Speaker 1: Hey, they're welcome into the postgame show, presented by Rico
Speaker 1: Amy Campbell alongside Eagles Great Like Grease and Surprise. We're
Speaker 1: here a little bit earlier than we expected to be.
Speaker 1: The game canceled because of lightning. The score twenty six
Speaker 1: to fifteen, the Ravens leading in the fourth quarter, like
Speaker 1: a lot to take away from this are really unpleasant
Speaker 1: to watch first half and a really fun second half.
Speaker 1: Half of the second half to watch. Sloppy in the
Speaker 1: first half. You can get that sometimes in the preseason games,
Speaker 1: a lot of penalties. I'm sure one of the main
Speaker 1: coaching points to Doug will take away from this game,
Speaker 1: particularly in that first half, is the sloppy play. That
Speaker 1: one thing coaches don't like, pre snap penalties, false starts,
Speaker 1: things of that nature. There were a lot of those, yeah,
Speaker 1: and it really makes the offense sort of sputter. It's
Speaker 1: hard to get in the rhythm. It's hard to call
Speaker 1: plays when you're constantly behind the sticks, meaning first and fifteen,
Speaker 1: second and twenty. So I know Doug and the coaches
Speaker 1: won't be happy about the first half sloppy play, but
Speaker 1: they went in in the locker room at halftime and
Speaker 1: they came out regroup. Defense played much better than the
Speaker 1: second half. Offense started getting things going, particularly at the
Speaker 1: quarterback position. So the official message coming from the team,
Speaker 1: due to weather, the game has been terminated. Also, if
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Speaker 1: Let's get to your takeaways. I know you always have
Speaker 1: your three takeaways. Let's get going with us with it. Well,
Speaker 1: it's hard not to take come away from this game
Speaker 1: and press with eighteen year vet now Josh mccow, recently unretired,
Speaker 1: just signed with the Eagles this week. Look looked like
Speaker 1: he had been retired early in practice, trying to knock
Speaker 1: the rust off. But I thought, tonight, man, after those
Speaker 1: first few plays where you had a fall star, you
Speaker 1: had a fumble snaff he settled down, the offense settled down,
Speaker 1: and he really did get into a rhythm. And you
Speaker 1: see why the Eagles were so high on wanting to
Speaker 1: bring in a guy like Josh mccow, who, like I said,
Speaker 1: he's in his eighteen season, forty years old, not going
Speaker 1: to be surprised or overwhelmed with the moment. Just needed
Speaker 1: to take time to get that Russ knocked off. I
Speaker 1: must submit, Amy. I was very impressed with the way
Speaker 1: he looked tonight. I was blown away by him. The
Speaker 1: man is forty years old. You mentioned going into his
Speaker 1: eighteenth season. I heard on the broadcast, I believe is
Speaker 1: Ross Tucker who said he's had a different offense every
Speaker 1: single year he's played. He's learned a different offense. He's
Speaker 1: been in Philadelphia for four days, and you could see
Speaker 1: that in the first series, and then all of a
Speaker 1: sudden looked like he knew exactly what he was doing
Speaker 1: out there. He went over three to start and then
Speaker 1: went seventeen of twenty one, one hundred and ninety two
Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns. I am so impressed with his
Speaker 1: ability to learn offenses quickly and look so comfortable and confident.
Speaker 1: This man must be an absolute genius. Well, I tell you,
Speaker 1: being in the league for eighteen years, he's certainly seeing
Speaker 1: just about everything a defense can throw at you. And
Speaker 1: I know it's the preseason they are going to make.
Speaker 1: The scheme's complicated. The offense is something he's familiar with.
Speaker 1: He's played in enough offenses eighteen years, eighteen different coordinators.
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure it just takes him a little while.
Speaker 1: Here's the thing I like tonight though, Amy, I thought
Speaker 1: Doug did a great job of getting him some easy throws.
Speaker 1: You know, you get the crossing routes, you get the
Speaker 1: screen passes. Once they got down to the red zone,
Speaker 1: they allowed him to throw the ball in the end zone.
Speaker 1: And that's what you need to do to help your
Speaker 1: quarterback so to find his rhythm. And I thought Doug
Speaker 1: did a great job calling He and press teller calling
Speaker 1: the game tonight for Josh McCown, putting him in positions
Speaker 1: so that he can be successful. Because here's the thing,
Speaker 1: Josh McCown's gonna make this team, right. We know they
Speaker 1: brought him in for a reason. He's not here trying out.
Speaker 1: He's probably going to be here. But it was important
Speaker 1: for those younger players that were playing with him to
Speaker 1: have a quarterback like that out there. So it allows
Speaker 1: those guys to shine. Which brings me to my next guy,
Speaker 1: which brings to my next guy's second round draft pick,
Speaker 1: jj Arthago Whitesidee his best performance as an Eagle to date,
Speaker 1: albeit in the preseason, eight catches over a hundred yards.
Speaker 1: Finally got in the end zone and probably we could
Speaker 1: have had several other catches with more yards added to
Speaker 1: it and possibly another touchdown. I thought this was a
Speaker 1: coming out sort of for JJ arthega Whiteside, and it
Speaker 1: helps him to have a guy like Josh McCown throwing
Speaker 1: him to football. When you get the younger guys out there,
Speaker 1: you know they don't necessarily know where the football needs
Speaker 1: to go at all times, and Josh McCown put the
Speaker 1: ball in places where his receivers and running backs can
Speaker 1: do some damage afterwards. And I thought jj did a
Speaker 1: great job of getting yards out of the catch. For
Speaker 1: those who didn't stay up late during his years at
Speaker 1: Stanford to watch him play, this is what he typically
Speaker 1: did every night. And he's a big receiver, loves contact,
Speaker 1: isn't afraid of contact, is never looking to go down
Speaker 1: or out of bounds, always looking for those extra yards,
Speaker 1: and tonight we got a chance to see him in
Speaker 1: that red zone. Is a big reason why the Eagles
Speaker 1: drafted and the contributions that he more than likely is
Speaker 1: going to make early to this offense will be in
Speaker 1: that area of the field where you can just throw
Speaker 1: the ball up and allow him to use that big
Speaker 1: body to come down with Ketch. You could see him
Speaker 1: at McCown really start to develop that rhythm as the
Speaker 1: game went on. And also Ross kind of joked on
Speaker 1: the broadcast like, I wonder if McCown even knows half
Speaker 1: the names of the guys he's thrown into. So he's
Speaker 1: getting that rhythm and the way he was able to
Speaker 1: do that so quickly, especially with JJ arthega Whiteside and
Speaker 1: then you talk about the yards after the catch, he
Speaker 1: had a couple of nice moves to really extend those
Speaker 1: plays that we're already pretty big places. He made them
Speaker 1: even bigger and that's going to be one of the
Speaker 1: valuable things that he can do for this team. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's been a while since we had a receiver around
Speaker 1: here that can get you that yank the yards at
Speaker 1: the catch, and especially a big guy like JJ Young.
Speaker 1: I can't wait to watch him continue to grow in
Speaker 1: this offense, and the more that he learns about the offense,
Speaker 1: the more that the coaching staff figures out where they
Speaker 1: can use him At Man, you get that twelve personnel
Speaker 1: out there too, our receivers, two tight ends, and a
Speaker 1: running back. You're looking at de Shaun on one side,
Speaker 1: al Shan on the other Zach and Goddard as your
Speaker 1: tight ends. There's a lot of weapons, but you get
Speaker 1: these guys down in the red zone, it's going to
Speaker 1: be difficult to keep them out of the end zone.
Speaker 1: I think JJ will be a part of that as
Speaker 1: the year continues to grow on. And then another guy
Speaker 1: like a young player who's getting who's getting another shot
Speaker 1: at trying to to to stake his claim in his league,
Speaker 1: and that's tight end Alex Elex Ellis. I thought he
Speaker 1: did a good job in the offense. He called h
Speaker 1: Josh mccow's second touchdown down in the red zone bottom way,
Speaker 1: what a nice throw. McCown under pressure, put that ball
Speaker 1: in the only place to tight end could catch it.
Speaker 1: Ellis could catch a great job by a young fellow
Speaker 1: making sure he secured that touchdown. And then I love
Speaker 1: the fact that he has to go out there and
Speaker 1: cover the kick on the very next play and he
Speaker 1: goes and makes the tackle. Was quite a tackle, that impression. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: that play. And he's a guy that has been flashing
Speaker 1: in practices and it was great to see him get
Speaker 1: a chance because they're down a couple tight ends to
Speaker 1: get an opportunity to show that he can do something
Speaker 1: in the office as well. I thought he did a
Speaker 1: nice job of at least putting his name on the
Speaker 1: board for those coaches to think about as far as
Speaker 1: a possible. You know, young player on your roster, a
Speaker 1: guy that can do multiple things. You know, when you're
Speaker 1: backup in this league, you're gonna have to play multiple positions,
Speaker 1: including special teams and offensive players that are willing to
Speaker 1: go down there and make tackles on coverage units. They're
Speaker 1: gonna always be welcomed. I like what I saw from
Speaker 1: the young tight end to night. So once again I
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Speaker 1: Will break it all down right here for you. I
Speaker 1: want to go back to Alex Ellison, that tight end position.
Speaker 1: This is a This is a tough team for a
Speaker 1: young tight end to come in here. Knowing that zach
Speaker 1: Ertz and Dallas Goddard are here, that's already established. But
Speaker 1: of course with the injury to Richard Rodgers as well,
Speaker 1: that leaves the group with a little bit of question mark,
Speaker 1: some opportunity for young guys like Alice Ellis will tie
Speaker 1: as well to kind of you know, have those nice
Speaker 1: moments in the preseason. You talk about that special team's contribution.
Speaker 1: How much does that put to tip the scale in
Speaker 1: a guy's favor when he shows these able to add
Speaker 1: value on special teams and isn't afraid of that contact,
Speaker 1: isn't afraid to, you know, put put his nose and
Speaker 1: put it put a hat on a guy. Yes, you're
Speaker 1: not allowing to stick your helmet in there anymore. So yeah,
Speaker 1: we got to be careful phrase, but you know, we'll
Speaker 1: metaphorically go with that. I'm with you there. I think
Speaker 1: it's big and for all young players and end backup players,
Speaker 1: you have to be willing to embrace playing that phase
Speaker 1: of the game and sort of biding your time to
Speaker 1: either play offense or defense. And when you're a young
Speaker 1: player sometimes that's difficult because we're we were all stars
Speaker 1: in college for our respective teams. You don't get to
Speaker 1: the NFL without being one of the better players. But
Speaker 1: a lot of us didn't play special teams during our
Speaker 1: careers in college, so it can be different, quote for
Speaker 1: young guys to adjust to that phase of the game
Speaker 1: and to be effective. And the sooner you do it,
Speaker 1: I think the better, the better chances you give yourself
Speaker 1: of making a squad because coaches love players that are versaile.
Speaker 1: Coaches love players that will do the dirty work that
Speaker 1: other guys won't do. I'm a living testament of it.
Speaker 1: I managed to stay in this league for nine years
Speaker 1: doing that, and it was a lot of guys that
Speaker 1: were drafted higher draft picks that weren't willing to do that.
Speaker 1: And so a guy like alex Ellis, he's going to
Speaker 1: seize that opportunity because he knows there's only fifty three
Speaker 1: roster spots on thirty two teams. And so if you're
Speaker 1: able to secure one of those spots because you're willing
Speaker 1: to do the dirty work that someone else isn't willing
Speaker 1: to do, than kudos to you. And you gotta have
Speaker 1: that mentality. Why do you think that is? This always
Speaker 1: sploils my mind when you say, you know guys who
Speaker 1: are willing to make the effort on special teams. If
Speaker 1: that's going to keep you employed, that's gonna keep you
Speaker 1: in the league, your paycheck coming in. Why is it
Speaker 1: that so many people aren't willing to do that? When
Speaker 1: it just seems like it's just an effort thing, isn't it.
Speaker 1: I agree for several reasons, right ay, And probably the
Speaker 1: first thing, we all think that we're too good to
Speaker 1: play special teams. Right. I talked about, you know, most
Speaker 1: players being stars of their college football teams and not
Speaker 1: having to play much special teams. So players tend to
Speaker 1: view it as a demotion. You know. I had a
Speaker 1: coach tell me and a player, Mike call Well, who
Speaker 1: was I have to let you finish later because oh no,
Speaker 1: I thought coach was ready to take the stand. But
Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna wait for that, so yes, keep
Speaker 1: telling your story. I was really into this. So you
Speaker 1: get veteran players who have made this made their their
Speaker 1: careers in this league by being a backup and the
Speaker 1: special team guy. I had a guy like Mike call
Speaker 1: Well who stressed to me the importance of embracing that
Speaker 1: role until you get your opportunity to start. And I
Speaker 1: think players, young players sometimes don't grasp that concept. They
Speaker 1: think they're too good to play special teams and so
Speaker 1: they never really truly put the effort in the time
Speaker 1: into being a good special teams player. And the other
Speaker 1: thing is guys are afraid they're going to get typecasts
Speaker 1: as a special teams player. Does that happen? Oh sure,
Speaker 1: Oh sure, I mean it can happen. But here's a thing.
Speaker 1: It's very literally you can do to change what a
Speaker 1: coach sort of perceives you to be in this league. Right,
Speaker 1: So at some point the number one objective is to
Speaker 1: be an NFL player, and then it's to be a
Speaker 1: player at a certain position, and that sort of the
Speaker 1: mindset I kept throughout my whole career was that my
Speaker 1: dream was to play in the NFL, not to play
Speaker 1: linebacker in the NFL, not to start in the NFL,
Speaker 1: but to play in the NFL. So I embraced that role.
Speaker 1: And the guys that are able to do that, they
Speaker 1: stick around for a long time because coaches love those
Speaker 1: types of players. Yeah, and it's just like you said,
Speaker 1: it seems like kind of that effort, that competitive fire
Speaker 1: that coaches love to see. I want to shift to
Speaker 1: another guy on offense who we saw for the first
Speaker 1: time in some preseason game action tonight for the first
Speaker 1: time in a long time, and that's Corey Clement, who
Speaker 1: we hasn't seen game actions since he was injured against
Speaker 1: the Cowboys indiscemb early December last year, had a couple
Speaker 1: of nice moments there in the first half. What did
Speaker 1: you see from him in terms of his rehab knocking
Speaker 1: the rust stop obviously just kind of getting his legs
Speaker 1: back underneath of him. I'd say the biggest thing I
Speaker 1: noticed Amy was he looked like he had a little
Speaker 1: pep in his step tonight. Well, you know, he was
Speaker 1: so excited. Saw some of the videos prior to the game.
Speaker 1: He was one of the ones that pregame warm up
Speaker 1: real excited, dancing around, and that's a good thing. He
Speaker 1: wanted to get out there and showed that he can
Speaker 1: still play in this league and be effective the offensive.
Speaker 1: The run blocking wasn't as good this week as it
Speaker 1: was last week, so none of the running backs saw
Speaker 1: a lot of daylight. But the seven carries that Corey had,
Speaker 1: he averaged three point six yards per carry. I thought
Speaker 1: he showed a quickness to the whole. He's always gonna
Speaker 1: be a tough runner who rarely goes down on first contact.
Speaker 1: And you talked about the running back position being a
Speaker 1: deep position on this team, and they're probably going to
Speaker 1: either release or wind up trading a good football player
Speaker 1: young running back on his because you just don't have
Speaker 1: enough roster spots. Yeah, I thought I thought it was
Speaker 1: a good step for Corey in the right direction to
Speaker 1: get some Russ knocked off. All right, let's shift to
Speaker 1: the press conference. Here's coach Duck Peterson. You know, uh,
Speaker 1: obviously whether to finish the game. Um, obviously we had
Speaker 1: to get league approval, you know, for you know, for
Speaker 1: them to determinate the game. But you know, we were
Speaker 1: just we just talked and just kind of hung out
Speaker 1: in the in the hallway here, um, just small talking
Speaker 1: and just talking about camp, talking about the regular season.
Speaker 1: But really we were just kind of waiting on the
Speaker 1: league's decision at that time. Josh. You know, I thought
Speaker 1: he did a you know, a really good job, you know,
Speaker 1: veteran player obviously, Uh, you know, the the game, the
Speaker 1: game plan. We just I had him just highlight players
Speaker 1: he knew in four days, you know, and then just
Speaker 1: called off of that, and um, he handled it extremely well.
Speaker 1: Um bounced back there in the third quarter and led
Speaker 1: led two touchdown drives and and kind of got us
Speaker 1: back in the game. So as uh, you know, obviously
Speaker 1: pleased with with the way he handled himself, but Carson
Speaker 1: didn't play. We went in the night. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: obviously my decision not to play him. Um, you know, listen,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of we've We've had a lot of
Speaker 1: good work with him, uh in training camp, we had
Speaker 1: a lot of great work against Baltimore this week in practice,
Speaker 1: and and um, I'm really comfortable where where he's at
Speaker 1: right now, his his development, his growth with the with
Speaker 1: the team, with the offense. We also did you know,
Speaker 1: I did the same thing with deren Sproles tonight. I
Speaker 1: didn't Also, you know, Miles didn't get in there, Jordan Howard,
Speaker 1: there were a couple of other players we didn't. We
Speaker 1: didn't play, you know, on purpose. But um, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm comfortable where he is, how he's leading this football team.
Speaker 1: And I just felt like this was another opportunity, so
Speaker 1: to look at the other guys to play. You think
Speaker 1: Josh picked this up. And I know it wasn't a
Speaker 1: lot in the playball to pick this up so quickly.
Speaker 1: It's such a good job. Well, he spent a lot
Speaker 1: of time with with coach Taylor with press you know,
Speaker 1: earlier in the week and uh before practices at night. Um,
Speaker 1: just kind of cranking through the game plan and and
Speaker 1: really kind of fine tuned it just for him. It
Speaker 1: was just all about the game plan. We didn't give
Speaker 1: him the whole playbook, but uh just wanted him to
Speaker 1: be comfortable with a few plays and and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: my plan all along was to you know, let him
Speaker 1: go two plus quarters, you know, in this football game.
Speaker 1: And and uh kind of let him get his feedback
Speaker 1: back into the game. And um did a nice job.
Speaker 1: You know what is he shown you camp? He said,
Speaker 1: it's good, real good. You know, he he's really Um,
Speaker 1: I think it's from a leadership standpoint on and off
Speaker 1: the field, how he's how he's really uh taking charge
Speaker 1: of the team, not just the offense, but the team.
Speaker 1: Some of the things that I see I see him
Speaker 1: uh really um, you know, opening opening himself up to
Speaker 1: you know, um, the offense from the standpoint of of
Speaker 1: you know, letting the offense work. And that just comes
Speaker 1: from time with the system, you know, and and developing
Speaker 1: his his repertoire plays and what he likes and and
Speaker 1: getting comfortable and um, you know he's he's really done
Speaker 1: an outstanding job. And even physically from his rehab back
Speaker 1: in the spring, all the way through training camp. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, he's clicking on all cylinders. His mind is good,
Speaker 1: his body feels fresh, and and uh you know all
Speaker 1: the things that we've seen through camp have really for me.
Speaker 1: That was that was the deciding factor. Yeah. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: he could go and and and you know, our our
Speaker 1: guys could guys could roll. I mean, you know, again,
Speaker 1: the thing with preseason two is we're here to evaluate
Speaker 1: and we're to evaluate some of the backup the role
Speaker 1: role players, the situational guys, and and we needed some
Speaker 1: answers from our backup quarterbacks. And obviously unfortunate and you know,
Speaker 1: Nate got hurt in week one. Um, otherwise he's taken
Speaker 1: a lot of these reps, you know. So, um, but yeah,
Speaker 1: I feel comfortable with with the guys, even Darren Sprowles.
Speaker 1: I feel comfortable putting him back out there, you know.
Speaker 1: And and just watching Jason Peters tonight and Isaac and Kelsey,
Speaker 1: I mean, these guys wanted to play, and they wanted
Speaker 1: to be out there and kind of feel the game,
Speaker 1: you know. So, uh yeah, I'm comfortable with that would
Speaker 1: take why said Jordan and Miles after playing in the
Speaker 1: first two games, well one we needed to see Corey
Speaker 1: a little bit more. He hasn't played in a while,
Speaker 1: so we needed to see some some more time. It
Speaker 1: felt like we had uh you know, uh, we had
Speaker 1: checked the boxes with Miles and Jordan a little bit
Speaker 1: in the first two games and obviously through camp, so
Speaker 1: it was really Corey's time, you know, to to play.
Speaker 1: And I thought he did some really good things out
Speaker 1: there tonight. I'm talking about about young players. JJ had
Speaker 1: a lot of trip, a lot of production tonight. What
Speaker 1: does that say about him that he's able to do
Speaker 1: that with a quarterback that's been here for a couple Yeah.
Speaker 1: I just think it's uh, you know, one of the
Speaker 1: things j JJ is a hard worker. You see it
Speaker 1: in practice every day. He comes to work every day.
Speaker 1: He wants to get better, he wants to be taught,
Speaker 1: he wants to learn. He's got a great mentor in
Speaker 1: al Sean in front of him, you know, and so
Speaker 1: he's learning from that and and then and then being
Speaker 1: able to talk to Josh or talk to Carson during
Speaker 1: the week, talk about routes, to talk about coverage, and
Speaker 1: and that's where that's where he really takes it over
Speaker 1: to the field. And I think that's what you're what
Speaker 1: you saw tonight with him and and his ability to
Speaker 1: make plays and and you know the red zone. We
Speaker 1: know he can be explosive, and um, he was able
Speaker 1: to do that really not only there but out in
Speaker 1: the field quarterback. Yeah, I mean it's it's a it's
Speaker 1: a challenging you know decision obviously. Um, you know something
Speaker 1: we gotta we still got beauty of this. We have
Speaker 1: one more game. We have one more preseason game to really, um,
Speaker 1: you know, see these guys in action one more time
Speaker 1: and and and make some hard decisions you know, next week.
Speaker 1: And you know that's that's the thing this week is
Speaker 1: you know, my message to all of those guys, not
Speaker 1: just qbs, but to all the backups, the guys that
Speaker 1: are fighting for jobs, is, man, this is your this
Speaker 1: is your this is your opportunity, you know, and and
Speaker 1: make the most of it. You know. I was. I
Speaker 1: was one of those guys and not so long ago,
Speaker 1: and so I understand what they're going through and um,
Speaker 1: and they want to put good tape out there, and uh,
Speaker 1: this is our this is our opportunity. The first game
Speaker 1: in a year or so was the mportance for him
Speaker 1: to be out there, I think again, just to get
Speaker 1: out there and feel the feel the game, you know,
Speaker 1: feel the energy, feel uh, feel that nervousness, that butterfly feeling,
Speaker 1: you know, getting getting out there into the game and
Speaker 1: getting that first hit, that first tackle. Howd he moved around? Well, Um,
Speaker 1: of course I'll evaluate the film, look at it in
Speaker 1: the morning and and uh and watch him some more,
Speaker 1: you know, closely. But overall, felt like he really settled
Speaker 1: in and did a nice job. Yeah, I mean you'd
Speaker 1: like to see, you know, some of those kicks go
Speaker 1: in Ben little inco instant there. Um, he's a hard worker. Um,
Speaker 1: I have a lot of confidence in Jake. You know,
Speaker 1: the operation has been good between you know, between Rick
Speaker 1: and Kim and Jake. They work hard doing that. But um,
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, you'd love to see a few more
Speaker 1: of those go between the uprights. But uh, that's something
Speaker 1: he takes to heart and he'll get better and he'll
Speaker 1: he'll he'll make him down the road. Okay, thanks Coach
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson sharing his thoughts on this game, of course,
Speaker 1: talking about some of the things that we've touched on
Speaker 1: the big storylines. Josh McCown, jj Arthega whiteside um. Your
Speaker 1: takeaway from what coach just had to say, Well, I mean, listen,
Speaker 1: coach is always gonna have to straddle offense a little
Speaker 1: bit when he's talking about playing players versus sitting players.
Speaker 1: And we just have to trust that coach knows best right.
Speaker 1: He gets to see these guys every day. He understands
Speaker 1: who needs a little more work. He's he's conversing conversing
Speaker 1: with his coaching staff about which players need time out
Speaker 1: there on the field. And I was not surprised for
Speaker 1: him to sort of hit at the idea or the
Speaker 1: fact that some of his veteran offensive linemen sort of
Speaker 1: wanted to go out there and play the night, almost
Speaker 1: requesting to go out there and play. Guys like Jason Peters,
Speaker 1: Jason Kelsey, those guys. When you're an older guy, you
Speaker 1: want to get the field for the game, and sometimes
Speaker 1: you don't want to wait until opening day to get
Speaker 1: a field for the game. So, y'all, the coach has
Speaker 1: to trust you, and you have to trust he's gonna
Speaker 1: get you out of there when he thinks you've had
Speaker 1: enough work. And I'm okay with that. The one thing
Speaker 1: I've learned Coach Peterson knows his football team, and he
Speaker 1: saw things he wanted to see the knight from certain
Speaker 1: guys like a Corey Clement. He wanted to see Corey play.
Speaker 1: We've watched Miles and Jordan the first two games, so
Speaker 1: he wanted to give Corey Clement a fair shot at
Speaker 1: getting a lot of carries because he hasn't had very
Speaker 1: many carries at all this preseason. So, and then the
Speaker 1: other thing I thought was interesting and it makes more
Speaker 1: sense now once Doug explained it. When we talk about
Speaker 1: Josh McCown a dub, the thing you do is you
Speaker 1: ask him, Okay, which of these plays are you comfortable
Speaker 1: with running? Josh picks out about five or six seven
Speaker 1: plays and he likes that and and he knows and Doug
Speaker 1: calls those plays. That's the simple thing to do, right.
Speaker 1: That's a good coach right there. Yeah. Of course he
Speaker 1: mentioned he's gonna have some tough decisions to make as well.
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Speaker 1: I grease here to break down the play of the game.
Speaker 1: It was pretty obvious to me, I touchdown JJ Arthega
Speaker 1: Whiteside from Josh McCown. A really nice play, a very
Speaker 1: exciting one. Seems like that was really the game breaking
Speaker 1: moment for the Eagles. Yeah. I mean, to that point,
Speaker 1: there were no points on the board and everybody's wanting
Speaker 1: off we're gonna get shut out tonight. And so to
Speaker 1: see that play from from Josh McCown and JJ Arthega Whiteside,
Speaker 1: I think, at least from jj standpoint, you gotta be excited. Right,
Speaker 1: You're a young wide receiver out there hadn't really had
Speaker 1: I mean, I shouldn't say he hadn't shown a lot
Speaker 1: up to this point, because he has flashed in every game.
Speaker 1: He's made catches and justified all three preseason games. But
Speaker 1: tonight he obviously had a breakout game. Playing with a
Speaker 1: guy like Josh McCown out there that can find him
Speaker 1: get him the ball in the right spots. And so
Speaker 1: you saw that those guys were starting to build that
Speaker 1: chemistry there. And I don't I don't know how much
Speaker 1: we're gonna see the two together, but probably not much.
Speaker 1: But I tell you the fact that having him back
Speaker 1: there is your backup quarterback. And then JJ Think about this,
Speaker 1: JJ is the fourth receiver on the team, right, and
Speaker 1: it was with a lot of teams he may be
Speaker 1: buying for a starting spot on the outside. So the
Speaker 1: Eagles have done a great job of just surrounding Carson
Speaker 1: with as much talent as possible, right, So that's a
Speaker 1: great thing went forward and he got a nice mixture
Speaker 1: of old and young talent. So I think everybody left
Speaker 1: that state in the night talking about two players talking
Speaker 1: about Josh McCown because it's our first chance we get
Speaker 1: to see him. And then wide receiver JJ Arthega Whiteside,
Speaker 1: We're like, Wow, a hundred yard receiver in the preseason
Speaker 1: eight catches. You just don't typically get to see that
Speaker 1: from a guy that was drafted so high. You may
Speaker 1: see it from a younger guy that's playing longer because
Speaker 1: he's at the bottom of the roster, but you don't
Speaker 1: typically see that from a second round draft pick. Well,
Speaker 1: and you talk about how he and Josh McCown have
Speaker 1: worked to develop that chemistry. They've been working on it
Speaker 1: for a very long time. Maybe like four whole days
Speaker 1: so you can already see it. The hard work is
Speaker 1: paying dividends. We're gonna be right back on the other
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Speaker 1: back to the postgame show presented by Rico, as we
Speaker 1: recap the Eagles preseason game against the Ravens terminated due
Speaker 1: to weather with the Ravens up twenty six to fifteen.
Speaker 1: Like your final thoughts on this game, Game three, well
Speaker 1: to my recollection we didn't lose anybody, right as far
Speaker 1: as injuries goes, I think everybody who came out of
Speaker 1: this game healthy. That's always the number one objective when
Speaker 1: you're talking about these exhibition games. And then the backup,
Speaker 1: forty year old backup Josh McCown again, I'm gonna say,
Speaker 1: pleasantly surprised at how well he looked tonight. I really
Speaker 1: thought that he may struggle with the rust. Didn't know
Speaker 1: what he had been doing all offseasons, so you got
Speaker 1: to be impressed with that. And then jj Arthega Whiteside
Speaker 1: I thought did a nice job of really stepping up
Speaker 1: out there and really really making sure people know that
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be a part of this thing too this year.
Speaker 1: So I think everybody's gonna be excited about that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: those two really the big story of the night for me,
Speaker 1: as well as while as seeing Corey Clement back out
Speaker 1: there and of course seeing Ronnie McCloud. I have a
Speaker 1: really nice couple of moments. They're really exciting to see
Speaker 1: those guys back on the field. I'll be back here
Speaker 1: next week. I know you're not going to be here
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Speaker 1: finally get some regular season action coming up soon. One
Speaker 1: more preseason game. The Eagles will be on the road
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