Speaker 1: And thirty to sixteen. Year final score is the Eagles
Speaker 1: fall to the green Bay Packers in lambeau Field after
Speaker 1: starting three to nothing and then not able to get
Speaker 1: the lead after that, green Bay taking off, the Eagles
Speaker 1: making a push there but unable to get the job
Speaker 1: done against Aaron Rodgers in this Packers offense that was
Speaker 1: firing on all cylinders today. Thanks for joining us here
Speaker 1: on the postgame show presented by Rico, Amy Campbell, joined
Speaker 1: by Fran Duffy and Ike Greece. We have plenty to
Speaker 1: break down from this one today, guys, and of course
Speaker 1: what everyone's going to be talking about. Jalen Hurtz comes
Speaker 1: in in the third quarter and finishes out the game
Speaker 1: at quarterback for the Eagles. We will evaluate his performance.
Speaker 1: I'm sure everyone's going to be really interested to hear
Speaker 1: what Coach Peterson has to say when he is taking
Speaker 1: the podium. We will carry that live right here on
Speaker 1: this show. But guys, let's get into the big picture thoughts. Fran,
Speaker 1: what do you take away from this one? Yeah, I mean, look, obviously, look,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz has not played well, right, I mean, there's
Speaker 1: no getting around that. And the first part of this
Speaker 1: game the first half and change was more the same. Right,
Speaker 1: we saw a lot of sacks. It was just, you know,
Speaker 1: the offense just not being able to move the ball consistently.
Speaker 1: So the team offered, you know a little bit of
Speaker 1: a change up here, putting the rookie quarterback in to
Speaker 1: see what he can do. Look, he completed five of
Speaker 1: twelve attempts. He threw the pick there at the end.
Speaker 1: We did see him get rid of the football, We
Speaker 1: saw him create with his legs. So we saw some
Speaker 1: good things, we saw some bad. I'm interested to go
Speaker 1: back and watch the film tomorrow morning. Yeah, they're certainly
Speaker 1: going to be plenty of look at on that film. Mike,
Speaker 1: I want to come to you now same question. What
Speaker 1: are your overall thoughts as we will get into the details,
Speaker 1: but just big picture, what's your takeaway from this game? Well,
Speaker 1: just a tough game, I mean pretty much what we've
Speaker 1: watched this offense due since they returned from the boyweek.
Speaker 1: What is that three straight games? Four straight games? Now
Speaker 1: where the offense just seeing the struggle. Even though they
Speaker 1: came out on that open end drive and they were
Speaker 1: able to get three points, in fact of the matter
Speaker 1: is they weren't able to get seven points, and then
Speaker 1: the next time down you had a bad sack take
Speaker 1: in there and where you were knocked out of field
Speaker 1: goal range, and from that point on you pretty much
Speaker 1: didn't have anything going on that side of the football.
Speaker 1: I thought the defense held in there as best they
Speaker 1: could as long as they could. Aaron Rodgers did with
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers typically does, which is fine, DeVante Adams which
Speaker 1: is fine. His open receivers. He's arguably the best thrower
Speaker 1: of the football that the game has ever seen. And
Speaker 1: when you don't get pressure on Aaron Rodgers, he's gonna
Speaker 1: make you pay. And that's what you saw. You saw
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers pretty much have control of this
Speaker 1: game until late in that fourth quarter, midway through the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, where Jalen Hurts was inserted into the game
Speaker 1: for the first time and he was able to provide
Speaker 1: a spark with some off scheduled plays. He'd been able
Speaker 1: to use his legs and athleticism. And then you saw
Speaker 1: Raider with a nice pump returning for a touchdown. But
Speaker 1: just too little, too late in that game, and this
Speaker 1: game really boiled down to another slow start and the
Speaker 1: inability of the offense. It's really to get anything going
Speaker 1: early in this game, and I would say seventy seven
Speaker 1: yard return for a touchdown for the rookie wide receiver
Speaker 1: Jalen Rigger. There, let's go over to Dave Spadero now,
Speaker 1: and Dave look a lot to be taken from this game.
Speaker 1: Of course, the Jalen Hurts storyline is going to be
Speaker 1: something probably people are talking about all week. But we
Speaker 1: saw Aaron Rodgers in this Packers offense do what they do,
Speaker 1: continue to be explosive. They score thirty points, they dominate
Speaker 1: almost every category, more than four hundred yards of offense.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers scores his four hundred touchdown pass DeVante Adams
Speaker 1: two touchdowns, more than one hundred yards for him. What
Speaker 1: are your what's kind of your big takeaway from this one?
Speaker 1: It's about Jalen Hurts. It's about the quarterback situation, Eagles
Speaker 1: defense four man rush. I wanted to see more pressure.
Speaker 1: I want to see mix him up a little bit.
Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz decided to instead play coverage and that was
Speaker 1: a tough call. I mean, it's very difficult to do
Speaker 1: anything against Aaron Rodgers, But to me, it was so
Speaker 1: noticeable when Jalen Hurts win in the game. The energy level,
Speaker 1: the speed, the tempo of this football team, not only
Speaker 1: on offense, defense, special teams. Everybody just seemed to play
Speaker 1: with more energy. And the throw he made to Greg
Speaker 1: Ward for the touchdown fourth and eighteen, rolling away from
Speaker 1: pressure for a rookie in that situation, that's an exceptional throw.
Speaker 1: That's an exceptional play. Cool got the ball out there,
Speaker 1: nice arm strength. I don't know what is going to
Speaker 1: happen here. I am not speaking for the Philadelphia Eagles here,
Speaker 1: but I would be very surprised if Jalen Hurts is
Speaker 1: not the starter next week against the New Orleans Saints.
Speaker 1: The Giants won today in Seattle, big upset for them.
Speaker 1: They have a game and a half lead on the Eagles.
Speaker 1: It's not about the division right now, okay, It's about
Speaker 1: who's given you the best chance at quarterback. It's Jalen Hurts.
Speaker 1: After watching Carson Wentz struggle yet again, I think it's
Speaker 1: time to give the kid a chance. See what you
Speaker 1: can do with a week of preparation agains the Saints again.
Speaker 1: That is my opinion. We'll see what Doug Peterson says.
Speaker 1: He may be noncommittal after the game. But it was
Speaker 1: the big takeaway from me was how clear it was
Speaker 1: the level of energy that picked up around this football
Speaker 1: team when Jalen Hurts came into the game. Dave, I'm
Speaker 1: interested to just kind of get your thoughts. I mean,
Speaker 1: you kind of just laid out there how you feel
Speaker 1: about how this could go over the course of the
Speaker 1: next few days. I mean, we're all gonna be staying
Speaker 1: tuned to listen to what Doug Peterson says after this game.
Speaker 1: I'll be interested to see if that, you know, does
Speaker 1: kind of change for tomorrow. As you said, you know,
Speaker 1: might be not committal, you know, right here in the moment,
Speaker 1: but we're all gonna be tuned, tod in listening right here,
Speaker 1: right here at philadelphiels dot com in a few minutes
Speaker 1: for when Doug Peterson speaks. Yeah, there's no doubt. And
Speaker 1: Fran it may be noncommittally, we're in the heat of
Speaker 1: the moment here. Doug is thinking about the loss, not
Speaker 1: about the future, not about the big picture. But I've
Speaker 1: been around here long enough to see quarterback changes. When
Speaker 1: is the right time, when is not the right time.
Speaker 1: We go back to two thousand and eight when Donovan
Speaker 1: McNatt was benched and then he came back in and
Speaker 1: played and played very well, but he wasn't in as
Speaker 1: long of a prolonged stretch of just poor play at
Speaker 1: the quarterback position Carson Wentz. We have to at some
Speaker 1: point here in the weeks to come the offseason talk
Speaker 1: about what has happened to him this season? How do
Speaker 1: you get him back for twenty twenty one. The Eagles
Speaker 1: certainly want to rehabilitate and bring out the very best
Speaker 1: in Carson Wentz. But for right now, you're not seeing that.
Speaker 1: And I'm not sure in a short week how you're
Speaker 1: going to see that unless you know, I don't know
Speaker 1: the answer. But all I know is this again, when
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts came into the game, it was a different feel.
Speaker 1: It was a different level of energy, it was a
Speaker 1: different level of tempo and the production. All of a sudden,
Speaker 1: receivers were open, Jalen Reager was open down the field,
Speaker 1: great Ward was open. The tight ends created separation. You
Speaker 1: just didn't see that for the last several weeks here
Speaker 1: with Carson Wentz at quarterback. Yeah. Day, I mean, obviously
Speaker 1: this is going to be the number one topic. You know,
Speaker 1: the Eagles fans have been certainly clamoring to get Jalen
Speaker 1: Hurts out there on the field and some sort of
Speaker 1: extensive action. This is the first time we've gotten a
Speaker 1: chance to watch him an extensive action. Now, as far
Speaker 1: as I'm concerned, this is a twenty to three game
Speaker 1: with nothing to lose. It was a long shot for
Speaker 1: him to win this game. He went out there and
Speaker 1: he provided a spark. He was able to move around
Speaker 1: and make some all schedule throws. I thought the same
Speaker 1: issues that playing Carson Wentz, Jalen Hurts saw some of
Speaker 1: those things. The big difference was Jalen Hursts certainly is
Speaker 1: a much better athlete at the quarterback position, and maybe
Speaker 1: that does give you a little bit of a spark.
Speaker 1: It's a different defense they're gonna be facing next week,
Speaker 1: arguably the best in Pro football with the New Orleans
Speaker 1: Saints the Eagles. Right now, the big question is what
Speaker 1: do you have at quarterback? And although it looked good
Speaker 1: for seven minutes out there, I think we still are
Speaker 1: a long way away from finding out who's the quarterback
Speaker 1: moving forward. But it was nice to see Jalen Hurts
Speaker 1: out there some extensive action. Wouldn't you say, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I agree with you, and I'm not getting big picture here.
Speaker 1: I'm in the heat of the moment too, looking at
Speaker 1: that game and figure it feeling like, hey it just
Speaker 1: if I'm in that locker room, Mike, I mean you
Speaker 1: take me into the locker. Okay, you're a player. You
Speaker 1: felt the difference out there when Jalen Hurts came into
Speaker 1: the game. What would your expectation be as a player?
Speaker 1: Would you would you just accept either quarterback? I'm sure?
Speaker 1: But it did you? Like, did it not feel different
Speaker 1: out there when when Jayalen went in? Yeah, no, no
Speaker 1: doubt about it. I mean you noticed it. You noticed it,
Speaker 1: and you're exactly right. He provided a different level of energy,
Speaker 1: a new spark, and players feed off of that. I
Speaker 1: mean players are human as well, and so when you
Speaker 1: get the guy in there with some fresh energy and
Speaker 1: he's giving you the opportunity to make place and then
Speaker 1: you see positive things happen, players respond to that. And
Speaker 1: immediately you saw the punk retire for a touchdown from
Speaker 1: Jalen Rager. Those things are real. But the big question
Speaker 1: is is that this coaching staff, starting with the head coach,
Speaker 1: is going to have to figure out is that something
Speaker 1: that just happened in a vacuum at the end of
Speaker 1: the game, where you got the Green Bay Packers who
Speaker 1: weren't prepared for Jalen Hurts, who are also playing a
Speaker 1: little bit of an umbrella defense because you got a
Speaker 1: twenty to three league. That's different than a guy being
Speaker 1: game planned for and having to be out there for
Speaker 1: an entire game. So for the players, you're certainly right.
Speaker 1: The energy was provided, the spark was providing. I'm just
Speaker 1: wondering is this sustainable for four quarters when you go
Speaker 1: out there against the New Orleans Saints next week? And
Speaker 1: that's understood, but I'll tell you this, if you are
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson, you have to take into account, right, like
Speaker 1: what's happened here through twelve games and what's happened to
Speaker 1: this offense with Carson wins. I mean, it's not you're
Speaker 1: also I get it. Look, the Saints are gonna whoever
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks, the Saints are gonna have a week to
Speaker 1: prepare for that quarterback. But the way that Carson has played,
Speaker 1: the way the offense has responded, that has to be
Speaker 1: taken into consideration. Also, Dave, what were your thoughts just
Speaker 1: on seeing Jayleen we talked about Jalen Reagor. Let's start
Speaker 1: Taylor Jalen Hurts. Let's talk about Jalen Reagor. What were
Speaker 1: your thoughts seeing him break when we saw the biggest
Speaker 1: play of his young career. Finally, you know, the big
Speaker 1: return game that the Eagles have just been unable to
Speaker 1: get anything going in the return game too. To see
Speaker 1: Jalen Reagor do that, you understand why the Eagles loved
Speaker 1: him so much in the draft as a return man
Speaker 1: getting down the field in the past game he was open,
Speaker 1: had a nice catch from Jalen Hurts. So very encouraging
Speaker 1: to see those two young players, the two Jalen's really
Speaker 1: step up in a moment where this the Eagles need energy.
Speaker 1: I mean, my gosh, where is this offense going? Where
Speaker 1: are they getting big plays? And a play like Jalen
Speaker 1: Ragor makes really goes a long way to boosting his confidence,
Speaker 1: to making him feel better, and to having him be
Speaker 1: more productive in the offense and on special team. So
Speaker 1: loved what I saw from Jalen Reagor, albeit in a
Speaker 1: losing cause. Well, Dave, as always, we appreciate your thoughts,
Speaker 1: We appreciate your insight and it will all be keeping
Speaker 1: a close eye on Coach Peterson's press conference coming up
Speaker 1: here in a little bit. Thanks so much for joining us.
Speaker 1: All right, guys, all right, I want to get back
Speaker 1: to you here with your takeaways. Let's get to the
Speaker 1: first thing that really stood out to you is a
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts related Well, no, it's it's it's actually Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz in the first team offense related. Obviously, Winch was
Speaker 1: the only one that the change happened when Jalen Hurts
Speaker 1: came in, But for basically three quarters the offense was
Speaker 1: lifeless out there, Unable to sustain drives, unable to protect
Speaker 1: the quarterback, and unable to get anything going even when
Speaker 1: they had a little bit of momentum. Like the first drive,
Speaker 1: you're only able to get three points out of the
Speaker 1: edge drive. And then you have a third and eleven
Speaker 1: and you're impacker territory and you're in field goal range,
Speaker 1: and you know, you dial up a play and there's
Speaker 1: a sack to where you're sacked out of field goal range.
Speaker 1: So you get nothing out of that, right, So it's
Speaker 1: just some of the same things that we've been seeing
Speaker 1: over the last before West the Eagles have come back
Speaker 1: from the bye week that the offense just failed to
Speaker 1: provide any type of energy plays out there, any type
Speaker 1: of big plays, and this game was hanging there in
Speaker 1: the balance, waiting for something to happen, and they couldn't
Speaker 1: get anything going. Where was the running game for the
Speaker 1: first two and a half quarters. Only nine rushing attempts
Speaker 1: in the first half. It's just like the I mean
Speaker 1: that first drive, I saw movement, I saw getting the
Speaker 1: quarterback outside the pocket, and after that it seemed like
Speaker 1: the offense was very redundant when you look at the
Speaker 1: sort of passing plays that were there. So just nothing
Speaker 1: there from a spark being provided from that offense for
Speaker 1: about three quarters. When we talked about that in the
Speaker 1: pregame show, the importance of not only starting fast, but
Speaker 1: also scoring points in the first half. The Packers one
Speaker 1: of the best teams in the NFL at first half points,
Speaker 1: the Eagles towards the bottom of the NFL and first
Speaker 1: half points. So you mentioned it. At halftime, it's fourteen
Speaker 1: to three, the Eagles trailing. The Eagles in their last
Speaker 1: four games have scored a total of twelve points in
Speaker 1: the first half, so continuing to be plagued by those
Speaker 1: slow starts there, even though we did see them come
Speaker 1: out and strike first, followed by or the defense also
Speaker 1: starting with the three and out, so you start to
Speaker 1: feel like, okay, they're putting it a little bit together
Speaker 1: on both sides here. But you mentioned only nine rushing
Speaker 1: attempts for Philadelphia in the first half as well, Fran,
Speaker 1: what did you see from the offense? It did really
Speaker 1: feel like there was you know, we have the first
Speaker 1: half plus a little bit of that third quarter to
Speaker 1: evaluate and then the Jalen Hurts coming in is a
Speaker 1: little bit of a different feel to the game, like
Speaker 1: Spuds talked about. But what did you see kind of
Speaker 1: early on there that I touched? I thought the first
Speaker 1: quarter was kind of the formula, right, I mean that
Speaker 1: was kind of the blueprint I feel like coming in
Speaker 1: because I mean I think Green Bay ran four plays
Speaker 1: or five plays in the first quarter. The Eagles were
Speaker 1: able to possess the football. They had the run game going.
Speaker 1: A lot of the throws for Carson Wentz were well defined,
Speaker 1: you know, you know, they moved the pocket a little bit,
Speaker 1: You had a couple of things going. You're able to
Speaker 1: move the football. You just couldn't finish drives, as I
Speaker 1: alluded to, so as they got behind the sticks that
Speaker 1: second drive where you know they had a penalty, now
Speaker 1: it's first and long, you have a little bit of
Speaker 1: a run play that now you're in second and long,
Speaker 1: and now you take two sacks in a row, the
Speaker 1: second one taking you out of field goal range. And
Speaker 1: after that it was all kind of fining that following
Speaker 1: that same script where they just could not move the
Speaker 1: ball with consistency, and that ultimately led to the change
Speaker 1: of quarterback. Well, and you talk about both of those
Speaker 1: sacks ran. The offensive line gave up seven sacks in
Speaker 1: this game. Doug Peterson threw Tracy wolf Signed, the sideline
Speaker 1: reporter for the game, did say that they were not
Speaker 1: all on the offensive line, They were not all on
Speaker 1: the quarterback. They were not there. You know that each one,
Speaker 1: of course, has a different blame to go around. But
Speaker 1: still seven sacks, four on Carson Wentz, three on Jalen Hurts.
Speaker 1: You're getting hit that many times. I think there's really
Speaker 1: only so much an offense can do. And look, we
Speaker 1: saw more injuries to the offensive line as well, Jason
Speaker 1: Peters going out with I believe it was a foot
Speaker 1: or an ankle injury. He's also been banged up this
Speaker 1: season and just continuing to just rotate different bodies and
Speaker 1: on that offensive line. I mean that has to take
Speaker 1: a toll on an offense after a season like this,
Speaker 1: wouldn't you say so? Fran Absolutely. I mean it's more
Speaker 1: of the same. It's the same thing we've been saying.
Speaker 1: It's been eleven different combinations to start twelve different games.
Speaker 1: Who knows, maybe it'll be at twelve to start thirteen
Speaker 1: games start next week. I guess we'll wait to find out. Well,
Speaker 1: there is no team in the NFL that is dealing
Speaker 1: with that kind of injuries to a unit that is
Speaker 1: that important, So it should not be something that is
Speaker 1: overlooked in these conversations when we talk about the struggling offense.
Speaker 1: All right, Mike, what else stood out to you from
Speaker 1: this one? Well, now we can get to the hot
Speaker 1: topic of the game, and that's the Jalen Hurts effect
Speaker 1: and what he had on this offense and provide a
Speaker 1: little bit of excitement for Eagle fans and his teammates
Speaker 1: the last quarter or so of this game. Now, a
Speaker 1: great thing about being a backup quarterback when you're coming
Speaker 1: in and the game that seemingly already decided is that
Speaker 1: you don't have any pressure on you. You can go
Speaker 1: out there and just perform, just play relaxed. This was
Speaker 1: his first extensive action. This was like a preseason game
Speaker 1: for Jalen Hursts, with the exception the nation was watching,
Speaker 1: and I thought he conducted himself very well out there listening.
Speaker 1: Everything wasn't perfect, that's to be expected in his first
Speaker 1: extensive action. But the one thing I liked about what
Speaker 1: I saw from Jalen Hurts is that there seemed to
Speaker 1: be a calm, a calmness about his game. He didn't
Speaker 1: seem for nedick out there, even when he was under
Speaker 1: the rest, even when the pocket was collapsing around him,
Speaker 1: he didn't seem as if he was panicking. And he
Speaker 1: was able to find some of those escape routes and
Speaker 1: in extend some plays and pick up the first down.
Speaker 1: And we obviously know his first touchdown pass of his
Speaker 1: career was a nice job by him stepping up into
Speaker 1: the pocket, escaping to the right, using that athleticism, but
Speaker 1: more importantly, keeping his eyes down. It's fourth and eighteen.
Speaker 1: He knows it doesn't make any sense for him to
Speaker 1: take off. So there is the intelligence that he has
Speaker 1: at the position to understand to keep his eyes down
Speaker 1: the field and he's able to find Greg Ward going
Speaker 1: through that zone and he's able to drop a dime
Speaker 1: on him for a touchdown. You gotta like what you
Speaker 1: saw from Jalen Hurts, and this first extended action as
Speaker 1: a pro football player a lot to learn from. And
Speaker 1: I guarantee that the Eagles coaching staff they feel good
Speaker 1: because now they have something that they have what we
Speaker 1: call teaching tape. There's enough, there's enough plays there that
Speaker 1: now they can get a real gauge or a somewhat
Speaker 1: better gauge of some of the things he can do
Speaker 1: and some of the things that he can't do. But
Speaker 1: you also know he also had to deal with what
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz has been dealing with for twelve weeks, which
Speaker 1: is the protection isn't gonna hold up, and you better
Speaker 1: be able to make some plays with your legs. He
Speaker 1: was sacked three times and just some quarter, just a
Speaker 1: little bit over a quarter. He was sacked three times
Speaker 1: in this game, went sacked four times. But I still
Speaker 1: like what I saw from Jalen Hurts out there tonight. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's a great point about the poise, and
Speaker 1: what impressed me most about him was that touchdown pass
Speaker 1: on fourth and eighteen, especially after you get the OPI
Speaker 1: on all Shan Jeffrey there to be able to just
Speaker 1: erase that from your the short term memory. Shake it off.
Speaker 1: Fourth and eighteen, just escaping the pressure, super poise, super
Speaker 1: calm touchdown pass to Greg Ward. I thought that that
Speaker 1: calmness from a rookie quarterback in his you know, in
Speaker 1: his rookie year, big time at lambeau Field against the
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers, to get your first passing touchdown. I
Speaker 1: really liked the poise and the column, especially again after
Speaker 1: that penalty that was called the OPI just to play
Speaker 1: before that, Fran, what did you think about hurts his performance?
Speaker 1: And I know you're gonna look at the tape, but
Speaker 1: what are some of the things that stood out to
Speaker 1: you so far? Yeah, and a lot of things that
Speaker 1: I hit on right. And we saw some good, we
Speaker 1: saw some bad, We saw some sacks, We saw the
Speaker 1: inner reception. We saw him kind of run around and
Speaker 1: be able to make plays that can work for you,
Speaker 1: as we've seen with Carson Wentz, that can work for you.
Speaker 1: Or that can work against you at times. He was
Speaker 1: able to move the chains a number of times, both
Speaker 1: with his arm and with his legs, which is certainly
Speaker 1: a positive. You'd like the unflappable mentality with him, and
Speaker 1: you know that he was not hurt by what was
Speaker 1: happening around him from the penalties and things of that nature.
Speaker 1: That certainly is a good sign. It's gonna be a
Speaker 1: plenty that they're gonna be able to evaluate. It's it's
Speaker 1: good to be able to see practice film and get
Speaker 1: those kind of reps. But now they've got some meaningful
Speaker 1: snaps here in game action of him playing quarterback that
Speaker 1: they can go back and sit with him and go
Speaker 1: through the film. He can talk through that with his
Speaker 1: teammates as well, so all of that is good for
Speaker 1: his development. What did you see, friend at first look
Speaker 1: on the Greg Ward touchdown? Yeah, I mean I can't.
Speaker 1: You couldn't really see how the routes developed around it,
Speaker 1: So it's tough for me to really say you couldn't
Speaker 1: really see the coverage. We didn't see a great great
Speaker 1: replay of it, but certainly just his ability to step
Speaker 1: up with his eyes down field and then make the throw,
Speaker 1: you know, throw to an area and let Greg if
Speaker 1: word go get it. That's a lot of good there,
Speaker 1: you know, to see on that play. I do want
Speaker 1: to be able to see the All twenty two and
Speaker 1: get a sense of the coverage and the route concept
Speaker 1: and things of that nature. But uh, yeah, from what
Speaker 1: we saw on TV, look pretty good. Well. I think
Speaker 1: one thing with Jalen Hurts and even especially that quarterback room,
Speaker 1: it's it's been a room here in Philadelphia where these
Speaker 1: guys are so supportive of each other. I mean even
Speaker 1: back when Nick Foles was here, and just all of
Speaker 1: the different dynamics and all of the storylines that have
Speaker 1: happened in this quarterback room, these guys are so supportive
Speaker 1: of each other, and I think it's really interesting. We're
Speaker 1: going to see how this develops in the coming weeks
Speaker 1: with Carson Wentz and with Jalen Hurts. But just what
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts went through in college losing his job to
Speaker 1: to a tongue of VLOA not saying that's what's happening here,
Speaker 1: but somebody who really understands and can be supportive of
Speaker 1: a quarterback who may be going through some difficult things here.
Speaker 1: So I think that that could be a really interesting dynamic,
Speaker 1: a good support for the two of them to be
Speaker 1: supportive to each other. All right, let's get to your
Speaker 1: next takeaway one. I think we all should be excited
Speaker 1: about it. Our rookie first round draft pick, Jalen Rager,
Speaker 1: I mean, showed up in this game. I know it
Speaker 1: didn't happen until late in the game, but the reason
Speaker 1: why they drafted him in the first rounds because he
Speaker 1: had the ability to make big plays. So let's talk
Speaker 1: about the first play that he was able to make
Speaker 1: down the field when he hooked up with Jalen Hurts.
Speaker 1: You know, Jalen Hurst, he sees man and man coverage
Speaker 1: out there. Green Bay is bringing extra pressure. Corner out
Speaker 1: there does a terrible job of opening up his gate
Speaker 1: and Jalen Hurts, I mean, Jalen L. Ragor, give him credit.
Speaker 1: He's able to step on those dv's toes make him
Speaker 1: open up that gate, and then he can use that
Speaker 1: speed to stack him and get on top of him.
Speaker 1: And Jalen Hursts put a nice ball out there in
Speaker 1: front that Jalen Ragor could run under and catch. That
Speaker 1: was a beautiful thing to watch. We've been looking for
Speaker 1: that explosive play. Hadn't seen it since Week one against
Speaker 1: the Washington football team when he and Wentz hooked up.
Speaker 1: It was nice to see that. And then you saw
Speaker 1: him with the pump return. This is something that he
Speaker 1: also did at TCU, and he struggled with just being
Speaker 1: able to field punts, let alone make plays in the
Speaker 1: pump return game so far in his rookie season, So
Speaker 1: it was nice to see him catch that ball and
Speaker 1: get it to the house. It was a big play,
Speaker 1: got the Eagles back in the game within one score.
Speaker 1: That right there, two plays. It was an exhibits of
Speaker 1: where Ragor displayed why the Eagles were so excited when
Speaker 1: they drafted him in the first round, because he has
Speaker 1: the ability to make big plays. And he also had
Speaker 1: a reverse where he ran in for like eleven or
Speaker 1: twelve yards a day to pick up a first down.
Speaker 1: So he was one of the bright spots in this
Speaker 1: game where you said, Okay, now we're starting to see something.
Speaker 1: And that pump return obviously was his biggest player of
Speaker 1: the season, so it was nice to see that from
Speaker 1: Jalen Ragor. Yeah, that was a very exciting play. Of course,
Speaker 1: It's always really exciting when you see a punt return
Speaker 1: or kick return for a touchdown and something that we
Speaker 1: had kind of been wondering when we were going to
Speaker 1: get that moment from Jalen Ragor. Like you said, Ike,
Speaker 1: we saw him do it in college. That's what he
Speaker 1: was brought here to do. And of course he dealt
Speaker 1: with that injury. It has been kind of getting his
Speaker 1: legs back under him and something that we were kind
Speaker 1: of waiting for that moment, like we know he has
Speaker 1: it in him. Um, Frank, I must confess when I
Speaker 1: saw him drop that ball, at first, I thought, oh
Speaker 1: my gosh, like to me, the muff put muff kick return.
Speaker 1: I'm like, there's no excuse, catch the ball. Catch the ball.
Speaker 1: I get so mad when I see something like that.
Speaker 1: So I'm getting annoyed at him when I watched this,
Speaker 1: and then two seconds later he's my favorite guy on
Speaker 1: arts because he takes he takes into the house in
Speaker 1: a very exciting fashion. Um, So I thought it was
Speaker 1: really exciting. It was a time I missed watching the
Speaker 1: game in the presence of Ike Reese because I was
Speaker 1: kind of running around and pacing a little bit with
Speaker 1: the excitement on that one. But Frand, what did you
Speaker 1: think of ragor today. You might miss watching the game
Speaker 1: with like and that moments like that. My back does
Speaker 1: it does not miss that the bed like three different times.
Speaker 1: It was just on that one play that's being sent. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, it was great to be able to see
Speaker 1: Jalen you break that long one right. Just his ability
Speaker 1: to make those plays in the open field. You put
Speaker 1: that on display. Nice to see him track the football
Speaker 1: over the shoulder for that big play on third down
Speaker 1: on that catch from Jalen Hurts. Well played ball there
Speaker 1: by the rookie quarterback. Good to see those two guys
Speaker 1: hook up. But look, I mean we've seen Jalen Hurts
Speaker 1: in flashes here this year, going back as early as
Speaker 1: Week one with that deep ball down the right sideline.
Speaker 1: He got hurt midseason, He's trying to work his way back.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to kind of look at the full sample size.
Speaker 1: That'll be one of the first things I do this
Speaker 1: offseason is just go back and watch every single one
Speaker 1: of his touches on offense and really kind of get
Speaker 1: a sense of how he developed throughout his rookie year.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to do it, Excited to see what he
Speaker 1: could put on film. Over the next four weeks. So
Speaker 1: we've spent a lot of time talking about the offense.
Speaker 1: I do want to talk about the Eagles defense. I
Speaker 1: thought there were some really big, impressive stops and then
Speaker 1: there were also a lot of big plays. I mean,
Speaker 1: the Packers, like we said, at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: still did what they did. Scored their thirty points, which
Speaker 1: is pretty much close to their average. This is the
Speaker 1: highest scoring team in the NFL. Aaron Rodgers now for
Speaker 1: his four hundredth touchdown pass, which I think we all
Speaker 1: have to tip our hat to a guy who's having
Speaker 1: having a career like that. And then more than four
Speaker 1: hundred yards, Davante Adams again doing what he does more
Speaker 1: than a hundred yards, receiving two touchdowns, spreading the ball
Speaker 1: around to many different weapons. What did you Let's talk
Speaker 1: about the defensive performance. Like I said, some of those
Speaker 1: really big stops, but at the end of the day
Speaker 1: of the Packers were still able to kind of impose
Speaker 1: their will. Yeah, I thought the Eagles defense, for really
Speaker 1: the third week in a row, you know, kept kept
Speaker 1: the team in the game, right, I mean, I know
Speaker 1: it got to twenty to three, but this was one
Speaker 1: of those long fault games where you know, the Packers
Speaker 1: had to really work for every blade of grass that
Speaker 1: they got in the first half. I mean, anytime you
Speaker 1: make the Packers going to fourteen play drive, that's something
Speaker 1: that you know, you just got to tip your hat
Speaker 1: to their offense then, because they're able to just pick
Speaker 1: up third downs. But Davante Adams and Aaron Rodgers one
Speaker 1: of the most dangerous duos, if not the most dangerous
Speaker 1: duo and all of football, right up there with Pat
Speaker 1: Mahomes and Tyreek Hill. It's just hard to stop this offense.
Speaker 1: And you got to give Matt Lafloor a lot of
Speaker 1: credit for how the play designs are there. There's so
Speaker 1: much movement pre snap and even post snap, and it's
Speaker 1: misdirection that it's hard to keep up with these guys.
Speaker 1: And you watch that offense. Aaron Rodgers has a lot
Speaker 1: of easy throws. But I thought this defense did a
Speaker 1: nice job of making them one dimensional for the most part. Really,
Speaker 1: it wasn't until that backbreaking run from Aaron Jones that
Speaker 1: I thought the defense just ran out of gas. It's
Speaker 1: hard to sack Aaron Rodgers. He doesn't throw interceptions, so
Speaker 1: it's hard to get interceptions off of him. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's a guy who rarely makes mistakes, which means you're
Speaker 1: gonna have to play perfect football all game long, and
Speaker 1: that's difficult to do when you have as many weapons
Speaker 1: on the green Bay offense to stop. So I know,
Speaker 1: the Packers score thirty defense, I mean thirty points, And
Speaker 1: it sounds so crazy saying that the defense did an
Speaker 1: okay job today. But if I'm just going by how
Speaker 1: I felt watching them play today until that big run
Speaker 1: from Aaron Jones, I was kind of okay with how
Speaker 1: the defense played. I thought they did what as best
Speaker 1: they could. The Packers' offense had twenty three points until
Speaker 1: late in the fourth quarter, So I mean, to me,
Speaker 1: you got to be able to hold your head high
Speaker 1: after a performance after that like that. Well, and like
Speaker 1: I was gonna ask what happened on that Aaron Jones touchdown?
Speaker 1: Just like you said, that was a seventy seven yard run.
Speaker 1: Up until that point, the Eagles had managed to keep
Speaker 1: Green Bay pretty one dimensional. I think they had about
Speaker 1: seventy yards on the ground until that point. Now they're
Speaker 1: finishing with one hundred and forty nine, so the math
Speaker 1: is pretty close on that. After that seventy seven yard
Speaker 1: run from Aaron Jones. That seemed like they really had
Speaker 1: a hard time tackling him. You think that was just
Speaker 1: a matter of fatigue, Yeah, a little bit of that,
Speaker 1: Amy and fran And also, I mean at first clinics
Speaker 1: looked like we might have brought a run pressure, bringing
Speaker 1: an extra guy, and then you get one guy out
Speaker 1: of position, and that's what happened. You know, at that
Speaker 1: first level, you know Aaron Jones is in the open field,
Speaker 1: but now you got to bring him down. You know,
Speaker 1: after that, it's about will, It's about being able to
Speaker 1: get to him. It's one thing to give up a
Speaker 1: big play. That play shouldn't have been a seventy whatever
Speaker 1: it was yard touchdown run, but you could tell the
Speaker 1: pursuit wasn't there to bring him down and to get
Speaker 1: him on the ground. He had a convoy in front
Speaker 1: of him, he set up his blockers well in the
Speaker 1: open field, and he was able to get an end zone. Really,
Speaker 1: I thought it was probably the worst player of the
Speaker 1: game for the defense. One I mentioned the sacks Frand
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers sacked twice in this game by the Eagles
Speaker 1: defensive line. He had only been sacked eleven times this
Speaker 1: season leading up to that point. It was something that
Speaker 1: the Green Day has really improved on protecting Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1: And of course he also gets the ball out faster
Speaker 1: than ever and that really helps those sack numbers as well.
Speaker 1: But the Eagles defense, um, like I said, did a
Speaker 1: pretty good job putting pressure on him. What did you
Speaker 1: think of the defense's performance overall? Yeah, one of those
Speaker 1: sacks was he ran out of bounce, you know, behind
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. So you know you'll take that
Speaker 1: for sure if you're the Eagles defense. But I agree
Speaker 1: with like, look at the end of the day, if
Speaker 1: you can look at this, they had two drives of
Speaker 1: ninety plus right that went for touchdowns, And you said,
Speaker 1: all right, well you don't you don't want that. You
Speaker 1: like that, you're forcing them to have that. You don't
Speaker 1: like them finishing in the end zone there coming into
Speaker 1: the game, Aaron Rodgers twenty four touchdowns, no interceptions. Dave
Speaker 1: highlighted that on the Kickcoff Show. He comes out and
Speaker 1: he continues that kind of success down inside the twenty
Speaker 1: yard line. But that touchdown run Aaron Jones Amy, it
Speaker 1: goes to the key to the game. Right. They had
Speaker 1: the jet sweep on that play, the jet sweep action
Speaker 1: that got linebackers out of their gaffs. It just takes
Speaker 1: one guy to you know, not be in the right
Speaker 1: place and now you've got a guy off at the
Speaker 1: third level. And that's exactly what happened after that and
Speaker 1: Jones did the rest. So, you know, good scheming there
Speaker 1: by the Packers, good execution Aaron Rodgers, great talent, great scheme,
Speaker 1: great talent. It's great offense. That's what happens well. And
Speaker 1: I would also like to add my key to the
Speaker 1: game was whoever wins the turnover battle will win this game.
Speaker 1: And unfortunately that was the Packers. But we'll say plus
Speaker 1: one for Amy's key hitting. Another thing I want to
Speaker 1: talk about is the secondary we saw. We saw actually
Speaker 1: several injuries on this team, but Darius Slay being one
Speaker 1: of the big ones. We know that he had struggled
Speaker 1: this week with a cap injury. Throughout this week of
Speaker 1: practice he had been limited. He went out with that
Speaker 1: knee injury, really seemed to struggle with Davanta Adams a
Speaker 1: little bit. Now, of course, Davanta Adams is maybe the
Speaker 1: top receiver in the NFL, right now, and it did
Speaker 1: seem to me like Sleigh was hobbled a little bit.
Speaker 1: I'm curious like what your takeaway was from, first of all,
Speaker 1: how the secondary performed, but then also with Slagh going
Speaker 1: out and then Avanta Madis going out after a really
Speaker 1: nice pass breakup on Davanta Adams to stave the touchdown.
Speaker 1: They're just the limited secondary and the continuing to shuffle there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they struggled today, Amy, I mean it's tough. I mean
Speaker 1: Devantae Adams is a very difficult man to guard, whether
Speaker 1: it's man and man, whether it's own defense. He's probably
Speaker 1: other than DeAndre Hopkins. He's one of the best in
Speaker 1: the game and being able to go up and make
Speaker 1: contesting catches. He has strong hands. There are times when
Speaker 1: Darius Slay is in position to either get the right
Speaker 1: I actually I have to cut you off real quick
Speaker 1: because coach Doug Peterson is at the podium. Let's take
Speaker 1: a listen. Hey, coach, thanks for taking the time. We'll
Speaker 1: get started with Jimmy Kemski and then Ruben Frank or
Speaker 1: Ruben if you're ready to go ahead. Hey Duck, can
Speaker 1: you just talk about why you made the switch early
Speaker 1: in the third quarter. You're right there, just went into
Speaker 1: the decision and how hard it is to make that call. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, at the time, UM, I just felt like
Speaker 1: where we were as an offense, we needed a spark,
Speaker 1: you know, we needed we needed, uh um something to
Speaker 1: kind of kind of go our way. And and UM,
Speaker 1: so I decided to uh, you know, put Jalen in
Speaker 1: the game, I mean, and then and then to mcmannus, Hey,
Speaker 1: Doug Um al Sean now has two catches for fifteen
Speaker 1: yards and four games. Meanwhile, you know, Travis Folgan has
Speaker 1: been the most productive receiver on the team this year,
Speaker 1: So why is Alshan playing more than than Folgham, Um,
Speaker 1: I kind of been this through this before. UM, you know,
Speaker 1: we gained plan for both guys. Um, you know, and
Speaker 1: and we've got we've got to get you know, we
Speaker 1: we've got to improve as an offense. We've got to
Speaker 1: improve um obviously at uh at at all positions. You know,
Speaker 1: the receiver position, uh is one. UM I've got to
Speaker 1: improve and and uh so you know, UM, we try
Speaker 1: to get as many people in the game. We got
Speaker 1: five receivers that are active on game day and we
Speaker 1: try to use them all him and then Jeff McLean
Speaker 1: it Doug, who's gonna start a quarterback for you against
Speaker 1: the Saints? You know? Um, you know you guys listen,
Speaker 1: you gotta get let me get through this game. You know. Um,
Speaker 1: you just heard me say we needed to we needed
Speaker 1: to spark in this game to to try to get
Speaker 1: some things going. You know, there's uh, I've got to
Speaker 1: get through injuries, I got to get through the tape.
Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of a lot of things.
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna I'm gonna consider, um and and evaluate
Speaker 1: before um, you know, before anything's decided. But you know, look,
Speaker 1: opportunity arose and and um, you know, like I said,
Speaker 1: we just we just needed that opportunity to get get
Speaker 1: us back in a football game today. Um, and we
Speaker 1: came up short. Jeff and them Kristin Rodgers Dougs course,
Speaker 1: once his performance this season been affected by Jalen Hurts
Speaker 1: being behind him, has he been looking over his shoulder?
Speaker 1: You know? Jeff, Um, it's hard for me to answer
Speaker 1: that question because I'm you know, I'm not in I'm
Speaker 1: not in Carson's shoes, you know, But um, Carson's been
Speaker 1: obviously a professional about everything, you know, this season with
Speaker 1: Jalen helping Jalen. Um, so it's hard for me to
Speaker 1: answer that. Kristen, and then Dave's and Garrol. Hey, Doug,
Speaker 1: how would you evaluate Jalen Hurts his play from that
Speaker 1: third quarter on? Well, Um, you know again, I got
Speaker 1: to look at the tape and and and and and
Speaker 1: evaluate it. But um, you know he he did he
Speaker 1: did some good things. Um. You know, he used his
Speaker 1: legs when he had to. Um, made a made a
Speaker 1: really nice throw to Greg Ward. You know, got us,
Speaker 1: got us, got us back in his football game that
Speaker 1: we needed and that was the that was the spark
Speaker 1: to kind of get us back into this football game.
Speaker 1: But um, I'll have to really evaluate the film to
Speaker 1: decide how he played overall it. Doug to follow up
Speaker 1: on Jeff's question, I know you can't understand, you can't
Speaker 1: know what Carson is feeling internally, but as an organization,
Speaker 1: how much thought went into the Hurts pick from that
Speaker 1: aspect that it could have an adverse effect on your
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback. It's it's hard for me to sit up
Speaker 1: here after after a loss and go back to what
Speaker 1: I was thinking in April. Um, it's really hard for
Speaker 1: me to do that and UM, I told you this
Speaker 1: week that, UM, you know I was definitely on board
Speaker 1: with the with the pick. UM. I've told you that
Speaker 1: we always look at the position, quarterback position each year. UM,
Speaker 1: and we try to add you know, we try to
Speaker 1: add value and talent and that and that's you know
Speaker 1: you guys have been around me and and you know
Speaker 1: that that that you know, UH, every position we've got
Speaker 1: to try to if we can, if we can provide
Speaker 1: a starter at a position, or we can provide quality backups,
Speaker 1: that's what we gotta do. And and UM, you know
Speaker 1: that's what we did in this case. And John mc mullen,
Speaker 1: how did you deliver the news to both Jayalen and
Speaker 1: Carson and you were making the switch and what was
Speaker 1: their reaction and what was carson reaction after the game? UM,
Speaker 1: I just basically said Jalen was going in the next series. UM.
Speaker 1: Carson was professional on sideline, He helped Jyalen. He was excited,
Speaker 1: you know when we got the two touchdowns there, you know,
Speaker 1: one offensively, one on special teams. And UM, obviously Carson
Speaker 1: was very supportive and and and helped helped Jalen on
Speaker 1: the sideline as we were you know, as coaches trying
Speaker 1: to communicate with Jayalen on you know, the next series. So, um,
Speaker 1: I was it John and Zach Burman Hey on Jail
Speaker 1: and he kind of did give you that spark offensively,
Speaker 1: uh at least a little bit. How much does that
Speaker 1: pique your interest moving forward to see if I can
Speaker 1: get this guy first team reps and and practice, how
Speaker 1: much how much better possibly he could perform well, you
Speaker 1: know again without going back and or without looking you know,
Speaker 1: back at his his performance and evaluating that. Um, it's
Speaker 1: hard to it's hard, it's hard to say, but you know,
Speaker 1: for today, obviously you know gave us, uh gave us
Speaker 1: the spark we were looking for to get us, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, within within a touchdown of possibly pulling out
Speaker 1: this game, Zach and then Mike Ka, Hi dog. At
Speaker 1: the time you made the change, was the plan for
Speaker 1: jailing to finish the game, and then you've needed a
Speaker 1: spark before this week? What made this week different? Um?
Speaker 1: You know, I just I decided to keep Jay Lynn
Speaker 1: after his first series, uh, just to kind of uh
Speaker 1: you know, keep keep that, keep his momentum going and
Speaker 1: see if we could get something started. I didn't want
Speaker 1: him to just be you know, a couple of plays
Speaker 1: uh here here and there and and and pull him out.
Speaker 1: So that was the that was the decision. Um uh
Speaker 1: there you know with uh, you know, keeping him in
Speaker 1: the football game. What was the second part of your
Speaker 1: questions at yes, as as as far as as the
Speaker 1: fact that that that in past weeks you've also needed
Speaker 1: to spark. What made this week different? Oh yeah, well,
Speaker 1: you know you look at the whole thing and and listen,
Speaker 1: you know me and you know you know that, Uh,
Speaker 1: it's it's not necessarily about one guy each week, and
Speaker 1: and we've had we've had issues at other positions and
Speaker 1: we got to perform better at other positions. And I
Speaker 1: just felt that we needed that spark today. Um, whereas
Speaker 1: in the past, you know, um, I felt like it
Speaker 1: was maybe more so. Um it could have been injuries
Speaker 1: and other spots. It could have been the way other
Speaker 1: you know, positions have been playing. Not necessarily the quarterback's
Speaker 1: position at the time. We have time for two more,
Speaker 1: so we'll go Mike and then Martin Frank Doug Jalen
Speaker 1: Rager had the explicit return the punt game, had the
Speaker 1: explicit to play down the field. At this point, do
Speaker 1: you feel like you guys have figured out how to
Speaker 1: use him brought you know, not properly, but the best
Speaker 1: you can. At this point, I think we're on the
Speaker 1: right track. I think there's still more that we can
Speaker 1: we can do. I mean, you know, again, I've got
Speaker 1: to be smart on how much we give him. And
Speaker 1: we don't want to overload him either. I just still
Speaker 1: want him to be able to play free. And um,
Speaker 1: I was a heck of a heck of a punt return, um,
Speaker 1: you know today and he and I thought he for
Speaker 1: the most part, Um, gotta go back and evaluate the film,
Speaker 1: but it looked like he played, you know, pretty well offensively.
Speaker 1: So um, he was another bright spot tonight. Go ahead,
Speaker 1: Martine it doug. Um, how how would you evaluate Carson's
Speaker 1: play today? I mean, especially on the sacks, I mean,
Speaker 1: did you think he was holding on to the ball
Speaker 1: too long? And also, um, as far as as Hurts
Speaker 1: is concerned, I mean, how much of a factor when
Speaker 1: you're weighing, like, do you weigh at all where you
Speaker 1: guys stay in the division as to whether you stay
Speaker 1: with Hurts the rest of the season or next game?
Speaker 1: Even yeah, on the on the sacks, I gotta I
Speaker 1: gotta go back and look at the tape, see what,
Speaker 1: see what if there were any breakdowns or um, you know,
Speaker 1: if we could have gotten the ball out something of
Speaker 1: that nature. So I gotta take a look at that.
Speaker 1: But um, you know, I think, as crazy as it sounds, um,
Speaker 1: you know, we got it. We got four games left,
Speaker 1: and um you know, any anything as possible, you know. Um,
Speaker 1: we we just gotta we just gotta continue to work
Speaker 1: and and um gotta just fight each week and see
Speaker 1: see what happens here in the last last month of
Speaker 1: the season. Thanks for your time, coach. Okay, Coach answering
Speaker 1: a lot of questions about the choice to put Jalen
Speaker 1: Hurts in, and he said, look, we needed a spark,
Speaker 1: we needed something to kind of get things going and
Speaker 1: to kind of go our way, and that was the
Speaker 1: choice that he made. They're not commenting on what that
Speaker 1: means for the future. He's like, look, I have to
Speaker 1: get through this game. I need to look at the tape.
Speaker 1: I need to evaluate the play of both guys and
Speaker 1: the injuries, and we are actually going to send it
Speaker 1: back now to Green Bay. As Jalen Mills is at
Speaker 1: the podium, Hey, Jalen, thanks for time. We'll get started
Speaker 1: here with Marcus Hayes and then Chris Franklin. Hey, Jalen,
Speaker 1: can you explain? I think you shot the gap a
Speaker 1: gap on the left side on the touchdown run, But
Speaker 1: as the play unfolded, I didn't see you answer the frame.
Speaker 1: I saw Brett, not Brett far but Aaron Rodgers downfield blocking,
Speaker 1: and I was just wondering how and why you didn't
Speaker 1: get back in that play. Um, well, it was an
Speaker 1: opposite run on a on a blitz. Um the guy
Speaker 1: made Uh. I mean, I guess wherever the run was going.
Speaker 1: You know he shot the gap in. I mean he
Speaker 1: took out running like I don't. What is this? What
Speaker 1: is this question referring to? It's it's referring to your
Speaker 1: effort made on a play that sealed the game for
Speaker 1: the other team in which they were offensive line. One thing,
Speaker 1: one thing, listen, listen. One thing that you can't never
Speaker 1: question is my effort at all. You can never question
Speaker 1: my effort, regardless of whatever whatever, you can never question
Speaker 1: Jaylen Mills evert next next question, Chris and the next
Speaker 1: hero Kilan. What was the defensive reaction once Carson was benched,
Speaker 1: and who do you in quite curiously, who you feel
Speaker 1: should be the quarterback next week? UM. I actually didn't
Speaker 1: know that um Jalen was in to probably like the
Speaker 1: second or third series that he was in, just for
Speaker 1: the simple fact we was going over a lot of
Speaker 1: adjustments and different things like that on the sideline. UM.
Speaker 1: I mean, of course he was out there and making
Speaker 1: a couple of plays, and when you're talking about who
Speaker 1: should be the starter, I think that decision is to
Speaker 1: UM coach Doug and and everybody upstairs as far as
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinating things like that. So Nick and then
Speaker 1: at cross jail, that was gonna kind of be my question,
Speaker 1: but I'll just follow up with that and that do
Speaker 1: you think that the that when he did come in
Speaker 1: and you know, he was that touchdown pass on fourth down, UM,
Speaker 1: that it really sparked all three phases. Looked like the
Speaker 1: defense really responded, and then the special team's of course
Speaker 1: had to punt return. Yeah, you know, of course, no anytime, UM,
Speaker 1: we're giving ourselves a chance, you know, to to get
Speaker 1: back in the game or an opportunity to you know,
Speaker 1: maybe win the game. UM. Every everybody's going to be excited. UM.
Speaker 1: One thing I do know about this team, regardless of
Speaker 1: our record, regardless of um any score, whether we've won
Speaker 1: or lost the game. UM, we always fight to the end. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Hi ja when uh, just what did you see from
Speaker 1: Darius Slay uh tonight? Um? You know it looked like
Speaker 1: maybe the camp was bothering him a little bit. I mean,
Speaker 1: how do you think he did did tonight? Yeah? I
Speaker 1: mean when when you're talking about slave, you're talking about
Speaker 1: about a guy who you know, comes in work every
Speaker 1: day and then as far as this game goes, you know, um,
Speaker 1: he made some plays. And when you're going against a
Speaker 1: guy like DeVante Adams, that guy is top three, maybe
Speaker 1: top five receiver in his league. You know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: that's not an easy task. Um. Slay, you know he
Speaker 1: wears that hat, you know, uh, with with pride and
Speaker 1: respectfully and we know that. Um. But the end of
Speaker 1: the day, you know, I don't know, I don't know
Speaker 1: the injury. I didn't I didn't know what it was. UM.
Speaker 1: I hope it's nothing serious. Just hope you get one
Speaker 1: hundred percent different next week, lesson than Chris Murray. Hey, Jalen,
Speaker 1: how disappointing was it that when the hurts and Rigger
Speaker 1: got you guys within seven. You couldn't keep the score
Speaker 1: there for the offense, and it just looked like, you know,
Speaker 1: in a lot of ways, the worst game for the
Speaker 1: defense in a while. After a couple of good stops early,
Speaker 1: things kind of seemed to snowball. What did you see? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's definitely definitely a little frustrating, um, because we get
Speaker 1: to that point to where, like you said, we're right there,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, and UM, it's hard to
Speaker 1: win here. You know, it's hard to win, you know
Speaker 1: against that guy Aaron Rodgers. Um, we just got to
Speaker 1: find a way to make you know, one more play,
Speaker 1: one more play, you know, to try to get our
Speaker 1: offense on the field. No, one more time, UM, in
Speaker 1: the close score range and getting the opportunity to try
Speaker 1: the game. We have time for a morsel and get
Speaker 1: here on chriss. Yeah, how do you regard against the
Speaker 1: I did that maybe the season is kind of getting
Speaker 1: away from you or do you feel that the season
Speaker 1: is getting away from me? And and if and if
Speaker 1: that's the if not the case, how are you guys
Speaker 1: guarding against that? Yeah? Nah, at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: as crazy as it sounds. Um, we're still in a fight,
Speaker 1: you know. Um, we want to win games, of course,
Speaker 1: you know that's what you know, playing football is all about.
Speaker 1: That's what this league is all about, winning football games. Um.
Speaker 1: But like I said, as crazy as it sounds, we're
Speaker 1: still in it. Um kind of the message, uh twenty
Speaker 1: four hour rule. You know, we can't feel sorry for
Speaker 1: ourselves about this game, saying a most we almost did this,
Speaker 1: We almost did that. One play here, one played that.
Speaker 1: Um when we close eyes we wake up in the morning.
Speaker 1: We got to focus on the Saints because this is
Speaker 1: the team, UM, good on both you know, offense, defense
Speaker 1: and special teams, and they're gonna come in Philadelphia and
Speaker 1: they're gonna come in and try to win. Um, so
Speaker 1: we gotta know that. I can't feel sorry for ourselves.
Speaker 1: We get back to work. Yeah, thank you, Hey Carson,
Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time. We'll get started here with
Speaker 1: Daniel Gallen and then bo Wolf. Hey Carson, Hey Carson,
Speaker 1: what was your reaction on the sideline when h Doug
Speaker 1: put Jalen in the game. Um, And um, you know
Speaker 1: where do you think things go from here? For you? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I mean I didn't know what the plan was fully
Speaker 1: I was just told he was going in for the
Speaker 1: next play in next series, so I didn't really know
Speaker 1: what was going on there. But um, obviously that's that's
Speaker 1: frustrating as a competitor, and um, just the personality that
Speaker 1: I have. You know, I want to be the guy
Speaker 1: out there, but UM, you know, it is what it is,
Speaker 1: and you know they made the call to day and UM,
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, we lost. As a team,
Speaker 1: we lost, and that's what I think. For me, I'm
Speaker 1: most frustrated about. Um. You know, I don't like where
Speaker 1: we're at this season, um, record wise, and I know
Speaker 1: I can play better and we can all be better
Speaker 1: at going forward. But UM, yeah, I mean we we
Speaker 1: got to clean some things up. Bow and Pat Allen person,
Speaker 1: what did Doug said you after the game and what
Speaker 1: is your expectation for who will be the starter moving forward? Yeah,
Speaker 1: we haven't really talked yet, so we'll see what happens there. Um,
Speaker 1: at the end of day, it's it's outside of my control,
Speaker 1: trusting them with their plan, trusting God with his plan,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure we'll talk here pretty soon. Do you
Speaker 1: think you should be the starter? Listen, it's that's not
Speaker 1: for me. I know what I'm capable of. I know
Speaker 1: I can play better. I never have doubted myself or
Speaker 1: lost my confidence in my abilities. But um, you know,
Speaker 1: like I said, a lot of these things are outside
Speaker 1: of my control. Pat and Ron Moddy Carson, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: looking back at how the season has gone and hearing
Speaker 1: sort of the chatter that Jalen could take over for
Speaker 1: you at some point, is this something that you saw coming?
Speaker 1: Was it? Was it a shock to you? Yeah? I
Speaker 1: never like to think like that. Um. You know, obviously
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of chatter. I've had to, you know,
Speaker 1: feel a lot of questions, Um, you know, over the
Speaker 1: last handful of weeks. But I don't let my mind
Speaker 1: go there. At the end of the day, I'm a
Speaker 1: competitor and and when I'm out on that field, whether
Speaker 1: it's practice or a walkthrough or a game, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna leave it all on the field and do
Speaker 1: everything I can. And today that's what I did. You know.
Speaker 1: I didn't don't think I played my best, but I
Speaker 1: did everything I could and at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: I came out of the game. And that's that's not
Speaker 1: my call. Rob and then John McMahon, Carson, do you
Speaker 1: feel this organization puts you in a position to succeed
Speaker 1: this season? Listen, I mean We've had a lot of things,
Speaker 1: um this year, and you know, I know, first and foremost,
Speaker 1: I gotta be better. Um. I know, I've you know,
Speaker 1: I've watched the tape every single weekend and there's plays
Speaker 1: out there every week that I know I can. I
Speaker 1: can do better. I can get us into better situations,
Speaker 1: you know, be more accurate, all those things. Um, So
Speaker 1: I'm not the guy that's gonna point fingers or anything.
Speaker 1: You know. I know I can, I can play better,
Speaker 1: I can do better. I can help lead this team better.
Speaker 1: And I think we all can all can do the same.
Speaker 1: John and Jessica Versky Hey Carson. Douggan mentioned that accountability
Speaker 1: and you standing in front of the team last week
Speaker 1: and talking about that. Uh, how do you think your
Speaker 1: teammates took it? And and how is your relationship with
Speaker 1: Jillen Herrits. We don't get to see practice as much,
Speaker 1: but um, strange year. Yeah, I mean as far as
Speaker 1: accountability and all those things, I mean we you know,
Speaker 1: those those things are behind the closed doors, you know.
Speaker 1: I think it was it was good for everybody just
Speaker 1: to be on same page going forward, and UM, you know,
Speaker 1: take ownership of some things. But uh, as far as Jalen,
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's been a weird year. I mean
Speaker 1: you just mentioned it. It's been a strange year. We
Speaker 1: have virtual meetings and all sorts of things that, UM,
Speaker 1: developing relationships with with him and with everybody has has
Speaker 1: been very tough. But um, you know a lot of
Speaker 1: respect for him as a player, as a person, UM,
Speaker 1: and as a competitor, and UM, obviously that the relationship
Speaker 1: will grow over the year. Jessica verskin Za Carson obviously,
Speaker 1: you know everyone has seen you play better. You believe
Speaker 1: you can play better. The Eagles a couple of years
Speaker 1: ago looking for your time. But Donovan, you know, benched
Speaker 1: him for a game and just kind of almost cleared
Speaker 1: his head. Do you think you could benefit potentially at
Speaker 1: all for maybe just having a game off just to
Speaker 1: clear your head with just everything that has gone wrong
Speaker 1: with this team in this offense. I don't, Um, I
Speaker 1: know him personally, you know that's it's not in my DNA,
Speaker 1: it's not in my competitive nature. UM, so I feel
Speaker 1: you know, we all can play better. I can play better, um,
Speaker 1: and you know we got to turn it around h
Speaker 1: here real quick. If time fortune Worris will go Zach
Speaker 1: Berman and then Mike Kay, hey Carson, thanks for doing this,
Speaker 1: you said a few minutes ago, or you spoke about
Speaker 1: the questions you've been getting and the chatter that's around there.
Speaker 1: But really this has been going on since the Eagles
Speaker 1: drafted Jean. Um did did that pick or has that
Speaker 1: pick in the presence of Joan affected your performance this year? No? Uh,
Speaker 1: you know I'm not typed to worry about and then
Speaker 1: look over my shoulder or any of those things. You know,
Speaker 1: I think, Um, at the end of the day, I
Speaker 1: can play better weekend as a team and as an
Speaker 1: offense especially play better. UM. And you know there's always
Speaker 1: going to be different things going on UM in the
Speaker 1: building or different you know chatter and all that stuff.
Speaker 1: That's part of part of this business. And you know
Speaker 1: that's what you know. I think I've said a couple
Speaker 1: of times that's what I signed up for. UM. The scrutiny,
Speaker 1: you know, the challenges, the adversity, all of it. UM.
Speaker 1: I gotta handle it all, UM, the good, bad end,
Speaker 1: the ugly mink Carson, you guys wanted accountability. The leadership
Speaker 1: asked for accountability from Doug, him giving a play calling
Speaker 1: some of his play calling responsibilities and maybe sitting you
Speaker 1: for for the rest of the second half. Do you
Speaker 1: think that that sends a message to the rest of
Speaker 1: the locker room about accountability. Um, it's a great question
Speaker 1: as far as play calling and all that stuff. I'm
Speaker 1: not sure what what you mean exactly, but yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean we're all we're all trying to find ways to
Speaker 1: get this thing going in the right direction. And so um,
Speaker 1: coach as the leader of this team, and um, obviously
Speaker 1: he's got the final say, and I think we can
Speaker 1: all learn from this one and get going here pretty
Speaker 1: quickly and turn this thing around. Thanks for taking the time, Carson,
Speaker 1: Thank you guys. Hey, Jalen, thanks for taking the time.
Speaker 1: We'll get started here with Martin Frank and then less Bowen. So, Jalen,
Speaker 1: can you kind of just like talk us through Um
Speaker 1: you getting in there, did you know at the time
Speaker 1: that you would be in for the rest of the game,
Speaker 1: And what was the reaction, like, um, you know, just
Speaker 1: going throughout the game, like like every game, I was
Speaker 1: just trying to stay attentative to what's what was going on.
Speaker 1: UM stand alert for all the different adjustments we were
Speaker 1: making throughout the game, and UM my number was called
Speaker 1: and it was opportunity to go in there. Obviously we
Speaker 1: came up short, but UM we got a great opportunity
Speaker 1: this week moving forward, So UM, we're gonna be working
Speaker 1: really hard to to to twist this thing around less
Speaker 1: And then, Jalen, do you think you should be the
Speaker 1: starter against the Saints? And do you think you will be?
Speaker 1: I'm trying to do what I can do for this team.
Speaker 1: I think that's as simple as that. UM, working hard
Speaker 1: every day, putting my best before it, and I'm taking
Speaker 1: somebody with me. I'm trying to lead, and UM just
Speaker 1: just get this thing and write direction. So anything anything
Speaker 1: that can help this team. Did you think you should
Speaker 1: have gotten a chance before today? Anything that can help
Speaker 1: this team? Jeff and Chris Franklin. Jalen obviously coming in
Speaker 1: UH as a second round pick when there's a franchise
Speaker 1: quarterback here can be can create an awkward dynamic. And
Speaker 1: obviously not being at the facility all the time and
Speaker 1: having all the COVID restrictions have made it difficult. Um,
Speaker 1: what's Carson's How how was Carson's treaty juice? Since you've
Speaker 1: been drafted, I think I think it's been good. Um.
Speaker 1: I learned a lot of things from him. I'm sitting
Speaker 1: back and watching, you know, I think I think the
Speaker 1: bigger we lost this game today, you know, I think
Speaker 1: that irks everybody here. Um, every competitive we all have
Speaker 1: competitive spirits. M moving forward. We got a twenty four
Speaker 1: hour rule, you know, to to sit here and digest this,
Speaker 1: everything that's happened today here in Green Bay. And after
Speaker 1: that we moved forward. We moved forward. How that looks? No,
Speaker 1: that's that's a question for coach Chris and Tim mcmannus
Speaker 1: Yl you came in cold office, sideline, how would you
Speaker 1: assess your play today going against that Packers' defense? Not enough? Um?
Speaker 1: Not enough? Um, not enough? We lost the game? Tim
Speaker 1: and ed kraftz Jan can you take us through your
Speaker 1: first career touchdown paths? So what did you see? And
Speaker 1: you know, and how is that feeling for you? Um?
Speaker 1: I mean it's um, it was great. You know, on
Speaker 1: the bright side of things, I'm not gonna be Debbie
Speaker 1: Donner um right now, but it was a blessing. So
Speaker 1: it's a great feeling. Um, it's a great feeling. Get
Speaker 1: a get A get a third test on passed one
Speaker 1: of my good friends, great Ward, my first one. So um,
Speaker 1: that was fun. It was fun. Ed Kratz and Nick
Speaker 1: firo Jellen. It's it's been a while since you be
Speaker 1: able to kind of get a rhythm in the game.
Speaker 1: How did it feel to develop that rhythm, you know,
Speaker 1: playing several snaps? How beneficial was that for you? Um,
Speaker 1: any experience and any opportunity to test to feel, um,
Speaker 1: it only kind of raises the value of that player. Um.
Speaker 1: And it's kind of been that way all year, and UM,
Speaker 1: you know today coach gave me that opportunity. You know,
Speaker 1: with all my heart, I had every intention on coming
Speaker 1: in and getting it done and winning the game. But
Speaker 1: we came up short. And UM that that that only
Speaker 1: lights a fire and everybody you know, and everybody moving forward,
Speaker 1: whether how it looks, however it looks, the objective in
Speaker 1: this game is to win. So, UM, you gotta keep pushing,
Speaker 1: keep pushing, keep pushing, and believe Nick, hey, Joel and Um,
Speaker 1: when you did get in there and then you threw
Speaker 1: the touchdown, it seemed to spark like all three phases.
Speaker 1: You know, the defense did really well with the stop
Speaker 1: and then you get the punt return. How much do
Speaker 1: you take note of that and does that kind of
Speaker 1: give you a boost? Well? I think, uh, you create
Speaker 1: your energy and um, you know, as great as it was, well,
Speaker 1: it's great as a spark. That was the things that
Speaker 1: you know, that energy we had. Um from forward, it's
Speaker 1: about what we do more for moving forward. You know,
Speaker 1: I've always kind of had this saying I'm gonna buy
Speaker 1: so what now? What? Um? Regardless of whatever it is,
Speaker 1: how it looks, it's about how you respond. So, UM,
Speaker 1: I'm telling you we're gonna, We're gonna, We're gonna be working.
Speaker 1: I tell off, Um, you know, we're gonna find a way.
Speaker 1: We're gonna find a way. Everybody has it on their
Speaker 1: mind to get this thing done, and it comes down
Speaker 1: to to to your comes down to how bad you
Speaker 1: want it. We have time for one. Marshal ended here
Speaker 1: with Daves and Garrow it jail and you you arrived
Speaker 1: to Philadelphia to a team with an established quarterback. How
Speaker 1: did you handle that personally? Approaching a situation that from
Speaker 1: the outside looks like it could have been very awkward. Yeah, God,
Speaker 1: God has God has done so so many things throughout
Speaker 1: my life. Um, He's brought me so many places, and
Speaker 1: He's putting me in so many situations. UM. And you know,
Speaker 1: I always told myself, it's not something that you're stuck in.
Speaker 1: It's something you're going through and and and whether it
Speaker 1: be the different adversity is I experienced in college, um
Speaker 1: or come here to Philadelphia, it's it's a test of
Speaker 1: faith and patience. UM. And I think everybody has a
Speaker 1: good filth of my story, but none of them in
Speaker 1: my heart, none of that matters. Right now. You know,
Speaker 1: we we we still have an opportunity to do something
Speaker 1: we want to do as a team, and we just
Speaker 1: got to come together, believe and go attack it. Attack
Speaker 1: it full head of steam. Thanks jal Okay, that is
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts after today's performance, both quarterbacks reiterating that they
Speaker 1: are competitors, they both want to do what they can
Speaker 1: to help the team, and Jalen Hurt's taking several questions
Speaker 1: about the possible awkwardness of what took place in today's game,
Speaker 1: and he just kind of stopped everything and said, look,
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, we lost this game,
Speaker 1: a true competitor. They're trying to do everything he can
Speaker 1: to help put this team in a situation to win.
Speaker 1: All right, we are going to take a quick break
Speaker 1: here on the postgame show. On the other side, we
Speaker 1: have the RICO Review, the Jamison Nightcap, and the nominees
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Speaker 1: see Eagles defensive tackle Javon Hargrave in an exclusive interview
Speaker 1: with Mike Quick from Palm LA Hockey, and Hargrave is
Speaker 1: the subject of the RICO review into night's play as well,
Speaker 1: with his sack on Aaron Rodgers, a quarterback who has
Speaker 1: not been sacked very much this season. Hargrave continuing to
Speaker 1: play better football in this Eagles defense. Let's take a look. Friend,
Speaker 1: Duffy has more. All right, let's take a look at
Speaker 1: the first defensive drive of the game and this sack
Speaker 1: by defensive tackle jay Von Hargrave. He'd lined up here
Speaker 1: as the three technique against the left guard in this game,
Speaker 1: it is Lucas Patrick. Because coming into the game, Corey Lindsley,
Speaker 1: green Bay starting center, he's out, So that means you're
Speaker 1: gonna move Elton Jenkins, the left guard over to center.
Speaker 1: You're gonna take the right guard, Ucas Patrick. You're gonna
Speaker 1: move him over to his first start at left guard
Speaker 1: for this Green Bay team. So that's the one on
Speaker 1: one matchup Hargrave against Lucas Patrick. You're gonna have the
Speaker 1: center helping out on Fletcher Cox. That creates this one
Speaker 1: on one. Now, what Patrick's gonna do instead of taking
Speaker 1: a traditional passt where he's gonna drop back in vertical set,
Speaker 1: He's going to go with a quick set and try
Speaker 1: and get on top of Hargrave very fast. But what
Speaker 1: Hardgrave does here is great because when Lucas Patrick goes
Speaker 1: to shoot his hands, I want you to watch very
Speaker 1: closely and we'll play in the slow motion watch as
Speaker 1: you see Hardgrave hands, He's gonna win with what's called
Speaker 1: a four clip. He's gonna take his two hands and
Speaker 1: push the offensive lineman hands straight up into the air.
Speaker 1: That allows him to then win clean and get into
Speaker 1: the backfield. We're gonna let this play and you can
Speaker 1: see exactly what I'm talking about. Watch both hands for
Speaker 1: the offensive lineman go right up in the air. Nice
Speaker 1: clean pass rush win there for Javon Hargrave. Good start
Speaker 1: for the Eagles defense in the first half. They give
Speaker 1: up two touchdowns on the next couple drives, but good
Speaker 1: start there on the free and out to open the game.
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Speaker 1: nominees Eagles tight end Dallas Goddard, Eagles wide receiver Jalen Ragor,
Speaker 1: and Eagles wide receiver greg Ward. Goddard, of course, with
Speaker 1: this monster forty one yard reception there from Carson Wentz.
Speaker 1: As he continues, Goddard continues to be on fire this season.
Speaker 1: When he's been healthy, he has been very productive. And
Speaker 1: let's talk about this guy, Jalen Ragor. The rookie's showing
Speaker 1: that explosiveness that was the reason the Eagles drafted him.
Speaker 1: Seventy one yard two at the house on the return.
Speaker 1: They're very exciting. In my opinion, this is the this
Speaker 1: is the exciting play of the game here that return.
Speaker 1: And then of course Greg Ward three catches on five
Speaker 1: targets fifty seven yards, including this beautiful thirty two yard
Speaker 1: touchdown reception from Jalen Hurts. The very first NFL touchdown
Speaker 1: passing touchdown from rookie quarterback Jalen Hurts. The three really
Speaker 1: great choices there, guys. I think my vote has to
Speaker 1: go to Jalen Ragor. A touchdown return on a punt
Speaker 1: return or a kick off return pretty rare in the NFL.
Speaker 1: You don't see it that much. Seventy seven yards to
Speaker 1: the house for the rookie here showing that explosiveness, that elusiveness.
Speaker 1: He's getting my vote. Who are you looking at here?
Speaker 1: You have no defensive players to choose from today, Ike,
Speaker 1: who's it gonna be? Well, I'm gonna go with Jalen Rager.
Speaker 1: I think the young man it's been a long season,
Speaker 1: he's had to answer questions about other receivers drafted in
Speaker 1: his class as being compared to them, and it's really
Speaker 1: been a little bit unfair because he's had to deal
Speaker 1: with some injuries. But it was nice to see him
Speaker 1: show why they drafted him in the first round and
Speaker 1: show that explosiveness. So the big play on third down
Speaker 1: where he and Jalen Hurst connect to get the Eagles
Speaker 1: out of deep out of their own territory and then
Speaker 1: obviously to seventy one yard pump return to make this
Speaker 1: thing a one score game had us all thinking that
Speaker 1: the Eagles had a chance to win this game late
Speaker 1: after that pup return. So, yeah, I gotta go with
Speaker 1: Jalen Raigor this week. What about you, friends, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: keep it simple. I'm gonna stay with Jalen Reagor as well.
Speaker 1: I think when you look at the big play on
Speaker 1: the touchdown, certainly great to see, right, Just a good
Speaker 1: sign for the rookie first round pick to be able
Speaker 1: to make that big play on special teams bring the
Speaker 1: Eagles within a score in this football game. We saw
Speaker 1: him track a deep ball as well. I'll go with
Speaker 1: Jalen Reagor. It is unanimous here, but of course be
Speaker 1: sure to cast your vote your vote this week as
Speaker 1: well for a chance to win a free Toyota. All right,
Speaker 1: let's now move on to the Jamison nightcap as we
Speaker 1: get ready to wrap this thing up. The next game
Speaker 1: for the Eagles the New Orleans Saints. They will be
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia next week. They're tendant to this season there.
Speaker 1: First in the NFC South, Drew brees out with a
Speaker 1: lot of rib in rees there. We wished him well,
Speaker 1: but Taysom Hill starting quarterback for New Orleans today. Taysom
Speaker 1: Hill gets the win over the Atlanta Falcons twenty one sixteen.
Speaker 1: Of course, the Eagles lead the series here sixteen to
Speaker 1: twelve overall. But recent history has not been good for
Speaker 1: the Eagles against the New Orleans Saints. The last meeting
Speaker 1: in January twenty nineteen, Eagles losing the divisional round that
Speaker 1: was in New Orleans. For that, this is also the
Speaker 1: NFL's top defense. Like you mentioned it earlier, what do
Speaker 1: you think this matchup is going to be like for
Speaker 1: the Eagles. It's gonna be a tough one. If you
Speaker 1: just start from their defensive side of the ball, they
Speaker 1: make you earn everything I mean their front is very underrated.
Speaker 1: When you look at Cam Jordan, you look at the
Speaker 1: middle linebacker who may arguably be the best linebacker in football,
Speaker 1: and Davis They and then you got Marshawn Lattimore out
Speaker 1: there at the corner. And then we all know and
Speaker 1: love former Eagle and former Saint, and now saying again,
Speaker 1: Malcolm Jenkins over there. He's having a very good year.
Speaker 1: I believe he had an interception today, so it's hard
Speaker 1: to move the ball on them. And then Sean Payton,
Speaker 1: one of the best offensive minds in football. I got
Speaker 1: to give him a lot of credit. I wasn't buying
Speaker 1: into this Taysom Hill hype and whether or not you
Speaker 1: can win with him at quarterback, but each week he
Speaker 1: has gotten better as a thrower, and Sean Payton completely
Speaker 1: believes in him, and he's opening up that playbook for him.
Speaker 1: So this will be a difficult game for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: This is a very good football team. Two years in
Speaker 1: a row they've lost Drew Brees and having lost a beat,
Speaker 1: whether it was Teddy Bridgewater coming in or now Taysom
Speaker 1: Hill coming in, Saints are a very good football team.
Speaker 1: One frame we've seen Taysom Hill go from the NFL's
Speaker 1: most intriguing, possibly most dangerous gadget guy too. Now today
Speaker 1: they made a big deal about it on the broadcast,
Speaker 1: his first NFL passing touchdown and as I mentioned, Sean
Speaker 1: Payton opening up the offense more and more for him.
Speaker 1: What kind of threat is he going to post at
Speaker 1: quarterback there? I mean, he's certainly a dual threat quarterback
Speaker 1: because he can beat you in a lot of different ways,
Speaker 1: you know, with his arm, with his legs inside of structure,
Speaker 1: outside of structure. They've got a lot of design quarterback
Speaker 1: runs build into the offense for him. But that's the
Speaker 1: other thing is that we don't even know for sure
Speaker 1: that it's going to be Taysom Hill. It could be
Speaker 1: Drew Brees. And there have been reports over the last
Speaker 1: twenty four hours pointing that he could be back as
Speaker 1: early as next week, and that's when he is eligible return.
Speaker 1: Apparently reports were saying that he was throwing a practice
Speaker 1: next week. So we'll all sit and wait to see
Speaker 1: who the quarterback is in New Orleans as well as
Speaker 1: we get ready for this week. Doesn't make my job
Speaker 1: much easier as I prepare to put together Eagles game
Speaker 1: plan for this week, But you know that's no one.
Speaker 1: No one said any tears for me for sure. Well
Speaker 1: imagine how how much more complicated it makes the coaches
Speaker 1: job trying to put together a game plan when you're
Speaker 1: not sure which quarterback you're facing. Although that could go
Speaker 1: both ways, possibly this week for the Saints and for
Speaker 1: the Eagles. We'll have to watch it all. Of course,
Speaker 1: we will be right back here next week forty five
Speaker 1: minutes before that game. That game is at for four
Speaker 1: twenty five pm. The kick off show presented by Exalta
Speaker 1: will be at three forty, same as it was our
Speaker 1: earlier today, and of course we will be previewing the
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Speaker 1: Until then, I hope everyone has a fantastic leak. We
Speaker 1: will see you next Sunday