WEBVTT - Eagles 360: November 8 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:26.200 Hello everybody, and welcome the Eagles three sixty Dave Spidero, 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:30.280 Glenn Macnow you're elected hosts on this election day and 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:32.880 night here in this great country of ours. We welcome 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:35.960 you to the Novicare Complex. And Glenn, we are at 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:39.080 the midway point of this twenty sixteen A regular season. 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:42.839 Before we get into this fabulous show, I think it's 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:45.680 appropriate to talk about the team four and four. Okay, 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:49.240 team grades, player opportunities, big moments of the first half 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.440 of the season. I guess first i'd ask you, what 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:55.160 is your team grade for the Philadelphia Eagles. C plus 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:58.560 trending not the way you wanted to trend. I did 0:00:58.560 --> 0:00:59.920 not think this team was going to be a playoff 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:02.120 team before the season. I did not think this team 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.600 was going to be five hundred. So they're five hundred, 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:09.960 not getting there impressively right now. It's a gentleman's C plus. Yeah. 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:12.720 I'll be in that range as well. I mean, I'd 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:14.920 love to say B minus, but it's really hard to 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:17.959 when the Eagles have lost four of their five games here, 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:21.759 So C plus in that range seems pretty fair. Still 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:23.920 very much in the playoff picture, but got to turn 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:26.800 things around and get this momentum going the other way. 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:29.120 Football is a funny game, isn't it. It It Just you 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:31.800 just feel it going in one direction. Oh and you know, 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:34.600 one or two plays at the end of that game, 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:37.919 the Eagles win that game. We're dancing on the clouds today. 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:41.960 Give me a team MVP, Brandon Graham. Brandon Graham, I 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:43.800 think has really had a good year. Four sacks so 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:47.040 far this year. He's really flourished in the Jim Schwartz 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:50.480 Wide nine defense. He's got how many tackles for loss 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:54.560 is nineteen hurries, ten tackles for losses, two forced fumbles, 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.000 really playing as the guy the Eagles thought they had 0:01:57.000 --> 0:01:58.960 when they drafted him a few years ago. He's your MVP, 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:01.800 and mine would be Darren Sproules. I think he's just 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.040 done things that we don't see very often at all 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:06.600 from somebody his size. We know about the return game, 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:08.960 a Hall of famer in that category, but to come 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.760 out week after week with the touches that he's had, 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:14.560 with the big plays that he's made, I'm going with 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.080 Darren Sprowls. All right, Yeah, it's a good pick. How 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:19.560 about players to watch in the second half of the season. 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:21.800 I'll give you two. Can I give you two? Give 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:23.720 me two two right on offense. And they're guys who 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.120 you saw just a little bit. Obviously. Bryce Tregs had 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:30.040 his first opportunity to play for the Eagles. Had that 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:34.160 one was fifty seven fifty fifty eight R reception. That's 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.079 a guy you're gonna watch because if they can work 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.240 speed into lineup, that's really going to help. And I 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:41.440 think Wendel Smallwood is another guy that I want to 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:45.679 see get more opportunity. Looks good those rare chances he 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:47.799 gets to touch the ball. I don't think you can 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:50.320 continue going to Sprowls twenty times a game. The guy 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:54.480 to watch Glenn Yes, his number eleven, it's Carson Wentz, 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.600 And I want to ask you when we you know, 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:01.440 I'm finished my soliloquy here. Yes, you're a great for 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:05.799 Carson Wentz. But let's keep in perspective what we have here, 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:10.800 a young developing quarterback, inexperienced coming into the season, and 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:13.760 the things that he's done remarkable. In the first month 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.799 of the season. He's made mistakes, he's mised receivers, he's 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:20.240 been inaccurate at times, he's had mechanical issues, But boy, 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:22.000 I like the way that kid stands up after throwing 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:25.000 two interceptions against the Giants on the opening two possessions 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:27.240 and getting his football team right back in the game. 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:31.600 This kid is unflappable. His poise is fantastic. He's got 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.760 the physical skills, the mental gifts. He is going to 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:37.800 be a great, great quarterback. Not quite there yet, but 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:40.360 I'm going to give Carson Wentz a solid B plus 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:42.400 for the first half a year. He didn't leave much 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:45.320 for me. Since you covered it all there, and I 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:47.360 say B plus as well, it was an A plus 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:49.760 after the first three games of the week. You've certainly 0:03:49.760 --> 0:03:52.040 seen some things that concern you a little bit. He's 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:54.160 got to learn to have those reads. It's got to 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:57.000 learn to start games better. And I want to see 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.720 him and this team win a game late, which he 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:03.080 had not done so uncle B plus, he's a rookie. 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:05.760 He's gonna look at one point you fought like, ah, 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:08.200 he's past being a rookie. Now he's a rookie. He's 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:10.360 a rookie. He's being asked to do a lot play 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:12.960 like a ten year veteran with a let's be honest, 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:16.960 not exactly imposing cast of characters around him, with an 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:20.760 offensive line down two starters, the best of Carson Wentz 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.680 to come, hopefully starting on Sunday. All right, a lot 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:25.919 to get you on those Eagles three sixty, Doug Peterson 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:27.880 in studio, and just a bit. But when we return, 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.200 we will hear from Glenn mac now who's got his 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:35.800 five takeaways from another tough loss in the NFC East. 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:38.680 We'll be right back. This portion of Eagles three to 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.760 sixty was presented by Rothman at Jefferson. 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I have to assume 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:05.160 he's going to get more of an opportunity, maybe take 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.960 some playing time away from Aglar, maybe from Doriel Greenbeckham. 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:10.160 This is a guy that gives the Eagles a weapon 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.240 they haven't had. Number one. Great to see him, want 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:14.880 to see more. Yeah, and I think his big challenge 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:16.840 will be now that teams have a sense of who 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:18.960 he is and what he brings to the table. They're 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.040 gonna press him. They're going to prepare for the speed. 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:25.520 What's the next trick that Bryce Triggs has up that sleeve. 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:28.880 Can't be a one trick pony in the NFL. Agreed, okay, 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:32.560 but that first trick wasn't all right. Number two, it 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:36.120 was nice to see zach Ertz involved more in the offense. 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:39.360 His numbers were pretty good. Eight catches, ninety seven yards. 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:42.119 That's great. He's got to be more of a plan 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:46.080 in the red zone. They have to somehow get him 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:48.560 the ball in the red zone. Do you know he's 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:51.840 only got nine touchdown passes in fifty plus NFL games. 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:54.440 He's your big tight end. Those are the guys that 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:56.040 when you're down there, you want to be able to hit, 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.440 want to be able to rumble over the goal line. 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:01.200 Need that to become more of a party. I cannot 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:04.080 disagree this team struggling so much in the red zone 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:06.880 and certainly on third downs. They need to get the 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:09.080 football to zach Ertz. They need to get the football 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.880 to zach Ertz and scored touchdowns. I agree with Clint 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.360 somebody like that, or you can move around the formation 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:18.440 and create favorable matchups. Needs to be a primary target more. 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:20.680 And if he is a primary target, he needs to 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:23.240 do a better job of getting open. Okay, there you go. 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:27.320 Number three. We know and everybody has discussed how much 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:29.480 the secondary was picked apart against the Giants, and that 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:33.840 was problematic. But where was the pass rush this team is? 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:35.679 The pass rush has been very spread, a great one. 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:37.520 It is great, not when it's not just three sacks 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:40.760 in the last three road games, and that's a big problem. 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:42.440 The Eagles have paid a lot of money to Vinny 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:45.400 Curry this year. Want to see him really start producing, 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:49.120 become more of a part of that. They've got to 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:52.960 get that four man pass rush coming up. Now you've 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:56.959 got Matt Ryan, you got Russell Wilson, you've got Aaron Rodgers. 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.080 In the next three weeks, You're not going to survive 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:01.959 those games if you can pressure those quarterbacks. I am 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:05.400 with you on this, Glenn mcnastroel, you and I agree 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:07.480 in this much Lectrier Cox has been too silent for 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.160 my liking. Fletcher Cox as well, no question about it. 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:16.040 All right, Number four, Let's see more of Smallwood and Barner. 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.640 I love Darren Sprowls, Dave's MVP for the first of 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:22.200 the year. We all love Darren Sprowls. Darren supposed is 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:23.959 not gonna be able to touch the ball twenty times 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:27.559 a game. Ryan Matthews has been put on the bench. Okay, 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.720 so if that's the case, let's see these two guys, 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:34.120 Wendell Smallwood and Kenyan Barner were on the field for 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:37.480 just to combine seven plays against the Giants. Smallwood has 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:40.839 a nineteen yard run early in the game, doesn't get 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:43.880 another carry for thirty eight minutes of game time, which, 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:46.240 by the way, he ran for six yards. Barner gets 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.280 a touchdown three yard touchdown in his carry. Add those 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:51.120 guys the offense. Let's get a little more youth and 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.240 excitement in there. Yeah, I mean, I agree with that. 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:55.400 I will say this, Eagles are not sustaining drives and 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:57.400 they're only I think they ran the ball twenty one 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:01.880 times on Sunday, So the lack of sustaining drives third 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:05.640 and shorts. The Eagles have been so poor on first 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:08.559 and second down, creating all these third and long situations. 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:10.720 The running game really has not had a chance to 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.600 establish itself for the most part since those first three 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.400 games of the season. But I agree, when you're running 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.240 around the football, add some jews to the offense, Smallwood 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:23.440 Barner have a little bit more zuzu than certainly Matthews 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:27.560 and Sprowls. Yez, Yeah, Davis is the most United member 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.320 agreed number five. He'll agree with this one. I know 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:33.440 we will. This is a young team and has yet 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:36.440 to find its winning identity. The only game they really 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:38.840 didn't have a shot against is the Washington game, where 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:42.319 they were just so badly outplayed. They haven't learned how 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:46.360 to finish against Dallas, against Detroit, and against the Giants. 0:10:46.400 --> 0:10:53.320 They had the opportunity late. When they win, they win big, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.040 they win when it's a close game. They haven't figured 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:58.960 out how to do it. This is Carson Wentz's stats, 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:00.480 and I give him a B plus. She gave him 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:04.439 an an A plus. C plus. No, Carson Wentz, I 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:06.600 give a B. I don't think I gave him a grade. Okay, 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:08.600 well I get him a B plus whatever. You give him. 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.240 His stats in the final drive of road games so far, 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:14.640 with the Eagles tied or down, four for ten passing 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:18.840 for forty six yards and one interception, four sacks minus 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:22.040 twenty five yards, and an OW four record, that's where 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:25.440 they really have to improve. Yeah, and it comes to 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:27.240 a time. There there's a time, though, Glenn Win. You 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:29.040 have to stop saying this is a young team. They 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:30.560 need to stop they need to learn how to win. 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.160 You either learn it do you either learn how to 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:35.880 win or you're just not a very good team. And 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:37.600 I don't think that's the case with the Eagles at 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:41.079 this point. I think they're a good team that needs 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.280 to find ways to win. But you don't go through 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:45.959 a whole season like this. We've gotten into four situations 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:47.400 here where the Eagles have had a chance in the 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.600 fourth quarter to tie or to take the lead, and 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:52.600 it's time to not look at this team as a 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.120 young team anymore. Got to look at this team as 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:57.240 one that is developing into a good team. So to 0:11:57.280 --> 0:11:59.120 become a good team you got to win in the 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.680 fourth quarter. They did, all right. Those are Glenn McNeill's 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.840 five takeaways from the twenty eight twenty three loss to 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.200 the New York Giants. We will take a spin around 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.160 the NFC East in just a bit. 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Uh, but then you 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.760 also come away with a lot of positive from the game. Um, 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.840 you know there there's a tremendous amount of plays that 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:29.840 that that we left out on the football field. That 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:31.880 that uh that we're gonna get better and we're gonna 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.320 learn from and we're gonna make these plays down down 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:38.480 the road. Offensively speaking, um, and even on defense, there's 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:40.680 there's you know, we're playing some young guys obviously, especially 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:43.720 in the back end. And and uh, communication is everything. 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:46.960 Understanding and recognizing formation. Same thing on offense, you know, 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:52.040 understanding and recognizing defense from a quarterback position. But but 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:54.640 you take you take some of that away. The effort 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.720 has been tremendous. Um. The fact that we've kind of 0:14:57.800 --> 0:14:59.640 dug ourselves a little bit of a hole to start 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:02.160 a couple these ball games and then put ourselves in 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:05.200 a position to win these games in the fourth quarter. Um, 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:08.600 he is very positive, very encouraging, but you know, we 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:10.720 just can't start that way. And uh, you know it's 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:13.640 something the guys are keep battling with every single week. 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.040 They keep fighting through it, and um, that's the that's 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:18.120 the encouraging part for for me as a coach. Give 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.240 me a progress report, if you would please. On Carson 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:23.600 Wentz through eight games. Carson, Carson has been doing a 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:27.120 really really good job. You know, I gotta keep reminding 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:28.800 myself that he is a rookie into his you know, 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.360 every game is a new game, every name games a 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.960 fresh start for him. And and uh, you know, just 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:35.840 got to make sure that he that that as coaches, 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:37.880 we're doing right by him, meaning we're not we're not 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:41.720 giving him too much. Obviously, started the season doing some 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.080 great things and making some great plays. And he's still 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:46.680 continuing to make make some great plays and tremendous plays, 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:48.440 which we saw the other day against the Giants, some 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:52.640 of the downfield throws. He's right where he needs to be. Um. 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:55.320 You know, first year, we're putting a lot on his shoulders. 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:57.640 Now we're asking him to do a lot and and um. 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:00.760 But at the same time, we're you know, we're asking 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:02.360 a lot of guys to do a lot of things. 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:06.600 Offensive line is it's playing playing extremely well even with injury. 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:09.680 They're playing well. Defensively, I think, uh, you know, one 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:11.320 of the things you see is it's it's it's a 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:16.240 steady defense. It's an aggressive defense, you know, creating turnovers, um, 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:18.480 you know, getting after the quarterback. You know, kind of 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.960 right where we need to be. The one thing that 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:24.320 looking looking in these first eight games, the probably the 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:26.080 biggest thing is we just need to learn how to finish, 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:29.160 learn how to finish games and and have that mindset 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:31.040 to put teams away a little bit earlier when you 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:33.840 get the opportunity. How will Carson improve as the season 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:35.760 goes along here the second half of the season. What 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:39.680 do you want from him? Mechanically, vision, decision making, all 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:42.200 that stuff. Well, you know, obviously take these first these 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:45.720 first eight games and really just self evaluate and um, 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:47.760 you know, I want them to continue to do the 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:49.960 same things. I don't want to lose any aggressiveness that 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:52.080 we're that we're doing offensively. I want to I want 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:55.360 to maintain that down the field mentality and uh, you know, 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:57.360 utilize our strength. I think our tight ends had an 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:00.560 exceptional game that's passed this past weekend to keep them 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:02.680 coming a little bit more. You know, Bryce was a 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:04.920 bright spot obviously on offense, gave us a little spark 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:07.120 down the field, you know, so we got to continue 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:10.119 to sort of evolved that way and just utilize our 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:13.760 strength in that in that situations and and uh, you 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:17.520 know Carson just understanding understanding the offense, understanding progression, get 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:19.199 kind of getting back to the basis a little bit 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:22.520 in these next uh, these next few games, and and uh, 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:24.400 you know, again we got a lot of football left. 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:28.200 Um eight games, anything's possible, still got still got a 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:29.920 shot for the for the postseason. How do you feel 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:32.280 about the job you've done through eight games? You know, 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:34.560 I'm I'm I'm my own critic, you know, I'm my 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:37.320 biggest critic. And there's things I can definitely do better. 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:40.080 There's things that that I felt like I've I've done, 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:42.000 I've done well. You know, I think I think, uh, 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:45.320 you know, calling some games these first eight games, you know, 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:49.560 I feel comfortable doing that and managing the sideline, especially offense, 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:54.240 defense and special teams. Um. You know, so I again, 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.480 I just every every Monday, every Sunday night, every Monday, 0:17:57.520 --> 0:17:59.040 I come in and that's the first thing I look at. 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:01.800 I look at, how how did I help our football team, 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:03.560 you know, win or be in a position to win, 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:06.240 and just be be overly critical in those in those areas. 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:08.800 Observers of the Eagles have come to know you now 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:11.359 as somebody who's very aggressive. You've gone for it on 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.480 fourth down nine times. Is that something that we're that 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:16.200 we are now going I mean, that is what Doug 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:19.760 Peterson is all about now forever moving forward. I think 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:21.400 it's something that you have to you have to look 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:24.359 at every single week. I don't think you just you know, say, hey, 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:25.960 fourth down, we're just going to go for it. And 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:27.600 I mean there's times when when you got to be 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:30.440 smart about it and understand how your team's playing at 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:33.720 that time. And obviously in the game last week, we 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:36.520 need we needed to maintain some drives and we had 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.760 some opportunities that we've failed on and and so I 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:41.680 look at those I'm very critical of those areas, whether 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:44.040 it be the play called, the design, whether it be execution, 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:47.840 whatever it is, Um, why didn't we get those those 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:50.439 either third downs or fourth downs? Because we need to 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:51.919 get better in the second half of the season on 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:54.439 third down as well. UM, so you know, I'm going 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:56.920 to maintain that aggressiveness. I think I think it sends 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.639 a message to the football team and uh, a lot 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.119 a lot of confidence in the guys. Um, whether we 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:04.480 get the fourth down or not, Um, you know we're 0:19:04.520 --> 0:19:06.640 gonna We're gonna maintain that that that style of play. 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:08.480 What is the message that you want to send to 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:10.359 the team. I just think that if they see it 0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:13.399 for me that I'm aggressive. Um, it shows trust in 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:16.480 the guys. It shows confidence in the guys, especially offensively. 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:19.440 And then and then second, if if we don't get 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:21.880 it and we're you know, like the game the other day, 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:23.960 if we can stop them and make them punt, then 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:27.320 then then field position becomes very important. So it's just 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:30.280 it's just a confidence message that, uh, that the guys 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:34.080 can feel that you believe in them, right, so one percent, 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:36.560 one hundred percent that that uh, you know, I got 0:19:36.560 --> 0:19:39.520 all the confidence in the world. Believe in one the offense, 0:19:39.560 --> 0:19:43.160 believe in the defense, special teams. But uh yeah, we're 0:19:43.160 --> 0:19:45.000 gonna we're gonna down the road, we're gonna make more 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:47.520 of those than than we're not Doug. The Atlanta Falcons 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:49.199 come to town on Sunday. Tell me a little bit 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:51.880 about that football team. We know, the explosive offense. They've 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:55.280 turned their season around here. They are just dynamic offensively. 0:19:55.520 --> 0:19:57.879 What do you see from them? You just hit it. 0:19:58.160 --> 0:19:59.560 I mean that's it in a nutshell. I mean the 0:19:59.840 --> 0:20:03.200 off eventually, the very explosive. Uh you know, Mattie Ice 0:20:03.320 --> 0:20:05.800 as they call him, is playing extremely well. He's coming 0:20:05.840 --> 0:20:08.680 back home, so he gets a little little little little 0:20:08.880 --> 0:20:12.399 welcome back to Philadelphia this weekend. And and defensively, I 0:20:12.440 --> 0:20:14.320 know they're young, you know, a little bit on defense, 0:20:14.600 --> 0:20:17.320 not a uh, not a big pressure team. You know. 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:19.639 Dan Quinn's got him, got him playing a lot like 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:21.719 he was, you know he had in Seattle and some 0:20:21.760 --> 0:20:23.680 of the some of the things you're you're seeing there. 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:26.960 So uh, it's just gonna be again again again. A 0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:30.240 game that we have to execute offensively. Uh. One of 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:32.560 those ball control type games. I think, and try to 0:20:32.560 --> 0:20:34.600 try to limit the amount of touches at their offense, 0:20:34.800 --> 0:20:37.679 uh has during his game. Doug Peterson one on one 0:20:37.720 --> 0:20:40.360 in studio here presented by Wahwa. Good look against the Falcons. 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:42.199 Let's start the second half of the season off the 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:53.920 right way. Celebrate the holidays with delicious Dunkin Coffee. 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