Speaker 1: The Eagles defense kept the team in the game for
Speaker 1: most of the evening thanks to the three interceptions, including
Speaker 1: that one there by Byron Maxwell, his first as a
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagle, but unfortunately it was not enough, as Eagles
Speaker 1: fell to the undefeated Panthers by a score of twenty
Speaker 1: seven to sixteen in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hello everyone, and
Speaker 1: welcome to the postgame show presented by Rico here on
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagle dot com Chris McPherson alongside former Eagles linebacker
Speaker 1: Ike Greece. Again, the Eagles fall to the Panthers twenty
Speaker 1: seven to sixteen. They are now three and four head
Speaker 1: to the biweek ike where you look at this game
Speaker 1: from an offensive standpoint, they couldn't move the ball on
Speaker 1: the red zone, they were able to capitalize on those opportunities,
Speaker 1: and then defensively they had the three turnovers. The three
Speaker 1: interceptions they are of Cam Newton, but they did allow
Speaker 1: over one hundred yards of Jonathan's two are on the ground,
Speaker 1: the first time they've allowed one hundred yards of rusher
Speaker 1: since the Frank Gore back in Week four of last season,
Speaker 1: so that streak is over. Nonetheless, though it was a
Speaker 1: good effort but just not good enough against a very
Speaker 1: hungry Panther's team at home. Yeah, and we knew it
Speaker 1: would be a defensive struggle here. There's I mean, listen
Speaker 1: to Carolina Panthers only given up eighteen points per game.
Speaker 1: It's difficult to score points against this defense. They'll give
Speaker 1: up yardage, but they just don't give up very many touchdowns,
Speaker 1: as was the case again here tonight. But the Eagles,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, they did what they needed to do
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball, which was take
Speaker 1: the ball away from Carolina, get your offense extra possessions,
Speaker 1: try to find a way to shorten the field for
Speaker 1: your offense. It really boiled down to not being effective
Speaker 1: in the red zone on the offensive side of the
Speaker 1: ball for the Eagles. But I thought the defense played
Speaker 1: extremely well tonight taking the ball away, which is something
Speaker 1: they need to do. Shortly, they give up a few
Speaker 1: yards in the running game. This is a difficult rushing
Speaker 1: attack to stop at times. But I thought taking the
Speaker 1: ball away was the key coming into the game. They
Speaker 1: were able to do that three times the night just
Speaker 1: didn't get any points of any touchdown, two field goals
Speaker 1: not a none. Now six points offer three turnovers, again
Speaker 1: not able to convert in the red zone. The Eagles
Speaker 1: got the one touchdown from Ryan Matthews, a sixty three
Speaker 1: yards score, the longest run of his career, and that
Speaker 1: seemed to give them a spark because Eagles had given
Speaker 1: up the touchdown to Mike Tilbert, his second touchdown of
Speaker 1: the game. In fact, he accounted for two of the
Speaker 1: three Panthers touchdown. Cam Newton had a rushing touchdown as well.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna hear from head coach Chip Kelly and
Speaker 1: quarterback Sam Bradford in just a little bit. First, we're
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Speaker 1: to the postgame show, presented by Rico Chris McPherson alongside
Speaker 1: former Eagles linebacker Ike Reason. We talked about the defense
Speaker 1: briefly there before the break, where you know they did
Speaker 1: allow one hundred yards on the ground over a hundred
Speaker 1: yards at Jonathan Stewart. Again, very difficult rushing attack to defend.
Speaker 1: The biggest thing that I liked was that they gave
Speaker 1: the offense a chance there in the fourth quarter, because
Speaker 1: that's the one of the things you wanted to see
Speaker 1: from this defense in the clutches. Could they come up
Speaker 1: with a key third down stop to give the offense
Speaker 1: one more possession with the ball, And they were able
Speaker 1: to do that. Unfortunately, offense just wasn't able to capitalize
Speaker 1: and there were some plays there to be had. You
Speaker 1: look at that one third down to Miles Austin, where
Speaker 1: some might say it was an Aaron throw by Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford a little bit off target, but to me, Miles Austin,
Speaker 1: you gotta make that play. And it's not just Miles Austin.
Speaker 1: There were guys across the board who were not able
Speaker 1: to come up with key receptions throughout the course of
Speaker 1: the game. Credit Carrol Line with some you know, big
Speaker 1: pass defenses, especially in the red zone late in the
Speaker 1: first half. You had the zach Ertz play where it
Speaker 1: could have been a touchdown, the window to him was
Speaker 1: cut up by Josh Norman. You had that one pass
Speaker 1: in the back of the end o to Jordan Matthews
Speaker 1: or he was forced out bounds. But still to me, though,
Speaker 1: you know, you need someone to step up and make
Speaker 1: a play in the clutch for the Heels offense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: a difficult night for the wide receivers tonight. You know,
Speaker 1: it's been a tough season for them all year long,
Speaker 1: dropping passes, inconsistency with the quarterback at times, and tonight
Speaker 1: was the night where Sam Bradford appeared to be on
Speaker 1: his game, thrown with accuracy, thrown with velocity, just didn't
Speaker 1: have his guys come up with the catches for him
Speaker 1: when he needed him the most. And you know, you're
Speaker 1: gonna have the You're gonna have those type of nights.
Speaker 1: But this is just a maturation process that this passing
Speaker 1: game is still evolving. Losing Jason Peters certainly didn't help
Speaker 1: out the calls. Sam Bradford under durest for a good
Speaker 1: portion of the night, but off for the most part.
Speaker 1: He stood in there and he delivered the throws with
Speaker 1: preciseness and with decisiveness. It just got to have help
Speaker 1: from his receivers by pulling his passes in. It seems
Speaker 1: like when a guy is open, the passage is a
Speaker 1: little bit off target. But then when there's a tough
Speaker 1: throw to be made, Bradford throws it in there on
Speaker 1: the dime. The guys can't make the catch. It seems
Speaker 1: it's like frustrating thing or it's one or the other. Listen,
Speaker 1: the only time that I'll fought a quarterback want to
Speaker 1: throw is a little bit off is when he has
Speaker 1: a clean pocket. I mean that guy has four and
Speaker 1: five guys rushing at him. He has to read through
Speaker 1: a defense. It's very rare that he's going to get
Speaker 1: a clean pocket where he could just throw a ball
Speaker 1: with PenPoint accuracy. So you may get a ball a
Speaker 1: little off. As long as it's in your catch radius,
Speaker 1: you should bring it in. I mean, this is the
Speaker 1: National Football League and your receivers sometimes have to pick
Speaker 1: your quarterback up. And I thought tonight Sam Bradford stood
Speaker 1: in the pocket with confidence. I thought he threw the
Speaker 1: ball with velocity, and I just didn't think his receivers
Speaker 1: helped him out of enough. You know, tight ends. Zach
Speaker 1: Ertz did a nice job to night. Miles Austin early
Speaker 1: in the game was very good. Should have came up
Speaker 1: with that last row. With too many other guys just
Speaker 1: didn't help the quarterback out and he needed it tonight.
Speaker 1: Russian game, on the other hand, that was there for
Speaker 1: the Eagles and going into this matchup, but I thought
Speaker 1: that might have struggled a little bit with his stout.
Speaker 1: Caroline defense very good against both the run and the past.
Speaker 1: But that amazing defensive line yea KK short at the
Speaker 1: ANC Defensive Player of the Week. Luke Keickley and Thomas
Speaker 1: Davis were simply phenomenal tonight. Anytime the Eagles tried to
Speaker 1: go to the outside, Thomas Davis or Keickley, one of
Speaker 1: them was tracking the ball down, able to stop it,
Speaker 1: but still the Eagle stuck to the run even though
Speaker 1: they were trailing throughout the course of the game, and
Speaker 1: Murray on the inside zone was able to get his yards,
Speaker 1: and Matthews, even he had a big touchdown, was still
Speaker 1: effective on the outside. I was almost surprised we didn't
Speaker 1: see more of him to try to get to the
Speaker 1: edge tonight. Yeah. I think just the way the game
Speaker 1: sort of bomb played itself out, I thought. I I
Speaker 1: like the running game and the way they mixed both
Speaker 1: guys up pretty much throughout this game. You're talking about
Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy some yards rushing, obviously the big
Speaker 1: sixty plus yard for Ryan Matthews when you're throwing DeMarco Murray,
Speaker 1: who's a more pound guy, North South guy, physical, physical,
Speaker 1: bruising type of running back, and then you hit him
Speaker 1: with a nice change up with Ryan Matthew. Ryan Matthews,
Speaker 1: I think the Eagles or were getting exactly what they
Speaker 1: want the last three weeks in the running game. It's
Speaker 1: just that the game sort of got out of hand
Speaker 1: to the point where they had to throw the ball
Speaker 1: just a little bit more than they wanted to the night.
Speaker 1: But the running game was working all right, So we're
Speaker 1: actually gonna break down the all twin two of two
Speaker 1: of Matthews runs, including the touchdown. They'll be done by
Speaker 1: NFL Film senior producer Greg Cosell. A little bit later
Speaker 1: in the show, we're waiting to hear from the head coach,
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly. We also hear from quarterback Sam Bradford. I
Speaker 1: am breathing a little bit of a side of relief.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you're like, we don't know the
Speaker 1: severity of Jason Pierce injury, who was not able to
Speaker 1: finish the game after egg in the first half due
Speaker 1: to the lower back injury. But I think everyone saw
Speaker 1: him go down, not be able to put any weight
Speaker 1: on his legs, and they thought that it was a
Speaker 1: severe achilles maybe which he had injured a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago, something to that nature. So it was somewhat
Speaker 1: good news here that was a back injury. I thought
Speaker 1: the offensive line did a pretty good job. Matt Tobin
Speaker 1: went over to left tackle and for the most part
Speaker 1: did a good job until that final drive or Jared
Speaker 1: Allen had the two sacks, and to me, I'm thinking
Speaker 1: I thought Jared Allen was done. I thought that he
Speaker 1: wasn't able to produce anymore. He was required recently in
Speaker 1: the trade from Chicago because he wasn't as fit as
Speaker 1: they were going from a four three to a three
Speaker 1: to four scheme. Carolina losing Charles Johnson to the year
Speaker 1: due to injury. Greg Hardy is obviously at Dallas Cowboy.
Speaker 1: Now they need someone to come off the edge, and
Speaker 1: Jared Allen was able to give him that little bit
Speaker 1: of a pass rush tonight, especially when he consider in
Speaker 1: the clutch situations that happened in Yeah, you those final
Speaker 1: two drives for the Carolina Panther defenses, which is what
Speaker 1: they wanted. They knew the Eagles weren't going to run
Speaker 1: the ball at all on those drives, and the defensive
Speaker 1: line can just pin in their ears back and basically
Speaker 1: just get out to Sam Bradford and nest with Jared Allen,
Speaker 1: who's a borderline Hall of Fame defensive in. I mean,
Speaker 1: you think about the amount of probos he's made, the
Speaker 1: double digit sacks seasons he's had. That old dog can
Speaker 1: still hunt, and when you put him in a position
Speaker 1: where all he has to do is rush the passer,
Speaker 1: like those final two drives, he's gonna take advantage of
Speaker 1: a guy like Matt Tobin who doesn't have a lot
Speaker 1: of experience out there and left tackle putting a difficult
Speaker 1: position having to go in there and play for Jason Peters. So,
Speaker 1: you know, but I thought for the most part, Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford had time to throw the ball prior to those
Speaker 1: final drives. It's just that when you become sort of
Speaker 1: predictable on offense like they were for those final two drives,
Speaker 1: where Carolina knew they had to throw the ball, and
Speaker 1: makes it a little more difficult for a young, inexperienced
Speaker 1: group to really pass protect when those guys are just
Speaker 1: basically throwing fastballs that you're everywhere. So when you look
Speaker 1: at this team three and four go into the buy,
Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing is the self inflicted wounds.
Speaker 1: That's something that Chip Kelly has talked about time after
Speaker 1: time again. Some key penalties throughout the course of the game.
Speaker 1: He saw some along with the offensive line. Lane Johnson
Speaker 1: had one on a third down conversion, Jason Kelsey had
Speaker 1: some upfront that you know, they were able not able
Speaker 1: to really force any penalties, or what I mean is
Speaker 1: Carolina didn't actually commit a penalty until late in the
Speaker 1: first half. It was Jordan Matthews was able to get
Speaker 1: the past interference. I got them in field goal range,
Speaker 1: but again they had to sell for three points and
Speaker 1: not score a touchdown. So as the Eagles going to
Speaker 1: the buy, I think one of the thing the coaches
Speaker 1: are going to look at is what can they do
Speaker 1: to reduce these self inflicted wounds, so to speak. How
Speaker 1: can they clean up some of these mistakes, because they're
Speaker 1: just not a good enough team at this point to
Speaker 1: be able to overcome these type of mistakes, especially in
Speaker 1: a road game, an atmosphere as hyped as it was
Speaker 1: in Carolina tonight. Yeah, but it's got to be frustrating, Chris.
Speaker 1: You know, for this coaching staff and after these players,
Speaker 1: you know, much time and effort that they put in
Speaker 1: to getting ready for these games. You see the players there,
Speaker 1: and I'm speaking particularly on the offensive side of the
Speaker 1: football in the passing game. That's where this offense seems
Speaker 1: to have the most issues in the passing game, whether
Speaker 1: it's the quarterback ben erratic at times, or the wide
Speaker 1: receivers being inconsistent with catching the football. I look at
Speaker 1: this game to night, and I see plays that were
Speaker 1: wide open. I see play calls that were open. I
Speaker 1: mean there were receivers there. You got to catch the football,
Speaker 1: and are those are the things that will keep you
Speaker 1: up at night as a player and the coach. It's
Speaker 1: one thing if the play breakdowns and you never have
Speaker 1: a chance to execute the play. But when the play
Speaker 1: is executed all the way up to the point of
Speaker 1: you not catching the football, I mean, those are the
Speaker 1: type of things that to give you sleepless nights an
Speaker 1: extra week before they get a chance to come back
Speaker 1: and play. When they look at these first seven games
Speaker 1: of the season, particularly on the offensive side of the football,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of frustration on that side of the
Speaker 1: ball because again, the plays are there to be made.
Speaker 1: I mean they're there to be made. The players just
Speaker 1: had to start making. How frustrating is it for a
Speaker 1: team to go into the bye I'll loost like this.
Speaker 1: It's very frustrating. And believe me, I know a lot
Speaker 1: about losing before the bye week. I mean we lost
Speaker 1: a few games before. All right, we're saying it to
Speaker 1: Charlotte head coach of Kelly's press conference. I mean, I
Speaker 1: don't have an answer for why, but we did have
Speaker 1: too many for us to be successful. I thought the
Speaker 1: same through the ball, well, um, through with authority, Knight.
Speaker 1: But uh, you know the drops obviously you know, hurt,
Speaker 1: hurt big time. You know, we gotta get again an
Speaker 1: answer for that. Why don't mine matches only have one
Speaker 1: carry after again? Deuces running the rotation. We talked to
Speaker 1: him some of it. We were calling past place. He
Speaker 1: was in there for a few passes. Um, but again
Speaker 1: well I don't know the exact numbers. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: it was eighteen eighteen six to sixteen. Yeah, so that
Speaker 1: you have to take over the situation like that you
Speaker 1: have and then we had him in there. It was
Speaker 1: just a lot there was. He was playing in the
Speaker 1: third and fourth quarter. There were just pass plays called
Speaker 1: when he was in there. Soot on, you know, on
Speaker 1: the road undefeated, the votus, we feel like you still
Speaker 1: missed the opportunity for we do and not about making
Speaker 1: say we just missed an opportunity and won a football game,
Speaker 1: you know, and the self inflicted wounds, you know, the
Speaker 1: drops penalties, we had two procedural penalties. You know, we
Speaker 1: had to drive going. Then we get a hold, um,
Speaker 1: you know we hadn't pinned down inside. Uh, A little
Speaker 1: good punt haven't pinned down inside of the the twenty. But
Speaker 1: then we got a penalty on the on the punt.
Speaker 1: Unnecessary penalty on the punt, you know. And you can't
Speaker 1: do that against a good football team like Carolina and
Speaker 1: then expect to beat him, you know. So he looked
Speaker 1: at the drive. I look at the drops and the penalties.
Speaker 1: Right now, we've got to clean up. We lay Josh
Speaker 1: Josh health on the spin picks. It was a screen
Speaker 1: that wasn't a swing a screen. So when we missed
Speaker 1: a block at the point of attack, we knew they
Speaker 1: were gonna be a man coverage. If we get the
Speaker 1: first guy block, then we're bringing a couple of guys
Speaker 1: to block the guys that are covering Josh. So it
Speaker 1: wasn't the best play because if we get next kids
Speaker 1: shoot frustrating army starts for you, another starts half. Yeah. Again,
Speaker 1: like I said, we I go back to the drops
Speaker 1: and the penalties. I think other things that we have
Speaker 1: to clean up before we're gonna be a sucessful football team.
Speaker 1: Did you ever seen this from where he drops, it
Speaker 1: seems like a lot of different guys. I think there's again,
Speaker 1: there are a lot of different guys so it's not
Speaker 1: just one guy. You can say, hey, this is the
Speaker 1: reason it's happening, and there's now they're shared across the board.
Speaker 1: So because the free turnovers today, three turners to day,
Speaker 1: and I'd be able to convert them as many times. Touch. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we ended up and that's the thing we got. We
Speaker 1: talk about response after turnover, and we end up kicking
Speaker 1: two field goals instead of Um my defense did a
Speaker 1: good job of creating turnovers for us, but we got
Speaker 1: to turn those into seven not three. I'm sure you
Speaker 1: really wants but it looked pretty bad. He was being
Speaker 1: part at all. Yeah, that's what they said when I
Speaker 1: was on the field, and I don't know anything else
Speaker 1: besides that. I mean, I do think you all had
Speaker 1: a lot of warm after heem up. I thought they
Speaker 1: were okay. You know, there's a obviously at the end
Speaker 1: I gave up, you know, critical when we're throwing it.
Speaker 1: That's when two of those sacks came. But I thought
Speaker 1: they battled. Um. But I think some of the things
Speaker 1: that burned us in the old line is procedural penalties.
Speaker 1: We gotta get those taken care of. One of the
Speaker 1: times the guard missed on the tap Lane's going off
Speaker 1: of the tap, but the guard missed. Lane saw him
Speaker 1: move thanks to ball is going to be snapped. But
Speaker 1: we didn't hit the center so center as it snapped
Speaker 1: the ball. So I thought Sam did a nice job.
Speaker 1: I thought he threw the ball well. I thought he
Speaker 1: put the ball on people. We just got to catch
Speaker 1: it and help him out. We didn't back yeah, there
Speaker 1: was no yeah, and we need to point, you know,
Speaker 1: so you know at that point in time, you know,
Speaker 1: I wasn't thinking about punting it and pinning him down
Speaker 1: there and just he can hit from that distance. He
Speaker 1: just I mean it's a little bit on the edge. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, he hit one, miss one, So okay, we
Speaker 1: still in the same situation. Feel better better. I thought
Speaker 1: it was a really nice field today, no wind um,
Speaker 1: there was a little committed in the air. He kicked
Speaker 1: the ball really well and warm ups so we felt like,
Speaker 1: you know, in talking to fit, he felt comfortable with it.
Speaker 1: So they didn't do better against the run, Yeah, we didn't.
Speaker 1: We didn't do a good job against the run game.
Speaker 1: I thought that's one of the strengths of this defense.
Speaker 1: But we didn't do a good job and holding up
Speaker 1: against the run. Game. We knew coming into the game.
Speaker 1: They let the National Football League with thirty two USh
Speaker 1: attempts a game, and I think they had thirty three tonight. Um,
Speaker 1: you know in a couple of the draw that slide
Speaker 1: draw to Jonathan Early, you know for the big game
Speaker 1: hurt us and the reverse hurt us. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: those are two big ones that I think add to
Speaker 1: the statistics. But they we have to have contain on
Speaker 1: those plays and we got to be in our right gaps,
Speaker 1: in the right fit. So now I mean the reverse,
Speaker 1: but I mean, we just gotta stay home on the
Speaker 1: backside and we're not gonna make a playing on the
Speaker 1: front side. But um, I think that was the only
Speaker 1: play that we hadn't seen going in. But I mean
Speaker 1: everybody usually has a reverse in their offense. You can
Speaker 1: kind of another considered challenging on that play. Yeah, they
Speaker 1: told me when I asked them that that there was
Speaker 1: no they never saw the ball out and that when
Speaker 1: they got to the bottom of the pile that both
Speaker 1: players had the ball, so it was dual possession. It
Speaker 1: wasn't our guy had it at the end, but they
Speaker 1: had already told him he was down and that it
Speaker 1: was it was Carolina ball, so there was no way.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm talking to the officials, they said that
Speaker 1: there was a way that was going to be overturned.
Speaker 1: And again on that one, I didn't I want her
Speaker 1: to whistle him. You know, it was just kind of
Speaker 1: a scrumb pile and I don't know if us it
Speaker 1: was blowing, but we couldn't hear him from our sideline,
Speaker 1: so you couldn't tell when the momentum was stopped. You know,
Speaker 1: they said the momentum was stopped, and then that becomes
Speaker 1: I don't know if you can get that, And then
Speaker 1: from the people we had upstairs, they couldn't tell either,
Speaker 1: So a couple drops. No, I mean, I haven't found
Speaker 1: that in the past. I think hopefully some guys can
Speaker 1: step up and make a play after that, you know,
Speaker 1: I know they happened in a game. Obviously, everybody makes mistakes,
Speaker 1: so um, and I don't think it's a contagious things.
Speaker 1: But drive she hadn't really said or whatever big that
Speaker 1: was really neat. Yeah, it's something that it's you know
Speaker 1: that really the moment, we just gotta we gotta stop them.
Speaker 1: We gotta be better on that. On that on that
Speaker 1: first straw the first starve in the Giants game. Obviously
Speaker 1: we settled down after that and the first time tonight,
Speaker 1: you know we I thought they settled down a little
Speaker 1: bit after that. But I think obviously we gotta we
Speaker 1: had to come out of gates better playing ready to
Speaker 1: play more better than that. I have to look at
Speaker 1: the film. I just know I know it from my
Speaker 1: advantage point. I didn't really know what hit it in
Speaker 1: the hands, but I don't know if he would have
Speaker 1: been down in bounds or not, so I can't tell
Speaker 1: you that this or no you see there. I thought
Speaker 1: the ball hit him in the hands. It's on the
Speaker 1: far sideline, so I don't know exactly where if his
Speaker 1: feet were going to be in or anything. But I
Speaker 1: thought it was a pretty good throw. By saying don't
Speaker 1: I think it's fundamental since I still the tuck, I
Speaker 1: mean thinking sure we securely secure the catch, you know,
Speaker 1: before we're trying to run. I mean, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of different things to it, but it's just something you
Speaker 1: have to work on. It's no different than missing a
Speaker 1: block and missed up them with your feet. But um,
Speaker 1: obviously too many tonight against a really good football. Thank
Speaker 1: you all. Right, there's head coach Chip Kelly addressing the
Speaker 1: media in Charlotte following the egels twenty seven to sixteen
Speaker 1: loss to the Panthers, So kind of just recapping his
Speaker 1: press conference. Forcing turnovers, Eagles did a good job at
Speaker 1: three interceptions on Cam Newton. Panthers overall been good taking
Speaker 1: care of the football this season. Down on the run defense,
Speaker 1: that was their hallmark, their calling card come into this game.
Speaker 1: Mentioned Jonathan Stewart went over one hundred yards on the ground.
Speaker 1: They weren't able to stop them in some key points Offensively,
Speaker 1: the drops again another downer along with the penalties, but
Speaker 1: he was happy with the performance of Sam Bradford. Basically,
Speaker 1: I think getting to your point night that the players
Speaker 1: are there, it's the guys around him aren't making enough
Speaker 1: plays to help support him. Yeah, at least that was
Speaker 1: the case for no for this game. You Know, the
Speaker 1: thing about this offense this year, and the frustrating part
Speaker 1: is that it hasn't been the same issue weekend and
Speaker 1: week out. Week It was protection one weekest receivers catching
Speaker 1: the ball the next week. Is the quarterback being erratic
Speaker 1: at times, needing needing more time to be comfortable. It's
Speaker 1: just something different weekend and week out. But I thought
Speaker 1: Sam tonight, I thought Sam Tonight played well all right,
Speaker 1: So we're gonna send it back to Carolina to hear
Speaker 1: from the quarterback himself, Sam Bradford sat drops out there?
Speaker 1: What are you seeing with what was going on at
Speaker 1: different set? The drops? Um we talked about before that happened.
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, you know, we don't like to see them.
Speaker 1: You know, it's obviously not good for us, but they happen.
Speaker 1: You know, you just got to move on and keep going.
Speaker 1: You know, just because someone drops the ball. I don't
Speaker 1: lose any confidence in anyone out there. I've got confidence
Speaker 1: in everyone. You guys did some good things tonight, but
Speaker 1: not enough. But that's sort of some of this or
Speaker 1: the season. It's a little high, h Yeah. I mean
Speaker 1: I think inconsistencies probably the word that comes to mind. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, I think we've shown flashes in about every
Speaker 1: game of moving the ball and doing things well and
Speaker 1: um running the offense the way that we want to.
Speaker 1: But then there's other times, whether it be you know,
Speaker 1: a various assortment of self inflicted wounds. Um, we just
Speaker 1: kill ourselves and it just happens too often, Sam, your
Speaker 1: defense got some turnovers and you guys weren't really in
Speaker 1: with Catalytic getting touchdowns. How big is that? Not could
Speaker 1: touchdowns after a game, huge game like this. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: we knew it was gonna be a battle, and we
Speaker 1: knew it was going to come down to the fourth quarter. Obviously,
Speaker 1: if we could have converted you know, a couple of
Speaker 1: those field goals into touchdowns. Um, you know, the game
Speaker 1: might be a little bit different when you re Savers
Speaker 1: dropped the ball? Is it about it what you play
Speaker 1: the game? Is it ything? No? Are you on those
Speaker 1: drafts like that? You know, I think I'd have to
Speaker 1: go back and look at the tape. Um. I don't
Speaker 1: know if Justice J came out. Um. You know, we
Speaker 1: try to run our stuff, but obviously when you lose
Speaker 1: someone like JP, Um, you know, it affects what you're
Speaker 1: able to do. Same with these starts. I mean, for
Speaker 1: these seven games this year, do you guys have a
Speaker 1: word touchdown in diverse half? Even lost of bad which
Speaker 1: is actually guys, Um, it's definitely not helping us. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, we'd love to be able to come out
Speaker 1: and start fast, you know, put points on the board.
Speaker 1: But for whatever reason, you know, we seem to be
Speaker 1: hurting ourselves, um, you know, and not doing that. You
Speaker 1: get point what the issues are the things and say other,
Speaker 1: I mean other than it's the obviously drops. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: like I said a minute ago, I think there's a
Speaker 1: lot of different self inflicted wounds. Um. You know, whether
Speaker 1: it be a drop, a bad pass, a penalty, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, things that set us back, and we're not
Speaker 1: able to overcome those. What happened the problem, Well, they
Speaker 1: tackled us before we got the first down. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, we thought it was a good call. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not sure. I imagine coach out there
Speaker 1: were probably gonna heat us up and that we could
Speaker 1: get out there and get the ball in the perimeter quickly. Um.
Speaker 1: But you know they made a good play. You know,
Speaker 1: se linebackers were all over today. There weren't many shots
Speaker 1: down the field. Is that a matter of play calling?
Speaker 1: You're just you not liking what he saw. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: we kind of knew coming into this game that they
Speaker 1: wanted to keep everything in front of them. Um. So
Speaker 1: you know, I think our plan as a whole was
Speaker 1: to attack underneath Tonight, Ryan Matti down run kind of things.
Speaker 1: You know. Well, first of all, where did you see
Speaker 1: on that plane second ball? Did you think that will
Speaker 1: cut the bad? Yeah? Absolutely, it was a great run. Um,
Speaker 1: I mean he was moving out there. Yeah. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure anybody was that fast when he took off through
Speaker 1: that hole. But you know, it was a great run
Speaker 1: and I really felt like that was going to kind
Speaker 1: of get us jump started. Um. But I think it
Speaker 1: brought some energy, but we weren't able to capitalize. I
Speaker 1: think we got the ball back after a turnover, um
Speaker 1: the next possession, you know, and settle for a field goal.
Speaker 1: Have you seen enough bad at this team so far
Speaker 1: to know a him day that he will be hard
Speaker 1: good enough to they directed by league? Um. You know,
Speaker 1: I think when we play the way we're capable of,
Speaker 1: then yes, I feel like we're capable of beating anyone.
Speaker 1: But we have got to eliminate the mental errors. This
Speaker 1: help and flint good wounds. We've got to stop beating ourselves,
Speaker 1: you know. I think if we can stop beating ourselves,
Speaker 1: you know, and not have to beat only us but
Speaker 1: the other team. Um, you know, I think we'll be
Speaker 1: all right. Is a good time for a break, just
Speaker 1: sort of stop the set rolling downhill to take a
Speaker 1: step back. Yeah, I think so. Still frustrating that. Yes,
Speaker 1: all right, there's quarterback Sam Bradford addressing the media and
Speaker 1: Carolina following the team's twenty seven to sixteen loss at
Speaker 1: the hands of the Panthers. The Heals are now three
Speaker 1: and four. They sit tied for second place in the
Speaker 1: Anac East. As you saw on that schedule graphic there,
Speaker 1: they have the buy coming up coming up, and they
Speaker 1: have the two and four Dallas Cowboys who lost to
Speaker 1: the New York Giants today. Uh, they'll be at Dallas,
Speaker 1: so another tough MSCs matchup, But that's what they need
Speaker 1: to do to get things back on track and once
Speaker 1: again try to climb out of another hole that they've
Speaker 1: dug for themselves. So I'm actually gonna have a reason
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Speaker 1: like a little bit of optimism, go into the byway character.
Speaker 1: You don't seem like you're believing it. You don't seem
Speaker 1: like you'll lay it on you. So last year the
Speaker 1: Eagles beat up the Panthers on My Night Football. They
Speaker 1: were seven and two at that point, a blowout win.
Speaker 1: Mark Sanchez had a great star. He was remember he
Speaker 1: was off Iam Chief Steaks down South Phili. After the game,
Speaker 1: everyone was was happy. It can be the Panthers were demoralized, demolished.
Speaker 1: They came out of that game with a three six
Speaker 1: and one record. Well, which of the two teams end
Speaker 1: up making the playoffs? Hey, there's not only made the playoffs,
Speaker 1: they actually won a game, being the Arizona Cardinals before
Speaker 1: losing to Seattle Indivisional round of the playoffs. Now it
Speaker 1: doesn't mean that the Eagles will make the playoffs, but nonetheless,
Speaker 1: though the Eagles are in position the NFC East, no
Speaker 1: one is running away with it. They've already beaten the
Speaker 1: NFC East League giants at this point, so they're in
Speaker 1: the hunt. But certainly this was the type of game
Speaker 1: where you could have erased all the bad memories, the
Speaker 1: bad taste of that O and two start, the one
Speaker 1: and three start, gotten that all out of the way,
Speaker 1: and had good vibrations going into the break. The fresh
Speaker 1: rating about this loss going into the barweek is he
Speaker 1: thought the Eagles were starting to build a little bit
Speaker 1: more minium. You know, you knocked off the New Orleans
Speaker 1: Saints at home, you beat the Giants at home on
Speaker 1: Monday night. You figure if you get this game going
Speaker 1: into the bye week, you got a three game winning
Speaker 1: Street Cowboys coming after the bodye week, got a couple
Speaker 1: other winnable games after that Cowboy game. This looked like
Speaker 1: the Eagles had the opportunity to get to get some
Speaker 1: momentum going in their favor. And you know, it's it's
Speaker 1: a hiccup, it's a step backwards. But they get the
Speaker 1: bodye week, they have a very winnable game against the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys, albeit it's in Texas, so you gotta go
Speaker 1: down there and beat those guys. But they still won't
Speaker 1: have Romo and possibly Davis Bryan back for that game. Now,
Speaker 1: the Eagles need to clean their own house first and foremost,
Speaker 1: so you know, I know, we spent a lot of
Speaker 1: time looking at the nfcast and big picture wise, yes,
Speaker 1: the Eagles are still in it, but let's be frank,
Speaker 1: I mean seven to nine, eight and eight is that
Speaker 1: really a team going into the playoffs for anyone to
Speaker 1: be excited about. Of course, with the exciting that they
Speaker 1: get in there, but I mean eight and eight because
Speaker 1: you win this division doesn't get everybody pumped up. I mean,
Speaker 1: we need this team to go on about a three
Speaker 1: or four week run where they can put some wins together,
Speaker 1: playing their best football in the month of December heading
Speaker 1: into July. Just need to get all the little things
Speaker 1: ironed out over this bye week. What's gonna be that spark.
Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest question for this team. The
Speaker 1: defense has been great for the most part in the
Speaker 1: first part of the season, the first half up until
Speaker 1: his point. The run defense, i'll be tonight, you know,
Speaker 1: notwithstanding has been outstanding. Butcher Cox and Bey Logan very
Speaker 1: start up front. The back end of that defense, look,
Speaker 1: one of the biggest questions coming into this season was
Speaker 1: a safety position, and Malcolm Jenkins had the phenomenal diving interception.
Speaker 1: Walter Thurman has been outstanding as a starter alongside Jenkins.
Speaker 1: You look in the middle of that defense, they got
Speaker 1: Kendricks back tonight and he made some plays. You got
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks, the third round pick, who has been an
Speaker 1: absolute fine for the Eagles to this point of this season.
Speaker 1: Really in some ways, I think Great Cosell, who will
Speaker 1: hear from and just a little bits called him the
Speaker 1: savior of the defense because of all the injuries to Kendrick's,
Speaker 1: Kiko Alonso and even Demiko Ryans, who is not able
Speaker 1: to play tonight. So the Eagles have some great things
Speaker 1: going on defense. It's the offense where you say, okay,
Speaker 1: the offensive line started to gel, Well, Jason Pierce gets hurt. Well,
Speaker 1: you have some pieces on the perimeter. You know, obviously
Speaker 1: Nelson Agilore has been hurt, but you need Jordan Matthews
Speaker 1: to clean up the catches, you need Miles Austin to
Speaker 1: clean up the drop issue. There the running game that
Speaker 1: seems like that's gotten going, it's coming, that's come along.
Speaker 1: It's the passing game. So the passing out when you
Speaker 1: look at this, look at the running game. If the
Speaker 1: Eagles have going, I mean, and this is going to
Speaker 1: help the Eagles passing game, their play action, their rollouts,
Speaker 1: things of that nature. I mean, Ryan Matthews and DeMarco
Speaker 1: Murray along with Darren Sprows. They're starting to get a
Speaker 1: little momentum going here. The offensive line is starting to
Speaker 1: block wellness, cohesiveness being built amongst those five guys up front.
Speaker 1: I know Jason Peters got banged up the night. Hopefully
Speaker 1: he's back in a couple of weeks. I like when
Speaker 1: I'm saying from the running game, I mean, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a tricky thing each week for Chip Kelly and
Speaker 1: Duke Stalley, the running backs coach to play that hot
Speaker 1: hand to feed whichever one of these running backs has
Speaker 1: it going. And I know DeMarco Murray's yards per average
Speaker 1: aren't they great for tonight? But I like the fact
Speaker 1: that you're able to give him the ball in between
Speaker 1: the tackles for those tough yards, and then you bring
Speaker 1: in Ryan Matthews and he's able to break the big
Speaker 1: one out there for you. So whichever guy who has
Speaker 1: the hot hand, I feel confident going with either guy.
Speaker 1: I just like the fact that the running part of
Speaker 1: the game is now being implemented into this offense. They
Speaker 1: just need to get the receiver and quarterback tandem together,
Speaker 1: get get those guys together the way they can catch
Speaker 1: the football and throw the football. All right, So, speaking
Speaker 1: of the run game, the big spark for the Eagles
Speaker 1: came in the third quarter. Ryan Matthews what up the
Speaker 1: middle for a sixty three yard touchdown. However, was that
Speaker 1: actually the design of the play. Let's bring an NFL
Speaker 1: Film senior producer Greg ho Sell, who breaks down the
Speaker 1: all twenty two of matthews career long touchdown run. The
Speaker 1: zone run game is critical to the Eagles offense, and
Speaker 1: their first touchdown against the Panthers came with outside zone,
Speaker 1: not inside zone, and it was Ryan Matthews. Matthews is
Speaker 1: looking to work outside here is why it's outside zone.
Speaker 1: But the way the play developed it became a different
Speaker 1: kind or run. Let's clear the screen and see what happens.
Speaker 1: So let it run right here, frees it. Look what happens.
Speaker 1: Great vision by Matthews, because what does he see? He
Speaker 1: sees Keekley the linebacker right here, flowing hard to the
Speaker 1: outside zone run action. So what does Matthews do? He
Speaker 1: cuts it back up inside. This requires patience and vision.
Speaker 1: Let's clear the screen and watch as Matthews takes it
Speaker 1: inside to empty space and now does a great job
Speaker 1: of making Kirk Colemans in space outruns Keekly. This was
Speaker 1: the Eagles first touchdown of the game, an outside zone run,
Speaker 1: beautifully executed by Ryan Matthews. Thank you very much, Greg,
Speaker 1: outstanding analysis and insight into that touchdown run. Ike some
Speaker 1: final thoughts, says the Eagles going to the bye with
Speaker 1: a three and four record. Well, you're almost at the
Speaker 1: halfway mark. A little disappointing sitting under five hundred and
Speaker 1: three and four right now. But you get the bye week,
Speaker 1: you get the month of November, favorable schedule, You're gonna
Speaker 1: get guys back healthy. I think the Eagles should look
Speaker 1: for a big second half. Sam Bradford, I saw signs
Speaker 1: the night of a guy who's starting to play with
Speaker 1: a lot of confidence. You from Washington play over the
Speaker 1: last couple of games. Had a tough interception night off
Speaker 1: the hands of Jordan Matthews. Really not Sam Bradford's fault
Speaker 1: on that play, but I liked what I saw out
Speaker 1: of Bradford the night. If he can can continue at
Speaker 1: the second half of the season, and these young receivers,
Speaker 1: including the Vechean's, the old dogs, Miles Austin and Roley
Speaker 1: Cooper whom we didn't hear from tonight, those guys need
Speaker 1: to step up in the second half so that Sam
Speaker 1: can continue to have confidence when he throws the ball
Speaker 1: out there, because the plays are there to be made.
Speaker 1: Certainly Cooper was active, didn't seem like he was out
Speaker 1: there a whole lot on the field tonight. Again, defense
Speaker 1: allowed great things to build upon the offense. I agree
Speaker 1: with you, Sam Bradford statting tall in the pocket in
Speaker 1: the face of that panther's pass rush, good decision making,
Speaker 1: encouraging signs there, and Chip Kelly saying that he liked
Speaker 1: waste off from Bradford. It's the guy's got to step
Speaker 1: up around him. So I think from a health standpoint,
Speaker 1: the buys coming at perfect time for the Eagles. You
Speaker 1: get Peters some rest, maybe Kiko Alonso, maybe he gets
Speaker 1: a little further along and he's able to come back.
Speaker 1: Damiko Ryans can come back as well, and then you
Speaker 1: have this team intact for the second half, which again
Speaker 1: the schedule sets up nicely for them. They get DALs,
Speaker 1: so they get an MC East revenge match right out
Speaker 1: of the bye. You get winnable games against Miami, Tampa Bay, Buffalo,
Speaker 1: Detroit for Thanksgiving, and then you get those three games
Speaker 1: in a row at home, so certainly it sets up nicely.
Speaker 1: And then the end the season with a back to
Speaker 1: back NFC East matchups with Washington and the New York
Speaker 1: Giants there in Week seventeen, so there's a lot of
Speaker 1: football left to be played in As we've seen from
Speaker 1: this team before you go back to the two thousand
Speaker 1: and sixth season, it was a game against Carolina Panthers.
Speaker 1: We highlight this during the Kickoff Show. It was a
Speaker 1: win over Carolina that sparked a five game win streak
Speaker 1: to end the regular season that propelled Jeff Garcian company
Speaker 1: into the playoffs, and they were able to win the
Speaker 1: wildcard round over the New York Giants. So that's gonna
Speaker 1: pretty much wrap it up for us here on the
Speaker 1: postgame Show presented by a Rico. Chip Kelly will address
Speaker 1: the media in his day after press conference at one
Speaker 1: pm on Monday, and an Eagles three sixty with Day
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Speaker 1: pm as we wrap up all of the day's news
Speaker 1: and nose so again. The Eagles fall to an unbeaten
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers by a score of twenty seven to sixteen.
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