WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Shut Out In Cleveland 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:29.920 All right, good evening, everyone, and welcome to the postgame show, 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:34.240 presented by Rico Chris McPherson alongside former Eagles linebacker Ike Greece, 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:37.159 and certainly not the performance we all had hoped for 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:40.240 in this dress rehearsal for the regular season, the Eagles 0:00:40.320 --> 0:00:43.360 losing to the Browns by a score of five to nothing. 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:46.600 Now before everyone panics, because I'm sure that's what everyone 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:49.720 in Philadelphia is wanting to do right now, knowing that 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:52.000 we're not going to see the starters for two weeks 0:00:52.200 --> 0:00:55.600 until the regular season opener on September six. For me, 0:00:55.880 --> 0:00:58.880 I think the biggest thing is the offense, especially because 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.280 that's gonna be the focal point of everyone's discussion tonight. 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:03.680 Is when you get back in practice over the next 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:06.520 two weeks, you're gonna get Jason Piers back and left 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:09.319 tackle hopefully, you're getting Alshon Jeffrey back on the field, 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.280 Darren's roles be working in there. You're gonna have the 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:15.639 entire unit together, and Nick Foles had his struggles tonight, 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:19.520 no questions whatsoever. But this actually makes me think back 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:22.319 to the end of the regular season just a year ago, 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:25.360 and the Eagles are coming off that victory over the 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.240 Raiders on Christmas Night, which wasn't so pretty, and then 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:31.240 the regular season finale against Dallas and they're getting ready 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.399 for the postseason and a lot of people were debating 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:35.880 should Nick Foles even be the starting quarterback going into 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.640 the playoffs. Well, remember the players rallied and said, we 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:41.000 need to rash it up the intensity of practice. We 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:43.080 need to get our focus back together, we need to 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:45.680 start hitting the players wanted to hit in practice, And 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:48.520 I think that's what you're gonna see Doug Peterson. We 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:50.200 will hear it from him in just a little bit 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:54.160 in his press conference. And I'm intrigued by the comments 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:56.560 that Aaron Andrews, a silent reporter, made coming out a 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:59.800 halftime as to Doug being angry. I'm sure he was, 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:02.720 he was upset, but it'll be interesting because of what 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:05.160 she said in terms of we don't need to see 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:07.760 any more of Nick Foles. What was really meant by that? 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:09.720 And Doug's gonna have to address that during his press 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:12.440 conference because everyone was reporting about it and talking about 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:15.640 it on Twitter. But to me, Foles is a veteran 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:17.480 We all know what he can do in this league, 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.600 and certainly again, sloppy performance tonight, and you're hoping that 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:22.920 he would get his feet wet last week against New England. 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:26.080 He bounced back from the injury. All right, he goes 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:28.200 out there, gets a week under his belt, is able 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.280 to go out there and start with the offense and 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:31.880 get a full half of action and put it in 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:34.320 a bear performance. And we didn't see it. After the 0:02:34.400 --> 0:02:37.080 turnover on downs there was the safety and then you 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:39.720 have the four consecutive turnovers to end the first half. 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:41.840 So you look at the numbers there, one hundred and 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:44.919 twenty seven yards. Two interceptions, you know, one where he's 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:47.040 not able to look off the safety, the other an 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:50.120 egregious throat in the red zone. Not a great performance 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:53.720 whatsoever by Nick Foles. But he's a veteran quarterback. If 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:55.520 he has to go in there. That's the other thing 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.200 that's the cafe here is he may not be the 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.480 guy who goes out there September six. You may Carson 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:03.240 Wentz cleared for full contact by this point. We don't know. 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:05.240 He's not at this point yet. But still, to me, 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.400 I'm not alarmed because I know this offense can rally 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:11.200 around and get things tight because it is a veteran 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.480 lean team once that regular season opener comes around two 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:16.520 weeks from tonight. I yeah, when you look at this 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:18.960 offense really the whole preseason, you gotta kind of break 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:21.880 it down in different parts. Right. Obviously, they're missing a 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:24.359 lot of key players at the skilled position. No al 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:28.119 Sean Jeffrey, no Corey Clement to Night, no Nelson Aghalore, 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.840 no Darren Sprows. We know that when those guys are 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:34.200 in there, this offense is going to operate with much 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:37.120 more efficiency. But I mean, whether the report that Aaron 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:40.360 Andrews put out there to halftime about Doug being upset 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:43.240 about the first half performance of Nick Foles is accurate 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:45.960 or not. I'll tell you my assessment of that. In 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:48.680 the first half, I was irritated by it. And here's why, 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:52.200 because Nick Foles is a veteran quarterback, and the interceptions 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.640 that were thrown were really bad decisions being made. To 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:57.880 throw the ball. You know, you gotta safety over the top. 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:00.600 You can't lob the ball up there. Mike Wallace didn't 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:02.840 have a clear path to the football. That was a 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:05.360 sitting duck. And then the one down in the red 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.000 zone when the offense started to get some things rolling. 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.400 You just can't make that throw there. You know, he's 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.720 a smart player, and Nick knows that. I'm not concerned 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.120 about Nick and what he's capable of doing. We all 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.479 know what he's capable of doing. But you'll like to 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:20.359 see him make the right decisions with the football. We 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:23.400 understand he's not playing with the A team out there 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:25.760 at the scale position, so things can be a little harder, 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:29.240 and that's where the onus falls on him as a 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:32.440 a team type player. You know, super Bowl MVP. You 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:34.440 got to make good decisions with the football, and I'm 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:37.320 pretty sure that's what I have Doug upset about the 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:39.680 performance in the first half. It's not so much about 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:41.960 how many points the team put on the board. It's 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.560 just that when they got things going, they turned the 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:47.000 ball over. They shot themselves in the foot. That's not 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:49.480 what you want from an all fan saying it's not 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:51.560 all on Nick. There other guys out there. You can't 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:54.839 bumble the football out there. You know, Vitey struggled early 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:57.840 against the former number one overall picking Miles Garrett. A 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:01.400 lot of pressure coming off that edge, collapse in the pocket, 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:03.760 not giving a quarterback time to step up in there, 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:06.880 and make throws. Doug is a former quarterback. He prides 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:10.719 itself and how his offense operates, and through the preseason 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:13.440 with the first units that's out there, they haven't put 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.520 many points on the board. So I know as a coach, 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:18.640 they always want things to come back and look at 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.280 the video and have to teach these guys when they 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:24.280 hit the practice field next week. So he's the perfectionist, 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.839 but match that point. But just like you, he's not 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:30.160 gonna overreact and start panicking about his team. He has 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:32.719 two weeks to get this team ready for the season 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:35.799 opener against the Atlanta Falcons. They need to find tune, 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:39.760 some things, sharpen up, get some cohesion going. You gotta 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:41.920 get guys back on the practice field. I mean that's 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:45.680 just or when Thursday night comes here against the Atlanta Falcons, 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:48.640 you're gonna see the same sort of disjointed offense because 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:50.560 these guys haven't been out there. But there are a 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:52.920 lot of other positive things to take out of this game. 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:55.520 Young guys stepped up. I thought played well to night. 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:58.760 I thought Windell small small Wood ran the ball well tonight. 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.080 I thought josh Ad ran the ball well when he 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:05.279 got his opportunities DeAndre Carter continues to shine, made the 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:08.200 most of his opportunities and storyline. Yeah, there with these 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:11.120 young guys, young players who you're looking for, deaf guys 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:13.000 that are going to fill out the bottom of your roster. 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:15.160 They showed some good things to night. And then if 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.360 you go on the other side of the football, to defense, 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:20.040 the defense did what they were supposed to do tonight, 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:23.920 which is shut down. Really an end up Cleveland Brown offense. 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:25.720 Not really many weapons on that side of the ball. 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.039 What the defense was able to do this, especially the 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:31.559 veterans along the defensive line. Okay, you're seeing Fletcher Cox, 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:33.719 who you know during the sideline report at the end 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.440 of the game, Jim schwartzaging looks faster than ever before. 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:39.920 And Fletcher Cox has been flat out dominant this preseason. 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:41.920 You can argue he's been the best player on the 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:44.839 field for the Philadelphia Eagles. You know, Brandon Brooks, Lane 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.479 Johns have had good preseason, but Fletcher Cox standing out 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:51.240 easily amongst all the defensive players. But Chris Law, you know, 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:52.839 you're seeing the tackles for a loss. You've seen the 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.880 pressures in the backfield tonight. Heloi Noda stepping up in 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:58.720 a big way. Michael Bennett has made some plays there 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:01.240 in the backfield. So you feel real good about the 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:04.159 defensive line, which certainly the depth of that defensive line 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.440 is would carry this team last year. And you've brought 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:08.160 in some new players, and you've brought in some older 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.240 aging veterans, not in Bennett, and you want to know 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:13.520 what do they still have in the tech And you understand, 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:16.000 again it's preseason and you don't need to see a 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:18.040 ton of them from them at this point because you 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:21.240 know their resumes showcase the experience that they have in 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:23.680 this league and the success they've had individually. But they 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:25.200 want to come back and be a part of a 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:29.280 championship team and certainly they did that tonight. Seeing them 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.240 out there on the field being able to pressure and 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:33.200 as Doug Pearson said in the week leading up to 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:35.360 the game, he wanted to see his team in some 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.760 situational football predicaments. Tonight we saw them at the one 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:41.560 yard line, the goal line situation. They forced a couple 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:44.280 incomplete passes as the Browns were trying to get some 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:48.480 rub routes go and didn't work whatsoever. Jim Schwartz Corey online, 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:50.400 they work on that, and they hammered that into the 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.200 defensive backs pretty much each and every day in practice. 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:55.200 They have certain drills where they focus on that. So 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.800 it's not surprised that Eagles were successful there. But then 0:07:57.840 --> 0:07:59.920 on fourth down they forced Tyrod Taylor to come out 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.240 who has left. He throws an Aaron pass at Jordan 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.040 Hicks almost air steps and you see the Eagles get 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:08.400 the goal line stand there. So defensively, you feel very 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:10.760 very good. And then the death along the defensive line, 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:13.840 some of the young guys, you know, Joe Osman stepping 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.280 up in a big way. Destiny Vile get in the backfield. 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:18.680 So that's gonna be the key for this defensive line 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:20.200 is you know that you have some of those older 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.280 guys along the defensive line. Can you infuse some youth there. 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:25.200 Josh Sweat had a nice pop on a tackle for 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:27.200 loss tonight. You know, those are the types of guys 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:29.240 who are going to stand up. Stephen Means is always 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.600 around the football and is relentless. Can those guys help 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:35.480 ease the burden so that Fletcher Cox and all those 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:38.240 guys can be at their freshest at the end of 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.360 the regular season to make that run into the playoffs. 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:42.160 And not only that, Chris, you gotta think about it. 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:44.240 You know, when the offense has yet to find their 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.800 rhythm because you don't have guys on the practice field, 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:50.040 you're gonna need your defense to really carry the load 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:51.720 for your early You know, you gotta take a little 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:53.760 pressure off the offense to not have them have to 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:56.360 put up, you know, twenty eight thirty points a game. 0:08:56.960 --> 0:09:00.840 This defense pride itself, especially playing at home, holding teams 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.800 the field goals as opposed to touchdowns. So that's certainly 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:05.680 a good sign coming out of this game, is that 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.040 the defense, at least that first year and it really 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:11.840 the whole team tonight, I really get into a lockdown mode. 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:16.240 Jim Schwartz has his guys flying around the football. Vante Dave, 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:19.880 I mean Avonte Maddox tonight with his first interception, nice 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:21.920 played by him. That's what you want to see. You 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:24.320 want to see at least one side of your team 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:27.520 starting a round into regular season. For one, thing that 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.520 bothered me about the telecast as well, and I don't 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:31.160 know how you felt about this if you got to 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:34.080 hear this, but Troy Akman in the broadcast booth was 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.760 talking about how Doug Pierson and Nick Foles went on 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.800 their book tours and enjoyed the fruits of winning the 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:43.360 Super Bowl. To me, has nothing to do with what 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:45.920 we're seeing on the field right now. You know, Doug 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:48.200 Pierson is focused and we'll have this team ready for 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:51.200 September six. You know that Nick Foles, with everything that 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:54.760 he's been through in his career, he's not gonna slide 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:58.079 whatsoever at this moment. Okay, we've had a couple ugly 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:01.600 not some great preseason performance here, but again, this has 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:03.760 happened to Nick in the past where he's bounced back 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:05.720 in a big way. Again, we just go back to 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.120 last year and those performances at the end of the 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:12.559 regular season against the Raiders against the Cowboys, and look, 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:14.959 they weren't great performances. They got the win over the 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.240 Raiders on Christmas Night. You only saw a little bit 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:19.160 of Folds in the Cowboys game because it was the 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:21.560 regular season finale and didn't mean anything in terms of 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:24.200 the playoffs seating. But he was good to go once 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:26.640 the playoffs were underway and had a playoff run for 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:28.960 the Asian helping the Eagles win the Super Bowl. But 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:31.840 to me, he's turned to pass. This entire team has 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.800 turned a page on what happened in that Super Bowl run. 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.160 They're ready to get things going on September six, and 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:39.480 we see the defense playing at a high level. The 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:41.800 offense might just take a little bit longer because again, 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:44.000 you don't have, like you said, like all of the 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:47.760 pieces there together for pretty much all of the preseason 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:50.280 at one time. Yeah, we saw what this offense can 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:54.360 do when you have all your components together and clicking 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:56.880 at the same time. This offense led the league in 0:10:57.000 --> 0:11:01.960 scorn while they the prezom MVP was still healthy and 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:05.120 ready to go. So I'm not concerned about that. I 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:08.959 think sometimes we as fans, we think that this team 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:12.079 or teams can automatically pick up where they left off 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:14.360 at the end of the season. It was a short 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:17.320 offseason for these guys. I'm not making any excuses for them, 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:19.640 but they're in a position they've never been in before 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:22.800 as defending champions, and whether it's the preseason or the 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:26.400 regular season, they had better get used to their opponents 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:29.800 giving them their best. They are the standard barrier. Now 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:32.400 you are defending champions, You're the team to circle on 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:35.160 everyone's calendar when you come to town. They want to 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:37.880 see how they stack up against you. Even in the 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:40.760 preseason game you saw last week against the Patriots, how 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.960 they gain planned for that game last week. The Browns 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:45.720 tonight wanted to come out and have a good show. 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:49.400 And it's a nationally televised game, Yeah, you know the show. 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:51.800 They wanted to see how they look going up against 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:54.160 the Super Bowl champions, even if it's not the full 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:58.439 complimentary squad that that's going to be there September six. So, 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.200 like I said, Nick foleson been in this league long enough. 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:04.280 He was actually thirteen to seventeen tonight, so his accuracy 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.200 was there. It was just the two decisions he decided 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:08.920 to make by putting the ball in harm's way. And 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:11.560 I'm pretty sure he doesn't need to be reminded of it, 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:14.640 but I'm sure Doug that's something Doug and Mike Row 0:12:14.640 --> 0:12:17.440 will talk with him about about, you know, going to 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.000 protect the football, especially when you're down in that red 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.280 zone and you basically had three points guarantee for you 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:25.959 on the board. You don't put the ball in harms way. 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:29.120 Nick knows this, and I'm pretty sure a couple throws 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:30.920 he wishes he could have back you probably a great 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:33.360 point earlier in that the young guys on offense because 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.440 of all these injuries, got a chance to step up 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.040 and shine and try to earn their way onto this 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:40.880 Eagle's roster. And we talked about Wendell Smallwood in that 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:43.920 bout for the fourth running back spot. Wendell Smallwood has 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.280 been healthy this entire preseason. He's been the one guy 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:48.800 the offense can rely upon. Injuries have hurt him and 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:51.280 hampered him in the past, but you saw him catch 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.680 the ball well in the backfield. Because it's not just 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:55.600 can you run the ball in between the tackles, and 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.320 we saw that last week with Matt Jones. It's a 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:00.800 matter of can you pass protect can you help out 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.080 in the passing game so that your versatile and can 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:05.679 be available and ready to go on all three downs. 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:07.880 I thought Wendell's Smallwood show that. I also thought he 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.040 did a good job of taking the yards that were 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.520 blocked for him, but creating some yard for himself, especially 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:14.720 on that one ten yard run that was inside the 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:17.480 red zone in the first half there and Josh Adams, 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:19.400 I thought he'd provide a little juice there coming out 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:21.800 of backfield, caught the ball well, so he missed last 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:24.080 week's game with an injury. Bounced back in the big way. 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:27.199 But DeAndre Carter one of the truly special stories on 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:30.200 this Eagles roster. A former rookie free agent back in 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.880 twenty fifteen, now Sacramento State that he's playing on his 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:36.319 fifth NFL team, has not played in an NFL regular 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:39.480 season game. Basically, he made a promise to his brother 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:42.720 on his deathbed, his brother's deathbed, that he would continue 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:46.160 pursuing his NFL dream and keep fighting until he made 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.520 his way onto a team and got a chance of 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.520 hand Pump returned to early game, you know, showed some 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:53.960 juice when he caught the ball in space. You know, 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:57.760 had some nice catches as well using the hands OVERAWE 0:13:57.840 --> 0:14:00.240 thought he contribute a lot to the table to at 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:02.920 here to try and force its way onto the roster. 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.120 You pretty much feel like you're pretty set right now 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:09.880 with Alshon, Jeffrey Nelson, Aglore, Mike Wallace, Matt con to 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:13.480 Shelton Gibson, who's continuing his strong preseason from number five, 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:17.760 Can you keep a sixth one? I don't know, it 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.720 might be difficult, but you know, certainly Deander Carter is 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:23.120 making a strong case where if you can do so. Yeah, 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:26.840 And you know, a big part of preseason is trying 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:30.080 to evaluate young players and seeing not only if they 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:32.600 can help you as far as depth at the bottom 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:36.840 of your roster, but are they worth keeping around to develop, right, 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.200 whether they become practice squad guys or not. And I 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.080 think Carter has certainly put himself in a position, if 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:45.080 nothing else, to remain with this team, at least from 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:47.880 a developmental standpoint. And that's what you like to see. 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.360 You'd like to see young guys get the opportunity and 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:53.520 then take advantage of it. He's done that really throughout 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:56.440 the preseason when they've thrown into football. Don't call many 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.800 drops from him, if any at all. Typically catches the 0:14:59.840 --> 0:15:02.800 ball like his buildings, looked like a strong runner once 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.160 he gets the ball in his hands, not afraid to 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:08.960 go up and make plays uh in one on one situations. Uh. 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:11.680 Just you know, the wide receiver group is so deep, 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.520 it's just going to be difficult to crack uh that 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:18.240 fifty three man spot. But listen, you never know. Injuries happen, 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.040 things that nature. He can't control. That only thing he 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:24.200 can control is when his opportunities arise, he needs to 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:26.360 take advantage of them, and he's been able to do 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:29.240 that throughout the preseason. All Right, we are gonna set 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:31.120 it down to first artist him to hear from the 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:44.520 head coach, Doug Pearson, take it away, shoot ahead, let's 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:54.520 go do it. Not not Nick. Offensively, we had six possessions, 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.040 we had two interceptions, two fumbles, we had a sack safety, 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:59.400 and we had a turnover run down. So that's an 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:01.880 offensive performer. So I was displeased with way our first 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:12.280 offense executed ahead that. Yeah, you know, that's the things. 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.000 We were able to move the ball and got into 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:17.000 some rhythm and uh, uh did something did some really 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:19.800 nice things. We just didn't capitalize and finish the drive 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:21.560 and and and that's the part we got to look 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:23.800 at and and uh, you know, I've got to do 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:26.600 obviously my part to to put us in situations from 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.200 a play caller standpoint, so I it leans, you know, 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:32.240 solely on me, and uh and obviously the players have 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:35.400 to execute you know what we what we call being 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:42.560 an address rehearsal. Disappointing the offense disappointing. It was just 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:47.320 a preseason and things to turn around. Um, First of all, 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:50.000 I'm disappointed in the offense. I don't want to single 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:52.200 out one one player, so don't put this all on Nick. 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:56.600 I'm disappointed in the offense. UM. And that's not what 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:59.920 you want obviously in the third preseason week. UM, you know, listen, 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.400 it's it's one of those things where we're still keeping 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:04.679 things very very vanilla. We still want to evaluate and 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.399 make sure you know we're doing Uh. We got the 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:11.520 right guys in the right spots. But you know, now 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.000 now we turn our attention obviously we've got one more 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:16.160 preseason game and then and then turn our attention to 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:19.040 to Atlanta on a week one homers by the defense, 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:22.679 especially adding that the first goal at the one and 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:26.000 they shut it down. It's tremendous defense played out standing. 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:27.480 You know, they were they were they were fine around, 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:29.800 they were making plays that the goal line stand was 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:32.040 was was pretty impressive, and you know that's what you 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:34.399 want from the defense and kept you know, kept the 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:37.440 offense obviously in the game the entire the entire game. Uh, 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:39.040 and the offense has just got to do their part, 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:41.960 you know, and then capitalize on on opportunities. It seems 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:46.560 you're missing five other starters, three other contributors there how 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:51.520 much different inspectives offense, And I think it'll be different, 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.720 you know, just as you mentioned, Um, you know, and 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:56.680 and we just got to make sure that these guys 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:58.600 are all ready to go obviously, you know, in a 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:01.040 couple of weeks, and and I will take a look 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:04.040 at this film obviously evaluate the guys that played, and uh, 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:06.840 and you get them healthy and ready for fur lament 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:16.399 things you need. Um, It's it could be a lot 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:19.080 of factors. You know, it's hard to pinpoint one. But 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:23.080 I think, uh, you know, I think, uh, sometimes maybe 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:25.880 you just you just you put a little bit too 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:29.199 much pressure on yourself or you pressed to make a 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:32.760 play or whatever it might be. Um, you know, and 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:36.280 and and I don't know, it's it's tough. It's tough. 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.600 I haven't been in those situations before. Um. Sometimes you 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:41.280 you you feel like you need to make a play 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:44.080 yourself when when you're struggling offensively and and and it 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.760 doesn't come. So you know, we just we can't do that. 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:50.080 We got to stick within our uh, stick within our plans, 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:56.119 stick within our means, and continue to execute as a player. 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:58.960 As a player, Yeah, you're very seldom worth a guy 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:01.360 and he's kind of a little guy here you think 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:06.080 of that, please don't how you know, I don't know. 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:08.119 I mean he you know, he finished the end of 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:11.080 the season pretty well last year, and and uh you know, 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:13.159 we know we know who he is and and and 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:15.000 what we need to do to get him ready to go. 0:19:15.160 --> 0:19:18.000 And and again we're you know, we're still pretty vanilla 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:20.560 offensively and we haven't done any of our urpo game 0:19:20.640 --> 0:19:22.640 and you know, those are all things that that are 0:19:22.680 --> 0:19:25.120 that are part of his strengths too. And uh so, 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:27.000 so we got to make sure that we're when we 0:19:27.000 --> 0:19:29.400 put game plans together going forward, that that that we're 0:19:29.440 --> 0:19:31.719 uti lives and his strength to its safe to assume 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:34.000