WEBVTT - Postgame Show: Eagles Lose 17-9 vs the Seahawks 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:07.440 Eagles Entertainment. All right, seventeen to nine, your final score 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:09.840 kind of like deja vu. There the Eagles fall to 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:13.119 the Seattle Seahawks, ending this season. Thanks for joining us 0:00:13.119 --> 0:00:15.920 on the postgame show, presented by Rico, Amy Campbell, I, 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:19.920 Crease fran Duffy. As always, guys are really disappointing way 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:23.120 to lose, especially the big story Carson Wentz going down 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:26.560 in the first quarter, put into concussion protocol, ruled out. 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:30.080 Josh McCown makes his playoff debut, but this team just 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:34.320 unable to really get in the end zone on offense 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:37.400 there with Carson missing from the lineup. There's of course 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:41.640 a big difference between your franchise QUB and a solid backup. Yeah, 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:44.000 And I think the difference was where it showed up 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:46.199 was in the red zone. We know how effect that 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:48.640 this offense has been when they're down in the red zone. 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:51.640 We know how Carson how effective he's been down there 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:56.200 in the red zone. Nineteen touchdowns, no interceptions. And when 0:00:56.200 --> 0:00:58.639 they look back at this game, there were opportunities they 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:01.400 moved the ball late, even with Josh McCowen in there, 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:04.800 but the big difference was obviously not being able to 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.840 get touchdowns and having to settle for field goals when 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:11.520 you got down there near the scoring area. And then defensively, 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.600 the big plays given up, that really was the difference 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:17.080 in the game today. I thought the defense did a 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:19.880 nice job of keeping them in the game, but the 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:22.600 big plays they couldn't overcome. And then the fact that 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:25.440 we didn't get touchdowns in the red zone is really 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:27.920 the difference. Yeah, I think really the two things that 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:31.319 we saw. You know, Josh McCown obviously doesn't have that 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:34.360 athletic ability that Carson Wentz has that ability to create. 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:36.280 So you know, six sacks, I believe on the night 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:38.320 you might have been seven with that final one. A 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:40.119 couple of those the ball has got to come out, 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:42.080 and you know he's trying to create, he's trying to 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:44.920 avoid some of that defensive pressure. Doesn't have that same 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:47.400 athleticis and that Carson Wentz has. Honestly, one of my 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:49.200 big takeaway is coming from this game and as I'm 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:51.720 sitting and watching it unfold, this was the same offense 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:53.560 that we had watched over the last five weeks. But 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:55.840 I think that's what we saw was the difference. And 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:58.160 when you have a Carson Wentz in the lineup versus 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:01.120 when you don't have a Carson Wentzon the lineup. Nine 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:03.240 points to show for it against the Seahawks defense. All right, 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:07.440 Dave spannarrow standing by at Lincoln Financial Field. Dave, you're there. 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.359 You're soaking in the atmosphere. What do you guys? What 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:12.920 is the temperature of the space right now? I mean 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.920 you can hear a pin drop basically on that. A 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:20.240 couple of big plays here and there, and when Carson 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:22.720 went out, a lot of the energy went out of 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:26.880 the building. And like you all said, the Eagles so 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:30.080 prolific in the red zone all season, third in the NFL. 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:33.760 Carson Wentz in the red zone this year, nineteen touchdown passes, 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:38.919 zero interceptions, and tonight Eagles z of three. They couldn't 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:42.079 get off the field third downs. The Seahawks seven to 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:45.720 fourteen on third downs. And that's the difference in your game. 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:49.440 Russell Wilson made just enough magic for the Eagles miss 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.200 a tackle on a third down catch. They have the 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.480 delay of game at first and goal from the five. 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:58.200 Derek Barnett has the roughing the quarterback penalty. No matter 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:00.440 what you think of it, had no reason touching the 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:05.120 quarterback there and shades of Ricky Manning junior ike in 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:09.600 two thousand and three NFC Championship game, Ricky Manning Junior 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:13.000 takes out Donovan McNabb and the Eagles Following that game, 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:16.040 tonight to Davey and Clowney takes out Carson wins on 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:18.520 what most people believe was a dirty play, dirty hit, 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:22.040 late hit not penalized, and there go the Eagles chances 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.920 to advance in the playoffs. Yeah, no doubt in my mind, 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:26.800 day that that was a late hit that should have 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.920 been flagged for fifteen yard penalty. And it's funny that 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:33.840 you bring up that Carolina Championship game because the moment 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:37.280 Carson left that game and he stayed out long for 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.160 a long stretch, That's what it felt like to me. 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.480 It felt like that Carolina Championship game where the offense, 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:45.839 no matter what they did, they couldn't get anything going 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.200 in the defense was just holding oning. You brought up 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.760 the red zone, and I'm wondering, Day, I don't even 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:53.960 even recall us throwing the ball into the red zone 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:56.280 this evening, and I'm just wondering what you may have 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:59.600 seen from the Seahawks and what they were doing to 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:03.480 our right hands down in that area, whereas normally our 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:05.920 main targets when we get into rids on. Yeah, they 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:07.880 were certainly paying a lot of attention to the targets 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:11.000 in the middle of the field. And then you know, Josh, 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:13.840 not having the experience this season working with any of 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.800 these players in game situations, try to make plays with 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.280 his legs, which is not the most advisable thing to 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:21.919 do for a forty year old quarterback to pocket closed 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:25.400 very quickly around him. But certainly the Patriots well aware 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:28.080 of the packages the Eagles ran, understanding that they look 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:31.000 to get the ball to the tight ends in those situations. 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:33.520 I think the only real throw into their red zone 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:35.680 was the long pass down the field. It was called 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:39.120 pass interference when they were in the red zone. Eagles 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:43.320 just didn't get anything, literally anything going in the passing 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:45.880 game other than a swing pass to Miles Sanders here 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.440 and there. But you know, like in these games, everything 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:51.120 is magnified, and you've get that penalty on the goal line, 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.400 you have the bad pass drop on fourth down, the 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:58.440 Miles Sanders catches at the first down, third down opportunities, 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:01.080 the defense had to get off the field. Those things 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.160 add up and you can kind of feel it. At 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:05.520 the very beginning of the game, Carson calls an audible 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:10.560 and he pitches it back and there's no Miles Sanders there. So, 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.839 I mean, just plays like that kind of indicated that 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:18.279 the Eagles just didn't have that really laser sharp focus 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:20.279 early in this game. They just can't make mistakes and 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:24.320 playoff opportunities. Dave, we'll all be tuned into the Eagles 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:27.560 Insider podcast later this evening. Can you tell us as 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:29.800 there's something that you haven't brought up yet that you 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:31.840 feel like you'll definitely hit on the show. Well, yeah, 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:33.920 for sure. It's all about the player's reaction in the 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:37.000 locker room, and I'm sure it's extreme disappointment. Very Look, 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:39.359 everybody's very proud of this football team for getting to 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:42.440 this point, but today was a winnable football game, and 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:45.280 in the locker room you will hear that emotion from 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:48.760 a team that believes just another one just got away 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.760 here to a Seattle Seahawks team that again made just 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.920 enough plays to win seventeen to nine at Lincoln Financial Field. 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:57.719 All right, Dave, we will let you get to that 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.000 locker room. Thanks so much for the insight. We'll catch 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:04.360 up with you later. Yeah, I think I totally agree. 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:06.280 It was a winnable football game, and that's why I 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:11.000 think it hurts, especially and especially after the narrative with Carson. 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:13.640 He finally gets his chance for a playoff game. He 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:18.760 has four attempts, one completion before going out with that concussion. 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.320 I can't even imagine how frustrated disappointed he must be, 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:24.919 especially thinking, man, maybe things would have been different if 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:26.880 I would have been out there. McCown's number is pretty good, 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.839 completed seventy five percent of his passes one hundred and 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:32.760 seventy four yards, but again no touchdowns, and you could 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.480 see that he was kind of hobbled there at the end, possibly, 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:37.480 you know, kind of grabbing the hamstring a little bit. 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:40.280 As Dave alluded to, you can't really get things done 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.640 with your legs when you get to be forty years old. 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.520 Let's get to your takeaways. Yeah, from the season, you 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.200 look at the Eagles, and obviously this ended in a 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:52.920 disappointing fashion, but let's not overlook the fact that they 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:54.840 are in the playoffs, and when you think about what 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:58.200 this team had to persevere through in the injuries that 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.960 they overcame. When I look back at this season, that's 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:03.440 the biggest thing to me is the fact that again 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:07.440 this team was able to overcome some major injuries to 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.920 key contributors on both sides of the ball, particularly on 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:14.520 the offensive side of the ball. Well documented about the 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.040 practice squad players, guys that have come in off the 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:20.920 streets and had to contribute to this playoff run. So 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.800 when I look back at the twenty nineteen season, it's 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.760 almost to tell of two seasons, And the biggest thing 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:29.600 to me is how they were able to overcome those 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:33.840 injuries and still salvage the season and make something out 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.320 of this season where when they were five and seven 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:39.080 coming off that loss to Miami, that appeared to be 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.679 the end of the season right there. But this team, 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:45.680 credit to them, they were able to pick themselves up 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:49.760 and had that next man up mentality once again for 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:52.520 the third year in a row, and find themselves in 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.880 the playoffs. It's just a shame that the quarterback couldn't 0:07:56.760 --> 0:08:01.640 participate a lot more in today's game. Most to me, like, exactly, 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:03.760 you're exactly right when you look at the full season 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:05.640 and all the players as we went from start to 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:07.320 finish and We've talked about the names so right, We've 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:10.280 talked about DeShawn Jackson and al Sean Jeffrey. You lose 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:12.559 Lane Johnson for periods of time. We lose Jason Peters 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:14.120 for periods of time. We lose Brandon Brooks at the 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.480 end of the year. Nelson Agiler hasn't played since you know, 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:18.720 Week eleven. We've had all these guys that have been 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:20.680 out of the line up, Jordan Howard out of the 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.960 line up for six weeks. Yeah, they're missing all these players. 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.080 Carson Wentz held it all together, you know. He kept 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:29.240 those guys going and got them to the end of 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.360 the regular season, got them here to the postseason. Losing 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:34.839 him with all the other pieces already out, it was 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.080 it was a stack of card so you pulled him 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:38.840 out from the bottom of it, and everything else falls out. 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.160 That's kind of where we were at today. If everything 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:44.080 else was intact, I feel like Josh McCown, Doug Peterson, 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:46.160 they could have figured it out. They could have gotten enough. 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:48.080 You know, if the right side of the old line's healthy, 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.200 maybe that run game is getting is going a little 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:52.280 bit harder. Maybe some of those receivers are making some 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:54.640 plays on the other side, they just couldn't get it going. 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:56.760 Today wasn't enough. Yeah, I mean, I think when we 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.280 watched this team all season and we saw all these 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:01.160 guys go down with injury one at a time and 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:03.440 pulling up another practice squad guy and it's a different 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:06.040 guy making plays every week, you kind of asked yourself, 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:09.280 how long is this really going to work? And what 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:12.480 Doug Peterson and these guys have done is incredible, But 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:15.120 like you said, how many, how many more? How much 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:18.280 more weight can this team carry when it comes to 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:21.120 those injuries, And at one point tonight, I think on 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:25.040 offense there were only four starters that were that were 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:28.480 original like day one starter it was three offensive linemen 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:31.320 and zach Ertz but the only people still starting. And 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.040 so just how much of that can you overcome? And 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.280 the fact that they overcame so much of that to 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:38.040 this point is such a testament to the coaching staff 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:40.680 and to these players just stepping up in big ways. Yeah, 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:44.360 no doubt about it. It's unfortunate that the biggest domino 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.440 failed today to the injury bug and the fact that 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:50.120 he's able to get through the entire season and only 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:52.240 able to make it through a series or two of 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:55.560 his first ever playoff game. They it was just too much. 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:57.520 It was just too much to overcome. Let's get to 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:00.680 your next takeaway, Yeah, Carson. I think when it season started, 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:03.280 it was all about Carson Wentz and you know he 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:05.840 was finally going to be healthy and everyone that was 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:08.120 excited to see what he could do and could he 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.760 return to an MVP form. It didn't go necessarily how 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:14.760 we planned for his season ago, but you watched the 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:17.120 way he finished the season. I think he erased any 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:21.479 doubt that was out there in the Delaware Valley about 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:25.160 his potential to be a franchise quarterback that you can 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:27.720 win with, that can get you to the postseason. He 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:31.600 basically put this team on his back the last four 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:34.040 weeks of the season. They aren't in the playoffs if 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:37.280 Carson Wentz isn't playing at the MVP level the last 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:40.280 four weeks of the season. That's my other takeaway from 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:43.640 the season is that he was able to go out 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:47.199 there and play sixteen games and then sort of return 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:51.000 to his form at the end of the season the 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.600 way he was in twenty seventeen, and I think that 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:56.719 bodes well for the future moving forward. I know it's 0:10:56.800 --> 0:11:00.120 unfortunately he got injured today, but I'd rather have that 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:02.280 type of an injury as opposed to an injury that's 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:05.200 going to require a surgery this alf season that could 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:09.840 linger into his ability to get prepared for next year. 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.520 So that's the other takeaway I look at from this 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:17.160 season is the playoff Carson Wentz, how he re established 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:20.000 himself as the leader of this team, as one of 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:23.000 the top young quarterbacks in this league. And if you're 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.959 an Eagles fan, you gotta feel good moving forward with 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:28.800 number eleven as our quarterback. Yeah, and this wasn't an 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:30.880 injury where you say, like, oh man, you're bringing the 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:33.800 injury prone questions right, Yeah, this for it was a 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.760 dirty hit, like unquestionably, like uncalled for. It is what 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:41.520 it is, so to me, like that whole discussion kind 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:44.680 of goes out the window. Unfortunately. It's just it's terrible 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:46.720 to see you end this way. But it's remarkable that 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:49.120 people are bringing that up on Twitter still because in 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:51.360 the narrative world that we live in, and that's yeah, 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:53.520 I completely agree. Well, we've seen him do this season, 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:56.280 and I think back to that moment where we were 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.000 sitting here, like after the Giants game, the first Giants game, 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.600 and you said this a defining moment in Carson Wentz 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:03.800 his career and the best performance that he has had 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:06.760 so far. And I was like, whoa, but that really 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:10.360 was the turning point for me. And seeing that belief 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:13.040 start to come for him and for everyone around him. 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:16.080 I agree. I agree, And they were able to grab 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.480 a hold of at and rode it for the next 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.520 four weeks, got them into the playoffs. Big win versus 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:23.720 the Dallas Cowboys at home and then having to go 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:26.320 on the road and beat the Giants mixed in there 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:29.280 with a couple of comeback wins, including that first Giants game. 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:32.640 I think he re established himself as a guy that 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:34.800 when the ball is in his hands late in the game, 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:37.760 you have full confidence that he's going to find a 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:39.640 way to go down there and make a play. And 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:42.480 I know hindsight is twenty twenty, but the way the 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.400 defense played today, I can't help but believe of number 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:48.200 eleven is out there for four quarters, we find a 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.880 way to win this football game today. Yeah, completely agree. 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:53.599 Just to be able to get a touchdown, yeah, I 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:55.760 think it probably would have made all the difference. Let's 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:58.200 get to your third takeaway, and then my third takeaway, 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.400 probably it should. It should It's the most important one 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:05.200 and that's the way this team continues to play for 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:09.400 Doug Peterson, the head coach here. I think he deserves 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.480 votes for Coach of the Year. Probably won't win it, 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:14.679 but he deserves votes for a Coach of the year 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:18.480 considering the adversity his team went through, considering how he 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:22.360 continues to get them to play for him when it 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:25.800 seems to be nothing to play for, and for them 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:31.040 to find themselves in the playoffs as NFC East Divisional champs. 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.360 That's a direct reflection of his ability to get his 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.680 players to buy in and continue to play hard and 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:40.920 knowing which buttons to push and at the right time, 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:43.120 and believe it or not, the fact that he had 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:45.920 to coach a guy who hadn't played all year long 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:48.920 in the most pivotal game of the season and had 0:13:49.000 --> 0:13:51.520 them on the doorsteps of at least being able to 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:54.480 possibly tie this game up a couple of times late 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:57.720 in this game. That's another testament to him as a 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:00.680 head coach, his coaching staff and how they're able to 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.360 adjust and adapt on the fly. Yeah, to me, if 0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:06.000 they won the game like rename the trophy. Oh yeah right, 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:08.880 like this coach of the year. Yeah, no question, absolutely, 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:10.880 and not only a guy who hadn't played all year, 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:14.000 but a guy who had never played in the playoffs. 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:15.600 An besides the fact that he's been in the league 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:18.280 seventeen years, Josh McCown has played for nine teams. This 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:21.760 was his playoff debut, the oldest quarterback in NFL history 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:24.440 at forty years old to make his playoff debut. I 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:26.640 think one of the things Doug Peterson does so well 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.600 is adapt to what he has. There are not that 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:32.960 many coaches that can continue to put every player in 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:36.240 a situation where they can be successful. So many coaches 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:37.840 come in and say, here's my system, let's get the 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:39.640 guys that are going to fit my system, and they 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:41.800 kind of like to always say, oh, I'm going to 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:43.320 work with what I got. Will put everyone in a 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:46.560 situation for success. But the way Doug Peterson has adapted 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:50.040 to whoever is on the field and like you said, 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.360 giving them always they always have a chance to win 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:54.920 when he's calling the place. Now, unfortunately, this team has 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:58.160 a lot of practice at having the next man up 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:01.800 right and the coaches having to adjust, especially on that 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.960 offensive side of the ball, and like like you said, Amy, 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:11.000 it's just a testament to their ability to bend and 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:14.280 have flexibility and not be stubborn, and to do it 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.960 on the fly. You know, Josh McCown needed time to 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.160 get warmed up, to get comfortable. If you think you 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:22.200 look back at that offense in the first half, it's 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:24.280 a little more conservative. He's getting the ball out of 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:26.520 his hands quick, they're running in it a little bit more, 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:28.800 and in the second half they started to open it 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:30.600 up a little bit, let him throw the ball down 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.640 the field as he got more and more comfortable. Friend mentioned, 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.360 it's the same offense from the scheme wise, but you 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:39.840 can just tell the difference at the quarterback position from 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:43.320 a young athletic Carson wentz to a guy like Josh 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:47.200 McCown who's coming in cold off the bench. Yeah, to me, 0:15:47.320 --> 0:15:49.800 I think you're right, because they came out. Remember they 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:51.400 came out in the third quarter and it was it 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:53.480 was a rough ending to that to that first half, right, 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:55.640 the first half, kind of an ugly ending. They give 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:57.760 up a score, then they come out, Miles Sanders got 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:00.400 hurting the final play and then the clock runs out. 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:03.440 They come out at halftime. Big play to Zach Ertz, 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:05.360 big play to Dallas Goddard, you got a big run. 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:08.040 They start chunking plays up and then you know, the 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.320 drive kind of stalls. They kick a field goal. But 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:12.840 I think that that kind of speaks to Doug Peterson, 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:15.600 get going into the locker room, rallying those guys and there, guys, 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:17.560 this is what we've got. We're gonna unload the barrel here, 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.720 give him everything we've got here. Unfortunately, just unable to 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:23.600 execute in key opportunities that inside the twenty yard line. 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:26.440 One thing I thought was really interesting, not interesting, but 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:30.920 the PI calls Shelton Gibson did the PI call that 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:33.760 he drew the fact that it was Shelton Gibson that 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.920 was the one right, A guy who was signed to 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:39.160 this team on New Year's Day, I believe, or New 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:42.400 Year's Eve from the practice squad, making him the fifteenth 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:47.280 practice squad player on this team's factive masters. Now, not 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:51.200 all of them spent time made the immediate transition from 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:52.800 the Eagles practice squads. Some of them were from other 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:55.080 practice squads, but obviously Shelton Gibson has been in the 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:58.440 Eagle system for a little while what can we say 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:02.040 about just the coaching staffability did Peterson's ability to get 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:06.159 these practice squad guys playing in NFL playoff games and 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:08.520 making an impact. He said it last week. It goes 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.800 to the position coaches as well, because you know, also 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:13.159 the veterans on this team and the guys themselves. So 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:16.040 it's really like a trifold effort there. But I think 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:18.440 when you talk about all those guys, it's not easy 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.520 if you were our Boston Scott to say, all right, well, 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:23.240 I'm gonna sit here and I'm gonna go through practice 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:25.240 and I'm gonna pretend you know this week that I 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:28.320 am say Kuon Barkley. Next week I'm Ezekiel Elliott and 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:30.240 then oh, by the way, I'm getting called up and 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:31.440 I have to be ready to be the change of 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:34.480 pace back in week thirteen. Like, that's not easy. Duce 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:36.119 Stalley has to get credit for that, The coaches have 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:38.040 to get credit for getting him into the scheme, and 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:40.680 you gotta get credit as well. Boston Scott from making 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:42.320 sure that he was always ready, making sure that he 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.280 was always attentive, that he was always you know, doing 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:46.280 what he needed to do away from the field, and 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:48.639 that goes across the board to all those guys Boston Scott, 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:51.680 Greg Wore, Josh Perkins, up and down the line offense 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:53.320 and defense. Those guys that were able to get the 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:56.879 job done. Are other teams this good at developing the 0:17:56.920 --> 0:18:00.439 practice squad, I honestly don't know across the NFL. I 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:03.400 wish I can give you an honest answ I not 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:06.720 having paying close attention to other teams, But it's rare 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:10.960 for any team to have used this many practice squad 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:16.120 players exactly so the fact that the Eagles have used 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:19.080 as many as they have, because you'll get some teams 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:21.879 that may feel like their practice squad players aren't ready 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:24.600 to go in, are still underdeveloped, and they'll try to 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:27.600 sign guys off the streets, old veteran guys that are 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:31.200 sitting at home and try to plug those guys in. Yeah, 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:33.520 give the Eagles a lot of credit for trying to 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:36.680 stick with guys that are at least somewhat familiar with 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:39.600 their system. And I'll tell you another thing. It also 0:18:39.720 --> 0:18:43.360 handicaps coaches from the offensive side and defensive side as 0:18:43.400 --> 0:18:45.840 to what they can call, because if you're calling guys 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:49.199 off the practice squad, they don't have all of the 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:52.720 intricacies of the offense and the defense down, so you know, 0:18:52.840 --> 0:18:55.760 like an Harry up offense, it kind of hamstrings a 0:18:55.880 --> 0:18:58.080 quarterback as to what he can call if these guys 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:00.480 they need to take time to figure out I line 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:02.760 up here, I line up there, so it slows down 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:05.119 what you can do a little bit. These guys, it 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:08.399 doesn't seem like it happened with them, especially on the 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:10.359 offensive side of the ball. When you look at this 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:13.720 offense and the way they've run it four hundred yards 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:16.840 for four straight games. With these same guys, We've watched 0:19:16.920 --> 0:19:19.680 up tempo offense, We've watched them late in the game 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:22.680 and a two minute drill, and they don't seem as 0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:25.840