Speaker 1: We welcome you into Eagles three sixty Eagles insider Dave's
Speaker 1: but they're along with Joe di camera Eagles preparing for Carolina,
Speaker 1: another primetime game for this football team, the prime time Eagles,
Speaker 1: and on Sunday night, Joe, it's a battle against an
Speaker 1: unbeaten and are they for real Carolina Panthers team? That's
Speaker 1: the question that everybody wants. How good at the Eagles?
Speaker 1: And are the Panthers really that good? I still think
Speaker 1: Carolina is a little bit of a mystery, Dave, because
Speaker 1: you know, you look at the first four teams they
Speaker 1: beat this year, they weren't very good, and then last
Speaker 1: week what seemed to be a very impressive win versus Seattle.
Speaker 1: But now there's some confusion. How good really are the
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks. I thought they'd be very good at the
Speaker 1: very least. I thought they'd be strong, solid, maybe not
Speaker 1: truly great like past couple of years. Carolina's got a
Speaker 1: quarterback in Cam Newton who's had an up and down career,
Speaker 1: but obviously a terrific defense is playing great defense right now.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a challenge day for the Eagles on
Speaker 1: the road versus the Carolina Panthers. But here's the good thing.
Speaker 1: Eagles are playing their best football the year. They just
Speaker 1: come off a twenty point win versus the New York Giants.
Speaker 1: Obviously Sam Bradford has to play better, but the defense
Speaker 1: was just electric versus New York. The pass rush was
Speaker 1: great and you want to keep that going. Yeah, a
Speaker 1: turnaround game for the Eagles. Is this the win against
Speaker 1: the Giants that gives the Eagles that moving forward momentum, Joe,
Speaker 1: that carries them to the top of the NFC East
Speaker 1: for good? Yeah? Well, they're there right now in its eye,
Speaker 1: and it's a weak division as we know, so we'll
Speaker 1: see if the Eagles are able ultimately to sustain what
Speaker 1: they've done the last two weeks and keep it going.
Speaker 1: I think the Eagles are in pretty good shape right now,
Speaker 1: but of course it's not about just being good or
Speaker 1: just getting to the playoffs. You want to see the
Speaker 1: Eagles really hit their stride to become a great football team.
Speaker 1: And I think it's fair to say, Dave, they're not
Speaker 1: quite there yet for sure. For sure, absolutely lots to
Speaker 1: work on on this football team. Eagles on the training
Speaker 1: field today and the coordinators meeting the media and We've
Speaker 1: got you covered here at our Eagles at three to
Speaker 1: sixty update with Alex Smith. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith
Speaker 1: and this is your three sixty update. The Eagles have
Speaker 1: a short week of practice here at the Novicare Complex.
Speaker 1: What they were back out on the practice field today
Speaker 1: as they get set for Sunday night's showdown in Charlotte
Speaker 1: against the Panthers. Today we heard from defensive coordinator Bill
Speaker 1: Davis and some of the defensive players about the challenges
Speaker 1: of defending the very talented Cam Newton. I played against
Speaker 1: the mccomage. He's a big boy, and you know, I
Speaker 1: don't think you know, he's gonna take a few people
Speaker 1: to bring it down. You know, it's yourself tall and
Speaker 1: pound for tonight, So sometimes people bring it down. You know,
Speaker 1: Cam is really it does jump out at the progression
Speaker 1: he's made over his career in this year. He's he's
Speaker 1: really running the offense at a high rate right now.
Speaker 1: Oh man, he's a big he's a big guy. But
Speaker 1: you know that I'll take the credit from missabuilding them.
Speaker 1: He can go the ball, can run the ball. You know,
Speaker 1: it's a good quarterback. Kind of alter your Russia a
Speaker 1: little bit because you don't want him to get out
Speaker 1: and beat him beat you with his legs. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think that's what it give a lot of teams trouble.
Speaker 1: But for us, I feel like we just got to
Speaker 1: go in and just play like how we played last year.
Speaker 1: Just go in relentless, make sure our rush is cohesive,
Speaker 1: we all attacking them, collapse in the pocket like which
Speaker 1: we did last week, and just read our keys and
Speaker 1: make sure we know where to be in the defense
Speaker 1: we call. While on the subject of the defense, it
Speaker 1: was a good sign for Eagles fans as linebackers Kiko
Speaker 1: Alonso and Michael Kendricks were back out on the practice field.
Speaker 1: Alonso was limited, but Kendricks was a full participant here
Speaker 1: on Wednesday, and according to safety Malcolm Jenkins, the sooner
Speaker 1: that those two can get back into the lineup, the
Speaker 1: more talented this Eagles defense will be. I mean, whenever
Speaker 1: you get players in their caliber, Backe, it just makes
Speaker 1: you better, m you know so. But we also had
Speaker 1: guys step in and play huge for us. Jordan Hicks
Speaker 1: been the main one. Nizigel came in to play well
Speaker 1: for us, and especially with Demigo, I don't know what
Speaker 1: his status is, but having a tweak of his hamstring
Speaker 1: or whatever it is to get those guys kind of
Speaker 1: back into the mixes obviously good for us. Sam Bradford
Speaker 1: is coming off of the three interception game against the
Speaker 1: Giants on Monday night, but according to Pat Schermer, who
Speaker 1: was with Bradford during his rookie season in Saint Louis,
Speaker 1: it's all part of the process as he continues to
Speaker 1: work and get back out on the field following back
Speaker 1: to back knee injuries. I saw, like I said, I
Speaker 1: saw a lot of I saw a lot of good stuff.
Speaker 1: I saw a lot of things that we didn't see earlier.
Speaker 1: There were times when he was running around in the
Speaker 1: pocket that we didn't see earlier. In the game. I
Speaker 1: think they're, you know, the obvious. You know, we had
Speaker 1: a couple of interceptions which you got to eliminate for
Speaker 1: whatever reason. And I think he will. I think he'll
Speaker 1: do that, and I think he'll continue to get better.
Speaker 1: You know, he hadn't played a lot of football in
Speaker 1: the last two years. We're bringing him back. You know,
Speaker 1: we're fortunate enough to be winning games. However, we're doing it,
Speaker 1: and this thing is a sixteen game journey until hopefully
Speaker 1: you're in the playoffs competing to win it all. And
Speaker 1: so as we go through the journey, every one of
Speaker 1: us just keeps getting better. Thursday will be the final
Speaker 1: day of media availability this week, and be sure to
Speaker 1: stay tuned on Philadelphia Eagles dot com as we bring
Speaker 1: you the press conferences from Chip Kelly, Sam Bradford, and Damiko.
Speaker 1: Ryan's thank you so much, Alex, I mean, Joe. Look,
Speaker 1: it is so obvious that the talk of the town
Speaker 1: is Sam Bradford. Nine interceptions out of character for him. Still,
Speaker 1: he's completed sixty three percent of his passes getting the
Speaker 1: football down the field. Eagles have won two straight games.
Speaker 1: You will read on the quarterback here, it's got to
Speaker 1: be a better day. He has to be better. He's
Speaker 1: been disappointing so far this year. Sam Bradford. Right now,
Speaker 1: I think there's accuracy issues, there's awareness issues, there's pocket
Speaker 1: presence issues. Now he's helped the Eagles get to a
Speaker 1: three and three record from a one in three start,
Speaker 1: so that's advancement. But it's really been more about the
Speaker 1: defense playing well. The special team's playing better. Dave, I
Speaker 1: think Sam Bradford has got to get settled down and
Speaker 1: it's got to be driving Chip. Everybody agrees with that.
Speaker 1: The question is how do you do it? Well. I
Speaker 1: think Chip's right to leave him in there. I know
Speaker 1: there's a lot of people that you know talking about
Speaker 1: switching quarterbacks. I wouldn't go anywhere near that. I mean
Speaker 1: to me, Bradford get Look, you've got ten more games
Speaker 1: to make an evaluation for his future and for the
Speaker 1: franchise's future, which is obviously a paramount importance to Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly and the coaching staff and the entire organization. So
Speaker 1: you've got to find out why you have in Bradford,
Speaker 1: and you've got to hope that he's able to play
Speaker 1: through this. But I know this, having watched the film
Speaker 1: yesterday with y'alls and NFL Films, I don't think there's
Speaker 1: anything Chip Kelly's doing. It's putting Bradford in a tough position.
Speaker 1: He's got throws to make. They're simple throws. He's got
Speaker 1: to execute them better. He's got to play better football.
Speaker 1: And it seems to come down, as the coaches say,
Speaker 1: a lot to the mechanics of Sam Bradford, the footwork
Speaker 1: and things like that. So it is a work in progress.
Speaker 1: For sure, and as Pat Schremer said today, it is
Speaker 1: a journey, this sixteen game regular season. Well, today's show
Speaker 1: certainly not a journey. We've got Chip Kelly coming up
Speaker 1: in a little bit. We've got to look at the
Speaker 1: NFC East up next though, on Eagles three sixty, we
Speaker 1: are gonna go a little cover two behind the scenes.
Speaker 1: Chris McPherson talking with some Philadelphia reporters. I'm sure Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford will come up, so stay tuned. What do they
Speaker 1: think about the Eagles and the quarterback that's next? On
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Speaker 1: Chris McPherson going head to head with a couple of
Speaker 1: Philadelphia reporters, Brandon League Gouton from Bleeding Green Nation, Josh
Speaker 1: Ponnell from Birds twenty four to seven. It's our Cover two.
Speaker 1: Hello Eagles Vans. I'm Chris McPherson, and welcome to this
Speaker 1: week's edition of Cover two here on Philadelphi Eagle dot Com.
Speaker 1: In fact, we could say it's a first place edition
Speaker 1: after the Eagles be up on the New York Giants
Speaker 1: twenty seven to seven on Monday Night Football and now
Speaker 1: are in sole possession of first place in the NFD
Speaker 1: East for the time being. I'm joined this week by
Speaker 1: Josh Parnell, a Bird twenty four to seven and branding
Speaker 1: League gouton a Bleeding Green Nason. So, gentlemen, we look
Speaker 1: at this win over the Giants. Is it a case
Speaker 1: of maybe the Eagles are better than what people expected
Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks, or is it the
Speaker 1: fact maybe the Giants show their true colors are just
Speaker 1: not as good as a team as people thought. Josh
Speaker 1: could get the Stars off. Well, I think it's more
Speaker 1: of the Eagles showing their potential, because I mean, one
Speaker 1: of the biggest headlines out of the game was Sam
Speaker 1: bradford struggles. But the defense as a whole, dominated offensive
Speaker 1: line I think had an underrated game coming into it.
Speaker 1: The Giants only gave up three and a half yards
Speaker 1: per rush, the Eagles had four point two. They gave
Speaker 1: him good pass protection and that's gonna be the key
Speaker 1: coming down the stretch. Obviously you want for Bradford to
Speaker 1: make strides, but if that running game can get going,
Speaker 1: that's just gonna make it even easier for Bradford. So
Speaker 1: it is partially the Giants showing their true colors, but
Speaker 1: the Eagles definitely showed some of their potential at times.
Speaker 1: Brain I thought it was like classic Eli Gillow pressure
Speaker 1: m early and then all of a sudden, it's like
Speaker 1: things Paul Apart, what was your take on the game exactlete.
Speaker 1: You know, the defense really stepped off. As Josh touched on,
Speaker 1: I think you know you're really confident in that unit
Speaker 1: right now. They've been playing well all season. I think
Speaker 1: that's the big reason why they are three and three
Speaker 1: despite a slow start, and they played really strong. And
Speaker 1: the run game is that's huge. I mean, you got
Speaker 1: that running game going against the top ranked Giants run defense.
Speaker 1: I think that was a huge takeaway from me on
Speaker 1: the Monday night. All right, So, Joel, what is your
Speaker 1: level of concern when it comes to Sam Bradford. Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly was asked on Tuesday whether or not Sam should
Speaker 1: still be the starting quarterback and so you don't want
Speaker 1: to go down that road. He did have three interceptions.
Speaker 1: Brand I'll let you start this one off. Your take
Speaker 1: on Sam Bradford. Is it a case of you gott
Speaker 1: let him work through his struggles or is it at
Speaker 1: some point Chips gotta make a decision here. I think
Speaker 1: you have to let him work through it at this point.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think he's the guy. I think it's
Speaker 1: it's hard to be very confident in him right now.
Speaker 1: Obviously second in the NFL in interceptions with nine. I
Speaker 1: think You've seen a lot of throws there that you
Speaker 1: just you know, they make you scratch your head. You know.
Speaker 1: You look at the one of those turnovers against the Giants,
Speaker 1: the one against the Saints where he throws an interception
Speaker 1: to Brandon Browner, he has Riley Cooper open. You know,
Speaker 1: things like that are just I think it's really a
Speaker 1: shame really for this team because the defense is so
Speaker 1: good that if you can just get the quarterback playing well,
Speaker 1: I think, you know, this team has real potential. Judge,
Speaker 1: what's interesting about Sam Bradford is he never had these
Speaker 1: interception problems. You go back to his time in Saint Louis.
Speaker 1: Do you think it's just a matter of he's just
Speaker 1: acclimate to his offense and still working through the fact
Speaker 1: that he didn't play for pretty much the last two seasons. Well,
Speaker 1: early on I was one of the big give him
Speaker 1: more time. It's a new offense. He guy hasn't played
Speaker 1: in a couple of years. But my level of concern
Speaker 1: isn't necessarily his play us the Giants. But I haven't
Speaker 1: seen a ton of growth from week one two weeks six,
Speaker 1: So that's what my concern is. You know, the interceptions,
Speaker 1: as you said, hasn't been a problem before, But why
Speaker 1: is it happening? Why is it happening at a higher rate? Now?
Speaker 1: That's to me, And it's not just the throws. Sometimes
Speaker 1: it's the reds. You know, on the miscommunication with Riley Cooper,
Speaker 1: you could argue it was Riley Cooper's fault breaking off
Speaker 1: the route a little late, but he's still throwing it
Speaker 1: up in a double coverage if Friley Cooper keeps going.
Speaker 1: So to me, it's not just throws, but sometimes it's
Speaker 1: the reads as well. All right, gentlemen. Sunday Night football,
Speaker 1: the Eagles take on the undefeated Carolina Panthers. Surprise, I
Speaker 1: guess we're saying the undefeated Panthers. At this point in
Speaker 1: the season, Eagles are first place, Caroline is in first place. Josh,
Speaker 1: how do you look at the matchup? Well, I think
Speaker 1: this is a Carolina Panthers team that's over achieved. They're
Speaker 1: five and oh, but all of the teams they've beaten
Speaker 1: are below five hundred when you look at them. Their
Speaker 1: run game of the yards were carriers in the middle
Speaker 1: of the pack. Kim Newton's passer rating is about the
Speaker 1: league average. But what makes them stand out and why
Speaker 1: they're five and oh is they're tied for first and
Speaker 1: turnover differential and their second in the NFL an opponent
Speaker 1: passing rating, So that's going to be the big keys.
Speaker 1: Can the Eagles defense get those turnovers as they had
Speaker 1: been recently and ken Sam Bradford limit the turnovers against
Speaker 1: this ballhawking defense, Brandon, it seems like a strength first
Speaker 1: strength here the Eagles run defense going against it Panthers
Speaker 1: rushing attack, which seems to really get going last week
Speaker 1: against Seattle. How do you preview the matchup? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think the Eagles matchup especially while in defense. You look
Speaker 1: at this Eagles run defense very solid this season. I
Speaker 1: think they'll be able to stop that the Carolina rushing attack.
Speaker 1: But then the question moves to will the Eagles be
Speaker 1: able to pass on Carolina secondary? Obviously Josh Norman leading
Speaker 1: all cornerbacks in the NFL with four interceptions. Panthers have
Speaker 1: a good defense. I think one area where they might
Speaker 1: be a little weaker is the run defense. I think
Speaker 1: they're about something like the middle of the league and
Speaker 1: yards per rush attempt allowed. So maybe this is a
Speaker 1: game where the Eagles can take the progress they're into
Speaker 1: the run game against the Giants and try to keep
Speaker 1: that going. Brandley Gowton from Bleeing Green Nation and Josh
Speaker 1: Ponell from burst Way four seven, And I'm Chris McPherson.
Speaker 1: Thank you very much joining in this week's edition of
Speaker 1: Cover two here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. Thanks so much, guys, Joe,
Speaker 1: as you know, as you know Carolina. Next, that means
Speaker 1: Cam Newton. That means Superman. How do you stop Superman?
Speaker 1: I think you make him throw the ball, Dave. I
Speaker 1: think you make Cam Newton play from the pocket as much.
Speaker 1: That's what I mean when I say throw the ball.
Speaker 1: Make him play from the pocket. Cam Newton's a player
Speaker 1: when he gets going, and look, he can run you over.
Speaker 1: He can run over of big time linebacker. He's that
Speaker 1: kind of physical presence. You want to keep him contained.
Speaker 1: Make him throw the ball down the field. Now, he's
Speaker 1: got a cannon of an arm. I don't think Cam
Speaker 1: Newton's the most polished quarterback. There's some people who think
Speaker 1: sometimes I'm too hard on Cam Newton. Look, he's a
Speaker 1: decent flyer. Clearly, he's not one of the worst ten
Speaker 1: in the league. I don't think he's one of the
Speaker 1: best ten in the league. I think he's somewhere, you know,
Speaker 1: in that middle range. But he's got a five and
Speaker 1: not football team right now. And look, Dave, they had
Speaker 1: success two years ago, they're having success again right now.
Speaker 1: So from a first one, first round overall pick standpoint,
Speaker 1: you got to give him credit. He has become the
Speaker 1: face of that franchise. And right now he's scotted his
Speaker 1: team to five. And and we will give you our
Speaker 1: first look at the Carolina Panthers in the morning right
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Speaker 1: of the NFC East, where one game separates the top
Speaker 1: the Eagles and the bottom the Redskins, and in between
Speaker 1: there's a whole lot of the same. Let's begin with
Speaker 1: the New York Giants, the team that came to Philadelphia
Speaker 1: on Sunday and this week host to Dallas Cowboys, expected
Speaker 1: to get some of their players healthy, including Victor Cruz.
Speaker 1: I still think a team that in December will be
Speaker 1: right there at the top of the division, Dave, I
Speaker 1: think the Giants remain the primary foe for the Eagles
Speaker 1: to focus on the well, look, the Eagles got to
Speaker 1: focus on themselves, but I'll focus on the fact that
Speaker 1: I think the Giants will be the main threat to
Speaker 1: the Eagles. Now, what we saw the Eagles do on
Speaker 1: Monday night was a fantastic performance at the link. Obviously
Speaker 1: not from the offensive standpoint and particularly the quarterback, but
Speaker 1: what the defense did and what a couple of things
Speaker 1: that stood out in that game. First of all, the Giants,
Speaker 1: and this is when Eagles are on the field. The
Speaker 1: Giants have no pass rush right now they I mean
Speaker 1: they've got a new pass rush now. I ain't gonna
Speaker 1: change that isn't not changing. I mean, it's just you know,
Speaker 1: they struggled last year other than JPPA, and you know,
Speaker 1: here we go again without JPP, so they just don't
Speaker 1: have much there. I think the Russian attacks not very strong.
Speaker 1: Eli Manning last week played the kind of game that
Speaker 1: he can play a really not good game other games.
Speaker 1: I think he's got one of the strangest careers I've
Speaker 1: ever seen a player have, Dave. I mean a plot
Speaker 1: players twice walked off the field a Super Bowl champion
Speaker 1: and many times walked off the field with you know,
Speaker 1: the whole world billing up. He's a very bizarre player,
Speaker 1: but he can be good, and that's I think the
Speaker 1: primary reason, Dave, why I think they remained the biggest
Speaker 1: threat to the Eagles. And then they host the Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys this week, and the Cowboys coming off of their
Speaker 1: bye week talking a little crazy about des Brian getting
Speaker 1: on the field. If not Sunday, it could be happening
Speaker 1: very soon and possibly when the Eagles go to Arlington,
Speaker 1: Texas in a few weeks. But for now, the Cowboys
Speaker 1: trying to get things right at the quarterback position with
Speaker 1: Matt Castle taking the rains from Brandon Whedon a change
Speaker 1: at running back, the Cowboys searching Joe for answers with
Speaker 1: an all fence. It just has lost all of its punch,
Speaker 1: all of its power, all of its production. Biggest play,
Speaker 1: I think, probably for the entire season in the NFC East,
Speaker 1: was when Jordan Hicks knocked out Tony Romo. It completely
Speaker 1: changed the entire complexion of the NFC East. Let me
Speaker 1: ask you a question, Dave, Giants Cowboys this week. From
Speaker 1: an Eagles standpoint, who do you want to win that game?
Speaker 1: I will always want the Giants to beat the Cowboys
Speaker 1: always it really I think it ultimately doesn't matter because
Speaker 1: the Eagles control their own destiny do I'm not really
Speaker 1: at this point matching this win, that win, that team,
Speaker 1: this team. Everything's too closely well, and I think the
Speaker 1: Eagles win within the division. Moving forward here they're going
Speaker 1: to be fine. Well. I always look at how does
Speaker 1: it affect the Eagles and how are things matching up?
Speaker 1: But and I know what you mean. I mean, obviously
Speaker 1: the Eagles have their own fate in their own control,
Speaker 1: and that's what you want to have. And at three
Speaker 1: and three, there's a lot of season to go. But
Speaker 1: the way I look at it is to me, this
Speaker 1: is confounding because ordinarily you would want the higher ranked team,
Speaker 1: in this case, the Giants at three and three, to lose.
Speaker 1: It benefits the Eagles. But there's something to be said
Speaker 1: for the Dallas Cowboys at two and three, and with
Speaker 1: Seattle the following week, and who knows how good Seattle
Speaker 1: as I thought they'd be good, there's something to be
Speaker 1: said for maybe just trying to cross Dallas off the list.
Speaker 1: And I'm not saying, Dave, that's definitely going to happen
Speaker 1: if they lose this game. You know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: They could. They could get really down, Joe. I've just
Speaker 1: been through it so many times that I just try
Speaker 1: not to predict wins and losses. There's going to be
Speaker 1: a game that you thought you were going to win
Speaker 1: that you lose, and there are games that you think
Speaker 1: you're gonna lose that you go out and win. So
Speaker 1: it's gonna come down to December for the Eagles in
Speaker 1: the division, and that's why they've got to take care
Speaker 1: of business in the vision. Yeah, obviously I will never
Speaker 1: root for the Dallas Cowboys, and I think that it's
Speaker 1: probably best that they lose these games now that they
Speaker 1: should be a pretty formidable team, should Dez Brian come back,
Speaker 1: should Tony Romo come back, for which which at some
Speaker 1: point you know Romo will come back, and that certainly
Speaker 1: will come back, and just be interesting how much they
Speaker 1: might be buried by that point. And they do get
Speaker 1: Randy Gregory back on defense this week, so that pass
Speaker 1: rush should be improved. Pretty good pass rush already with
Speaker 1: the return of Gregory, and you know they're getting some
Speaker 1: little juice up in front, all right. The Washington Redskins
Speaker 1: two and four after losing to the New York Jets.
Speaker 1: They play Tampa Bay. Chance to get something good going here.
Speaker 1: But I think in Washington the feeling is that Kirk
Speaker 1: Cousins is just not going to get it done. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: I will echo those sentiments. Kirk Cousins just is not
Speaker 1: going to get it done. How about that. I mean, listen,
Speaker 1: he's not good enough, David. It's it's still annoying that
Speaker 1: he beat the Eagles a couple of weeks ago. Like
Speaker 1: it happens, it hurt the Eagles. We know that. It's
Speaker 1: why they're three and three instead of four and two.
Speaker 1: I just don't believe in Kirk Cousins. I don't believe
Speaker 1: in Washington they popped off a couple of years ago
Speaker 1: and won the division Nargie three's first year, But you
Speaker 1: look at this fifteen twenty years span of time, it's
Speaker 1: just if you're going to bet, it's not a team
Speaker 1: I would bet on. I just don't believe Daves at
Speaker 1: the Washington Redskins and all of sudden done will be there.
Speaker 1: Of course, the Shaan Jackson's been out, the running game
Speaker 1: hasn't been as strong in recent weeks as it was
Speaker 1: early in the year, and they got crushed by the Jets. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they've had a lot of injuries that are really hurting
Speaker 1: both sides of the football. So the division remains the division.
Speaker 1: Everybody's jumbled in there, trying to get healthy, trying to
Speaker 1: get system. I think that's what it's going to come
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Speaker 1: exclusive one on one with head coach Chip Kelly. Sunday
Speaker 1: night is the Eagles in Carolina against the parents, two
Speaker 1: straight wins for the Eagles coach. Let's talk about this
Speaker 1: team first before we talk about Caroline in the front
Speaker 1: seven on Sunday against New York another strong at it.
Speaker 1: We've talked about it so much. What works so well
Speaker 1: as a group to make it fit well? I think
Speaker 1: there's consistency and who's there? You know, the same guys
Speaker 1: have been there for a while. You've got both our
Speaker 1: outside linebackers have been together with us for three years.
Speaker 1: So hasn't Demiko, So hasn't Fletcher, So, hasn't Benny Logan,
Speaker 1: So hasn't said her Thornton. So's It's been the same
Speaker 1: cast of characters. They've had a great understanding of what
Speaker 1: we're trying to do defensively, and they're really skilled football
Speaker 1: park and this past defense zero X plays allowed. I
Speaker 1: know it was a huge priority. Leaving twenty fourteen, what's
Speaker 1: coming together with that group which has changed a lot
Speaker 1: of personnel wise from last year? It really has. The
Speaker 1: only starter returning is Malcolm Jenkins, but when you add
Speaker 1: Byron Maxwell and Walter Thurman and Nolan Carroll in there,
Speaker 1: and then a guy who's not getting a lot of
Speaker 1: credit as EJ. Biggers, who's doing a really nice job
Speaker 1: for us as a extra defensive back that comes in,
Speaker 1: and Chris Maragos also comes in and on some of
Speaker 1: our sub packages also, that group's got a lot of continuity.
Speaker 1: I think we've got great leadership in both Malcolm and
Speaker 1: Walter Thurman, so we're getting really good safety play. They're
Speaker 1: the guys that get us a line. They're the quarterbacks
Speaker 1: back there, and our corners were playing really consistent. And
Speaker 1: you know it's evident with Nolan having to pick six
Speaker 1: the first to his career or kind of along in
Speaker 1: those lines. You talk about the safeties and Bill seems
Speaker 1: to use them in a variety of ways. Does that
Speaker 1: flexibility really allow him to do other things to expand
Speaker 1: the scheme. Well, that's what we want to do scheme wise,
Speaker 1: and our designments to have both safeties can cover, both
Speaker 1: safeties can play deep, both safeties can play in the box,
Speaker 1: and that's what we have now with Malcolm and Walt.
Speaker 1: Both of them came into the league as corners. Both
Speaker 1: very intelligent players, so they can play down on an
Speaker 1: open receiver. They can also play high because they both
Speaker 1: have great range. Brandon Graham really impactful on Sunday night
Speaker 1: against the run, also good pass rush. What kind of
Speaker 1: progress have you seen from him? Really stepped up really
Speaker 1: in a leadership Role's done a great job, you know,
Speaker 1: kind of set the tone for those guys on the
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball. We were excited to sign
Speaker 1: him back, you know. This past offseason was a great
Speaker 1: acquisition for us, you know, because he wasn't heading into
Speaker 1: free agency, even though he wasn't our team before, So
Speaker 1: to get BG back was a priority for us, and
Speaker 1: we're excited. He's playing in a really high level right
Speaker 1: now on the other side of the ball. One receiver
Speaker 1: that not a lot of people talk about is Miles Austin.
Speaker 1: He's made some big catches, he's blocked well in the
Speaker 1: run game, talk about just the way he kind of
Speaker 1: fits into everything that you want to do, the complete
Speaker 1: package at wide receiver. Well, we knew we were going
Speaker 1: to be young in their wide out room, you know,
Speaker 1: with Huff and Nelson and Jordan, so we wanted to
Speaker 1: bring in a veteran presence in there to add with
Speaker 1: Riley Cooper, and I think that's what Miles done. He's
Speaker 1: been a real good mentor to those young players. But
Speaker 1: he's also you know, played over fifty snaps on Monday
Speaker 1: night for us. He's an outstanding blocker. He's big, he's physical,
Speaker 1: he's versatile, and the fact that he can play in
Speaker 1: the slot in play outside. Had some really big catches
Speaker 1: for us on Monday night. Even that's you know, that's
Speaker 1: what we thought we were getting when we got him
Speaker 1: out of Cleveland. The running game has been productive. What
Speaker 1: are you seeing to make that all work? The offensive
Speaker 1: line has really come together right now. They're executing stand
Speaker 1: on blocks, you know, getting a good push with the
Speaker 1: point of attack, and really pleased with how they played
Speaker 1: on Monday. Cam Newton is the guy that everybody talks
Speaker 1: about in Carolina. Last year, came here, he had the
Speaker 1: ankle injury, wasn't quite there and Eagles really dominated that game.
Speaker 1: How's Camp played this year? What kind of roles he
Speaker 1: hadn't at all? He's been outstanding. You know. He's he's
Speaker 1: legitimate dual threat quarterback. There's more design quarterback runs for
Speaker 1: Cam than there are for probably anybody else that will
Speaker 1: face this season. And he can also beat you with
Speaker 1: his arm, as he did to Seattle late in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter against him, So he can make all the throws.
Speaker 1: He's big, he's physical, he's tough to bring down. You know,
Speaker 1: we we can generate a pass rush, but it's a
Speaker 1: little bit different generating a pass rush against him because
Speaker 1: he's a hard guy to bring down. He's you know,
Speaker 1: he's in that Ben Roethlisberger's size type where it's going
Speaker 1: to take more than one guy to get around him.
Speaker 1: So it's going to present a good challenge to our defense.
Speaker 1: So is that message then everybody rallies to the ball
Speaker 1: with Cam. He's got a favorite target camp in a
Speaker 1: Greg Olsen tight end. What kind of challenges is he
Speaker 1: in terms of what he does so well out there,
Speaker 1: Very athletic, you know, can run routes like a receiver.
Speaker 1: But he's also the size of a tight end. He's
Speaker 1: in the Jimmy Graham category in terms out He can
Speaker 1: be a tough matchup for you to put a smaller
Speaker 1: dB on him. He'll exploit it. If you put a
Speaker 1: linebacker on him. He's probably faster than them. So it'll
Speaker 1: be interested to see how we match up with Their
Speaker 1: defense has been a really good chip Luke Keikley and
Speaker 1: Thomas Davis at linebacker. When you watch them play, what
Speaker 1: do you see from those two guys, we feel it's
Speaker 1: the best pair of linebackers will face. They both are
Speaker 1: three down linebackers. They don't come off the field. They
Speaker 1: can run sideline to sideline. They both have outstanding speed.
Speaker 1: They're both great at key and diagnosed in terms of plays.
Speaker 1: They only need to see schemes once or twice and
Speaker 1: then they can diagnose what you're doing and then run
Speaker 1: things down. It's a defense that plays. They keep everything
Speaker 1: in front of them, and then they rally and they
Speaker 1: kind of forced the ball to get to the linebackers.
Speaker 1: And you got two linebracks that are outstanding tacklers. Good
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Speaker 1: Insider Dave Spidero with Joe to Cameron Joe. The Eagles
Speaker 1: defense has carried the way, and nobody expected this through
Speaker 1: six games, that the defense would be leading the way
Speaker 1: in the offense working to catch up. In your mind,
Speaker 1: is this defense four real playoff caliber, deep playoff run caliber,
Speaker 1: playoff caliber? For sure, There's no doubt about that the
Speaker 1: defense is playing at that kind of level. Deep playoff
Speaker 1: caliber run really carry the entire team if the offense
Speaker 1: continues to struggle. I mean, you know, it's I don't
Speaker 1: think it's a dominant defense. It's going to take the
Speaker 1: Eagles all the way to the Super Bowl, are near
Speaker 1: there on its own, and the defense is going to
Speaker 1: need help from the offense. And that's really what was envisioned.
Speaker 1: I think with the moves in the off seasons, there
Speaker 1: really was balanced. So far, those moves have bolstered it.
Speaker 1: Really it's been a couple of year process with the defense.
Speaker 1: Remember from a four to three prior regime to the
Speaker 1: three four in the switch in a two and a
Speaker 1: half years ago. They've made that transition very effectively. Fletcher
Speaker 1: Cox is the best player on the football team. He's
Speaker 1: one of the best players in all Pro football. The
Speaker 1: linebackers have been strong, the safeties have been excellent. I
Speaker 1: think the defense is really good, Dave, really good, But
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say it's completely dominant. Yeah, it's played very
Speaker 1: well through six games. What's ahead for the Eagles, Well,
Speaker 1: they've got the Carolina Panthers on Sunday night. What's ahead
Speaker 1: for you here on Eagles three sixty. Let's take a
Speaker 1: look our Emrosso's on the menu segment. We're gonna have
Speaker 1: some bold predictions on Thursday from Glenn Macnow my co
Speaker 1: host Merrill Reese, the Voice of the Eagles, in studio
Speaker 1: to talk about another prime timer. He loves them, And
Speaker 1: we've go behind enemy lines to find out about the
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. Are they that good? At five? And oh,
Speaker 1: we're gonna see, well, we are going to seat Dave.
Speaker 1: I don't like to talk bad about teams because you
Speaker 1: know they win. You play who's on your schedule and
Speaker 1: you win. And they showed a lot coming back to
Speaker 1: beat Seattle. That was really impressive because again, their first
Speaker 1: four teams they play were terrible. But but see, what
Speaker 1: do you make of Seattle? It's weird. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean, if they're not very good, it devalues the
Speaker 1: I think Seattle's had two long football seasons. They've lost coaches. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they've lost players. That is why it is very difficult
Speaker 1: to have a dynasty in the NFL. You're good players
Speaker 1: are going to move on in free agency. Your good
Speaker 1: coaches are going to become head coaches. I agree, I
Speaker 1: mean you have to replace. I was having a conversation
Speaker 1: with someone yesterday. We're talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers in
Speaker 1: nineteen seventy nine probably would not have won the nineteen
Speaker 1: seventy nine Super Bowl if there was a salary cap
Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy two and seventy three and seventy four
Speaker 1: and seventy five. You don't get to seventy nine. Seattle's
Speaker 1: dealing with a salary cap age the NFL where players league. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and that's what we're seeing with the Eagles. A lot
Speaker 1: of changes this year. Takes some time to build, to grow,
Speaker 1: to come together, and maybe we're seeing the Eagles get
Speaker 1: hot at just the right time. Well, thank you for
Speaker 1: joining us here on Eagles three sixty. For Joe to camera,
Speaker 1: I'm Dave Spidero. Thank you so much for joining us.
Speaker 1: Have yourselves a great Eagles night.