changing routes,
Speaker 1: changing everything. You know, he's been in that offense since
Speaker 1: he's been in the league. I mean, just his passion
Speaker 1: for the game, you know, where he's very enthusiastic about
Speaker 1: the game. You know, whether it's a good player of
Speaker 1: bad play, you know, I think no, guys or no,
Speaker 1: once you step in that huttle, you gotta know, bring
Speaker 1: up your level of intensity with him. And obviously he's
Speaker 1: a leader of that team. He's been, you know for
Speaker 1: a while, so I mean that's something that you respect
Speaker 1: about him. Meanwhile, Mary also spoke about the importance of
Speaker 1: the Eagles running the ball with success on first and
Speaker 1: second down as they look to stay out of third
Speaker 1: and long situations. Against New England. He had positive yards,
Speaker 1: positive yards on you know, first down, positive yards on
Speaker 1: the second now and then you know, you know, third
Speaker 1: and short, third and thirty four, you know, to make
Speaker 1: it easier for us and easier for the play call
Speaker 1: a system. So I think it all has to do
Speaker 1: is just ask ballplayers and though you know, that's that's
Speaker 1: what it comes down to. And finally, a quick injury
Speaker 1: update here from the Novicare Complex. It appears as if
Speaker 1: quarterback Sam Bradford and titand Zecher it should be good
Speaker 1: to go on Sunday barring any setbacks. Meanwhile, the status
Speaker 1: of running back Ryan Matthews is a bit more up
Speaker 1: in the air as he continues to go through the
Speaker 1: leagus concussion protocol. Would they just tell me when they're cleared,
Speaker 1: So I don't I don't know what grades. I don't
Speaker 1: even know if there are grades. I know sometimes with
Speaker 1: a shoulder there's a grade one, grade two, grade three.
Speaker 1: I just know he's in the concussion concussion protocol and
Speaker 1: when they clear him to play, then he's he'll come back.
Speaker 1: But it's not any issue, especially in that with that
Speaker 1: type of injury, that will be a forced issue by
Speaker 1: any stretch of the imagination. You know, you want to
Speaker 1: make sure that the health and safety of the player
Speaker 1: is first and foremost. And when they say he's clared
Speaker 1: to go, he's clearer to goals. And that will wrap
Speaker 1: things up for this edition of the three sixty Update.
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Speaker 1: In a bit we'll talk with the voice of the
Speaker 1: Philadelphi Eagles, Mary Rees. Sue took out a he's a
Speaker 1: paper glen and said, well, I'll let you hear what
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Speaker 1: are all that on paper. Do they play the games
Speaker 1: on pad. No near as I know. They play the
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Speaker 1: right in Foxborough. And maybe so maybe that helps Merrill's point.
Speaker 1: When we return to Eagles three sixty, Chris McPherson goes
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Speaker 1: and once again it's time to go behind enemy lines
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Speaker 1: my special guest this week is the phenomenal beat reporter
Speaker 1: from the Boston Globe, none other than Ben Voland, and
Speaker 1: you can follow at Twitter at ben Volan. Ben First
Speaker 1: and foremost, you look at this Patriots offense led by
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, number one in the NFL and passing, how
Speaker 1: exactly is he doing it with so many injuries on
Speaker 1: that side of the football. Well, a lot of his
Speaker 1: stats were put up when the Patriots were healthy when
Speaker 1: he did have Julian Edelman and Gronk and Dion Lewis
Speaker 1: and Danny Amondola. The last few weeks it's been much
Speaker 1: more of a grind and they escaped with a one
Speaker 1: point win against the Giants. Obviously, last week they lost
Speaker 1: in the Broncos. In the game, really they still should
Speaker 1: have won. They really kind of collapsed there in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, had some bad penalties go against them. So
Speaker 1: Tom Brady not right now the number one passing offense
Speaker 1: in the league over the course of the season he
Speaker 1: has been, but still getting it done. You know, he
Speaker 1: did an incredible job of getting them into field goal
Speaker 1: range at the end of the game. Fired an absolute
Speaker 1: laser to Brandon LaFell. You know, they're they're getting guys
Speaker 1: like Brandon Bolden and James White involved in the run game.
Speaker 1: So it hasn't been always pretty. It hasn't been like
Speaker 1: the beginning of the season, where you know, scoring forty
Speaker 1: points was was a given for them and they were
Speaker 1: just blowing teams out. But Tom Brady still pretty decisive
Speaker 1: with the football, still pretty good quarterback, even when he's
Speaker 1: gotten not his best targets out there. All right, Ben
Speaker 1: so Julian Edman is definitely out for this game. Doesn't
Speaker 1: look like Rob Gronkowski will play. Some other players like
Speaker 1: Danny Amondola, their stats will be questionable. So who is
Speaker 1: an X factor on the offense? You mentioned some names
Speaker 1: there like James Way of the backfield, Brandon Bolden, scotch
Speaker 1: Chandler at tight end. Which of those guys do you
Speaker 1: think will be the X factor in this Eagles Patriots matchup?
Speaker 1: You know, first I look at Scott Chandler. This is
Speaker 1: a guy who is a free agent. They signed him
Speaker 1: in the offseason, stole him from Buffalo, and everyone thought
Speaker 1: he'd be this great red zone presence. He's six foot seven.
Speaker 1: Tom Brady's just gonna throw him jump balls and he's
Speaker 1: gonna score ten touchdowns like Gronk. And he really hasn't
Speaker 1: chipped in the way that we expected him too. He
Speaker 1: has not had too much of an impact on the
Speaker 1: stat sheet. He does have three touchdowns this year, but
Speaker 1: doesn't always fight for the football. But but Tom Brady
Speaker 1: had a comment after the game, We're gonna need him
Speaker 1: one way or the other. Now he's gonna have to
Speaker 1: step in and be a big part of this offense.
Speaker 1: They threw him the ball eleven times the other night.
Speaker 1: I believe he came down with it five times, had
Speaker 1: about fifty or sixty yards, So he can make some plays.
Speaker 1: They're gonna need him to step up even more then
Speaker 1: the other guys. I'm looking out into the two running backs,
Speaker 1: Brandon Bolden and James White. I was watching the Eagles
Speaker 1: game against the Lions on Thanksgiving, and I know Eagles
Speaker 1: fans probably want to race that one from their memory,
Speaker 1: but I thought the Lions running backs actually did a
Speaker 1: real nice job, not only running the ball, but catching
Speaker 1: the ball out of the backfield against the Eagles linebackers.
Speaker 1: So I think the Patriots might try to take advantage
Speaker 1: of that matchup as well. Try to get James White
Speaker 1: and Brandon Bolden matched up against those linebackers Dmko Ryan's
Speaker 1: Michael Kendricks and then see if they can win someone
Speaker 1: on one matchups. So you're right, No Edelman, no Gronk.
Speaker 1: We'll see about Daniy Amendola. He did return to practice
Speaker 1: today and he seems to think that he could play
Speaker 1: this Sunday, so they might get a little bit healthier.
Speaker 1: But they're really gonna have to count on their backups.
Speaker 1: This week, Ben, let's look at the defensive side of
Speaker 1: the football. You know, I'm used to hearing about Richard
Speaker 1: Seymour or Vince Wilfork, but there are some really talented
Speaker 1: players on that side of football, and I feel like
Speaker 1: that that side of the football is a little bit
Speaker 1: underappreciated because of just how good Tom Brady has been
Speaker 1: this year. I would definitely agree with that. When you
Speaker 1: talk about the Patriots, you always think of Brady and
Speaker 1: Edelman and Gronk. Defense, it's kind of a no name defense,
Speaker 1: not too many big star, you know, big name players,
Speaker 1: but they're excellent there, number three in the league in
Speaker 1: points allow this year. Again when healthy, they've been a
Speaker 1: little dinged up lately. Jamie Collins has missed the last
Speaker 1: four games with a mystery illness, and he's a terrific
Speaker 1: young linebacker. Covers the running back out of the backfield,
Speaker 1: so Hobie Key and stopping to Marco Murray. If he
Speaker 1: does in fact play this week, which I believe he will.
Speaker 1: He also goes sideline to sideline, chases tacklers down. He's
Speaker 1: an excellent blitzer a former safety, so he's good in coverage.
Speaker 1: Jamie Collins is a real dynamic player, and this defense
Speaker 1: really could use him back. His running made Dante Hidetower
Speaker 1: equally impressive, a really good young linebacker. Both these guys
Speaker 1: I think need to get more publicity for the Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl and the All Pro teams. They've been excellent, really
Speaker 1: the heart and soul of his defense. We'll see if
Speaker 1: he plays this week. He injured his knee against the
Speaker 1: Broncos last week, but their front seven has been excellent.
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones has ten and a half sacks this year.
Speaker 1: Alan Branch filling in for Vince Wilfork, has been a
Speaker 1: tremendous run stoffer. He's really quietly been the anchor of
Speaker 1: the defensive line right in the middle there, kind of
Speaker 1: like your version of Benny Logan. I guess a ball
Speaker 1: share a signing from from Cleveland. He's been a great player.
Speaker 1: So they just have a lot of versatile young pass rushers,
Speaker 1: a guy like Rob Ninkovich as well. All these guys
Speaker 1: high tower Collins, Nankovich, Chandler Jones. They can rush the passer,
Speaker 1: they can drop off. It gives Matt Patricia, the defensive coordinator,
Speaker 1: so many options in terms of his zone blitzes and
Speaker 1: the coverages that they call Malcolm Butler the cornerback, the
Speaker 1: super Bowl Hero. He's been a great fill in for
Speaker 1: Darrell Reevas this year. So top to bottom again, they
Speaker 1: don't have these big names, but a lot of guys
Speaker 1: who are really having excellent seasons. It's amazing to see
Speaker 1: Butler not be a one hit wonder so to speak,
Speaker 1: and really thrive in that Patriots defense. Ben voland from
Speaker 1: the Boston Globe again, you can foll on Twitter at
Speaker 1: ben voland thank you very much for joining us and
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Speaker 1: us his bold predictions the four and seven Eagles and
Speaker 1: the ten and one Patriots. Thanks thanks for the set
Speaker 1: up there, Dave. This first one is bold. Yes, this
Speaker 1: is you gotta go bold, right, So here you go.
Speaker 1: The Eagles will average five yards a carry in the
Speaker 1: rushing game against the New England Patriots. How about that?
Speaker 1: Wha wall? What? Dante hi Tower is out? He's the
Speaker 1: best run stopper. Jamie Collins may or may not be
Speaker 1: back this week. The Broncos slash the Patriots on the
Speaker 1: ground last week, Lashawn McCoy look very good against him
Speaker 1: the week before. The Eagles will run the ball effectively.
Speaker 1: And wait, wait, there's more. Kenyan Barner will be part
Speaker 1: of the process. How about that. I believe that Kenyan
Speaker 1: Barnes got a little juice. There you go, all right?
Speaker 1: Number two, Gronk is out, Edelman is likely out, or
Speaker 1: Edelman is out, Dan Lewis is out, A Mendola is
Speaker 1: likely out. We'll find out how that plays out. So
Speaker 1: because the Patriots have to find someone likely here or
Speaker 1: every week some guy you never heard of. You may
Speaker 1: have heard of him, But this week, the guy who's
Speaker 1: gonna haunt your nightmares is six foot seven tight end
Speaker 1: Scott Chandler. He's a tough matchup for the Eagles. Gronk
Speaker 1: is out, of course, and he is going to fill in,
Speaker 1: and Brady is gonna find him and he's going to
Speaker 1: be the guy. After the game, you're going, how does
Speaker 1: Scott Chandler get all those fantasy football points against US?
Speaker 1: I hear I hear your head shake, and I don't
Speaker 1: see it, but I hear it. I say this to that,
Speaker 1: the taller they all, the harder they fall. Hopefully it's
Speaker 1: not falling into the end zone. Taller they are, the
Speaker 1: harder they fall. Well, if you shop him rate, let
Speaker 1: me give you this play. I did pick him up
Speaker 1: from my fantasy football team this week. Here, yeah, how
Speaker 1: dare me? All right? Number three? You'll like this one.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a good day for Jordan Matthews. Slot
Speaker 1: receivers have twenty seven catches against the Patriots in their
Speaker 1: last five games. Let's give Matthews a minimum of six.
Speaker 1: Let's give him one hundred yards for only the third
Speaker 1: time this year, and let's say that Jordan Matthews has
Speaker 1: a very effective day against the Patriots defense. Okay, that
Speaker 1: is your bold prediction Part one. That's three of his
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Speaker 1: a regional broadcast Glenn. As long as we get it, yep,
Speaker 1: we get it, We'll watch it. And the Eagles I'm
Speaker 1: sticking with my prediction twenty three the new in Patriots faulteen. Okay,
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Speaker 1: segment presented to you by Wah Wah. We're glad to
Speaker 1: have you, Merrill. But I gotta start with this Eagles.
Speaker 1: At one point here a few weeks ago, four and four,
Speaker 1: looking ready to make the move to the top of
Speaker 1: the NFC East. Four and seven. Now, what has happened
Speaker 1: to this team? It is so hard for me to
Speaker 1: figure this whole thing out. I mean, not only with
Speaker 1: a four and four, but they followed that overtime win
Speaker 1: in Dallas with a terrific first quarter against the Miami Dolphins,
Speaker 1: and then it has been a free form. I never
Speaker 1: expected this. You look at this team. Yes there are
Speaker 1: some injuries, a couple of key injuries, but nowhere near
Speaker 1: the kind of injuries they should affect the team to
Speaker 1: the point where they have been just totally blown out
Speaker 1: and embarrassed in these last two games. And I'm not
Speaker 1: saying that this is the reason, but it does coincide
Speaker 1: with the injuries suffered by Sam Bradford in the Miami game,
Speaker 1: Eagles leading that game when he was hurt. Since in
Speaker 1: the offense, we talked a lot about the defense, and
Speaker 1: the defense has been criticized for giving up ninety points
Speaker 1: in the last two games, but the offense, Yeah, and
Speaker 1: the offense hasn't performed well either. Should Sam come back
Speaker 1: and he looks like he's on track to play on Sunday.
Speaker 1: What does that mean for the offense? Well, I think
Speaker 1: I think it gives you a lift when there's a
Speaker 1: change the position at the most important position in the game.
Speaker 1: I mean, I thought the Mark Sanchez gave them a
Speaker 1: bit of a lift when he came in in that
Speaker 1: Miami game and moved the bowl. And except for that ending,
Speaker 1: that horrendous ending with the end zone interception, end of
Speaker 1: their hopes. I thought there was a lift there. Now
Speaker 1: Sam comes back, he can't wait to get back on
Speaker 1: the field, and I think he's going to play well.
Speaker 1: The Patriots on paper, on paper, are not a very
Speaker 1: good team right now. And I say that on paper
Speaker 1: because they have been decimated by injuries. They've lost all
Speaker 1: of their go to wide receivers. Edelman is out. I
Speaker 1: don't know that Ammon Dola is coming back this week.
Speaker 1: Rob Rankowski, who is the best tight end in all
Speaker 1: of football, he is apparently out. I say apparently because
Speaker 1: who knows with him, But they say that he's not
Speaker 1: expected to play for a couple of weeks. On defense,
Speaker 1: they've lost Jamie Collins, They've lost Dante high Tower. I mean,
Speaker 1: how many blows could a team sustain? And yet there
Speaker 1: are two people, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady who are
Speaker 1: the great equalizers, and every time those two are at
Speaker 1: a game, you prepare for a very very difficult game. So,
Speaker 1: speaking of the head coach, Chip Kelly is the one
Speaker 1: responsible here. He's the head coach during the good times
Speaker 1: the team times that are not so good. What are
Speaker 1: you looking for from Chip? I don't know. That I'm
Speaker 1: looking for anything specifically from Chip, I think collectively for
Speaker 1: the team to say, look, we've been down, we have
Speaker 1: been horrible. We have got to put everything into this game.
Speaker 1: We've got to do. Chip talks about training, He said,
Speaker 1: our goal is to get better every day at training.
Speaker 1: This team has to make gigantic, gigantic jumps. You ask
Speaker 1: me about the quarterback Dave, And there's been a lot
Speaker 1: of talk, both offensively and defensively about the schemes. Put
Speaker 1: those aside. Put those aside, because unless you can improve
Speaker 1: dramatically in fundamentals, unless the blocking is way better, unless
Speaker 1: people start to tackle the running backs, unless they start
Speaker 1: to cover the receivers, the same results are going to
Speaker 1: occur all over again. So as we talk about all
Speaker 1: those other things, but it gets down to can you
Speaker 1: play solid football on both sides of the ball. You
Speaker 1: wonder does that come from the coaches? Does it come
Speaker 1: from the players? And in terms of the effort, desire,
Speaker 1: urgency that they give, we've seen it before. We're talking
Speaker 1: about effort and urgency. I don't think there's a coach
Speaker 1: on the staff who doesn't go out there and give
Speaker 1: everything he can and put everything he can into the
Speaker 1: film sessions, into the practice sessions, into the relationships with
Speaker 1: the players, getting them ready and prepared as best they
Speaker 1: possibly can. I think it's the players to say, you
Speaker 1: know what, this season isn't overs. I know a lot
Speaker 1: of bad things have been said about us. All the
Speaker 1: critics have been shouting at us, you know what we
Speaker 1: deserve it. Let's show them that there is life left
Speaker 1: in this football team. I don't like to talk about
Speaker 1: the playoffs right now because this team hasn't earned the
Speaker 1: playoff consideration. But the fact is, this team is only
Speaker 1: one game out in what I'm referring to as the
Speaker 1: NFC least. They're a game behind the Giants. They're a
Speaker 1: game behind the Redskins, and yet you know that they've
Speaker 1: beaten the Giants, and you know that they should have
Speaker 1: beaten the Redskins lost that one at the end. So
Speaker 1: if they can somehow bounce back this week against a
Speaker 1: depleted Patriots team, you know what I remember two thousand
Speaker 1: and seven, the Eagles marched into New England. I believe
Speaker 1: it was a Sunday night game, which they were. They
Speaker 1: were big, big under dogs, and their quarterback Donovan McNabb
Speaker 1: was out and AJ theely brought them within three points
Speaker 1: of an upset, so it can happen. I'm not I
Speaker 1: will not go there saying well, ho hum, it's going
Speaker 1: to be lost. Number eight. I go there, and you know,
Speaker 1: if you ask me. On the flight back from Detroit, yeah,
Speaker 1: I was hanging my head with everybody else. It was
Speaker 1: a blow to see this team lose, not only lose,
Speaker 1: but lose an embarrassing in fashion, a national embarrassment that day.
Speaker 1: But you get back from that, you start to put
Speaker 1: together some of the positives, and we're all football fans
Speaker 1: at heart, and we all love this team and hope
Speaker 1: springs eternal, and hopefully this Sunday we will see something
Speaker 1: that nobody expects, but something that can bring this team
Speaker 1: right back to life. And that is the key word,
Speaker 1: hopeful that the Eagles can pull off something well shocking.
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Speaker 1: with Glenn mcnoll. Minor correction my score that I'm going
Speaker 1: with here four thirteen, not twenty three. Fourteen Eagles win
Speaker 1: by eleven nine. I'm not backing off of it. Well,
Speaker 1: that certainly affects you down. Everybody. Everybody's thinking about playing
Speaker 1: this game, think about how to do it entirely different, Oh,
Speaker 1: Glenn Glen Glenn Well. One of the Eagles bright spots
Speaker 1: this season has been the play of the defensive line
Speaker 1: as a group, and one of those players, Cedric Thornton,
Speaker 1: has come a long way in his career and he
Speaker 1: is the subject of our progress report. Mike Quick and
Speaker 1: I Crease the Game Planned Show, they talk a little
Speaker 1: defensive line with Cedric Thornton. Alright, Mike, the progress report
Speaker 1: brings us to Eagles defensive tackle Cedric Thornton. The running
Speaker 1: game stellar the first half of the season. Last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks struggled a little bit, but we need the
Speaker 1: guys to get back to plan this way, dominating the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage like we see, said Thornton Dorton, Like
Speaker 1: you know, he was out a couple of weeks with
Speaker 1: that injury, and now he's back and he's playing really well.
Speaker 1: Love the way he handles getting down the line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage and keeping the bodies off of him, use his
Speaker 1: hand real well. They spent a lot of time working
Speaker 1: on at hand to hand combat and it's paying off.
Speaker 1: There's another example or that Cedric Thornton. Here, you see
Speaker 1: him lined up over the tackle. He realizes that he
Speaker 1: got this tight end outside of him, the possible wham
Speaker 1: block there, the great job of attacking the blocker more
Speaker 1: importantly setting the edge and making it really defined for
Speaker 1: the linebackers where they need to fit. And then he
Speaker 1: gets off the block. That's how you play defense. You
Speaker 1: don't trade one for one. As Jim Johnson used to say.
Speaker 1: Your job is to do your assignment and then get
Speaker 1: off the block and make the play. It's good team defense.
Speaker 1: He with power, he takes on the tight end and
Speaker 1: then he keeps this inside arm free so that he
Speaker 1: can get away and he can make the stuff. I
Speaker 1: really like this play here. You don't get a stretch
Speaker 1: run here to our left. The offense is right. You
Speaker 1: got said Thornton over here lined up on the tackle. Now,
Speaker 1: everybody has a gap responsibility to them and typically when
Speaker 1: you have a breakdown and defense you give a big run,
Speaker 1: somebody is out of their gap responsibility. Watch, said Thorton. Here,
Speaker 1: he's responsible for the sea gap. We got Connor on
Speaker 1: the outside, and these gaps will be defined when the
Speaker 1: linebackers get there. But what Cedric does is again he's
Speaker 1: setting edge, he's standing in his gap, and he forces
Speaker 1: this run because of his penetration. Back here to Benny Logan,
Speaker 1: who does a great job getting off the block and
Speaker 1: began attack. See to me, that's just beautiful. Look at
Speaker 1: this wall and every you talk about run fits. Everybody
Speaker 1: is fitting a gap, getting a hat in there and
Speaker 1: making a stop. Good team defense. You saw this on
Speaker 1: a regular basis the first half of the season. Like
Speaker 1: I said, the last couple of weeks, they struggled a
Speaker 1: little bit. Yep. They got to get back to playing
Speaker 1: run defense this way, and it starts with the guys
Speaker 1: up front, like Seti Torti. Thanks so much. Boys. We've
Speaker 1: had a week here of trying to raise the spirits.
Speaker 1: Let's be honest of everybody here, everybody. There's been a
Speaker 1: very tough week. But now let's talk about this game. Glint.
Speaker 1: How do the Eagles win this game? I know it's
Speaker 1: a it's a it's a David and golitha thing. I
Speaker 1: get that. How can Eagles win well, you take away
Speaker 1: Brady's weapons, which are reduced weapons. You try to do that.
Speaker 1: You try to take out that six foot seven Scott Chandler.
Speaker 1: You put a pass rush on Brady. Their offensive line
Speaker 1: is pretty battered up. You know, he doesn't like to
Speaker 1: be hit. So you do that, you don't turn the
Speaker 1: ball over and Leagles have and what created turnover in
Speaker 1: three weeks, you get a few of those, and that's
Speaker 1: how you go out and win this thing in the road.
Speaker 1: Two things I want to just say. One is keep
Speaker 1: an eye on the officiating crew. Pete Morelli's crew has
Speaker 1: been involved in a few controversies this year, so you
Speaker 1: want to just kind of see if anything happens there.
Speaker 1: And the second thing, and you and I talked about
Speaker 1: this earlier in the week. Sam Bradford is back, we
Speaker 1: presume playing, and it's such evaluating Sam Bradford for the
Speaker 1: rest of the year. It's such an important part of
Speaker 1: what the Eagles have to do now. Yeah, no doubt.
Speaker 1: The quarterback position still a huge, huge piece of the
Speaker 1: puzzle for the rest of this season and for years
Speaker 1: to come. Could be Sam could be We don't know.
Speaker 1: What we learn over the course the rest of the year,
Speaker 1: so it is still important to evaluate what's coming up.
Speaker 1: Our Amrosso's on the menu segment tomorrow, we've got Chris
Speaker 1: mcpearson in studios some key matchups as we talk about
Speaker 1: the Eagles and the Patriots on the final day of
Speaker 1: preparations for the Eagles. We've got some stats only from
Speaker 1: Alex Smith. And you know what, Glenn, I think the
Speaker 1: numbers in this case, they're gonna kind of skew toward
Speaker 1: the Patriots. Siste let's break got twenty. Yeah, it's pretty good.
Speaker 1: And then Crunchtime Chris McPherson hosting Crunch Time with quarterback
Speaker 1: Ad Lewis number three on the depth chart, but number
Speaker 1: one with Chris this week for Glenn mcnow, Dave Spadaro,
Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining us here on Eagles
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