WEBVTT - Press Pass: Howie Roseman 0:00:06.519 --> 0:00:08.880 Hall of Fame. There's a testament to what kind of 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:12.040 player and person he is. We couldn't be more excited. 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:14.480 We're all celebrating last night when we heard the news 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:18.760 and really excited to see what happens in Houston. He 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:21.640 is truly a member of this team on and off 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:25.040 the field. I also want to gratulate t O huge 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:28.520 part of the two thousand and fourth season and our 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:31.760 effort to win a World championship, which both of them 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:34.440 the best of luck as we go forward here. I 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:37.640 also wanted to start by thanking our fans the support 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:41.720 they showed throughout this season, the energy they brought. Obviously, 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:45.360 the results weren't satisfactory for all of us, but wanted 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:49.000 to start by saying thank you to all of them. 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:51.199 As we look back at where we stood last year. 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:55.560 We were sitting here without a second round pick, with 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:58.880 no quarterback under contract, with a lot of free agents. 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:03.600 Not only last season, but this offseason, we felt like 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:06.840 we had to do things to address that for the 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:10.280 future of this franchise. It started with the quarterback position. 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:13.600 Being able to move up from thirteen to two and 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:16.919 get Carson Wentz was something we were really excited about. 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:19.959 We understood with the amount of resources we put into 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.000 that trade that is gonna be hard to do a 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:25.240 lot else. But we also felt there was value in 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:27.880 free agency and the draft at the old line position. 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.360 By getting some offensive lineman and Brandon Brooks and Whiz 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:33.960 in free agency and then coming back in the draft 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:36.440 with a third and fifth round pick and getting offensive linemen. 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:38.920 We felt really good that we were able to address 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:43.120 those two spots. When we look at our team going forward, 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:45.640 we had a twenty four year old quarterback. We had 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.360 a twenty five year old highest paid player. We got 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:51.080 to make sure we surround that talent with people who 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:55.000 can be here and build with them off the field. 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:58.800 We made a huge edition bringing Joe Douglas here. With 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.080 his insight, with his leadership, his ability to lead the 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:05.080 draft room, his ability to put the free agent board together. 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:07.880 We think he's gonna be a huge addition for the staff. 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:12.399 He's already added valuable input into what he's looking for 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:15.600 in players, what he thinks he can bring to this team, 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:17.520 and we can't wait to see what he has in 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:23.480 store for us. In March. Questions as far as as 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:27.360 as the twenty sixteen season, what's your evaluation of it 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:32.520 and of Doug and Carson specifically well. Starting with Carson, 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:37.160 Carson missed the final three preseason games, missed a month 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:40.600 of training camp, He was notified he was the starting 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:43.880 quarterback eight days before the start of the season. His 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:48.640 competitive fire, his intangible skill set, his physical skill set. 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.320 We couldn't be more excited about the things that he 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:53.560 brings to the table. And see what he's gonna do 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:58.200 with a full off season, an opportunity to grow here 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:04.079 in year two. As for Doug, you talk about facing adversity. 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:08.440 Head coach comes in and our right tackles suspended for 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.960 ten games, our starting quarterbacks traded eight days before the 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:14.760 start of the regular season, and the way the players 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.760 responded certainly towards the end of the season, you could 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:20.720 see how the players felt about him and again just 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:23.600 looking forward to him getting better and continuing to grow. 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:27.200 Like all of us in our jobs, you know, it's 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:29.880 never satisfactory when we're sitting here having a press conference 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:34.079 in January, but the reality is that when we made 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:36.640 this decision to trade up for the quarterback, we're gonna 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:39.520 build around him. When we resigned Fletch, we knew we 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:40.800 had a twenty five year old that we're going to 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.520 build around and we're gonna stick to our plan. We're 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.560 gonna be disciplined with our process, and we're gonna do 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.600 the right things for this football team. How we having 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.080 seen the effect Lane Johnson's ten games suspension had on 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:55.960 the team, what would your philosophy be, and potentially, you know, 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:59.680 trading or signing for another player who has had been 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:04.080 spended previously for you know, once or twice. Well, you 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:07.520 got to look at each situation individually. With Lane. We 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:11.000 know Lane really well. Very disappointing to not have him 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:13.640 for those ten games. He's a difference maker when he's 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.560 on the field and we need him going forward. You 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:21.839 mentioned Joe Douglas. How much has have things changed with 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:24.560 him being in the building. How has he made an 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:30.120 impact so far? The process changed with him being here. Well, 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:32.480 he's made a huge addition to the building. You know. 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:35.039 The first thing he did was bring in Andy Widel 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:38.320 to have someone who spoke the same language. He's got 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:43.320 tremendous presence Joe and Andy. He's got a way of 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.840 looking and evaluating players that is different than what we've 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:49.200 done in the past, and quite frankly, we needed that. 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:53.280 He is full rained to set the draft board. He's 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.679 involved in every discussion we have about building this team, 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:59.280 and I think we'll start seeing the dividends. We saw 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:01.920 some of them with our waiver cuts, and I think 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:03.599 we'll continue to see dividends as we go through the 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:07.280 off season draft board. Does that mean we'll have the 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:09.479 safe or wherever you guys pick or will that still 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:11.400 be a discussion when you come up. No, it's a 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:13.960 collaborative effort when we talk about who we're picking, and 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.479 at the end of the day, the responsibilities mine. Oh yeah, 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:18.279 this is kind of an unusual year you have coming 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.360 up in that you don't have the normal cat flexibility. 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:25.000 You know how important does that make having a higher 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.640 batting average? I guess you know, with everything you do 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:30.359 in the off season, no questions. A unique situation for 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:33.599 us as an organization. Part of the Sam trade was 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:36.719 to get some flexibility back. But we're gonna have to 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.320 make some hard decisions and do the right things for 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:41.239 our team, not only for this year but going forward. 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:46.200 What are the positions that need to improve in twenty 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:50.359 seventeen for the team to become successful. Well, when we 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:52.960 started this last offseason and started to put our plan 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:56.680 into place. We're not even close to implementing all of it. 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:58.440 We got a lot of work to do. We're going 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:00.880 to stick to our plan, certainly, don't want to give 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:03.320 the answers to the test anyone watching this or listening 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:06.680 to us. How you gave out a number of in 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.120 house extensions. How do you look back upon those, specifically 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:12.360 the one to Viny Curry. Yeah, when we sat down 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:17.799 again last year and looked at the foreseeable future and 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.719 the opportunities for guys on a roster to be free agents, 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:22.839 we felt like it was like a layer cake. We 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:26.159 needed to add to the talent base, not start subtracting 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:29.440 to it. Certainly, sitting here now, we could be looking 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:35.279 at Fletch, Malcolm Jenkins, Darren Sproles, zach Ertz, among Benny 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:37.599 Logan and Whizz to name a few, to be free 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:43.240 agents right now. In terms of Vinnie, Vinnie continue to 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:45.520 get better in this scheme. He's moved around a lot, 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:47.960 He's been in a lot of different schemes. We think 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:50.679 he's going to continue to get better. We're really excited 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.400 that he's on this football team. If I could just 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:55.880 follow up to on the contract extension you gave Lane 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:58.640 Johnson kind of projects him to eventually be too left tackle. 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.479 You face a difficult situation with Jason Peters about whether 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:04.640 to bring him back. One do you want to bring 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:06.280 Jason Peters back? And two do you want to bring 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:08.359 him back as a left tackle at that number considering 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:12.240 that Lean's salary starts to increase the first part with 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:16.040 Jason Peters. We started this press conference talking about Brian Dawkins. 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:18.640 I've no doubt that at some point we'll be saying 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:22.320 the same things about Jason Peters. He has really ingrained 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:25.360 himself as a leader of this football team. Anyone who 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:27.920 watched us play saw the impact he has on the game. 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:33.200 We certainly want to have him back. All you mentioned 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:36.160 that Joe Douglas has a way of evaluating players that's 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:38.200 a little different than the way you've done it in 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.480 the past. Can you kind of get a little bit 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:44.080 more specific about what you meant by that. Yeah, I 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:47.200 think when we look at the success the Ravens had, 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.960 and certainly they've won two World championships since the start 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:53.200 of the century, what they're looking for in the traits 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:57.360 they're looking for in particular, positions fits the way that 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:00.880 this city is built too, and we want to find 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.760 whatever ways there are to improve this team and to 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:07.440 improve the quality of players on this team. And I'm 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:10.160 really confident that we have the right people in our 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:12.800 Scotty Steff to do that. HELLI if you look at 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:15.280 Eric Rowe, he started seven games on a team that 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:19.120 went fourteen and two. Why couldn't he play here? When 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:23.000 we sat down and discussed the offer, we really started 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:26.000 thinking about as we sat at that time, the like 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:29.080 that we to sign him to an extension. We want 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:32.440 to build this team with some continuity. We felt at 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:34.240 that time that we weren't going to sign him to 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:36.680 an extension, and to be able to get that value 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.000 for him and possibly add someone who would be here 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:41.880 for a longer period of time made sense for where 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.240 we were. He wouldn't be eligible for an extension for 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:46.600 two more seasons. You made that determination after one year. 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:49.080 We did make that determination based on the defense that 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.800 we have, the scheme that we have, and after talking 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:56.760 about our corner position with the coaches, we were concerned 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.400 about getting the same value if it was the same 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:02.959 situation going forward. And obviously you can only do with 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:05.800 the information you have at the time. How we two 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.760 players on your defensive line, Connor Barwin who's coming has 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:13.320 a pretty large number, and also Benny Logan who's who's unrestricted. 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:15.640 Your thoughts on those two and whether they're going to 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:20.760 be back. Yeah, both tremendous players and tremendous people. You know, 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.079 really fortunate to have both those guys on our team. 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.079 You'd like to have everyone back, and I think that's 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.880 our situation here. Certainly want to build along the lines 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:35.400 in the D line. Hey, Howe, I know you can't 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:39.760 speak generally specifically about contracts, but generally, do you anticipate 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:45.280 approaching veteran guys about taking pay cuts. Yeah, as we 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:48.440 look towards putting a plan in place, we got to 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:52.560 look at everyone on the team and figure out what 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:56.440 the value is. Again, don't want to talk about anyone 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:59.840 specifically out of respect for those guys about contract situation, 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:02.680 but we got to do whatever's in the best interests 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:06.760 of the team going forward. When when you look at 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:09.120 the wide receiver position, obviously there wasn't a whole lot 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:14.199 of production from the outside guys, especially going forward. I mean, 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:17.960 do you feel like it's necessary to address that position? 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:21.280 Both in free agency and in the draft. All it 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.080 seems like a long time ago. We're leading the National 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:26.960 Football League in twenty plus plays and I don't have 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.880 a delirian time machine to go back in time and 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:33.200 get some of those guys back. We have a young group, 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:36.600 we have a young room. They need to continue to grow, 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:39.600 and it's one of the things, among others, that we 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:43.440 need to look at, Holly. A lot of people have 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:48.120 speculated about your cap situation heading into the offseason. How 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:53.920 would you equate it to previous years and are you 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:56.320 going to have to make a lot of moves to 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.000 get to the point where you can be active in 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:04.640 free agency. It's unusual, certainly since I've been here, to 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:08.720 have a more challenging situation. But part of our job 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:10.520 in the front office is to look at this over 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:13.920 a long period of time. So as we sit here today, 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:15.839 it isn't like the first time that we're kind of 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.839 looking at that situation and we'll do whatever's best for 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:24.360 the football team. Howe less spring Jeffrey Laurie sent a 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.160 bunch of us kind of scrambling the Google to look 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:28.760 up this term arf. Now that we all kind of 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:30.480 have an idea of what that is. Can you show 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:32.080 some light on how that's kind of helped the team 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:36.679 or what how you exactly implemented that The RFD data 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:41.120 ARFU Yeah, I think that what that does is it 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:44.840 allows you to figure out your player's speed and compare 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.640 it to previous speeds to see where they are in 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:51.240 terms of practice load. Not sure I'm the expert in 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:53.439 that area, but we do have people who handle that 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:56.480 for us and kind of dumb it down for people 0:11:56.480 --> 0:12:00.800 like me. How you've talked about over here, You've talked 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.600 about this plan that you guys have with Carson and 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:07.560 Fletcher and building around those guys time frame on when 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:11.439 you believe this team will be a perennial playoff team 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:14.840 and really in play for a super Bowl and things 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:18.000 like that. With this plan, you know, we got a 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:20.400 lot of work to do here in this offseason. So 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:22.960 as we sit here right now, it's hard to figure 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:25.440 out exactly what we're going to be because we don't 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:27.160 know what the off season is going to hold for us. 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:30.560 We could have a great plan, but it's also subject 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:35.760 to other things. We're either picking fourteenth or fifteenth, who's 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.480 going to be there at that pick house? Free agency 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:40.360 is going to go with our own players and players 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:44.840 going forward. But when we look at September and Carson 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:46.480 was the Rookie of the Month and Fletcher was a 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:48.920 defensive player of the month, that's the kind of impact 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.839 we need, certainly from those two guys. And one last thing, 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:54.560 And as you're making these decisions, you've been here a 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.960 long time. It's been a long time since this team 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.440 has won a playoff game. How do you balance with 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:01.800 being Haitian and doing the right thing for the long 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.439 term and this plan versus you know, we need to 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:06.760 start winning playoff games here. Yeah. I think you go 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:08.600 back and you look at two thousand and eight when 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:11.240 we were in a championship game, and then two thousand 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:14.400 and nine and ten and ten and six. Isn't good 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:18.560 enough to get home field advantage to compete for a championship. 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:21.240 I mean, it's a huge edge to have that buy 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:23.360 and so we got to build the team with that 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.240 in mind. I think some of the things that we've 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:27.880 done over the past few years have been to get 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:32.200 to ten and six, and that's not good enough. Howe, 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:34.560 how would you evaluate the play of Jason Kelsey and 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:37.560 Brandon Brooks this year well, I start with Jason Kelsey 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:40.520 and you look at how his peers looked at him. 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.480 He was a second alternate to the Pro Bowl. He's 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:49.240 been a consistent player since he's been in Philadelphia, exceptional athleticism, 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:52.400 played really well towards the end of the year, and 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.200 a guy that's been a true eagle. In terms of 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:59.440 Brandon Brooks, he had an incident here towards the end 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:00.959 of the season. I know he's spoken to all of 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:04.120 you about that, but you talk about his physical ability 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:06.360 and the kind of player that he is when he's 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:09.000 on the field, we feel like he's a building block 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:12.600 as well. How do you evaluate Thug Peterson as a 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:14.760 rookie head coach? The job he did, Yeah, I think 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.680 we talked about that when we started with Zach, about 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:21.080 just the adversity that he faced, the energy he brings 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:23.640 every day to that football team, and just hearing our 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:26.840 players talk about how much they love playing for him 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:30.800 at something really promising. We're really excited to see what 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:33.440 we have in store going forward. He does a great 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:35.600 job with our rookie quarterback and the rest of our team, 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:39.640 and tremendous tribute to him and his character for what 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:42.240 he went through this year and how the team played 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:45.480 for him, how we follow up on what you just 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.120 said about kind of building to be ten and six 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:52.000 how does that manifest itself and how when you look back, 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:55.120 what kind of mistakes were part of that, And how 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:58.120 do you build to be a championship team as opposed 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:00.600 to a ten and sixteen. Yeah, when you look at 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:02.920 a ten of six teams, you can put band aids 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:07.000 on some things. And I mean, I think you look 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:08.600 at the cornerback position, and what we've done at the 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:12.880 cornerback position is put band aids on things. And it's 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.600 funny because I don't notice a lot of the articles 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:18.120 that are around the building that are hung up, But 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.880 last week I noticed an article that was from two 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.920 thousand and three and talked about how the eagles was 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:25.800 future was bright because they have a twenty six year 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:29.120 old quarterback to start, we have twenty four year old quarterback. 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:32.320 We have to do the right things so that when 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:34.440 you look around the league, those guys are all taken off, 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:37.040 the team is ready to take off with them. And 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:40.960 there's a big difference between competing to make the playoffs 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:44.600 and being a wildcard team and getting a buy in 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:48.400 the playoffs. How what's your take on the recent trend 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.760 of college players skipping ball games? Does that knock them 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.600 necessarily knock them down a notch? You got to look 0:15:54.600 --> 0:16:00.560 at each case, situation by situation, and you know, certainly 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:04.320 respect the player's decision, and when you get a chance 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:06.120 to sit down with them, you'll ask them their perspective, 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:08.280 because obviously we can't do that this time. How we 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:11.680 both here and elsewhere we've seen the dynamic of the 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:17.200 coach GM relationship. What's Doug's role in player personnel and 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:21.040 how has that dynamic been going? Yeah? Great, I mean 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:24.640 unbelievable guy, unbelievable energy. He asked a lot of questions 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:26.920 about things that we're doing. We asked for his input. 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:30.120 We funneled down the information for him and his staff, 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.360 But we need to know what they need. We need 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.640 to know what it looks like for them at each position. 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:40.480 They do a great job giving us that insight, starting 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:43.000 with Doug and then funneling down to the rest of 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:45.400 his staff. As a follow up to that, was management 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:49.280 involved in all at all in playing time distribution for 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:53.080 players this year? No, that's a total coach's decision. We 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:55.120 just to get a little bit more further clarity on 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:57.600 the roles that you're going to have versus Joe Douglass. 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:01.040 So when are you active? When are you you know, 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:03.560 when are you going to be hands on? And exactly 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:06.800 what responsibilities fall to Joe and Joe alone. Yeah, he 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:09.800 runs the player personnel department. Um, he runs a player 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:14.240 of personnel department, and UM, he reports to me and 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:17.160 so we meet every day, UM, a lot of times 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.080 a day, and he's able to funnel down the information 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:23.120 and the thought process that he has with his scouting 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:26.520 staff and our job and really my job is to 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:28.880 help make good decisions, you know. UM, I think that's 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:31.480 something that I could help with with some of the 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.720 experiences if I have good and bad and really excited 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:36.800 for him to put his own spin on it. And 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:40.119 I think that's already started. Oh you mentioned jumping in 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:42.880 your Delirian and gone back in time if you could. 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:44.879 It's really excited about that. Would you yeah? Would you 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:48.760 have from a from a movie? Right? Uh? Would you 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:52.760 have no, no, no, that someone actually used that line 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:55.600 in a movie exactly one about the jump? Anyway? Um? 0:17:56.680 --> 0:18:00.720 Would you have released DeShawn Jackson? Um? And then if 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:03.360 you were in charge personnel? Would you have treated Lashawn McCoy? 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:05.159 These are two guys that had a thousand yards seasons 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:07.880 this year. I cannot talk about any players under contract 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:11.560 for another team. Okay, yeah, well, but aren't they still technic? 0:18:11.640 --> 0:18:14.280 Isn't a Shawan now officially a free agent? Nobody's a 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:18.680 free agent until February after the combat? Right? Okay, So 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:21.840 what kind of receivers then are you kind of would 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:26.040 you would you want per se in free agency if 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:28.119 you were going back? My second favorite answer is that 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:29.920 I don't want to give any answers to the test. 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:35.240 How what's it been like for you this pist year, 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:38.080 being back in this position after short of being up 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:40.800 in the side and just the ups and downs that's 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:43.439 been back in it. Oh, it was a great perspective 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:47.440 um really to be fair. Being on the side gave 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:52.879 me incredible perspective so much, how much I valued the relationships, 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:57.200 how much I cared about this team. We have a 0:18:57.240 --> 0:18:59.200 lot of really good people here. I think one of 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:04.080 the reasons we're to keep our priorities aligne and decide 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:05.960 that we had to have a quarterback that when we 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:07.960 looked on the field, thought that he could stabilize the 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:10.840 position for ten years is because you get it out 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:12.800 of that day to day mode of how we're going 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:15.359 to make the playoffs and get into how we're going 0:19:15.440 --> 0:19:19.679 to build this team for sustained discuss how we when 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:23.160 you look at your rookie class and you know, taking 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.639 Carson out of the picture, kind of you got contributions 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:30.600 from pretty much everyone else. Wendel, Isaac big v Jalen Mills. 0:19:31.000 --> 0:19:33.480 How I know some of that obviously was out of necessity, 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:35.800 but like, what were you kind of impressions of the 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:38.200 way those guys played in the experience they got and 0:19:38.240 --> 0:19:40.959 how much you can rely on them going forward. Well, 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:44.320 it's interesting. Tom Donahoe, who's a huge part of what 0:19:44.359 --> 0:19:46.960 we do and was a huge help last offseason to 0:19:47.000 --> 0:19:50.200 this organization, met with the rookies about a month ago. 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:52.359 He asked to meet with them, and he's been around 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:55.040 this league a long time, and he just talked about 0:19:55.040 --> 0:19:58.840 his observations of how hard they work, their determination, their grit, 0:19:58.840 --> 0:20:01.120 their work ethic. We didn't have a second round pick, 0:20:01.160 --> 0:20:03.680 we didn't have a fourth round pick, but we really 0:20:03.680 --> 0:20:08.240 do feel like those guys and Carson to start, are 0:20:08.280 --> 0:20:10.359 going to be part of a core group going forward. 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:14.240 You mentioned the importance of building a team that has 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:16.159 the ability to get that buy instead of being a 0:20:16.160 --> 0:20:19.560 tenant six team. After the game on Sunday, Doug said 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:22.040 that he thought this team was close. What do you 0:20:22.080 --> 0:20:24.680 think this team is close too? And how do you 0:20:24.760 --> 0:20:26.440 kind of view what he said and then view where 0:20:26.480 --> 0:20:29.480 the team is right now? Yeah, I think when you 0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:31.840 look at how hard the team is playing for him 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:35.639 and how many close games were in love that perspective 0:20:35.720 --> 0:20:39.240 from our coaching staff and our players. We have a 0:20:39.240 --> 0:20:41.280 little different role here in the front office. You know, 0:20:41.320 --> 0:20:43.119 there's always going to be things that we look at 0:20:43.359 --> 0:20:46.880 and try to get better. But again, you know, we're 0:20:46.920 --> 0:20:48.600 trying to compete with the best teams in the National 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:52.200 Football League. We're certainly not there right now as we stand, 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:55.120 but feel a lot better than where we stood last 0:20:55.160 --> 0:21:00.439 year at this time this offseason, you brought in Yotis 0:21:00.680 --> 0:21:04.760 and Ron Brooks and Nigel and Tullock, all former guys 0:21:04.760 --> 0:21:09.320 who played for Jim Schwartz. How much of those acquisitions 0:21:09.320 --> 0:21:12.199 were Jim wanting those players to bring in and how 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:14.600 much was it your own evaluation of what those players 0:21:14.640 --> 0:21:17.159