WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Win 30-23 0:00:00.920 --> 0:00:05.960 Whoa good evening everyone, Welcome to the postgame show, presented 0:00:06.000 --> 0:00:10.119 by Rico Chris McPherson alongside former Eagles linebacker Ike Race. Yes, 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:12.880 the Eagles had a seventeen point lead and we've seen 0:00:12.960 --> 0:00:15.000 this happened a couple of times this season where they 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:17.400 allowed the opposition to come back, but that would not 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:19.280 be the case. I'm gonna get my jail and Mills 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:22.439 finger swag out tonight here as the Eagles are able 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:25.360 to hold on comes down to the final play, jariedoff 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:27.600 going to the end zone. End. Thank goodness to have 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:30.880 a Vonte Maddox back in the line, had an interception, 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:34.120 was covering Josh Rounds on that final play, and Nick 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:37.800 Foles does the job on offense. The offense looking Chris 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:40.680 looks smooth, you know, able to move the ball methodically 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:42.360 throughout the course of the game, came up with key 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:46.080 third down conversion when needed. And this defense, I tell you, 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:48.560 this is where we need to begin. Because this Rams 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:51.760 offense had not scored fewer than twenty nine points at 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:54.920 home this season, averaging close to thirty three, third highest 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:57.520 in the league. Coming into this contest. They needed to 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:00.120 get to win after losing last week to Chicago. This 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:04.479 Eagles defense played ninety nights naps, guys like Malcolm Jacobs, 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:08.080 Nigel Bram Corgan ninety nights snaps on the field. Yet 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:10.360 they played with more energy. They took it to the 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:13.120 Rams offense and up until those last few minutes of 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:16.840 the fourth court, they floud dominated and allowed the Eagles, 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:20.120 with Nick Foles coming at quarterback, to get the victory 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:22.880 here to Nights. Yeah, just an impressive win by his 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.199 team to night, Chris, I mean the defense, you gotta 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:28.200 start on that side of the football, you know. Definitely 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:30.600 a tough task coming into this game, coming off the 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:34.640 game the hard Fall game, leaving everything on the field 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:37.360 last week versus the Cowboys to be able to come 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:40.440 out and play against this Rams offense. You mentioned the 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:44.920 type of explosiveness they've displayed on their home field throughout 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.120 the season. For the Eagles to come in here and 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:50.080 basically hold them to twenty three points and really kept 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:53.080 them under wraps all game long. I thought they had 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:56.640 this offense, the Rams offense really on their heels all game. 0:01:56.760 --> 0:02:00.080 Great job, great game plan from Jim Schwartz with his 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:03.080 game planned tonight to really force Jared golf in this 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:06.760 offense to throw everything underneath. The Rams live off, the 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.720 play action pass, big play over the top. You wouldn't 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:12.600 even have known Brandon Cooks played in this game tonight. 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.040 They weren't able to get him the ball over the top. 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:18.720 Eagles defense forcing Jared Golf in this offense to throw 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:22.160 everything underneath. I know Todd Gurley got a couple touchdowns, 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.800 were pretty much they held Todd Gurley and check all game. 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:28.520 This game. I just thought the defense did a nice shot. 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:31.120 You looked there, eighty two yards rushing for this Rams 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:34.120 offense going up against arguably the best running back in 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:37.080 all of football. And Todd Gurley really did a number 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:40.120 on the Eagles last year in this football game. Great 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:43.120 job by them this year really being able to contain 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:46.760 and control him and really put everything on Jared Golf 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:49.600 and his arm. And I know he got over three 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.400 hundred yards passing, but a lot of that came and 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:55.519 catch up time, where the Eagles were more than willing 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:59.840 to give the Rams completions underneath as long as you 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.800 kept the clock running and you kept the big playoff 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:05.160 of them. They were more than willing to allow Jared 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:09.000 Golf and his Rams offense to have whatever they wanted underneath, 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:11.480 and that really kept the score down. I thought that 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:13.760 kept the Eagles offense in the game. They came up 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:17.040 with some big turnovers to set the Eagles offense up 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.440 in great scoring position. When you look at this game, 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:22.359 it's a great all around effort from all three phases. 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:26.200 Special teams coming up late with a big fumble calls 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.320 to really give the Eagles some more time to run 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:32.480 off the clock and force the Rams to really use 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.800 the rest of their time out right before the last 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:37.120 drive of the game. And then the offense you mentioned 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:40.200 it just a balanced attack tonight. I thought they played 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.800 at ease. Nick Foles coming in really providing a calming 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:48.760 presence over this offense. I think he allows for Doug 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:51.680 to simplify the offense, and it allows everyone else to 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.160 just do their jobs and he's just gonna do his job. 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:56.920 When you have a talent such as Carson Wentz who's 0:03:56.960 --> 0:04:00.400 able to do so much, sometimes it puts you in 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:02.880 a quandary as a coach because you want to do 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:05.400 so much because you know he has that ability. With 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:08.440 some of the limited things that Nick Foles can do 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:11.720 within the offense, I think it simplifies it for everybody 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:13.920 on that side of the ball. Nick's gonna get the 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:15.960 ball out of his hands on time, He's gonna spread 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:19.800 the ball around. We saw al Sean tonight, al Shan's 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:23.400 best game, arguably of the season. I thought, tonight, well 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:25.800 you look at the connection. Go back to the Super Bowl. Okay, 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.560 with a big playability, Nick Foles is willing to let 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:31.360 the ball out there, receiver, trust him to make a play. 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:33.360 I mean, Alshon Jeffrey's not gonna be a guy who's 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:35.520 gonna get a ton of separation, but at six four 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:37.560 two and ten pounds, he's gonna be able to win 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.719 those fifty fifty balls. And tonight we saw both he 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.440 that one play worth He and Nelson Agilore beat the 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:46.159 three Rams defenders deep and they're pretty much saying who's 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.800 gonna end up with the football? Here? Here's al Shan's 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:52.559 numbers here, eight targets, eight reception. That right away shows 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:54.560 you and I what I loved here. Obviously had the 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:57.880 big playability, had a fifty yard reception, a thirty six 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:00.040 yard reception which I really think turned the game for 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.320 the Eagles in the second quarter. But I love the 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:04.800 way he would utilize in the screen game. He has 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:07.200 a big physical frame. He's not so when he gets 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.200 a tough separation, but he is good with the ball 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.640 in his hands. He's tough to bring down. I like 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:13.919 the way they utilize him in that regard. So it 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:17.359 wasn't just a long game here for Alshon Jeffrey. He 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:19.159 was able to get into the short game as well. 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.360 I think you bring up something very important that when 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:24.120 you talk about the quick game going to al Sean Jeffrey. 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:28.440 When the Eagles offense, they recognized you have poor tackling 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.640 at the cornerback position like you have in Marcus Peters. 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:33.840 You get that ball out there to al Sean. He's 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:36.719 the big body. More than likely one guy's not gonna 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.159 bring him down. You don't necessarily think of al Sean 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:42.280 as a quick twitch type of receiver that you're gonna 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:44.480 get the ball to him in those sort of tight spaces. 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:47.239 But if you have corners out there that aren't willing 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:49.800 to come up and put a helmet on his big body, 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:51.560 then the right thing to do is to get him 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.400 the ball as quick as possible and make those guys miss. 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:56.080 I thought the Eagles did a good job, but that 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.320 tonight they won the game in the trenches. Really, both 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:02.480 sides of the line screams. The defensive line made life 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:04.719 miserable for Jared Goff. You saw that throughout the course 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:07.000 of the game, even if the pressure wasn't quite getting there. 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.120 You were seeing rushing his throws, throwing off his backfoot, 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:13.280 not looking comfortable in the pocket. Very much similar to 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:15.159 what the Chicago Bears were able to do to him 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:17.560 last week. But you have to have the horses up 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:20.000 front to do it. I thought Fletcher Cox played a 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:23.640 man's game tonight. All week long. He's in the locker room. 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:26.200 What do you think of Aaron Donald? Aaron Donald? This 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:30.200 Aaron diald that Fletcher Coss got sick and tirement and said, look, 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:33.599 I have been probably the second most disruptive defensive tackle 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:36.640 outside you know, in the game this season. Outside of 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:40.320 Aaron Donald, I'm probably the preeminent guy. Okay, I don't 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.280 want to hear this. We need to get this win. 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:45.360 I'm gonna carry this defense and help lead the way. Here. 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:47.400 He was getting double team throughout the course of the night, 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:50.280 poortized where he was using one hand to shove blockers 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.000 out of the way. Here, all right, three tackles. There 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.320 are a lot of plays he was drawing, holding penalties, 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:58.240 a lot of stuff that's not necessarily gonna show up 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.599 in the stat sheet, but still had a sec was 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:04.280 consistently disruptive. Jim Schwartz were lying heavily on the four 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:06.479 man rush all right, to be able to get to 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:10.160 Jared Goff because you're without Sidney Jones, so you're down 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:14.800 to Rasul Douglas and Craveon LeBlanc DeVante Bosby rolling in there. 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.280 Avonte Max come up huge with some quality snaps for 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.880 you tonight. You know you're underman in the secondary. Only 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.680 had five DB's active tonight. That's all you have, okay, 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.400 And the Rams like to play eleven personnel three receivers 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:27.520 pretty much all of the time, so they're gonna try 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:30.080 to make you as thin as possible there on the outside. 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:33.480 That front four had to get home and Michael Bennett 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:36.160 brought the heat. Chris Long was disruptive in the backfield, 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:38.640 and I thought Hellodi Nada probably had his best game 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:40.440 as an Eagle. He was shown up there for the 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.720 Eagles in a second half. But you have to be 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:45.760 so proud of the way that they respond again after 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:49.160 last week, the ninety nine snaps on defense. The d 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:51.280 lineman aren't playing all of them, but still they're playing 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.640 way more than they're used to. And at this point 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:55.480 in the season, they could have been like, you know what, 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.040 we're going out on the West Coast. We're facing a 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:00.520 team that as a much better record than us. It 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.040 may not be our time, just may not be the case. 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:04.960 We may not have the horses to get it done. 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:06.960 As much as we want to will ourselves to win. 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:09.760 They went out there and they brought the energy right 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:11.880 from the start, getting the three and out to open 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:14.800 the ball game. Oh listen, I can't even hide it, Chris. 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:16.800 I talked about this all week on my show. I 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.080 talked this game up as a loss. I really did. 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:21.680 I thought it would be a difficult task for this 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:25.120 team to overcome after the tough game last week in Dallas. 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:28.360 That's why my hats off to Doug Peterson this coaching 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:32.400 staff for getting these players ready to go this week. 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:35.199 I mean the fact they coming off a game against 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.240 the Dallas Cowboys where you just mentioned you had players 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.600 out there to play close to a hundred snaps on 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.160 the defensive side of the ball, out there for forty 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:45.640 five minutes last week. I didn't know if they had 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:48.240 much left in the tank to go up against a 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.880 Rams team that were really coming off an embarrassing loss 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.960 last week on national TV to the Bears. So for 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.520 the Eagles to come out tonight and play the way 0:08:56.559 --> 0:09:00.280 that they did, man Man, I easily the best win 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.719 of the season. Obviously the opponent you where you beat 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.640 them in on the road, but I thought the circumstances 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:10.000 as well, backs against the wall. Not many people giving 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:13.080 them a chance to win this game. Double digit underdogs. 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:16.319 I think the line was thirteen. They were underdogs by 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:19.320 going in this game and really dominated this game. This 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:22.400 wasn't a flukey win where you say the Eagles snuck 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:24.840 out of here with a win. No, they dominated this 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.840 game against the ram Just just really the best, the 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:30.040 best game of the season. This is the urgency we've 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.960 waited for. Yeah, week after week, you keep saying, all right, 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.680 the seasons on the line line, it's a must win game. 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:37.680 Are we gonna see the team step up and play 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:40.600 that championship caliber of football that they're able to And 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:42.960 you just really hadn't seen it. You've seen slow starts 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.479 week after week after week, It was none more disappointed 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:49.200 than last week. When the divisions on the line. You're 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:51.400 in the Cowboys house and for three and a half 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.840 quarters the defense is keeping in it. The offense can't 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:56.880 get things going. Well, the offense here gets the first 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:59.920 lead of the game up three. Nothing. Look simple stat 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.200 it's only happened four times this year, but every time 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:04.600 the Eagles have scored first, they've won. Okay, that's how 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:07.520 much they've struggled to score early in ballgames. Well, once 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:09.760 again they're able to get on the board first, allow 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:11.480 the defense to get a little bit of rest. It 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:12.960 was what I thought it was very good was you 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:14.960 didn't see too many three and outs from the Eagles 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.640 offense tonight. Even if they didn't score, they were able 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:20.800 to sustain drives long enough, knowing that that Rams offense 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:22.560 was gonna move the ball up and down the field, 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:24.760 that the Eagles defense at least had time to get 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:28.079 some rest because because you're using that front four so heavily, 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:30.560 you need to be able to keep them rested as 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:33.320 much as possible down the stretch. Now, the stars we 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:35.920 talked about, you know, Nick Foles and Alshon Jeffrey and 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:39.000 Fletcher Cox having big games. Who would you say is 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:42.560 your unsung hero of the night here? I I would 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:45.560 have to go Windale Smallwood. You know, it's been running 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:48.960 back by committee for this team all year long. And 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:52.560 Darrence Bros. Josh Adams both had nice nights contributed on 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:54.880 the offensive side of the ball. But I thought Windale 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.760 Smallwood running in between the tackles two touchdowns to night 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:00.680 didn't get a ton of care But I thought he 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:03.920 got the tough yards tonight when needed, had some big runs, 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:07.480 picked up some key first downs. I thought Windelle small 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:09.520 was really that running back as a group. I'm just 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:12.160 going with Windelle because he got the two touchdowns, But 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:14.439 the running back as a group, I thought it did 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:16.440 a nice job to night. Well, here's the thing. You've 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:18.920 lost Corey Clement for the season with the knee injury. Okay, 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:21.680 Josh Adams was in now the lineup tonight. Deal with 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.240 a back injury was questionable at one point, but fought 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.120 through it. We all small would provide some juice, Okay. 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.680 He's been well arrested. He's had a tough go of 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:31.960 things because he was involved in the offense early in 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:34.880 the season when when Sprowls and Clement were hurt. You know, 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.719 he had the nice screenplay for a touchdown against Jacksonville 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:42.360 and then Josh Adams emerged and when all smallwood on 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:46.840 the backside exactly was not called upon, so out of nowhere, Okay, tonight, 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.200 look they need number twenty eight, all right. They need 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:50.959 him to come up big. And you see the ten 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:54.360 attempts there, two touchdowns, you know, helped move the chains, 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:57.120 provide some juice coming out of the backfield. There huge 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:59.760 props to him for coming through because this was the 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.080 game you need. You needed an entire team performance. You 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:06.640 mentioned the special teams play with DJ Alexander recovering the 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.840 punt fumble the punt there late in the fourth quarter, 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:13.679 defense obviously stepping up an offense doing enough there score 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:16.080 thirty points. Again, this is an offense that struggle to 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:19.280 score points this season, so to get thirty it was 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:21.880 a complete team effort. So I'm gonna stick with the 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.000 offense for my unsung hero as well, and I'm gonna 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:28.520 go with Stephen whist Newski. Okay put into the starting 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:30.920 lamp at left guard because Isaac Sayamala was at with 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:33.760 a peck injury. And who do you draw none other 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:36.240 than Aaron Donald, the man who we talked about the best, 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:40.160 most preeminent defensive lineman. Forget that, the best defensive player 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:43.040 in the entire NFL came into this game leading the 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.640 league with sixteen and a half sacks from an interior 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:49.080 alignment position, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year, 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:52.319 and quite honestly, you really didn't hear his name called 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:55.400 much at all tonight other than the broadcasters Alan Michaels 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:58.600 and Chris Collinsworth to say, what's happened to Aaron Donald? 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:00.560 What are the Eagles doing? A hit him out of 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:03.559 the game, And certainly Jason Kelsey was helping with double teams. 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.760 Stephan Wisnouski is not winning all those battles one on one, 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.880 but he made life comfortable in the pocket for Nick Foles, 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:11.600 so though he could step up and make those throws 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:13.480 and credit the Folds, because there was a couple of 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:15.280 times or he had to stare down the barrel of 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.880 the gun, whether it was Nan Dom Consue or Donald 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.320 coming after him, and he stepped into some big time 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:22.800 throws knowing he was gonna take a hit, and he 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.800 was able to deliver some big time plays. But Stephan Wisnuski. 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.360 He is my unsung hero for tonight's game for the 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.480 way that he handled himself as a crafty veteran has 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:34.720 started many games in this league, so no surprise there whatsoever. 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:38.600 But still Stephan Wisnouski my unsung hero from tonight's game. 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.360 Probably a close second if I could almost do a 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:44.360 one in a one egg Alvante Max coming back to 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:48.080 the line. Okay, he was playing corner, he was playing safety, 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:50.439 comes up with the interception early in the ball game, 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:52.720 was covering Josh Reynolds at the end of the ball game. 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.199 There has missed three games with the knee and ankle 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.720 injury suffered in New Orleans, and when the injury first 0:13:57.720 --> 0:13:59.520 took place, when he saw the replays, you were really 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:01.640 nervous that it was going to be something that could 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:04.839 be season ending. And he's been such a promising prospect 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:08.320 here mid round selection out of pit here taking over 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:12.319 that safety position, but as brought sparked to that defensive secondary. 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.679 But certainly you saw Malcolm Jenkins go up to him 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:17.960 at the end of the game after that last pass 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:21.160 by golf went incomplete. He has to be increably proud 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:24.200 of how Max has handled himself again. You're going from 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:27.160 not playing in three really not playing safety at all 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:30.080 in your career. Okay, come into this season, you're batting 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:33.000 for the nickel corner job. Ronny McCleod gets hurt, you're 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:36.360 thrust into the safety position. Okay, you started quitting yourself 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:39.160 nicely there, getting comfortable there. You get to injury, you 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:41.080 miss close to a month, and then you got to 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:43.960 go back on the field in primetime against again, the 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:46.680 third highest scoring offense coming into this ball game, one 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:49.200 that had thrived at home. The last time the Rams 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:51.920 were home was that memorable Monday night showdown where they 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:54.920 scored fifty four against the Kansas City Chiefs. Mind you, 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:57.240 he ended to go in to play corner. Yes, yeah, 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.200 he went in there and play corner at night, which 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:02.400 is not easy going up against this Rams offense when 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:06.760 you got the likes of Robert Woods and Brandon Cooks 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:10.000 over there, you got Reynolds in there, who's done a 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:13.400 nice job filling there for Cooper Cup, and they really 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.240 had the one on one matchup they wanted with Reynolds 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:19.640 versus a Vonte Maddox. On that last play, Jared Golf 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:21.640 just couldn't make a good throw there, But I Vonte 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:24.960 Maddox tested all night, came up with some big plays, 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.480 and yeah, you're right. I think he's been a nice 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:31.680 welcome addition to this secondary from this rookie class. They 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:33.720 know what we were going to get from him this year, 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:37.160 and I know the coaches had to be pleasantly surprised 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.000 if they've been able to sort of put him in 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:42.040 different roles and he's been able to handle those roles 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:45.440 For a rookie, that's not easy to do. And in 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:47.760 this league when you have to play the last line 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:49.360 of defense, or you have to go out there and 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:52.080 be matched up against the likes of Robert Woods or 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:56.200 Brandon Cooks as a rookie on national TV, it can 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.120 be a little scary. But I thought he came in 0:15:58.160 --> 0:16:01.480 there and handled it past it with flying colors, got 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:04.600 the big interception, set up a score for us early 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:06.800 in the game. They tried to target him late in 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:08.840 the game, he was over there, did a nice job 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:11.920 defending over there. So it was great to see the 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.560 rookie back in the lineup, and we talked about how 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.280 shorthanded they were on that side of the side of 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:21.160 the ball, particularly in the secondary. Vonte Maddox was a 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:25.040 welcome sight to this defense tonight. Yes, indeed, especially again 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.960 the defense needing all the horses it could get, and 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:31.280 you know, again it's been so difficult to limit this 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.200 Rams offense. The last two weeks have been tough for them. 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:36.480 Do you figure coming back home was going to be 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.160 kind of the get right game for them going against 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:42.360 an Eagles team that was looking at chops and now 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.080 all of a sudden, as an Eagles fan, you have 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:48.120 to feel optimistic going into these finals. All of a sudden, 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.000 these last two games, we're gonna have significant meeting here. 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:54.040 With the Cowboys losing today, the Eagles are still in 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:57.640 the NFC East mix, okay, but the wild card is 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.200 still very much in play here. You have Houston come 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.800 into Philadelphia next week. Eagles are now seven and seven 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.760 on the season, and then you get Washington in week seventeen, 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:10.280 so certainly two winnable games. Houston obviously very very hot, 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.240 won ten of eleven games here at Deshaun Watson, you know, 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:15.720 is up and down performance overall, but still has that 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.080 team playing at a peak level, which is what you 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:20.919 need to be at this time of season. And Washington 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:24.160 able to eke out a win late over Jacksonville today 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:27.520 with their fourth string quarterback, I guess you would say, 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:30.920 you know, with Josh Johnson. So nonetheless, though, the Eagles 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:33.159 keep themselves in the mix, and I think you just 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:35.400 have to say to yourself, like, where has this been 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:38.480 all season? You know, this up until those last couple 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:40.240 minutes when the Rams were starting to rally back, it 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.720 was just the most enjoyable game just from all sides 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:45.439 as an Eagles fan, because this is what we were 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:49.199 accustomed to seeing from his team in twenty seventeen. You know, 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:52.440 I remember last year that win in Los Angeles that 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:55.440 really generated the Eagles. It pushed them to a different 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.359 level because you lost Wentz in that game. Okay, you 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:01.320 won the game in throwing fast Folds had two scoring 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:03.440 drives in the fourth quarters, a comfort by and win. 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:06.520 Brandon Graham had that touchdown to seal at the exclamation 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:09.400 point at the very end. So they close the division. 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:11.600 You pretty much keep yourself in the race for home 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:14.480 field advantage, which they eventually got. And the Rams they 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:17.000 had to go through the wildcard route to get, you know, 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:20.040 in the playoffs, and they got bounced in the first round. 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:22.680 Violin it just made all the difference in the world, 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:25.600 and you wonder could the college team provide the same 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:29.680 type of season changing spark once again for the Eagles. Well, 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:33.879 it's you asked the question about where has this team 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:36.439 been all year long. I think the big thing today 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:38.560 was it was a couple of things. Ay, they were 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:40.720 able to score early, which is rare. You say, it's 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:42.359 just the fourth time they've been able to do it. 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:45.119 They won all four games when they've been able to 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:48.320 do that. But also they didn't they didn't shoot themselves 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:50.320 in the foot early in the game. And I think 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:54.800 that's what they've done mostly this season in these games 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:56.840 where they haven't been able to put four quarters of 0:18:56.880 --> 0:18:59.320 good football together, is that they haven't been able to 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:02.000 get out of their own way early end games, whether 0:19:02.000 --> 0:19:05.720 it be penalties, whether it be turnovers early in the game. 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:07.800 On the offensive side of the ball, their offense just 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:10.720 hasn't been able to get going most of the season 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:13.840 early in the game. The defense for the most partypically 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:16.800 comes out and plays well early, they just have a 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:19.320 hard time being able to hold on. And so I 0:19:19.359 --> 0:19:22.760 think when you look at this game, the biggest difference 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:25.120 in this game is the obvious one is that they 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:28.920 were able to hold on to this game and get 0:19:28.960 --> 0:19:31.480 it and walk away with a victory. With the exception 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:35.919 of the first Giants games, the Redskins game, in the 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:38.880 Saints game, every game has been a one score game. 0:19:39.520 --> 0:19:41.800 Every game has been a one score game, whether it 0:19:41.840 --> 0:19:44.840 be in the Eagles favor or being the opponent's favor, 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:47.919 They've all been close games, and there's always been a 0:19:47.960 --> 0:19:50.880 couple plays that we dissect after the game and say, man, 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:53.000 if they had just did this right or they had 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:54.680 to do that, yeah, they would have won the game. 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:58.040 So you know, they sit here right now at seven 0:19:58.040 --> 0:20:01.479 and seven, you certainly are be about getting to win tonight, 0:20:01.800 --> 0:20:04.600 but no doubt about it. Uh, if this season doesn't 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:07.119 end up in postseason playing, we're gonna look back on 0:20:07.200 --> 0:20:09.760 the season and there's a lot of what ifs, what 0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:11.960 it could have showed us that you're gonna look at 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:14.159 these games that you're gonna say, mad, if we'd have 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:16.800 just did that or would have did that that game, 0:20:16.960 --> 0:20:19.399 they could have easily won two or three more games. 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:22.280 What's interesting, though, is they at least have a win that, 0:20:22.680 --> 0:20:25.280 like you said all week on your show, you didn't 0:20:25.320 --> 0:20:26.520 think they were going to be able to get and 0:20:26.520 --> 0:20:28.440 they get one. So let's find out how the Eagles 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:30.320 did by going to head coach Doug Pearson at the 0:20:30.359 --> 0:20:36.560 Coliseum in Los Angeles. The difference we played for sixty 0:20:36.600 --> 0:20:41.480 minutes quite frankly, Um, we finished the football game, um 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:44.159 like we expect to do each week. And great, Uh, 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:56.879 great all around in all three phases. I mean, you know, 0:20:56.920 --> 0:20:59.520 we we thought coming in that uh, there was gonna 0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:02.720 be some opper tunity. Um, this is this ram defense 0:21:02.840 --> 0:21:05.879 is extremely um potent. They got some some talent, they 0:21:05.920 --> 0:21:09.280 got some rushers up front and and it you know what, 0:21:09.280 --> 0:21:12.239 what what opens things up is the ability to run 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:14.119 the football, I think. And in the first half we 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:16.280 had some success to an ad even in the third quarter, 0:21:16.320 --> 0:21:18.480 and um, it just opened up a few down the 0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:21.480 field throws that uh we were able to capitalize on 0:21:21.600 --> 0:21:29.800 and and uh made some made some nice place players responded, Um, 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:33.480 I thought that it was positive. Um, you know, just 0:21:33.480 --> 0:21:35.280 just kind of getting back into a rhythm, you know, 0:21:35.320 --> 0:21:37.440 with him and and it's been a while since Week 0:21:37.480 --> 0:21:40.040 two of the season that they've they've played together, but 0:21:40.600 --> 0:21:42.119 they had a lot of confidence, a lot of trusting 0:21:42.240 --> 0:21:47.359 him and and uh it showed tonight out here and 0:21:50.400 --> 0:21:59.480 you employers out for you guys. That's just what I 0:21:59.520 --> 0:22:01.600 told him, uh in the locker room, just how proud 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:03.880 I was the way they the way they continue to fight, 0:22:04.160 --> 0:22:06.639 how they block out the outside noise and just just 0:22:06.680 --> 0:22:09.680 focus on the group. And um, this is a tremendous 0:22:09.680 --> 0:22:13.680 team win tonight against a great football team. And um, 0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:15.800 you know, our backs were against the wall, and our 0:22:15.800 --> 0:22:18.280 guys came out and and uh came out aggressively, and 0:22:18.920 --> 0:22:21.119 um we're fortunate enough to be going away with a 0:22:21.160 --> 0:22:24.199 win and and um, you know, move on to the 0:22:24.200 --> 0:22:34.360 next one. Basic positions this year. Yeah, Vante's a he's 0:22:34.359 --> 0:22:36.600 a really good player for us, and uh it was 0:22:36.640 --> 0:22:38.320 good to get him back out there this week. And 0:22:38.320 --> 0:22:40.840 and um, you know he's a smart guy to play 0:22:40.960 --> 0:22:43.679 multiple positions and and uh and do the things that 0:22:43.720 --> 0:22:45.680 he's been capable of doing. I think it's just a 0:22:45.720 --> 0:22:48.439 credit to him. But uh, he trusts his coaches, he 0:22:48.480 --> 0:22:51.720 trusts the scheme on defense, and uh puts himself in 0:22:51.760 --> 0:22:53.880 a position to to make plays and and and that's 0:22:53.880 --> 0:23:03.000 what he's done. Yeah, I mean I thought I thought 0:23:03.040 --> 0:23:06.040 all the backs really did a nice job. Um, you know, 0:23:06.080 --> 0:23:09.680 Windell is uh you know, UM always had a lot 0:23:09.680 --> 0:23:11.359 of a lot of confidence in Windell and and he 0:23:11.400 --> 0:23:13.720 did a nice job tonight. I really felt like the 0:23:13.760 --> 0:23:18.280 offensive line did some nice things and and uh, um 0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:20.840 kind of controlling the line of scrimmage at times and 0:23:21.200 --> 0:23:23.840 opening up you know a few of those few of 0:23:23.840 --> 0:23:26.600 those gaps and those lanes, and he just hit it 0:23:26.640 --> 0:23:34.040 and hit it hard and did a nice job dust 0:23:34.080 --> 0:23:39.440 off some of the concepts that he was during that playoff. UM, 0:23:39.480 --> 0:23:43.520 you know really didn't really you know, kind of came 0:23:43.560 --> 0:23:46.240 out of last week's game really against against the Cowboys 0:23:46.240 --> 0:23:48.560 and just wanted to kind of get back to our basics, 0:23:48.560 --> 0:23:52.840 our fundamentals, regardless of who was playing. This was before um, 0:23:52.960 --> 0:23:55.400 you know, anything about Carson and and we just wanted 0:23:55.400 --> 0:23:57.200 to get back to the things that we were successful 0:23:57.200 --> 0:23:59.640 at and good at and what the guys really knew 0:23:59.640 --> 0:24:01.440 and under stood. And so we really didn't have to 0:24:01.520 --> 0:24:04.480 change or tweak much, uh during the week. And I 0:24:04.560 --> 0:24:08.280 thought that um, you know, Nick played uh played solid 0:24:08.560 --> 0:24:10.800 um you know, and and and did the things that 0:24:11.520 --> 0:24:13.600 that you know, we asked him to do. UM. And 0:24:13.640 --> 0:24:15.879 he had a good week of preparation, and it showed tonight. 0:24:18.560 --> 0:24:20.920 We're gonna enjoy this win. We're gonna get on this plane. 0:24:20.920 --> 0:24:22.520 We're gonna enjoy it. We'll take a couple of days 0:24:22.560 --> 0:24:26.240 and we'll make those decisions later in the week, not 0:24:26.359 --> 0:24:33.960 at this time, Not at this time. Yeah, I really 0:24:34.000 --> 0:24:35.399 think that the old line, I mean this is this 0:24:35.400 --> 0:24:37.520 is a good defensive line now that our old line 0:24:37.520 --> 0:24:41.800 has played. And um, they really they really rose to 0:24:41.840 --> 0:24:44.040 the to the to the challenge, you know, and and 0:24:44.160 --> 0:24:46.560 uh did did some nice things and and really really 0:24:46.600 --> 0:24:49.560 kept our quarterback, you know, kept Nick clean and and uh, 0:24:49.760 --> 0:24:51.479 I think too as a credit to Nick, just just 0:24:51.520 --> 0:24:53.560 being able to you know, get the ball out and 0:24:53.560 --> 0:24:56.280 and I dialed up a few more quick throws, and 0:24:56.119 --> 0:24:58.040 and the ability to run the ball too on some 0:24:58.080 --> 0:25:00.679 of those third downs to h the ball and have 0:25:00.760 --> 0:25:03.600 some success really also helped in the uh in the 0:25:03.880 --> 0:25:13.679 past protection games. Yeah, I mean it's very satisfying. Um. 0:25:13.760 --> 0:25:15.600 And like I said, our backs have been against the 0:25:15.640 --> 0:25:18.920 wall now for the last a few weeks, and um, 0:25:19.000 --> 0:25:21.080 you know, hopefully this is now a little momentum for 0:25:21.119 --> 0:25:23.080 the rest of our season. And uh, you know, our 0:25:23.080 --> 0:25:25.000 goals are still in front of us. We're still making 0:25:25.000 --> 0:25:27.320 a making a push here at the end and and 0:25:27.640 --> 0:25:29.760 two games to go, and you know we'll see what happens. 0:25:29.760 --> 0:25:35.119 But very satisfying play watching four seconds last they got 0:25:35.520 --> 0:25:40.680 shot where yeah, oh there you are. Very four seconds 0:25:40.520 --> 0:25:46.960 last shot. Yeah. Um, you know Jim had dialed up 0:25:46.960 --> 0:25:49.840 a blitz at the time just to kind of you know, 0:25:49.920 --> 0:25:53.199 force uh forced Jerry to possibly you know, release the 0:25:53.200 --> 0:25:55.320 balls five man protection and just release the ball a 0:25:55.359 --> 0:25:57.520 little bit sooner and and uh, you know we were 0:25:57.560 --> 0:25:59.400 playing playing right at the right at the goal line. 0:25:59.400 --> 0:26:02.320 It was you know, a last shot into the into 0:26:02.359 --> 0:26:05.359 the end zone. And you know Avante was in good position. 0:26:09.760 --> 0:26:16.720 Why should well, I think I think that Um, you know, 0:26:16.920 --> 0:26:19.199 what you saw tonight was was a was a total 0:26:19.800 --> 0:26:23.320 a team effort from all three phases um, offense, defense, 0:26:23.359 --> 0:26:26.000 and then of course our our special teams came up 0:26:26.080 --> 0:26:28.480 huge at the end with the with the fumble recovery 0:26:29.119 --> 0:26:31.760 on the punt and so you know, it's not about 0:26:31.760 --> 0:26:34.359 one guy and and it never has been. It's about 0:26:34.359 --> 0:26:36.280 the team. And that's what that that locker room in 0:26:36.320 --> 0:26:38.800 there focus is on. They just focus on you know, 0:26:38.840 --> 0:26:40.600 they don't focus on the result. They focus on the 0:26:40.680 --> 0:26:43.840 process and trusting everybody, and it really doesn't matter. And 0:26:43.840 --> 0:26:45.800 and um, and that's what you saw tonight was it 0:26:45.920 --> 0:26:48.439 was a really a really good team effort. Mentioned ability 0:26:48.560 --> 0:26:54.800 to block out the voice. How hard was that? That? Super? 0:26:56.960 --> 0:27:00.320 I mean, it's it's a tough thing, you know when uh, 0:27:00.359 --> 0:27:02.120 you know, you have to you have to change qbs 0:27:02.160 --> 0:27:04.800 and and and go a different way. And but I 0:27:04.840 --> 0:27:07.960 think it's a it's a credit to you know, each 0:27:08.080 --> 0:27:11.520 each guy. You know, really just again focus on the 0:27:11.560 --> 0:27:15.480 things that we can control. Um, you know, focus on 0:27:15.520 --> 0:27:18.360 our process that we talked about quite a bit, lean 0:27:18.440 --> 0:27:22.359 on one another. Um. And and and you saw it tonight, 0:27:22.400 --> 0:27:24.760 you know what I mean. You saw you saw those 0:27:24.800 --> 0:27:28.439 guys played together as a team, as units, and it 0:27:28.480 --> 0:27:29.879 was it was a fun game to be part of. 0:27:30.720 --> 0:27:36.880 All right, thanks guys. All right, there's coach Pearson addressing 0:27:36.880 --> 0:27:39.240 the media at the Coliseum in Los Angeles following the 0:27:39.320 --> 0:27:41.919 Eels thirty to twenty three. Went over the Rams. The question, 0:27:41.960 --> 0:27:44.560 ike is does this go down as a road win 0:27:44.720 --> 0:27:47.600 or home win for the Eagles With the way the 0:27:47.600 --> 0:27:49.800 crowd was cheered through the course of the game, with 0:27:49.920 --> 0:27:53.080 the fights all chance after the Eagles touchdowns, there you know, 0:27:53.200 --> 0:27:55.919 the RAM the Rams are having to like pipe down 0:27:55.960 --> 0:27:59.359 the crowd because it's you know, the fans. It was 0:27:59.440 --> 0:28:02.840 Eels then exactly. So shout out to our fans that 0:28:03.000 --> 0:28:04.720 do what they do when they go on the road, 0:28:04.760 --> 0:28:08.080 which is take over opposing team stadiums. If you don't 0:28:08.119 --> 0:28:10.679 have the fam you're very able to dust off the 0:28:10.680 --> 0:28:13.359 fall champ there. Yeah you do. You don't have a 0:28:13.480 --> 0:28:17.040 packed house stadium full of your fans when you play 0:28:17.080 --> 0:28:20.000 the Eagles. Our fans are gonna come in and we're 0:28:20.000 --> 0:28:22.800 gonna be heard. And a city like Los Angeles where 0:28:22.800 --> 0:28:26.239 they don't really have a true home fan base. Uh, 0:28:26.400 --> 0:28:28.719 just like last year, our fans went out there and 0:28:28.760 --> 0:28:30.960 took over. They went out there and did it again 0:28:31.640 --> 0:28:34.439 this year and it was it was greatly needed and 0:28:34.520 --> 0:28:38.360 appreciate it because you could definitely hear the difference when 0:28:38.400 --> 0:28:41.160 the Rams offense was on the field. You can hear 0:28:41.160 --> 0:28:44.520 the crowd getting loud. Yeah, you can hear it getting loud. So, uh, 0:28:44.680 --> 0:28:46.880 kudos to all the fans that made the trip out 0:28:46.880 --> 0:28:49.800 to Los Angeles. Often you have players at a road 0:28:49.880 --> 0:28:52.920 stadium trying to get the crowd into it. That never happens, No, 0:28:53.160 --> 0:28:56.920 it doesn't happen. Only Eagles fan. The Eagles. Of course, 0:28:57.760 --> 0:29:00.240 one interesting thing may interesting things from Doug. We'll on 0:29:00.280 --> 0:29:02.480 them throughout the course of the show here, But throughout 0:29:02.480 --> 0:29:04.600 the course of the week, the big storyline was Carson 0:29:04.640 --> 0:29:06.560 went to Nick Foles who was going to play, and 0:29:06.600 --> 0:29:09.880 the players were asked ad nausea about how is Nick looked? 0:29:10.000 --> 0:29:12.440 What's going on with Carson? Has this been bothering him 0:29:12.440 --> 0:29:14.320 for a while? And the players got to the point 0:29:14.320 --> 0:29:17.640 where they're like, look, Nick won a Super Bowl last year, right, 0:29:17.720 --> 0:29:19.840 he was the MVP. We know what he can do. 0:29:19.880 --> 0:29:23.400 He's played games this season. We're focusing on trying to 0:29:23.400 --> 0:29:26.400 beat the Rams, like we understand on to the outside 0:29:26.840 --> 0:29:29.960 that this season's over. Okay, there six and seven. Probably 0:29:30.000 --> 0:29:32.080 I can win a division wildcard. It could be a 0:29:32.080 --> 0:29:34.840 long shot, but the playoff, like, we're focused on a 0:29:34.960 --> 0:29:37.680 huge game, a task at hand, and they were able 0:29:37.760 --> 0:29:41.080 to see it out to completion. That I thought was 0:29:41.160 --> 0:29:43.120 quite remarkable because it's one thing for the guys in 0:29:43.120 --> 0:29:44.959 the locker room to be saying it, but to go 0:29:45.040 --> 0:29:47.840 out there and show it and show that you believe 0:29:48.320 --> 0:29:50.400 you know what the coach is preaching to you. I 0:29:50.400 --> 0:29:52.320 think it's a totally different thing, and it just shows 0:29:52.360 --> 0:29:54.959 the maturity that this team has to be able to 0:29:55.000 --> 0:29:57.880 overcome the adversity that it has this year and still 0:29:57.960 --> 0:29:59.960 put that type of effort and to be able to 0:30:00.040 --> 0:30:02.000 get that type of win on the road. Well, I 0:30:02.040 --> 0:30:04.320 tell you, Chris, I'm old enough to remember Nick Foles 0:30:04.400 --> 0:30:07.040 leading his team to a super Bowl victory in February. 0:30:07.080 --> 0:30:09.760 They didn't happen that long ago. So a lot of 0:30:09.760 --> 0:30:13.040 these players were on this team last year when Nick 0:30:13.080 --> 0:30:15.760 Foles was able to come in for Carson Wentz right 0:30:15.800 --> 0:30:18.360 around this same time of the year and lead this 0:30:18.400 --> 0:30:21.280 team to his first ever Super Bowl victory. So I 0:30:21.320 --> 0:30:27.200 can understand the players from their standpoint looking at it, like, listen, 0:30:27.280 --> 0:30:29.040 we know what Nick Foles can do. He just did 0:30:29.080 --> 0:30:31.280 it last year. This is not a big deal to us. 0:30:31.680 --> 0:30:33.680 We played with Nick Foles early in the season, they 0:30:33.680 --> 0:30:35.239 were able to go one and one with him. They 0:30:35.280 --> 0:30:38.640 pretty much practiced with him all offseason as Carson Wentz 0:30:38.960 --> 0:30:41.560 was rehabbing, So I don't think to the players this 0:30:41.600 --> 0:30:43.920 was any big deal. You know, they look at Nick Foles, 0:30:43.960 --> 0:30:47.160 I believe, as they starting in caliber quarterback, which a 0:30:47.200 --> 0:30:49.240 lot of us look at Nick Foles as as you 0:30:49.280 --> 0:30:51.160 look at the amount of starts under this belt. You 0:30:51.200 --> 0:30:53.720 see the big games that he's played in and that 0:30:53.840 --> 0:30:57.320 he's won. He still arguably the best backup quarterback in 0:30:57.480 --> 0:31:01.000 all of football without a problem. So when Folds has 0:31:01.040 --> 0:31:04.120 to go in there for Carson Wentz, this offense typically 0:31:04.440 --> 0:31:08.320 doesn't miss a beat. Now do they run different plays shortage? 0:31:08.440 --> 0:31:11.080 Because there's things that Nick likes to run that Carson 0:31:11.120 --> 0:31:15.520 doesn't particularly run, and so from an offensive personnel standpoint, 0:31:16.000 --> 0:31:17.760 they don't. They don't look at it as if they 0:31:17.760 --> 0:31:20.800 need to make some sort of big changes, right other 0:31:20.840 --> 0:31:23.440 than maybe the offensive line, because Carson can sort of 0:31:23.480 --> 0:31:25.440 move around a little bit back there in the pocket. 0:31:25.680 --> 0:31:27.760 For an offensive line, they kind of know Nick is 0:31:27.800 --> 0:31:30.440 gonna be where he's supposed to be at. But for 0:31:30.560 --> 0:31:33.440 the receivers, the tight ends, the running backs, no big 0:31:33.520 --> 0:31:35.760 changes need to be made other than the fact that 0:31:35.800 --> 0:31:38.720 a guy like Alshon Jefferies can say, well, I know 0:31:38.720 --> 0:31:40.400 he's gonna throw them in the ball whether I'm covered 0:31:40.480 --> 0:31:42.160 or not, because he's gonna give me a chance to 0:31:42.160 --> 0:31:44.000 go up and make a play. And so I know 0:31:44.160 --> 0:31:46.280 al Shan had to be happy to see Nick back 0:31:46.320 --> 0:31:50.240 in there, because they built some chemistry late last year. 0:31:50.600 --> 0:31:53.240 Al Shan wasn't healthy early in the season when Nick 0:31:53.320 --> 0:31:56.120 played in the first two games, and we hadn't seen 0:31:56.160 --> 0:31:58.680 a whole lot of al shot over the last month 0:31:58.800 --> 0:32:02.240 or so. So it was good to see Alshon still 0:32:02.320 --> 0:32:05.800 making big plays. And I know Nick feels comfortable putting 0:32:05.800 --> 0:32:08.600 that ball up there to that big body because Alshan 0:32:08.760 --> 0:32:10.719 is a type of receiver. He's not going to let 0:32:10.760 --> 0:32:12.560 his quarterback down. He's gonna go up there and at 0:32:12.640 --> 0:32:15.080 least fight for the ball. If he's not gonna catch it, 0:32:15.120 --> 0:32:17.440 no one's gonna catch you. You mentioned the offensive line 0:32:17.440 --> 0:32:20.200 and the protection that Nick Foles had tonight. One of 0:32:20.240 --> 0:32:23.600 the people key to that was Lane Johnson. We're gonna 0:32:23.640 --> 0:32:26.080 hear from him as well as the quarterback in just 0:32:26.120 --> 0:32:28.760 a little bit here. But you know, it's very interesting 0:32:29.000 --> 0:32:32.080 from the standpoint of you mentioned Alston, Jeffrey and the 0:32:32.120 --> 0:32:35.320 offensive players getting involved. It seemed like it was a 0:32:35.360 --> 0:32:39.160 more diversified offense because it was very for most of 0:32:39.160 --> 0:32:42.040 the season, very zach Ert centric, and he was the 0:32:42.040 --> 0:32:44.560 guy making the plays for you. Okay, that's the big thing, 0:32:44.680 --> 0:32:47.680 But tonight you're getting guys like Wendell Smallwood stepping up 0:32:47.680 --> 0:32:50.480 and making plays you're getting Dallas got, you know, continue 0:32:50.480 --> 0:32:52.920 to be more involved in the offense, gold and tape, 0:32:53.160 --> 0:32:55.520 you know, having a couple you know, key catches there 0:32:55.560 --> 0:32:57.800 for the offense. It's the biggest thing is this offense 0:32:57.800 --> 0:32:59.280 has been at its best and we've seen it this 0:32:59.320 --> 0:33:00.960 year with Carson and we see it here with Nick 0:33:01.080 --> 0:33:03.320 where you spread the ball around. That's the biggest thing 0:33:03.400 --> 0:33:07.640 right there. Yeah, and who's ever playing quarterback is gonna 0:33:07.680 --> 0:33:09.880 have to learn how right? We have a special special 0:33:09.880 --> 0:33:13.480 press conference Malcolm Jenkins now addressing the media at the Colseum. 0:33:13.960 --> 0:33:16.520 Phases of the game contributed all the way up until 0:33:16.520 --> 0:33:18.520 the end. It was you know, we needed every single 0:33:18.520 --> 0:33:20.600 play that we made to win on the road against 0:33:20.600 --> 0:33:23.360 a really good team. UM, and we had a lot 0:33:23.360 --> 0:33:25.840 of fun doing it. I think the energy um either 0:33:25.920 --> 0:33:28.040 last week, even though we didn't get the result we wanted, 0:33:28.080 --> 0:33:30.000 we had a lot of fun and competed um and 0:33:30.080 --> 0:33:31.920 did what we needed to do to give ourselves a chance. 0:33:32.440 --> 0:33:34.120 And this way, you know, and this time we got 0:33:34.120 --> 0:33:44.320 the result we wanted. A lot of well, I think 0:33:44.560 --> 0:33:45.560 you know, at the end of the day, it starts 0:33:45.560 --> 0:33:47.320 with the leadership on the team. You know, just kind 0:33:47.360 --> 0:33:49.520 of you know, putting our foot in the ground, um, 0:33:49.560 --> 0:33:51.000 and just saying we're gonna make a stand at the 0:33:51.080 --> 0:33:52.600 end of the day. You know, if we want to 0:33:52.600 --> 0:33:55.000 continue to play and we want our dreams to continue, 0:33:55.040 --> 0:33:57.040 we got to go take it. And so that's why 0:33:57.040 --> 0:33:58.880 you see the ski masks, that's why you see the 0:33:58.880 --> 0:34:01.600 renewed enthusiasm, because we got the mentality that we got 0:34:01.600 --> 0:34:03.480 to go steal whatever it is that we want if 0:34:03.480 --> 0:34:05.680 we want to continue, and it's not gonna be easy, 0:34:05.720 --> 0:34:07.960 and then nobody asked it to be. We're fine, we're 0:34:07.960 --> 0:34:11.279 doing something special, um in extraordinary, but that's just gonna 0:34:11.280 --> 0:34:13.160 take it, you know, one week at a time, keep 0:34:13.160 --> 0:34:18.080 competing and keep having fun. Struggle this season is that 0:34:18.120 --> 0:34:19.840 a lot of the injuries and you can come in 0:34:19.880 --> 0:34:22.680 here when a lot of people find this, not a 0:34:22.719 --> 0:34:25.799 lot of people everybody, we'll go ahead, okay, but for 0:34:25.840 --> 0:34:27.880 you guys to do it where the Rams had the boss, 0:34:28.080 --> 0:34:30.400 how priority all this team to fight you with all 0:34:30.440 --> 0:34:32.839 the injuries, especially in the second I mean very proud 0:34:32.880 --> 0:34:36.200 we've been We've been hit it with adversity all year, 0:34:36.400 --> 0:34:39.200 even to start out the season, all the way through now, um, 0:34:39.280 --> 0:34:40.959 and we just found a way to continue to fight, 0:34:41.040 --> 0:34:46.080 plug guys in the trust in each other to to adjust, um, 0:34:46.200 --> 0:34:47.960 you know. And that's that's been our mantra, you know, 0:34:48.000 --> 0:34:50.239 all all year, even last year, and so that that 0:34:50.280 --> 0:34:53.239 doesn't change regardless of who we have on the field. Um. 0:34:53.280 --> 0:34:54.960 And so we'll continue to grow. I think we've seen 0:34:55.000 --> 0:34:56.640 a lot of those young players who've been you know, 0:34:56.680 --> 0:35:00.239 playing more significant roles because the injuries grow today. And 0:35:00.239 --> 0:35:02.520 so we'll continue to you know, our process. We'll get back, 0:35:02.560 --> 0:35:04.919 we'll watch the tape, try to improve on the things 0:35:04.920 --> 0:35:06.759 that we didn't do well. I'm gonna get ready to 0:35:06.800 --> 0:35:10.520 go compete against another good team. What's the significance of that? 0:35:10.600 --> 0:35:12.239 And what do you got to do with it? Like 0:35:12.239 --> 0:35:14.520 I said, man, you know where we are right now. 0:35:14.719 --> 0:35:16.279 If we want to continue to play, we got to 0:35:16.280 --> 0:35:18.319 go take it. And so for us, it's kind of 0:35:18.320 --> 0:35:20.840 that season where we're gonna go steal every everything we got, 0:35:20.880 --> 0:35:23.239 whether it's the ball, where it's the game, you know, 0:35:23.280 --> 0:35:26.239 our our chance to go play in the postseason. We 0:35:26.320 --> 0:35:27.880 gotta go take it. And so that's kind of what 0:35:27.920 --> 0:35:30.160 that sche mask is doing. And you know, for us, 0:35:30.160 --> 0:35:32.680 I think it's it's bringing back that that energy, having fun. 0:35:33.320 --> 0:35:35.880 Guys are enthusiastic about you know, contributing, and it's so 0:35:35.920 --> 0:35:39.279 many different people, um, you know making plays. Uh, it's 0:35:39.360 --> 0:35:45.360 right on time. I believe it was Jalen Nils. Yeah, 0:35:45.600 --> 0:35:48.080 it's not your side of the ball. But having Nick 0:35:48.160 --> 0:35:50.480 in there, do you guys seem to rally around him? 0:35:50.920 --> 0:35:53.960 What's that the case? No, he's a Super Bowl MVP. 0:35:54.800 --> 0:35:57.200 We don't have to rally around Nick. Um. You know, 0:35:57.239 --> 0:35:59.560 we we trust fully that Nick can go on there 0:35:59.640 --> 0:36:02.799 and compete um and command of offense, and you know, 0:36:03.560 --> 0:36:05.680 a hell of a game today. Put the ball up 0:36:05.719 --> 0:36:08.480 to to our playmakers, guys who were making big plays 0:36:08.480 --> 0:36:11.120 for him, um, you know, and it's exciting to watch 0:36:11.200 --> 0:36:12.960 and all of a sudden, you know, those things on 0:36:13.000 --> 0:36:16.040 our offense gets rolling. Um and and as a team 0:36:16.080 --> 0:36:18.760 we played better. And so you know, Nick Nick's performance 0:36:18.760 --> 0:36:21.439 today was obviously a huge part. And while we got 0:36:21.440 --> 0:36:28.240 a wariness to seeing back in the coliseum back under center, 0:36:29.360 --> 0:36:31.360 it is ironic, but we got a lot less wins 0:36:31.360 --> 0:36:35.399 this time around coming into the game, but we knew 0:36:35.400 --> 0:36:36.640 it was gonna be one of those games where we 0:36:36.719 --> 0:36:38.960 wasn't going to be a blowout. This is a great team, 0:36:39.719 --> 0:36:41.400 a lot of great players that they're on a role 0:36:41.440 --> 0:36:43.279 this year. We knew we'd had to fight you know, 0:36:43.320 --> 0:36:46.319 the entire game um and even the momentum that we 0:36:46.360 --> 0:36:48.520 got early in the game. We needed every every bit 0:36:48.520 --> 0:36:51.640 of that obviously coming down to the end um. But 0:36:51.719 --> 0:36:53.560 you know, it definitely feels good to to put it 0:36:53.600 --> 0:36:55.279 all together and come to a place on the road 0:36:55.560 --> 0:36:57.759 against a quality team and come out with a wint 0:36:58.680 --> 0:37:01.879 that the final drive there and in particularly the last 0:37:01.880 --> 0:37:03.640 play when you sent of Glitz, I think that the 0:37:03.680 --> 0:37:06.640 biggest thing was there were like two or three huge 0:37:06.640 --> 0:37:08.920 tackles that kept them in bounds. And so we talk 0:37:08.960 --> 0:37:11.200 about situational football. Those the things we talk about all 0:37:11.239 --> 0:37:13.640 the time, um, and sometimes you worry about with with 0:37:13.760 --> 0:37:16.240 younger players especially. You know that we're having the secondary. 0:37:16.280 --> 0:37:18.720 But guys made up and made some really good tackles 0:37:18.719 --> 0:37:21.160 on either sideline to keep that clock running, to give 0:37:21.239 --> 0:37:24.120 us that opportunity to then rush the passer um and 0:37:24.520 --> 0:37:26.560 you know, play the end zone basically on one last 0:37:26.560 --> 0:37:33.440 shot to the to the to the end zone. I mean, 0:37:33.480 --> 0:37:35.600 I just I know the situation that he's in and 0:37:35.680 --> 0:37:37.239 I know it's not easy, and we're putting a lot 0:37:37.280 --> 0:37:39.120 on the shoulders as a young guy, as a rookie, 0:37:39.520 --> 0:37:41.319 come in you're drafted as a corner and then move 0:37:41.360 --> 0:37:44.000 the safety. Um, and you're learning all of it. And 0:37:44.040 --> 0:37:46.279 we're not just spoon feed and we're giving them the 0:37:46.320 --> 0:37:49.839 whole defense, making them make calls. He gets, somebody gets hurt, 0:37:49.880 --> 0:37:51.720 he gets to go into the nickel with no preparation 0:37:51.760 --> 0:37:53.960 throughout the week. This week, didn't even know if he's 0:37:53.960 --> 0:37:55.960 gonna play. Then he's at corner. He hadn't played corner 0:37:56.000 --> 0:37:59.400 all year. Um, and he's making plays. That's making differences 0:37:59.400 --> 0:38:02.120 in our season. And so you know, I take a 0:38:02.120 --> 0:38:03.879 lot of pride in making sure that you know he's 0:38:03.920 --> 0:38:05.880 prepared to just you know, encouraging him. But he's a 0:38:05.880 --> 0:38:07.439 player that I think it's going to come into his own. 0:38:07.840 --> 0:38:10.359 These explosives made a ton of plays this year. Um, 0:38:10.520 --> 0:38:12.719 it's fun to watch. Quite frankly, you set the tone 0:38:12.760 --> 0:38:15.440 in that locker room last year after the game to 0:38:15.480 --> 0:38:18.040 know what was the environment like and what was the message. 0:38:18.360 --> 0:38:20.400 I think it's very similar. I think guys, you know, 0:38:20.719 --> 0:38:23.920 as you you get wins like this, it creates energy, 0:38:23.960 --> 0:38:27.160 It creates um, that belief, not that it wasn't there, 0:38:27.239 --> 0:38:29.120 but you you prove it to yourself, you know, and 0:38:29.160 --> 0:38:31.759 you know, uh, you have examples of when you put 0:38:31.760 --> 0:38:33.600 it together, this is what it looks like. And so 0:38:33.640 --> 0:38:37.440 now the challenge to the leaders on this team is 0:38:37.440 --> 0:38:41.080 how do you keep that energy going through practice? How 0:38:41.080 --> 0:38:44.800 do you you know, you pay attention to every detail 0:38:45.160 --> 0:38:47.000 so that when we show up again next week we 0:38:47.040 --> 0:38:49.640 have that same energy, We have that same resolve, um, 0:38:49.680 --> 0:38:51.839 and that same drive to to come out with a win. 0:38:55.760 --> 0:38:59.520 And I think the biggest thing was, like, this is 0:38:59.520 --> 0:39:00.920 what it looks like when we put it together as 0:39:00.920 --> 0:39:03.160 a team. UM. And the biggest thing that most things, 0:39:03.280 --> 0:39:04.719 you know, and I'm proud of at least, is that 0:39:04.760 --> 0:39:07.080 we had fun doing it. And this is what you know, 0:39:07.120 --> 0:39:09.080 we've been trying to get to all year. UM. It's 0:39:09.080 --> 0:39:12.680 obviously hard to have fun when you're not winning, but 0:39:12.840 --> 0:39:15.080 for us, we're not a front running bunch, and so 0:39:15.120 --> 0:39:16.799 we want to be able to have fun and and 0:39:16.920 --> 0:39:20.200 fly around have energy regardless of what the scoreboard looks like. UM. 0:39:20.239 --> 0:39:22.160 And that's what we've you know, been doing, I think 0:39:22.200 --> 0:39:24.719 over the last couple of weeks. UM. And we let 0:39:24.719 --> 0:39:26.160 the cars far where they may, but we're gonna come 0:39:26.200 --> 0:39:28.279 out and have some fun. That's that's what we enjoy doing. 0:39:28.320 --> 0:39:29.719 We get this. This is a game at the end 0:39:29.719 --> 0:39:32.399 of the day that we enjoy playing with each other. 0:39:33.080 --> 0:39:37.879 Um and so yeah, we want to keep that going 0:39:37.880 --> 0:39:42.239 in searching team, there's a question there's going to be 0:39:43.960 --> 0:39:51.680 in searching up and teams. What do you say, stock, 0:39:53.040 --> 0:39:54.200 I mean, at the end of the day, you look 0:39:54.239 --> 0:39:56.080 at what you see on tape. Nick came in and 0:39:56.080 --> 0:39:58.799 had a great game. It helped our team win. You know, 0:39:58.840 --> 0:40:02.319 we don't get into a comparison game of who's doing what, 0:40:02.440 --> 0:40:05.160 but right now, Nicks the quarterback, and he had a 0:40:05.160 --> 0:40:06.879 hell of a game that helped us win a game. 0:40:07.120 --> 0:40:09.200 And we know that we have that in Nick. And 0:40:09.280 --> 0:40:12.919 so for us, it's always about you know, we'll we'll 0:40:12.920 --> 0:40:14.880 go through the week. Who were going into the game with. 0:40:14.960 --> 0:40:17.120 That's who we're gonna try to win with. We and 0:40:17.160 --> 0:40:19.520 we have wholehearted you know, belief and everybody that puts 0:40:19.520 --> 0:40:24.239 those pads on. You've seen the young guys a year, 0:40:24.239 --> 0:40:32.640 a little experience one hundred eleven. Yeah, what what do 0:40:32.680 --> 0:40:37.839 you kind of learn about? They're growing? You know, to 0:40:37.920 --> 0:40:40.640 be honest, a lot of these guys been put in 0:40:40.680 --> 0:40:44.880 some crazy situations been forced into the fire. Um have 0:40:44.960 --> 0:40:48.680 struggled at times, but you know, have have persevered, have 0:40:48.800 --> 0:40:52.480 continued to improve and and now are making the plays 0:40:52.480 --> 0:40:54.520 that are helping us win games. And so you know, 0:40:54.520 --> 0:40:57.920 it's it's something I take great pride in. I enjoy 0:40:58.000 --> 0:41:01.560 watching these young dudes, that energy and the juice that 0:41:01.840 --> 0:41:04.200 you know, we've been really searching for all year and 0:41:04.520 --> 0:41:06.719 you know, hopefully that that they continue to grow. When 0:41:06.760 --> 0:41:09.640 we watched the mature in front our eyes, cool number. 0:41:12.280 --> 0:41:15.840 There's Malcolm Jenkins. Absolutely love what he brings on and 0:41:16.000 --> 0:41:19.560 off the football field. Perfect answer when asked about Nick 0:41:19.600 --> 0:41:22.960 Foles and the you know juice that he brought to 0:41:23.000 --> 0:41:25.439 the offense. It's like, look, this is a Super Bowl 0:41:25.560 --> 0:41:28.000 MVP who went out there and played a heck of 0:41:28.040 --> 0:41:31.279 a game. Okay, this isn't a comparison between he and 0:41:31.320 --> 0:41:33.320 Carson Wentz, and I know that's the game that everyone 0:41:33.360 --> 0:41:35.120 on the outside is going to be playing this week. 0:41:35.160 --> 0:41:37.239 You're gonna have fun with down Sports Radio ninety four 0:41:37.520 --> 0:41:41.200 Wip the Marks and re show. But nonetheless, tonight Foles 0:41:41.239 --> 0:41:44.080 was outstanding. Helped the Heels get this, you know, season 0:41:44.200 --> 0:41:47.359 saving victory, and that's what it needs to be right now, 0:41:47.400 --> 0:41:49.760 we don't know if Carson Wentz is gonna be available. Okay, 0:41:49.840 --> 0:41:53.120 he was questionableed and doubtful than out. You know, certainly 0:41:53.200 --> 0:41:54.959 number eleven wants to be back out in the field, 0:41:55.000 --> 0:41:57.239 especially with the home game with the season on the line, 0:41:57.440 --> 0:42:00.399 Houston Texans coming to town next weekend, but we don't 0:42:00.400 --> 0:42:01.799 know if that's going to be the case. It's a 0:42:01.800 --> 0:42:04.000 good sign that he traveled with the team, you know, 0:42:04.040 --> 0:42:06.960 to Los Angeles, even with the stress injury. But nonetheless, 0:42:07.000 --> 0:42:09.799 though Carson you know, wants to come back, but it's 0:42:09.880 --> 0:42:11.960 going to be in his best interest to come back 0:42:12.400 --> 0:42:15.200 or in terms of protecting himself, not just again the 0:42:15.280 --> 0:42:18.279 short term, but the long term, because Doug Pearson said 0:42:18.320 --> 0:42:21.320 on Friday, most likely we're looking at three months before 0:42:21.320 --> 0:42:23.799 a full recovery. So it's gonna be worth putting them 0:42:23.840 --> 0:42:25.480 back out there on the field. We'll sta have to 0:42:25.719 --> 0:42:28.560 figure out. But for this night here, this Sunday night 0:42:28.640 --> 0:42:32.480 against the La Rams, nick Foles started and delivered big 0:42:32.520 --> 0:42:35.680 time performance once again. Yeah, and I think Malcolm has 0:42:35.760 --> 0:42:41.280 the right mindset when you're talking about you know, Nick Foles, 0:42:41.360 --> 0:42:44.520 Carson Wentz like, the players can't worry about that. You know, 0:42:44.600 --> 0:42:46.880 these guys that are teammates, they have a job that 0:42:46.920 --> 0:42:48.960 they have to do. Just make sure that you do 0:42:49.040 --> 0:42:52.160 your job. Who's ever gonna line up behind center is 0:42:52.200 --> 0:42:55.399 gonna wind up playing well when he gets the opportunity too, 0:42:55.680 --> 0:42:58.480 But they're also going to need the help of their teammates. 0:42:58.520 --> 0:43:00.120 All right, speing Nick Foles, let's send it to the 0:43:00.160 --> 0:43:05.160 call seem where he's standing by right now. Environment against 0:43:05.200 --> 0:43:09.000 team that had now lost, I'm extremely proud of our team. Um. 0:43:09.040 --> 0:43:11.120 You know, it was a complete team game, was a 0:43:11.120 --> 0:43:13.319 complete team winning. That's one of the best teams in 0:43:13.320 --> 0:43:15.839 the NFL right now, Um, and they showed it as 0:43:15.920 --> 0:43:18.000 I mean playing against them. Every single play they were 0:43:18.040 --> 0:43:21.120 bringing it. But I'm really proudly the guys for facing adversity. 0:43:21.160 --> 0:43:23.200 That's what we preceed this week was you know, in 0:43:23.239 --> 0:43:25.399 any game, there's gonna be adversity, there's gonna be things 0:43:25.440 --> 0:43:28.040 that happened, just you know, leaning on one one another, 0:43:28.080 --> 0:43:30.960 sticking to one another, sticking with one another. And that's 0:43:30.960 --> 0:43:32.880 what we did today. There was a couple of adverse things, 0:43:32.880 --> 0:43:35.000 but we were able to create turnovers. I had the 0:43:35.040 --> 0:43:36.799 one you know to leave made a great play on 0:43:36.840 --> 0:43:39.520 that interception. But we bounced back and we kept playing. 0:43:39.920 --> 0:43:42.720 And you know that's really what Eagle football is about, 0:43:44.040 --> 0:43:49.120 you guys fight. Yeah, I mean I think the big 0:43:49.160 --> 0:43:51.920 thing is also we focus on the moment, so you know, 0:43:52.080 --> 0:43:54.000 we don't need to worry about that. All we gotta 0:43:54.000 --> 0:43:56.120 worry about now is you know, getting back to Philly, 0:43:56.280 --> 0:43:59.360 getting our bodies right, prepping and going back at it, 0:43:59.400 --> 0:44:05.560 and we'll just see what happens. You know. There's a 0:44:05.560 --> 0:44:07.400 couple of times where you know, just reading the defense 0:44:07.480 --> 0:44:09.520 letting him go get a chance. I mean, he's a 0:44:09.560 --> 0:44:12.160 great player. Um, he's shown that he can make those plays, 0:44:12.160 --> 0:44:13.680 and he made him tonight for me and helped me 0:44:13.680 --> 0:44:16.120 out a lot the first time he played with him 0:44:16.160 --> 0:44:18.399 this year. Yeah, if I remember he didn't play those 0:44:18.440 --> 0:44:20.160 first two games. How were you able to kind of 0:44:20.200 --> 0:44:23.120 get that chemistry back so quickly with him? I mean, 0:44:23.400 --> 0:44:26.239 you know, I watched all the practices, um, you know 0:44:26.560 --> 0:44:29.680 than doing the scout team, and I know the guys, 0:44:29.719 --> 0:44:31.440 I mean, you go out there. I'm a thrower. I 0:44:31.520 --> 0:44:34.560 just read their body language and throw the ball. Um. 0:44:34.600 --> 0:44:36.280 You know, they made a lot of great plays Outron 0:44:36.320 --> 0:44:38.239 went up and made some you know, great catches as well. 0:44:38.480 --> 0:44:40.440 We were able to spread the ball around. That was important, 0:44:40.480 --> 0:44:42.439 and we were also the line did a great job 0:44:42.480 --> 0:44:44.200 of you know, we're able to run the ball really 0:44:44.200 --> 0:44:48.160 well too, so I thought, you know, with Doug's play calling, 0:44:48.239 --> 0:44:51.440 keeping him off balance, giving him different looks. Um, you know, 0:44:51.480 --> 0:44:54.200 we were able to execute at a high level. Spent 0:44:54.280 --> 0:44:57.319 the past twelve thirteen leads in the background. What was 0:44:57.320 --> 0:45:00.000 this past weekly for you? It's really emotional. I mean, 0:45:00.040 --> 0:45:02.560 anytime you know, you you hate for your teammate to 0:45:02.560 --> 0:45:05.040 get hurt. I said before, you know, I feel really 0:45:05.080 --> 0:45:08.520 bad for Carson. I mean, we're tied in that QB room. 0:45:08.560 --> 0:45:10.600 But then when you you know, you sort of you 0:45:10.600 --> 0:45:12.760 don't really know what's gonna happen. You start taking reps. 0:45:12.800 --> 0:45:16.080 It's been a while, you go through the human emotions. 0:45:16.280 --> 0:45:18.279 I don't care what you've done in the past or 0:45:18.280 --> 0:45:19.799 what I've done in the past. It doesn't matter. When 0:45:19.840 --> 0:45:22.640 you step on that field, it's a new day. So um, 0:45:22.680 --> 0:45:25.239 it was really just dealing with the emotions, prep, you know, 0:45:25.680 --> 0:45:27.440 prepping as far as I could, and then realizing I'm 0:45:27.480 --> 0:45:29.640 not alone. I have great teammates out there. All I 0:45:29.719 --> 0:45:32.080 have to do is spread the ball around, lean on them, Uh, 0:45:32.200 --> 0:45:34.799 stay in the moment, and we're able to do that tonight. Um, 0:45:35.160 --> 0:45:39.080 you know it's a it's a huge win for us. Really, 0:45:46.000 --> 0:45:48.120 each game is different. You know. Sometimes you get a 0:45:48.120 --> 0:45:50.160 bunch of little hits. Sometimes you don't get hit much, 0:45:50.160 --> 0:45:51.719 and there are a couple of big ones. Today it 0:45:51.800 --> 0:45:53.319 was the you know, they got a couple of good 0:45:53.400 --> 0:45:56.719 licks on me. But you know, I'm perfectly fine as 0:45:56.719 --> 0:45:59.160 far as learning how to stay engaged. Like Zach said, 0:45:59.160 --> 0:46:01.440 you hadn't played in twelve weeks, kind of going out 0:46:01.440 --> 0:46:04.439 there and still getting better even if you're not playing. Yeah, 0:46:04.480 --> 0:46:08.160 I mean my role has been different the last twelve weeks, Um, 0:46:08.200 --> 0:46:10.040 you know, with the scout team and then just helping 0:46:10.080 --> 0:46:12.239 guys in the locker room or whatever it may be. 0:46:12.960 --> 0:46:16.640 UM watching practice, UM watching you know, obviously you're in 0:46:16.680 --> 0:46:18.439 all the installs, you know, the offense, just in case 0:46:18.480 --> 0:46:22.319 something happens. Um. And then you know, when I'm called 0:46:22.360 --> 0:46:24.440 upon just going out there and you gotta trust my 0:46:24.480 --> 0:46:27.600 you know, read and react. I have to trust my instincts, Um, 0:46:27.640 --> 0:46:29.759 And like I said, I'll lean on my teammates and 0:46:29.840 --> 0:46:32.239 realize I'm not out there alone. So it's all those things. 0:46:32.239 --> 0:46:34.480 It's there's a lot going on in the head. But 0:46:34.520 --> 0:46:36.200 I was able to simplify it. And that's the key 0:46:36.280 --> 0:46:38.040 is you know, when things are going on your head 0:46:38.040 --> 0:46:40.319 and there's a lot, you know you detending not to play, 0:46:40.360 --> 0:46:43.560 to play that well, Um, the thing was simplified, what's 0:46:43.600 --> 0:46:47.840 going on in my head and just play fast, different 0:46:49.160 --> 0:46:51.160 the same field that needs to be in the last season, 0:46:51.280 --> 0:46:54.160 and you know, I know, I know that's gonna be 0:46:54.160 --> 0:46:56.520 the story. Um, but no, it's a new year, it's 0:46:56.520 --> 0:47:00.719 a new team, different situation. Um. You know, at the 0:47:00.800 --> 0:47:03.160 end of the day, I always talk about staying in 0:47:03.160 --> 0:47:06.520 the moment, Tomorrow, take care of itself. And uh, you 0:47:06.520 --> 0:47:08.520 know we're gonna enjoy this. This was a great team win. 0:47:08.640 --> 0:47:11.200 Just seeing the excitement in the locker room. It's been 0:47:11.200 --> 0:47:13.480 a it's been a crazy year. Um, and you know 0:47:13.480 --> 0:47:15.600 we're gonna keep fighting, We're gonna keep working, we're gonna 0:47:15.680 --> 0:47:25.640 keep growing. Lost year I lost, my senior year, Uh, 0:47:25.719 --> 0:47:27.560 we came, we came back from we were down by 0:47:27.640 --> 0:47:31.720 quite a bit. Um. Unfortunately we lost. But my sophomore 0:47:31.760 --> 0:47:34.680 year we were able to upset usc here. So that 0:47:34.760 --> 0:47:45.440 was a good memory. I don't I don't really thrive 0:47:45.480 --> 0:47:48.279 on it. Um, it's just sort of the way things 0:47:48.320 --> 0:47:52.120 have fallen. Um. Once again, it's not about me. Um. 0:47:52.160 --> 0:47:55.839 I have great teammates, great organization, great coaches, and we 0:47:55.840 --> 0:47:58.040 were able to rally together. Um. That's the thing that 0:47:58.080 --> 0:48:00.640 I love about being an Eagle is is you know, 0:48:00.760 --> 0:48:03.480 we lean on each other. Adversity does hit. What are 0:48:03.480 --> 0:48:05.560 you gonna do? You see teams when adversity hits start 0:48:05.680 --> 0:48:07.800 turning on each other. Where's a couple of There's a 0:48:07.840 --> 0:48:09.480 couple of moments in this game. They were pretty big 0:48:09.520 --> 0:48:12.160 and there was never any turning on each other say 0:48:12.200 --> 0:48:14.360 hey we got you. Hey, offense, go hey we got you. 0:48:14.480 --> 0:48:17.799 D Like, that's what it's about. So Um, I don't thrive. 0:48:17.840 --> 0:48:19.560 I just you know, enjoy being a part of this team. 0:48:19.960 --> 0:48:30.200 This is our first two guys. I'm pretty sure I 0:48:30.239 --> 0:48:32.880 was seeing a Dominican sue and then just hoping that 0:48:32.920 --> 0:48:35.480 al Sean was where I where he was gonna be. 0:48:35.640 --> 0:48:38.280 So Um, I had a you know, a quick reaction. 0:48:38.320 --> 0:48:39.960 I was able to see the safety sort of void 0:48:40.239 --> 0:48:42.239 and just let it rip. Um. You know, it was 0:48:42.239 --> 0:48:44.200 hard to see much. I just let al Sean go 0:48:44.280 --> 0:48:48.720 make a play. That was the key with conversation, especially 0:48:48.760 --> 0:48:50.160 what you're trying to do that we're going to be started. 0:48:51.160 --> 0:48:53.319 You know. I think the big thing is we've been 0:48:53.320 --> 0:48:56.279 together the last you know, a couple of years, um, 0:48:56.320 --> 0:48:58.879 just being there for one another, UM, going through the game, 0:48:58.880 --> 0:49:01.920 playing together. Obviously, this is unfortunate for him, but I 0:49:01.960 --> 0:49:04.640 also know that you know he's gonna bounce back and 0:49:04.680 --> 0:49:07.360 whenever that may be, and you know he's gonna be 0:49:07.360 --> 0:49:10.200 better for it. That's just how he handles his business 0:49:10.200 --> 0:49:12.720 and that's something I respect about him. Within the emotion 0:49:12.760 --> 0:49:15.480 of the best week, would you consider the big picture 0:49:15.560 --> 0:49:17.840 part of this and what this would mean for the 0:49:17.920 --> 0:49:20.600 future at all? You know that part does creep in. 0:49:21.680 --> 0:49:23.400 I do say there is a human side, but no, 0:49:24.160 --> 0:49:27.480 I'm very self aware of those distractions don't do any good. 0:49:27.960 --> 0:49:29.200 And I think a big part of that was a 0:49:29.239 --> 0:49:31.520 couple of years ago, you know, gonna step away from 0:49:31.560 --> 0:49:35.120 the game. I really thrive and staying in the moment 0:49:35.239 --> 0:49:39.520 and just enjoying it. And you know, we'll see what happens. 0:49:39.680 --> 0:49:41.880 But I really just want to enjoy the moment and 0:49:41.920 --> 0:49:43.840 just being present and all I do. That's why I 0:49:43.840 --> 0:49:46.759 try to focus on daily talk about simplify things in 0:49:46.800 --> 0:49:49.879 your head. What do you mean exactly. I mean when 0:49:49.880 --> 0:49:51.759 you step on a field, I mean it's emotional. There's 0:49:51.760 --> 0:49:54.880 a lot going on. It's Sunday night football, you're in LA, 0:49:55.239 --> 0:49:58.000 you know. I think honing in on being in the huddle, 0:49:58.320 --> 0:50:00.640 not worrying about the score, not worrying about the clock, 0:50:00.680 --> 0:50:04.080 because that can affect your tendencies of reading different plays, 0:50:04.120 --> 0:50:07.640 forcing different things, and just playing. There's different things I do. 0:50:07.880 --> 0:50:10.279 I'm like I said, you gotta be self aware. You 0:50:10.280 --> 0:50:13.160 gotta know your tendencies. I know where I fall short, 0:50:13.239 --> 0:50:15.600 but it's just going in that huddle just that's my sanctuary. 0:50:15.680 --> 0:50:16.799 That's why I'm be I just want to be with 0:50:16.880 --> 0:50:19.600 those guys no matter what happens during the game, not 0:50:19.640 --> 0:50:22.520 worrying about the score, not worrying about the clock, just playing. So, 0:50:23.560 --> 0:50:25.560 as you've discussed with us a few times, you have 0:50:25.719 --> 0:50:28.360 your own unique leadership style. How did you kind of 0:50:28.400 --> 0:50:30.239 put your staff on the on the team this week? 0:50:30.280 --> 0:50:32.480 What did you do to get them the rally around you? 0:50:33.520 --> 0:50:35.880 You know, not much, It just just being there for 0:50:35.880 --> 0:50:39.000 the guys, just going in the huddle, taking a hold 0:50:39.000 --> 0:50:42.480 of it. But really just me communications, big me, showing 0:50:42.560 --> 0:50:45.120 love to the guys is big The way you win 0:50:45.160 --> 0:50:47.360 games in the fourth quarter, in my opinion, is you 0:50:47.440 --> 0:50:49.480 got you love one another, you work, you care for 0:50:49.480 --> 0:50:52.319 one another. It's hard to win it. It's hard to 0:50:52.320 --> 0:50:54.560 win in the NFL, I always say, especially against a 0:50:54.560 --> 0:50:57.120 team like this. So what you see there and that's 0:50:57.160 --> 0:50:59.279 why we don't turn on each other as those relationships. 0:50:59.280 --> 0:51:01.239 So I just step in the huddle on me. I'm 0:51:01.280 --> 0:51:02.960 not going to try to be I'm not a big 0:51:03.040 --> 0:51:04.920 raw rock guy. I just want to be who I 0:51:04.960 --> 0:51:15.040 am and just makes it easy reaching that. Stay with 0:51:15.120 --> 0:51:17.000 the experience in the last couple of years and maybe 0:51:17.160 --> 0:51:20.160 about three four five years ago, I think in every 0:51:20.200 --> 0:51:23.319 life experience you learned something, and you know, through the 0:51:23.360 --> 0:51:25.920 last couple of years, absolutely I've learned that. You know, 0:51:26.000 --> 0:51:29.840 being president, being the moment um, you know, it's important 0:51:29.840 --> 0:51:32.520 because I think today, like we there's so many distractions, 0:51:32.760 --> 0:51:36.520 I mean, phones, all the Instagram, Twitter, everything, you get distracted, 0:51:36.600 --> 0:51:40.359 you get the lights, everything, even this, but just being 0:51:40.400 --> 0:51:42.680 in the moment and being president, there's something that's really 0:51:42.719 --> 0:51:44.640 special about that. If you can do it. And then 0:51:44.760 --> 0:51:47.320 you know, being a husband and a father, being president 0:51:47.400 --> 0:51:49.799 at home, I mean that makes my days, you know, 0:51:49.920 --> 0:51:51.480 even better as when I can go home and just 0:51:51.520 --> 0:51:53.560 be president, just block out football when I get there, 0:51:53.600 --> 0:51:55.160 and you know, then I can be I'm actually a 0:51:55.200 --> 0:52:01.880 better football player because of that. Right, So that's the 0:52:01.920 --> 0:52:04.359 first time we've had been able to hear from Nick 0:52:04.400 --> 0:52:06.359 Foles all week. We didn't get to hear from either 0:52:06.480 --> 0:52:09.120 Carson Wentz or Nick Foles leading up to the game 0:52:09.200 --> 0:52:11.720 because you didn't know who was going to be the starter. 0:52:11.840 --> 0:52:14.080 So you know, obviously a lot of questions is about 0:52:14.080 --> 0:52:16.239 the whole week, the preparation, and then of course his 0:52:16.400 --> 0:52:19.799 outstanding performance tonight, and we're gonna send it back to 0:52:19.800 --> 0:52:21.319 the colle s team for the man who caught most 0:52:21.320 --> 0:52:24.200 of the passes there tonight. Alshon Jeffrey game, like I 0:52:24.280 --> 0:52:27.640 felt it like just the atmosphere, all the fans, and 0:52:27.680 --> 0:52:29.600 the print, hardwork and the preparation from we had during 0:52:29.600 --> 0:52:40.239 the week, just playing the game, just football, I mean, 0:52:40.320 --> 0:52:44.040 just Nick just playing football, just just playing within the offense. 0:52:44.160 --> 0:52:45.839 I mean, it didn't matter if it was this week, 0:52:45.960 --> 0:52:47.920 next week, just being patient, I mean football things like 0:52:47.960 --> 0:52:49.920 it happened this this week. It just happened. It was 0:52:49.960 --> 0:52:58.240 me making a place like everything that's happened to season, 0:52:58.280 --> 0:53:00.520 all the injuries and some time. I don't think we 0:53:00.560 --> 0:53:02.680 stole a win. I mean everyone in the locker room 0:53:02.719 --> 0:53:04.440 we believe in each other. So I don't think we 0:53:04.480 --> 0:53:06.960 stole the win. We just went out there and play 0:53:06.960 --> 0:53:08.799 Eagles football. I mean, you think we stole a win 0:53:08.800 --> 0:53:10.960 because you didn't you countered this out well, like like 0:53:11.080 --> 0:53:14.120 now was talking about the dirtalities that come in and 0:53:14.760 --> 0:53:19.319 then starts the old Winnson something about it. I think 0:53:19.360 --> 0:53:23.480 that's just some the defenses probably just uh something that 0:53:23.560 --> 0:53:25.000 they got going on in the locker room. I don't 0:53:25.040 --> 0:53:26.879 think they believe in that we're still in wins because 0:53:27.200 --> 0:53:28.879 each and everyone of us we believe that we're gonna 0:53:28.880 --> 0:53:38.040 win every game. Catching quarter and Nelson, but just Nick 0:53:38.120 --> 0:53:39.680 just did a hell of a job just telling us 0:53:39.719 --> 0:53:41.120 just be alive on the post and me, me and 0:53:41.200 --> 0:53:42.920 Nelson was just probably fighting over the ball at the 0:53:43.000 --> 0:53:44.960 same time, just one of us is gonna make the play. 0:53:48.160 --> 0:53:49.480 I mean I could see that it was only me 0:53:49.560 --> 0:53:52.160 and Nelson there, so one of us is gonna catch 0:53:52.160 --> 0:53:55.759 the ball. I just broke it up. It's been a while, 0:53:55.880 --> 0:53:58.560 so shout out to all my teammates. I mean, these 0:53:58.960 --> 0:54:00.400 this there is the reason I'm up had the old 0:54:00.440 --> 0:54:01.920 line did the health of a job? Defensive the health 0:54:01.920 --> 0:54:03.399 of a job. Special teams did the health of a job. 0:54:03.440 --> 0:54:06.120 So shout out to my teammates, how you got your ways? 0:54:06.280 --> 0:54:09.600 You played together? Yeah this year, how are you able 0:54:09.640 --> 0:54:12.320 to kind of recreate that chemistry? Just practice is just 0:54:12.360 --> 0:54:14.960 working hard every day in practice, coach, I always preached 0:54:14.960 --> 0:54:16.600 the next man up, and don't matter who's out there. 0:54:16.960 --> 0:54:19.359 Nick Nicka's our quarterback right now. So we're just rolling 0:54:19.440 --> 0:54:22.800 within it against Leave the last year when he was 0:54:22.920 --> 0:54:25.960 a Rockets this game, did you feel like that wasn't 0:54:26.000 --> 0:54:28.920 actually making win? I don't really look up in the matchups. 0:54:28.960 --> 0:54:30.279 Like I said, Nick just did the hell of a 0:54:30.360 --> 0:54:32.239 job just finding me, just throwing the bottom the heck 0:54:32.239 --> 0:54:35.120 of a job, just making plays. From the outside this 0:54:35.480 --> 0:54:39.080 it seems like having a better chemistry in Carson. That's 0:54:39.120 --> 0:54:43.040 just as an outsider on the what's up with that is, 0:54:43.640 --> 0:54:46.040 let's just think just who's ever out there just making 0:54:46.040 --> 0:54:48.399 plays like it don't matter who's if it's Carson, Nick 0:54:48.880 --> 0:54:51.040 Urts me, Nelly, We're just trying to make plays and 0:54:51.080 --> 0:54:53.000 win the game. They don't matter who's catching ball, who's 0:54:53.040 --> 0:54:56.000 throwing it. The number one the receiver. Obviously, you haven't 0:54:56.000 --> 0:54:58.680 been over one hundred yards since playing four. What did 0:54:58.719 --> 0:55:01.719 this do for me? None of that really matters. As 0:55:01.760 --> 0:55:03.479 long as you win the games. That's all I care about. 0:55:03.560 --> 0:55:09.120 Just winning games. Set your starting quarterbacks, your message to 0:55:09.160 --> 0:55:12.680 the guys, to kind of keeping coach. I always appreciates 0:55:12.680 --> 0:55:15.080 a man up and we believe, like last year around 0:55:15.160 --> 0:55:17.560 this time, it started from Nickel last year. So it's 0:55:17.600 --> 0:55:19.200 the same thing. We came to La. We got the 0:55:19.280 --> 0:55:20.759 job done. We just got to keep building from this. 0:55:22.400 --> 0:55:27.239 Get the ball. Good things come to those who wait. Wait, 0:55:29.160 --> 0:55:31.840 I'm just patient, man. Just if I'm just trying to 0:55:33.680 --> 0:55:35.759 I'm just, like I said, control what I control. If 0:55:35.760 --> 0:55:38.120 I'm open, I mean, whoever get the balls, making the 0:55:38.120 --> 0:55:40.000 player don't matter. As long as you win the game, 0:55:40.320 --> 0:55:42.080 that's all I care about. It. You're you're a big 0:55:42.160 --> 0:55:44.920 basketball man. To those opportunity to kind of go up 0:55:44.920 --> 0:55:47.759 and get those rebounds with those bass I tell Nick 0:55:47.800 --> 0:55:49.440 can Carson all the time, just started up. Give me 0:55:49.440 --> 0:55:51.920 a chance, I'm gonna catch no one else gonna catch. 0:55:54.560 --> 0:56:00.440 Appreciate Alsh didn't know he was gonna be the postgame 0:56:00.480 --> 0:56:04.040 press conference. Obviously, obviously he did. Yeah, he must stay 0:56:04.160 --> 0:56:06.760 handed straight for the bus he had on that outfeel 0:56:06.800 --> 0:56:10.120 like they hand you that box lunch. Yeah, bust number 0:56:10.160 --> 0:56:13.400 three jump on there. But he was he was so 0:56:13.480 --> 0:56:15.360 happy he took the game ball. He got the NBC 0:56:15.440 --> 0:56:17.719 stud like game Ball. Well, we'll find out if he's 0:56:17.719 --> 0:56:19.799 one of the Toyota Player the Week nominees a little 0:56:19.800 --> 0:56:22.359 bit later here on the postgame show presented by Rico. 0:56:22.480 --> 0:56:24.279 But he talked about the hell of a job that 0:56:24.360 --> 0:56:27.839 the offensive line did, allowing him to thrive get eight 0:56:27.880 --> 0:56:31.080 catches on eight targets over one hundred yards here tonight, 0:56:31.400 --> 0:56:33.960 one of those linemen, Lane Johnson, we call up with 0:56:34.040 --> 0:56:35.680 him one on one after the game. Let's go to 0:56:35.800 --> 0:56:39.600 that interview right now. Well, Lane, what a great effort. 0:56:39.600 --> 0:56:41.239 Tell me about the offense and the energy and just 0:56:41.320 --> 0:56:43.360 the confidence as you guys had your name, Yeah, we 0:56:43.440 --> 0:56:45.239 knew coming in. You know, they probably have one of 0:56:45.280 --> 0:56:47.440 the more dynamic pass rushers you know, in the league. 0:56:47.680 --> 0:56:50.239 Um So in order to do well, we had to 0:56:50.280 --> 0:56:52.120 stay bounced. We're able to run the ball effectively, and 0:56:52.760 --> 0:56:54.479 that was that was the key tonight. Did you feel 0:56:54.520 --> 0:56:56.239 like the offense built a lot of confidence as the 0:56:56.280 --> 0:56:59.520 game went along, Yeah, I started early, I'll started rolling. 0:57:00.239 --> 0:57:01.800 You know, Nick's getting the ball out, so everything he 0:57:01.840 --> 0:57:04.080 had a good rhythm to it. Um, we're really proud 0:57:04.120 --> 0:57:06.120 of our guys. How did it feel with Nick out there? 0:57:08.480 --> 0:57:10.480 Kind kind of felt like last year a little bit, um, 0:57:10.680 --> 0:57:13.680 you know when your numbers called, no hesitation, just stepping 0:57:13.760 --> 0:57:15.680 up and leaving the group of goss if you like, 0:57:15.760 --> 0:57:17.400 you're back in the game here in the playoff race. 0:57:18.160 --> 0:57:22.520 We gotta get win tonight. I mean tonight was much needed. Um, 0:57:22.760 --> 0:57:24.360 next week, guess use is gonna be big games, a 0:57:24.400 --> 0:57:26.320 lot at home, so we needed How much fun was 0:57:26.400 --> 0:57:28.280 this atmosphere with all these Eagles fans out here in 0:57:28.360 --> 0:57:30.640 Los Angeles? Every game I played here, it's been it's 0:57:30.680 --> 0:57:33.680 been a live, live atmosphere. Tonight was so different. Thank 0:57:33.720 --> 0:57:37.240 you Grice up there from the Insider dais spiderra Remember 0:57:37.280 --> 0:57:39.160 he's gonna have is on the inside column as well 0:57:39.200 --> 0:57:42.680 as the Eagles Live podcast, the Instant Reaction addition coming 0:57:42.760 --> 0:57:44.920 up in the early morning hours. If at least if 0:57:44.920 --> 0:57:47.080 you subscribe now, you'll have it there waiting for you 0:57:47.160 --> 0:57:50.160 wherever you consume podcasts for your morning commute. So it 0:57:50.320 --> 0:57:53.160 was Lane Johnson who helped bring the dog mask with 0:57:53.280 --> 0:57:56.680 Chris Long last year, we got the scheme mask this year. 0:57:56.880 --> 0:58:00.400 Jalen Mills and Malcolm Jenkins talking about there in his 0:58:00.480 --> 0:58:02.280 press conference. You think that's what it takes. We we 0:58:02.360 --> 0:58:06.640 just need the accessory DuJour of the year to kind 0:58:06.680 --> 0:58:09.000 of spark the team. Just make sure we only wear 0:58:09.040 --> 0:58:12.080 those ski masks on the field. That's all I'm saying. 0:58:12.560 --> 0:58:16.800 That's right there, that's all I'm saying. Yes, yeah, using 0:58:16.840 --> 0:58:21.160 those as accessories everywhere isn't necessarily a good idea. But 0:58:21.600 --> 0:58:25.560 but the field tonight, And how about the Corey We 0:58:25.960 --> 0:58:30.160 talk about the Corey Graham where Jared Goff just didn't 0:58:30.200 --> 0:58:32.880 know what was he doing. He it was a third 0:58:32.920 --> 0:58:35.920 and one, Okay, he tripped over the lineman and I 0:58:36.000 --> 0:58:39.160 guess in a desperation attempt to make a play, just 0:58:39.520 --> 0:58:42.680 flip the ball up and Corey Graham was the lucky 0:58:42.760 --> 0:58:45.080 recipient who was right there and you almost thought it 0:58:45.120 --> 0:58:47.600 was be escorted right into the end zone there, And 0:58:47.680 --> 0:58:49.840 that was a huge play. You talked about it being 0:58:49.920 --> 0:58:51.680 third and one, I mean at the rounds pick up 0:58:51.760 --> 0:58:54.120 that first down there, who knows that they're able to 0:58:54.280 --> 0:58:56.800 extend that drive and then go put points on the board. 0:58:57.200 --> 0:58:59.040 But the fact that that not only did the Eagles 0:58:59.040 --> 0:59:01.320 stop them there, they got the turnover, and not only 0:59:01.400 --> 0:59:03.640 did they get the turnover there, they put themselves in 0:59:03.760 --> 0:59:07.640 scoring position. So that was a great job right there. 0:59:07.640 --> 0:59:10.600 A boy, the defense, Corey Graham, just a bone head play, 0:59:11.080 --> 0:59:13.520 Jared Golf here, you can't make this play. You know, 0:59:13.880 --> 0:59:16.960 you made a bad play worse way while doing that. 0:59:17.080 --> 0:59:19.880 And then it's fortunate, fortunate for the Eagles, like I said, 0:59:20.240 --> 0:59:23.840 set the Eagles up in scoring position. Just another one 0:59:23.880 --> 0:59:26.840 of those big plays by this defense tonight, a timely 0:59:26.960 --> 0:59:30.240 big play. So Wendell Smallwood took advantage scored a second 0:59:30.320 --> 0:59:32.560 touchdown of the night in the eight yard score there 0:59:32.880 --> 0:59:35.880 after that interception, we called we went all small Wood 0:59:35.880 --> 0:59:38.320 after the game. Let's check out that interview right now. 0:59:39.760 --> 0:59:41.400 All right, Wendell, it had been a while here since 0:59:41.400 --> 0:59:43.720 you really got involved in the offensive, getting into the 0:59:43.760 --> 0:59:45.560 rhythm and must They wouldn't take you long at all 0:59:45.560 --> 0:59:47.760 to do it. Yeah, it was. I was pretty much 0:59:47.760 --> 0:59:49.880 comfortable out there. I knew what their defense was gonna do. 0:59:50.200 --> 0:59:51.760 We knew they had a tough defense. We knew we 0:59:51.800 --> 0:59:53.520 had to run the ball against these guys, a lot 0:59:53.560 --> 0:59:55.520 of people have been running the ball good. So we 0:59:55.640 --> 0:59:57.400 just came out and took advantage. How about for you 0:59:57.560 --> 0:59:59.680 near the goal line and that that thirst that you 0:59:59.760 --> 1:00:01.520 had get into the end zone. I was just determined 1:00:01.560 --> 1:00:03.000 to get in. I've seen a whole and I'm like, 1:00:03.080 --> 1:00:04.960 I'm not gonna let nothing to stop me. I'm gonna 1:00:04.960 --> 1:00:06.880 get us in this end zone. We've we've embraced the 1:00:06.960 --> 1:00:08.520 red zone challenge. We know we got to score to 1:00:08.560 --> 1:00:10.600 win these type games, and that's what we did tonight. 1:00:10.800 --> 1:00:12.880 Nick Foles and quarterbacks seemed like a lot of energy 1:00:12.920 --> 1:00:15.240 out in the field. Yeah. Always he brings that energy. 1:00:15.920 --> 1:00:17.640 We're confident in him. We don't look down when he 1:00:17.720 --> 1:00:19.600 comes in the game. He just picks he just picks 1:00:19.680 --> 1:00:21.440 him up and he balls out every time. So he 1:00:21.520 --> 1:00:23.720 didn't surprise us to the How big is this win window. 1:00:23.920 --> 1:00:26.400 I'm a huge It's huge. Just a confidence booster and 1:00:26.520 --> 1:00:28.640 the team. Now we beat this ain't ald lottery team. 1:00:28.680 --> 1:00:30.880 We give them credit. They played hard. They've been beating 1:00:31.080 --> 1:00:33.280 beating people up all year and we came out and 1:00:33.400 --> 1:00:35.080 we were the underdogs, and we came out and sold 1:00:35.080 --> 1:00:37.080 people we could beat anybody. Und your dogs again, I 1:00:37.200 --> 1:00:40.040 like that, sir, Hey you, that's gotta be such a 1:00:40.160 --> 1:00:42.440 challenge for a young player, even though he's in his 1:00:42.520 --> 1:00:44.960 third season, still still a young guy with that too 1:00:45.040 --> 1:00:48.280 too much experience for someone who for a couple of weeks, 1:00:48.360 --> 1:00:50.760 you you're involved in the offense. You know, you're heavily 1:00:50.800 --> 1:00:53.120 involved in the game plan, so you're mentally focused and 1:00:53.200 --> 1:00:54.840 you know that you're gonna get some touches each and 1:00:54.920 --> 1:00:56.680 every week. Then all of a sudden, you have a 1:00:56.720 --> 1:00:59.479 few weeks where you're kind of left off to the side. 1:00:59.520 --> 1:01:02.480 You're seeing Josh Ams step up, Corey Clement was getting healthy, 1:01:02.600 --> 1:01:05.320 and you know you're you're biding your time. Maybe you'll 1:01:05.360 --> 1:01:07.600 get a snap here too on special teams, but by 1:01:07.680 --> 1:01:09.960 and large, you're not as involved. You're not you're not 1:01:10.000 --> 1:01:13.000 a focal part of the game plan anymore. What is 1:01:13.040 --> 1:01:14.920 that like? Then, all of a sudden, to come here 1:01:15.000 --> 1:01:19.160 tonight in a must win game, to deliver two touchdowns 1:01:19.240 --> 1:01:21.680 and you know, with Josh Ams being a little nicked 1:01:21.720 --> 1:01:24.240 up here to be the go to guy for the 1:01:24.360 --> 1:01:27.560 rushing game tonight, what's huge? And it shows you why 1:01:28.040 --> 1:01:31.720 when Delle Smallwood has value on this team, and you 1:01:31.840 --> 1:01:33.680 mentioned he's been in the league, what three this is 1:01:33.720 --> 1:01:36.320 his third year, third year in the league, and the 1:01:36.400 --> 1:01:39.000 way that you survive in this league when you're not 1:01:39.200 --> 1:01:43.600 necessarily the quote unquote starter at your particular position, it's 1:01:43.640 --> 1:01:45.960 being ready when your number is called. You know, I 1:01:46.040 --> 1:01:48.440 played nine years in this league as a backup linebacker. 1:01:48.440 --> 1:01:51.200 I had to play all three linebacker positions, and it 1:01:51.320 --> 1:01:53.200 didn't matter whether or not I got the reps that 1:01:53.320 --> 1:01:55.800 we can practice. I needed to be ready from a 1:01:55.880 --> 1:01:58.919 mental standpoint whenever my number was going to be called 1:01:58.920 --> 1:02:01.520 in case one of those starts went down and when 1:02:01.560 --> 1:02:05.000 theoll Smallwood has shown throughout this season, more so than 1:02:05.080 --> 1:02:08.400 the previous two in his career, that whenever his number 1:02:08.520 --> 1:02:11.520 is called, he's ready to go. And I really have 1:02:11.720 --> 1:02:15.439 been proud of him this year because I know he's 1:02:15.520 --> 1:02:18.320 fighting to get that opportunity to show what he can 1:02:18.400 --> 1:02:22.240 do in this league. And it's not always the opportunities 1:02:22.600 --> 1:02:25.520 that he hopes he's gonna get, but when those opportunities 1:02:25.600 --> 1:02:28.720 do present himself, I think he's answered the call every 1:02:28.800 --> 1:02:32.560 time this year, and most of those opportunities have come 1:02:33.080 --> 1:02:34.720 in the middle of a game where he may not 1:02:34.840 --> 1:02:38.440 have expected to be the focal point of the running 1:02:38.480 --> 1:02:41.320 game at that time, and much like tonight, I guarantee 1:02:41.360 --> 1:02:43.160 he didn't expect to get the amount of carries he 1:02:43.240 --> 1:02:46.200 got tonight. But you mentioned Josh Adams getting banged up, 1:02:46.440 --> 1:02:48.760 so he has to go in. They rely on him 1:02:48.840 --> 1:02:52.080 for the tough yards in between the tackles. He's able 1:02:52.120 --> 1:02:55.600 to get two touchdowns. He's gonna play a long time 1:02:55.680 --> 1:02:59.720 in this league. Being prepared, being a professional, being ready 1:02:59.760 --> 1:03:02.000 when your number is called a great point and taking 1:03:02.040 --> 1:03:04.480 advantage of it. Listen, we all would like to be 1:03:04.840 --> 1:03:07.880 the guy, but we all want to have a career 1:03:08.040 --> 1:03:10.479 in this league, and the way you establish a career 1:03:10.520 --> 1:03:13.280 in this league is being ready when your number is called. 1:03:13.520 --> 1:03:15.760 And I think when Dell has been that way for 1:03:15.840 --> 1:03:18.800 this team all year long this year. Really a forgotten 1:03:18.880 --> 1:03:21.560 man last year with the amount of running backs that 1:03:21.680 --> 1:03:24.000 we had, and really didn't know what his role was 1:03:24.080 --> 1:03:26.600 going to be this year. But like I said, whenever 1:03:26.760 --> 1:03:29.919 he's been called upon to show to the load, he's 1:03:29.920 --> 1:03:32.440 done a nice job. He was on the bubble all 1:03:32.480 --> 1:03:34.800 throughout training camp in preseason, he was right there on 1:03:34.880 --> 1:03:37.000 that roster bubble, and you were kind of debating whether 1:03:37.080 --> 1:03:39.320 or not they would even keep him on a final 1:03:39.400 --> 1:03:42.000 fifty three man roster, and he earned a spot. And 1:03:42.280 --> 1:03:45.400 thankfully he did get that spot because that the deals 1:03:45.400 --> 1:03:47.880 have been able to rely upon throughout the course of 1:03:47.880 --> 1:03:49.440 the year. And it's got to be so mainly tough. 1:03:49.840 --> 1:03:51.920 You know, like you talked about, one week you're the guy. 1:03:52.120 --> 1:03:53.480 Next week, you don't know if you're going to be 1:03:53.560 --> 1:03:56.280 involved or not. And at a moment's notice, really he 1:03:56.400 --> 1:03:59.040 came into the game of late against Dallas, yeah okay, 1:03:59.120 --> 1:04:01.280 and had some key d the one key carried down 1:04:01.360 --> 1:04:03.560 by the goal line. I know. Doug Pearson was like, 1:04:04.200 --> 1:04:07.160 why was Smallwood getting touches there? Oh, Corey Clement was out. 1:04:07.480 --> 1:04:09.680 He's the guy in that situation. He's the backup, so 1:04:09.800 --> 1:04:11.400 he had to be ready, and you know, with a 1:04:11.520 --> 1:04:13.520 week of practice, knowing that was going to be primarily 1:04:13.560 --> 1:04:16.280 a three man rotation with Clement being placed on injury reserve, 1:04:16.520 --> 1:04:19.200 he stepped up and answered the bell tonight. So he 1:04:19.400 --> 1:04:22.880 scores two touchdowns and I could only imagine what those 1:04:22.960 --> 1:04:26.520 touchdowns must have sounded like coming from the broadcast booth. 1:04:26.600 --> 1:04:29.280 Sports Radio ninety four w I P. Merrill Reese and 1:04:29.400 --> 1:04:31.919 Mike Quick Let's listen to the sounds of the game 1:04:32.200 --> 1:04:36.200 through our Merrill Camp feature, including the game winning call, 1:04:36.720 --> 1:04:40.120 Jared Goff's incomplete pass where Avonte Max had the coverage 1:04:40.200 --> 1:04:47.240 on wide receiver Josh Reynolds. Fifty one yard attempt Johnston 1:04:47.320 --> 1:04:49.600 the holder. The kick goes away. It's got plenty of 1:04:49.720 --> 1:04:53.720 distance and it is god of the Eagles take the lead. 1:04:54.400 --> 1:04:58.440 Frams leading seven to three. Eagles tried to tighten it 1:04:58.520 --> 1:05:03.200 to a point. This is roughly the length of an 1:05:03.240 --> 1:05:06.600 extra point, maybe one yard more. It'll be spotted at 1:05:06.680 --> 1:05:15.640 the It's twenty four thirty four yard attempt for Elliott, spotted, 1:05:15.880 --> 1:05:20.000 kicked up, and it is good. We have a one 1:05:20.080 --> 1:05:24.680 point game. Ramsley Golf lines them up. Three receivers left 1:05:25.040 --> 1:05:27.120 tight ends down to the fourth side of the field. 1:05:27.720 --> 1:05:30.840 Back again, goes Golf. He steps up. He is head. 1:05:30.920 --> 1:05:35.480 They've sick twenty five. Give this one. The Fletcher Cox, 1:05:35.800 --> 1:05:38.800 he apparently is alive and very well. Yeah. They needed 1:05:38.880 --> 1:05:40.840 him to come back into the game, and he comes 1:05:40.920 --> 1:05:44.080 back in and he makes his mark, an opportunity for 1:05:44.200 --> 1:05:47.360 them to keep moving closer. Freedger Cocks knocks them back 1:05:48.080 --> 1:05:51.400 folds us back folds, looking stepping up. He is going 1:05:51.520 --> 1:05:54.360 deep and in his cart dead across the thirty five 1:05:54.840 --> 1:05:58.400 running with it is Jeffrey tell the twenty five what 1:05:58.600 --> 1:06:02.360 a great catch, a great cash by a Sean Jeffrey. 1:06:02.680 --> 1:06:04.800 And there was a two minute morning at the score. 1:06:05.320 --> 1:06:12.520 The Rams ten the Eagles six. Adams in falls in 1:06:12.640 --> 1:06:15.480 the gun on first down, they give us to Adams, 1:06:15.720 --> 1:06:18.600 push us forward. He's in the end zone. Eagles take 1:06:18.640 --> 1:06:24.720 the leader just as straight inside zone run and excellent 1:06:24.840 --> 1:06:29.040 blocking off of that left side and Josh Adams and 1:06:29.200 --> 1:06:32.240 rookie just powers in right behind that left side of 1:06:32.320 --> 1:06:37.160 the offensive line. What a nice job. Zach Ertz gets 1:06:37.200 --> 1:06:40.840 a really good block hered as well. You know, Mike, 1:06:41.080 --> 1:06:44.080 listening to the crowd, I think there were a lot 1:06:44.120 --> 1:06:47.520 of Eagles fans here. You didn't know, well, you could 1:06:47.560 --> 1:06:51.040 hear it. You didn't know that already. I knew there 1:06:51.080 --> 1:06:55.600 were last year. On first down, that goes inside small 1:06:55.640 --> 1:07:00.320 one up the middle. He's in small one, spining tone 1:07:00.360 --> 1:07:03.520 for the touchdown. What a great job of blocking up front. 1:07:03.880 --> 1:07:06.960 They just knocked the Rams off of the football, create 1:07:07.080 --> 1:07:11.040 that space. And look how quickly when Dell Smallwood gets 1:07:11.080 --> 1:07:15.000 to the second level. This is a forty yard attempt. 1:07:19.480 --> 1:07:22.200 Ball of spotted the kick is away and the kick 1:07:22.440 --> 1:07:31.120 is good, three for three under Sunner. Golf girling behind him. 1:07:31.240 --> 1:07:34.880 Does he go to girl on a power play. Golf 1:07:35.520 --> 1:07:39.040 takes the snap, he trips, he goes down, he gives it. 1:07:39.240 --> 1:07:42.200 It's fumbled into the arms of the Eagles, and running 1:07:42.240 --> 1:07:45.040 with the football is Graham and grams down to the 1:07:45.160 --> 1:07:54.240 thirteen small one to the left of Folds. Folds gives 1:07:54.280 --> 1:07:56.959 it the small one up the middle of Goes. He's 1:07:57.080 --> 1:08:04.520 in touchdown. He's sucking the light again. The offensive line 1:08:04.760 --> 1:08:09.720 blowing that rams defense off of the football. So now 1:08:09.800 --> 1:08:12.520 it's going to be up to number one the special 1:08:12.640 --> 1:08:19.080 teams and number two the defense backing up his Nutson. 1:08:20.520 --> 1:08:24.320 He's back at his thirty. Right now, Cameron Johnson can 1:08:24.479 --> 1:08:28.439 kick out a mile. He needs one of those right now. 1:08:29.120 --> 1:08:33.000 He rubs his palms together, he accepts the snap, he 1:08:33.160 --> 1:08:37.680 steps forward. He hits it very high. Wobbler coming up 1:08:37.760 --> 1:08:40.360 his Nutson. He's gonna try to take it back and 1:08:40.520 --> 1:08:44.000 he doesn't get any place. He fumbles the football. Let's see, 1:08:44.560 --> 1:08:49.360 he fumbled the football. Beavils have the Eagles haven. The 1:08:49.520 --> 1:08:53.920 Eagles haven. It has Tray Sullivan who made the head 1:08:55.360 --> 1:09:00.559 thirty to twenty three. Eagles lead thirty to twenty three. 1:09:01.320 --> 1:09:04.640 Can this team that has had so much adversity this 1:09:04.840 --> 1:09:11.280 season rejoice with a win? Empty backfield for golf, Eagles 1:09:11.400 --> 1:09:15.880 lined up across the goal line, golf. Here comes the 1:09:16.000 --> 1:09:21.400 rush that come again. He is firing, incomplete, incomplete. The 1:09:21.600 --> 1:09:27.479 game is over. The Eagles win. Intended for Reynolds. The 1:09:27.640 --> 1:09:32.320 Eagles win. The Eagles win. They have upset the Rams. 1:09:33.640 --> 1:09:37.720 A tremendous win for the Eagles as they shook the 1:09:37.960 --> 1:09:43.040 NFL underdogs once again. Fight them way out of it, 1:09:43.439 --> 1:09:45.880 They fight their way out of it, and they live 1:09:46.000 --> 1:09:50.360 to play a meaningful game against Houston. They suddenly at 1:09:50.439 --> 1:09:53.280 the lake. The Eagles have even the record at seven 1:09:53.360 --> 1:09:56.880 and seven, and they have beaten the Los Angeles Rams 1:09:57.360 --> 1:10:03.400 thirty to twenty three. Oh, that's absolutely tremendous, Absolutely tremendous. 1:10:03.479 --> 1:10:05.559 You knew that it was gonna be a special one. 1:10:05.640 --> 1:10:10.160 There from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Marorice delivering the 1:10:10.240 --> 1:10:13.600 calls as always. It's actually interesting for us because the 1:10:13.720 --> 1:10:15.920 last five minutes of so of the game, I'll come 1:10:16.000 --> 1:10:18.760 into studio. Ike has his superstitue or he has to 1:10:18.800 --> 1:10:22.120 be in the cafeteria here the Novocare Complex watched until 1:10:22.160 --> 1:10:25.479 the last possible moment, rushing in here to get miked 1:10:25.520 --> 1:10:28.639 up and writing for the show. But we hear Merrill's 1:10:28.720 --> 1:10:32.080 call through the speaker before we see it on the screen, 1:10:32.240 --> 1:10:35.240 so it's almost it's like ten fifteen second delay, so 1:10:35.360 --> 1:10:37.479 we're waiting for the play to start. That last one 1:10:37.560 --> 1:10:40.960 to Josh Reyls that Avonte Max was covering on but 1:10:41.040 --> 1:10:43.400 we already here that it's been incomplete, So it's like 1:10:43.479 --> 1:10:45.240 you're like, you're excited, but you used to see the 1:10:45.280 --> 1:10:47.840 actual thing take place, so you actually could watch how 1:10:47.920 --> 1:10:51.880 it came to fruition, though very very special edition Merrill 1:10:51.960 --> 1:10:54.160 came and if you want to watch it, relive it 1:10:54.439 --> 1:10:57.440 all day tomorrow we will have an available on philadelphias 1:10:57.520 --> 1:11:01.320 dot com and the Eagles Apps. So more interviews to 1:11:01.439 --> 1:11:04.080 get to here. We're gonna hear from head coach Doug Pearson, 1:11:04.120 --> 1:11:06.160 the one on one with Mike Quick in a little bit. 1:11:06.240 --> 1:11:09.840 But first defensive lineman Hellodi Nada, big part of the 1:11:09.960 --> 1:11:12.720 rotation tonight, stepped up in a huge way. He caught 1:11:12.760 --> 1:11:15.120 up with our Eels entire day spare after the game, 1:11:16.520 --> 1:11:18.599 Hello Da talk about the defense and what you guys 1:11:18.640 --> 1:11:20.800 did to stop Todd Gurley. I mean that's all we 1:11:21.040 --> 1:11:23.280 focus on all week, stop and talk early he's we 1:11:23.400 --> 1:11:26.200 know he's a dual threat, and stopping him on the run. 1:11:26.240 --> 1:11:28.439 It was definitely a huge trust got a little closer 1:11:28.439 --> 1:11:30.200 at the end. What was your like out there with 1:11:30.400 --> 1:11:31.920 the defense on the field of the end of the game, 1:11:32.680 --> 1:11:34.760 it just felt like we finally got something going our way. 1:11:35.439 --> 1:11:37.040 We haven't did it all year, I mean, haven't got 1:11:37.080 --> 1:11:39.080 anything to go our way this year, and um, it's 1:11:39.120 --> 1:11:41.559 just great to feel like we uh finally got something 1:11:41.840 --> 1:11:43.800 going our way. How big is this way? In Helodi? Choose? 1:11:43.920 --> 1:11:46.160 You choose? It's a must win for us. Two more 1:11:46.200 --> 1:11:48.040 to go, So two more, two in a row and 1:11:48.160 --> 1:11:52.040 we go in a man of many words, there the 1:11:52.160 --> 1:11:55.519 Hellodi Nada? It was coming off last week's game. Okay, 1:11:55.720 --> 1:11:58.599 we've harped on the ninety nine tolls snaps and obviously 1:11:58.640 --> 1:12:00.720 again the defensive lineman are playing that. But when you 1:12:00.720 --> 1:12:03.120 look at the players on a DA line, Brandon Graham, 1:12:03.240 --> 1:12:06.600 Chris Long, not Michael Bennett. You know guys who are 1:12:06.760 --> 1:12:09.080 up there in age, they have a lot more experience. 1:12:09.160 --> 1:12:12.560 So asking those guys coming off the heavy workload the 1:12:12.640 --> 1:12:15.760 week before, and really there were no Tim Jurnakin for 1:12:15.880 --> 1:12:18.880 all but one game, you know, no Derek Barnett. Since 1:12:18.960 --> 1:12:21.599 early in the season, these guys have had to shoulder 1:12:21.720 --> 1:12:24.720 more of the load. You're coming off that high impact game, 1:12:24.800 --> 1:12:26.760 which again was on the road in Dallas, so you're 1:12:26.760 --> 1:12:29.439 playing all those snaps in Dallas. You come home, you 1:12:29.520 --> 1:12:31.840 gotta go back on a West coast trip, No one, 1:12:31.840 --> 1:12:34.360 you're gonna playing a lot of snaps. Once again, I 1:12:34.520 --> 1:12:37.000 just have to credit Chris Wilson and Jim Schwartz and 1:12:37.040 --> 1:12:40.080 a defensive line for stepping up to the task tonite 1:12:40.120 --> 1:12:43.120 the way that they did. Yeah, I think Jim schwartzon 1:12:43.200 --> 1:12:46.519 his staff really do deserve a lot of credit, and 1:12:46.640 --> 1:12:50.000 not just for tonight. I think, you know, for the 1:12:50.080 --> 1:12:53.400 majority of the season he's been undermanned over there, and 1:12:53.520 --> 1:12:56.560 I know he catches a lot of flak on the outside, 1:12:56.960 --> 1:12:59.880 people wanting to bring extra pressure. They want him to 1:13:00.040 --> 1:13:04.400 lench Moore. But when you're down personnel, you got to 1:13:04.439 --> 1:13:07.839 be selective when you do blitz, when you do decide 1:13:07.880 --> 1:13:11.519 to put your back in in a vulnerable position, because 1:13:11.600 --> 1:13:14.680 when you send extra guys, that means guys on the 1:13:14.760 --> 1:13:18.120 back end have to cover man to man, and for 1:13:18.240 --> 1:13:20.760 a while there, I don't know if Jim Schwartz knew 1:13:20.840 --> 1:13:23.040 what he had in some of these secondary players. I mean, 1:13:23.080 --> 1:13:26.200 you're bringing in guys one week, you know this guy 1:13:26.360 --> 1:13:28.599 is here. Next week, another guy is here. It takes 1:13:28.640 --> 1:13:31.040 a while for these coaches to even understand what they have, 1:13:31.320 --> 1:13:33.000 what a guy can do, and what he can't do. 1:13:33.479 --> 1:13:35.400 At the same time, he's trying to put together a 1:13:35.479 --> 1:13:38.639 game plan to stop some of the game's most lethal 1:13:38.800 --> 1:13:41.719 offensive weapons week the week. And like I said earlier, 1:13:41.960 --> 1:13:44.439 I think this defense has kept us in games just 1:13:44.680 --> 1:13:47.200 about every week. I mean, with the exception of the 1:13:47.280 --> 1:13:50.800 Saints game, I think the defense has showed up pretty 1:13:50.880 --> 1:13:53.240 much every week, and they've been under man for the 1:13:53.360 --> 1:13:57.040 most part all year long, so this week was no different. 1:13:57.520 --> 1:14:02.479 Under Man got the next man up mentality. Not many 1:14:02.640 --> 1:14:06.200 players over there for a rotation style type of the defense. 1:14:06.520 --> 1:14:09.040 They didn't have that available to them. So having a 1:14:09.200 --> 1:14:12.160 Holy nod Out there available to go tonight was huge 1:14:12.160 --> 1:14:14.720 for him because we haven't seen a lot of a 1:14:14.840 --> 1:14:17.400 loading nod Out this year, so having him able to 1:14:17.479 --> 1:14:20.880 go tonight was big time because I know, any extra 1:14:21.000 --> 1:14:23.479 bodies they could get to help along with their rotation, 1:14:23.600 --> 1:14:26.200 so these guys would be fresh in the fourth quarter 1:14:26.560 --> 1:14:29.439 would certainly be appreciated. And I think another thing people 1:14:29.479 --> 1:14:32.759 don't understand when they talk about this defense latent games. 1:14:33.040 --> 1:14:37.519 I just mentioned keeping guys fresh, the rotational players. Well, 1:14:37.560 --> 1:14:41.960 when you're down men on all three levels, secondary linebackers 1:14:42.080 --> 1:14:46.040 and your defensive front, it's hard to have the rotation 1:14:46.520 --> 1:14:49.479 that you're accustomed to. And that was really the strength 1:14:49.520 --> 1:14:51.960 of his defense last year. It was in the numbers. 1:14:52.080 --> 1:14:54.640 It was because we had so many players playing on 1:14:54.800 --> 1:14:58.160 that side. We went eight deep along the defensive line, 1:14:58.760 --> 1:15:01.680 no player playing more than four hundred snaps. I mean 1:15:01.840 --> 1:15:04.840 over eight players playing four hundred snaps last year and 1:15:04.960 --> 1:15:07.799 led the league. That was the calling card of his defense, 1:15:08.040 --> 1:15:11.080 and they really haven't had that at their disposal. And 1:15:11.240 --> 1:15:14.960 Jim Schwartz has really had to mix and match put 1:15:15.040 --> 1:15:18.360 this thing together with glue and patches the best that 1:15:18.439 --> 1:15:20.920 he can, and I think he's done an admirable job. 1:15:21.000 --> 1:15:23.800 He doesn't get enough credit for at least giving this 1:15:23.920 --> 1:15:26.840 team a fighting chance every week. While the offense is 1:15:26.880 --> 1:15:29.320 sputtered in the first half to get off to a 1:15:29.400 --> 1:15:33.200 good start, the defense has kept us end games. They 1:15:33.320 --> 1:15:36.880 typically have just worn down late end games, and tonight 1:15:36.960 --> 1:15:38.800 they were able to hold on. That's the thing is 1:15:38.840 --> 1:15:42.640 you compare this to last year. The turnovers the takeaways 1:15:42.680 --> 1:15:45.400 are different, not as many as last year, but they 1:15:45.479 --> 1:15:48.200 got a couple tonight certainly aided in the Eagles cause 1:15:48.479 --> 1:15:51.759 getting them to win. And you mentioned the ability to finish. 1:15:52.120 --> 1:15:54.559 They were playing with the bigger leads throughout the course 1:15:54.600 --> 1:15:56.640 of the game last season, and album of course, that 1:15:56.720 --> 1:15:59.680 doesn't excuse the losses to Carolina and Tennessee when you 1:15:59.760 --> 1:16:01.920 had big leads and weren't able to finish. And I 1:16:02.000 --> 1:16:03.840 think a lot of people have said, are we going 1:16:03.920 --> 1:16:07.360 down this road again? Tonight after they yeah, you know, 1:16:07.680 --> 1:16:10.519 and look Sunday Night Football the broadcast, they were ready up. 1:16:10.640 --> 1:16:13.080 Here's the Eagle struggles this season and closing out game. 1:16:13.240 --> 1:16:17.200 So but outside of that, this defense has pretty much 1:16:17.280 --> 1:16:20.439 played at the same level as a year ago. It's 1:16:20.479 --> 1:16:22.439 the offense that has not been able to go up 1:16:22.439 --> 1:16:24.400 to fast start. This was an offense that was great 1:16:24.439 --> 1:16:27.559 in producing points in the first quarter. Got something tonight 1:16:27.840 --> 1:16:29.560 and look what happened. You're playing with the lead for 1:16:29.600 --> 1:16:32.560 most of the game. The Eagles never trailed in the 1:16:32.640 --> 1:16:35.200 second half. That's rare. Okay, The Eagles did not trail 1:16:35.280 --> 1:16:37.040 this game in a second It was thirteen to thirteen 1:16:37.040 --> 1:16:39.360 and a half time after Zeroli kicked the late field 1:16:39.400 --> 1:16:41.960 goal as time expired. But the Eagles jumped on them 1:16:41.960 --> 1:16:44.280 in the second half and opened up a big lead 1:16:44.320 --> 1:16:45.840 and they were able to hold on for the thirty 1:16:45.880 --> 1:16:48.360 to twenty three victory. Okay, it doesn't matter at the 1:16:48.479 --> 1:16:51.040 end how it comes to fruition. The bottom line is 1:16:51.080 --> 1:16:52.840 the Eagles found a way to get to seven and 1:16:52.960 --> 1:16:56.000 seven on the season, and the man responsible doing the 1:16:56.040 --> 1:16:59.400 head coaching job, Doug Pearson. After the game, he talked 1:16:59.439 --> 1:17:01.760 with Eagles Hall of Fame wide receiver Mike Quick as 1:17:01.840 --> 1:17:04.519 well as NBC Sports Phillies John Clark. Let's go to 1:17:04.600 --> 1:17:08.280 that interview right now, all right, joining us now the 1:17:08.360 --> 1:17:10.559 head coach, Doug Peterson, And I know you don't pay 1:17:10.560 --> 1:17:13.040 attention to to Vegas and what the odds are on games, 1:17:13.080 --> 1:17:16.519 but you were thirteen point underdogs, largest Super Bowl underdog 1:17:16.600 --> 1:17:19.120 the next year in twenty three years, and you came 1:17:19.160 --> 1:17:20.519 here and you really shocked the world. A lot of 1:17:20.560 --> 1:17:23.439 people didn't give you a chance. This team believed how 1:17:23.479 --> 1:17:25.200 did you get them to believe with all the injuries. 1:17:25.800 --> 1:17:27.400 I just think it's a credit to that locker room. 1:17:27.479 --> 1:17:29.920 You know, each guy really took it upon himself. This 1:17:30.040 --> 1:17:32.599 week starts in practice. I talk about practice a lot, 1:17:32.640 --> 1:17:35.160 but it really does. And we we win games like 1:17:35.240 --> 1:17:37.080 this on how we prepare and and I give a 1:17:37.120 --> 1:17:39.120 lot of credit to the players and the coaches really 1:17:39.200 --> 1:17:43.320 for um really having our guys well prepared. And uh, 1:17:43.800 --> 1:17:45.519 I can, I can. I can think back when I 1:17:45.600 --> 1:17:48.360 was into Super Bowl. I guess at Denver Broncos where 1:17:48.400 --> 1:17:51.200 we were, we were we were the heavy uh favorite, 1:17:51.360 --> 1:17:53.240 and got beat by the Broncos in the Super Bowl. 1:17:53.280 --> 1:17:55.320 So you know, I've been there, and these guys just 1:17:55.560 --> 1:17:58.000 they don't listen to that, you know. And um, I 1:17:58.040 --> 1:18:00.360 don't know if you could probably ask any of those guys, 1:18:00.360 --> 1:18:02.400 they probably wouldn't even know the spread quite frankly. And 1:18:02.960 --> 1:18:04.920 and they just played together, played with a lot of 1:18:04.960 --> 1:18:07.000 passion denying. It was good to see Doug was in 1:18:07.080 --> 1:18:09.840 anything that you saw about the build up this week 1:18:09.920 --> 1:18:11.559 that would lead you to believe that they were going 1:18:11.600 --> 1:18:13.519 to come out and play the way they did against 1:18:13.560 --> 1:18:15.960 the Rams. You know, I just think it's again the 1:18:16.000 --> 1:18:19.160 way the way they attack each day in practice. Um, 1:18:20.200 --> 1:18:22.120 you know, I know we had some adversity with the 1:18:22.240 --> 1:18:25.439 quarterback and making the change and and you know, a 1:18:25.520 --> 1:18:28.080 different guy in the huddle, but this guy started our 1:18:28.120 --> 1:18:29.920 season two, you know, for the first two weeks. So 1:18:30.120 --> 1:18:33.679 guys were comfortable with Nick in there. And and the defense, 1:18:33.760 --> 1:18:37.759 I mean they they practiced all week against a high octane, 1:18:37.920 --> 1:18:41.559 high powered, very fast Temple offense, and they really handled 1:18:41.560 --> 1:18:43.800 a lot of the movement parts extremely well. And it's 1:18:43.800 --> 1:18:45.680 just a credit on how they prepared it. You had 1:18:45.760 --> 1:18:48.280 great balance with the running game, stuck with it, and 1:18:48.320 --> 1:18:49.960 you won the time of possession, so you keep their 1:18:50.040 --> 1:18:51.960 offense off the field. How do you think it got 1:18:52.040 --> 1:18:54.360 of course the offensive line comfortable with the running game, 1:18:54.400 --> 1:18:56.519 but also Nick getting him settled in and then it 1:18:56.600 --> 1:18:58.800 opens up some other things downfield. Well, I think that's 1:18:58.880 --> 1:19:00.519 just something I as a play caller, I have to 1:19:00.680 --> 1:19:02.280 I have to trust the run game. I gotta trust 1:19:02.320 --> 1:19:05.519 the offensive line. And I felt like for the most part, 1:19:05.920 --> 1:19:07.720 you know, I was able to do that. But but 1:19:07.800 --> 1:19:10.400 then the guys really took it upon themselves to execute 1:19:10.479 --> 1:19:13.000 and um, you know, did a great job, and that 1:19:13.040 --> 1:19:15.280 just kind of settled your quarterback in then you know, 1:19:15.360 --> 1:19:16.840 a lot of the RPO, a lot of the play 1:19:16.880 --> 1:19:19.680 action game can come off of that. And um had 1:19:19.720 --> 1:19:22.160 some opportunity down the field. Al Shan had a tremendous game, 1:19:22.200 --> 1:19:23.880 you know, catching the ball down the field and just 1:19:24.479 --> 1:19:26.519 you know, I think you just saw just a team 1:19:26.560 --> 1:19:29.200 effort and guys just just playing together and then having 1:19:29.240 --> 1:19:31.040 a lot of fun out there. Speaking to the team, ever, 1:19:31.120 --> 1:19:34.240 talk about the compliment. You got some turnovers, you got 1:19:34.280 --> 1:19:37.679 a good special team play, good defensive play. Talk about 1:19:37.760 --> 1:19:40.800 how the each phase complimented the other phase of the team, 1:19:41.080 --> 1:19:43.000 you know, and it's it's what we've talked about all 1:19:43.040 --> 1:19:46.240 season long. When when you can generate turnovers, your offense 1:19:46.320 --> 1:19:48.880 can capitalize and they can score and score points. And 1:19:49.160 --> 1:19:51.599 we did that tonight. You know, we had Avante Mattocks 1:19:51.640 --> 1:19:53.719 had a huge back. Of course, we had the biggest 1:19:53.760 --> 1:19:56.680 turnover all at the end of the game, and then 1:19:56.760 --> 1:19:58.800 we had you know, we had the other interception, so 1:19:59.000 --> 1:20:01.000 the ball was kind of bounced around him. Our defense 1:20:01.120 --> 1:20:03.120 got that ball too, So I mean, that's that's what 1:20:03.280 --> 1:20:06.040 happens when when when you can create those turnovers, and 1:20:06.240 --> 1:20:09.519 I thought our defensive line just got after the rams 1:20:09.560 --> 1:20:11.640 and and then listen, that's that's a good that's a 1:20:11.680 --> 1:20:13.360 good team, and give them a lot of credit. They're 1:20:13.400 --> 1:20:15.600 gonna go a long way. And um again, just a 1:20:15.680 --> 1:20:17.519 great team effort. A lot of people in the off 1:20:17.560 --> 1:20:21.600 season said, hey, maybe trade Nick Foles for something. This 1:20:21.800 --> 1:20:24.640 is exactly why you kept him here and wanted him here. Right, 1:20:24.800 --> 1:20:26.640 that's exactly right. You know, you get to moments like 1:20:26.720 --> 1:20:28.800 this and you have a veteran, veteran back up and 1:20:29.479 --> 1:20:31.800 and really, uh, you know, you can you can just 1:20:32.000 --> 1:20:34.400 just kind of kind of put last year but you 1:20:34.439 --> 1:20:36.880 know behind us and just focus on this this year 1:20:37.000 --> 1:20:39.320 and having a veteran player who can come in and 1:20:39.800 --> 1:20:42.920 under under adverse situations that he did, and um, just 1:20:43.040 --> 1:20:45.479 lead this football team. And it's a credit to him obviously, 1:20:45.600 --> 1:20:48.120 and and I think really too uh for the for 1:20:48.160 --> 1:20:50.719 the rest of the team to really around rally around 1:20:50.800 --> 1:20:54.000 him and support him as well. Go and enjoy this win. 1:20:54.600 --> 1:20:56.840 We will. We ask you one question though, Yeah, who's 1:20:56.840 --> 1:20:59.200 your starting quarterback next week? I'll let you know later 1:20:59.240 --> 1:21:03.160 in the week. Perfect stretch it all the way to Saturday. Right. 1:21:07.240 --> 1:21:09.639 It has been a while since we've seen Doug smile 1:21:09.760 --> 1:21:11.800 like that. It was good to have a nice little 1:21:11.800 --> 1:21:15.680 postgame interview to enjoy of that nature. All right, So 1:21:15.840 --> 1:21:18.240 what we're gonna do now is, if you are watching 1:21:18.360 --> 1:21:21.000 us on Facebook or Twitter, we've still got more show 1:21:21.040 --> 1:21:23.320 to go people. Okay, it's almost one o'clock in the 1:21:23.400 --> 1:21:25.559 morning on the East Coast. We're gonna keep things rolling. 1:21:25.640 --> 1:21:28.439 It's gonna be breakfast here on the Postgame Show presented 1:21:28.439 --> 1:21:30.920 by Rico. Okay, I used to go into Cafeier's gonna 1:21:30.920 --> 1:21:34.080 get some coffee Friday. Nonetheless, though, we're gonna take our 1:21:34.080 --> 1:21:37.000 first commercial break. We've gotten almost ninety minutes without a 1:21:37.080 --> 1:21:39.280 commercial to this point, so we're gonna take a quick break. 1:21:39.520 --> 1:21:41.519 On the other side, we're gonna go inside the film 1:21:41.640 --> 1:21:43.800 room and explain how the Eagles pulled off some of 1:21:43.840 --> 1:21:45.920 the biggest plays to get the win tonight. In our 1:21:46.000 --> 1:21:49.080 Rico review, fran Duffy and Grego Sell they've been champing 1:21:49.120 --> 1:21:51.280 at the bit to get into the show here after 1:21:51.400 --> 1:21:53.360 this big win. So if you want to follow the 1:21:53.439 --> 1:21:55.760 rest of the show, coming over to Philadelphias dot com 1:21:56.080 --> 1:21:57.800 or the app, we will see you all. On the 1:21:57.880 --> 1:22:35.080 other side. M h, Well, I'm trying to gain home, 1:22:36.360 --> 1:22:40.000 but it feels like another lie. Yeah, I'm trying to 1:22:40.120 --> 1:22:47.200 stay strong. 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So 1:24:16.479 --> 1:24:18.679 maybe maybe you could do that when we go inside 1:24:19.000 --> 1:24:22.519 the Rico whiteboard for the Rico review. So again, the 1:24:22.680 --> 1:24:25.080 Eagles led thirteen to ten late in the second quarter. 1:24:25.360 --> 1:24:28.479 The Rams tied it just before halftime thirteen thirteen. Well, 1:24:28.720 --> 1:24:32.120 the Eagles took the lead on a Wendell Smallwood nine 1:24:32.240 --> 1:24:36.400 yard touching round, which followed an Alshon Jeffrey fifty yard reception. 1:24:36.520 --> 1:24:39.479 So let's go into the film room where fran Duffy, 1:24:39.600 --> 1:24:43.600 an NFL film senior producer Greg co Sell, breakdown Smallwood's 1:24:43.600 --> 1:24:46.439 touchdown to give the Eagles a twenty to thirteen lead 1:24:46.560 --> 1:24:52.559 in the third quarter. All right, so stop me if 1:24:52.600 --> 1:24:54.800 you've heard this before. The Eagles in twelve personnel one 1:24:54.840 --> 1:24:57.320 back to tight end or get their staple run play 1:24:57.439 --> 1:25:00.200 right inside zone, down in the low red zone. It's 1:25:00.200 --> 1:25:02.479 going to go for a touchdown. Very much the same 1:25:02.520 --> 1:25:04.519 thing what we just saw on the last play greg 1:25:04.640 --> 1:25:06.680 But tell us why it's a little bit different. When 1:25:06.680 --> 1:25:09.120 the formation's flipped. Here you have the two tight ends 1:25:09.200 --> 1:25:12.160 on the right side of the formation, not the left side, 1:25:12.280 --> 1:25:14.479 and you have the back here win Dell Smallwood, not 1:25:14.640 --> 1:25:17.600 Josh Adams. He's also on the right side of the formation. 1:25:17.960 --> 1:25:20.200 But this is a little bit different, and we can 1:25:20.320 --> 1:25:23.680 kind of draw it using Smallwood because Adams on the 1:25:23.800 --> 1:25:26.599 previous one he went straight just kind of the way 1:25:26.640 --> 1:25:31.280 you just drew that. Here, Smallwood's path starts the other way, 1:25:31.520 --> 1:25:33.840 and then he's going to work off the blocking. So 1:25:34.000 --> 1:25:36.639 the path of the back is different because the blocking 1:25:36.720 --> 1:25:38.800 scheme is different. If you'll lose that, they have what 1:25:38.920 --> 1:25:42.479 we call duo two double teams, a double team right 1:25:42.600 --> 1:25:46.000 here and a double team right here, and obviously they're 1:25:46.040 --> 1:25:49.200 then going to work up to the second level linebackers. 1:25:49.200 --> 1:25:51.640 They're going to combo as we say, So this is 1:25:51.680 --> 1:25:54.000 a little different run than the other one, even though 1:25:54.080 --> 1:25:57.400 the formation is the same, just flipped. So let's clear 1:25:57.520 --> 1:26:00.600 this and you'll see Smallwood Now as we start to 1:26:00.720 --> 1:26:02.920 run this, you'll see look at his path a little 1:26:02.960 --> 1:26:06.040 bit different, working off the combo blocks, the double teams, 1:26:06.240 --> 1:26:08.599 and he's able to then take it in another really 1:26:08.680 --> 1:26:11.240 well executed zone run. Yeah, that's the beauty of the 1:26:11.360 --> 1:26:13.160 zone run is that you're gonna you have the ability 1:26:13.200 --> 1:26:15.200 for the back to hit that in a number of roles, 1:26:15.320 --> 1:26:18.599 all depending on how the defense deploys itself. Absolutely, that's 1:26:18.600 --> 1:26:20.880 the great thing about that inside zone had another great 1:26:20.960 --> 1:26:22.800 job by Dallas Guy and Zach Hursts on the back 1:26:22.840 --> 1:26:25.040 side of that zone run play. Eagles take the lead 1:26:25.120 --> 1:26:30.840 here early in the third quarter twenty to thirteen, and 1:26:31.080 --> 1:26:33.439 by the time this show ends, the complete all twenty 1:26:33.479 --> 1:26:36.320 two review will be available for you at Philadelphia Eagles 1:26:36.400 --> 1:26:39.760 dot com and the Eagles EPP. I love the way 1:26:39.880 --> 1:26:43.360 the Eagles utilize both the eleven and twelve personnel in 1:26:43.520 --> 1:26:46.120 this ball game. It's obvious that Dallas got is not 1:26:46.280 --> 1:26:48.439 just a weapon in the past game, but very very 1:26:48.560 --> 1:26:51.320 good as a blocker, very advanced as a rookie because 1:26:51.320 --> 1:26:53.600 he didn't really show that as South Dakota State. So 1:26:53.680 --> 1:26:56.320 it's interesting coming into this ball game how they were 1:26:56.360 --> 1:26:59.080 going to utilize the offense, which you know, what game 1:26:59.120 --> 1:27:01.640 plan would they how would they approach it, and how 1:27:01.680 --> 1:27:04.479 would they get falls most comfortable in the early going? Yeah, 1:27:04.479 --> 1:27:07.960 and I think Dallas Dallas has gotten better at blocking, 1:27:08.240 --> 1:27:10.559 you know, since earlier in the season didn't. It wasn't 1:27:10.560 --> 1:27:12.679 asked to do a whole lot of it at South 1:27:12.760 --> 1:27:16.000 Dakota State. But in this offense, you're gonna have to 1:27:16.080 --> 1:27:17.680 be a tight end. It's gonna have to stick your 1:27:17.720 --> 1:27:20.200 head in there and do some of the dirty work. 1:27:20.479 --> 1:27:23.120 And with zach Ertz being the primary pass catching tight 1:27:23.240 --> 1:27:25.960 end Dallas Goddard, the way you're gonna see yourself out 1:27:26.000 --> 1:27:27.519 there on that field is you gotta be willing to 1:27:27.600 --> 1:27:29.760 do some of that dirty work and then you're gonna 1:27:29.800 --> 1:27:32.880 be rewarded with some passes here and there. But yeah, 1:27:32.920 --> 1:27:36.400 I just love the way he's grown throughout the season, 1:27:36.800 --> 1:27:38.519 and you want to see a little more of him 1:27:38.520 --> 1:27:42.760 because you love the athleticism his size. I think he's 1:27:43.080 --> 1:27:47.240 he surprises people with his size and his athleticism when 1:27:47.280 --> 1:27:48.960 you see him out there on the field, a little 1:27:49.000 --> 1:27:52.280 bigger than zach Ertz. Probably why he's a little more 1:27:52.360 --> 1:27:55.280 stouter in there as a block. We're a linear though, 1:27:55.360 --> 1:27:57.880 that's the thing. It's like Urt is more stockier, like 1:27:57.960 --> 1:28:00.240 six five two fifty, but still I would have a 1:28:00.240 --> 1:28:03.200 little a little more side there from from Goddard, so, uh, 1:28:03.360 --> 1:28:06.080 it's interesting that Chris Collinsworth, I know Eels fans don't 1:28:06.120 --> 1:28:07.519 want to hear anything that he might have to say 1:28:07.640 --> 1:28:09.640 to the Super Bowl. He said, God, it's gonna be 1:28:09.640 --> 1:28:12.519 a star in this offense and it will be interesting 1:28:12.600 --> 1:28:14.680 to see not so much for rest of this year, 1:28:14.720 --> 1:28:16.880 but next year. How do they build the offense? Is 1:28:16.880 --> 1:28:21.000 it gonna be very twelve personnel centric to have Urt 1:28:21.120 --> 1:28:23.000 and Got on the field, or do you make it 1:28:23.360 --> 1:28:26.640 eleven personnel where God is that one tight end and 1:28:26.920 --> 1:28:29.280 Art's you know, kind of mixes in there. So that's 1:28:29.320 --> 1:28:30.719 gonna be one of the things we could talk about 1:28:30.800 --> 1:28:33.920 more for twenty nineteen and beyond. Problem, it's a great 1:28:33.960 --> 1:28:36.200 problem to have. It's it's again a night like this, 1:28:36.680 --> 1:28:40.320 Guys like Wendell Smallwood, you know, Vonte Maddox, Dallas Got 1:28:40.479 --> 1:28:43.559 or the young guys stepping up. You know it must 1:28:43.600 --> 1:28:46.240 win game. And you know, with the case of someone 1:28:46.320 --> 1:28:49.479 like Maddox, you need injuries for these guys even come 1:28:49.600 --> 1:28:52.200 to your forefront. Sure, you know it's as much as 1:28:52.240 --> 1:28:54.200 you don't want to see guys get injured. You know, 1:28:54.320 --> 1:28:57.519 Ronny McCloud's injury has had a severe domino effect on 1:28:57.560 --> 1:28:59.880 the rest of the defense, because you know, Corey un 1:29:00.280 --> 1:29:02.720 and Jim Schwartz and Tim how could count on. We 1:29:02.840 --> 1:29:06.160 had Malcolm and Rodney there at safety, we could pretty 1:29:06.240 --> 1:29:08.479 much put them out there and not have to worry 1:29:08.479 --> 1:29:10.639 about Those two are iron men, you know. I think 1:29:10.800 --> 1:29:13.160 the first two years together they missed I think one 1:29:13.240 --> 1:29:16.519 game combined. So you can rely upon them each and 1:29:16.640 --> 1:29:19.519 every week. Well, no, Rodney, all right, So Corey Grant's 1:29:19.520 --> 1:29:22.240 gonna play more snaps. That's not ideal. So you gotta 1:29:22.320 --> 1:29:24.840 now working Vonte Max there. Well, all of a sudd 1:29:24.880 --> 1:29:26.720 Now you have an injuries at the cornerback position. You're 1:29:27.240 --> 1:29:29.920 two starting corners are injured, you lose Ronald Darby Jail 1:29:30.040 --> 1:29:32.800 Mills for the year. Where's masking a play? I mean 1:29:33.000 --> 1:29:35.280 this is a guy who, again coming back off injury, 1:29:35.800 --> 1:29:40.280 had not played outside corner really since training camp. Yeah. Ok, 1:29:40.400 --> 1:29:41.880 I haven't seen him do it all year. Yeah, we 1:29:41.960 --> 1:29:44.280 haven't seen him do it. Yeah, And that's why you 1:29:44.320 --> 1:29:46.840 got to give a guy like Malcolm Jenkins a lot 1:29:46.920 --> 1:29:49.439 of credit as a leader back there. And you can 1:29:49.520 --> 1:29:52.400 tell when he's up there talking about a Vonte Maddie, 1:29:52.479 --> 1:29:56.160 Roysula Douglas. Those guys. He's like a proud big brother 1:29:56.520 --> 1:29:59.240 because he's poured a lot of work into these guys 1:29:59.360 --> 1:30:02.759 because he's the only true veteran back there. So it's 1:30:02.800 --> 1:30:05.760 like Jim Schwartz telling how Corey Ellen. They lean on 1:30:05.960 --> 1:30:09.040 Malcolm to get those young guys line up, but they 1:30:09.160 --> 1:30:12.960 also lean on Malcolm to help get these guys mentally 1:30:13.080 --> 1:30:15.719 ready to go. So I know that there's extra film 1:30:15.800 --> 1:30:20.439 sessions going on. Malcolm's taking out time watching watching film 1:30:20.760 --> 1:30:23.960 with these young guys, going over certain calls, making sure 1:30:24.000 --> 1:30:26.160 they're all on the same page. Because I know that 1:30:26.280 --> 1:30:29.160 first game back a couple of weeks ago, when Malcolm 1:30:29.280 --> 1:30:31.400 was out there along with all these young guys, it 1:30:31.560 --> 1:30:33.720 was difficult for him to get guys lined up and 1:30:33.760 --> 1:30:36.320 they had to simplify some things in order for them 1:30:36.400 --> 1:30:38.880 to play. They was the Giants game, right, Yeah, with 1:30:38.960 --> 1:30:42.400 the Giants game. And so you can tell just since 1:30:42.520 --> 1:30:46.439 then until now that young secondary has sort of grown 1:30:46.560 --> 1:30:49.160 up a little bit, and it allows for Jim Schwartz 1:30:49.479 --> 1:30:51.240 to be able to go a little deeper into that 1:30:51.360 --> 1:30:54.720 playbook instead of being so vanilla. When you're going up 1:30:54.760 --> 1:30:59.880 against a complicated offense like the La Rams, you want 1:30:59.880 --> 1:31:02.559 to give them some different looks to sort of slow 1:31:02.640 --> 1:31:04.320 them down. I thought that's what they were able to 1:31:04.400 --> 1:31:08.799 do tonight. And with Avante going out there and playing corner, 1:31:09.160 --> 1:31:10.920 I don't know if the Rams were ready for that 1:31:11.040 --> 1:31:13.640 because they had only really seen him play safety. We 1:31:13.680 --> 1:31:15.920 saw him playing a little bit of nickel corner, but 1:31:16.080 --> 1:31:18.240 we hadn't seen him on the outside. Well, Malcolm said 1:31:18.280 --> 1:31:21.160 during his press comments earlier in the show, he makes 1:31:21.200 --> 1:31:23.640 the young guys make the calls at practice. That's how 1:31:23.680 --> 1:31:25.840 you do it. That's how you know it. That's how 1:31:25.920 --> 1:31:28.080 you really know the defense. So they put him through 1:31:28.080 --> 1:31:30.000 the ringer. It's not they just just get to sit 1:31:30.280 --> 1:31:32.760 and watch and absorb and learn, which, you know, it 1:31:32.840 --> 1:31:34.880 might be good enough. But these guys are playing. They 1:31:34.920 --> 1:31:36.960 are helping down the stretch. If the Eagles are gonna 1:31:37.000 --> 1:31:41.280 make the playoffs, they need these guys to contribute quality minutes, 1:31:41.360 --> 1:31:43.799 quality reps, and make plays out there on the field. 1:31:43.920 --> 1:31:46.920 So what does the playoff picture look like for the 1:31:47.000 --> 1:31:49.439 Eagles after tonight's win. We're going to delve into that 1:31:49.520 --> 1:31:52.280 after this final break here on the postgame show presented 1:31:52.320 --> 1:32:00.240 by Rico. How many think my mom, my manager, my babysitter, girl, 1:32:00.360 --> 1:32:03.120 Dani River is reading about dog Walker. 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But a 1:34:33.560 --> 1:34:35.400 lot of people this week we're going to Fletcher and 1:34:35.520 --> 1:34:38.759 say what about Aaron Donald? What about Aaron Donald? Fletcher 1:34:38.840 --> 1:34:41.280 Cox newt he had to put this team on his back, 1:34:41.640 --> 1:34:43.960 and he was able to do so tonight. Again, the 1:34:44.120 --> 1:34:47.439 stats don't maybe jump off the charts, but the impact 1:34:47.520 --> 1:34:50.120 he had in being able to provide quality rush from 1:34:50.120 --> 1:34:54.080 the inside, setting the tone and being able to draw penalties. 1:34:54.120 --> 1:34:56.519 Things that aren't going to get noticed there. I thought 1:34:56.720 --> 1:35:00.479 Cox did everything he had to. Again, it's primetime Pro Bowl. 1:35:00.479 --> 1:35:03.120 Team's gonna be announced on Tuesday, and that man number 1:35:03.200 --> 1:35:05.880 ninety one will hear his name called on Tuesday night 1:35:06.080 --> 1:35:09.120 as well. He should. Did Aaron Donald play tonight? I 1:35:09.160 --> 1:35:12.160 didn't even know Aaron Donald played tonight ninety one though 1:35:12.200 --> 1:35:15.640 I saw him all over the field everywhere being a disruptor. 1:35:16.080 --> 1:35:19.760 And listen with his buddy on the other side, he's 1:35:19.760 --> 1:35:22.200 answering a lot of questions. They share the same agent, 1:35:22.640 --> 1:35:25.360 so I know there's a little bit of friendly competition 1:35:25.439 --> 1:35:27.479 there when you're talking about the two two of the 1:35:27.800 --> 1:35:30.920 higher paid defensive tackles and all the football. Both of 1:35:31.000 --> 1:35:33.160 them very good. Both of them be playing in the 1:35:33.240 --> 1:35:37.759 Pro Bowl if they're not in the Super Bowl. But Fletcher, 1:35:38.080 --> 1:35:40.679 when when you know you got a guy who plays 1:35:40.680 --> 1:35:43.519 the same position as you, gonna be on the field 1:35:44.600 --> 1:35:47.160 tonight as you are, and you know that other guys 1:35:47.240 --> 1:35:50.439 regarded as the best at that position, you certainly want 1:35:50.479 --> 1:35:52.800 to make sure you're heard from throughout the night. And 1:35:52.840 --> 1:35:54.720 I thought Fletcher Cox did a great job. But that 1:35:54.840 --> 1:35:58.640 tonight then to Stemy, a high scoring offense, one that 1:35:58.800 --> 1:36:01.400 had dominated at home. Okay, say what you will the 1:36:01.479 --> 1:36:04.519 last couple of weeks in Detroit Chicago. Certainly struggling last 1:36:04.520 --> 1:36:08.400 week against Chicago, but entering tonight, the fewest points that 1:36:08.479 --> 1:36:10.679 they had scored at home at the Coliseum was twenty 1:36:10.800 --> 1:36:13.800 nine against Greenback. So it's a season low point total 1:36:14.040 --> 1:36:18.040 and again handing the ram another loss, knocking them back 1:36:18.400 --> 1:36:22.040 in the NFC standings. All right, our second nominee. Okay, 1:36:22.160 --> 1:36:25.080 we're gonna go offense here and al Shan Jeffrey doing 1:36:25.080 --> 1:36:27.680 a great job again those fifty fifty balls, providing some 1:36:27.840 --> 1:36:32.639 deep plays, probably the under ray play for me, maybe 1:36:32.680 --> 1:36:34.840 the turning point for me came in the second quarter 1:36:35.240 --> 1:36:38.880 led to Josh Adams's touchdown. But second quarter, third and five, 1:36:39.360 --> 1:36:42.800 Jeffrey gets a thirty six yard completion, moves a change, 1:36:42.920 --> 1:36:45.760 keeps the Eagles offense on the field, and again they 1:36:46.040 --> 1:36:48.200 ended up getting a touchdown after that drive. But you 1:36:48.240 --> 1:36:50.640 look at the numbers, one hundred and sixty yards. We 1:36:50.880 --> 1:36:53.519 haven't seen that very often from al Sean. You know, 1:36:53.880 --> 1:36:56.439 was dominant very early in the season. First couple of games, 1:36:56.520 --> 1:36:58.599 got off to a red hot start, coming back from 1:36:58.640 --> 1:37:02.600 the offseason older surgery, the rotator cuff injury that he 1:37:02.680 --> 1:37:05.760 played with through all of twenty seventeen, but he and 1:37:05.920 --> 1:37:08.360 Nick rekindled that magic's first time that they were out 1:37:08.439 --> 1:37:11.840 there together this season. And yo, you go back to 1:37:11.880 --> 1:37:14.240 the super Bowl with some of those improbable catches, saw 1:37:14.320 --> 1:37:17.240 some of those again tonight. Yeah, and you know, kudos 1:37:17.280 --> 1:37:21.040 to this Eagles coaching staff recognize it that this ram secondary, 1:37:21.120 --> 1:37:24.360 particularly at the cornerback position. They'll give up some plays, 1:37:24.520 --> 1:37:28.160 you know, keep to league, particularly Marcus Peters, a big 1:37:28.280 --> 1:37:31.800 gambler over there, not a real physical corner. So they 1:37:31.920 --> 1:37:34.320 the Eagles knew that they would have some shots available 1:37:34.400 --> 1:37:36.559 to them. They just needed to take them and feel 1:37:36.600 --> 1:37:38.519 confident that that players and be able to go up 1:37:38.520 --> 1:37:41.000 and make the plays. Great job of Nick putting the 1:37:41.040 --> 1:37:43.840 ball out there, letting al Shan go up and make plays. 1:37:44.160 --> 1:37:47.439 And then great job from Alshan putting them all in 1:37:47.680 --> 1:37:49.439 all eight of his targets. He pulled them in a 1:37:49.560 --> 1:37:52.400 hundred and sixty yards. Can't do much better than that last, 1:37:52.439 --> 1:37:54.920 but not least the man who delivered the ball to 1:37:55.120 --> 1:37:57.880 al Sean and the rest of the offense, the triggerman, 1:37:58.280 --> 1:38:01.759 Nick Falls. Coming in first start since Week two against 1:38:01.800 --> 1:38:04.679 Tampa Bay and you know, picked up really right where 1:38:04.720 --> 1:38:08.439 he left off here. Second win as a starter this season, 1:38:08.960 --> 1:38:12.680 must win game for the Eagles, you know, huge, huge performance. 1:38:12.720 --> 1:38:14.960 You heard it from Malcolm jen Gets earlier when he 1:38:15.120 --> 1:38:17.479 was asked about you know, what does it say about 1:38:17.520 --> 1:38:20.080 this team that it seems that everyone takes her game 1:38:20.120 --> 1:38:22.840 to another level when Nick Foles comes in. Malcolm just 1:38:22.920 --> 1:38:25.559 said Nick had now stand in the game tonight. Let's 1:38:25.640 --> 1:38:27.760 leave it at that. And that's what it was here. 1:38:28.040 --> 1:38:31.760 Seventy seven percent completion personage two hundred and seventy yards, 1:38:31.960 --> 1:38:35.439 the one interception in the red zone, a drive that 1:38:35.479 --> 1:38:37.320 maybe could have put the game away a little sooner. 1:38:37.439 --> 1:38:40.320 That was really his only one hiccup. I just loved 1:38:40.479 --> 1:38:43.920 the poise he had in the pocket because you mentioned 1:38:43.960 --> 1:38:46.559 Aaron Donald. Aaron Donald had a couple of hits on him, 1:38:46.640 --> 1:38:48.519 and dominkans Wu had a couple of hits on as 1:38:48.600 --> 1:38:50.920 he was delivering the ball, and he stood in there, 1:38:51.120 --> 1:38:53.080 took those shots and still was willing to throw the 1:38:53.160 --> 1:38:56.519 ball deep and allow his receivers to make plays. Yeah, 1:38:56.920 --> 1:38:59.560 you know, I don't know how anyone can be surprised 1:38:59.640 --> 1:39:02.559 by how well Nick Foles plays when he's called upon 1:39:03.520 --> 1:39:06.320 to play, particularly the first game that he's out there, 1:39:06.400 --> 1:39:08.400 he just seems to catch people off guard. You know, 1:39:08.479 --> 1:39:09.880 you watch him on the film and you kind of 1:39:09.920 --> 1:39:12.760 feel like, hey, there's nothing really special about him. And 1:39:12.840 --> 1:39:14.560 then and then you get out there against him on 1:39:14.640 --> 1:39:17.639 the field and he's dropping dimes on you everywhere out there. 1:39:17.680 --> 1:39:21.240 So Nick Foles doing with Nick Foles typically does. Former 1:39:21.320 --> 1:39:24.120 Super Bowl MVP came in the night in a big 1:39:24.280 --> 1:39:28.120 moment primetime. I think he's won his last seven games 1:39:28.760 --> 1:39:33.599 in primetime television with the Eagles, so he certainly knows 1:39:33.720 --> 1:39:38.080 these moments, knows how to rise to the occasion. Did 1:39:38.160 --> 1:39:40.680 it again the night You mentioned the one bad pick 1:39:40.840 --> 1:39:43.639 that was really his only bad of the whole game 1:39:44.520 --> 1:39:46.880 other than that, made big throws at the big throws 1:39:46.960 --> 1:39:49.599 all night. And it was nice to see the deep 1:39:49.640 --> 1:39:51.760 ball be a part of the offense again. Had been 1:39:51.800 --> 1:39:54.559 a while since we've seen the deep ball down the field, 1:39:54.680 --> 1:39:56.920 especially to al Sean, So it was good to see 1:39:56.960 --> 1:39:59.320 the deep ball a part of the offense. Contrasted to 1:39:59.439 --> 1:40:02.280 Jared Goff tonight, Okay, very good with the dinkin dunk 1:40:02.320 --> 1:40:05.160 the underneath stuff, but struggled with the deep ball and 1:40:05.200 --> 1:40:06.880 it got to the point where the Eagles were like, 1:40:07.880 --> 1:40:09.519 if you're gonna beat it, you got beats with your 1:40:09.600 --> 1:40:12.120 arm deep, you gotta make it happen. And he struggled 1:40:12.160 --> 1:40:14.080 to do that. Tonight got some you know, picked up 1:40:14.080 --> 1:40:17.560 some yards at the end of the game, but before that, no, 1:40:17.720 --> 1:40:20.479 it wasn't happening at for them. So Eagles get to 1:40:20.600 --> 1:40:23.240 seven and seven, two games left. Okay, They're taking on 1:40:23.320 --> 1:40:25.760 to Houston, Texans at home next week and then they're 1:40:25.800 --> 1:40:28.519 at Washington to end the season. So here are the 1:40:28.640 --> 1:40:31.599 standings as of right now. The Saints and the Panthers. 1:40:31.920 --> 1:40:34.760 They've played later on tonight Monday and Night Football. So 1:40:34.920 --> 1:40:37.000 the Saints are in the driver's seat in the NFC. 1:40:37.439 --> 1:40:39.960 The Rams they lose, but they still clinch their division. 1:40:40.240 --> 1:40:42.760 The Bears now have a shot possibly getting a first 1:40:42.840 --> 1:40:44.760 round by there, they're in a mix. They clinched the 1:40:44.880 --> 1:40:47.880 nc North today. The Cowboys getting shut out against the 1:40:48.000 --> 1:40:50.360 Colts day dropped back to the pack a little bit, 1:40:50.439 --> 1:40:52.360 but still the Eagles will have to win their final 1:40:52.439 --> 1:40:54.720 two games. The Cowboys will have to drop theirs in 1:40:54.880 --> 1:40:58.200 order to win the NFC East and then the wild card. 1:40:58.479 --> 1:41:00.599 That's kind of what you're focusing on for the Eagles. 1:41:01.000 --> 1:41:04.080 Seahawks losing to the Niners in overtime, they're eight and six, 1:41:04.439 --> 1:41:07.479 just one game ahead of the Eagles. The Vikings remained 1:41:07.520 --> 1:41:10.120 a half game ahead of the Eagles. What's nice there 1:41:10.160 --> 1:41:11.720 is you don't have to worry about the tiebreakers with 1:41:11.840 --> 1:41:13.960 that tie there, They're not gonna be finishing with the 1:41:14.000 --> 1:41:17.200 same record because the Eagles did lose to them. Panthers 1:41:17.240 --> 1:41:19.040 in the mix there again. They played tonight against the 1:41:19.080 --> 1:41:23.040 Saints Washington staying alive somehow with their fourth string quarterback 1:41:23.280 --> 1:41:27.280 beating Jacksonville. Yeah, I look at this. You know, Minnesota, 1:41:28.320 --> 1:41:30.720 they still got a couple of tough games left. You know, 1:41:30.920 --> 1:41:32.880 they got to go to Detroit, or they got Detroit 1:41:33.000 --> 1:41:35.800 coming to them. That's a divisional opponent, and they got 1:41:35.920 --> 1:41:40.000 to finish with Chicago at home. So you could see. 1:41:40.320 --> 1:41:42.679 I could see two losses there. I could see two 1:41:42.720 --> 1:41:44.960 wins there. At Seattle, they just need to win one 1:41:45.760 --> 1:41:47.799 in order to get in. But they play the Chiefs 1:41:48.240 --> 1:41:50.519 and then they have to play I believe it's the 1:41:50.640 --> 1:41:53.760 Cardinals they finished up with in that final game of 1:41:53.840 --> 1:41:56.080 the season. So we know what the Cowboys have left 1:41:56.439 --> 1:41:58.920 or in their schedule They got Tampa Bay at home 1:41:59.080 --> 1:42:00.920 next week, and then they play in New York. The 1:42:01.000 --> 1:42:03.639 final game of the season should be interested. I think 1:42:03.680 --> 1:42:05.920 the toughest game the Eagles had to win was tonight 1:42:06.640 --> 1:42:09.360 one out in LA. So the final two you take 1:42:09.439 --> 1:42:11.800 care of business at home against the Texas next week, 1:42:12.080 --> 1:42:14.000 and then go down to Washington and take care of 1:42:14.080 --> 1:42:16.840 business and you finish help in nine and seven. And 1:42:16.920 --> 1:42:18.840 then we still need a little help. We need a 1:42:18.880 --> 1:42:21.519 little help from from some of these other teams. But 1:42:21.920 --> 1:42:26.880 nothing that's outlandish, right, nothing that isn't feasible. So the 1:42:26.960 --> 1:42:29.280 Eagles got to take care of their business first. Like 1:42:29.400 --> 1:42:31.519 I said, they got the toughest leg taking care of 1:42:31.720 --> 1:42:35.080 tonight by knocking off the Rams out there in Los Angeles. 1:42:35.160 --> 1:42:39.599 Come home next week, take on to Shaun Watson, DeAndre Hopkins, 1:42:40.320 --> 1:42:43.600 well Jason, but what's his situation coming He injured his 1:42:43.680 --> 1:42:45.479 ankle at the very end of the game. He did, 1:42:45.840 --> 1:42:47.840 so we'll have to wait and see what that is. 1:42:47.880 --> 1:42:49.240 He had to be helped off the field by his 1:42:49.280 --> 1:42:53.240 teammates after catching the game where yes, so still that 1:42:53.320 --> 1:42:55.400 would be nice if he's not able to go. Yeah, 1:42:56.400 --> 1:42:58.800 one only hope, one only hope. But certainly that's a 1:42:58.840 --> 1:43:00.759 team that's won ten of eleven and to take control 1:43:00.880 --> 1:43:04.639 of the South. So but at least you know the fans. 1:43:04.720 --> 1:43:06.760 The fans were fired up in LA, so you know 1:43:06.840 --> 1:43:08.920 they're gonna bring it the link because this is this 1:43:09.000 --> 1:43:10.840 is the last stamp. Yeah, it's the last home game. 1:43:10.880 --> 1:43:12.760 Couldn't be the last home game of the season. You're 1:43:13.080 --> 1:43:15.400 probably if you're a fifth or sixteed, you're probably not 1:43:15.479 --> 1:43:17.160 going to host a playoff game, even if you can 1:43:17.240 --> 1:43:20.880 get to the MC Championship. So for the fans, one 1:43:21.000 --> 1:43:24.320 last hurrah at home in twenty eighteen. Let's go out 1:43:24.320 --> 1:43:27.240 with the bank. Why yeah, why not? So we gotta 1:43:27.280 --> 1:43:29.000 play it so you may as well win, exactly, and 1:43:29.400 --> 1:43:31.880 something's on the line. That's the most important things, big 1:43:32.000 --> 1:43:34.599 things on the line here. So that's next Sunday one 1:43:34.760 --> 1:43:38.360 pm for you, two pm, Marks and Rishow, what are 1:43:38.439 --> 1:43:41.760 you gonna be talking about? Well, I would love to 1:43:41.760 --> 1:43:43.680 say we're gonna be talking about this big wind from 1:43:43.720 --> 1:43:46.320 the day. I know it'll be part of the conversation, 1:43:46.760 --> 1:43:51.040 but it won't take long before these fans are ready 1:43:51.120 --> 1:43:54.000 to talk about who's starting their quarterback next week. And 1:43:54.080 --> 1:43:56.200 I'm sure there'll be a lot of people that feel 1:43:56.240 --> 1:43:59.000 like Nick Foles needs to be in there as a starter. 1:43:59.360 --> 1:44:02.680 Can't necessarily argue against that. But I also understand if 1:44:02.760 --> 1:44:05.760 number eleven is healthy and he's able to go. He's 1:44:05.800 --> 1:44:08.799 the starting quarterback of his team, he's the franchise quarterback, 1:44:08.800 --> 1:44:11.320 he's the future of his team. So I certainly would 1:44:11.439 --> 1:44:14.720 understand why people will want Carson Wentz out there. If 1:44:14.800 --> 1:44:18.599 nothing else, there'll be no shortage of topics this week 1:44:19.120 --> 1:44:21.560 leading up to that big game. Hot takes will be 1:44:21.640 --> 1:44:24.760 in full effect all week long. So that is going 1:44:24.800 --> 1:44:26.840 to do it for us here on this marathon edition 1:44:26.880 --> 1:44:29.800 of the Postgame Show presented by Rico. We've been waiting 1:44:29.800 --> 1:44:32.800 for a game like this all season long. Eagles going 1:44:32.840 --> 1:44:34.679 on the road, getting a big win over the Los 1:44:34.720 --> 1:44:37.320 Angeles Rams by a score of thirty to twenty three. 1:44:37.600 --> 1:44:40.479 He's like, Geese, I'm Chris McPherson, Thanks for joining us, 1:44:40.640 --> 1:44:43.559 have a great night. Doug Pearson will be live at noon. 1:44:43.680 --> 1:44:45.840 We will have that press conference for you, So get 1:44:45.840 --> 1:44:47.720 a couple of hours rest and we will see you 1:44:48.120 --> 1:44:49.080 later on today