Speaker 1: A devastating laws. That's how head coach Doug Pearson described
Speaker 1: the season ending injuries a broken forearm and torn ACL
Speaker 1: suffered by Darren Sprowls and Sunday's win over the Giants.
Speaker 1: Sprowles is not just an all time warrior with his
Speaker 1: ability to run, block, catch and return the ball, but
Speaker 1: his work ethic is second to none. He is eighth
Speaker 1: in league history and all purpose yards and will be
Speaker 1: someone who is not easy to replace. I can actually
Speaker 1: confirm that it is an acl te. Um, it's unfortunate.
Speaker 1: Um also a broken forearm. Um, so a double whammy
Speaker 1: on the play. But uh, yeah, unfortunate. He's a he's
Speaker 1: a great man. He's a great leader. UM, well liked
Speaker 1: obviously on this team and in this locker room and
Speaker 1: in this community. Um, he's a he's a lot of energy. Um.
Speaker 1: And and that's hard to replace. You know, it's hard
Speaker 1: to replace. And and so you know, um, guys are
Speaker 1: can just go have to rally and and and pick
Speaker 1: up you know, pick up that spot and and uh
Speaker 1: and move forward. But you know, it's unfortunate. It is
Speaker 1: part of the game, and it's unfortunate that you know,
Speaker 1: injury has to happen, and and sometimes it happens to
Speaker 1: great people and great men, and uh um, it's just
Speaker 1: the unfortunate side of the business. The silver lining for
Speaker 1: the Eagles that they ignited the running game behind young
Speaker 1: backs Wendell Smallwood and Corey Clement the Eagles as a
Speaker 1: whole in one hundred and ninety three yards against the Giants.
Speaker 1: I think what you saw with Windell, you know, yesterday
Speaker 1: and even something some things with Corey, um, you know, uh,
Speaker 1: it's gonna have to be that next man mentality. But
Speaker 1: I think Windell, um, you know, on third down, specifically
Speaker 1: Corey as well, they're gonna have to step up and
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, assume that role. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: it's always been the next guy sort of up mentality.
Speaker 1: And that's kind of where we're at right now. How
Speaker 1: about the hero of Sunday's game, rookie kicker Jake Elliott.
Speaker 1: Head coach Doug Pearson recount the moment when he decided
Speaker 1: to send Elliot out to attempt the franchise record and
Speaker 1: game winning sixty one yard field goal that said all
Speaker 1: of Eagles Nation into pandemonium. I looked at him in
Speaker 1: the eyes and asked him if he can nail it,
Speaker 1: and he without without a blink, he said, I got it,
Speaker 1: and uh, I just felt comfortable, you know, confident and comfortable.
Speaker 1: We knew Jake had had pretty good range. I wasn't
Speaker 1: sure sixty one was was doable. You know, you never
Speaker 1: really think think that. But we had coached, had a
Speaker 1: lot of faith in him, had a lot of faith
Speaker 1: in him, and he got it done. Is pretty crazy.
Speaker 1: For quarterback Carson Wentz, Sunday marked the first time in
Speaker 1: his young career that he orchestrate a go ahead drive
Speaker 1: in the game's final minute. The Eagles were one in
Speaker 1: six and one score games just a year ago. This
Speaker 1: shows just how far they've come from from one year ago.
Speaker 1: You know, we were always finding ways to lose these games.
Speaker 1: You know, we were always just coming up short, just
Speaker 1: one play here, one played there. Um. And so to
Speaker 1: fight till the end, to have that comeback at the end,
Speaker 1: to get that drive together and then kicked that field
Speaker 1: goal and then the game winning field goal. Um, that
Speaker 1: was just huge for us, A huge sign of, like said,
Speaker 1: in huge growth and something we can definitely build on now.
Speaker 1: Starting the season off two and oh is huge. You know,
Speaker 1: one win on the road. One at home can't say
Speaker 1: enough about it, and it really puts us in a
Speaker 1: good situation going forward. Don't forget to check out Eagles
Speaker 1: three to sixty this evening with Dave Spidero and Eagles
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame running back Brian Westbrook as they recap
Speaker 1: the win over the Giants. We'll be back tomorrow as
Speaker 1: offensive coordinat Frank Reich and defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz meet
Speaker 1: the media. Until then, I'm Chris McPherson. Thank you all
Speaker 1: for joining us here on the Eagles Update. Have a
Speaker 1: great Eagles night, everyone,