Speaker 1: Welcome every one to Eagles three sixty. Eagles insider Dave
Speaker 1: Spidero joined by Glenn mac now and we've been a
Speaker 1: lot to talk about. Glenn, we haven't talked since the
Speaker 1: loss in Atlanta, since really the bold predictions that you
Speaker 1: made last week that came to nothing. Nothing. Unfortunately, none
Speaker 1: of that worked out for me or the Eagles. I
Speaker 1: wish I had been correcting a few of those, but
Speaker 1: you know, what are you gonna do? It's zero and one,
Speaker 1: just like we are, so you know, we move on
Speaker 1: to Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Big Game. A lot to
Speaker 1: get to you on the show today, we're gonna give
Speaker 1: you a little scouting report on the Cowboys big receivers.
Speaker 1: Who is that big receiver. Well, his name is not
Speaker 1: Dez Bryant. His name is Terrence Williams, and he will
Speaker 1: be a factor on Sunday. We'll also talk to Merl Reese,
Speaker 1: the voice of the Philadelphia Eagles, as he's prepares for
Speaker 1: another NFC East rivalry, and we're gonna get some more
Speaker 1: bold predictions from this guy as the Eagles get ready
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys. You're feeling actually right now, I feel
Speaker 1: it's I got it. All this. Yeah, Well, let's get
Speaker 1: you caught up on everything happening with the Philadelphia Eagles. Today.
Speaker 1: We send it out to Alex Smith our Eagles three
Speaker 1: sixty update. Hi everyone, Alex Smith here with your three
Speaker 1: sixty update, presented by Sports Authority. Today was the final
Speaker 1: day of media access here at the Novacare Complex before
Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon showdown with the Dallas Cowboys. Today we once
Speaker 1: again heard from Eagles head coach Chip Kelly, who said
Speaker 1: that while the Eagles may not have a quote unquote
Speaker 1: number one receiver, it's better for this offense in the
Speaker 1: long run if everyone is involved. We want to be
Speaker 1: able to get enough guys in there. It's a long season.
Speaker 1: It's a sixteen game season. There's a lot of pleasure
Speaker 1: to play four games in the preseason, and if guys
Speaker 1: weren't playing time, then they'll they'll get playing time, and
Speaker 1: I think it makes us a better football team in
Speaker 1: the long run when everybody's contributing, you only have forty
Speaker 1: six guys dressed on game day. We feel like we've
Speaker 1: got a lot of depth at receiver right now, and
Speaker 1: we feel like we've got a lot of depth at
Speaker 1: at tight end. We feel like we've got a lot
Speaker 1: of depth at running back. Meanwhile, on the defensive side
Speaker 1: of the ball, we heard from linebacker Demiko Ryan's and
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator Bill Davis on how the Eagles will deploy
Speaker 1: their inside linebackers on Sunday. We're rolling all three of
Speaker 1: them in kind of a little bit of a get
Speaker 1: back from injury mode, and how do we use these
Speaker 1: three in the right situation. So, depending on personnela comes
Speaker 1: at us, we kind of send in the inside backers
Speaker 1: in a kind of a format. We'll see how it
Speaker 1: goes throughout the flow of the game. We'll see see
Speaker 1: how the rotation goes. I mean I expected to pick
Speaker 1: up a little bit more moving from the linebackers into
Speaker 1: the secondary. We heard from safety Malcolm Jenkins who spoke
Speaker 1: about the challenges of Dallas not having Dez Bryant and
Speaker 1: how that means that Tony Romo will look to spread
Speaker 1: the ball elsewhere. I mean, it's a little different, but
Speaker 1: not by much. Obviously, I think that the emphasis goes
Speaker 1: a little bit more well in Jason Winton, the backs
Speaker 1: and some of the other receivers that they have. In
Speaker 1: Jason wins obviously, I think one of m Tony Romo's
Speaker 1: favorite targets, and so they're more incapable of moving on
Speaker 1: without Das and so we got to prepare, like, you know,
Speaker 1: we want to win a game. Connor Barwin also spoke
Speaker 1: about Tony Romo and the challenges that he presents to
Speaker 1: this Eagles defense. Yeah, he's great at buy an extra time.
Speaker 1: You know, he moves around well in the pocket. He's
Speaker 1: got great pocket awareness. He is a guy that kind
Speaker 1: of has the whole offense sort of speak at his
Speaker 1: fingertips when he lines up every place that he can
Speaker 1: change and getting anything he wants. And more than anything,
Speaker 1: he does a great job kind of buying time for himself,
Speaker 1: which makes it always a challenge for us. One final note,
Speaker 1: this will be the first Eagles Cowboys game for all
Speaker 1: of the Eagles rookies inside the locker him. We caught
Speaker 1: up with Nelson Aglord today who said that it's just
Speaker 1: another game for him as he begins his NFL career.
Speaker 1: I am focused on my teammates and the guys in
Speaker 1: this locker room. Is very important to us because it's
Speaker 1: the next game on the schedule. You know, we lost
Speaker 1: one already and now it's time for us to bounce back.
Speaker 1: I think you know, our effort has been great, our
Speaker 1: focus has been great, and what we're trying to do
Speaker 1: right now is we're trying to change our record. That'll
Speaker 1: wrap things up on this three sixty update. Be sure
Speaker 1: to get all of your latest Eagles news right here
Speaker 1: on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. Thanks so much, Alex. Of course,
Speaker 1: it is the big week, the home opener, so many
Speaker 1: things happening to link at Financial Field and Glenn a
Speaker 1: city that I senses teetering here on it. Not exhaustion,
Speaker 1: but just kind of what happened. Yeah, Well, there's a
Speaker 1: little bit of trepidation because I think coming out of
Speaker 1: the preseason everybody thought this was going to be easy.
Speaker 1: They were just gonna roll Atlanta. Well that doesn't happen.
Speaker 1: And Dave, that makes this Dallas game pretty critical. You
Speaker 1: lose the first two games of the season, your chances
Speaker 1: are making the playoffs are less than ten percent. So
Speaker 1: I don't want to say must win. Pretty darn important. Well,
Speaker 1: it is a very important game, and we've got a
Speaker 1: huge show for you today. We're gonna have talk to
Speaker 1: morrow reaths, like I said, and when we return to
Speaker 1: Eagles three sixty We're gonna find out about those Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 1: No Dez Bryant. How much of an impact is that
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Speaker 1: to find out a little bit more about the Dallas Cowboys.
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Speaker 1: we welcome in David Hellman from Dallas Cowboys dot com. Dallas.
Speaker 1: Much like the Eagles, the Cowboys got off to a
Speaker 1: slow start on Sundana against the New York Giants. However,
Speaker 1: unlike the Eagles, the Cowboys rallied and got to win.
Speaker 1: What did that mean for Dallas to get the season
Speaker 1: started one to Oh? Oh, I think, I mean it's
Speaker 1: absolutely huge, especially when you consider the fact that the
Speaker 1: Cowboys are starting their season out with two NFC's games
Speaker 1: back to back. You know, we've been talking all offseason
Speaker 1: that it's it's probably Cowboys and Eagles to figure out
Speaker 1: who wins this division, and you know, can't afford and
Speaker 1: Owen to start, especially in Owen to start in the division.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's not the prettiest win in the world,
Speaker 1: but you know, nobody's gonna remember that if the Cowboys
Speaker 1: get off to a good star and certainly don't want
Speaker 1: to be heading up to Philadelphia facing the possibility of
Speaker 1: an OWE two record. David without DeMarco Murray, there was
Speaker 1: already added pressure on Tony Romo going into this season.
Speaker 1: Now that Dez Brian is out with a broken foot,
Speaker 1: how much more pressure is on the quarterback to carry
Speaker 1: the offense. Yeah, good question, I guess, I guess you
Speaker 1: could call it pressure. The thing that strikes me is that,
Speaker 1: you know, a veteran guy like Tony Romo, who obviously
Speaker 1: has no shortage of experience spreading the ball around. I
Speaker 1: don't really know that I would qualify as pressure. It's
Speaker 1: just another obstacle that he has to overcome. And like
Speaker 1: you already mentioned, I mean, he lost his Allpro running
Speaker 1: back in DeMarco Murray. He's got a few unproven guys
Speaker 1: carrying the load back there behind him. He lost his
Speaker 1: all Pro receiver and Dez bryan so that just means
Speaker 1: he has to find other guys to make it work.
Speaker 1: I mean, Jason Witten is still here, Cole Beasley and
Speaker 1: Terence Williams are obviously going to need to step their
Speaker 1: games up. And then you know, there's a couple of
Speaker 1: surprising wrinkles. Lance Dunbar, who's the third running back here,
Speaker 1: led the team in receptions on Sunday ninety at seventy yards.
Speaker 1: It's those types of things that are going to have
Speaker 1: to continue if you're gonna make up for the loss
Speaker 1: of the guy like Dez Bryant. You obviously can't replicate
Speaker 1: what he does. But you know, fortunately for the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: they do have an experienced guy like Romo who has
Speaker 1: no shortage of experience and spreading the ball around and
Speaker 1: finding different ways to get people involved. David, what can
Speaker 1: you tell us about Terrence Williams, who I think will
Speaker 1: take over that number one receiver role in Bryant's absence.
Speaker 1: I guess if there's one thing that jumps to mind
Speaker 1: about Terrence Williams, it's that he's got undeniable big playability.
Speaker 1: He had three touchdowns in two playoff games last year.
Speaker 1: It seems like, you know, I think I did the
Speaker 1: map on it. This offseason, he's his touchdown runs are coming.
Speaker 1: You know, he's scored eleven touchdowns in two seasons, first
Speaker 1: of all, and he's averaging those touchdowns from thirty thirty
Speaker 1: one yards out. But the thing is that he's still
Speaker 1: working on consistency, because for every big play that he makes,
Speaker 1: still have a game where you know, he's logs one
Speaker 1: or two or maybe no catches and just kind of
Speaker 1: seems to disappear. And I think that's the big thing
Speaker 1: the Cowboys are working on with him, is they want
Speaker 1: him to be more consistent. They don't want him to
Speaker 1: disappear from the game plan. And now, you know, you
Speaker 1: could say maybe it's a good thing for Terrence, the
Speaker 1: Dez won't be there, He's got a chance to be
Speaker 1: more heavily involved or you know, if he can't work
Speaker 1: on it, if you can't improve that consistency, maybe it's
Speaker 1: a bad thing because they won't be able to depend
Speaker 1: on him. I think that's kind of one of the
Speaker 1: big storylines while it Dez is out, is you know
Speaker 1: how much of how much advantage does Terence take of
Speaker 1: this opportunity? David, Let's look at the defense for a
Speaker 1: second here. There's gonna be no Greg Hardy because of
Speaker 1: a suspension, same with Rolando McClain, and now Randy Gregory's
Speaker 1: out for the time being with a high ankle sprain.
Speaker 1: Where do you see the pass rush coming from? How
Speaker 1: do you see the Cowboys trying to slow down the
Speaker 1: offensive attack with DeMarco Murray and Sam Bradford at quarterback. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's pretty interesting, how you know, things change from
Speaker 1: week to week in the NFL. You know, two weeks
Speaker 1: ago the Cowboys had a really fearsome looking pass rush.
Speaker 1: You lose Greg Hardy to his four game suspension. Then
Speaker 1: you lose Randy Gregory, who arguably was the best player
Speaker 1: in training camp. You lose him for you know, at
Speaker 1: least three or four weeks with an ankle sprain, and
Speaker 1: now all of a sudden you're kind of scrambling. But
Speaker 1: you know, they still have the Marcus Lawrence, who's the
Speaker 1: number thirty four overall pick. They just gave a five
Speaker 1: year extension to Tyrone Crawford at defensive tackle, which kind
Speaker 1: of gives you an idea of what they think he's
Speaker 1: capable of. And then you know, other than that, I
Speaker 1: think they just patch together and make it work. Jack
Speaker 1: Crawford is a versatile guy that they've got on the
Speaker 1: defensive line, and and they actually drafted another defensive end
Speaker 1: behind Gregory and Ryan Russell. I think he'll probably get
Speaker 1: an opportunity to show something while Randy Gregory is out.
Speaker 1: But there's no doubt it's going to be challenging to
Speaker 1: deal with an offense like this when you're lacking so
Speaker 1: severely in the past rush and it's probably gonna make
Speaker 1: it an even bigger challenge on guys like Sean Lee.
Speaker 1: It is going to make it a challenge on the
Speaker 1: linebackers behind behind the defensive line. There's no doubt about that.
Speaker 1: And like you mentioned with Rolando mcplane not being there,
Speaker 1: it's going to be a tough David Helman from Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys dot com, thank you very much for taking us
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Speaker 1: so much, Chris, Thanks so much, David. And we're gonna
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Speaker 1: Now he's gonna give us his bold We didn't say correct,
Speaker 1: we said bold predictions. There's a bit of putting yourself
Speaker 1: out of the ball and exactly you're doing a great
Speaker 1: job with it. What do you got here, you go.
Speaker 1: Number one. I do believe that Chip Kelly will feed
Speaker 1: DeMarco Murray the ball this weekend, not just because he's
Speaker 1: playing against his old team, the Cowboys, but because I
Speaker 1: think it's actually the most effective offense he can have.
Speaker 1: So I'll tell you that Murray's gonna run for least
Speaker 1: ninety yards and we'll score at least the empty touchdowns
Speaker 1: last week, they'll score another one. It'll be a lot
Speaker 1: more value, a lot more yard, and everybody will be
Speaker 1: able to breathe a little bit more easily. DeMarco Murray
Speaker 1: involved in the office, and hey, let's talk about it, Glenn.
Speaker 1: The run game not a factor on Monday Night the
Speaker 1: Eagles and call the run. The Falcons took it away.
Speaker 1: We saw how that helped put the Eagles in a
Speaker 1: big hole, and then they got it going in the
Speaker 1: second half with Darren Sproles running the football. Now, DeMarco
Speaker 1: Murray a huge part of it. We talked about the
Speaker 1: touches here, how many would you like to see him get?
Speaker 1: Just generally, generally, I'd like to see him get between
Speaker 1: fifteen and twenty fifteen and twenty a week, and I
Speaker 1: want to see him run between the tackles. You know,
Speaker 1: he kept doing the sweep to the right, sweep to
Speaker 1: the right. He's gotta trust those guards. Does chip and
Speaker 1: run it between the tackles. Okay, So that is bold
Speaker 1: prediction number one from Glenn Mcnow, how about number two?
Speaker 1: All right, Bold prediction number two? Cody Parkey talking about
Speaker 1: breathe easy. Cody Parky will hit a field goal of
Speaker 1: at least forty four yards this week and everybody will
Speaker 1: breathe a side relief. Dallas's defense in the red zone
Speaker 1: is pretty good, so there will be the opportunity for
Speaker 1: him to have one between forty and fifty. He's gonna
Speaker 1: make it. He's gotta make it because if he doesn't
Speaker 1: make it, then this team's got something else to work.
Speaker 1: Your thoughts on Cody park You've seems kind of premature
Speaker 1: to get on a kid who missed a feel goal
Speaker 1: from forty four yards, pushed it right, hit it solid,
Speaker 1: just missed it Pro Bowl season as a rookie. Why
Speaker 1: so much? Kind of why the concern with Cody park Well,
Speaker 1: because he didn't play in the preseason. You know, he
Speaker 1: had he missed those games in the preseason. He had
Speaker 1: the groin issue going, so people haven't really gotten to
Speaker 1: see him kick in the season, and he missed an
Speaker 1: extra point in the preseason that adds to it. I
Speaker 1: think people just want that affirmation if he kicks one
Speaker 1: long one, and he will this week, my bold prediction,
Speaker 1: everybody will be fine. All right, Glenn macnow says it,
Speaker 1: so it must come true. Bold prediction number three. You're
Speaker 1: setting me up. I see you setting me up. But
Speaker 1: that's okay. Here's bold prediction number three. And this is
Speaker 1: going to be one that it's easy to say the
Speaker 1: Dallas's most effective offensive player would be Jason Witten. That
Speaker 1: wouldn't be a bold prediction. So I'll give you somebody else.
Speaker 1: It's going to be that little, annoying five foot eight
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley, who's going to run a lot underneath. We've
Speaker 1: talked about the problem that Eagles are gonna have with
Speaker 1: the slot receivers this year. He's kind of that poor
Speaker 1: Man's West Welker, and I think that Cole Beasley could
Speaker 1: have a lot of impact on this game. Yeah, Cole
Speaker 1: Beasley was very difficult to contain for the Eagles last year.
Speaker 1: By the way that Cowboys winning their last two games
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Speaker 1: The Eagles win in Dallas and the Cowboys lately have
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Speaker 1: I do think the Eagles look good this week. By
Speaker 1: the way, I have two more bold predictions coming up
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Speaker 1: for those, even bolder and hopefully a little bit more
Speaker 1: accurate then they have been. But no, no, no, worse it. Listen,
Speaker 1: we all got it wrong last week. Those are your
Speaker 1: bold predictions from Glenn Mcnow, when we return to Eagles
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Speaker 1: preparing for yet Merrill another Eagles Dallas Cowboys game early
Speaker 1: in the season. Pretty important game, too early, too early? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I like Eagles Cowboys to come a little bit later. Well,
Speaker 1: let's let's talk about the importance of this game. What
Speaker 1: did it mean for the Eagles. It's a very important
Speaker 1: game because you don't want to go oh and two,
Speaker 1: you don't want to go into a two game hole
Speaker 1: in the NFC East. However, however, I object to the
Speaker 1: use of the word must, except if it's Chip Kelly
Speaker 1: saying must. We've got every beliefs a must game, and
Speaker 1: that's coach Took. But I think when when analysts look
Speaker 1: at this game and say it's a must game for
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles, it's not. There are no must games
Speaker 1: in September um historically, going back to two thousand and
Speaker 1: three IMA. To me, a must game is when you
Speaker 1: can be eliminated that week, and we're talking about the
Speaker 1: second game of the season. It's a very very important.
Speaker 1: Why is it important to Eagles, Well for many reasons.
Speaker 1: For many reasons. Number one, you want to show that
Speaker 1: everything you've worked for in the off season is working.
Speaker 1: Number Two, it is a not only a conference game,
Speaker 1: but it is a division game against the team that
Speaker 1: is considered the one that's going to provide your stiffest
Speaker 1: competition this year. And number three, it's at home. The
Speaker 1: fans are frustrated by what they saw on the first half. Anyhow,
Speaker 1: Monday night, and it's the kind of game that could
Speaker 1: launch a lot of good things to come. Your expectations, right,
Speaker 1: you talk about the first half in Atlanta, terrible performance
Speaker 1: all around for you, your expectations out. As you look
Speaker 1: at the Eagles from an offensive standpoint, first, I think
Speaker 1: they're a good team. I think they're a very explosive team.
Speaker 1: I'm not prepared to look at what I saw in
Speaker 1: the first game of the season and say, oh, there
Speaker 1: are big troubles ahead because they couldn't run the football effectively,
Speaker 1: which is a key to this offense. I don't feel
Speaker 1: that way. I have felt for a long time that,
Speaker 1: whether it's the Eagles or anybody else, the first four
Speaker 1: games are a feeling out process. The starting players see
Speaker 1: very little game action in the in the preseason. And
Speaker 1: then you go to the most important member of the offense,
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford. He hadn't lined up in a regular season
Speaker 1: game since October twentieth, twenty thirteen, and yeah, he looked
Speaker 1: great in Green Bay. But it's so different. I mean,
Speaker 1: this is the big stage, muddy night football, regular season
Speaker 1: game opener, and it takes a while to feel the now.
Speaker 1: I think that he was in his groove when we
Speaker 1: left the game on the Monday night, he looked really good. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the Eagles offense was up and down. We know that.
Speaker 1: Down and up. Actually, the running back situation still needs
Speaker 1: to work itself out with three excellent backs, and I
Speaker 1: think Chip Kelly kind of explained it this week. They haven't.
Speaker 1: They didn't run the ball, so you can't really say
Speaker 1: they they didn't run the ball effectively because they didn't
Speaker 1: call runs. Now, I expect them to try to run
Speaker 1: the football a lot on Sunday Tea. I would think so.
Speaker 1: I would think so. And you want to see the
Speaker 1: offensive line pick up its play and explode against the Cowboys. Initially,
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna run the football. I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna throw the football. But this this is an offense
Speaker 1: predicated as a run first offense, predicated on being successful
Speaker 1: on the ground and opening up the passing game. Eagles defense,
Speaker 1: no Dez Bryant. The impact of missing Dez Bryant in
Speaker 1: this Cowboys passing it's a big impact. I mean, how
Speaker 1: can you say it's not. This is the player who
Speaker 1: had three touchdowns and over one hundred yards against them
Speaker 1: in the game that actually broke their backs last December
Speaker 1: fourteenth at the Lake, so missing their most dangerous weapon
Speaker 1: that is big. That doesn't mean that you say, well
Speaker 1: without as Brian it's a walk in the park, because
Speaker 1: it's not. Because they have other weapons. They have one
Speaker 1: of the best tight ends in football in Jason Witten.
Speaker 1: You know, Terrence Williams is not a bad football player.
Speaker 1: That little Cole Beasley is a perpetual pest, especially on
Speaker 1: third downs. There are things and Tony Romo. You know,
Speaker 1: I have over the years been unkind in some of
Speaker 1: my evaluations of Tony Romo. Oh he's a little bit overrated.
Speaker 1: He hasn't won many playoff games. But Tony Romo has
Speaker 1: grown into a heck of a quarterback. He's a solid passer,
Speaker 1: he's very very smart, he's crafty, he knows how to
Speaker 1: play the game, and he knows how to win. Potentially
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame quarterback who's put up some absolutely
Speaker 1: huge numbers. Merril. Last thing, the importance of starting quickly.
Speaker 1: I know Eagles fans are very restless, uneasy might be
Speaker 1: a better word. How important is it to get off
Speaker 1: and get off really strong? I think it's good. I
Speaker 1: think it's very important. That's what you want. The crowd's
Speaker 1: going to be revved up. By game time. They will
Speaker 1: have long they will have long forgotten what happened in Atlanta,
Speaker 1: and you don't want them to say, oh no, here
Speaker 1: we go again. You want to come out and put
Speaker 1: some points on the board. Even if you don't. You
Speaker 1: want to come out and pick up three first downs,
Speaker 1: or you want to come out and shut the Cowboys
Speaker 1: down one, two, three. You need to make a big play.
Speaker 1: You need to do something to to really get the
Speaker 1: link rocking. And once that happens, I think the Eagles
Speaker 1: are going to be just fine. Thank you. I feel
Speaker 1: link it financial field trembling already and we're not even close.
Speaker 1: Merril Reese, thank you so much for joining us in studio.
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Speaker 1: Welcome back Eagles three sixty David Glenn here time now
Speaker 1: for a little scouting report on a wide receiver who
Speaker 1: could have a big impact in Sunday's game. His name
Speaker 1: is Terrence Williams, and our game playing crew like Raason
Speaker 1: Mike quick break him down. A little bit of bad
Speaker 1: news last week for the Dallas Cowboys. Might they're gonna
Speaker 1: be without arguably the best wide receiver and all the
Speaker 1: football for a little while and Dash Briant. But the
Speaker 1: man that'll be slater to take his place and fill
Speaker 1: his role will be second year wide receiver Terrence Williams
Speaker 1: out of Baylor. You watch him here versus his own coverage.
Speaker 1: Tony Romo has confidence in him. This is last year.
Speaker 1: He's a big play receiver if you're allowing him to
Speaker 1: get the ball in his hands. Well, the way they
Speaker 1: run their offense and you'll see a lot of play
Speaker 1: action passes and it really helps watch this play action.
Speaker 1: It will hold those linebackers which creates a really big
Speaker 1: void at the second level and gives a lot of
Speaker 1: space for Williams to run that route and for Tony
Speaker 1: Romo to stick it in there. But it's really the
Speaker 1: play action that gets him so wide over he runs
Speaker 1: a nice dig route, but the play action really opens
Speaker 1: him up. Yeah, and again with Dash Bryant being out,
Speaker 1: he's gonna see a lot of all coverage. He seemed
Speaker 1: down here in the preseason this summer, you got bumping
Speaker 1: run up on the line of scrimmage, doesn't nice job
Speaker 1: of stemming and then finding a way to get open.
Speaker 1: Like in that stem he really hesitates at the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage and it allows that window to open up.
Speaker 1: That's just the timing of this thing. They want him
Speaker 1: to hesitate a little bit because it opens that big
Speaker 1: window and gives Romo just an easy throw on the
Speaker 1: slant route. This is very effective. Yeah, nice job, nice
Speaker 1: throw gets inside. That's a good job of catching the ball.
Speaker 1: Certainly can't take take him lightly. You watch him last
Speaker 1: week versus the New York Giants. He's up top here,
Speaker 1: you gott off coverage. They're gonna read it with a
Speaker 1: two high safety's here. He's gonna be able to sit
Speaker 1: down at about ten yards catch the ball again, give
Speaker 1: you a little run after the catch. Yeah, a lot
Speaker 1: of space given to him on the outside, and I
Speaker 1: don't think the Eagles are gonna have to give him
Speaker 1: that much space. See Romo looks out there once he
Speaker 1: sees that that corner is off, he already knows where
Speaker 1: he's going with the football. I can on this player.
Speaker 1: He really does a nice job after he catches the ball,
Speaker 1: recognizing where his blocks are and getting the ball up
Speaker 1: field again Ryan out Terrence Williams becomes the number one
Speaker 1: option the Tony Romo next week. Eagles must find where
Speaker 1: he's at it all times. Thanks so much, guys, Glen.
Speaker 1: Some final thoughts here on Eagles Cowboys as we get
Speaker 1: ready for the first big NFC showdown. Final thoughts are
Speaker 1: as crazy to think an early season game is this important,
Speaker 1: but you do not want to fall two games back
Speaker 1: in the division to your rival. This is on a
Speaker 1: scale of one to ten, this is about a nine
Speaker 1: in importance, especially without Dez Bryant, without Randy Gregory, without
Speaker 1: Orlando Scandrick potentially an offensive line hit for the Cowboys
Speaker 1: as well with the right guard. So it is a
Speaker 1: big one. And I think just for the psyche of
Speaker 1: the city and the confidence of the team, everybody's gonna
Speaker 1: way to breathe easy and a win. Hey, everybody's back
Speaker 1: on that Super Bowl express. Good stuff now, thanks for
Speaker 1: joining us, He joins at every Tuesday and Thursday here
Speaker 1: on Eagles three sixty for Glenn, I'm Dave. We thank
Speaker 1: you for joining us, have yourselves a great Eagles Day.
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