WEBVTT - Postgame Show: Eagles Win 30-13 Against the Denver Broncos 0:00:02.440 --> 0:00:05.520 Here's how it all went down in Mile High Jalen 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:09.480 Hurts finds Devonte Smith in the first quarter for the touchdown. 0:00:09.560 --> 0:00:12.200 The rookie, he just kept going. It was his birthday. 0:00:12.240 --> 0:00:15.120 He had to celebrate, you know, touchdown number two incoming there. 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:18.759 It is. Nice job by Devonte Smith. And here's the 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:23.080 big defensive play of the game. Darius Lay picks it up. 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:25.800 He starts running. I'm not gonna tell you. Ike was 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:28.760 losing it. Okay in the office. There he goes. We're 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:30.800 saying get down, get down. He said, Now I'm taking 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:33.200 this all the way. There he goes, finds the end zone. 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:39.440 Eagles coming out big in Denver. Guys, complete game, offense, defense, 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:42.480 special teams. What do we think? Well, I've been waiting 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:44.839 all year for when like today where you get all 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:48.920 three phases of your team contributing offensively. They set the 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:50.960 tone in the first half. Thought the defense did a 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:54.440 great job of getting out the Teddy Bridgewater not being 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:59.560 impatient but being very selective, went to attack that Broncos offense. 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:02.560 Also Norman when to sit back and playing a little 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:05.240 bit of his own. And then also special teams Jake 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:08.600 Elliott phil goals made today also crucial. Like I said, 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:11.440 we've been waiting all year to have a complete effort 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:14.520 from this team. I think it's the best overall victory 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:16.360 of the season. I think it's easily the best game 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:18.600 of the season for this Eagles team, and in all 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.680 phases you mentioned. Look, it's offensive, defensive, special teams, but 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:24.840 it's not just that. It's the quarterback playing. I think 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:27.560 his best game of the season. Being efficient, being consistent, 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:31.280 completing nearly seventy percent of his passes, making good choices, 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:34.240 getting it going. The accuracy on the deep balls was 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:38.000 so exciting, and then oh my gosh, that Darius Slay, 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:42.280 that Darius Slay touchdown. I was going nuts. And you 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:44.080 just don't see that kind of thing happen at the 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:46.280 NFL level. Like you said, Ella, We're all sitting here going, 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:48.520 oh my gosh, get down, get down. He picks it up, 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:50.080 he drops it again, and you're like, this is about 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:52.120 to be a disaster. He's making bad choices and then 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:54.160 he somehow finds the end zone. You don't see that 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.800 stuff in the NFL. It was so exciting, and not 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:58.440 to mention, I think this is the best game that 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:01.520 Nick Sirianni has called from the opening drive. The scripting 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:03.960 on the opening drive was really aggressive, really got it 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.240 going with the run game, and then continue to make 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:09.480 adjustments and get the offense going put his players in 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:11.919 a situation to succeed. I think there are so many 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.600 good things to take away from this game. Absolutely the Eagles. 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:18.040 Four of their first five drives resulted in points, whether 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:20.440 it be two field goals or two touchdowns. They were 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:23.720 capitalizing on every opportunity, which has been a theme, especially 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:26.760 in the beginning of the season. Capitalizing on every opportunity. 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:29.800 Like Amy touched on, I think Jalen Hurtz was very, 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:32.839 very consistent. That has been another word used a lot 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.800 to describe this team moving throughout the season. But he 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:39.160 also seemed to really trust his offensive line. He stood 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:41.480 in the pocket today and he was comfortable. I think 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:44.400 the most comfortable, if not one of the most comfortable 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.400 times we've seen him all year. Yeah, he really was. 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:48.800 And I want to just piggyback off what Amy mentioned. 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:51.440 I mean, you gotta get Nick Sirianni and his coach 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.880 and staff a lot of credit for the game plan 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:57.359 they put together offensively and defensive leaves. You just start 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:59.640 on the offensive side of your ball, the very fact 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:02.080 that they're the road and again committed to the running 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:04.760 game even when it didn't work at times, although it 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.280 was very few times that it did not work today, 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.640 they were able to stick with it and that's what 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:13.800 allowed Jalen Hurts to play comfortable from the pocket. I 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:17.440 mean the ability to throw with confidence, the play action 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:20.440 passed being a part of the offense that is all 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:23.160 set up with the threat of the running game. The 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:25.959 Broncos came into this game based off what the Eagles 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:28.480 had done over the previous three weeks of saying, you 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.560 know what the running game is, what's driving this offense. 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:33.200 We had to figure out a way to stop this. 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:36.840 First and foremost Eagles, great job of mixing in play 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:40.440 action and then Jalen you know that first touchdown pass 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:43.560 to DeVonta Smith, just a great job of Jalen given 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.320 his receiver an opportunity to go up and make a 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:50.520 catch and DeVante. Pardon me if I make a mistake here, 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.080 but I believe it's the first time I can remember 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:56.000 him going up and making a contested catch. Fifty fifty 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.400 balls is what we talk about. We know he's shorthanded, 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:00.560 we know he can get open but to play there 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:03.880 with Patrick sartagn had great coverage. I'm surprisedly didn't get 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:07.280 a hand on the ball there. Devonte with great concentration 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:10.000 and the ability to not only catch it but make 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:13.160 sure he lands in bounds. But a touchdown. This guy 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:15.240 won the heist the trophy right as the best receiver 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:17.680 in college football. Thing. We're starting to see why over 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:19.599 the last two weeks. I mean, I think that play 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.479 was one of his best so far in the rookie season, 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:24.080 and it was a lot of It was fun on 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:28.359 Twitter to see people saying, oh, Alabama to Alabama over Alabama. 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.400 You know, yeah, how about that, right, Nick Saban. It 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.040 is just, you know, really enjoying this moment. But I thought, 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:35.840 like you said, the fact that it was a contested 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:39.599 catch against a really good cornerback who played well and 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:41.679 played the ball well and was in the right position 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:45.240 and did contest it, I think, really impressive catch there. 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:47.320 And the other thing that you mentioned that I really 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:49.960 want to emphasize is the run game. That we talked 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:51.760 about this in the pregame show that the Eagles had 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:54.360 been getting the run game going, and the it's been 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:56.599 working for a few weeks with you know, with the 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:59.600 running back by committee approach, but it's been against defenses 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:02.320 that have stistically struggle to stop the run. This Broncos 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:05.159 defense coming into today was the number six rushing defense 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:07.520 in the NFL. They were allowing less than a hundred 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:10.400 yards rushing per game. The Eagles rushed for two hundred 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:12.960 and fourteen yards and that allowed them to control the 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:15.640 clock as well. Not only does it keep defenses honest 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:17.920 in the passing game, but they dominated in the time 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:20.479 of possession thirty four minutes to the Broncos twenty five. 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.760 It was even more than that coming into the second 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.400 half and especially down the stretch to ice the game 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:27.599 when they're still able to run it and control the clock. 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.359 I think that's really an ideal scenario for a team. 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:32.840 When we talked so much in the Kickoff Show about 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:35.600 this Broncos defense, when you're coached by a guy like 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.160 Vic Fangio, you really never know what he is cooked up. 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:40.360 And we talked a lot about how not defenses are 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:44.120 preparing for this Eagles very successful run game. So how 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:46.880 were they going to respond? Knowing that the Eagles are 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:50.040 now successful on the ground and this defense, I mean, 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.920 they've been allowing just an average of seventeen points per game. 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:55.200 The Eagles just hung thirty. So I think it was 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:57.680 a great effort from the offensive side of the ball, 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:00.160 but they didn't stop the run. So the Eagles, they'd 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:02.360 committed to the run, and then when it opened up, 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:04.920 they threw that ball down the fields. Whether that be 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.720 Quez Walkins, whether that be DeVante Smith, whether that be 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:10.279 Jalen Rager. They got it done, and I think that 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:14.040 was super impressive, especially Dallas Goddard. He was out, so 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:16.279 when he was removed from the situation, I thought, oh, no, 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:18.560 how does this affect the game plan? But you saw 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:20.400 Jack Stole the rookie he was in there. He caught 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:22.400 a pass too. Yeah, this is one of those games 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:25.360 where you know, the Eagles decided that we're just going 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:27.760 to out physical you, and that's what they did with 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:32.240 the running games, Jordan Howard getting behind those pads running downhill, 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.760 even Boston Scott. You know, I think teams get a 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.480 little surprised when they see Boston's stature and they see 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:40.800 he's short, you know, a little stock, and they don't 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:43.240 think he's as powerful a runner as he is. But 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:46.200 that's one of his best assets. Is those thick legs 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:49.000 that he has, and he runs with power behind his 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:52.240 shoulder pads. I love the fact that the offensive line 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:55.000 was able to charge off the ball and knock that 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:58.440 Bronchos defensive line off the line of scrimmage. You don't 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:02.479 see the Broncos get out physical in Mile High. That's 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:06.039 what they tend to do to opposing teams. And Ellie, 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:09.040 you just mentioned only seventeen points a game they typically 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:11.800 give up. I thought the Eagles controlled this game from 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.600 the opening kickoff, that first drive where it could have 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:16.840 very easily scored seven year they got three, but they 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.080 set the tone in the tempo for what it was 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:21.680 gonna be like all day. And I love the fact 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:25.600 that we have established an identity and we're sticking to 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:28.520 it the last three to four weeks. You clearly see 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:31.000 this team's identity is to put a hat on a 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.160 hat on the offensive side of the ball and run 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:35.640 right at you. We're gonna play action, pass you when 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:38.200 we need to. Jalen needs to be accurate when the 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.480 opportunities present itself, and I thought this week, for the 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:43.720 first time in a bottle three or four weeks, he 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:46.680 was PenPoint accurate when all of his throws today. Yeah, 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:50.040 I think this is maybe the most week, the best accuracy, 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:52.400 especially on the deep balls. To me, that was what 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.920 was really impressive. And then there was a minute there 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:57.760 coming out of the first half and the third quarter 0:07:57.800 --> 0:07:59.640 were I kind of got a little nervous and I 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:01.920 was like, Okay, you know, they built up a decent lead, 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:04.720 and we've seen this before. You know, they've come out strong, 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:06.920 They've scripted a nice, you know, few drives to get 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:08.840 things going, and then things have gotten a little tight 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:11.080 there and what's going to happen. And to be able 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.520 to come out of the second half after a rough 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:16.040 third quarter and then be able to pull away at 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.560 the end there, to me, that's really impressive too, because 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:20.720 when you can see a team, you know, start to struggle, 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:22.800 have a couple bad plays, have a couple of um, 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.440 you know, uh, let the other team get back in it. 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:27.880 To be able to have the resolve to not let 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.640 that mentally let you unravel, and to be able to 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:32.079 have the resolve to stay in it, I think it's 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:34.400 really impressive and probably something they can really build on. 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:36.080 They're going to have that kind of in their in 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:38.480 their tank of experience that they they're going to know 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:40.120 they can do that. Moving forward, we're gonna actually head 0:08:40.160 --> 0:08:45.360 over and hear from Vante Smith at the podium. Anybody 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:49.560 get you anything? Would you say, did anybody get you 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:52.640 anything for your birthday? Oh? Nah, win, that's all I wanted. 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:55.040 You just try would have on the first such time 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:58.120 to jump all you want, um quarterback, just trust me, 0:08:58.200 --> 0:08:59.600 just give me a chance to make a play. I 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.200 mean that's what we always talk about, having trusted each other, 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.720 and he trusted me. You were going against your former 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.719 college teammates. I mean that Nigga ain't sweeter for it. Oh, 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.280 I mean we we always talked about it being able 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.080 to compete against each other, just going out there, both 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:14.800 of us just competing against each other, making each other 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:18.120 better once again. But I mean that's that's what happens. 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:20.400 Get to the NFL and come from Bam. You're gonna 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:22.760 play people like that. You guys exchange an your special 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:24.400 words after the game and so you guys to meet up. 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.720 Oh yeah, just just to keep grinding, keep working much love. 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.720 I mean it's like my brother um pretty much all 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:35.640 it was on the on the bad evallve um where 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:38.760 that was Pattage you know you said you could lock 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:40.800 up with you went against slave and you have to 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:43.599 show that there on that. Yeah, that was that was 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:47.040 something of dB scares right there. How about three ye 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:51.640 a second touchdown and the celebration afterwards. Uh, that was 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:54.960 just kind of that's kind of our motto. Um, I 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:57.000 ain't gonna say it, but that's what our motto is. 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.480 So that's what it was. You know, it was at 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:01.360 a place or even first read don't have to play 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.800 and because that's did they want to get you back 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:08.120 against slot there as? That basically was Um, first read, No, 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:09.679 I don't think. I don't think I was first really. 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:12.040 I mean you had that quarterback then. I don't necessarily no, 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:14.720 But I mean it was just just taking what they 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:16.840 give us new On we got to look that we wanted. 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:21.800 I mean it was great. I mean him being the 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:23.160 leader of the y is. I mean that's what we 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.920 practice for his preparation and everything like that alway up 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.040 to game time. I mean we just in the locker 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:30.120 room before the game and he's still on his call 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:33.080 sheet going over things, highlighting what he likes and things 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:36.920 like that. I mean, the guy's prayer will play up 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:41.240 interception at what pointing in the round to go from 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:44.240 being a wide receiver to defensive just on the balls there, 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:46.920 um yeah, kind of just like when you see him sinking, 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:48.440 you see he has a chance to make a playoff. 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:49.640 You just have to go up there and just do 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:53.040 what you can. It's your first multiple touchdown game. Big 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:55.599 career comes up here. Twenty third birthday? Was that you know, 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.880 it's a significance of the um. I mean, I wouldn't 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:00.640 say the birthday played a big part, and I mean 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:02.560 just going out to just execute and doing the things 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:05.960 that we do in practice. How's your armed if out 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:08.680 there we saw you were wearing something. I'm good, I'm good, 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.360 I'm good. That's just for safety, DeVante. When Slave went 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:13.080 out for a player you got off the match to 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:15.760 you know, come see him at the sideline. What type 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:17.880 of leader is slave? Not just for the defense, for 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.800 the team, I mean slaves, slaves a great leader. I 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:23.360 mean even when it was us, Um, he's talking to 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:25.600 us about our releases and things like they're helping us out, 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:27.200 we're helping him out. I mean he's a great leader. 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:31.640 Did his wheels on that whole recovery that what did 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:35.439 you see his wheels on that. Yeah, I always take 0:11:35.480 --> 0:11:37.120 me around like a little bad kid when he when 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:38.840 you get the ball in his hands and no no 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:42.400 ball secured and nothing, just out there running. We've got forty. 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:44.760 I give it this. He can probably give me in 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:49.559 the forty on the on the motto luck is that 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:52.560 the whole team's motto? Just the offensive? No, that's the 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.040 whole team. I mean that's what it is. Just go 0:11:55.080 --> 0:12:00.520 out there, just play loose, definitely case. Um a couple 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:04.360 of weeks. Now, what's the biggest difference for you from 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:09.280 tip of week sad versus just start your rookie season? Um, 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:12.079 I mean taking care of your body. I mean you 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:13.720 start to feel a little aches and things like that, 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:15.560 you just have to go in and in a little 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.120 thing that you feel you gotta you gotta let them 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:18.880 know so I can take care of it. My trust 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:22.560 out trainings to help anybody that's that's aching or anything. 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:24.480 So that's what it is. When you get this deep 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:25.560 in the season, you have to take care of your 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.240 body to do whatever you can. Any little neck, a bruise, 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.120 you can't just look over. You gotta go in and 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:34.080 take care of it. Your comfort level. The way that 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:38.280 you're seeing banks now that you're deeper into season. I mean, 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:40.360 I get more uncomfortable every week. I mean, but it 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.440 all comes down to preparation. I mean I go to practice, 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:44.840 I practice hard, and the way I practice and the 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:47.640 way this team practice that's why we're so successful in games. 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:49.600 I Mean, when you practice the way that we practice, 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:57.920 you get the outcome that you won't lay loose. That's 0:12:57.920 --> 0:12:59.880 a the rookie side, but you know what, it kind 0:12:59.880 --> 0:13:02.320 of looked like that's exactly what they were doing today. 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:04.800 It was very simple. It didn't seem like they were 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.200 playing outside of the game plan, and I feel like 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:09.360 it was the first time that they were just playing 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:11.440 ball and having some fun, starting to be playing with 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:14.480 a ton of confidence. You know. It's something about this 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:17.840 team when they go on the road. The ability to 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.880 pull together and have sort of that mentality of us 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:24.360 against the world is something that athletes have the ability 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:26.680 to do. And they've shown on the road thus far 0:13:26.800 --> 0:13:29.640 this year that they seemingly played better. I mean, they 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:32.720 seem to be a lot more focused on the road. Obviously, 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:34.160 you want to be able to take care of your 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:37.040 home field as well, but getting a win on the 0:13:37.120 --> 0:13:39.679 road is never easy in the NFL and going out 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:42.480 there to play at Malahou Stadium, I think that's still 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:45.199 the name of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, tell me about 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:47.360 the air out there, like, what is it like there 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:50.200 is a real thing? Yeah, the idea that you know 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:53.240 you have shortness of breath and the air is then 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:55.320 I have to cut you off with Davion Taylor at 0:13:55.360 --> 0:14:04.480 the podium. Did you realize out I didn't even feel it, 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:06.680 to be honest, I didn't know until after the play 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:09.080 when I just looked up through the screen and uh, 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:10.640 and I saw the ball on the ground and Slay 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:12.760 take me back for a touchdown. And it was just 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:14.760 good to make a big time play in the state 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:16.800 that I haven't played in and in the stadium I 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:19.360 have played in before. So other main things just making 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:20.880 sure I came in back and just did a great job, 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.240 and that's what that's what I did. Maybe it looked 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.120 like you had an injury early on and you kind 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:27.280 of shook off and it would come back from that accurately. 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:31.080 You Yeah, like my knee had bucketed a little bit, 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:33.280 but I was able to come back out play through 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.960 it and play at a high percentage. So I was 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:37.320 just I just wanted to make sure. I just pushed 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.360 through it. And as the game went on, I had 0:14:39.360 --> 0:14:42.240 started warm warm up more and uh, it didn't affect 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:44.800 me as as it did at first. You said that 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:46.520 you were going to take a second before the game 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:48.120 to like sort of wall from the stadium and just 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:50.600 take it all in. Remember the memories you had tooked 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:51.880 in your college crew. Did you get to do that? 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:53.280 And what was that like? Yeah, as soon as I 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:55.640 stepped on a stepped out the bus, I put my 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:57.640 bags down in the locker room and walked around the 0:14:57.640 --> 0:15:00.080 field probably twice, and like I was just imagine and 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.560 then uh, just my my past games here and I 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:05.360 was imagining the stadium full of fans and everything when 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:07.680 I played here at SeeU and UM, and I just 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:09.680 embraced it all. I was like, yeah, like now my 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:11.880 dream is coming true. I get to play now, Uh 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:13.680 in a stadium. I told myself I was gonna play 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.480 in the NFL game, And like I really saw my 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:18.760 dreams come true today. Uh, And it was really a blessing. 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:26.320 Let's see Slaves return for the touchdown and it was great. 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:28.840 He always gonna make some moves and he always gonna 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:30.560 make sure he gets some yards when you get the ball. 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:32.480 And uh, I mean when I saw the ball wrong 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:33.840 on the ground, I saw him grab it. I try 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:35.160 to make a block, but he was making so many 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:36.760 moves I ain't know who the block to be honest, 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:39.080 So uh and then I just saw him breaking. I 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:40.720 was just looking. I was just like, yep, he's gonne. 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:42.560 Ain't nobody gonna catchim? Because I know the speed he 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:44.960 has and he really showed it tonight. And uh, it 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:46.920 was just good to see him get that touchdown off 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:49.280 the I forced that fumble. This was a more aggressive 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:52.240 bis be outside the beginning. This was the more aggressive 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:54.560 to the game playing that you guys kind of grattiest weeks. 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:56.080 Why do you think that was when you guys see 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:57.720 him the film to meet you guys want to attack 0:15:57.720 --> 0:15:59.680 a week. Um, well, we knew that I was gonna 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:00.960 try to the ball a little bit. We knew they 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:02.600 were gonna added the out too. We thought they were 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:04.120 gon try to run the battle bit more so we 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:05.640 wanted to make sure we're gonna be aggressive and make 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.040 sure we're gonna be physical. And now, um we came out. 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.200 We made well, stopped running a little bit and then uh, 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:12.280 were trying to we wanted to make sure we stopped explosives. 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:14.080 They had a few were supposed to passes the day. 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:16.320 But U overall, I feel like the defense did a 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:19.000 great job was making sure we focused on how details 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:21.560 compared it the last week and um, just making sure 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:24.200 that we was doing our assignments and uh, and it 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:26.120 really paid off an end. I had to took a 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:28.440 couple of tough fourth downs, fourth and one that you 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:32.160 guys gave up last last week in the loss the 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.920 final drive. What was there a message speak about how 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:36.640 you guys were handled and obviously you guys came on 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:39.840 the biggest time one fourth. Really our mindset really was 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:42.440 every down and just played physical, play fast, and play hard. 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:44.640 And when that fourth down came up and we knew 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:46.000 I was gonna try to go for it, our mindset 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:47.680 was like to make sure that we stopped him and 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.080 um and like we had called called call to play 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:51.720 to make sure we stopped because we knew what I 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:53.560 was gonna try to do. Um, when it was fourth 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:55.080 to one, fourth and one, if they're gonna try to 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.040 go for it, and they did, and uh, we just 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.720 made sure we stopped that play and the play coming downhill, 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:01.640 and that's what we was able to do. And uh 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:03.440 and as you can see, they didn't go for it 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:06.600 again after that that played that I heard Dabian, did 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:08.639 you were you going to the ball intentionally? It was 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:10.400 not intentional, to be honest, Like I was just trying 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:12.000 to make sure I stopped from getting that first down. 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:14.200 And then like when I grabbed him, I saw on 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:16.080 the ground. I just hear like the crowd screaming. I 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:17.840 didn't know what's going on at first, and that's when 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:19.800 I looked up and I started set slave with the ball. 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:21.480 And that's when I told you, I said, I couldn't 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:23.840 even know who the block he just took off. I 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:25.520 know we've talked a lot about, you know how raw 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:27.600 you were coming into the league and out much film 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:30.320 study and put in each day each week. I just 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:32.520 kind of feel like a validation that everything you're doing 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:36.240 is just paying off. Yes, I sure hope so that. 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:38.160 I feel like every every week you can see me improving. 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:40.520