WEBVTT - Eagles 360: Finding The Next Level 0:00:33.720 --> 0:00:35.680 Welcome everyone at the Eagle three to sixty on this 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:38.720 Wednesday at an Overcare complex. Dave Spinnarow Eagles Insider, along 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:41.720 with Joe di camera one final look back at Sunday's 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:43.680 win over the Buffalo Bills. Joe, we haven't heard from 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:45.320 you since that game. What do you think about it? 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:47.720 Big win, Dave, very big win for the Eagles, the 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:50.479 franchise and the city. Listen, they're back in the fight now, 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:52.280 you know what. That was a game that was a fight, 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:54.040 that was a close game, Dave. That was one of 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:56.360 those games kind of reminded me of some past years 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:59.560 at Lincoln Financial Field. The crowd roused up, the team 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:01.640 playing with great passion, and that's what you need to 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:03.600 see from the franchise moving forward. In the final couple 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:05.000 of games here, we've got a three game sprint and 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:07.480 out of the finish, three teams in the division all 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:08.840 in the you know, in the tie and the leaf 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:10.640 for the division, and it's going to be a sprint 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:11.960 to the finish. But I like what I see from 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.280 Sam Bradford six and two in the last eight games 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:16.319 that he has started and finished. I like what I 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:19.000 see from the defense, clearly playing better than they had 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:22.920 during the losing streak. Hey, listen, it's December. It's mid December. 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:25.200 There's a chances in January football Scuse Yeah, I know. 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:27.720 We've got a game on Sunday night, the Arizona Cardinals. 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:30.040 Eleven and two. They come to town. A victory with 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:33.319 buy the Cardinals gives them the NFC West title of Eagles, 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:36.360 of course, tied for first in the NFC East. Your opinion, 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:39.880 Joe on on Arizona, is this team for real? Yeah? Yeah, 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:42.080 they're for real. I mean I think about it. They 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:45.840 are in the top four both offensively and defensively in 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:48.600 all of football this year. You know, from a yardage standpoint, 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:51.040 they're eleven and two. They're also in a battle with 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:53.600 Carolina for home field advantage. You know, they're very likely 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:55.760 to get a buy and for them, the challenges try 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:58.040 to get a home field all the way throughout the NFC. Now, 0:01:58.040 --> 0:01:59.640 they probably won't be able to pull that off because 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:02.600 Carolin hasn't lost it, Arizona's lost twice. But they still 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.160 have that motivation. They're a heck of a football team. 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:07.080 I think they've got two years in a row with 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:08.840 chips on their shoulder day you know, you remember two 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.280 years ago the Eagles and Cardinals playing here, a close 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.520 game that the Eagles won, but ultimately that kept Arizona 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.240 out of the playoffs. Two years ago, landshear Arizona heck 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:19.160 of a team, but they lose Carson Palmer. They lose 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:21.560 their second stringer. So in many ways, they really lost 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.200 the opportunity to do damage in the playoffs because they 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:26.040 just had no shot once they got to the third stringer. 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:28.840 They got Carson Palmer healthy, He's playing at an MVP 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.600 caliber level this year. They got a really good defense. 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:33.320 They're a heck of a squad. It creates a real 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:35.320 big challenge for the Eagles. We'll take a really deep 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:38.240 look at those Arizona Cardinals in just a bid. First 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:40.920 things first, let's get you caught up on everything happening 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:43.600 here at the Novicare Complex. Some injured players back on 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:46.600 the training field. Alex Smith our Eagles three sixty update. 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:50.440 Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith and this is a three 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:53.120 sixty update. The big news here at the Novicare Complex 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:55.280 on Wednesday was head coach Chip Kelly meeting with the 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:58.120 media before practice, and Kelly spoke about how even though 0:02:58.120 --> 0:02:59.800 the Eagles have won two games in a row to 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:02.640 get back into the playoff push. There's still another level 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.800 that every one of the Eagles players can reach. I 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:07.799 think there's another level for everybody. So I don't think 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:09.880 anybody has ever arrived at this game. And I think 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:11.320 Sam would be the first to tell you the same 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:14.160 thing is that he's gotten better each week. Um, I 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:17.440 think he's has a better understanding of what's going on 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:20.280 that you know, that kind of the game slows down 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:22.359 for him. You can see him, you know, getting to 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:24.960 different things, which puts him in a position where you 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:27.840 know he can now get to the second, third, fourth 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.560 option on some plays. Um, he's doing a good job 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:31.959 with a lot of things. We've we've given him his 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:33.800 hands as as the season's gone along, we've given them 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:35.560 more things to do when he's handled them extremely well. 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.680 So one of those players that can still ascend their 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.480 game is quarterback Sam Bradford, who, even though he's getting 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:44.400 more and more comfortable in this Eagles offense, still believe 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:46.720 that there's more room to grow during the final three 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:49.480 games of the year. You know, just be more efficient, 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:54.520 you know, better in some of our situations, you know, 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:56.680 third down, red zone. I think or areas that you know, 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:59.320 we can improve and I can improve. And I think 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:01.800 you look at the really good offenses, you know, they 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:04.040 keep themselves on the field on third down, they convert 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:05.720 in the red zone, and so I think, you know, 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.880 just playing more efficient in some of those situations. On 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:10.760 the other side of the football, the Eagles will face 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:14.119 Carson Palmer and a talented cast of Arizona Cardinals receivers. 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:16.120 Inside the locker room, we heard from a number of 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:18.400 players who spoke about what the challenge will be like 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:22.800 on Sunday night. Well, they're a loving personnel team. They're 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:25.240 an inside run game, and then they can throw the 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:27.280 ball all over the field. So I think obviously the 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:30.080 big X plays are gonna be huge for us up 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:33.040 to elamate those and then disrupting him and not letting 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:34.720 him get into a rhythm where he's just throwing the 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:36.599 ball over. I mean, we got a lot of we 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:38.800 got a lot that we gotta handle this week. As 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.320 far as you know their receivers and you know, they 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.880 got a nice running game. I mean, they played well together. 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:45.760 Put it like that, they played well together. I think 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.479 that communication is, you know, phenomenal, and those guys you 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:51.239 can you can just tell that they don't want page. 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:53.360 I think it's his work ethic, honestly. You know, I 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:56.960 know some guys who who know him personally, and you know, 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:59.520 they just say the work he puts in the off season, Um, 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:01.800 he might be one of the best rib receivers out 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:03.760 there to go go get the ball with his hands, 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:07.279 you know, and his strength at the point of attack. 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:10.440 And finally, we'll wrap things up here from the Novocare 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:13.680 Complex with an injury report. Cornerback Byron Maxwell was the 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:15.960 only Eagle that did not practice today as he deals 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:19.000 with an ankle injury. Meanwhile, wide receiver Jordan Matthews is 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:21.240 dealing with a back injury and he was limited in 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:23.440 today's training session. You can check out the rest of 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:25.760 the practice report, as well as all the latest Eagles 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:30.640 news right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. Thanks so much, Alex. 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:33.120 You know it's interesting Joe Bruce Arians was kind of 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:37.840 the unknown head coach three years ago. Arizona hired him. 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.240 The Eagles of course hired Chip Kelly many other coaches 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.200 around the league, and Bruce Arians has had more success 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:45.520 than all of them. He's he's really done a terrific job. 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:48.520 It's terrific job, unbelievable job. I spend some time with 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.800 Bruce at the Maxwell Football Awards his past march down 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.120 in Atlantic City when he was honored as the Coach 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:55.880 of the Year last year. He's just he's done an 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:57.640 amazing job. And here he goes again. He's got a 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:00.680 squad playing great football, and there's no doubt about it. 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:03.680 He brings a toughness and look, it's it's you know, 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.240 we talk a lot about what different coaches bring. Schematically, 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:08.480 one of his things shots down the field. I mean 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:10.800 that's a vertical pass, an attack. They take shots down 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:12.240 the field. They have a lot of success with him, 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:15.200 they sure do. 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Eagles 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:22.200 insider Dave Spinnero along with Joe to camera at Eagles 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:24.320 three sixty We come your way every Monday through Friday 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:27.480 at five o'clock on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com and the 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:29.960 official team app. Let's take a look at the Eagles 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:33.679 upcoming schedule. Three games to Go, presented by NFL Ticket 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:37.000 Exchange powered by Ticketmaster. For the only one hundred percent 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:40.520 verified way to buy or sell NFL tickets, visit NFL 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:44.160 ticket Exchange dot com. Well, Joe, we know what's ahead. 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.720 Arizona on Sunday and then the NFC East to close 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:49.920 out the season. Yeah, gotta win. Gotta win two of 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:52.760 the three. I feel very confident. Gotta win two of 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:55.959 the three. Obviously, you want those two to be if 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:58.320 you had to pick two, Washington and the Giants games 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:01.280 because they frankly do matter more. But it's not like 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:03.600 Arizona doesn't matter. It matters quite a bit as well. 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:06.680 It's in the Eagles fate. But here's a deal, Washington 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:08.240 and the Giants control their fate as well, and that's 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:10.400 what makes us so compelling down the stretch. You know, 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:12.760 big wins by both of those other franchises this past 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.160 week as well. First time all season long all three 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.400 teams won on the same weekend. So here we go 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:20.680 six and seven. I think eight and eight probably gets 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:22.200 it done, you know what I'm saying. I mean, it 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:24.880 gets it done. But of course if someone goes three, 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:26.400 another're gonna win, and that would be nine and seven. 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.880 First things first, Arizona. On Sunday night, we take our 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:32.000 first look at the Arizona Cardinals. We spoke about Carson 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:36.560 Palmer earlier terrific season, a seasoned veteran who stands in 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:39.160 there against all kinds of pressure and throws the ball 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:42.040 very well vertically. A player whose career at one point 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:44.880 Joe was kind of considered washed up. Very similar to 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:47.840 Sam Bradford, who's come on strong lately. Six and two 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:51.000 in games in which he starts and finishes, the edge 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:54.199 probably goes to Carson Palmer, but Bradford teams can be 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:56.520 closing the distance. Yeah, I'm really I'm happy with what 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:59.319 Bradford's doing playing better football here lately. I think he's 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:00.880 much more calm. I'm in the pocket. You know, he 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.560 was very skittish in the beginning, and we all, I 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.600 think we're hoping that there were some rust there. Not 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:07.360 that you were hoping week one that there was ruscus. 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:09.000 You wanted them to come out and play great r 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:10.520 out of the game. But once we saw the game 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:13.679 versus Atlanta, the game versus Dallas was all right. Hopefully 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:16.280 there's some russ there that'll fall off as the season progresses. 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:17.880 I think it's fair to say it has. I mean, 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.320 he really has played much better football, which is good 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:22.439 to say. Now. Carson Palmer, on the other side, hack 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:25.280 him a challenge. Like Bradford, a former number one overall pick, 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:27.280 and is Dave alluded to, you know, playing some great 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:29.400 football right now. Really, I think, in any ways the 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.520 best of his career. Multiple knee injuries that were devastating 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:35.920 to his career, devastating to his franchises. But he's gotten 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:37.960 it together. He's old, I mean, he's in the ump 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:39.719 for thirty, so he doesn't have any more years left. 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:41.240 But this is a great opportunity for him and his 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:43.360 team and they take shots down the field, and he's 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.680 a great long ball thrower, and the run game is 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:48.480 something that both teams want to get going and get 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:50.240 going early. Now. Of course, the Eagles have taken the 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:54.240 running back by committee approach with really four backs active 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:58.080 against the Bills, Kenyan Barner getting five reps, but it's 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:02.600 Ryan Matthews, DeMarco Murray and Darren Sproles. And for the Cardinals, 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.040 they dip deep into their depth chart and they go 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:07.800 with David Johnson here, a young guy who's who's been 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:10.280 pretty productive, at least against the Minnesota Vikings. For sure, 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:11.760 it was, yeah, he's done a nice job. He's over 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:13.640 four yards a carry. Also get some balls out of 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:15.800 the backfield, you know as a receiver, So you know 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:17.160 the Eagles are going to have to deal with that. 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:19.600 You know, from a standpoint of the Eagles, I applaud 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.560 what Chip's done diversifying that we're spreading it around. As 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:24.679 far as the carries, I don't think there's any way 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.840 around that. It was time to minimize DeMarco's influence as 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:30.719 far as having that heavier workload because Darren Sproles and 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:32.719 Ryan Matthews can play ball and they're playing ball to 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.520 pretty You know, look, Matthews wasn't great last week versus Buffalo, 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:37.560 but before the injury, he was obviously playing very well. 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:39.800 So he hope now two weeks removed from coming back, 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.360 he can be better. And I would just continue to 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:44.320 rotate all three of them. Barn aroun from time to 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:46.360 time as well. I like what Chip did there, David. 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:49.319 I think it was a very necessary adjustment to help 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:51.839 this team have an optimism chanceman to playoffs. I agree. 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.440 I just think that we are all so focused on 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:56.640 the running backs. But it's the point is they're not 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.120 running the football as well as they want to go 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:02.160 out who the running because the offensive line he's not 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:04.760 opening wholes consistent and especially on the interior that there's 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:06.560 no doubt about it. But as long as Chip's going 0:12:06.600 --> 0:12:08.880 to run this offense a lot of times sideline of 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:10.920 sidelines to try to turn a corner, and that's what 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:12.520 he does. I mean, that's just bottom line, that's what 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:15.400 Chip does. DeMarco wasn't doing that well enough. He just wasn't. 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:17.440 So it was if you're going to run that offense, 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.040 that adjustment was imperative. All right. The wide receivers, the 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.560 Eagles need to be more consistent catching the football three 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:27.720 drops on third down on Sunday, Nelson Aglore two drops 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.440 although he had the nice touchdown catched. The Eagles must 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:33.240 be more consistent catching the football and the matchup for 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:37.600 the Eagles defense on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals formidable. 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:40.840 Larry Fitzgerald will be a first ballot Hall of Famer 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:43.400 and he's got some help. Yeah, he does. I'll tell 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:45.240 you what. First off, Fitzgerald, what a player. There's a 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:47.160 lot of people have thought, Look, I guess he's a 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:48.880 little diminished from where he was a few years ago, 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:51.760 but the sense was that he was maybe getting near 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:55.400 the end. Tremendous resurgence for Larry Fitzgerald this season, you know, 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:57.480 with where he is. You see those stats with the 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:00.679 yards and the receptions and the touchdowns. Very very Look, 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:02.920 we saw Larry Fitzgerald years ago burning the Eagles in 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:06.280 the NFCA Championship game. He keeps going. So just a tremendous, 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:09.440 tremendous career from Fitzgerald. You know, you also consider, you know, 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:11.600 John Brown, the young player and what he did last 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.760 year and burning the Eagles late in that game. A touchdown, 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:17.160 big over the top touchdown beating Kerry Williams and ultimately 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:19.440 you know that that helped Arizona win that game. You know, 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:22.320 young player making some plays long ball fret close to 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.920 a thousand yards on the season, and then other players 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:27.040 to contribute as well, including Michael Floyd. They really do 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:29.840 spread the ball around a lot to their receivers. And 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.160 you know, as far as the Eagles, we know the 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:36.360 deal they are. They are a team that largely throws 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:38.880 the ball, you know underneath that's just kind of what 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:40.640 they do. Now, it was good last week to see 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:43.680 Chip and Bradford dial up more plays down down the field. 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:45.480 You had, you know, the long past of Cooper Early, 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.480 you had the completely which was incomplete, you had the 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:51.120 completion and Nelson Agler. You also had an incompletion at 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:53.720 Jira two two and another incompletion the Agler. They took 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:55.160 the shots and now what that said, they could have 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:57.400 taken more shots. Having reviewed the film yesterday, there was 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.319 a lot of opportunity. Buffalo had their safeties way close 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:02.119 to the line of scrimmage. It was a great opportunity 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:04.800 one on one down the field, and Bradford didn't throw 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:07.760 it as often as I think he should have. Huff 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:10.079 and Iglore were streaking down the field a couple of 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:13.120 different times with opportunities, and Bradford did the swing pass 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:14.760 to the running backs of the little pop pass to 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.679 the tight ends. If teams play the Eagles like that, 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:19.440 he's got to go over the top because you can 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:21.960 get seven points, you can get boom like that, you 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:24.000 can get a quick seven. It was great to see 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:26.880 him do it once last week, Dave successfully. I'm telling 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:28.680 you they can do it more and should do it more. 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:31.640 And the Buffalo Bills certainly left that middle of the 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:34.880 field wide open. Arizona on Sunday night will bring a 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.000 lot of the blitz, a lot of the pressure. The 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.200 Eagles handled it well last week. They handled it well 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.400 last year against Arizona. We shall see what the game 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:43.960 plan is. To move the football down the field. You 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:46.440 gotta get some more chunk plays, no doubt in this offense. 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.640 How about tight end zach Ertz. A couple of big 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.560 plays for the Eagles on Sunday, one of which at 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:53.320 the end of the game Joe led to the game 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:55.320 winning points. Yeah, game winning points and a and I 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:58.320 know Chips not big on talking about pick plays and 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:00.200 new or should he big but if he has me 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.360 in my opinion, Josh Huff very successfully did his role 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:05.720 in that play, cleared out some receiver, that cleared out 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:08.840 some defenders, and obviously Ertz made one nice move to 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:10.600 get it past the defender and down that sideline. Was 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:12.680 an absolutely huge player with about five minutes ago in 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:14.560 the game, and I think in many ways it shows 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:17.720 what Artz has been doing these last five six weeks. 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:19.400 He's come on. You know, beginning of the season, he 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:21.880 was only getting into two three catches a game. Not 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:24.880 that it's increased so dramatically, but it's increased enough that 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:26.560 it's helped the Eagles win. And it's you know, a 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:28.720 tight end can be a big friend to a quarterback, 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.280 especially a quarterback trying to find his wife, especially a 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:34.040 quarterback that doesn't have the greatest outside wide receivers to 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.800 rely on. I'm very impressed with what Artz is doing lately. 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:40.280 And Brent Selak he does it every year blocking and receiving, 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:42.800 and I think his receiving, as we see, has also 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:44.920 come on a little bit more as the season's going on. 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:47.800 We know Chips using a lot of two tight end offense, formations. 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:49.680 Very impressed with what the Eagles are doing because and 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:53.720 jone sleep on Darren Fells nearly fifteen yards as the 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:57.520 per reception as the understudy to the galaxy of stars 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.440 that Arizona has in it's running game. So let's look 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:03.320 at the offense. Now, the defense Eagles, they've struggled statistically, 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.440 but they kept Buffalo out of the end zone last week. 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:09.800 Arizona's defense outstanding and they will again bring the pressure. 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:14.080 Excellent on the back end. And some really undersized active linebackers. Yeah, 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:16.080 some good players. I mean, they're they're good at all levels. 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:18.400 First off, let's look at this fourth in the entire NFL. 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:20.960 You know, as far as yards per game. I mean, 0:16:20.960 --> 0:16:23.640 they're a really really good defense. So you start with 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:25.400 that premise. As we know they've got, you know, some 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:29.040 outstanding players in the secondary. Patrick Peterson, you know, not 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:30.880 quite a young player anymore, but kind of on the 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.680 youngish side. But but boy boy, what a player he's 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.800 been throughout his career. Guy that can make plays on 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:39.480 the ball. They're just they're a very very very good, 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:42.160 complete football team that can come after you. Now, you know, 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:44.200 this is the challenge for Sam Bradford now he's going 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:46.240 to have to deal with that. And this is where 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:48.360 I really think when we talk big picture about what 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:51.320 the Eagles are looking to accomplish defensively, I see an 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:54.760 Eagles team that has found its footing. After a couple 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:58.040 of shaky performances. They found their footing. Billy Davis what 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:00.680 he's doing. He's blitzing Lass, He's helping Eric Rowe, He's 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:03.800 helping Byron Maxwell. Eagles have only blitzed ten total times 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:06.280 in the last two weeks. It's ten blitz is for 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:10.000 the last one hundred and six dropbacks between Tom Brady 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:12.080 and Tyrod Taylor. That's less than ten percent. That's a 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:15.640 very small percentage, but it's creating success because they're helping 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:17.080 the guys on the back end. So I feel like 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:18.960 the Eagles d and of course the Eagles defensive line 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:21.200 is dominating Fletcher Cox's planning an all pro level, There's 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:22.879 no doubt about it. So I feel like that is 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:26.679 taken care of to beat an Arizona Cardinals eleven and 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:29.639 two football team to win games in January, which is 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:32.560 ultimately what the goal is. I believe it is the offense. 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:34.880 It is incumbent on the offense, Dave, that's the group 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:37.400 that's got to now step its game up. Defense has 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:39.880 made strides offense, get it going more and I put 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:43.440 that mostly on the long passing game and obviously more 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:45.960 consistency with the Russia. And let's not forget the special 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:49.119 teams have been outstanding for the Eagles. Another takeaway against 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:52.280 Buffalo that led to seven points, and that was obviously 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:54.560 very important for this football team. So that's a look 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:56.520 at the Arizona Cardinals. When we return to the the Eagles 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:59.119 three sixty, we will take a look at the Eagles 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:03.600 from a different perspective. 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