Speaker 1: Welcome everyone. If Eagles three sixty Eagles insider Dave's fidero
Speaker 1: joined by Joe to camera on this hump day at
Speaker 1: the Novacare Complex and Eagles on the field today dodging
Speaker 1: the rain drops getting ready for the Washington Redskins on Sunday. Joe,
Speaker 1: the Eagles getting a win on Sunday up in East Rutherford,
Speaker 1: New Jersey. Now one and two, we'll talk about the
Speaker 1: NFC East in a bit. Your thoughts on a suddenly
Speaker 1: resurgent Philadelphia Eagles football. It was good to see the win, Dave,
Speaker 1: no doubt about that. Obviously, gives the Eagles an opportunity
Speaker 1: to get back into season. We know the division is
Speaker 1: there for the you know, the taking so to speak.
Speaker 1: It's so early, but with this division of the injury
Speaker 1: so there's an opportunity. We saw some good things from
Speaker 1: the Eagles in Week three, some improvement obviously, some areas
Speaker 1: still to work on. Some scheme change from Chip Kelly,
Speaker 1: which I thought was interesting, Dave, with Chip slowing it
Speaker 1: down at times under center, with Sam Bradford under center,
Speaker 1: So it'll be interesting looking up ahead of the Washington game. End.
Speaker 1: Beyond the other changes we may or may not see
Speaker 1: from Chip moving forward, and there are a lot of
Speaker 1: fluid situations with the injuries, and so we'll find out
Speaker 1: about more of that later in the week. Darren Sprowls
Speaker 1: your NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his
Speaker 1: remarkable eighty nine yard punt return that really counterhold of
Speaker 1: the Eagles to that big lead on Sunday. Let's get
Speaker 1: you caught up with everything going on with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1: Alex Smith our three sixty update. Hi everyone, I'm Alex
Speaker 1: Smith and this is your three sixty update. A cloudy
Speaker 1: day here at the Novacare Complex on the last day
Speaker 1: of September, as the Eagles gets set to square off
Speaker 1: with Washington on Sunday. Today, we heard from head coach
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly, along with Sam Bradford and Zach Ertz, on
Speaker 1: the challenges presented by this tough Washington defense. You know,
Speaker 1: I think the big thing with Joe's group and Joe's
Speaker 1: they're always sound, you know, and they don't They're second
Speaker 1: right defense in the NFL right now. There they can
Speaker 1: stop the run with their guys up front, their gigantic
Speaker 1: up front. You know, I think Knight may be the
Speaker 1: biggest inside guy in the league right now. They're a
Speaker 1: good defense, you know, obviously I think their second right
Speaker 1: now in total defense. You know, their front is active.
Speaker 1: You know, it seems to me that they get their
Speaker 1: hands on a lot of balls, you know, fairly similar
Speaker 1: to Atlanta, and that their scheme isn't really complex, but
Speaker 1: what they do they seem to be really good at.
Speaker 1: I mean, guys that are going to be physical up front.
Speaker 1: The front sevens are very tough. M so that those
Speaker 1: four linebackers are probably some of the best in the
Speaker 1: NFC in my opinion. Um, so we got to really
Speaker 1: go out there execute. Meanwhile, on the other side of
Speaker 1: the ball, Washington boasts one of the top rushing attacks
Speaker 1: in the NFL. At one hundred and forty three point
Speaker 1: seven yards per game, they are fourth in the league
Speaker 1: and rushing and according to Connor Barwin and Fletcher Cox,
Speaker 1: they know the challenge at hand and slowing down this
Speaker 1: Washington run game. You know, More is a big, tough runner.
Speaker 1: I've played against him, like we said, for a couple
Speaker 1: of years now. And then the other the new guy,
Speaker 1: the rookie, it's a big, fast guy. So we have
Speaker 1: a lot of respect for the running game. That'll be
Speaker 1: a huge challenge for us. But I think they're the
Speaker 1: same most semonbacks one cut straight down hill, you know,
Speaker 1: gang tackle those guys. They were really hard and it's
Speaker 1: gonna be competitive, you know. We gotta bring our game.
Speaker 1: While the Eagles offense is still clicking and looking to
Speaker 1: come together as a unit, the defense has been playing
Speaker 1: with confidence and a certain swagger, according to safety Walter Thurmond,
Speaker 1: who says that it all comes down to playing with
Speaker 1: sound technique. Yeah, I mean everyone has. I think the
Speaker 1: whole defense just has that confidence. You know. We know
Speaker 1: that when we don't play with sound technique, that's when
Speaker 1: we're gonna give beat, you know. And obviously that that
Speaker 1: kind of showed in the in the first game. We
Speaker 1: had just have poor technique and they were able to
Speaker 1: get some explosive players on us. But knowing that it
Speaker 1: will be played sound of football every single down, that
Speaker 1: it's going to be tough for teams to beat us.
Speaker 1: And finally, an injury update here from South Philadelphia. Linebacker
Speaker 1: Michael Kendricks was a full participant in today's practice, while
Speaker 1: running back to Marco Murray was limited and linebacker Keiko
Speaker 1: Alonso still in Florida getting a second opinion on his
Speaker 1: left d Head coach Chip Kelly did say that Alonso
Speaker 1: should be back in town on Friday. And for all
Speaker 1: the latest Eagles news, be sure to keep it right
Speaker 1: here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. Thanks so much, Alex Joy,
Speaker 1: Gonna put you on a spot here. DeMarco Murray may
Speaker 1: or may not play on Sunday. Your view of the backfield,
Speaker 1: how do you use Ryan Matthews? What do you do
Speaker 1: with Murray's healthy? I think it's a tremendous situation for
Speaker 1: the Eagles to be and they have all sorts of
Speaker 1: options and opportunities here moving forward. Look, obviously went to
Speaker 1: Marco Murray healthy, and if he is, he's the starter
Speaker 1: and he's going to carry the ball a lot. The
Speaker 1: The thing to me, that's been an interesting sort of
Speaker 1: conversation piece this week. Within this conversation about you know,
Speaker 1: Murray and Matthews and all that, there's gonna be a
Speaker 1: lot of opportunities for all these guys to run the
Speaker 1: ball even when they're all healthy. I mean, it's not
Speaker 1: like Eagles are gonna slow it down to the point
Speaker 1: where they're still not going to run a lot of plays.
Speaker 1: There's plenty of place to be run if if, if
Speaker 1: they get first down first downs, right, yeah, No, I
Speaker 1: mean I don't get first downs. This whole plan, that's
Speaker 1: a whole different matter. I mean, the whole thing is
Speaker 1: predicated on you gotta get first downs and you gotta
Speaker 1: move the ball if you do. I still expect to
Speaker 1: Marcomery to get plenty of place. And you know, I
Speaker 1: really don't blame him at all for his struggles in
Speaker 1: the first two weeks. That was when the offensive line
Speaker 1: was at its worst. So you know, the way I
Speaker 1: look at it, I think Dana de Marcomery is going
Speaker 1: to be fine moving forward. I have absolutely no concerns
Speaker 1: about that. You want to see him healthy as possible,
Speaker 1: as soon as possible once he is get that Russian
Speaker 1: attack down. And in the meantime, Ryan Matthews doing quite
Speaker 1: a job Sunday against the New York Jets. We'll talk
Speaker 1: about Matthews with head coach Chip Kelly are exclusive one
Speaker 1: on one a little bit later in the show, Joe
Speaker 1: and I will talk NFC East as well. But up
Speaker 1: next on Eagles three sixty, Chris McPherson, you're going at
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Speaker 1: Joe to camera time now for our Cover two segment.
Speaker 1: Chris McPherson with Matt Lombardo, NJAY dot com and Bob
Speaker 1: Roats the Delaware County Daily Times. Hello everyone, and welcome
Speaker 1: to Cover two here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. I'm
Speaker 1: Chris McPherson joined this week as we look back at
Speaker 1: the win over the New York Jets and look ahead
Speaker 1: to this Sunday's matchup with Washington. I brought him Bob Groats,
Speaker 1: one of the longest tenure beat reports from the Delaware
Speaker 1: County Times. And Matt Lombardo. You hear on a ninety
Speaker 1: seventy five to Fannak. You're gonna read his work on
Speaker 1: NJA dot com. So, Bob, I'll let you start things
Speaker 1: off here. Eagles get to win twenty four or seventeen
Speaker 1: over the New York Jets? Are they out of the
Speaker 1: woods now? They've got their first win of their season
Speaker 1: under the belt. I think they got a lot more
Speaker 1: work to do, Chris. And as a matter of fact,
Speaker 1: this week, this game, to me, is almost as pivotal
Speaker 1: as the other week. If they go oh and two
Speaker 1: in the division right now, I mean they're and oh
Speaker 1: and three in the Conference, you're looking at a long season.
Speaker 1: So but I think success is within their grasp. And
Speaker 1: as as much as I've heard Sam Bradford criticized for
Speaker 1: not making big plays last week, he didn't turn the
Speaker 1: ball over and I think that was huge and I
Speaker 1: think that is gonna play come That's gonna play a
Speaker 1: huge part and in the Eagles this week, Matt your thoughts, Yeah, Chris,
Speaker 1: I'm inclined to agree with Bob on this one because
Speaker 1: it was a huge win, a season saving win to
Speaker 1: beat the Jets last week. But this is a must
Speaker 1: win game because it's a lot different in this league
Speaker 1: being two and two versus being one and three, especially
Speaker 1: as Bob pointed out, to be oh and two in
Speaker 1: the division and then oh and three and two and
Speaker 1: conference played that that's a tough hurdle to overcome in
Speaker 1: terms of making it back into a playoff race. But
Speaker 1: they're lucky and fortunate enough to play the Redskins, who
Speaker 1: they saw some marginal quarterback playout of Ryan Fitzpatrick with
Speaker 1: the Jets on Sunday. I don't think you're going to
Speaker 1: see much more out of Kirk Cousins on Sunday at
Speaker 1: FedEx Field. So the Eagles should be confident going into
Speaker 1: this game. But a two and two start is a
Speaker 1: much better road back to postseason viability than starting one
Speaker 1: and three for sure. Now, matt the offense got the
Speaker 1: ground game going. Ryan Matthews had over one hundred yards,
Speaker 1: but we still haven't seen a lot out of the
Speaker 1: wide receiver position outside of Jordan Matthews. What do you
Speaker 1: think is going on there? Well, I think there's a
Speaker 1: lot of issues going on. I think that you look
Speaker 1: at Sam Bradford, he doesn't seem all that comfortable behind
Speaker 1: the offense line right now, doesn't seem to be making
Speaker 1: a lot of mechanically sound throws. He's over three on
Speaker 1: passes that travel twenty one yards or longer through the air.
Speaker 1: So for whatever reason, whether it's Bradford's hesitancy to plant
Speaker 1: that foot and throw it deep or the receiver's not
Speaker 1: getting open, I think there are a lot of issues
Speaker 1: with the passing game right now. But I think it
Speaker 1: starts on Sunday, reverting back to what they did last
Speaker 1: year against the Redskins in Week sixteen. Hitting zach Ertz
Speaker 1: over the middle of the field, Jordan Matthews in the slot,
Speaker 1: a lot of thinking and dunking, similar to what you
Speaker 1: saw against Atlanta. Just getting this offense and getting Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford into a rhythm. He's a rhythm quarterback. It's a
Speaker 1: rhythm offense. You get the rhythm going. Eventually, you gotta
Speaker 1: believe the deep threat with Nelson Aguilar is going to
Speaker 1: open up over the time. Now, Matt, you mentioned the
Speaker 1: offensive line, Bob, do you see any issues with Andrew
Speaker 1: Garner being out for the season. It looks like Matt
Speaker 1: Tobin will be your starter at right guard moving forward.
Speaker 1: Do you see any issues there from a chemistry standpoint?
Speaker 1: Will they be able to get that rhythm going? It
Speaker 1: was kind of interesting. Lane Johnson said he was starting
Speaker 1: to get He felt like, hey, and and and now
Speaker 1: Tobin's in there. He thought that he and Andrew Gardner
Speaker 1: were starting to gel so and they did do They
Speaker 1: ran really well on that first series, let's face it,
Speaker 1: and the rest of the game was back and forth.
Speaker 1: So that you know that might take a little bit
Speaker 1: of time. It's not like Lane Johnson and Jason Kelsey.
Speaker 1: Don't know who Matt Tobin is, but I'm looking forward
Speaker 1: to Toby being out there. I think he's a little
Speaker 1: more explosive than Gardner. He's not as much of a technician.
Speaker 1: I think you're gonna see some some a little bit
Speaker 1: more power type of blocking and it should be really interesting.
Speaker 1: And you know, I just got to say this too
Speaker 1: about Bradford and the receivers and that these guys are
Speaker 1: dropping balls. I mean, I don't know what the league
Speaker 1: stats are, but you look at the individuals and the
Speaker 1: NFC and the NFL, the Eagles have dropped more balls
Speaker 1: than anybody. And this is a weird thing. With Sam Bradford.
Speaker 1: You can trace this all the way back to Oklahoma.
Speaker 1: Guys just drop his passes. I don't know what it
Speaker 1: is exactly. I mentioned that the Pat Sherman during the
Speaker 1: preseason and training camp, there have been a lot of
Speaker 1: drops and you can have these, I mean some of these.
Speaker 1: Last week we saw Matthews, Ryan Matthews that wheel rout
Speaker 1: that that could have been six. I mean, it wasn't great,
Speaker 1: It wasn't a great ball. But there have been a
Speaker 1: lot of drops and that's something that they really got
Speaker 1: to that just has to stop. Bob. With all that
Speaker 1: being said, do the Eagles travel to Washington Land over
Speaker 1: Maryland and get to two and two by defeating their
Speaker 1: NFC East rivals. I still a lot of questions in
Speaker 1: my head. Especially you've got the new kicker out there
Speaker 1: for the first time and they lost by a field
Speaker 1: goal last year. I'm still gonna say yeah, I've see
Speaker 1: them getting to five hundred as well. And I think
Speaker 1: that the issue is going to be establishing the running game,
Speaker 1: whether it's DeMarco Murray being healthy again, whether it's a
Speaker 1: heavy dose of Ryan Matthews. The weather is going to
Speaker 1: be miserable. They're predicting hurricane like conditions at FedExField. You
Speaker 1: need to be able to pound the running game to
Speaker 1: set up the rhythm in the offense that I talked about.
Speaker 1: I think they win the game. I think it's low scoring.
Speaker 1: I think it's your typical Eagles redskins, black and blue
Speaker 1: NFC East Division battle. I think the Eagles get to win,
Speaker 1: and by the time the Giants come here in three
Speaker 1: weeks time, that game is for first place in the division,
Speaker 1: and they got to catch the ball. They have to
Speaker 1: catch the ball. Might be a little tougher with the hurricane.
Speaker 1: Tell me there this weekend. He's Matt Lnbarrow for nine
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Speaker 1: Bob Grotzman, a Delware County Times and I'm Chris McPherson
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Speaker 1: here on this week's edition of Cover two. We'll see
Speaker 1: you next week. Thanks very much for that, Chris and fellas.
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Eagles three sixty. Dave Spidero Joe to
Speaker 1: camera and we know it's wide open. We know it's crazy.
Speaker 1: We know it has not been particularly impressive in the division.
Speaker 1: But let's go around the horn, shall we? And start
Speaker 1: in Washington. A team that a week ago was talking
Speaker 1: about being a team to beat in the division loses.
Speaker 1: The Giants beat them up pretty good and there's some
Speaker 1: injuries to worry about in Washington. What's your make on
Speaker 1: that team? Well, first off, let's go back a week ago, Dave,
Speaker 1: because when people were talking about the Riskins as the
Speaker 1: team to beat, I thought that was crazy. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, Kirk Cousins come on now, so it's not
Speaker 1: like someone's not going to emerge. And when this division,
Speaker 1: and it might be an eight and eight, nine and
Speaker 1: seven team, and hey, hopefully it's the Eagles. Hopefully it's
Speaker 1: the Eagles. A tenant six or eleven to five, we'll say.
Speaker 1: But I never bought that the Redskins were head and
Speaker 1: shoulders involve anybody. I just didn't think it was the case. Obviously,
Speaker 1: they have done some things well this year. They're running
Speaker 1: the ball well, They've got the tandem in the backfield,
Speaker 1: which helps them. The Shawn Jackson's been out as we know,
Speaker 1: so it'll be interesting to see how you know how
Speaker 1: long some the Shaun gets back whether he plays this week.
Speaker 1: But I don't think the Redskins are a formidable foe
Speaker 1: for the I think it's a wide open division. And
Speaker 1: you know injuries up front, Seawan Luavo offensive guard out,
Speaker 1: D'Angelo Hall, their best cornerback outs, they're they're just beat up.
Speaker 1: And we don't think DeShawn Jackson plays, have a lot
Speaker 1: of turnover some Kirk Cousins, yet they do things well.
Speaker 1: They're physical, the defense ranks highly haven't given up a
Speaker 1: lot of points, a lot of yards, and they're they're
Speaker 1: going to play smashing mounth football against Eagles. And on Sunday,
Speaker 1: we don't know what the weather is going to be
Speaker 1: like at FedEx Field. It could be a monsoon like conditions,
Speaker 1: so that would really change everything would be interesting. I
Speaker 1: remember the playoff game versus the forty nine ers and
Speaker 1: ninety six I was supposed to be in up monsoon.
Speaker 1: Turns out it really wasn't Thererison win. It wasn't like that.
Speaker 1: But one thing to look for this weekend. Through the
Speaker 1: first three weeks of the season, Washington is blitzing less
Speaker 1: than any team in Pro football. And you know the Eagles.
Speaker 1: I think when you stack the line and bring the
Speaker 1: pressure with the young receivers having to beat the press
Speaker 1: coverage quickly, that's been a spot the Eagles have struggled
Speaker 1: at times this year. It'll be interesting to see how
Speaker 1: Washington approaches that they've given that typically through this point
Speaker 1: of the season, they haven't been blitzing Ryan Kerrigan fourteen
Speaker 1: and a half sacks a year ago, just one a
Speaker 1: half sack through three games. How about the New York
Speaker 1: Giants feeling pretty good about themselves after a win over
Speaker 1: Washington last Thursday. Expected to get Victor Cruz back in
Speaker 1: the lineup on Sunday, and they are potent offensively with
Speaker 1: Eli Manning at the quarterback position. Still some questions upfront
Speaker 1: offensively and then defensively not getting a pass rush at all.
Speaker 1: But I still think the Giants ultimately will be a
Speaker 1: really tough out, and the schedules pretty favorable with the Giants.
Speaker 1: They've got a tough games at Buffalo home with San
Speaker 1: Francisco before they come to Philadelphia in the Monday night game.
Speaker 1: I never wrote the Giants off, even when they row
Speaker 1: in two, and of course we saw seasons when they
Speaker 1: row in two and won the Super Bowl. So I
Speaker 1: think the Giants are absolutely a team that you've got
Speaker 1: to be conscious of in this division, and then they'll
Speaker 1: be there for a while. And you mentioned it, Dave.
Speaker 1: Eli Manning as of right now with Tony Romo out,
Speaker 1: I mean Eli Manning clearly his head and shoulders, I
Speaker 1: think the best quarterback in the division. At least it's healthy,
Speaker 1: so that gives them an advantage. Of course, you know
Speaker 1: without Jason pr Paul, that goes to the lack of
Speaker 1: pass rush you've been talking about. But I do believe
Speaker 1: in Tom Coughlin. Look he's been up and down the
Speaker 1: last couple of years, we know it. But when he's up,
Speaker 1: and when Eli Manning's up, they can be way the
Speaker 1: heck up. And that's something you just can't brush past quickly.
Speaker 1: And the Dallas Cowboys were up, really up early in
Speaker 1: the game on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons, and then
Speaker 1: they went way down from fourteen to nothing up they
Speaker 1: lost thirty nine twenty eight, the defense finally being spent
Speaker 1: showing some weeks after a couple of really strong weeks
Speaker 1: without all those players, without Scandrick and Greg Hardy and
Speaker 1: Randy Gregory, and Rolando McClean. They played so well at Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: but against the surging Falcons, the Cowboys were romped. So
Speaker 1: there's some questions about that football team. This week, though,
Speaker 1: they get the Saints without Drew Brees, and it's certainly
Speaker 1: an advantage to the Cowboys for sure. It'll be interesting
Speaker 1: to see if the Eagles get them in two weeks
Speaker 1: because that could be a swing factor. But let's look
Speaker 1: ahead here with the Dallas Cowboys and their upcoming schedule,
Speaker 1: because it really is daunting in some ways. Again, at
Speaker 1: New Orleans, no Labreez plays, That makes it a harder game.
Speaker 1: Then they play Week five versus New England coming off
Speaker 1: a bye week, and they think about that, You're talking
Speaker 1: about a Patriots team right now looks like absolutely one
Speaker 1: of the strongest teams in football. Then the Cowboys have
Speaker 1: their by which is an advantage to them with Romo out.
Speaker 1: It gives them a you know, a week to have
Speaker 1: Romo out and not play a game. Then they go
Speaker 1: at the Giants, which certainly could be a test for them.
Speaker 1: Seattle at home, all right, so that stuff, and then
Speaker 1: Week nine versus the Eagles. That's the point where you
Speaker 1: hope the Eagles can return. Eagles coming off to buy
Speaker 1: and you look back to last year the Eagles win
Speaker 1: in big deal and Thanksgiving Day, and then Dallas comes
Speaker 1: up here, you know, to the Lincoln Financial field and
Speaker 1: wins to you know, reverse things you hope the Eagles
Speaker 1: can do that weeknight. So there's still so much opportunity
Speaker 1: for the Eagles. For all four of these teams in
Speaker 1: this division, it really is truly wide open. Four teams
Speaker 1: with a lot of flaws, some warts, and a wide
Speaker 1: open top of the division to be played. Joe to camera,
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Speaker 1: coach Chip Kelly and coaching Gratz on the win against
Speaker 1: the Jets. Will start talking about the defense. Three really
Speaker 1: strong performances from the defense this year. What areas if
Speaker 1: any of you know specifically? Have you seen growth in consistency? Well,
Speaker 1: I think consistency is our defensive line has played very
Speaker 1: consistent on all three years here. This is year three,
Speaker 1: and you know it's really been a strength for us.
Speaker 1: But I think we've boasted our inside linebacker corps. You know,
Speaker 1: I think I saw the play of Jordan Hicks in
Speaker 1: the last two weeks, and then Keiko and Michael in
Speaker 1: the first game before they got hurt had played really
Speaker 1: well for us, to go along with our our leader
Speaker 1: back down Demiko Ryans. And then I think we've improved
Speaker 1: our play in a secondary where the adda and guys
Speaker 1: like Walter Thurman, Nolan Carroll in his second year taking
Speaker 1: on a starting role, and then Byron Maxwell coming in
Speaker 1: and then being able to play Jenkins down at Nichol.
Speaker 1: And Chris Maragos has played well for US and then
Speaker 1: Eric Row when Chris Maragos got hurt, him in and
Speaker 1: played really well for US. So he probably entered it partially.
Speaker 1: Year With the run defense leave the NFL three point
Speaker 1: one yards average per rushing attempt very good the last
Speaker 1: three years here, What are the components to go? It's
Speaker 1: the same thing. There's consistency, and it starts with our
Speaker 1: defensive line and they do a great job and in
Speaker 1: the schemes that Jerry as an arrow and Billy Davis
Speaker 1: for teaching them. Um, it's a stout group that's very
Speaker 1: difficult to run on. We got two real good outside
Speaker 1: linebackers that set the edge really well and then we
Speaker 1: got some inside linebackers that can run and get to
Speaker 1: the football so well. On Sunday, the Jets go into
Speaker 1: that game, they led the league and takeaways defensively, it
Speaker 1: looked like you played really smart. Only one turner right now,
Speaker 1: you don't like the one turnover, but it seemed like
Speaker 1: it was a really smart effort in terms of ball security,
Speaker 1: did you see that? Yeah, I think we're getting better
Speaker 1: at that part of it, you know we obviously I
Speaker 1: think our quarterback did a really good job. And I'll
Speaker 1: putting the ball in harm's way. Darren Sprowls. He's five six,
Speaker 1: he's one hundred and ninety pounds. He doesn't measure up
Speaker 1: to the NFL standards. Um, you love football. He's just
Speaker 1: been a great football player in his career. What are
Speaker 1: some of the special attributes that he brings it to.
Speaker 1: He's just the best, you know, training player I've ever
Speaker 1: been around in terms of how he approaches practice every
Speaker 1: single day. You know, the maximum effort he puts in
Speaker 1: on everything he does, the recovery he spends time on,
Speaker 1: in terms of how he takes care of his body.
Speaker 1: Everything he does is to make him a better football
Speaker 1: player on Sundays and it shows. You know, we always
Speaker 1: say you sync to your level of training, and that's
Speaker 1: what you see on Sunday is exactly what we see
Speaker 1: in training. Is that every punt he catches, he returns
Speaker 1: for a touchdown, and every punt he tries to get
Speaker 1: in a game and tries to return him for touchdown.
Speaker 1: So you know what the fans get to see on
Speaker 1: Sunday is what we see out of there, and every
Speaker 1: day on Sunday the punt goes up, it's the opposite
Speaker 1: side of the field. He goes eighty nine yards and
Speaker 1: he gets all the credit. You watched the film, what
Speaker 1: happened Beyond Darren's greatness to make that play, there was
Speaker 1: a lot of key blocks, you know. Brian Brayman had
Speaker 1: a key block to get it started. Drome couple and
Speaker 1: had another key block to get it started. EJ. Biggers
Speaker 1: did a really good job, and I think some real
Speaker 1: smart things. There are some situations where usually you look
Speaker 1: at it that's probably going to be a clip, but
Speaker 1: some guys kind of pulled out of some things and
Speaker 1: went and blocked the next level. EJ. Biggers came up
Speaker 1: with a big block in that situation. Not you good
Speaker 1: had a big block on that play. Brian Matthews over
Speaker 1: one hundred yards a touchdown. You've obviously loved him going
Speaker 1: into free agency. What about him fits really well? Just
Speaker 1: a physical downhill football player. You know there's sometimes where
Speaker 1: when you're playing such a good defense like the Jets,
Speaker 1: it's not going to be a pretty run. But he
Speaker 1: can move, you know, he can move piles. So we
Speaker 1: always talk about the line gets us two yards, the
Speaker 1: back gets us two yards, and now your second and
Speaker 1: six as opposed to second and ten. You know, when
Speaker 1: he kind of he's a one cut runner. When he
Speaker 1: makes his decision where he's going, he's going to stick
Speaker 1: his foot in the ground and book a lot of
Speaker 1: tackles on Sunday. And I think that's what when you're
Speaker 1: someone that's that big. You know, he's almost two hundred
Speaker 1: and thirty pounds, but he's explosive. You know, he runs
Speaker 1: real fast. He was a first round draft pick, a
Speaker 1: high first round draft pick, and there's a reason for that.
Speaker 1: But I think you saw that and he fits in
Speaker 1: terms of what we're looking for in running back. Quarterback
Speaker 1: Nolan Carroll talked a lot in the offseason about his commitments.
Speaker 1: He wanted to commit here, he wanted to play where,
Speaker 1: he want to earn his starting job. And what does
Speaker 1: that say about him, coach? For you that he attacked
Speaker 1: the offseason the way he did well. He probably was
Speaker 1: one of the even our players voted at the hardest
Speaker 1: working guys we had in the offseason. I think he
Speaker 1: saw an opportunity for him as we were changing the
Speaker 1: secondary round that there'll be an opportunity for him to
Speaker 1: go in there and compete and start. You know, nobody's
Speaker 1: handed a job here. Got we had a lot of
Speaker 1: new faces back in the secondary, where really Malcolm Jenkins
Speaker 1: is the only real returning guy from from a year ago.
Speaker 1: So Um, Nolan took his opportunity to say, hey, um,
Speaker 1: if we're gonna have some new start as at corner,
Speaker 1: I want to be one of them. It's extremely hard
Speaker 1: in the offseason. It showed through OTA's and offseason program
Speaker 1: in mini camp, and that continued through preseason camp and
Speaker 1: he's earned a starting job and he's playing really really
Speaker 1: well right now. Washington next at one and two. They
Speaker 1: run the football extremely well. What makes him so good
Speaker 1: on the ground? Um, you know, it's a good scheme.
Speaker 1: They got a new offensive line coach, coach Kallian does
Speaker 1: a great job in terms of putting together schemes. He
Speaker 1: was actually the old line coach for the for Dallas
Speaker 1: the last couple of years. And you know how good
Speaker 1: Dallas was it running the football. So um. And then
Speaker 1: with Alfred Morris and the young rookie um out of
Speaker 1: Florida Jones, that they've they've got guys that can that
Speaker 1: can run the ball. Another two big physical backs that
Speaker 1: you have to contend with. And Kirk Cousins a quarterback,
Speaker 1: had a big game here in Lincoln Financial Field. It
Speaker 1: really seems to move the offense when he gets to
Speaker 1: rid them. Yeah, it's got a good field for for
Speaker 1: what Jay's trying to do offensively, fits well in that
Speaker 1: West Coast. Him is accurate with his passes, ball, gets
Speaker 1: out quick, makes good decisions. He's a smart player. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, had a great career at Michigan State, coming
Speaker 1: you know, coming out of Michigan State. And you know,
Speaker 1: again we saw him last year in our first game here, Um,
Speaker 1: and he played really well against US. And finally coach
Speaker 1: Joe Barry runs a defense first year there has had
Speaker 1: success in the NFL, won a Super Bowl in Tampa Bay.
Speaker 1: What do they do defensively? Very very active. You know,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of movement on the defensive front. Um.
Speaker 1: They're big, you know, they're really big. You know, Terence
Speaker 1: Knight maybe the biggest inside guy in the league. Um,
Speaker 1: Jason Hatch is a long time ten year veteran, was
Speaker 1: really strong inside. They can get two great outside linebackers.
Speaker 1: Ryan Kerrigan is one of the best in the league
Speaker 1: at that position, and then Trent Murphy is the second
Speaker 1: year player and is playing really well for him. They've
Speaker 1: got two good inside linebackers and Perry Riley and Keenan Robinson,
Speaker 1: and I think with the corners, Clover can really cover.
Speaker 1: But Schard Brilliant is a second year player that's played
Speaker 1: really well for him. Um, they you know, they get
Speaker 1: after the quarterback. They can get to the quarterback in
Speaker 1: a four man rush, so they can devote more guys
Speaker 1: to the coverage. But I think they're just really sounding
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Speaker 1: David Spidero, Joe Decamera. It's Eagles three sixty something. We
Speaker 1: haven't talked about Joe. The Eagles defense, which has played
Speaker 1: well in these three games, very well on Sunday against
Speaker 1: the Jets, and you wonder if Bill Davis's group is
Speaker 1: kind of turned the corner. I hope so, Dave, you
Speaker 1: really do. I thought we saw a lot there in
Speaker 1: that Jets game that was good. And obviously against Ryan Pastrick,
Speaker 1: he's not a very good quarterback. But the front three,
Speaker 1: the front seven in general, continues to play the run
Speaker 1: very very well. So they're very start against the run,
Speaker 1: number one in the league against the run. Pass roush
Speaker 1: still work in progress. They getting there a little bit,
Speaker 1: you know, but you could see more from that. You
Speaker 1: want to see more from that back end. Eric ros
Speaker 1: stepping in was a big, big plus here this past week.
Speaker 1: I think generally speaking that the Eagles defense is doing
Speaker 1: a pretty good job. But it's going to be important
Speaker 1: that as the offense continues to kind of churn into
Speaker 1: this season and try to develop and get through the
Speaker 1: kinks that have been very clear, defense is gonna have
Speaker 1: to still be strong because right now they're gonna have
Speaker 1: to rely on this defense. Well, you're talking about a
Speaker 1: offensive firepower. They're playing great quarterbacks on the horizon, No
Speaker 1: not really. I mean Kirk Cousins certainly not a great
Speaker 1: quarter back. Will Drew Brees play next week against the
Speaker 1: Eagles unlikely, and so then it's Eli Manning would be
Speaker 1: really the first stern test for this Eagles defense. I'm
Speaker 1: not sure Josh McCown's that kind of lighted up player.
Speaker 1: But the point is the Eagles defense does seem to
Speaker 1: be jelling Bill Davis please with the communication, taking the
Speaker 1: football away. Red zone defense has been outstanding. Carroll, I
Speaker 1: mean Nolan Carroll. He had a really really good game
Speaker 1: versus the Jets, so you look at what he's doing.
Speaker 1: I think the safeties have done a fantastic job. Obviously
Speaker 1: byrra Maxwell, you want to see more and more from him,
Speaker 1: but generally speaking, defense has done his job. Special teams
Speaker 1: picked it up last week with the darren sproles pond
Speaker 1: return after two rough weeks. So if the special teams
Speaker 1: and defense can do what they should be able to do,
Speaker 1: it gives the team a chance to get back into
Speaker 1: the season more and more as the offense fons strive.
Speaker 1: Not the formula we talked about before this twenty fifteen
Speaker 1: regular season began, but that's why they play the games.
Speaker 1: What's up next, We'll let's take a look. It's our
Speaker 1: Amurosso's on the menu. Look at what's ahead for the
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Speaker 1: And I'm gonna sit down with Caleb Sturgis and write
Speaker 1: about him and what happens to a fifth round draft
Speaker 1: pick for a kicker when things go bad in Miami?
Speaker 1: How does he turn it around in Philadelphia? Suddenly a
Speaker 1: new piece in these special teams puzzle? Not too long
Speaker 1: after Cody Parkey is a Pro Bowl We kind of
Speaker 1: thought Cody Parkey was gonna be the man in place
Speaker 1: here for ten years. Yeah, well I really did. I mean,
Speaker 1: Chip was dismissive in the preseason about the possibility of
Speaker 1: moving on. I thought Chip was dead on right, I mean,
Speaker 1: what are we talking about moving on from a guy
Speaker 1: that had a Pro Bowl season last year? Obviously the injury, though,
Speaker 1: persisted and ultimately affected his kicking and affected the ability
Speaker 1: to get it back well, and Chip said it's a
Speaker 1: different injury in a different part of the groin and
Speaker 1: just blew it out before the Jetski. It's a shame
Speaker 1: because Cody Parker had such a terrific season for the
Speaker 1: Eagles last I mean, you know, we know what the
Speaker 1: David Akers situation was all those years ago. You get
Speaker 1: a great kicker like that and you feel like he
Speaker 1: can just you know, have him for years and years.
Speaker 1: No kickers can get funky. We all know that, we've
Speaker 1: seen that through the years, but there was a sense that, hey,
Speaker 1: Cody Parker could be the guy for a long time.
Speaker 1: So let's a shame to see him get hurt. Nothing
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Speaker 1: thank you for joining us here on Eagles three sixty.
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