WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Lose In Overtime In Dallas December 9 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:02.760 He gets the win after he tips the pass or 0:00:02.800 --> 0:00:05.720 Sewel Douglas there in coverage, Cooper tips the pass up, 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:08.399 he's able to catch it for the fifteen yards score, 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:12.120 and the Eagles never touched the ball in overtime, losing 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:16.880 by seven. So it's so difficult because the defense did 0:00:16.960 --> 0:00:20.000 everything in its power to keep the Eagles in this 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:23.079 ball game. After what was a very tight first three quarters, 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:25.520 Cowboys led nine to six. All of a sudden, the 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:29.920 floodgates open for both offenses, Eagles outscoring the Cowboys seventeen 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:32.680 to fourteen to tie it up to get to overtime, 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:34.960 and you felt the momentum there. You thought the Eagles 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:36.920 were fine, going to get over the hump, but unfortunately 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:39.720 Dallas gets the ball first and never allows the Eagles 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:41.839 to get it. You're hoping the Eagles defense could just 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:45.080 salvage the drive with allowing only a field goal. Obviously 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:48.040 not the case, as Cooper over two hundred yards and 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:52.600 his third touchdown of the day, torching the Eagles defense. Yeah, 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:54.440 just a tough game. I mean, when you look at 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:57.000 this game, it really boils down the two halves, pretty 0:00:57.080 --> 0:01:00.320 much like the first game boiled down to and a 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:03.400 lot in similar fashion, except that the Eagles lose US 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:06.360 for an overtime instead of regulation. Well, when you think back, 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:08.160 the Eagles gonna look at this game, man, they're just 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:12.320 gonna kick themselves for the slow start offensively. That's really 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:14.679 what this game boiled down to. This defense has been 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:19.160 shorthanded over the last month, playing with basically unknowns in 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:22.039 the secondary at times, guys that are coming in off 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:24.640 the streets. So they've been a little bit hamstrong as 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:26.200 far as what they could do on that side of 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:28.800 the ball, and they really kept the Eagles in the 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.640 game as best they could, give this offense a little 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:33.640 bit of time to get going. They got going late 0:01:33.640 --> 0:01:35.600 in the game, and really a board down to you 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.920 couldn't get stops when you needed them late in the game. 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:43.280 And just a tough, hard faught loss down in Texas 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:46.160 for the Eagles today in the game they needed they 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:49.480 must have they I would say they played well enough 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:51.320 to win this game. They played well enough to give 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.040 themselves a chance to win this game. I can't necessarily 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:56.840 say they played well enough to win this game because 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:00.120 they didn't play for four quarters on both sides of 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:03.720 the football. And it's really been their Achilles Hill all 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.360 year long is that they haven't been able to put 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:09.880 four quarters of solid football together on both sides of 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:13.440 the ball very often this year. They played well in 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:17.040 spurts on either side of the ball, but having problems 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:20.640 being able to put it together for a complete sixty 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.239 minutes in order to win a game like this against 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:27.080 a tough Dallas Cowboy team in their building is the effort. 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:29.240 It was going to be needed today, and it's just 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:32.480 unfortunately that the Eagles didn't really have it early in 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:35.440 the game offensively, and it was just too late in 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:38.560 the game, and I think the defense basically ran out 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:42.240 of gas. Dallas dominated time and possession today. That big 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:46.639 offensive line Ezekiel Elliott, a physical runner, Jess couldn't stop 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:48.880 him from getting those tough yards. They held him down 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:51.960 in the second half from the explosive plays, But those 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.959 tough yards, those three yard games, those two yard games, 0:02:55.000 --> 0:02:57.640 the fourth and one where he finds a little crease 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:00.560 to sort of get in under Malcolm Jenkins. I mean, 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:04.240 that's what he's good at doing. And the Eagles defense 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:06.679 in the second half and into that overtime, I thought 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.000 it just ran out of gas. Limited the explosive plays 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:11.480 a Zeke Elliott. But then Amari Cooper took over the 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:14.040 game two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, a twenty eight 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:16.560 yard reception on a go round against Sydney Jones, who 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.280 was battling through a hamstring injury certainly was not one 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:22.200 hundred percent out there whatsoever, and then a seventy five 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:25.359 yard touchdown. Jones comes out of the game, DeVante Bosby 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.920 goes in and Cooper takes him down the field for 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:30.440 seventy five yards. This is right after Dallas got scored 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.120 on a three yard touchdown reception to tie the game 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:36.800 at sixteen, and then Amari Cooper getting the game winner 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:39.920 in overtime for the Eagles. So it's almost like in Tennessee, 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.720 Corey Davis that was his breakout performance there. It was 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.760 Amari Cooper show here. As we always have been debated 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:47.680 during the course of the week, who's the bigger weapon 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.000 you have to zop, Zeke Ellet or Amark Cooper. I 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:51.920 will still say a hundred times out of one hundred, 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:54.920 it's Zeke Ellett. He's the one who that offense funnels through. 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:56.920 He's the one who's the callous to start things off. 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.720 He was able to methodically move the chains down the field, 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.640 got the fourth and one conversion to put the Cowboys 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:05.320 in position so that Amari Cooper could get them over 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:06.960 the top. Now, this is gonna be, like you said, 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:08.680 a lot of what it could have shown us for 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.080 the Eagles here today. And really it starts from the 0:04:11.160 --> 0:04:14.320 opening kickoff. Okay, the Eagles looking to set the tone. 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:16.960 We're probably forgetting about this play because of the fact 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:19.440 that this game had a throwing finish. It went to overtime, 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:23.039 but the opening kickoff, Jordan Lewis returns it for the Cowboys, 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:26.479 Malcolm Jenkins with the hit lifting him up, forcing the 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.680 ball out. Here's the play right here. Okay, he's gonna 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.000 lift them up. The ball is gonna come out. And 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:37.160 by everyone in America, it clearly looks like with five 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:39.120 or six Eagles around the ball, it clearly looked like 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:42.960 that Commu Gruge Hill had the recovery. Now Commu Gruja 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.400 Hill and made the comments this week about the Cowboys choking, 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:47.480 it seemed like he was backing up his words right 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:49.680 from the opening kick to give the Eagles the great 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:53.400 field position to get the offense set up. However, initially 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:56.920 the referees declared that I was down by contact. Doug 0:04:56.960 --> 0:05:00.719 Peterson smartly calls for the challenge flag and the say, well, 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.560 while there was a fumble on the play, however, it's 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:07.040 not clear who recovered it, who recovered or the fact 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:15.000 that any Eagle recovered whatsoever. So everywhere in America except 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:16.800 at and T Stadium and I guess New York where 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:19.440 they're doing the replay office, where're doing the replays from, 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:22.000 those are only places that they couldn't tell. So right 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:24.680 from the jump there, the Eagles, you know, kind of 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:26.560 not able to get on track there. You thought that 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:28.599 they were gonna have that big play to set the tone. 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:31.240 That wasn't the case. The other thing that we can't 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.760 forget here is Jake Elliott missing the extra point was 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.679 perfect on the ear for extra points coming into this game. 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:39.720 After the Eagles finally get a touchdown, al Sean Jeffrey 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:43.159 scores following Corey Graham's interception return which gets them into 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:46.440 the red zone. So one pass Wentz to struggle throughout 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:48.400 the first three quarters, but lit it up in the 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:51.080 fourth quarter, has the easy pitching cast of Jeffrey for 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:54.240 the touchdown. Elliott comes out and misses the field goal 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.120 or misses the extra point, and when you're going to overtime, 0:05:57.400 --> 0:05:59.600 that one point making all the difference. It's not like 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:01.920 the Boys had to have a two point conversion or 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.640 something like that to make up the points. So right there, 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:07.320 you probably say, if he makes that, maybe this game 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:10.719 is not going to overtime. So certainly forces the Cowboys 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:14.800 to have to go for twodown. Right, they would have 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:16.800 to go for two exactly, so at least to press 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.680 the Cowboys into that situation. But that's not the case. 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.800 But this defensive line, Okay, you know you have Tim 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:26.800 Juragan not playing because of the back spasms. Josh Wett, Okay, 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:28.840 he's knocked out of the game with an ankle injury, 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:30.640 and you might be saying, well, Josh Wet maybe hasn't 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:32.640 done a lot. He's at least taking up snaps to 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:36.160 give the guys like Chris Long, Brandon Graham, Michael Bennett 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:39.240 a breather. Michael Bennet out there playing virtually every step 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:42.040 it felt like, whether it was an or tackle. Brandon Graham, 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:45.280 Chris Long, Fletcher Cox, they brought as much as they 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:46.919 could throughout the course of the game. In fact, you 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:49.360 felt the pass rusher was getting to Prescott more in 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:52.440 the fourth quarter than it was earlier on in the game. 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:54.839 You know, had a couple of game changing plays, but 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:58.159 unfortunately when they needed something in the overtime session, it 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:00.600 just wasn't there. But again, a couple opportunities for the 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:02.280 Eagles to get off the field. The third and nine 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:04.760 to Mark Cooper. That's gonna be the one that fights 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:06.400 them more than anything else because you're in a long 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.040 yard situation. That's the one where you felt like that 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:11.080 that's where you know Cooper is gonna get the ball, 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:14.040 and they were not able to defend them on that play. Yeah, 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:16.000 I mean that's those are the type of players that 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:18.520 as a defense you're gonna be when you when that 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:21.120 plane ride back home, you're thinking back to yourself, Man, 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:23.280 if we just make that play, we got a chance 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:25.239 to win this game. We give our offense to ball 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:27.840 and over time to at least give them a chance. 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.280 But you know what, I don't think the defense has 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:33.360 anything to hang their heads about today. I thought they 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.480 did as best they could. I would have liked to 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.240 have seen a better job done on Amari Cooper considering 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:43.280 that that's really the only passing threat that Cowboys had. 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:45.120 You know, they hit a couple passes to the tight 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:47.760 end the day that I thought it was a little 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:51.040 frustrating at times, but for the most part, you had 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:52.720 to know when they needed a big play, they were 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:55.200 gonna find Number nineteen out there. And I thought we 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:57.400 could have did a better job in the coverage. But 0:07:57.520 --> 0:08:01.560 you mentioned the defensive line. I thought Fletcher Cox and 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:05.000 Michael Bennett and Brandon Graham played a heck of a 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:09.000 game today. Trying to get after Dak Prescott really made 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:12.880 him uncomfortable late in the game. Force some turnovers from 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.280 Dak Prescott. In this game, you get three turnovers from 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:18.440 Dak Prescott, you gotta win this football game. I mean, listen, 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:20.480 they took the ball away from the Cowboys. The Eagles 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:22.960 only gave it up once, right on the Wentz sack 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:26.480 and fumble. I believe so to force the Cowboys to 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.679 turn the ball over three times, you win the turnover margin. 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:33.440 You got to convert those things into touchdowns. And I 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:35.760 just thought, this is a game. When they look back 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:38.079 at it, they're gonna say to themselves, we gotta get 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:40.280 off to a faster start. We had to get off 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:43.040 to a faster start. The defense gave you what you 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:46.040 wanted in the first half of this game, and unfortunately 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.480 the offense didn't have much going in the first half. 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:52.040 Carson Wentz looked out of rhythm, the wide receivers looked 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:55.640 like they couldn't get open, the running game was non existent. 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:58.079 These are all the things that really ailed the offense 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.480 in the first a half. Why the deep was really 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:02.920 holding on for dear life and really kept them in 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:04.840 the ball. Games should have been a three nothing game 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:07.960 going into the locker room, but give Dallas credit. Their 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:10.600 kicker knocked down a sixty two yard field goal to 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:13.680 make right to make it six nothing, and you got 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:16.520 to feel a little comfortable, I mean a little relieve 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.719 going into the locker room at six nothing, considering your 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:23.280 offensive done virtually nothing the entire first half. I think 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.839 I saw where they had their first five possessions on 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:29.199 three of them that were three and outs on those possessions. 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:32.719 So it's you look at these numbers and just look 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:35.839 where Dallas just really able to dominate the game. Man, 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:38.360 that's that's time of possession. I know you got ten 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.280 extra minutes almost from the overtime that you add on 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:43.640 to the But that's just I mean, man, that's two 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.960 to one easily. Time of possession are at forty five 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:50.960 minutes to basically less than twenty three minutes. Man's it's 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.520 amazing that they were even in this game. When you 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:56.560 look at those type of numbers from an offensive standpoint 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.480 that Dallas was able to put up today, it's amazing 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:01.680 that they were even in this game. That's the biggest 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.640 takeaway here is that as badly as the Eagles played 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:06.760 in the first half, Dallas should have blown the doors 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:09.559 off this Eagles team. Okay, it was six nothing at halftime. 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.559 You kind of felt like it might have been fourteen nothing, 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:16.480 seventeen nothing or so at the half. But the thing is, okay, 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:19.320 So you go into halftime down six nothing, You're thinking 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.440 to yourself, Okay, offense is gonna get the ball back. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.040 Maybe they could finance rhythm. Remember the first time the 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:26.559 Eagles played the Cowboys back in November eleventh, the Eagles 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:29.400 struggled on offense in the first half, able to turn 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:31.160 up the heat in the second half, but that's when 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:34.000 the defense took a step back and regress probably worn 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.400 out at that point, and by that point the Eagles 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.440 were not able to get things going and not pull 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:41.240 ahead of the Cowboys. A lot of the same things 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:43.920 happening here today. We're the first drive of the second half. 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:46.040 It's a three and out, and you can say to yourself, 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:49.160 how much more or how much longer can the defense 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:51.640 hold on here to try to keep the Eagles in 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:54.520 this ball game because of the fact that matters, you know, 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:57.920 is zeke ellet and a physical run game. With the 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:00.240 offensive line as strong as it is for the Cowboys, 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:02.560 they're gonna be wearing down on this defensive line. They're 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:04.439 gonna be putting the ball in Elliott's hands to try 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:07.400 to make this a short game in the fourth quarter. 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:09.640 And you see the total numbers there, one hundred and 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:12.080 forty two yards on the ground, four hundred and thirty 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:14.920 four passing yards. And we talk about the defensive line 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:18.679 dealing with injuries in the secondary, Sidney Jones getting hurt 0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.640 as to come out of the game. You already have 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:24.040 lost Jaila Mills who's put on injured reserve, Avante Max 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:26.040 not playing in this game. You know, you go back 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.000 to Roald Darby played in the first game. This is 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.280 the game he got injured in a month ago, he's 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:33.120 not on the field, so you're left with Russell Douglas, 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:35.800 who held a very strong provide the first game changing 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.480 play the interception which came in the red zone, which 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.200 allowed the Eagles, you know, to kind of survive a 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:44.600 weather the storm there. But it was an undermanned secondary, 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.240 a defensive line that you have your top players there 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:49.840 but not allow of depth there. They're fighting and scratching 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:51.240 and clawl to try to keep the Eagles in this 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:53.320 ball game. They're just looking for some signs of life 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:55.880 from the offense because you started to worry that if 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.240 the defense is watching the Eagles offense go three and out, 0:11:58.240 --> 0:12:00.440 three and out, three and out, how much what are 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:03.360 they gonna have to do? Okay, I mean they Fortunately 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:07.160 Corey Graham got the interception, almost returning it for a touchdown, 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.120 and that allowed the Eagles to get on the board 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:11.160 and the offense was starting to get his rhythm from 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.080 that point on there to try to get back in 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:15.199 this ball game. The Eagles never took the lead in 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:18.000 this game, but we're able to tie it out throughout 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:20.440 and then got the game to overtime, and you wondered 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:23.080 if they were going to be able to especially coming 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:25.480 up the fact that you know, Jake Elliott ties the 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:27.880 game at nine with his twenty six yard field goal 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.200 early the fourth quarter. Then a Mark Cooper gets the 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:33.440 first of his three touchdowns. Dallas Cowboys go sixteen and nine. 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:36.440 All right, Dallas got response, You have another touchdown, tie 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:38.839 game there, while Mark Cooper goes back down with a 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:42.800 seventy five yard touchdown one play seventy five yards, you know, 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:46.080 regains the lead. Darrence Browles ties the game, sends it 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.760 toto overtime, and you felt like they were right there 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:51.559 in position. The problem is you lose the coin toss 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:54.320 in overtime. Dallas gets the ball and they're able to 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.720 go down the field. And even even if the Cowboys 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:59.520 didn't score, they had pretty much milked the whole clock 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:01.200 that it wasn't gonna be much time for the Deals 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:02.880 to do anything. So you were at that point almost 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.599 looking at either a loss or a tide. Tide was 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:07.880 almost going to become your best case scenario there, you know, 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:11.400 t Yeah, I mean just you look at this defense 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:14.960 and they were basically worn out late, right, Dallas gets 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.320 the ball late in the game with an opportunity to 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.679 try to win the game and regulation. The defense is 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.120 trying to hold on. They get a big sack to 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:26.559 force Dallas out of field goal range, made them decide 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:29.800 to go into overtime. We lose the coin toss, Dallas 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:32.720 takes the ball, the defenses right back on the field. 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:35.520 I mean, that was difficult. I knew we were in trouble. 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:38.000 I'm saying to myself, man, we gotta win this coin 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:41.160 toss because our defense just got off the field, and 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.960 so Dallas wins the coin toss. They're able to convert 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:45.880 third downs. You look at the box score, man, when 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:49.080 you look at the third down and fourth down conversions 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.680 for both of these teams, that's the real difference in 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:57.400 this game. Combined Cowboys ten eleven for twenty I believe 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:01.000 on third and fourth down conversions, the two for ten 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.320 on third and fourth down conversions. That's your ball game 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:07.040 right there. That's how you extend drives. That's how the 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:11.760 Cowboys dominate time of possession. They're able to convert third downs, 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:15.760 extend the drives. The Eagles too many, too many three 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:18.640 and owns, too many times they couldn't convert third downs, 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.760 eventually having to punk the ball to the Dallas Cowboys 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:24.920 their defense wears down and eventually they get in. It's 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:28.040 unfortunate you have that last play that ends the game, 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:31.920 the Marii Cooper touchdown Russeu Douglas and perfect coverage does 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:35.600 a nice job pass defense, ball just tips up into 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:38.760 Marie Cooper's hands. That's that's an unfortunate bounce right there. 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.200 Dallas should have been lining up to kick a field 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:44.760 goal on fourth down. But that's just the way the 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:48.920 ball bounces sometimes. And I tell you, when when you've 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:53.600 had enough opportunities that you don't necessarily capitalize on and 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.800 scenes eventually it's gonna bite you in the end. And 0:14:56.880 --> 0:14:59.200 that's what happened in the end. There is that is 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:02.560 that the Eagles, even though Russell's there to make that play, 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:08.200 the Cowboys finally got a fortunate bounce their way. Fortunate. Yeah. 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:09.720 Right from the start of the game they open and 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:14.000 kick offsappointed at yes, yes, either way however you want 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:16.040 to take a bounced call. Whatever way, it was something 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:18.160 that went the Cowboys way. You look at the Dallas 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:20.040 got or touchdown that was taken off the board by 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:24.640 questionable offensive pass interference. You know, Fortunately the Eagles were 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.000 able to march back down the field and score the touchdown. 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:30.600 It didn't hurt them, but you could argue Eagles score 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.800 quickly there. There might have been more time there when 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.800 the Cowboys, you know, we're trying to get the field 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:37.760 goal late in the game. They have to get off 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.080 the field. Maybe the Eagles have one more chance to 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:42.600 go down the field. You don't know, but that's one 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:44.080 of those what it could have showd have moments that 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:47.120 you're gonna be thinking about. But just another crazy call 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:49.720 with that big explosive play taking off the board. You know, 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.520 credit the Eagles for being resilient coming back because easily 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.400 that could have crushed their spirit. Sure, okay, but seeing 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:57.440 this team fight. But you know, while we talk about 0:15:57.480 --> 0:16:01.240 the quarterback here, Carson Wentz first three orders just looked 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:03.960 out of sync, just did not look comfortable in the pocket. 0:16:04.200 --> 0:16:06.800 There was time. I mean, the offensive line protection for 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:09.120 the most part held up well. And you're gonna look 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:10.880 at these final numbers here, you're gonna say he could 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:13.920 play at sixty nine percent of his passes three touchdowns, 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:17.360 did have the lost fumble, But overall, you know from 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:19.840 what you've seen from Carson in his first two plus 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.680 years in the league that this was not the caliber 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:25.480 performance you would expect it from him in such a 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:28.720 pivotal game here tonight. Yeah, and it's it's hard without 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:32.400 looking at the ALL twenty two tape to see what 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:35.080 was the exact issues. He certainly had time in the 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:37.800 pocket to throw the ball. But unless you're down there 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:40.360 on the field and you're seeing exactly what he's seeing, 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.160 I don't know if receivers were open, was he missing 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.800 open guys, was he looking at the wrong guys and 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:48.560 there's someone else open in the route? Or is he 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.880 holding the ball waiting for someone to get open. They'll 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:53.920 be able to determine that once they actually look at 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:55.840 the film. But you could tell he was not comfortable 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.120 in the pocket. I'm with you. I thought he had 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:00.960 plenty of time to at least get rid of the 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:03.640 football at times. Again, like I said, unless you're looking 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:05.360 at the ALL twenty two and you can see all 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:08.159 the routes, I don't know if receivers are open, he 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:10.639 doesn't see the receivers, or he's sitting back there holding 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:14.000 the football waiting on someone to get open. Bottom line, 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:17.440 this this offense struggle today to get any rhythm. There 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.200 was no true identity in the offense early in the game, 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.280 they tried to run the ball, didn't have any success. 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:26.320 And when you when you're having three and outs early 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:30.000 and the imposing team's offense, it's chewing up the clock. 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:32.600 Even though the score wasn't out of whack. The fact 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:37.240 is the Cowboys had long, sustaining drives and the Eagles 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:39.880 were trying to get big, chunk plays. They were trying 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:42.600 to get something going, and they couldn't get anything going 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:44.879 in that first quarter. Really in the whole first half, 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.840 they couldn't get anything going on. When they finally had 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:50.280 a little momentum going, you got the sack and the 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:53.120 forced fumble on Carson Wentz there right before the half. So, 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:55.919 I don't know, man, it's been it's really been the 0:17:55.920 --> 0:18:00.800 bugaboo of this team all year long. Slow star with 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:05.240 this offense. We've looked at so many different variables as 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:07.280 it pertainers to the offense to try to figure out 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:10.399 what the exact issue is. And the biggest problem is 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:13.000 there isn't one issue, because because if it was one thing, 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:16.399 it would be easy to fix. And I have no 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:19.200 idea why they aren't clicking the way that they were 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:22.640 last year. Give Dallas some credit. This was the number 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:25.080 two scoring defense in the league, it's the number two 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.280 rushing defense in the league, the number seven passing defense 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:30.199 in the league. We saw what they were able to 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:33.480 do to the Saints offense all night long, with holding 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:36.639 that Saints offense to just ten points. So it's not 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:40.600 unheard of that an offense struggles against this Cowboys defense. 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:43.760 But you would have liked to have seen the Eagles 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:46.600 offense get it going a little earlier in the game, 0:18:46.880 --> 0:18:49.440 able to get some stuff going through the second half, 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:51.480 really in the fourth quarter of the game, when I 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:53.840 think the Cowboys kind of loosened up a little bit 0:18:54.119 --> 0:19:00.200 on some of their coverage. But just a game where yeah, 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:02.960 just I mean, it's it's a game where you kind 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:08.480