Speaker 1: What's all this about the Jets defense having the best
Speaker 1: in the entire MFL. It was the Eagle defense who
Speaker 1: came to play on this Sunday, forcing three turnovers, including
Speaker 1: this interception by Eric Rowe, who was thrust into defensive
Speaker 1: action for the first time in his NFL career, to
Speaker 1: help give the Eagles a twenty four to seventeen win
Speaker 1: over the New York Jets. Welcome to the postgame show
Speaker 1: presented by Rico. I'm Chris McPherson, all alongside Joe to camera, Joe,
Speaker 1: Eagles fans had to hold their breast for the last
Speaker 1: couple of minutes there. But nonetheless, when you look back
Speaker 1: at this win later on down the road, no one's
Speaker 1: going to remember how pretty or how Ugio was. The
Speaker 1: most important thing for the Eagles is they got into
Speaker 1: the wind calm for the first time in the twenty
Speaker 1: fifteen season. It was the objective. Chris, There's no question.
Speaker 1: It was not always a pretty game, There's no doubt
Speaker 1: about that. I think the offense still in the second
Speaker 1: half and it didn't look great, but the defense played
Speaker 1: a fantastic game, and generally speaking, look the Eagles, they
Speaker 1: achieved the objective. They had to do go up to
Speaker 1: northern New Jersey and win a football game, get back
Speaker 1: into the season. You look at the way the division
Speaker 1: went today with the Dallas Cowboys losing, and of course
Speaker 1: on Thursday night with the Giants beating Washington, and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, the Eagles, you know, at one and two,
Speaker 1: just a game back at the Cowboys when the Dallas
Speaker 1: has their injury issues. So everyone in Philadelphia can take
Speaker 1: a deep breath and look, there's still some some serious
Speaker 1: work to be done here, because this Eagles offense still
Speaker 1: isn't churning, you know, very effectively yet. But deep breath,
Speaker 1: the Eagles are back in. They're in the season. They're
Speaker 1: in the season, Chris, and now you get to move forward. Certainly,
Speaker 1: that's the most important thing. Where you hear from head
Speaker 1: coach Chip Kelly and quarterback Sam Bradford a little bit
Speaker 1: later in the show, but we saw the interception there
Speaker 1: by Eric row and to me, a big theme of
Speaker 1: today is win Joe, next man up. You have Eric
Speaker 1: Rowe who was put into significant action, Brandon bar who
Speaker 1: is active today for the first time this season because
Speaker 1: of the injuries to Cedric Thornton and Taylor Hart, he
Speaker 1: deflected a past I was intercepted by Jordan Hicks. Jordan Hicks,
Speaker 1: the third round pick out Texas. He notched his first
Speaker 1: career interception as he had to play because of the
Speaker 1: injuries to Kiko Alonso and Michael Kendricks. So so many
Speaker 1: players stepping up. I didn't even talk about Ryan Matthews,
Speaker 1: the ground game finally getting going, to Marco Murray out
Speaker 1: with the hamstring injury. Well, Matthews got the job done
Speaker 1: on the ground there almost one hundred yards on the day.
Speaker 1: Almost could have had a couple more touchdowns there, but
Speaker 1: still it was great to see the ground game get going,
Speaker 1: the defense stepping up, standing tall. And how about Darren
Speaker 1: Sprowles providing the spark not just on offense but special
Speaker 1: teams as well. An eighty nine yard punt return, the
Speaker 1: longest of his career, the second longest enfranchise history, which
Speaker 1: really got things going for this team in the second quarter.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, Chris, I'm still trying to figure
Speaker 1: out how the heck the Eagles got Darren Sproles for
Speaker 1: a fifth rounds draft pick. You know, before last season,
Speaker 1: how did no team in the league say, okay, now,
Speaker 1: or Leans here's a fourth rounder. If you're going to
Speaker 1: trade the guy, here's a fourth rounder. Somehow it comes
Speaker 1: all the way back to the Eagles with the fifth round.
Speaker 1: It was a tremendous trade. Darren Sproles continues to just
Speaker 1: pay incredible dividends for this franchise. And you know, he
Speaker 1: made a play that got this season jump start at Chris.
Speaker 1: I mean, he really did tremendous play by Sproles. And
Speaker 1: you mentioned Ryan Matthews. You know, we got to get
Speaker 1: back to Matthews as well, because you know, to me,
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews is probably the player of the game for
Speaker 1: the Eagles today. Now, he the fumble late and that was,
Speaker 1: you know, very nerve racking for sure. Other than the fumble,
Speaker 1: I don't think there's any question he was the player
Speaker 1: of the game for the Eagles, and he provided consistency
Speaker 1: through round. I thought he ran very hard and he
Speaker 1: broke some tackles and obviously in filling in for DeMarco Murray,
Speaker 1: it was an important spot at I went too for
Speaker 1: this Eagle's offense to get going, and even though again
Speaker 1: it didn't click on all cylinders, Ryan Matthews made place
Speaker 1: to help the Eagles win today. Certainly this is the
Speaker 1: reason why the Eagles signed Ryan Matthews in the first place,
Speaker 1: along with DeMarco Murray, because the last couple of years
Speaker 1: the Eagles were alive on Lashawn McCoy way too much.
Speaker 1: They knew they couldn't get that kind of workload or
Speaker 1: depend on that kind of workload out of one player anymore.
Speaker 1: So you bring in DeMarco Murray. He struggles the first
Speaker 1: couple of games, injures a hamstring there and during the
Speaker 1: week of practice he's unable to go. So Ryan Matthews
Speaker 1: comes in one hundred eight yards on the ground, certainly
Speaker 1: a huge, huge aspect and getting this ground game going.
Speaker 1: And how about this because we can't what are we
Speaker 1: three or four minutes into the show, we haven't even
Speaker 1: mentioned the offensive line. Now, the offensive line was the
Speaker 1: topic all week. It's been the topic for gosh, the
Speaker 1: first two weeks of the season, it's been all about
Speaker 1: the offensive line with good reason. They had not played well.
Speaker 1: Today they got it together. The guys played much better.
Speaker 1: Of course, we saw the injury with Andrew Garter until
Speaker 1: in there, but the offensivelign did a very very good
Speaker 1: job to do their job and give the Eagles offense
Speaker 1: a chance to move the ball. Bit all right, so
Speaker 1: much to talk about, and we're going to delve into
Speaker 1: that and a whole lot more. Plus we'll hear from
Speaker 1: head coach Chip Count in a little bit. Come up
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Speaker 1: by Rico here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. The Eagles
Speaker 1: victorious with capturing their first win of the season twenty
Speaker 1: four to seventeen over the New York Jets. And for me, Joe,
Speaker 1: it was great to see the Eagles get off to
Speaker 1: the fast start. They got the early stop on defense,
Speaker 1: offense takes over. They go fifty four yards and eleven plays,
Speaker 1: get into the red zone, have to sell for the
Speaker 1: Cody Parky field goal. But you just felt good about
Speaker 1: the run game early on. Matthews had a twenty seven
Speaker 1: yard run on that drive, and the fact that they
Speaker 1: were able to get a lead early on for the
Speaker 1: first time this season. It was huge. It just settled
Speaker 1: everybody down. It settled me down. I'm sure it settled
Speaker 1: the viewers down, and you would think it settled the
Speaker 1: guys on the team down as well, considering how pathetic
Speaker 1: really the first halfs had been. To get going and
Speaker 1: get into the flow and get a lead was big.
Speaker 1: I thought Jordan Matthews had a really big third down
Speaker 1: conversion on that drive, which was very critical, And again
Speaker 1: it just allowed everybody to settle in. And you know,
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford, boy, he was up and down of times.
Speaker 1: You know, this is a strange one because in some
Speaker 1: ways there were plays I thought Bradford left out there.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, there was a play where
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews could have caught a ball and kept running
Speaker 1: down the sideline. There's a play Darren Sprowles had an
Speaker 1: opportunity to run. So they could have been sixty seventy
Speaker 1: yard games for touchdowns. So it's a little hard to
Speaker 1: evaluate from that standpoint. It could have been a lot
Speaker 1: more efficient offensively. I think Bradford's still trying to find
Speaker 1: his way in this season. But you know, again, the
Speaker 1: Eagles offense at least did more than they had done
Speaker 1: in the first two weeks. And that first drive was
Speaker 1: really big just to get it going. I mean, the
Speaker 1: Eagles race up to a twenty four nothing lead, held
Speaker 1: on for the twenty four to seventeen victory. Quentin Copele's
Speaker 1: helping things out. The Eagles with a third and long situation,
Speaker 1: it looked like they were gonna be forced to punt,
Speaker 1: but then Quentin Coples commits the hands of the face
Speaker 1: penalty and the Eagles were able to kneel on the ball.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna hear from head coach Chip Kelly and
Speaker 1: quarterback Sam Bradford in just a little bit. When it
Speaker 1: comes to Bradford's performance, My thing, Joe is the toughest
Speaker 1: throw that he made was a wheel route to Matthews,
Speaker 1: which end up being the touchdown. Let's go on the
Speaker 1: one that Matthew's wide open ball was a little bit off.
Speaker 1: Matthew's obviously should have had it still had plenty of
Speaker 1: room in front of him. Could have been a touchdown there.
Speaker 1: And then Sprowles was another one where the ball was
Speaker 1: fitting there nicely. It just seems like the guys still
Speaker 1: aren't making enough plays to help out the quarterback. You
Speaker 1: look at Ryan Fitzpatrick of the Jets. On the other hand,
Speaker 1: I forget exactly who it was and made the reception
Speaker 1: when they were trying to come back in the second half.
Speaker 1: But the receiver, I want to say it was anew
Speaker 1: It was laid out on the ground and had the
Speaker 1: hands behind them trying to bring in the past. Not
Speaker 1: a great lead thrown ball, but still it was the
Speaker 1: receiver stepping up to make plays. You saw how many
Speaker 1: times the cornerbacks, defensive backs were draped over Brandon Marshall
Speaker 1: and he's able to come down to play. So you
Speaker 1: still want to see the receivers and running backs, whoever
Speaker 1: it is, step up and make those big plays. Help
Speaker 1: them out absolutely. And you know, and also when you're
Speaker 1: talking about the Jets passing game, I think it's and
Speaker 1: you mentioned at the very beginning, but worth going back
Speaker 1: to Eric Rowe stepping up making plays today. This isn't
Speaker 1: just a one game situation where it's important for the
Speaker 1: Eagles and he made plays today. This is about his development,
Speaker 1: This is about this season, This is about the next
Speaker 1: three to four years. You know, in his rookie contract,
Speaker 1: Eric Roll becoming a contributor for this franchise. It didn't
Speaker 1: look good with the preseason games as we saw Chris
Speaker 1: and obviously Chip Kelly and Billy Davis styled him back,
Speaker 1: not having him involved in the first two weeks, but
Speaker 1: to see him get out there today make plays, it's
Speaker 1: a very encouraging sign for what this defense can do
Speaker 1: moving for certainly, so the Eagles win the turnover battle
Speaker 1: by three four total turnovers. They have, of course the
Speaker 1: fumble there, then you also have the interceptions by not
Speaker 1: just Rowe, but by Jordan Hicks, and also deep down
Speaker 1: sun by Walter Thurman. What I find that he has
Speaker 1: been at the safety position. Look, this is a guy
Speaker 1: who's played corner who has career, he'd played in the slot,
Speaker 1: and then there was a chance last year he could
Speaker 1: have signed with the Eagles, but the team signed Nolan
Speaker 1: cow instead. So you know, Thurman went and signed with
Speaker 1: the Giants, suffered an injury early in the season, didn't
Speaker 1: play a whole lot, becomes a free agent, comes to Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: they think that he's going to be a cornerback. But
Speaker 1: then at the beginning of the OTAs they say, well
Speaker 1: why don't we make the tranches in the safety, And
Speaker 1: all of a sudden he's been a ball hawk for them.
Speaker 1: A nice compliment there to Malcolm Jenkins. Yeah, he's made place.
Speaker 1: I think that's the big thing. He has made places.
Speaker 1: He's shine, he is he is stepped up and flashed
Speaker 1: for sure. I also thought Byron Maxwell was better today.
Speaker 1: You know, he had the fade route on or you
Speaker 1: know the one where Byron Maxwell got in the fourth
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter where Brandon Marshall got the ball,
Speaker 1: but you know that's going to happen from time time.
Speaker 1: Maxwell was better. I also thought Carol made some place today.
Speaker 1: So the defensive secondary is better. You had mentioned Brandon
Speaker 1: Bear earlier getting pressure, you know, which helped. And again
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick wasn't very good. I mean, Ryan Fitzpatrick definitely
Speaker 1: late let some place stand out there on the field
Speaker 1: for the Jets, and that helped Eagles defense. But Eagles
Speaker 1: defense generally did their job. And now you get set
Speaker 1: for you know, we'll hear Chip Kelly coming up in
Speaker 1: a couple of minutes here and then ultimately a Washington
Speaker 1: Redskins team where now the division has I don't want
Speaker 1: to say come back to the Eagles, it's too early
Speaker 1: to say that, but the Eagles are in it. At
Speaker 1: one and two, they're in it. We know the injury
Speaker 1: situation around the division, and Eagles have a shot now
Speaker 1: for sure. Joe, I think you looked at his Eagles
Speaker 1: team in the first two weeks and you said, Okay,
Speaker 1: the defense had made improvements, had started to get better.
Speaker 1: It's a question it could the offense turn around. And
Speaker 1: I feel like that if you were going to say
Speaker 1: one thing about the Eagles, it's you have Chip Kelly,
Speaker 1: you have Pat Shermer overseeing the offense, that they should
Speaker 1: be the ones to get the offense turn around as
Speaker 1: long as Bill Davis could continue to take care of
Speaker 1: the defense and see the improvements there. Corey Unland doing
Speaker 1: an amazing job there with the secondary up and now
Speaker 1: we're gonna send it to MetLife Stadium and here from
Speaker 1: head coach Chip Kelly following the wind, you can do
Speaker 1: your run game going again. You know, we really just
Speaker 1: kind of went back to basics in terms of what
Speaker 1: we're doing run wise. I thought, you know, Ryan hit
Speaker 1: it in there a few times. Give him credit. I
Speaker 1: think he like his style in terms of how it
Speaker 1: fits in terms of what we're doing. They got some
Speaker 1: big bodies up front, you know, so we had to
Speaker 1: try to get outside a little bit more run, a
Speaker 1: little bit more outside zone than um, but trying to
Speaker 1: get away from those big bodies. But I thought, you know, um,
Speaker 1: in the first half we got to go one of
Speaker 1: the second half, we you know, there's a little bit
Speaker 1: more guys in the box. You got a big lead.
Speaker 1: You know, everybody knows you're trying to run it, trying
Speaker 1: to work the clock a little bit. We need to
Speaker 1: be better at that aspect of it. But in the
Speaker 1: first half, I thought it helped us. How would you
Speaker 1: describe were you just the overall performance today? I thought
Speaker 1: it was gritty, you know it was We knew going
Speaker 1: in that this was just going to be one of
Speaker 1: those kind of use a box and analogy to you,
Speaker 1: guys are gonna stand in the middle of the ring
Speaker 1: and just start swinging at each other. And that's what happened.
Speaker 1: I mean that that defense that they have and we
Speaker 1: talked about it earlier in a week with outstanding corners,
Speaker 1: you know that the you know, can really cover and
Speaker 1: then so they can devote a lot of people in
Speaker 1: there um to the run game and they just you know,
Speaker 1: I just kind of won to pretty win. But it was,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of ugly, but it's what we had
Speaker 1: to do to UM to win this football game. And
Speaker 1: then I think our defense played really really well. You know,
Speaker 1: he created a lot of turnovers over there. We knew
Speaker 1: what they were going to do. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: empty sets that they run, UM trying to figure out
Speaker 1: if you're in manner zone, if you're in man there.
Speaker 1: You know, Marshall's such a big target. You know, it's
Speaker 1: a difficult matchup at times. Uh and fits he's so
Speaker 1: smart he kind of gets the ball out quick, so
Speaker 1: the Russia doesn't really get to him. UM. But I
Speaker 1: thought our defense, especially some of those young guys had
Speaker 1: an opportunity play kind of stepped up today. So Jordan
Speaker 1: and Eric made some big plays, got the turnovers, yeah,
Speaker 1: they did. You know, we were really excited about Jordan
Speaker 1: when we got him, when we talked about him being
Speaker 1: a third down linebacker. And I think you're starting to
Speaker 1: see that he's got great coverage skills um, and he's
Speaker 1: really gotta there's a calmness to Jordan. He's got a
Speaker 1: real good awareness out there. So I don't think anything
Speaker 1: was really too big for him. The obviously made a
Speaker 1: you know, a big catch on the tip ball and
Speaker 1: I think it was Brandon Barrow at the tip um
Speaker 1: and then Eric I thought they had really good coverage.
Speaker 1: A couple of times they broke up one on our
Speaker 1: sideline and then come up with a pick on our sideline.
Speaker 1: So you know, it was good to see. You know,
Speaker 1: the two of those guys contribute to the victory on
Speaker 1: the defensive side. So finally getting out, you know, the
Speaker 1: first one soldo thirty. But what can you do for
Speaker 1: team topidence going forward? Yeah? You know what it's really
Speaker 1: like everything, it's got to be the same mentality is
Speaker 1: that obviously, um, you gotta make your corrections on Tuesday,
Speaker 1: and then you gotta go because what happened in the
Speaker 1: week before in this league, you know, sometimes really doesn't
Speaker 1: have a real big impact on the next week. You know,
Speaker 1: every week is going to be kind of a street fight,
Speaker 1: you know, and you got to be prepared. We still
Speaker 1: have a lot of corrections we have to make, um.
Speaker 1: But it's obviously easier on Tuesday when you're talking to
Speaker 1: a team after after a win than it is after
Speaker 1: a loss. So m but we still have a lot
Speaker 1: of work to do. Look ad you see of the scrolls?
Speaker 1: Yeah again, and we it's another thing. We're just trying
Speaker 1: to talk about getting there, getting there and started back there,
Speaker 1: and I thought we had a great hold up, you know,
Speaker 1: and um, I had some gave him an opportunity to
Speaker 1: catch it clean and then once he gets ahead of steam,
Speaker 1: he's very difficult to block. But I thought, um, you know,
Speaker 1: that's what we kind of expect out of our punt
Speaker 1: return team because we have such a dynamic return back there.
Speaker 1: If we can we can kind of get him started,
Speaker 1: We're hoping good things can happen. And that's what that's
Speaker 1: what happen. Can you see when he has a chance
Speaker 1: to catch a clean And yeah, everybody, I think everybody's
Speaker 1: like that on on our team, you know, just because
Speaker 1: of the impact he can he can make on a
Speaker 1: football football play, just being able to flip the field, um,
Speaker 1: you know. And and and you could tell him that
Speaker 1: one he gotta he was he was gonna get We're
Speaker 1: gonna get something out of it because he was gonna
Speaker 1: get a chance to get started. To see Ryan Matthews
Speaker 1: running staff compliments, what you're trying to do? What do
Speaker 1: you mean exactly? He's a real decisive what kind of
Speaker 1: one cut runners stuck his foot in the ground and
Speaker 1: go and you're gonna have to run through some arm
Speaker 1: tackles at times, um, and he did. You know, he's
Speaker 1: got some uh some size to go along with his
Speaker 1: explosion and he and he can. You know, there there
Speaker 1: are times where guys are kind of running off the
Speaker 1: tackles and he's you know, it's it's not a um,
Speaker 1: make you miss thing, it's you've got to be physical
Speaker 1: through there. And he was really physical. I thought today
Speaker 1: running the football the first two weeks that the Jets
Speaker 1: plus and in turnover. Is that something you emphasized there?
Speaker 1: We did, We really did, and I think they were
Speaker 1: plus ten in the first two weeks they had ten. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they created a ten. So you know, it's really what
Speaker 1: we we talked about is creating turnovers on our side
Speaker 1: of the ball. It's been something since we talked about
Speaker 1: last April, is that we turned the ball over too
Speaker 1: much last year offensively and we got to create more
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of them. And then obviously, um
Speaker 1: it had a huge impact on the game today. Why
Speaker 1: didn't Marko Yeah, we tried. He tried pregame and just
Speaker 1: couldn't go. So the Bears impact at the line. I mean,
Speaker 1: it really seems like he does a good job coming
Speaker 1: in and getting his hands up and get into a
Speaker 1: passing lanes somewhere. He does he and a lot of that.
Speaker 1: He has a knack for that. But it was part
Speaker 1: of what we talked about with what fits he does.
Speaker 1: You know, one of Billy's emphasis is this week with
Speaker 1: those guys is that if the balls out so quick,
Speaker 1: we may not be able to get to him in
Speaker 1: a pass rush. So we need to cloud the throwing
Speaker 1: lanes for him and be able to You know, it
Speaker 1: takes a kind of a little bit of a knack
Speaker 1: to start to pass rush and then get a field
Speaker 1: for the timing in your head and get your hands
Speaker 1: up and hum. Brandon does have a knack for it.
Speaker 1: But I think he got two today and one of
Speaker 1: them resulted in the three yeah, three today. You know,
Speaker 1: I saw two, you know so, and I know they
Speaker 1: resulted in a turnovers for him. But again that's that's
Speaker 1: a big impact. You know, if you're not going to
Speaker 1: get to the quarterback, can you disrupt his timing and
Speaker 1: can you disrupt the throwing lanes? And I thought he
Speaker 1: did that, so one where you got the big lead,
Speaker 1: so it looks like you slowed down the offense a
Speaker 1: little bit and sort of pick picked response where you
Speaker 1: picked up the ten bottles or any just trying to
Speaker 1: figure out they were giving you so many different looks
Speaker 1: so you can kind of get into you know, we
Speaker 1: tried to get in some formations and see what they
Speaker 1: were doing and then you know, just get us into
Speaker 1: the appropriate players. I thought Sam did a nice job
Speaker 1: considering what they brought. They think they can bring a rush. Um,
Speaker 1: unlike any team we play. They they bring, they bring seven.
Speaker 1: You know they're gonna play zero man behind it. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, I think there are a few of those drops.
Speaker 1: I think all those guys would like back. You know,
Speaker 1: they had the one down the far sideline that when
Speaker 1: he released it, Sproles hadn't even turned the corner again
Speaker 1: and then he turns the corner and it drops right
Speaker 1: into his hands. So um, but he kept battling just
Speaker 1: like everybody else. I'm sure there's probably a couple of
Speaker 1: throws he'd like back. And there's probably some catches that
Speaker 1: I think our receivers which they made so taking away
Speaker 1: stuff and twenty arts. These guys did a good job.
Speaker 1: But I mean you're talking about Rivas and Kramarti. So
Speaker 1: I you know, when you go back, we'll look at
Speaker 1: the film in terms of where we are. But you know,
Speaker 1: I don't think there was there was. They were pretty
Speaker 1: close and coverage ot day long. But that may be
Speaker 1: the best tandem we play um and this year. So
Speaker 1: there's so many three and outs of the second half.
Speaker 1: Were you disappointed by that? Now? I was really excited. Actually,
Speaker 1: I mean is fired out now? I mean it's something
Speaker 1: we have to get better at. We have to be
Speaker 1: able to run the ball when everybody knows we're gonna
Speaker 1: run the ball, and uh um, you know, we just
Speaker 1: got behind schedule. Come times, we'd have a big game
Speaker 1: on first and first and ten, but then not real good.
Speaker 1: Probably maybe play selection on second down to get us
Speaker 1: you know, kind of that first first down. So you
Speaker 1: know a lot of that falls on my shoulders in
Speaker 1: terms of calling plays. I got to do a better
Speaker 1: job in a second half. Should you had six guys
Speaker 1: are six guys are prior to game two more guys
Speaker 1: get hurt juring the game. Is that what you meant
Speaker 1: by by gritty win? Well, that's part of it, you know,
Speaker 1: I think some other guys. Some guys had some opportunities
Speaker 1: to step up and make plays. And you know, obviously
Speaker 1: Jordan in terms of what he did because we had
Speaker 1: Michael and Keiko weren't playing today. Brandon bar is a
Speaker 1: prime example, you know, was said, and Taylor Hart, you know,
Speaker 1: being able to step up in there. Uh, Chris Maragos
Speaker 1: went down during the game. So Eric role gets pressed
Speaker 1: into you know, gets pressed into service. And when he
Speaker 1: gets pressed into service, he responds, So um, you know
Speaker 1: it's a it's it's a tough league from that, you know,
Speaker 1: Ryan because you know, get a little bit more of
Speaker 1: shoulders because it's Demrco being out. So um, there's a
Speaker 1: lot you know, we talk about it. You know, the
Speaker 1: injury rates probably about one hundred percent this league. So um,
Speaker 1: when you when you have an opportunity, if you're dressed
Speaker 1: and you're part of the forty six, you got to contribute.
Speaker 1: And I thought the guys that took advantage of their
Speaker 1: opportunities because they get a chance to play. So the
Speaker 1: outside zone pop. I think they were playing a lot
Speaker 1: of double three techniques, a lot of bare looks, nose
Speaker 1: guard two three techniques, trying to take away the insight
Speaker 1: so we had to try to get the ball to
Speaker 1: the perimeter or so when you when you acquired and
Speaker 1: extended scrolls, was this the vision you had in mind
Speaker 1: for him? What now? I mean, there's so many different
Speaker 1: things he can do, you know, and um, we probably
Speaker 1: still haven't utilized him to the role we can, but
Speaker 1: I think he's his ability to change a game as
Speaker 1: a returner also as a running back. Um, you know
Speaker 1: didn't hesitate when we had the ball in the half
Speaker 1: yard line to give it to him. I think a
Speaker 1: lot of people would why are you giving it to
Speaker 1: him there? But he's got a knack for finding his
Speaker 1: way through. Um, and he's just such a weapon trying
Speaker 1: to come out of the backfield. We had one third
Speaker 1: down there where um, you know, he they came all
Speaker 1: out in the blitz. We end up throwing it deep,
Speaker 1: but he kind of got tackled trying to run through.
Speaker 1: And there's a lot of guys devoted to him. So
Speaker 1: the offensive line, where did they showed? Um, they battled?
Speaker 1: You know, we can still improve there, Um, but I
Speaker 1: thought they battled this week and um, you know especially
Speaker 1: we we you know, Gardner went down, so Toben's got
Speaker 1: to come in the game, and then JP was on
Speaker 1: in the last series. Um, and then Dennis came in
Speaker 1: the game. But you know, so you had to kind
Speaker 1: of use everybody in that situation. But I thought they
Speaker 1: battled in against the against a really good front, you know,
Speaker 1: with with Leonard Williams and Couples and uh Muhammad Wokerson.
Speaker 1: You know, that's that's a pretty formidable group that you're
Speaker 1: playing against right there. He didn't finish. Yeah, he got
Speaker 1: I don't know exactly what it was ust to be
Speaker 1: honest with it. I know he got hit and so
Speaker 1: with Dennis went up, we kind of flipped Tobin over.
Speaker 1: Dennis went into right guard and don't Tobin flipped over
Speaker 1: to left tackle. But I haven't gotten I don't know exactly.
Speaker 1: He looked happy in the locker room. So Puff's injury
Speaker 1: was it during the practice? It was during yesterday? Yeah,
Speaker 1: he was just running around and felt something in his hamstrength.
Speaker 1: So he tried to see if he could go today.
Speaker 1: But I couldn't go. So what was the message to
Speaker 1: those days for the day to day? Um, we're getting
Speaker 1: ready to go back. But you know, we talked about
Speaker 1: it kind of being a gritty game. We knew it
Speaker 1: was gonna be a gritty game going into it, and
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to kind of stand toe to toe
Speaker 1: and take their best shot, and then we're gonna give
Speaker 1: our best shot. And um, you know, I think everybody
Speaker 1: all phases offense, defense, and special times contributed to the win.
Speaker 1: So two more guys defensive later times, you know, we did,
Speaker 1: Billy did about devoted a lot of guys to coverage,
Speaker 1: you know, so we were only gonna rush, you know,
Speaker 1: four and three at times. So can those four and
Speaker 1: three kind of dishrup the throwing lanes a little bit?
Speaker 1: And I thought they did. They got a good push
Speaker 1: on the pocket, um, and I thought we did a
Speaker 1: decent job in coverage. You know. I think probably the
Speaker 1: only drive we'd like back is that last drive right
Speaker 1: at the end of the first half. Derek, you mean
Speaker 1: Ryan was head coach Chip Kelly addressing the media following
Speaker 1: the Eagles twenty four to seventeen to win over the
Speaker 1: New York Jets. Joe, who do you think the fans
Speaker 1: and the people of Philadelphia are happier about Chip Kelly
Speaker 1: delivering the win or the Pope. We've got a little
Speaker 1: little little blessings there both, you know maybe. I mean
Speaker 1: I was waiting all week. I was waiting for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: Chant here the list that twenty four hours with the Pope,
Speaker 1: but it never happened. It's got to Sam brad Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford first win is an Eagle, Sam first w in
Speaker 1: a low aside. It feels good. Um, obviously that's a
Speaker 1: really good football team. You know, I'm on the road
Speaker 1: and get a win today, you know, a tough win.
Speaker 1: Our defense did a great job today keeping us in
Speaker 1: the game. Um. You know, it's just a great win
Speaker 1: for the team. Same. That's a tough teams to throw against. Obviously,
Speaker 1: what were some of the struggles that you guys had drawing? Um,
Speaker 1: you know, like you said, they're a good defense. Um,
Speaker 1: I thought they matched up with us well today. You know,
Speaker 1: I missed a few throws. I think we had a
Speaker 1: few drops, you know, just uh, you know, a couple
Speaker 1: of different things, you know, on different different drives that
Speaker 1: kind of set us back. Um. But you know, like
Speaker 1: I said, I don't think there was anything major. I'm
Speaker 1: really proud of the way we fought, you know, to
Speaker 1: get that win, to hang in there, to fight, you know,
Speaker 1: that's huge for us right now. In the first two weeks,
Speaker 1: you played from behind. Today played with the lead. What
Speaker 1: was that like for you? Um? I like that. You know,
Speaker 1: hopefully we can continue to do that. It's a lot
Speaker 1: more fun to play from ahead than it is behind. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously we just got to figure out a way, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, when we get those leads to continue to
Speaker 1: put drives together in the second half. Obviously that was
Speaker 1: a bit of a struggle for us today. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: so hopefully we can learn from that and continue to build,
Speaker 1: you know, win as Bill routs. I know, you know
Speaker 1: Matthew's dropped one, but the touchdowns, you know, similar type
Speaker 1: of player. Was that something you saw it already? Kind
Speaker 1: of take a dam job? Yeah, you know, we felt
Speaker 1: the way they were playing Matthews in the game. You know,
Speaker 1: it was a lot of man coverage and you know,
Speaker 1: a couple of those looks we gotta matched up on
Speaker 1: a linebacker, and you know, the past couple of games
Speaker 1: we'd ran a lot of routes with him going to
Speaker 1: the flat, and so we figured they'd be hard on
Speaker 1: the flats and then you know, it looks very similar
Speaker 1: and then he just wheels up. Um. You know, and
Speaker 1: it worked pretty well today. What were your reason for
Speaker 1: taking it? Seemed to be more snaps under Seler about
Speaker 1: it this week. UM, I'm not sure. You'd have to
Speaker 1: ask coach. Um. You know, I think it gets the
Speaker 1: run game probably a little more downhill. You know, that's
Speaker 1: how Ryan likes to run. You know, that's the only
Speaker 1: thing that really comes to my mind. Um, but you'd
Speaker 1: have to ask him. Running game established today, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm a huge, huge Um. You know, it was great
Speaker 1: and the first half to get those guys rolling, you know,
Speaker 1: I thought they ran really hard, that the line did
Speaker 1: a great job opening holes. Um. You know, it's a
Speaker 1: good front seven that we just play, you know, and
Speaker 1: to be able to come out and run the ball
Speaker 1: the way we did in the first half, you know
Speaker 1: that that's really big for us do for a team's
Speaker 1: confidence as far as you know, maybe starting to strink here.
Speaker 1: I think it can do a lot, you know, especially
Speaker 1: for us. You know, I feel like the first couple
Speaker 1: of weeks there was just a lot of pressure on us.
Speaker 1: I feel like we're all pressing a little bit. You know.
Speaker 1: It's just nice to get that first one and now
Speaker 1: that pressure is gone, you know, Like I said, it
Speaker 1: wasn't perfect today. Um, you know there's gonna be things
Speaker 1: that we need to correct, but you know, I think
Speaker 1: this is a great building block for this team. We've
Speaker 1: had a chance now to see Darren Sprowls up close
Speaker 1: and personalities a few much thoughts on what makes them
Speaker 1: such a special player. Oh, just as versatility. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: what he's able to do in the backfield, what he's
Speaker 1: able to do in the slot. You know, obviously his
Speaker 1: punt returned today, you know that was a big momentum
Speaker 1: swing in the game. Uh. There's just so many different
Speaker 1: things that he does really well. You know, we can
Speaker 1: utilize him in so many different ways. I don't think
Speaker 1: there's a lot of guys in the league that you know,
Speaker 1: can do that. We'd already tell you that you were
Speaker 1: yelling completely. You sent of the past. So I had
Speaker 1: to do a turnover? How would you eat before the game?
Speaker 1: How would you feel about it at? You know, uh,
Speaker 1: good and bad? You know obviously the turnovers you know
Speaker 1: something that we talked a lot about this week. You know,
Speaker 1: this defense had ten takeaways in the first two weeks.
Speaker 1: You know, for us to have I think one giveaway today, Um,
Speaker 1: you know that's big. Um. You know, obviously passing game,
Speaker 1: we just gotta be a little bit more efficient. Two
Speaker 1: more guys. What are they doing to take away the
Speaker 1: d ball? Did seem like you know your truck him,
Speaker 1: I'm already Um yeah, I think they've got some great
Speaker 1: players on the outside. Um. You know, I think once
Speaker 1: we got the lead today, it was just kind of
Speaker 1: the way the game went. No wheel route. When you
Speaker 1: hit on the Matthews behind the linebacker, you have a
Speaker 1: guys screaming at you. It took quite a hit. Did
Speaker 1: you see it open right away? And just trying to
Speaker 1: anticipate what happened better? Uh, you know, I saw the
Speaker 1: way the linebacker was playing, and like I said, I
Speaker 1: felt like he was playing the flat. You know, I
Speaker 1: think Ryan did a great job to avoid him and
Speaker 1: get outside of him. Uh you know, And I knew
Speaker 1: that the position that the linebacker was in, Ryan could
Speaker 1: outrun him. So just trying to put it out there
Speaker 1: and let him go get it. The ball that was
Speaker 1: bounced off of Ryan in the flat that was sort
Speaker 1: of a quite a drop. Was he going to wheel
Speaker 1: past him up the sideline at that point to the
Speaker 1: vacated area or not no, that was just a flat yeah,
Speaker 1: all right, thanks guys, So it should be noted. On
Speaker 1: September twenty seventh, twenty fifteen, Sam Bradford records his first
Speaker 1: win as the quarterback for your Philadelphia Eagles. Welcome back
Speaker 1: to the postgame show presented by Rico Joe. How much
Speaker 1: do you think the pressure is off of him finally
Speaker 1: getting that first win in almost two years. It's been
Speaker 1: a long time, and it's got to be a great
Speaker 1: feeling for him. Now. There's so much work still to do,
Speaker 1: for sure, but this gets the Eagles into the seasons.
Speaker 1: It gets obviously Bradford an opportunity to know that, you know,
Speaker 1: he can win. Here he mentioned something that felt was
Speaker 1: he was asked that he was prompted, but he got
Speaker 1: to it about the rushing attack and obviously Ryan Matthews
Speaker 1: is one of the main guys. Let's send it back
Speaker 1: to MetLife state him here from running back Ryan Matthews.
Speaker 1: You know in a while, so I had that many carries,
Speaker 1: but uh, you know it was fun and um, you know,
Speaker 1: the team played great, the line played awesome, and uh,
Speaker 1: I think we have fun today. Are you the kind
Speaker 1: of guy who will leave here we're celebrating, you know,
Speaker 1: the performance. Who are lamenting the turnover? Uh, I mean
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a win. You know, we won the game.
Speaker 1: So you know that's that's at the end of the day.
Speaker 1: You know that that's really all that matters. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: stats or anything don't mean nothing to me. You know,
Speaker 1: as long as we get that w So your coach
Speaker 1: seem to say that you were decisive one cut your
Speaker 1: life running? Uh when the quarterback with us are central,
Speaker 1: what what about that makes you a better runner? Uh?
Speaker 1: I feel like I got could see a little bit better,
Speaker 1: you know. Um, you know, Uh, I don't know. I
Speaker 1: just I mean I like running when he's in the
Speaker 1: gun too. So don't don't get don't get me wrong,
Speaker 1: but you know, I just I think it's just I
Speaker 1: think I run better from from under. H I mean,
Speaker 1: I think I just see a lot more than what
Speaker 1: I do usually when you know the quarterbacks in the gun.
Speaker 1: But you know, it's just something I gotta work on
Speaker 1: and then get better at challenge of their of their
Speaker 1: defensive front. When you guys were scouting them during the week,
Speaker 1: what do they do so well? They play hard? Um?
Speaker 1: You know big guys, you know, the fast, physical and
Speaker 1: uh you know we knew coming to this game is
Speaker 1: it's gonna be you know, you know, a dogfight. So
Speaker 1: you know, my guys did a great job up front.
Speaker 1: You know they they worked the tails off today and
Speaker 1: they deserve all the credit. Is it to finally get
Speaker 1: that running game established? Uh? You know for all of us?
Speaker 1: I think I think it's it's it's it's a plus.
Speaker 1: You know, Um, you know we can do it. We
Speaker 1: know we can do it. Uh you know, it's just
Speaker 1: uh putting that first leg in the water, you know,
Speaker 1: and uh you know, getting the going. Did it um
Speaker 1: on the flip site like the drop past it? I
Speaker 1: bet you wished down that all that. I mean, Uh,
Speaker 1: you make mistakes. You know, it's a game. You're not
Speaker 1: gonna be perfect. Um you know, but uh you know,
Speaker 1: like I said, we won the game twenty seven yard
Speaker 1: run on the third place from scrimmage for you and
Speaker 1: the team kind of help get things going with the
Speaker 1: running game, did you big running? I mean it's it's
Speaker 1: it's I mean, it feels them, you know, get them
Speaker 1: pumped up. You know when when you make big games
Speaker 1: like that, and um, you know everyone feeds off each other,
Speaker 1: you know, and then uh, like I said, everyone was
Speaker 1: having fun today, everyone was was firing and uh and
Speaker 1: everyone's playing where you kind of a just to kind
Speaker 1: of get the chance. I mean the first two games
Speaker 1: you got run the ball very much. And you know
Speaker 1: here obviously DeMarco's out. So not my first rodeo. You know,
Speaker 1: I played the game before and I started the game before. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, uh, you know, it's fun. It's fun to
Speaker 1: get back out there and and and run and uh
Speaker 1: you know, just uh step in for for a good
Speaker 1: great running back, you know, and to take a looking
Speaker 1: forward fields when you had going up against your defense.
Speaker 1: Uh it was it's really uh, I mean, we we
Speaker 1: have to do it, you know. It's it's it's something
Speaker 1: that you know, we work on and and and practice
Speaker 1: every day and uh you know, it's uh something we
Speaker 1: gonna can continue to get better at. I know I
Speaker 1: expected four carries though the first two games for you?
Speaker 1: Was it disappointing? Was it frustrating? Surprising? What's your mind
Speaker 1: set after those two games? I mean I knew it
Speaker 1: all signing up. When when I when I signed here, um,
Speaker 1: you know, got the marko on sprosy. You know back
Speaker 1: they're two great running backs. So you know, I just
Speaker 1: gotta wait my wait for my turn, wait for my
Speaker 1: number to be called. Right, How would you describe just
Speaker 1: kind of the mood in the locker room? Um, after
Speaker 1: the first win? Uh, this is great. It's always good
Speaker 1: to get that first one out of the way, you know. Um,
Speaker 1: you know we've had you know, two bad weeks, you know,
Speaker 1: the first couple of weeks, and uh, you know, we
Speaker 1: gotta keep getting better. You know, this is this is no,
Speaker 1: this is the beginning of I think of something great.
Speaker 1: What what did you see? It's funny three yard you
Speaker 1: know we over you touchdowns as it seemed like that
Speaker 1: was open to Uh. I mean, I just do what
Speaker 1: I was supposed to do. Um. You know the linebacker
Speaker 1: played it, you know, a little low. You know, I
Speaker 1: got over the top of him. Sam seen it, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know he tries to running backs. You know, even
Speaker 1: though I put two on the ground, he's he's he's
Speaker 1: he's still gonna go to us. And uh, you know
Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's it's a chemistry. You know, we
Speaker 1: work on it, you know a lot, and uh, you
Speaker 1: know it's It's just fun. How's the body, how's the body?
Speaker 1: How's the body feeling after after such a workload. It's
Speaker 1: been a while, it's been a while had had cares
Speaker 1: like that, but it is, it's fun. It's a great feeling,
Speaker 1: you know, especially after win. Um, you know, canna come
Speaker 1: back watching on the mall, working on mistakes and get
Speaker 1: better and get ready for next week. Said, your style
Speaker 1: really fits with y'all were trying to do today terms
Speaker 1: of just getting what you could out of every play.
Speaker 1: Is that your mindset just you know, don't dance around
Speaker 1: and try to see what's there, just take what's there. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, the more I danced around,
Speaker 1: the more defenders are gonna be on me, you know,
Speaker 1: trying to hit me. So you know, I try to
Speaker 1: get you know, the quickest you know way to point
Speaker 1: a to point bas a straight line, so you know,
Speaker 1: try and get get there as soon as I can.
Speaker 1: Thanks guys. So Ryan Matthews recording one hundred eight yards
Speaker 1: on the ground for his first one hundred yard game
Speaker 1: as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles. You know, that's
Speaker 1: just the type of game that you brought Ryan Matthews
Speaker 1: in for Demarca Murray unable to play due to the
Speaker 1: hamstring injuries suffered during the week, So you have a
Speaker 1: nice insurance policy there in Ryan Matthews also have Darren sproles.
Speaker 1: Of course they're in the backfield. But to me, this
Speaker 1: is how it's going to be with the Eagles offense.
Speaker 1: It could be a week where Ryan Matthews is a
Speaker 1: go to guy, another week it could be DeMarco Murray.
Speaker 1: But to me, it's integral that they have all these
Speaker 1: backs and they have to get them all working well together.
Speaker 1: So they got Ryan Matthews going this week. Hopefully next
Speaker 1: week against Washington they'll be able to get DeMarco Murray
Speaker 1: if he's healthy, back in action. Yeah, and you would
Speaker 1: think with how DeMarco was pretty close to playing the day,
Speaker 1: you would think that he'd be ready to go for
Speaker 1: next week. We'll find out as we get there. But
Speaker 1: also not lost in the shuffle of this running back
Speaker 1: discussion and Ryan matthews success the offensive line. They did
Speaker 1: their job. I mean they did their job after two
Speaker 1: weeks of struggles, struggles that were so profound that it
Speaker 1: really sent shockwaves through everyone in Philadelphia about you know,
Speaker 1: what is this season going to be like. They did
Speaker 1: their job today. They got the Eagles rushing attack going,
Speaker 1: they gave Bradford some time. The passing games still got
Speaker 1: to pick it up more. But the improvement of the
Speaker 1: offensive line, I think is is a direct result you
Speaker 1: can see in winning the game. Okay, so a lot
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Speaker 1: Rico Chris mcfears, along as that Joe did camera the
Speaker 1: Eagles victors over the New York Jets twenty four to seventeen. Joe,
Speaker 1: who is your player of the game. There are plenty
Speaker 1: of options to choose from. Yeah, there are, I mean
Speaker 1: a lot of consideration at Jordan Hicks some consideration and
Speaker 1: Darren Sprawls. But I'm gonna go with Ryan Matthews. I
Speaker 1: thought his fierce rushing attack, the way that he ran
Speaker 1: the ball hard, got over a hundred yards. There was
Speaker 1: consistency first quarter through fourth quarter. Obviously, the fumble wasn't
Speaker 1: good and the drop passed on what could have been
Speaker 1: a touchdown if he had taken that all the way
Speaker 1: down the field wasn't good. But I'm gonna go with
Speaker 1: Ryan Mathews. I thought he really brought it to that
Speaker 1: Love good options. Jordan Hicks is a very good one.
Speaker 1: To believe, ten total tackles and interception in a fumble recovery,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with him. I'm gonna give it to
Speaker 1: the third round pick who came into this game and
Speaker 1: was expected to pick up the low for Kiko Alonso
Speaker 1: and Michael Kendricks. Now he was put into action last
Speaker 1: week against Tony Romo and recorded his first sack and
Speaker 1: knocked the quarterback out of the game in the process,
Speaker 1: and certainly very impressive, not just from the pass rushability,
Speaker 1: but from a coverage and run stuffing standpoint as well.
Speaker 1: But a coming of age game for Jordan Hicks here
Speaker 1: and there are times when he was in the middle
Speaker 1: of that dime defense and he is the one calling
Speaker 1: the shots. So to see a third round pick come
Speaker 1: in and he's already been compared to Demiko Ryans from
Speaker 1: a physical stature standpoint when Ryans came out of Alabama
Speaker 1: ten years ago and was a second round pick of
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. You look at Jordan Hicks now coming
Speaker 1: out Texas, some of the similars are there, but there
Speaker 1: are some players in the locker room. As you have
Speaker 1: Demiko Ryans, who's called the Mufassa of the Eagles defense,
Speaker 1: there are some who were calling Hicks the Simba of
Speaker 1: this Eagles defense, following in the footsteps. So certainly an
Speaker 1: impressive alley by him. I mean I was actually gonna
Speaker 1: go with Darren Sprowls because of the two touchdowns and
Speaker 1: the one the punt return in the second quarter that
Speaker 1: really got the things rolling there for the Eagles. But Hicks,
Speaker 1: for the situation he was put in and for the
Speaker 1: performance he had overall, I think just too good to
Speaker 1: pass up. Yeah, and let me say this about Sprowles, Chris,
Speaker 1: you know when you talk about this game, and obviously
Speaker 1: the final score of twenty four to seventeen. Now take
Speaker 1: away the Sprowles touchdown, right, the Sprowles punt return touchdown,
Speaker 1: what's the score? Well, the score seventeen seventeen. We've talked
Speaker 1: in the preseason, we've talked during the season. Here we
Speaker 1: are at the end of the third week, about the
Speaker 1: importance of this Eagle Special teams which many of us
Speaker 1: believe has the chance to be a truly special special
Speaker 1: teams unit, to go out there and win games for
Speaker 1: the Eagles. If the play we're seen on the screen
Speaker 1: right now doesn't happen, it's a seventeen seventeen game. You
Speaker 1: can make a direct correlation to that play to winning
Speaker 1: the game and getting the season jump started. So, whether
Speaker 1: it's Hicks, whether it's Matthews, or whether it's Sproles, all
Speaker 1: are very deserved. And while the blocking was very good
Speaker 1: on that play. There's no doubt about that. That was
Speaker 1: a play where Sprowls in many ways made he made
Speaker 1: guys miss. I mean, it was a beautiful run. It
Speaker 1: really wants another keep blocking the play. Another rookie who
Speaker 1: stepped up in a big way, Eric row with the interception,
Speaker 1: also had the block there to spring Sprowls at the end.
Speaker 1: So the rookie stepping up in a big way. And
Speaker 1: also Brandon Bear, defensive lineman first start of his career
Speaker 1: almost thirty one years old, was inactive for the first
Speaker 1: two games of the year, but was said Thornton and
Speaker 1: Taylor Hart out, Bear stepped up in the big way.
Speaker 1: That's why he is a mountain of a man. So
Speaker 1: tomorrow head coach Chip Kelly will give his day after
Speaker 1: press conference at one pm, and then Brian Westbrook will
Speaker 1: be our co host on Eagles three sixty for all
Speaker 1: the latest news and notes. You can catch that with
Speaker 1: Dave Spadero at five PM. So that's gonna do it
Speaker 1: for us here on the postgame show presented by Rico
Speaker 1: for Joda Camera, I'm Chris McPherson. Make sure your stay
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Speaker 1: night long of the eagles twenty four to seventeen win
Speaker 1: over the New York Jets. Oh, it feels so good
Speaker 1: to finally be in the wind. Calm everyone, you're all
Speaker 1: gonna stary. Have a great Eagles night.