WEBVTT - Eagles 360: December 7 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:25.320 We welcome you to Eagles three sixty days for their 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:27.639 one Mike Quick. As the Eagles get ready for the 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:30.520 Washington Redskins and Mike, there is of course a lot 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:33.400 of talk about how this season has turned upside down. 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:37.199 If you had to identify quickly three areas where it's 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:39.680 really are three reasons why it's changed from three and 0:00:39.760 --> 0:00:41.760 on and out five and seven, what would you say, 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:45.319 do I have to exclude Lane Johnson? Well, I think 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:47.559 it's starting, fact, Dave, I think it starts with the 0:00:47.600 --> 0:00:50.560 offensive line, because I think early in the season, when 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:54.120 Carson Wentz was playing his best football, he was comfortable, 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:57.160 he was protected, and he had that security that the 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.720 offensive line they're gonna hold up. They're gonna give him 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:01.520 the time I'm dead he needs. I think you would 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:04.160 start at the offensive line. Didn't have to look at 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:07.280 the skilled position players and what they've contributed are not 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:11.160 and then the defense. When this team started out and 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:14.240 everyone was so high on this team, the defensive front, 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:16.560 they were dominant. They were one of the best in 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:20.639 the league and creating havoc, getting to the quarterback, knocking 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.080 people around at the line of scrimmage, winning at the 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.759 line of scrimmage, and those three things, in my mind 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:28.840 the big reason why this thing has turned in the 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:31.480 wrong direction. Eagles hoping to turn it back in the 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:35.080 right direction in these final four games, starting Sunday against 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:38.679 the Washington Redskins. Doug Peterson and a slew of players 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:41.640 meeting the media on this Wednesday, We've got your three 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:45.760 sixty update with Alex Smith. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:48.440 here with your three sixty update. The Eagles back at 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:51.480 practice today as they begin the work week for Sunday's 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:55.080 matchup against the Washington Redskins, the first of three division 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.640 home games here in the final four game stretched for 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:01.320 the Eagles, and after the disappointing loss in Cincinnati last week, 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:03.760 the Eagles are ready to come out with more energy 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.920 playing in front of the home crowd on Sunday. I mean, 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:08.600 you look in the mirror. Art of the mirror. First, 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:12.040 you gotta, um, I think you gotta always evaluate yourself 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:15.239 in those situations. See if you're giving um that effort 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.359 each and every play, each and every game, and that's 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:19.799 all you can focus on is getting better individually given 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:22.919 for finishing each and every play. UM, I think guys 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:24.919 are gonna respond really well to it, you know, doing 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.959 the extra things, um, you know needed to just get 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:30.160 us to you know that next step. Um. You know, 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:33.000 we're just searching for for you know, for anything right 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.200 now to kind of give us a spark and an edge, 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:37.120 um team to you know, get out this slump. So 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:39.400 I mean, we just gotta go out there and play 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:41.960 and give everything we've got on every single play. You know, 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:44.440 I think that it gets it's getting late in the year. 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:48.040 I think it's easy, you know sometimes to just let 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:50.320 up a little bit on a play, but you know, 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:53.720 we're in the NFL and you can't let that stuff go. 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:56.080 So at the end of the day, I think I 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:58.040 think this team cares. I think this team cares a 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:02.800 lot um, but we just got to do more. Meanwhile, 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:05.320 today we also heard from head coach Doug Peterson, who 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:08.480 spoke about how in the last matchup with Washington, the 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:11.600 team fell behind early, did fight back, but ultimately went 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.440 on to lose that game. This time, coach Peterson looking 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:18.160 for a different outcome on Sunday afternoon. You know, it's 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:21.400 a tough place to play. Obviously, felt like we had 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:23.799 opportunities in the game. We didn't capitalize on a few 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:27.560 things in the football game fell behind again. Defense we had, 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:29.519 you know, Malcolm had to pick six and kind of 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:32.120 kept us right in there. Special teams had a big play, 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:34.080 you know. So those are those are things that kind 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.080 of kept us in that football game. I know, offensively 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:38.200 we have to we have to do a little bit 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.880 better executing our game plan. Just understanding it's great to 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:44.320 now finally have a home game here with them and 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.800 a great opportunity against against a good football team that's 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:51.200 that's playing extremely well. And last but not least, we'll 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:53.520 end things with an injury update. Some good news for 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:56.040 the Eagles as it looks as if running back Ryan 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:59.320 Matthews and wide receiver Jordan Matthews will both be back 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:02.360 in the lineup on Sunday, as both players were at 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:06.360 practice here today. Meanwhile, wide receiver Doryl Greenbeckham still sitting 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:08.280 out from practice and we'll have to keep an eye 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:10.360 on him during the week to see if he's ready 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:13.480 to go on Sunday. With your three sixty update, I'm 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:16.960 Alex Smith. Thanks so much, Alex. We've got a lot 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:19.440 to get you on Eagles three sixty. In just a bit, 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:23.240 we'll hear from Mike quick about the Washington Redskins. Tough 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:26.480 loss for them last week in Arizona. But when we return, 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:30.400 offensive coordinator Frank Reich in studio talking about an offense 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:35.000 that has really struggled since that early season's success. What 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.440 is going on with the offense we'll find out next. 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:46.440 Their legend is legendary. They've seen the end zone more 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:50.039 often than any other duo in history. They are professional 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:55.120 football player. Watches become a pro fan only with Xfinity 0:04:55.279 --> 0:05:12.960 X one caller click today. We simply right checking from 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:16.360 sun time their bank. Just make one deposit, withdraw, transfer 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:18.800 or payment each month to wait the monthly fee, and 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:22.359 there's no minimum balance. You're all right, simply right checking 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:32.039 from the sun time their bank. You say crazy, I 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:37.640 say crafted. You say savage. I say practice, crazy, crafted, 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:43.520 savage practice. Let's run that whole thing back. You say unbelievable, 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:51.440 I say achievable. You say incredible. I say inevitable. Unbelievable, achievable, incredible, inevitable. 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:55.440 Let's run that whole thing back. Harps to compete, elect 0:05:55.440 --> 0:06:01.440 your life to replenish. Be noisy, be sun, be near, 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:07.200 be far, be joyful, be together. Let's celebrate joy with 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:11.359 Duncan's holiday flavored coffees, espressos and donuts America runs on 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:18.960 Duncan trying to talk some offense here. Offensive coordinator Frank 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:22.480 Reich joins me in studio and Frank, we know what 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:25.840 the numbers say, and it's been a tough little run 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:28.560 for the Philadelphi Eagles offensively. What have you seen good 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:31.400 and not so good? Well? I think you know, I 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.560 think the good is for instance, in the last game, 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:36.400 I mean, you don't want to say there's much good, 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:39.479 but we drove back sixty times, which is crazy. But 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:43.640 have one sack. That's positive. We've been better in the 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:45.800 red zone and better on third down the last couple 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.880 of weeks. That pot that's positive. But here's what's not positive. 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.799 We got to play more consistent football. We gotta we gotta, 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.240 we gotta get some more big chunk plays, and we 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:57.480 gotta find ways to be more productive and put more 0:06:57.520 --> 0:06:59.279 points up on the board. Let's kind to go group 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.120 by group. Your wife receivers. Paul Turner gets his chance 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:04.120 to play here, had a nice game six catches on 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:09.000 Sunday in Cincinnati. Nelson was consistent, and he was physical 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:11.600 and he was focused. DGB has come on the last 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:13.560 few weeks. What are you seeing from that group as 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:16.360 we head into the final four games of his regular season. Yeah, 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:19.800 I mean I think DGB is continuing to make more 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:21.680 and more of an impact. That's a good thing. He's 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:25.600 playing with more confidence and and more swagger. That's that's 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:27.440 a good thing. He's a big man. I mean, even 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:29.600 that play got hurt this last week. You know, Berfect 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:31.840 gets a clean shot on him and perfect and almost 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:33.600 as hurt as he is. That just goes to show 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:37.000 you how physical of a guy DGB is. So that's 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:39.160 a good thing. Nelson came back and played well, you 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:43.160 know he really he had those two key fourth down catches. 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:46.160 They were tough catches, good plays. I was happy for him. 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:47.720 That's the way you got to approach it. Just build 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:49.880 the confidence back one play at a time, you know, 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:51.760 one reception at a time. He did a nice job. 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:53.760 And then like you said, Paul Turner came in and 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:56.200 you know, made the first career reception there, you know, 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:59.040 caught that naked bootleg there. Carson made a good play, 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:01.560 took it for a big game. But that's what we 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:03.840 were expecting out of him. Tight end Zechers has really 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:06.040 come on in the last month or so. That must 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:07.920 be really a good feeling for you. And what a 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:09.760 target in the red zone all of a sudden catching 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:12.440 touchdown passes. Yeah, Zach, you know, I mean, we all 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:13.800 know it is just a matter of time. I think 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:14.960 we all know it was a matter of time. And 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.480 then he got banged up there for a few games 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:19.560 early in the year, but it seemed to be hit. 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:21.680 He and Carson seemed to be hitting their stride as 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:25.120 far as chemistry, understanding some things on routes, and you 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:28.400 know that's real positive. All right. So let's talk about 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:32.240 the offensive line. Now, first four games, the same starting five, 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:35.240 the offense is humming lane, Johnson goes out and since 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:38.920 then there have been four different starting combinations in the 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:42.360 eight games. How difficult is that to overcome? Yeah, I 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:45.520 mean it's difficult. It takes as tall. But I've been 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:48.240 in some places where you know, this has happened before. 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:52.000 But I have to say where I have more confidence, 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:54.720 Like when we're losing these guys and when we have 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:58.480 to shift things around, I don't find myself, oh we're 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.880 in trouble. I mean I really feel confident in the guys. 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:03.760 I feel stout in Eugene and doing a good job 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:05.800 of getting those guys ready that they're they're good players. 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:08.160 I mean it does take a little bit of a toll. 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:10.120 I think where it showed up a little bit is 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.920 in the run game. You know, you know, having the 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:16.560 consistency in the run game, a lot of those combination blocks. Um. 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.320 I think the past protection and the communication on blitz 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:22.240 stuff has been pretty good. Um as was the case 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:26.760 this past weekend. So, but naturally, you want all your 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:31.320 you want all your bullets in your belt. The quarterback, Carson, 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:34.959 the Project, the franchise, twelve games into his career. We all, 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:37.920 you know, we all, everybody wants him to be perfect. 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.000 I know that's not going to happen. What are you seeing, 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:42.920 Frank in the way he's developed. I mean, I'm just 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:44.720 glad we got him, That's all I can tell you. 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.360 I Mean, this guy is a winner in every way 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:52.480 as a player, as a leader, He understands the position. 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:55.600 He has the mental toughness to fight through the ups 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:58.719 and downs that it takes. UM so very excited about him, 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.679 and you know there's been ups and downs, but this 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:03.720 is a guy that you can build a franchise around. 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.760 He's throwing the ball well, you know, still completing sixty 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:08.960 three percent of his passes, which is a pretty good number. 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:11.559 But you're never happy, you know, and we're never happy 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:13.640 as coaches. So we just keep pushing them to get 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:15.640 better and he will. What do you want from this 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.800 offense the last four weeks the regular season? You know, 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:21.320 it's funny you get here to the beginning of a week, 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:23.400 you know, after the twelfth game, and I was just 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:26.240 talking to Carson about this before I came down here 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:30.719 with you. Where you come into week thirteen or your 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:33.520 thirteenth game, and you wish you could say at the 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:35.199 beginning of year, you wish you could help. We could 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:37.440 all understand that when you get to this point, it 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:39.600 doesn't matter whether your record is twelve and oz Orzo 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:42.640 and twelve. I walk in today with the same mindset, 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:45.160 the same goal. I'm going to prepare to win and 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.600 then we're going to play to win. And so you 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:52.960 can't allow the circumstances the to dictate the approach that 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:56.800 you take. So I expect us to come in like professionals, 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.040 with a lot of passion and juice and take it 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:00.840 one week at a time. It's really not until the 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:05.040 end of the season that you go back and evaluate 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:09.280 fully comprehensively everything, is it. Yeah, I mean you're doing 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:12.640 a little chunks along the way. You know, you're reevaluating things, 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:16.440 but afterwards you certainly do a much more thorough evaluation. 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:18.840 As an Eagles fact, I think the big story is 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:22.120 that Eagles fans just want to know that Carson's making 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.559 the right kind of progress, even though there are some 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:27.080 hurdles along the way. I mean, when you look at 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:30.640 last week, you know he's making incredible progress. I've never 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.320 been more confident that we got the right guy. Last week. 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:35.240 We throw a sixty times one sack. That's a lot 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.000 of credit to the offensive line, but that's a lot 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:40.040 of credit to Carson. Did a couple of nice things 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:44.400 on Blitz. Pick up, understands, protections, understands. Coverage is very 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:46.920 seldom do we come off the field and say, oh, 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.120 you got fooled on that one. It doesn't happen to him. 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:52.480 He sees it, he understands it. We're going the right direction. 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:54.760 How do you get better at not having passed his 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:57.000 knockdown to the line of scrimmage? And I know Cincinnati's 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:59.640 really long and yeah, it's all yeah, that's just to 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:03.360 feel thing now. And and Cincinnati take their an outlier. 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:05.800 I mean they're not. We played him. It was real. 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:09.320 But they got four guys who are in the top 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:11.240 ten of batting balls down. This is what they do. 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:13.120 But that's why they only got one sack in sixty 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.400 past tens because they are not rushing the passer. They 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:17.160 stand there. They time if they do a good job. 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:19.880 Carson's release point is up here. It's it's high enough. 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:23.000 He's six five. It's just final lane and throw it something. 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:24.959 You know that team is very good at it. Give 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.800 him credit. Um, but I think over time that's not 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:29.880 going to be an issue. Frank, thanks thanks for joining us. 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:45.360 Frank Reaking Studio in Philadelphia Eagles dot com. You here 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:49.600 to buy the tickets? Hey, buddy, you here for the tickets? Yeah, dude, 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:53.640 what's the password? Man? What are you thinking? We're doing 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:56.520 like a CD ticket deal instead of going to NFL 0:12:56.559 --> 0:13:00.880 ticket Exchange. NFL ticket Exchange verified. I had tickets from 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:02.520 one fan to the other. We'll see at the games, 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:08.360 all right, yes, sir, all right, appreciate you. 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This is what 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:03.040 we were founded on because it eats and Watson. We've 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:11.760 always believed in quality above all else. The Eagles have 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:15.800 four games remaining in the regular season, starting Sunday against 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.040 the Washington Redskins. So let's take a look at the 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:22.200 Eagles upcoming schedule, presented by NFL Ticket Exchange powered by Ticketmaster. 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:25.840 For the only one verified way to buy or sell 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:30.880 NFL tickets, visit NFL ticket exchange dot com. Mike, what 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.160 happens as we look at the schedule here in the 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.520 final month of the season. What is it like to 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:39.520 have gone through twelve games the preseason. Your body is exhausted. 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:42.320 And remember the Eagles had a bye week after Game three, 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:44.840 so it's been a long time since they've had a break. 0:14:44.920 --> 0:14:47.720 It's a long season. They'll get a mini break after 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:51.800 the Thursday night game. But you're worn at this point 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:54.040 in the season. Through twelve games and through the four 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.560 preseason games, you're really worn down. And it's really when 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:01.720 you have to take better care of your body. Supposedly 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:04.200 you're doing that throughout the season, but now you really 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.760 have to get your rest. You have to eat properly, 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.960 you have to do all the recovery things after practices, 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:12.560 after games to make sure that you can get back 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:15.920 to whatever your peak performance level is. At this point, 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.400 you really want to try and get there, maximize what 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:21.120 you have left in the tank. With the four games 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:23.600 left in the season, let's take a look at the Redskins. 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:25.960 In our first look at this Washington team, coming off 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:28.920 a tough loss in Arizona, they beat the Eagles in 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:32.280 game number five of the regular season twenty twenty Mike, 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:35.200 a game that just didn't feel that close well, because 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.760 we saw the vulnerability in the Eagles run defense. Because 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:43.480 the Washington Redskins, their offensive line coupled with Kelly the 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:48.200 young running back undrafted, he's been outstanding offensive line. They're solid, 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.680 They're going to have the same guys up front, and 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:54.680 they really can run the football down there, and which 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:56.880 was a problem for the Eagles in the first matchup. 0:15:56.960 --> 0:16:00.400 All right, let's begin though at quarterback. Kirk Cousins playing 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:04.320 on a franchise tag, is playing like a franchise quarterback. 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.320 Would you believe that, Mike? Do you think that he 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.920 is a long term solution in Washington? I think because 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:12.520 he has a real good supporting cast. He's got two 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:16.000 great tight end weapons. He's got good receivers on the outside, 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:21.520 and Garson Sean Jackson and Jamison Crowder second year out 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:26.000 of Duke an outstanding a young wide receiver, kick returner. 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:29.240 They get him in these matchups where he's got a 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:32.320 two way go or he's working the slot, he is 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:35.800 a problem to the fen And you know, Vernon Davis 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:38.280 is great on the outside, So I think he's got 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:40.640 a lot of weapons. And then he's had a solid 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:43.960 offensive line, same five guys for most of the season. 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.760 They're getting back their left tackle now, so they're solid upfront. 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:49.920 I think it makes it a lot easier for Kirk 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:53.280 Cousin that he knows who he has every single game 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:56.520 at running back. We mentioned Robert Kelly in Washington. We're 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.440 spotlighting Darren sproles here with the Eagles, but the challenge 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:02.720 for Philadel Matthew. Mike has been running the ball consistently. 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:06.320 Ryan Matthews on track to get back on the field. 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:10.320 Why has this run game really peeled off as the 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:12.560 season's kind of gone along. It starts up front, Dave. 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:15.120 It starts in winning the line of scrimmage, and that's 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:18.640 where the Eagles are having their problems in their run game. 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:20.840 They have to be able to win the line of scrimmage, 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:24.399 regardless if it's Wendell's Smallwood, if it's Matthews. It doesn't 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:28.400 matter if Darren sprous all of these guys, they're ineffective 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:30.960 if you cannot win the line of scrimmage the bigs. 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:33.040 It's all about the big guys. We like to see 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:36.280 the flash of the skilled position guys, but it's really 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:39.280 about the trenches and the big guys winning in the trenches. 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:43.000 For the Eagles. At wide receiver, Jordan Matthews expected to 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:45.719 play now. Last week, Mike, I need your opinion. Nelson 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:49.240 agil Or has some catches, Paul Turner had six receptions. 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:52.760 Dorial Greenbeckham before he was injured, played pretty well. Did 0:17:52.760 --> 0:17:55.640 you see growth in that group? Well, just to see 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:58.600 Nelson agil Are play well hold onto the football, that 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:00.879 to me is growth in itself. There's a number one 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:03.639 draft pick out of USC. You really want him to 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:06.280 come along. You really want to see him start to 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:09.199 become the player that you wanted when you're draft at 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:13.160 Nelson Agila. If that happens, then the other guys, just 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:16.000 the guys that are fill in, the support guys, I 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:18.240 think they'll be okay. But you need a leading man 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:21.879 at the wide receiver position other than Jordan Matthews and 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:24.880 that has to emerge and hopefully at some point that 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:28.800 can be Nelson Agilars. Paul Turner. What's his ceiling Mike? 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:31.360 What do you see in him? I think Paul Turner's solid, 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:34.040 a solid backup, a solid guy that can come in 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:37.159 and move the chains. He's gonna catch the ball and 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:39.679 what some of the route concepts that the Eagles have, 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:42.760 You're gonna be able to get Paul Turner open against 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:45.159 a good man to man cover guy, He's gonna struggle, 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:48.080 he's gonna have his problems. But Paul Turner is a 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:53.119 very serviceable receiver. He's gonna catch the football and that's key. 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:55.000 So that is the Eagles wide receiver. Look, we talked 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:59.040 about Jamison Crowder already at tight end. Washington loaded, Jordan 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:00.880 Reids still a question mark to play in this game. 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:03.560 If not, they go with Vernon Davis, who really hurt 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:07.040 the Eagles in landover Maryland, and the Eagles getting some 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:10.600 production here from Zach Ertz two touchdowns in the red zone. 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:13.439 Of Lates Mike, we've been waiting for Zach to be 0:19:13.520 --> 0:19:16.760 a star wide star tight end. Well, you know, he 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:20.080 had his biggest game against the Redskins. He had fifteen catches, 0:19:20.160 --> 0:19:23.240 the set a record against the Washington Redskins. But that 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:26.199 to me is an area where the Eagles can attack 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:29.440 the Redskins in the passing game against the tight end, well, 0:19:29.520 --> 0:19:32.280 using the tight end against the linebackers in the safeties. 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:34.400 I think that's where they have to go with the football. 0:19:34.440 --> 0:19:37.760 So that's Zach Ertz, that's Brent Sellick, that's Jordan Matthews 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:40.840 work in the middle, of the field or between the numbers, 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:43.840 that's the area if you go to the outside, that's 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:47.520 where the Redskins are their strongest. Their cornerbacks are very good. 0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:50.480 So the Eagles have to attack in the passing game 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:53.080 the middle of the field, all right, and quick look 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:56.240 at the defenses again, we're focusing on the Eagles numbers. 0:19:56.320 --> 0:19:59.600 They look good. As Jim Schwartz said on Tuesday, though, 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:02.640 Eagles have really been in a slump these last three 0:20:02.680 --> 0:20:05.760 games after playing by and large, other than the Washington game, 0:20:05.960 --> 0:20:08.959 pretty well in the previous nine games. What has happened 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:11.359 to the Eagles on that side of the ball. Well, 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:14.879 it gets back to the trenches, because think about the 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:18.920 first four games when the defense they were playing so well. 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:21.880 It's because they're able to get up field. They're able 0:20:21.880 --> 0:20:25.080 to be disruptive, and it took a lot of pressure 0:20:25.119 --> 0:20:28.119 off the back end. So the guys in the secondary 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:31.160 they didn't have so many throws at them, they didn't 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:34.000 have to contend with so many passes because upfront they 0:20:34.040 --> 0:20:36.520 were so good. And they're just not getting that now. 0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:38.479 When you get when you get the double teams on 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:41.520 Fletcher Cox and the tributines on Fletcher Cox, well, other 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:43.760 guys are one on one. They've got to win those 0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:46.639 one on one battles to make this defense effective. Again, 0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:50.199 maybe the most unusual part of the defensive season. We 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:53.119 thought Vinnie Curry going from a three four to a 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:56.600 four to three his numbers would explode. It hasn't happened. 0:20:57.040 --> 0:20:59.680 Is Vinnie just better ultimately in a three to four 0:21:00.040 --> 0:21:02.560 on the outside. I don't know the answer to that, 0:21:02.600 --> 0:21:04.960 but I know that we haven't gotten the production that 0:21:05.040 --> 0:21:08.120 we expected to get from Benny or any of these 0:21:08.160 --> 0:21:11.280 guys in the rush, even Connor Borrowing on the outside. 0:21:11.359 --> 0:21:13.760 These guys are getting some one on ones from time 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:15.760 to time. They have to be able to win those 0:21:15.760 --> 0:21:18.920 one on one. In the inside, you're getting Fletcher Cock's 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:21.440 lineup and a three technique he and Benny Logan. Many 0:21:21.440 --> 0:21:23.439 times those guys are going to get the double teams 0:21:23.720 --> 0:21:27.679 and sometimes they'll win, but most often you're gonna have 0:21:27.720 --> 0:21:29.520 two three hundred pound guys that are going to be 0:21:29.600 --> 0:21:31.680