WEBVTT - Eagles 360: December 19 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:25.720 We welcome you to Eagles three sixty. Davis Spidero and 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:27.960 the Hall of Famer Brian westb are got a most 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:32.160 unusual Monday as we take care of this short week. Brian, 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:35.840 the Eagles losing a heartbreaker in Baltimore twenty seven, twenty 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:38.800 six to the Ravens and here in three days they 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:42.400 host the red hot New York Giants. Today, we will 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:44.720 break down the loss in Baltimore and take a peek 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:47.480 at not only the game against the Giants, but also 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:50.240 a look at the Dallas Cowboys. Brian, the first question, 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:53.880 your thoughts on the Eagles yesterday in general, the performance 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:56.760 that you saw. You know, anytime you lose about one point, 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.080 you have a chance to win the game. I think 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:02.160 that shows that you're team is focused, that your team 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:04.080 has come out and played with effort and pride, and 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:07.440 I think from that standpoint, that's something that's very good 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:09.680 for this football team because that was questioned early on. 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:11.960 When I see the way that we ran the football, 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.160 that means we progressed, we got better because because there's 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:17.720 games where we haven't been able to run the ball 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:19.840 at all, we ran the ball against the best run 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:23.000 defense in the NFL. For one hundred and twenty plus yards. 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:25.520 That's impressive. That's something that we can build doing. There 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:27.200 are other things that we need to fix, but at 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:29.040 least that's one thing that we can build on. Yeah, 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:32.360 and the Eagles going for the two points at the 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:35.000 end of the game instead of kicking the extra point 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:38.840 of going into overtime. Yeah. Agree. You know, for my money, 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:41.399 I probably would have played it for overtime because I 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:43.320 want to see my offense and defense have a shot 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:45.320 of trying to win this football game. But I don't 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:47.720 have a problem with Doug being aggressive and going for it. 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:49.480 It's been a long time since we won a game 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:51.680 around here, and I think as a head coach, you're 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:55.360 trying to manage the emotions of your team. You're feeling 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:58.040 some momentum, you you're driven the field, and you scored 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:00.080 a touchdown. I don't have a problem with it. I 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.600 guess in hindsight, being in the Monday morning quarterback, I 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:05.280 wish we would have just played for overtime. Five consecutive 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:09.919 losses for the Eagles, nine of their last eleven since 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:12.440 that three and oh start. So we will go over 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.880 the game position by position, group by group here as 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:18.160 we moved through the show. Monday a big day for 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:20.880 the Eagles, who came back to the Novicare Complex in 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:24.840 the afternoon for some meetings for some prep work for 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:28.160 the Giants. One of the players in the building Lane Johnson, 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:31.440 who has served his ten game suspension and so there's 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:34.440 a lot going on. Doug Peterson met the media on Monday. 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:37.520 Let's hear all about it and get caught up. Will 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:40.760 Lane Johnson play against the Giants. Here's Alex Smith and 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:44.240 our three sixty update. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith here 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:46.760 with your three sixty update. The Eagles coming off of 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:50.280 a heartbreaking one point loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:52.400 But it is a short week for the Eagles as 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:55.320 they get set for a Thursday night NFC East matchup 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:57.840 with the New York Giants. Today we heard from head 0:02:57.840 --> 0:02:59.920 coach Doug Peterson, and some good news for the Eagle 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:02.680 is that Lane Johnson is back from his ten game 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.520 suspension and according to coach Peterson, he should be ready 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:09.600 to start on Thursday night at right tackle. Going into 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:11.840 this game considering the nature of the injuries that we've 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:15.239 had and everything, and with Lane being back today, Lane 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:17.480 will going as a starter. I haven't seen him yet today. 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:19.639 I know he's been here in the building and he's 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:23.880 been with h coach Statlin and Eugene, and of course 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.200 I've been I've been game planning and been in my 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:28.120 office all morning, so I haven't had a chance to 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:29.919 see him yet. You just have to kind of see 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:31.519 when I put my eyes on Lane, just to see 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:33.560 where he's at physically and what he's been doing over 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:37.840 the last ten weeks. But he's such a tremendous athlete that, um, 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:42.760 you know, I wouldn't I wouldn't expect anything too traumatic 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:46.440 to happen in the next couple of weeks. Coach Peterson 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.640 also praised rookie quarterback Carson Wentz for his ability to 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:53.040 lead the Eagles on a potentially game tying drive late 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.880 in the fourth quarter when all of the elements seem 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:58.960 to be against him. Just the way he was poised 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:00.920 in the pocket, he can ended you know, he was 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:05.040 communicating in a loud stadium, loud environment. Whether everything that 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:08.280 could affect you as an offense was was in that, 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:12.120 you know, besides having you know, precipitation, there was, um, 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:15.160 everything was kind of against the offense. Because we were 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.760 going into that wind and for him to be able 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:21.520 to communicate and uh, you know, standing there and deliver 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.160 the football and do the things that uh, you know, 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:28.240 we we put him through um and then eventually scramble 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:32.400 and you know, take on a really good safety Eric 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:35.640 Weddle and and and you know make him miss and 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:39.000 score the touchdown. I think is just uh just shows 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:42.600 his grit and toughness and willingness to h you know, 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:46.160 sacrifice himself for the team. Coach Peterson also gave an 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:49.240 injury update, saying that running back Kenyon Barner, who suffered 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:52.200 a hamstring injury yesterday, will not be available for Thursday 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.680 night's game, but everyone else should be good to go 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:58.440 for Thursday's game against the Giants. With her three sixty update, 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:01.840 I'm Alex Smith. Alex, thank you so much. We've got 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:04.880 a lot to get to on the show. When we return, 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:07.400 we're going to talk about the defense, an interesting performance 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:11.200 from the Eagles defense, some really good stuff, some not 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:15.440 really good stuff, and then the special teams battling remarkable 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:18.000 elements in Baltimore. We've got a lot to get to 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:20.680 here on Eagles three sixty. Thanks for joining us. 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But there were also some big 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:24.760 plays allowed, particularly one at the end of the first 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.680 half touchdown past the seat Smith Senior. And I know 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:30.640 that everybody is really upset about that one. Yeah, yesterday, 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:32.880 we gave up five plays or twenty yards or more. 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:35.320 And when you look at that play in particular right 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:37.640 before the half, the one thing that you can't give 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:40.520 up on that play is the big play. Allowed them 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:42.720 to cast the ball for ten yards, allowed them to 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:45.200 kick the field goal, but you can't give up the 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:47.960 touchdown on the long ball. I think Jaylen Mills and 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:51.200 Jaylen Watkins the communication has to be much better between 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.800 those two guys. And as a coach, you have the 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:56.640 coach situational football, and I'm sure Jim Schwartz, who has 0:07:56.640 --> 0:08:00.400 been around the block a lot many times, has coached that. 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:02.440 That's something that you learned in practice. The one thing 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:04.440 you can't give up is the big play. Those guys 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:07.080 didn't perform on that play. Interestingly, the story after the 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:09.680 game was why did your blitz. I'm sitting there watching 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:13.040 the Eagles and I'm saying, keep the blitz coming. I 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:16.000 like the pressure they were giving the Ravens some problems 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.480 with that blitz, and in that situation, I'm trying to 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:21.240 take the football away at the same time not allowing 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:23.240 the play over the top. Yeah, you're trying to serve 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:25.320 two masters. They are just a bit. If you're Jim Sports, 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:27.800 if your blitz, you're giving up some some opportunities in 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:30.040 the coverage and coverage breakdowns, and if you don't, you're 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:32.440 allowing a very good quarterback to sit back there in 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:34.560 the pocket and pick your part. And so there has 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:36.760 been plays in the game where Jim Sportz is blitz 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:39.160 and they've gotten beat. When they didn't blitz, they Joe 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:41.920 Flacco had so much time, they've gotten blitzed beat. The 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:44.160 one thing that the answer to that question, honestly, Dave, 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:46.800 is that you need your front floor who had three sacks. 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.120 We need more production from them. They have to have 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:51.080 an even better game. If we want to be better 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.240 and protect the guys on the back end. Those guys 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:55.480 are front have to get more pressure and more sacks. 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:57.840 And in the big picture, it's not about protecting the 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:00.640 guys from the back ends. You got to be in 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.520 the back end. And Eagles giving up something two of 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:07.080 three possessions for Baltimore in the red zone resulting in touchdowns, 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.160 and that cornerback position, Brian, I mean, I think Jayleen 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:13.600 Mills really battles and other than that played played well. 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:17.480 I'd like him here. As you look at the Eagles 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:20.880 in twenty seventeen and beyond, where does cornerback rank on 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.840 your wish list? I think when you when you're thinking 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:26.560 about Dez Bryant and DeShawn Jackson may or may not 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:30.440 be back in Washington, you're talking about Odell Beckham Junior 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:33.200 and Shepherd up there in New York, You're gonna face 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:36.679 some very good receivers and offenses of quarterbacks that are 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:38.560 willing to throw the football. Even if you look at 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:40.880 Dallas with Dez Bryant, they have a running game and 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:43.280 so we're gonna have to dedicate seven to eight guys 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:45.520 to stop the run. So it's gonna be critical for 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:47.800 us when we move into the offseason to think about 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.960 fulfilling the cornerback position. You have to make sure that 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:52.880 you have a guy on the outside that you can 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.160 leave alone and say, hey, this is your one guy 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:57.840 to check and shut down all game long. That's the 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:00.600 one thing that we're missing. And when we want to blitz, 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:03.079 we want to take advantage of situations, we want to 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.600 push the offense back. We can't do that because the 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:08.040 guys in the secondary are giving up big plays, big 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:11.120 time crossing routes plus twenty yard plays, big time streaks 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.840 down the field plus twenty yard plays. You can't win 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:16.040 and play winning football when you have those types of 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:17.880 things going on. And when you watch the film, Brian, 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.520 how much are you seeing the Eagles front four working 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:23.920 against Max Protect meeting six or seven blockers. Sometimes it's 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.200 like that. I mean, there's been other situation where you 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:28.960 guys got when you have guys completely one on one 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:31.280 and they're not winning those battles. And so when I 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:34.319 have the conversation with the defensive line, the most important 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:36.360 thing I'm going to say is if you're a double team, 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:38.439 I still want you to continue to work, But if 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:41.440 you're single it's man on man. You have to win that. 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:43.880 We're paying you a lot of money to win those matchups, 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.160 and right now you're not winning enough. Of them. We 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:49.000 want to have a dominant defensive line. This defense actually 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:52.120 is predicated on having a dominant defensive line. Right now, 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:55.600 we're good, We're not dominant yet. In this special teams 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:59.800 game on Sunday, now, they were just you know, huge wins, 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:04.439 dropping temperature, very unusual weather conditions. Caleb Sturge's four more 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:07.480 field goals. We'll talk about the offensive side of things 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:10.000 in just a moment. Donnie Jones a couple of big punts. 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:11.720 For the first time in a long time, the Eagles 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:15.400 kickoff coverage team really got beat here and gave up 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:18.280 some big yards, which on the touchdown at the end 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.840 of the first half set up by a big kickoff return, 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:24.200 and Baltimore gashed him. That's the one thing you can't 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.960 you can't afford when when your team was not playing 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.760 very well, you can't afford to lose the field position battle. 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:31.719 That's why you need your special teams to be able 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:33.680 to step up, and they have been. The kickoff teams 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:36.720 have been playing good all season long. Yesterday just wasn't 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:39.160 very good. Wasn't good enough to help this team. You 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:42.240 know what, a good offensive team like the Baltimore Ravens 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:44.400 to only have to go six yards. That's just too 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:46.679 easy for them. Good to see Kenyon Barner in the 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:48.640 pun return game and the kickoff returns game to a 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:52.240 nice job. Until I never really thought he was at explosive. 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:55.200 I thought he was just another guy for the entire 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:57.360 time he's been here. I think I've thought that he's 0:11:57.400 --> 0:11:59.240 an explosive player. If you get the ball in his 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:01.800 hands in space, he can make someone miss and make 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:04.200 some plays for you. I don't know that Doug feels 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.160 the same way, but I think that he can make 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:08.600 some plays for you. It's unfortunate that he wasn't able 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:10.840 to finish the game. So there you go. That is 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.520 our look at Eagles defense and special teams. 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They control of the clock, 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:42.880 They converted third downs. Ryan Matthews looked great while he 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:46.400 was on the field. Carson Wentz shrugged off an early interception, 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:50.120 Zach Ert six more receptions, Jordan Matthews some clutch catches, 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:52.640 but Brian, not enough. And I'm gonna point to the 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:55.960 red zone, where the Eagles ranked twenty fourth in the 0:14:56.080 --> 0:15:00.520 NFL in red zone efficiency at fifty percent. How does 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:05.400 that improve moving forward? Well, you're gonna need a playmaker. 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.240 I mean, that's the biggest thing. That's the thing that 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:09.720 you're missing right now. Not only in the open field, 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:13.200 because yesterday we got contribution from the offensive line, which 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:15.600 really won in the trenches and a running back Ryan 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:19.360 Matthews that ran wild, ran determined, ran hard. But in 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:21.320 the red zone, when you get in there things tighten 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.920 up just a big and defenses are not going to 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:25.760 allow you to have some of the things they had 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:27.840 you that they allowed you to have out in the field. 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.240 And so now you need that big time player that's 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:32.760 able to catch a five yard hitch, make a guy miss, 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:34.680 and make it into the end zone. Right now, we 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:36.600 don't have that type of player that we can throw 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:39.120 the jump ball that lob up to and him able 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:41.120 to go up and snatch the football from the defender. 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:43.560 And until we have that guy, we're gonna we will 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.960 continue to struggle in the red zone. The two point 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:50.400 conversion is a slant to Jordan Matthews against the zero blitz, 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:53.960 meaning there's no safeties. They're coming after. Kerson wentz, how 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:56.280 can you make that playwork? I think the way that 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:58.240 I would have liked to have seen the play is 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:00.040 that you have twins. You have two guys when the 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:01.720 left hand side the same way that you have it. 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:03.920 I would have had Jordan Matthews on the outside. I 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:06.560 would have had DGB on the inside. The inside guy 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.800 runs a clear route that's going to clear an awful 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.960 lot of space out he runs right at the goalpost. 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:13.680 That's exactly where you want him, and so now you 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:15.680 have just a whole bunch of space because you have 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:18.440 the other eight guys on the defense inside of the box. 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:21.560 Now you've created a lot of space for Jordan Matthews 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:23.520 the work and he has to find a way to 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:26.040 win against one defender in a lot of space on 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:29.440 the outside. The unfortunate part the way that the play 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:32.840 was designed was that Jordan Matthews on the inside and 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:34.560 he won. He I think he could have ran a 0:16:34.560 --> 0:16:37.200 better route, but he did win just enough. But when 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:39.760 you have so many guys on the inside rushing the passer, 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:42.040 they're putting their hands up, you can't really see the 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:44.680 receiver and you can't get the ball to him fast enough. 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:47.520 That's the downside of throwing the ball inside against zero 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:50.400 blitz and then the Eagles getting a little boost from 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.600 zach Ertz again six catches. He has really come on, Brian, 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:57.920 has zach Ertz turned the corner. You know, sometimes when 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:01.040 you get challenged, you reveal some thing about yourself, and 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:03.280 I think zach Ertz over the last couple of weeks 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:05.639 has shown that, first of all, he's tough, that he 0:17:05.640 --> 0:17:07.720 can go out and play. He can be the tight 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:09.840 end that we all have thought that he should be 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:12.720 and now he's starting to become that guy. He caught 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:15.159 a ball on the sideline yesterday keeping his toes in. 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:18.400 I was absolutely impressed. We know that he's an athlete. 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:21.040 We saw some things yesterday against a very tough nose, 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:25.320 hard nosed defense. We saw zach Ertz being physical, being nasty. 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:27.720 There was a lot of situations with him in Terrell 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.960 Suggs one on one. He won those situations. Terrell Suggs 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:32.720 is one of the better defensive players, one of the 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:35.800 more physical defensive players in the league. Zach Ertz found 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:38.120 a way to win those matchups. I was impressed. That's 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:40.320 the type of passion and effort he has to play 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:43.480 with every single week, not just when you're challenged. Eagles 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:46.159 have twenty seven first downs, they control the clock for 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:50.760 nearly thirty seven minutes, They run eighty one plays and 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:53.119 yet not enough, just like it was the week before, 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:58.000 oh and six in one possession games to Philadelphia Eagles. Well, 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:00.280 you know, I'm gonna say this, and it's never good 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:02.840 when you lose a game, but I think when you're 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:05.320 at where we're at right here, we haven't won, You've 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.639 lost nine out of the last eleven. But there's been 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:10.639 some close games, some games where you have another playmaker 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.640 here and there, you don't make a bad interception earlier 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:16.360 in the game, that those games change a little bit. 0:18:16.560 --> 0:18:18.880 And so if I'm Doug Peterson, I'm telling our team 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:21.600 that listen, we're not as bad as we may seem. 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:23.600 We're not as bad as we may look. But we 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:25.359 have to change some things. We have to continue to 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:27.240 get better at a lot of different positions, and we're 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:29.040 gonna work on that over the next couple of weeks 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:30.840 leading into the off season. Guess what a lot of 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:34.760 coaches in the NFL are absolutely so if the key 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:37.880 is to have a really, really good offseason, we'll talk 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:40.320 about that a little bit later on when we returned. 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:44.120 Eagles three sixty two games remain on this twenty sixteen schedule, 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:46.960 one on Thursday against the New York Giants, who have 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:50.400 ten wins. What are we looking forward to We'll share 0:18:50.400 --> 0:19:07.359 it with you when we come back. No care, not 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:29.439 thicker taste of feeling remarkable things are happening at your 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:35.680 local acme. We're making changes and we're getting better every day, Cleaner, friendlier, fresher, 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:39.720 like fresher meat and seafood, and fresher produce, and hundreds 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:42.960 of organics. 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The Eagles 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:37.679 three sixty two games remaining in the twenty sixteen season, 0:20:37.880 --> 0:20:42.520 both in Lincoln Financial Field, both against seemingly playoff bound 0:20:42.920 --> 0:20:46.840 NFCAST teams. Remarkable that the Giants have turned things around. 0:20:46.920 --> 0:20:49.280 All of those editions they made in the offseason to 0:20:49.359 --> 0:20:52.359 the defensive side of the ball really paying off for them. 0:20:52.520 --> 0:20:53.840 And yet I think the Eagles a gonna come out 0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:57.400 on Thursday and whoop them. I feel great about this game. Well, 0:20:57.440 --> 0:21:00.000 I think we should feel great. They've played much better 0:21:00.119 --> 0:21:02.359 at home these last couple of weeks. They struggled, but 0:21:02.400 --> 0:21:04.480 the Eagles have been in a lot of these games 0:21:04.480 --> 0:21:06.879 even if they won or lost. I think we have 0:21:06.960 --> 0:21:09.000 to find a way to play that spoiler role. We 0:21:09.040 --> 0:21:11.800 want to make sure that the Giants understand that maybe 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:14.000 we might not be in the playoffs this year, but 0:21:14.080 --> 0:21:16.000 you have something to look forward to next year in 0:21:16.040 --> 0:21:18.119 the years to come. I think our team needs to 0:21:18.119 --> 0:21:19.760 get up for this game. Let me ask you about 0:21:19.800 --> 0:21:22.679 a couple of young players here who should see some 0:21:22.760 --> 0:21:27.119 action moving forward. Byron Marshall makes his regular season debut 0:21:27.119 --> 0:21:29.160 on Sunday, plays who else? Trips a little bit early, 0:21:29.440 --> 0:21:32.240 trying to do too much, slow down a bit, had 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:36.760 some nice runs and with Darren Sproles still in concussion protocol, 0:21:36.840 --> 0:21:40.520 we don't know about his situation with Kenyon Barner and 0:21:40.560 --> 0:21:43.879 the hamstring injury. With Ryan Matthews banged up. After a 0:21:43.920 --> 0:21:47.000 big day on Sunday, Byron Marshall could figure into the 0:21:47.040 --> 0:21:50.760 plans in a big way. On Thursday, how's he look? Well? 0:21:50.800 --> 0:21:52.800 I saw some good things from Byron Marshall. I think 0:21:52.840 --> 0:21:55.080 you're right at the beginning one of the things that 0:21:55.119 --> 0:21:57.199 the running back coaches will always tell you is not 0:21:57.280 --> 0:22:00.560