Speaker 1: Oh what a night in South Philadelphia to celebrate Eagles fans.
Speaker 1: Behind three turnovers from the Eagles defense, touch down in
Speaker 1: the third quarter by DeMarco Murray. On a night when
Speaker 1: the Eagles induct a linebacker Maxi Vaughn and running back
Speaker 1: Brian Westbrook into the Hall of Fame, the Eagles stopped
Speaker 1: the New York Giants twenty seven to seven. And ladies
Speaker 1: and gentlemen, guess whose first place in the NC East?
Speaker 1: Your Philadelphia Eagles. Welcome to the postgame show Presentabo Rico
Speaker 1: here on Philadelphi Eagles dot Com. I'm Chris McPherson alongside
Speaker 1: former Eagles linebacker Ike Reese. Look, it wasn't the prettiest
Speaker 1: at times, but it doesn't matter because the Eagles took
Speaker 1: care of business with a dominant defensive performance, getting after
Speaker 1: Eli Manning throughout the course of the game, and to
Speaker 1: come out with a much needed win. Yeah, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it, Chris. I mean the black hurts tonight. They
Speaker 1: just dominated this game. They took it from the New
Speaker 1: York Giants, much like last year's game in the Blackout
Speaker 1: series where they shut the Giants out. Ironically, it was
Speaker 1: twenty seven to nothing last year. This year's score. Okay,
Speaker 1: the Giants haven't proved a little bit. They got a
Speaker 1: touchdown this year versus the Eagles, But the bottom line
Speaker 1: is the Eagles have found the way in this series
Speaker 1: to basically dominate the last couple of years, and the
Speaker 1: Giants at times did not even look like they deserved
Speaker 1: to be on the same field with the Eagles. I
Speaker 1: thought it was a tremendous performance from the defensive side
Speaker 1: of the football. Certainly, the offense have areas that they
Speaker 1: need to improve improve upon, most importantly ball security. But
Speaker 1: I thought they ran the ball well tonight. DeMarco Murray
Speaker 1: with his first one hundred yard rushing effort of the
Speaker 1: season in Midnight Green excuse me for black tonight. Black
Speaker 1: Tonight tremant Midnight greening as an Eagle, his first one
Speaker 1: hundred yard rushing game, so that's certainly a positive side.
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford did some nice things, But more importantly, I
Speaker 1: thought the defense set the tone at night. Oh, no
Speaker 1: question whatsoever. Look, the Giants took the opening drive, marched
Speaker 1: down the field, and Eli Manning, who had been playing
Speaker 1: so well in the beginning of the seasons, came into
Speaker 1: this game with ten touchdowns to just two interceptions hits
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham, who was matchup against Demiko Ryans looked like
Speaker 1: there was supposed to be some safety help. It didn't
Speaker 1: come in time. Nonetheless, the Giants may look too easy
Speaker 1: on that first drive, and then after the quick three
Speaker 1: out by the Eagles offense, it looked like, hey, the
Speaker 1: Giants offense was going to go right down the field again,
Speaker 1: Eli Manning. He goes to tenan Larry Dennell, and who
Speaker 1: is there to atone for the mistake before it's Damiko
Speaker 1: Ryan stripping the ball getting the interception, and that really
Speaker 1: seemed to change the momentum of the entire game. The
Speaker 1: Eagles defense from there was able to clamp down on
Speaker 1: this Giants offense, forcing the turnovers and then more importantly,
Speaker 1: the run defense. The first drive, it seemed like the Giants,
Speaker 1: which really hadn't had a run offense up to this
Speaker 1: point of the season, was able to get some things
Speaker 1: going on the ground. The Eagles took that away, made
Speaker 1: the Giants one dimensional, forced Eli Manning to beat them,
Speaker 1: and quite honestly, even though Beckham did have the touchdown,
Speaker 1: he wasn't targeted heavily in the second half of the game.
Speaker 1: Hamstring had to have been an issue there. Quite honestly,
Speaker 1: it didn't seem like that. They really didn't have the
Speaker 1: explosive elements there to really test this Eagles defense. The
Speaker 1: Eagles realize it, made the adjustments and we were able
Speaker 1: to come after Eli Manning and then guys like Benny
Speaker 1: Curry as you see there, Connor Barwin and Brandon Graham
Speaker 1: took over the game. Yeah, when you mentioned it earlier, Chris,
Speaker 1: that interception by Damiko Ryans was huge. The Giants had
Speaker 1: all the momentum in the game. It seemed like they
Speaker 1: certainly had the Eagles on their heels. Their second drive,
Speaker 1: they're driving down the field, looks like it's going to
Speaker 1: be at least ten nothing Giants, quite possibly fourteen nothing Giants,
Speaker 1: and Damiko Ryans basically steals the ball from Larry Dnille.
Speaker 1: He sold the ball from Larry Denille for an interception.
Speaker 1: Just a fantastic play by Damiko Ryan's the momentum changer
Speaker 1: for the defense, and I believe it re energized the
Speaker 1: whole crowd because prior to that play we were all
Speaker 1: sitting back like what is going on to night? I
Speaker 1: think that play gave everyone confidence. The defense picked up
Speaker 1: from that play on and they really they smothered Eli
Speaker 1: Manning and the Giants the rest of the night. All right,
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Speaker 1: coach Chip Kelly and quarterback Sam Bradford after this quick
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Speaker 1: Eagles dot com. We're gonna hear from head coach Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly quarterback Sam bred In just a little bit. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about the offense here for a second. We already
Speaker 1: mentioned the performance for the running game, able to get
Speaker 1: to Marco Murray going finally, but quarterback Sam Bradford some
Speaker 1: ups and downs, had some big players down the field.
Speaker 1: Riley Cooper had the nice touchdown and get the Eagles
Speaker 1: on the board. But three interceptions on the day certainly
Speaker 1: a performance that I think Bradford's gonna say he's gonna
Speaker 1: want up some throwers back. Yeah, I mean, listen, when
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks are on in this offense, they could put
Speaker 1: up some of the best numbers in the National Football League,
Speaker 1: But you have to be judicious with where you're putting
Speaker 1: the ball in. You just can't be careless laying the
Speaker 1: ball out there. And I know Bradford, he's a perfectionist,
Speaker 1: and he'll look at tonight's performance and say, forget about
Speaker 1: all those other numbers. It's the three mistakes that I
Speaker 1: want to focus in on, and he would like to
Speaker 1: have those throws back. I mean, you look at the
Speaker 1: throw right here. That's a great throw to Riley Cooper.
Speaker 1: Safety misplayed the ball. Nice play here to Jos Shelf
Speaker 1: could have very easily been a touchdown at all Barbara
Speaker 1: not been in a way there. So I definitely like
Speaker 1: a lot of the things that Sam Bradford did tonight,
Speaker 1: but he just has to erase the little mistakes that
Speaker 1: that can sort of cost you when you're planning against
Speaker 1: better opponents. What do you think it is that the
Speaker 1: Eels are unable to get things going on the offense
Speaker 1: early in games? They got the touchdown from Roddy Cooper
Speaker 1: that we saw that was our first first quarter touchdown
Speaker 1: of the entire season. The opening drive. The second play
Speaker 1: looked like Darren Sproles was open on the wheel route,
Speaker 1: but there was a miscommunication there. We tall it a
Speaker 1: couple of times throughout the course of the game where
Speaker 1: it might have been an option to route. Bradford thought
Speaker 1: one way, the receiver thinks the other way, and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, you have a missed opportunity on the field.
Speaker 1: I think what we're seeing is new faces and a
Speaker 1: new offensive system and Sam trying to work the kinks
Speaker 1: out while trying to become more familiar with the offense
Speaker 1: and knowing where everybody is going to be. Now. I've
Speaker 1: been impressed with the way he's been able to operate
Speaker 1: the offense at times, but it's these little mental lapses
Speaker 1: that you have periodically throughout the course of the game
Speaker 1: that sort of slows down the offense, stalls drives, or
Speaker 1: when they have a good drive going sort of kills
Speaker 1: drives at the end with a bad throw there. And
Speaker 1: I mean, this is a quarterback that's been in the
Speaker 1: league for a while, so I won't give him the
Speaker 1: excuse up it's his first year in this offense. We've
Speaker 1: seen quarterbacks first year in this offense that have done well.
Speaker 1: Sam has to be more careful with the football when
Speaker 1: there's not a play there to be made. It's okay
Speaker 1: to take a sack or throw it away for an
Speaker 1: incomplete pass. Can't throw balls in the wrong area, and
Speaker 1: I think one of them I can't even blame on him.
Speaker 1: That had to be some sort of mix up between
Speaker 1: he and Raley. Cooper deep the same play that they
Speaker 1: hit on earlier for the big game. However, for whatever reason,
Speaker 1: whether it was where maybe Cooper saw the defensive backs
Speaker 1: and the alignment and said I'm gonna stop here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: maybe Bradford thought he certainly expected him, expecting him to
Speaker 1: keep going, and that's where the quarterback and wide receiver
Speaker 1: had to be on the same page as far as
Speaker 1: what they are seeing from the defense. Riley thought that
Speaker 1: was help over the top. So he's gonna cut the
Speaker 1: route short. Sam is saying it's the same route we
Speaker 1: ran earlier, and it was two guys there. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: put it out there. You go up and make a play.
Speaker 1: And again that's something that quarterback receiver worked through. It's
Speaker 1: a lot easier to work through those mistakes when you
Speaker 1: have a w as a result in the game. It
Speaker 1: becomes a lot more painful when those type of mistakes
Speaker 1: cost you the ball game. Fortunately for the Eagles to
Speaker 1: night that wasn't the case. It's something that can be
Speaker 1: corrected as we move forward. You make a great point
Speaker 1: about the sack because there's the one in the second
Speaker 1: quarter where it's third down, Bradford trying to move the
Speaker 1: ball their in Giants territory. They have the field goal
Speaker 1: pretty much set up at that point. However, he takes
Speaker 1: a sack to make the job for calp Sturgis. Credit
Speaker 1: Sturgis for making the kick a little bit tougher. That's
Speaker 1: a mistake that Look, Sturgis makes a kick, you forget
Speaker 1: about it. They get the points, they go ahead seventeen
Speaker 1: to seven all as well. But if he misses that
Speaker 1: field goal, then all of a sudden you're thinking, I
Speaker 1: can't take a sack. Yeah, and that's I think that's
Speaker 1: gonna come with Sam just playing more. You know, even
Speaker 1: though he's in his sixth year, he's missed a lot
Speaker 1: of football time out on the field. So you're talking
Speaker 1: about endgame situations that would be second nature twin Obviously,
Speaker 1: knowing you're going into that play, you're in great field
Speaker 1: goal position. You say to yourself, you can't take a
Speaker 1: crucial sack here and fall out of field goal range.
Speaker 1: I think it's something that that's correctable. If they were
Speaker 1: things that you're saying to yourself, I don't know how
Speaker 1: we're gonna fix this. This is just something that can't
Speaker 1: be fixed. I would be a little concerned, but a
Speaker 1: lot of this would have to be chalked up to
Speaker 1: being back out there on the field and being in games.
Speaker 1: Here's the other thing that Sam is not accustomed to
Speaker 1: playing in a lot of tight ball games. That we're wins,
Speaker 1: yea luckily luckless one. All right, we're gonna sit out,
Speaker 1: so get your field for head coach Chip Kelly. Defensive, yeah,
Speaker 1: I thought they were outstanding, you know, especially after that
Speaker 1: first drive where they just went right down the fielding
Speaker 1: with avy yards and you know, it's seven nothing, you know,
Speaker 1: right off the bat, kind of neutralize the crowd, kind
Speaker 1: of hushed everybody up, and then I think they only
Speaker 1: had one hundred and sixty yards after that. I think
Speaker 1: our defense, you know, the rush um, the ability to
Speaker 1: get to elag which is difficult. You know, going into this,
Speaker 1: they'd only given up short amount of sacks and they
Speaker 1: only turned the ball over, you know, not very much either,
Speaker 1: So for us to come up with. You know, Nolan's
Speaker 1: kit pick was big. Um. I thought the play by
Speaker 1: Demiko Ryant on the interception really kind of stemmed the
Speaker 1: tie because they were moving the ball again on that
Speaker 1: drive and then uh, you know, Demiko made a nice
Speaker 1: play on the on the wheel route kind of knocked
Speaker 1: the ball up. But I thought, I thought our defense
Speaker 1: played outstanding all game on something change that first drug now,
Speaker 1: I mean not call wise or anything like that. I
Speaker 1: just think our guys settled down. And again I think
Speaker 1: that interception by h Demiko I think was kind of key,
Speaker 1: and that kind of almost somebody took a deep breath,
Speaker 1: all right, let's go when then then the rush started
Speaker 1: getting there. Then the next next series we got Nolan
Speaker 1: on the interception for a touchdown, and then our guys
Speaker 1: really started playing. I thought, yeah, I do. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think they played. But again, besides the opening glove,
Speaker 1: I thought our defense played outstanding all game long. You
Speaker 1: get a sense Demiko is motivated by the faith to
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks. He's getting a lot of attention, and you know,
Speaker 1: am goes to the vet room and do you think
Speaker 1: he's maybe motivated by that by the younger guy? Now,
Speaker 1: I think Demiko's motivated twenty four seven. You know, he's
Speaker 1: and I've said it before, he's our mufassa. He's the
Speaker 1: leader of our defense, he's leader this football team. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's motivated every day we're around him, every second I'm
Speaker 1: around the guy. So, um, he's been that number leagubal
Speaker 1: mentor to to Jordan and there's no one that wants
Speaker 1: to see Jordan sixceeed morton Demiko. So I don't think
Speaker 1: that motivates him. I just think that's just the type
Speaker 1: of guy he is when he comes to let me
Speaker 1: any turnovers. How can Sam bradf for you get better?
Speaker 1: We had some miscommunication today, you know on a couple
Speaker 1: of routes where um, the quarterback end the receiver weren't
Speaker 1: on the same page. But um, we have to clean
Speaker 1: that up, you know, and we we've talked about that. Um,
Speaker 1: his game more familiar in terms of what we're doing. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, but we can't you know, we can't continue
Speaker 1: to do that, you know, and against really good football teams.
Speaker 1: We were fortunate that that we did it and got
Speaker 1: away with it today, but it's not gonna in this league.
Speaker 1: You can't do that. And uh, sustain things can sustain winning.
Speaker 1: So we really got to clean that up on the
Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball. Missed communication. It's on both,
Speaker 1: it's on both, depending on you know, sometimes we're reading
Speaker 1: coverages and routes are supposed to work in a a certain way.
Speaker 1: So it's it's not all on Sam, it's on both
Speaker 1: types of Sam's developments in the system. I don't have
Speaker 1: an answer, you know, on a continuum answer. I just
Speaker 1: know he needs to improve and we all need to
Speaker 1: improve on the offensive side of the ball. I think, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we're starting to run the ball better as
Speaker 1: a group. Um, we hit him with some good play
Speaker 1: action passes. I've really got some big chunk place for us.
Speaker 1: You know. Obviously the first touchdown to Coube, Um we
Speaker 1: hit them, hit Miles on a nice seam route. Um,
Speaker 1: We're doing some good things, but we have to be
Speaker 1: able to finish, especially in the red zone. Going in
Speaker 1: the second hand, I think our offensive line is starting
Speaker 1: to really you know, come together as a group. And
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, the one thing about DeMarco, he's
Speaker 1: a downhill, physical runner, runs behind his pads. You know,
Speaker 1: if we can get him started, and I think we
Speaker 1: started to get a little push at the line of scrimmage,
Speaker 1: you know, and then get him to the second level.
Speaker 1: He can run through a lot of harm tackles, and um,
Speaker 1: obviously it was really good to see him get going today.
Speaker 1: They had that roughing the kicker kind of league, and
Speaker 1: you guys came back out you were able to score
Speaker 1: right there where you think that men for your momentum there, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it helped, you know obviously, I think, you know, we
Speaker 1: we got stalled on that drive, but then you get
Speaker 1: the penalty. You know, they ran in and we knew
Speaker 1: they were a big rush team. Anyways, it was a
Speaker 1: good job by Donnie getting the ball off because that's
Speaker 1: a tough group to block. They get a lot of
Speaker 1: big guys on their special teams. Um, you know. So
Speaker 1: for the fact that we could capitalize on that, I
Speaker 1: thought was big and then that was a deal. We
Speaker 1: think we capitalized, you know, whether it be the penalty
Speaker 1: or their turnovers, you know, we capitalize and score points.
Speaker 1: And then when when we turned it over again, credit
Speaker 1: our defense, our defense, We didn't give up any points
Speaker 1: after we turned it over. I thought our defense did
Speaker 1: a great job and their response after the turnover at
Speaker 1: the end of the first half, yet two timeouts. I
Speaker 1: dat you even you can to pass to the nineteen
Speaker 1: with thirty three seconds to go one all the time
Speaker 1: out there instead of because we were trying to save it.
Speaker 1: And then we took a sack, you know, because again
Speaker 1: receiver ran a wrong route, so Sam is expecting the
Speaker 1: receiver to do something else. So we were just weren't
Speaker 1: on the right page. So I wanted to get away
Speaker 1: with just a field goal there. Let's let's take the
Speaker 1: points and let's get in a half time and get
Speaker 1: the thing straightened out. But there was a miscommunication on
Speaker 1: the on the route before that, and there was a
Speaker 1: miscommunication on the one that he took a sack on waiting. Look, no,
Speaker 1: I during the week, you didn't really get into how
Speaker 1: important this game was other than one game. But being
Speaker 1: it's the first win in the division, it's a game
Speaker 1: really kind of setting the season back on the right way.
Speaker 1: How important was this? Every game is important? I mean,
Speaker 1: so it's not every single game you play is important.
Speaker 1: At the end of the year, what you find a record,
Speaker 1: you can't say what we lost that one, but it
Speaker 1: wasn't that important. Every game is important, and that's what
Speaker 1: we talk about so we have a huge one coming up.
Speaker 1: Whatever you want, Howard, every game is important when we're
Speaker 1: trying to win, so we don't. I don't go in
Speaker 1: and say, hey, it's an AFC opponent, let's just take
Speaker 1: it easy this week because it doesn't count. They all
Speaker 1: count at the end of the day, they all count,
Speaker 1: you know. So this is it's flyve full go, and
Speaker 1: we're getting ready to go play Carolina. We're not gonna
Speaker 1: say it's not a division opponent, so let's kick our
Speaker 1: feet up and take it easy this week. In practice,
Speaker 1: we got we gotta get ready against real good football
Speaker 1: team this week. Brandy Graham had been Curry and got
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure. They did they did, you know,
Speaker 1: I think a lot of times with what they do
Speaker 1: because they get the ball out quick, so they're releasing
Speaker 1: five guys into the route. There's a lot of single,
Speaker 1: single blocks going across the front. So obviously it becomes
Speaker 1: a matchup with our d line against our Oline. And
Speaker 1: I thought, I thought Vinnie played really well. I thought
Speaker 1: Fletch played really I thought all those guys, you know,
Speaker 1: I thought, you know, it was good to see that.
Speaker 1: And then you know, the one thing you have to
Speaker 1: do to disrupt the rhythm and timing because the balls
Speaker 1: out so quick, is get a push in the pass rush?
Speaker 1: And I thought we did that reception that was thrown
Speaker 1: into the end zone. What are you seeing us? We
Speaker 1: had a matchup. You know, we felt like we had
Speaker 1: Art's on the safety and it was the ball was
Speaker 1: just a little bit behind him. But you know, as
Speaker 1: we were going, that's what we were trying to do,
Speaker 1: that was what the play call was. That's what we're
Speaker 1: trying to do. But the ball just looked like it
Speaker 1: was a little bit behind them. From more I s
Speaker 1: I think no place coverage wise, What did you do better?
Speaker 1: I think we we we were on to a combination
Speaker 1: of both things. I think it's the pass rush and
Speaker 1: in terms of what they do, the balls out quick,
Speaker 1: and so then we talked about if the ball is
Speaker 1: out quick and it's completely we got to tackle, and
Speaker 1: I thought we tackled better on the back end between
Speaker 1: the receivers and the quarterbacks. Is that happening in a
Speaker 1: little bit of an alarming rate for you at this
Speaker 1: point in the season. Anytime we're not on the right page,
Speaker 1: then we're concerned can you trace them? This communication is
Speaker 1: from the sideline going in. Is just is that word
Speaker 1: is or we've had these guys together to spring, Yeah,
Speaker 1: we know that. Well, it's not one specific thing. It's
Speaker 1: not always the same thing, so it's not just hey,
Speaker 1: this happens, so let's correct it. At one point time
Speaker 1: it's a receiver. At the other point in time, we
Speaker 1: didn't get it. You know, we get it communicated, So
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a it's a group of guys, so
Speaker 1: we gotta get it straightened out. Discuss. There's head coach
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly following the Eagles love saying his twenty seven
Speaker 1: to seven win. Give give, I could break here. Okay,
Speaker 1: we're all having a night to celebrate here. Okay, that's
Speaker 1: not a celebration. Dream that was after that's the college show.
Speaker 1: But I don't know if Freak is going to present that.
Speaker 1: But nonetheless, the Eagles get the twenty point win over
Speaker 1: the Giants. They're now first place in the East. We
Speaker 1: heard from head coach Chip Kelly. We'll hear from quarterback
Speaker 1: Sam Bradford in just a little bit now. One of
Speaker 1: the offensive weapons who I thought that the Eagles would
Speaker 1: try to get involved more tonight was wide receiver Jordan Matthews.
Speaker 1: You know, you go to the Giants secondary. They were
Speaker 1: banged up here coming into this game. No Trumaine McBride
Speaker 1: in the slot. You figured that was the man who's
Speaker 1: gonna be matching with Matthews. No Prince Mukamara, who was
Speaker 1: arguably their best secondary player coming into this game. However,
Speaker 1: the Giants were able, for the most part, able to
Speaker 1: keep Matthews in company in check. Now, he did have
Speaker 1: the six catches for fifty nine yards, He did have
Speaker 1: the one fumble and also had the one touch shot
Speaker 1: that he received from Brandon Merriweather which resulted in the
Speaker 1: past breakup. Is there a way, Ike that you think
Speaker 1: that maybe the Eagles can get Matthews more open, more
Speaker 1: involved in the offense that they are now? Yeah, I mean, listen,
Speaker 1: it's all about his comfort level and playing different roles
Speaker 1: on the team. You know, Jordan Matthews, because of the
Speaker 1: slot position he has played for the two years that
Speaker 1: he's been in the league, teams watch him enough. They
Speaker 1: know what routes he's gonna run. They know what routes
Speaker 1: the Eagles like to get the ball to him. So
Speaker 1: if I were the Eagles, I would start to think
Speaker 1: about moving him around a little bit so you can
Speaker 1: hide him in the offense a little bit. Put him,
Speaker 1: put him on the outside, put him in the slot,
Speaker 1: put him in motion from time to time, just to
Speaker 1: give the defense a different look so they can't sort
Speaker 1: of hone in as to where he is. Because right now,
Speaker 1: I look at this Eagles offense, I know where number
Speaker 1: eighty one is going to line up every time. He's
Speaker 1: either going to be in the left slot or he's
Speaker 1: going to be in the right slot. And he's either
Speaker 1: going to run the same He's gonna run acrossing route
Speaker 1: or he's gonna run an out route. I mean, that's
Speaker 1: that's pretty much what Jordan Matthews runs in this offense.
Speaker 1: And that's where Brandon Merryweather had the big hit the time.
Speaker 1: I mean he knew it, Yeah, he knew. Okay, I
Speaker 1: see him coming across the middle, delivered a big hit
Speaker 1: on him. So I think with Jordan it would allow
Speaker 1: him to have versatility to his game and I think
Speaker 1: it would free him up. It'll give him those mismatches
Speaker 1: at times as well against smaller defensive backs. It was
Speaker 1: interesting coming to this game. The Giants ranked last in
Speaker 1: the league in past defense. They were second of the
Speaker 1: league in the rushing defense. However, where were the Eagles
Speaker 1: able us success to Night? Yeah, running the football, and
Speaker 1: I think that's a positive sign. But it's Eagle's offense.
Speaker 1: This much Maligne offensive line that's been put together, had
Speaker 1: guys in and out. It's been scrutinized and criticized, sometimes
Speaker 1: justifiedly so sometimes unjustifiably. So you see this line getting better.
Speaker 1: I look at the last two weeks, Chris. I look
Speaker 1: at the last two weeks, and I see an offensive
Speaker 1: line this is getting better, is getting better running to football,
Speaker 1: all right? The man who handed the ball off to
Speaker 1: Murray with success to Night quarterback Sam Bradford, now speaking
Speaker 1: to the media at Lincoln Financial Field point Um, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm not really sure. You know, I think it, you know,
Speaker 1: a couple of them following me, a couple of them.
Speaker 1: I just feel like maybe we're wlacking some attention to detail. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, things that need to be cleaned up. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, the first half, I think we just had
Speaker 1: we had too many mistakes. He jumped earlier the week
Speaker 1: that Junior somewhere along the line that you have to
Speaker 1: be hit hard and then you play really well. I
Speaker 1: mean it guy piled dracting with the ground and then
Speaker 1: you go off with the three straight three O the
Speaker 1: four the first test down. Yeah, seems like I don't Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's how it always works, but
Speaker 1: you know, if that's how it's going to be and
Speaker 1: that's what it takes to get it, then you know
Speaker 1: that's what it's going to be. Talk about that first
Speaker 1: plus down to Cop and kind of left kah. That
Speaker 1: was huge. Um, you know, great concentration, great catch by Coop.
Speaker 1: You know, I left that ball, you know, a little short,
Speaker 1: and you know he did good job staying with it
Speaker 1: making that play. But you know, I think for us
Speaker 1: to come out you know, I can't remember it was
Speaker 1: at our second drive of the day. Second. I mean
Speaker 1: for us to be able to come out and put
Speaker 1: a touchdown up, you know, a second drive. It's something
Speaker 1: you know we haven't done. You know, I don't know
Speaker 1: how many points we scored in the first half, but
Speaker 1: it teams that you know we've struggled. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: so I think to get that going, you know, it
Speaker 1: was big for us last week. Much different, Yeah, you know, obviously,
Speaker 1: I mean I think you guys asked me about it
Speaker 1: earlier in the week. You know, we had a pretty
Speaker 1: heavy tendency to run the football when we were under center.
Speaker 1: But you know, obviously, you know, there's a lot of
Speaker 1: things that we can do from under center. So you know,
Speaker 1: I think that if we can't get the play action
Speaker 1: game going, you know, it compliments the run game, you know,
Speaker 1: and they really both should help each other. Let's feel
Speaker 1: litle message ship Chip had after the game where you
Speaker 1: guys went two at home after being under siege around
Speaker 1: here for weeks. You know, what did he say to
Speaker 1: you as far as putting the season back together? Um,
Speaker 1: you know our motto from you know, I think Week
Speaker 1: three has just been taking one week, one game at
Speaker 1: a time, and that's kind of what we've done. You know,
Speaker 1: we've won our last two at home. We've won three
Speaker 1: of our last four. Um, and that's really how we're handling,
Speaker 1: you know, the rest of the season. You know, next
Speaker 1: week we had a big one against Carolina and that's
Speaker 1: really all that you know, we're concerned with right now.
Speaker 1: How'd you get how'd you get to Marco the second hand? Um?
Speaker 1: You know, I think our guys up front, you know,
Speaker 1: they did a great job, you know, opening some holes
Speaker 1: for him. But I thought DeMarco ran really hard tonight,
Speaker 1: made some nice cuts. You know, I thought he had
Speaker 1: good vision. Um, you know, and any time that we
Speaker 1: can get him going, you know, it just really seems
Speaker 1: to help our offense. No, no, I mean that's not
Speaker 1: even question. Um. Yeah, it's just inconsistent. You know, miss
Speaker 1: some throws. Um, you know, there were some good, there
Speaker 1: were some bad. But you know, I know for us
Speaker 1: to be where we want to be, I've got to
Speaker 1: play much better games. Um. I mean, if that's the
Speaker 1: way you want to look at it, then yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean it wasn't as good as the last two games,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it. But um, you know, like
Speaker 1: I said, I think everything that went wrong tonight's correctable.
Speaker 1: You know, we'll get in look at the tape, you know,
Speaker 1: see what corrections need to be made. You know, try
Speaker 1: to get ready for next week this year. But you see, economy,
Speaker 1: we think the probable Yeah, Um, I don't know. I
Speaker 1: mean if I knew that, I'd stopped throwing them. But
Speaker 1: you know it's something that you know, I've never really
Speaker 1: had a problem with in my career. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: I've never thrown a lot of interceptions, so this is
Speaker 1: kind of new to me. But you know, we're gonna
Speaker 1: get it fixed. I'm gonna get it fixed, and you know,
Speaker 1: hopefully we're going to eliminate that from our offense. Two.
Speaker 1: Do you feel good? I mean, is it a matter
Speaker 1: of try too hard or trying to be too fine?
Speaker 1: I mean they'll do the best to hurt. Do you
Speaker 1: think there's anything to that? I don't know. Um, I
Speaker 1: don't know. You know, I think it's a combination a
Speaker 1: lot of things. You know, the first one just a
Speaker 1: terrible throw. You know, I missed it. You know, hurts
Speaker 1: was open um, you know, and then the other two.
Speaker 1: You know, the kid made a good play on one,
Speaker 1: and you know I just went on the same page
Speaker 1: with Coop on the other one. Especially you're getting some
Speaker 1: of these games early on the offense isn't getting on
Speaker 1: the way. Yeah, they create momentum. Man Our defense was
Speaker 1: outstanding tonight. You know, for those guys to play they
Speaker 1: the way they did, especially after that first drive. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I think all the credit goes to them.
Speaker 1: You know, it seems like every time we needed to
Speaker 1: stop or a big play, you know, they created a
Speaker 1: lot of turnovers tonight. That always gives us momentum, That
Speaker 1: always gives us juice. But you know, I mean they
Speaker 1: pretty much shut them down after that first drive. And
Speaker 1: as an offense, when you know that, you know your
Speaker 1: defense has your back like that, you know, it gives
Speaker 1: you a lot of confidence after that, After that roughing,
Speaker 1: the Kieny looked like there was so illustration a little
Speaker 1: bit on the sideline. You seemed like you were talking
Speaker 1: to these guys saying, you know, that's getting going here.
Speaker 1: It just says that, you know, we need to start
Speaker 1: taking advantage of these opportunities to get it out here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean obviously, and you know that was a huge one,
Speaker 1: you know, you know, to get back on the field
Speaker 1: after that pen on the end to go down and
Speaker 1: score it was big, guys, Thank your will be all right.
Speaker 1: There's quarterback Sam Bradford addressing the media following the Eagles
Speaker 1: twenty seven to a seven win over the New York
Speaker 1: Football Giants. Chris McPherson alongside Ike Greece here at the
Speaker 1: Novacare Complex. We should be hearing from running back to
Speaker 1: Marco Murray in just a little bit to get his
Speaker 1: take on his first one hundred yard rushing performance as
Speaker 1: a member of the Philadelphi Eagles. Not at midnight green Tonights, nonetheless,
Speaker 1: So in the all black jersey's getting the job done.
Speaker 1: It was very interesting to hear Bradford talked about the
Speaker 1: defense there and how how much easier is as an
Speaker 1: office knowing that you don't feel the pressure to score
Speaker 1: every time you go out there. Maybe after the first
Speaker 1: drive that they thought we gotta go out there put
Speaker 1: points up on the board immediately or down seven nothing,
Speaker 1: the crowds are going to be taken out of it.
Speaker 1: We need to respond. But the deals were able to
Speaker 1: get to tie the game. Nolan Carroll had to pick
Speaker 1: six and then dominated from there. So Bradford kind of
Speaker 1: knew the defense as are back tonight, so we can
Speaker 1: just go out there and play very reminiscent of some
Speaker 1: of those indie re teams. Yeah, I mean it's very important.
Speaker 1: I understand the sort of temperature of the game. When
Speaker 1: you're the quarterback, you know whether or not you need
Speaker 1: to pick up the tempo, whether or not need to
Speaker 1: force throws to make something happen, or you say to yourself,
Speaker 1: take take, take what the defense is giving you and
Speaker 1: don't make mistakes. I think tonight was one of those games.
Speaker 1: It's just that you just needed to take what the Giants'
Speaker 1: defense was given you and allow your defense to make
Speaker 1: the plays for you. They gave you a short field
Speaker 1: several times a night. You need to capitalize when you
Speaker 1: get the short field. And there's nothing wrong with winning
Speaker 1: football games that way. There's nothing wrong with the quote
Speaker 1: unquote term of game manager. That's what makes quarterbacks the
Speaker 1: smart ones last long in his league, as they know
Speaker 1: when it's time to manage the game, and they know
Speaker 1: when it's time to pick up their play and put
Speaker 1: the team on their back. And this was a game
Speaker 1: tonight that because of the defense was playing so well,
Speaker 1: you didn't have to force anything. You didn't have to
Speaker 1: force anything. So I think Sam is still understanding that. Again,
Speaker 1: he comes from an organization and the culture that isn't
Speaker 1: used to winning a lot of football games, and being
Speaker 1: out in Saint Louis probably played from behind an awful lot,
Speaker 1: so he put added pressure on himself. Sometimes you gotta
Speaker 1: let the guys around you do the work and you
Speaker 1: just add him when you need to. There'll be games
Speaker 1: where Sam has to throw the ball forty five times
Speaker 1: and put the team on his shoulders and do it.
Speaker 1: But when you have your defense rolling like you did tonight,
Speaker 1: don't need to force it. Just keep moving the chain
Speaker 1: and eventually your opportunities will come. Well, you mentioned the
Speaker 1: time in Saint Louis, and we're giving you our take
Speaker 1: on the game. We want to hear from you the
Speaker 1: fun numbers two and five, three, two zero five in
Speaker 1: seven zero to make sure to chime in. But maybe
Speaker 1: going back to Saint Louis, once they would lose all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, the wheels would fall off, and then
Speaker 1: they would be down and not be able to get
Speaker 1: back into games. And then after a while it goes
Speaker 1: back to culture. You kind of had that feeling. Here
Speaker 1: we go again. All right, we're already down fourteen nothing.
Speaker 1: The defense is struggling. I'm not on top of my game.
Speaker 1: I don't have a lot of help coming from around me.
Speaker 1: There's no way we're coming back to win this game.
Speaker 1: Let's throw in the towel. Now we're here in Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: It's we've got playmakers on the defensive side of the football.
Speaker 1: They're able to double Eli Mann's interception toll for the
Speaker 1: entire season. In one night. They're able to get to
Speaker 1: them and cause pressure on the quarterback. They're able to
Speaker 1: make plays, score points as Nolan Carroll did tonight, and
Speaker 1: if you look at all the weapons around on offense,
Speaker 1: they're able to step up their game around him to
Speaker 1: help him out. The offensive line stepping up once again,
Speaker 1: so it's not all on Sam Bradford. Maybe when he
Speaker 1: was the number one overall pick in Saint Louis, he
Speaker 1: had to be the guy. He was looked at as
Speaker 1: being the franchise guy. Here, it's like, look, we obviously
Speaker 1: think highly enough of you that we Delta Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: quarterback to get you, but we have everyone else here
Speaker 1: to help you get the job done. They put a
Speaker 1: team around him, and that's all he needs to understand
Speaker 1: is that I have talented players around me to help
Speaker 1: me with this thing. It doesn't have to all be
Speaker 1: on me. And again, this is a learning process for
Speaker 1: him at this level that he's a he's in a
Speaker 1: system now and he's with the team now that everything
Speaker 1: isn't being placed on his shoulders like it was out
Speaker 1: there in Saint Louis where he needs to feel pressure
Speaker 1: to make something happen. It's okay to just remain in
Speaker 1: the game through the first half. You want to win
Speaker 1: this thing in the fourth quarter. You can't win the
Speaker 1: game in the first half. You can lose it in
Speaker 1: the first half by turning the ball over. But ultimately,
Speaker 1: most games in this league is going to come down
Speaker 1: to the fourth quarter, and you want to make sure
Speaker 1: that you're in position that you can win the ball
Speaker 1: game in the fourth quarter. And that's sort of where
Speaker 1: he's getting there. He's getting there and it's just taking
Speaker 1: a little more time. And once this running game keeps going,
Speaker 1: it's going to release that much more pressure from him
Speaker 1: because he doesn't have to throw the ball as much.
Speaker 1: I think you can use that fourth quarter metaphor to
Speaker 1: not just for an individual game, before the entire season. Look,
Speaker 1: the Eagles have improved each and every week. The point
Speaker 1: now is they're at three and three, They're in first
Speaker 1: place in a division, new season for them. They're gonna
Speaker 1: have the byeway coming up in two weeks. The goal
Speaker 1: here is to be playing your best football in the
Speaker 1: month of December so you can make that push toward
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Where last season the Eagles were great out
Speaker 1: of the game. They were nine and three, but they
Speaker 1: struggle in the month of December and end up missing
Speaker 1: the postseason. Here, make it the opposite. Yes, you're going
Speaker 1: through your kinks, but you're back in position where you
Speaker 1: can make the playoffs. If they had lost this game
Speaker 1: and they were two and four, then it's like, Okay,
Speaker 1: maybe they would be able to improve for down the stretch,
Speaker 1: but they dug themselves too big of a hole to
Speaker 1: be able to get out of, Whereas here they're putting
Speaker 1: themselves down in position to make that push in the
Speaker 1: run of December. We're gonna go to the phone lights.
Speaker 1: Now on the Postgame Show presented by Rico, we welcome
Speaker 1: Richie from New York to the show. Richie, what do
Speaker 1: you think of the Eagles twenty seven to seven win?
Speaker 1: What's up boys? How about that defense? Huh? Outstand? No,
Speaker 1: I loved it, Richie. Love seeing great defense, brother, But Bradford,
Speaker 1: he underthrew so many balls tonight, man. I mean even
Speaker 1: that first touchdown it could have easily been picked. Yeah.
Speaker 1: The struggles, Yeah, the struggles once again. So you know, again,
Speaker 1: that's kind of what we're going through here is you know,
Speaker 1: he's gotten acclimated to the offense. You still see some
Speaker 1: miscommunication here and there. You know, he talked about the interceptions.
Speaker 1: The one to Earth, he just overthrew, the one in
Speaker 1: the in the end zone, the guy made a good
Speaker 1: play on. But the one deep to Cooper, it's I
Speaker 1: think he was expecting Cooper to keep going deep, just
Speaker 1: like they had earlier. Doubt about it. Yeah, and no
Speaker 1: doubt about that. Give me the clear. And Chip always
Speaker 1: talks about it's never one guy's fault. There's different facets
Speaker 1: to the passing game. And when the interception happened, it
Speaker 1: could have been because the past protection breakdown, could be
Speaker 1: because the receiver didn't run the correct route or didn't
Speaker 1: expect get the ball when he was expecting it, or
Speaker 1: it could be a bad throw. I mean, all those
Speaker 1: things had to be taken into account when you're talking
Speaker 1: about the reason for turnovers like like interceptions. And but
Speaker 1: here's the bottom line. The quarterback did what he was
Speaker 1: exactly supposed to do, which is accept fault. You're not
Speaker 1: about to throw anybody else under the bus. And as
Speaker 1: again as Sam Bradford becomes more and more acclimated to
Speaker 1: playing winning football, all right, we're gonna send it back
Speaker 1: to linkn Fincial Field for our last press conference. Running
Speaker 1: back to Marca Murray, the Office taken over. Bos, I
Speaker 1: don't think I worried about it. I don't think the
Speaker 1: offense worried about it. Um. I think, um, we just
Speaker 1: continue to play with continue to come in every day
Speaker 1: and work and trying to get better, try to execute.
Speaker 1: I thought the office line did well. Um, defense played
Speaker 1: outstanding again, and they're giving us a lot of chances
Speaker 1: with the turnovers and and just I'm holding those guys
Speaker 1: who to less points which I feel like we've been
Speaker 1: converted third downs more. I feel like a lot of
Speaker 1: guys are are playing well. Obviously, the receivers are making
Speaker 1: plays down and feel offensive line blocking a lot better. Um,
Speaker 1: we're running the ball, you know, more physical and we're
Speaker 1: you know, able to run this oram tackles and some
Speaker 1: trash and whatnot. So I thought as a whole offensively,
Speaker 1: we turned the ball over a few times. I think
Speaker 1: man Sam had one on the ground. So um, but
Speaker 1: you know, we just gotta continue to get better and execute.
Speaker 1: What's different games. Uh, Like I said, we're just all
Speaker 1: executing better. We're all on the same page, and you know,
Speaker 1: we're you know increasingly you know, just getting better, getting
Speaker 1: more comfortable with each other. How much more comfortable do
Speaker 1: you feel in the offense? Yeah, just shout how much
Speaker 1: more comfortable do you feel in the offense over the
Speaker 1: last couple weeks? And say when you first arrived to
Speaker 1: your sort, I think I've always felt comfortable. I mean,
Speaker 1: like I said, it's an ongoing process. I think, you know,
Speaker 1: you put in new plays every week, You're you're seeing
Speaker 1: different looks from different opponents. And I think we just
Speaker 1: got a team to work hard and um, and you know,
Speaker 1: Chip put together a great game, playing along with other coaches,
Speaker 1: and I think, like I said, offensive line, they've blocked
Speaker 1: well does it? Does it feel like the offensive line
Speaker 1: is kind of starting to click a little bit more
Speaker 1: in front of you? When Yeah, Yeah, I think, um,
Speaker 1: coach Stott does a great job with those guys. And
Speaker 1: I think, um, JP and Lane and Kelsey, those guys
Speaker 1: are or leaders of that group. So I think they're
Speaker 1: you know, taking upon themselves. And everyone's looking in the mirror,
Speaker 1: and you know, everyone knows it's just up to you. Um,
Speaker 1: it's up to yourself to be the best version you
Speaker 1: can be. And UM, I think we're doing that. You know,
Speaker 1: throughout the week and it's giving us a chance on
Speaker 1: on Sundays and Mondays were going to roll that you
Speaker 1: had over twenty carries. And how is that you know,
Speaker 1: helping you you know, as hard as getting into a rhythm. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it all goes back to you know, obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, getting more plays and you're converting third downs
Speaker 1: and whatnot. So I thought offensive line played well and
Speaker 1: you know Ryan came in there, did well, Spurls always
Speaker 1: does a good job. Um, So I think we're all
Speaker 1: on the same page. Well, we'll just continue to get better.
Speaker 1: You think it was five carries for after that, it'll
Speaker 1: be what clicked at that book on that drive. I
Speaker 1: think Chip just gave us opportunity, you know, like I said,
Speaker 1: offensive line, and you know Chip called a lot of
Speaker 1: great plays for us and put us in a great
Speaker 1: position to make play. So, um, it's you know, like
Speaker 1: I said, it's an ongoing process. We got to continue
Speaker 1: to learn from the things that we did. We all
Speaker 1: tonight and you know there's a couple of things that
Speaker 1: we didn't do so good. We got to you know,
Speaker 1: come into them all correct them and go from there.
Speaker 1: I feel like as the kind of the game went on. Physically,
Speaker 1: you feel like you got a stronger RESU game. Yeah, yeah, man,
Speaker 1: I think whenever you you know, get opportunity to play
Speaker 1: and um, you know, just kind of get touches, and
Speaker 1: like I said, with anyone, I think you get better
Speaker 1: as the game goes on, including myself and um, you know,
Speaker 1: so before you the place down, more guys, two more,
Speaker 1: before you score the touchdown, you laughed after a nice
Speaker 1: run and looked like you were at or just motivated.
Speaker 1: What was going to brave in your arms? I don't
Speaker 1: remember that. Yeah, it was two weeks ago after Washington game.
Speaker 1: Frustrated locker room, where are you got down depiction? I
Speaker 1: think everyone, Um, you know, obviously we all know what's
Speaker 1: at stake, and we're not looking past anyone. This was
Speaker 1: a good Giants team and we're able to execute. And
Speaker 1: but the end of the day, you know, we're just
Speaker 1: taking it one game at a time, and we know
Speaker 1: we got a long long way to go, and you know,
Speaker 1: we know what we want to be and not just
Speaker 1: winning one or two games. We want to continue to
Speaker 1: grow and it all starts with our work ethic throughout
Speaker 1: the course of the week and making sure we're mentally
Speaker 1: and physically ready to be prepared. And I think we've
Speaker 1: done a great job of that the last two weeks
Speaker 1: and having great days of practice, and then you know
Speaker 1: the results has been there for us. First place. Feel good,
Speaker 1: Thank you guys. Very interesting there at the end a
Speaker 1: reporter asking him about to feel good to be in
Speaker 1: first place. Market doesn't care about first place today. He
Speaker 1: wants to get this team on a role. You know,
Speaker 1: he's happy at a good game, but he's happy happy
Speaker 1: earth that the team has a win streak going. They're
Speaker 1: finally a five hundred and maybe they got some special code.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you what I'm noticing about this team.
Speaker 1: That is a big time positive for a team that
Speaker 1: has so many new players and they're playing with each
Speaker 1: other with high expectations from the outside for the first time.
Speaker 1: This team does not seem to be satisfied. They seem
Speaker 1: to have dug in and they know they dug themselves
Speaker 1: a big hole and they have tunnel vision right now.
Speaker 1: Three and three. Are you happy to be in first place?
Speaker 1: Of course not. You know why. You know why they
Speaker 1: aren't happy because they look at it three and three
Speaker 1: record and say, we've underachieved through six games. We are
Speaker 1: a better team than three and three. And I like
Speaker 1: that mentality because what that says is we won't be satisfied.
Speaker 1: And two, we really are the best team in the NFC.
Speaker 1: So the good thing about football season, it's a marathon.
Speaker 1: It's not a sprint. If you mentioned it earlier, as
Speaker 1: long as you're playing your best football in December and January.
Speaker 1: We've seen teams go on runs that led the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl Championship, the head nine and seven, ten and six records.
Speaker 1: Unfortunate is that team that they played tonight. That's who
Speaker 1: I was thinking. Yes, we're all thinking, yes, we're gonna
Speaker 1: go to the phone lines. Now, let's welcome in Sean
Speaker 1: from Houston to the postgame show presented by Rico. Sean.
Speaker 1: What do you think of the Eagles win? I absolutely
Speaker 1: thought it was fantastic question. And foremost I can Chris,
Speaker 1: I want to wish you guys have you know good win.
Speaker 1: I wanted to focus on two points, and foremost I
Speaker 1: wanted to talk about Jordan Matthew's drop. Now having him
Speaker 1: featured in the slot, we have him going through traffic
Speaker 1: and a lot of the fingers to you know, sandwich
Speaker 1: tackle on them or hit him blindside. Do you think
Speaker 1: this is affecting this year? And that's what we were
Speaker 1: talking about. Yeah, that was exactly one of the points
Speaker 1: that we were trying to make a little while ago.
Speaker 1: Is you know, in a matchup that should have favored
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews tonight going against a banged up Giant secondary,
Speaker 1: the projected slot corns remain mcbright was out. How come
Speaker 1: they couldn't feed him the ball more? And I picked
Speaker 1: it up. It's he runs the same routs of the
Speaker 1: same position where if you look at Odell Beckham, the
Speaker 1: star receiver for the Giants, they move him every which
Speaker 1: way possible. They put him on the outside, they put
Speaker 1: him in the backfield and put them in the slot.
Speaker 1: Whatever they can do to give him the matchup, that's
Speaker 1: what they'll do to get him open. Yeah, And even
Speaker 1: if he's not going to be the primary target, when
Speaker 1: you move him, at least you're given the defense a
Speaker 1: different look and he's not in the same place. So
Speaker 1: I think it would help him out. I really do.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think he has the ability to do it. Again,
Speaker 1: he doesn't have to be your primary target if he's
Speaker 1: lined up on the outside. I think a guy like
Speaker 1: Huff could play in the slot. He's physical enough to
Speaker 1: play in that slot. Hey, move Urson theary slot sometimes
Speaker 1: just to give the defense something else to think about.
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Speaker 1: Rico Chris McPherson alongside the cold blooded Ike Greece. We're
Speaker 1: gonna go back to the phone lines and welcome in
Speaker 1: Tom from Baltimore as we're celebrating a twenty seven to
Speaker 1: seven beat down of the New York Giants. Tom, how's
Speaker 1: everything going. I'm good, but I'm from Buffalo, not it's
Speaker 1: a beating. It's another struggling football team, so that's right,
Speaker 1: that's right. But I'm a niggles through and through, so
Speaker 1: he yep. I just wanted to make a comment about
Speaker 1: the offensive line. I tell you, these guys have really
Speaker 1: come through and that you know, there's a couple backups
Speaker 1: in there and they're doing a great job. I was
Speaker 1: a little disappointed in Kelsey tonight with those uh snaps, Yeah,
Speaker 1: the missile snap mental things. I mean, down on him
Speaker 1: one hundred percent, so that I think that hurt us
Speaker 1: a little, but he'll he'll be all right. I don't
Speaker 1: think that's a problem. And then, uh, the other thing,
Speaker 1: those first two drives, I was scared to death. I
Speaker 1: thought this thing is going to go downhill. And then
Speaker 1: I really do agree with you that DeMarco's interception turn
Speaker 1: this thing around, no doubt about it. It turned it around.
Speaker 1: So it was a great night. It was. It was
Speaker 1: a great game. It was fun to watch. Too many mistakes,
Speaker 1: but didn't know that. And I think we're gonna be
Speaker 1: all right. I'm getting to feel better and better every game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I think you got it, got it pegged right, Tom,
Speaker 1: I think I think the team is starting to feel
Speaker 1: better and better about itself each and every game, And
Speaker 1: as we continue to watch this team grow into a team,
Speaker 1: I think we can start to feel better and better
Speaker 1: about the team because at least we see them getting
Speaker 1: better week in and week out. So steal things to
Speaker 1: clean up. Steal things to clean up. But we're sitting
Speaker 1: the top of the division. It's a lot easier to
Speaker 1: clean it up when you're at the top of the division.
Speaker 1: Is it true that you're hiding in the press box
Speaker 1: during those first two drives? Oh yeah, yeah, what goodness?
Speaker 1: And I and to that Demiko Ryan's picked off that pass. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I did not have a good feeling. Every fan was
Speaker 1: Probably every fan came in raids to roll tonight, you know,
Speaker 1: the big introduction Donovan and Dark coming out with b
Speaker 1: West for the Hall of Fame celebration, and then you're like,
Speaker 1: all right, they're gonna get this thing rolling, and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, you see the march down the field.
Speaker 1: You're like, uh, all right, So Tom, you have another
Speaker 1: point you wanted to make? Hello? Yeah, yeah, hey, Sean,
Speaker 1: there we go. Hey, I just had a quick, quick
Speaker 1: point I wanted to focus on, and that was on
Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers that we were playing next week. Undefeated
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. Sean undefeated Carolina Panthers. And you know, of
Speaker 1: course Ship has some history with Cam Newton playing him
Speaker 1: in the UH in the you know, National Championship game
Speaker 1: and all that good stuff. But nonetheless I wanted to
Speaker 1: focus on their defense. Now. Of course, Sean mcdermick and
Speaker 1: Steve Pagnola have some similarities. Now we going up against
Speaker 1: the same exact defense as far as scheme is concerned,
Speaker 1: a little bit. But the most talent, Yeah, talent's a
Speaker 1: little different. Yeah. One of the best meal linebackers all
Speaker 1: football man of that line. And I'll tell you what.
Speaker 1: They got a cornerback down there, who I think a
Speaker 1: lot of people don't know a whole lot about. I
Speaker 1: can't think of his name, right woman, Ye, man, he
Speaker 1: is a very good player. So it'll be interesting to
Speaker 1: see all receivers matched up against Josh Norman, who I
Speaker 1: think he may be tied for the league lead and
Speaker 1: interceptions at cornerback. So um, next Sunday night, totally different defense,
Speaker 1: a much better defense. It'll be on the road, bigger
Speaker 1: test and they're car starting. They're starting to believe because
Speaker 1: Caroline is a team that you're like, they have no receivers.
Speaker 1: Cam's gonna fold. Add that defense, Keithley was injured for
Speaker 1: a good part of this stretch yesterday. All of a sudden,
Speaker 1: people are starting to believe, and they're starting to believe
Speaker 1: down there. So it's gonna be quite an atmosphere down
Speaker 1: there's Charlotte on Sunday night. But let's get back to
Speaker 1: the celebration of tonight's victory. You've heard from us. Now
Speaker 1: let's sending back to Lincoln Financial Field, the MC of
Speaker 1: the halftime ceremony, the induction of Brian Westbrook and Maxi
Speaker 1: Bond into the Eagles Hall Fame. Dave Spadero, let's get
Speaker 1: his thoughts on the game. Take it away. Dave Feller.
Speaker 1: Defensive effort leads the Goose on Monday Night to a
Speaker 1: twenty seven to seven victory over the New York Giants
Speaker 1: and now the Eagles in first place in the NFC
Speaker 1: East with a three and three record. It certainly seemed
Speaker 1: like the Giants had the Eagles number early, taking the
Speaker 1: opening kickoff nine plays eighty yards and Eli Manning touchdown
Speaker 1: pass to Odell Beckham Junior. It looked too easy, and
Speaker 1: after the Eagles went three and out on their first
Speaker 1: offensive possession, the Giants went right back down the field
Speaker 1: into Eagles territory and then the play was made that
Speaker 1: turned the game around, to Miko Ryans stripping the ball
Speaker 1: away from tight end Larry Donald on a completed pass
Speaker 1: it looked like from Eli Manning. The Eagles had possession,
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden they had life. Sam Bradford
Speaker 1: a touchdown pass to Riley Cooper to end that drive.
Speaker 1: It was seven to seven, the Eagles first touchdown of
Speaker 1: this two thousand and fifteen regular season in the first quarter.
Speaker 1: It was a big one for the Eagles. In the
Speaker 1: second quarter, it was time for the defense to assert itself,
Speaker 1: and it certainly did. Nolan Carroll stepping in front of
Speaker 1: a Manning pass on the sideline and going the distance
Speaker 1: twenty three yards. Checked that seventeen yards for the touchdown
Speaker 1: for Carol. The Eagles had a lead that they would
Speaker 1: not relinquish the rest of the game. It was an
Speaker 1: ugly one, the Eagles turning the ball over four times,
Speaker 1: the Giants turning it over three times. DeMarco Murray one
Speaker 1: hundred and nine rushing yards and a rushing touchdown. It
Speaker 1: was a slug fest and it was an ugly one.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, the Eagles walk
Speaker 1: away with a twenty seven to seven victory and they're
Speaker 1: in first place in the NFC East with a critical
Speaker 1: Sunday night game in Carolina ahead. Thank you very much,
Speaker 1: Dave Ike, your thoughts senior. Good friends, b West going
Speaker 1: to the Hall of Fame tonight and Maxi Bond, very
Speaker 1: very good linebacker. I know a lot of fans probably
Speaker 1: don't know about him. Some of the older fans who
Speaker 1: knew about the nineteen sixty teams certainly do. But Maxie
Speaker 1: Ball was a lynchpin of that team and no doubt
Speaker 1: about it, a great player, and he's sort of got
Speaker 1: lost a little bit and all the seller operation for
Speaker 1: the modern day player and Brian westbroo with Maxi Bond
Speaker 1: nine Pro Bowls in eleven years, that's almost unheard of.
Speaker 1: The fact that he's being honored tonight going into the
Speaker 1: Eagles Hall of Fame is a great honor. But I
Speaker 1: don't understand why this man hasn't been honored by going
Speaker 1: into the National Football League Hall of Fame. Nine Pro
Speaker 1: Bowls in eleven years. Not many linebackers can say that
Speaker 1: they had that on their resume. Now to my former
Speaker 1: teammate watching Brian Westbrook being honored tonight, I've had the
Speaker 1: privilege to attend several of these of my former teammates Dawkins,
Speaker 1: Donovan McNabb, obviously Troy Vincent. For a guy like myself
Speaker 1: who was primarily a role player on this team and
Speaker 1: who will never receive such an honor as being inducted
Speaker 1: into the Eagles Hall of Fame, When my teammates, guys
Speaker 1: I played with receive an honor like this, I feel
Speaker 1: like a part of me is going in with those guys,
Speaker 1: and I just I'm overwhelmed with joy for those guys.
Speaker 1: His family was here tonight, has a wonderful family, his mom,
Speaker 1: his dad, his brother. There a close knit family. And
Speaker 1: as great as Brian Westwook was as an Eagle and
Speaker 1: as a player, the guy was a better person and
Speaker 1: a better teammate. I mean, a real genuine article when
Speaker 1: it comes to being just a true friend and a
Speaker 1: true teammate. So to watch him get the honor bestowed
Speaker 1: upon him to Night, small kid out of Maryland, Baltimore
Speaker 1: area to matt the High School with the Villanova became
Speaker 1: an all time great there. Took this kid in the
Speaker 1: third round to play here, and most people thought he
Speaker 1: was going to be a role player, a specialist throughout
Speaker 1: his career. No one ever imagined that Brian Westwook would
Speaker 1: put together the career that he was able to put
Speaker 1: together here in Philadelphia. And it was just a true
Speaker 1: honor and the privilege to play with him and to
Speaker 1: be there to watch him inducted into the Eagles Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame. The night, it's just truly truly deserving, truly deserving.
Speaker 1: Do you tell him remember whose block it was that
Speaker 1: sparked you? Twelve years ago might be past midnight, but
Speaker 1: twelve years ago, I don't have many moments, so you
Speaker 1: best believe I always remind him a bet I got
Speaker 1: a little glam on to him and that big return
Speaker 1: he had to save our season in two thousand and
Speaker 1: three up in the Meadowlands, But he had so many
Speaker 1: great plays. I just enjoy talking about him as a teammate,
Speaker 1: because I mean, the guy still to this day, we're
Speaker 1: good friends, still talk all the time, and it was
Speaker 1: just it was just a great night for him and
Speaker 1: his family, and I'm happy to say I was a
Speaker 1: teammate of his. All right, So if you weren't able
Speaker 1: to check out the ceremony, we have it live for
Speaker 1: you or on demand for you here on philadelphiagas dot com.
Speaker 1: You can check out at any point. On Monday, head
Speaker 1: coach Chip Kelly will addressed the media. It's his day
Speaker 1: after press conference beginning at one pm, and speaking of Westbrook.
Speaker 1: He will be the co host for tomorrow's three sixty
Speaker 1: with Dave Spadarow that comes away at five pm. The
Speaker 1: complete news and notes wrap up of everything Eagles. Looking
Speaker 1: back at the eagles twenty seven seven win over the
Speaker 1: New York Giants and begin to look a little bit
Speaker 1: ahead to sunday It's matchup with the Carolina Panthers. That's
Speaker 1: gonna do it for us. Here on the postgame show
Speaker 1: presented by Rico Rike Greece, I'm Chris McPherson. Thanks for
Speaker 1: joining us. The Eagles are three and three, and more importantly,
Speaker 1: they're in first place in the Annecy East. Have a
Speaker 1: great night, everyone,