WEBVTT - Postgame Show: Eagles Win 25-20 Against San Francisco 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:19.919 And the Eagles have their first official win of the season, 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:22.280 and it could not have come in more exciting fashion. 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:25.120 We are so excited to break it all down here 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:28.040 on the postgame show presented by Rico. I'm Amy Campbell. 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:30.600 I have friend Duffy with me. I have Ike Reese 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:34.040 with me. Guys, there are so many exciting things to 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:36.839 talk about here, so many big moments in this game, 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:39.720 so much to break down. And uh, we had a 0:00:39.760 --> 0:00:42.000 hail Mary attempt at the end there the ball was 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:45.000 bouncing around. I was holding my breath. Um, Ike, were 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:50.320 you able to stay in your seat for that? I 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:53.840 was not. Amy. I'm back here yelling knock it down, 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:57.360 knock it down. I mean, you cannot back the ball 0:00:57.440 --> 0:01:00.520 around the end zone. Bad things happen when you do that. 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:05.760 Just knocked the ball down to the ground. Thankfully, Thankfully, 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:08.160 nothing bad happened with that ball bouncing around in the 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:13.160 end zone. Amy, and Brand the Eagles defense. It's the 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:16.160 defense who the game comes down to, the defense making 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:19.480 a stop. As C. J. Bethard is driving down the 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:23.680 field cool as a cucumber, hoping to take the lead 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:26.520 there and put San Francisco up at the Eagles get 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:29.520 the win twenty five to twenty and Sunday Night Football 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:32.120 a very very exciting one here and now are in 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:35.480 first place in the NFC East. Can I just say 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.720 real quick before we even talking about the game, I 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.000 miss having you in the studio. I miss seeing you 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:42.960 in person. I do not miss I'm so glad I 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:44.880 was not next to you for the final play of 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:46.560 that game, because I know you would have put me 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:50.160 through a wall in celebration and agony. But guys, yeah, 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:52.560 the defense came up big in this game. The offense 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:54.800 did everything that they needed to do to be able 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:56.920 to put points on the board. We saw a huge 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:59.960 pot of forty two yard touchdown throw from Carson Wentz, 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:03.120 a beautiful fade to Travis Folgum. But you get that 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:07.760 sequence where you have the strip sack by Cravon LeBlanc 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:10.080 that the Eagles were able to turn into points and 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:12.600 then then come back and get the pick six by 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.440 Alex Singleton right there. I mean, that's that flipped the 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:18.240 whole game. Just outstanding job it was. This was a 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:20.960 full team win. You get the onside kick recovery at 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:23.240 the end to make sure you're in good shape and 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.400 you have good field position. That really that decision is 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:28.080 going to be interesting. I'm sure we'll get talked about 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:30.440 in San Francisco over the next couple of days, but 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:33.760 uh yeah, Eagles, it's gonna be great to come back 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:37.320 with a win for sure. Of course, winning cures everything. 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.680 And with that, we're gonna go to Dave Spadero. Dave, 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:44.320 your key to this game was getting takeaways for the defense. 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:46.639 Darius Slay said, once the first one comes, they come 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.560 in bunches. That's what we saw tonight. Three takeaways for 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.639 this Eagles defense, including a pick six by Alex Singleton. 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.480 What did you think of this performance? Yeah, the first 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.840 place Eagles came and played with everything that we wanted 0:02:57.880 --> 0:02:59.960 them to play with. They played with heart, they were resilient, 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.160 they showed some depth, a lot of players limping off 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:06.919 the field. An amazing touchdown catch from Travis Folgham. We'll 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:09.640 talk about him. I'm sure throughout the evening and the week, 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:12.360 Carson Wentz stood strong, a lot of pressure on him. 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:14.639 I thought he was resourceful. I thought they had good 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:18.679 Eagles had good balance offensively. Let's not forget the two 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:22.000 point conversion call. You know we're all sitting there going 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.040 Doug what are you doing in the first quarter scoring 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.239 a touchdown and going for two points? But it certainly 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:30.480 paid off. It changed really the outcome of the fourth quarter. 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:34.040 And then I thought the defensive line so much pressure 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:38.600 the entire game, five sacks on San Francisco's quarterbacks. The 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:40.640 Eagles didn't have an answer for George Kittle all night. 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.000 I mean, there's something with this tight end situation that 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.200 they've got a remedy. I was kind of hoping that 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:47.240 they would put Darius Slay on it, but they didn't 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:50.120 do that. But does come down to takeaways, and statistically, 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:53.520 when you take the football away more than you give 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:56.200 it away, you win football games. And Eagles came into 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:59.720 this game minus seven, worst in the NFL, and tonight 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:02.120 are to one advantage and we see what happens on 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:05.720 the scoreboard. Huge win, Eagles take over first place, and 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:08.160 maybe this is the start of something really great in 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:15.360 a very difficult three game stretch. Yeah, Dave defense land 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.320 the charge in his game, but Carson Wentz working with 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:20.760 what he was working when on all offense. Just talk 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:24.000 about how impressive he was being able to shake off 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:27.680 that early interception and really doing whatever he needed to 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.800 do to move the football out there, and they had 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:35.040 taken his opportunities when they presented itself. I really kind 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:37.159 of went according to the script that we all talked 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:40.800 about before the game. Run the football, get Carson out 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:44.640 of the pocket, some designed runs for him, Jalen Hurts, 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:47.960 a couple of design runs for him, some opportunities. You know, 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:51.280 you try a jet sweep to Adrian Killings, didn't work, 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:53.320 Try to get him in space, it didn't really work 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:58.080 very well. And then the throw to Fulham is amazing. Now, 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:02.280 I'm telling you, over the course of the training camp 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:06.039 period and the course of this week, I bet Carson 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:09.040 hasn't thrown to Fulham. Is it Fulham or Fulham? I'm 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:10.960 not even sure at Fulham. I mean, nobody really knows 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:12.800 much about the guy other than he went to Old Dominion. 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.839 He looked good. The Eagles kind of felt really good 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:19.960 about him, but didn't want anybody to know. But the 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:23.279 timing on that throw and then the adjustment that he 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:26.479 made and the catch in traffic to hold on, stay 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:28.920 in bounce and get into the end zone. I mean, 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.200 that is a big time play. And I'm telling you 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:35.400 those two probably haven't connected on plays in practice. What 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:39.279 ten times in an eleven on eleven situation. But on 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:43.400 a Sunday night primetime game, Travis Fulgum came up big 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:47.000 for the Philadelphia Eagles, as did Carson Wentz. Really showing 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:49.919 toughness and that's what the Eagles need. Not pretty, but 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:52.720 they scored the most points of the season. Singleton scores 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:55.480 a touchdown defense just a just as France said, tremendous 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:58.360 team performance. Dave, I'm interested to go back to something 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:00.800 that you said earlier, which was that two conversion on 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:03.640 the first touchdown. What do you think that says about 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.760 I guess Doug Peterson's demeanor going into this game. Obviously 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:10.760 he was questioned Monday Tuesday after that the ending to 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.440 that game against Cincinnati. It's interesting to see him come 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:15.560 out and go pedal to the medal. Obviously, they played 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.080 a lot of tempo offensively, but to be that aggressive 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:19.960 and say we're gonna go two point and really kind 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:22.040 of change the scope of this game with the first 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:25.400 points on the board, frand desperate times call for desperate measures, 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.840 and the Eagles obviously felt that they had seen something 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:32.920 perhaps in San Francisco's two point defense. They certainly dialed 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:36.440 up a perfect call wide open zach Ertz, and you 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:39.960 know you're trying to manufacture points anyway you can. There 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.760 were three possessions where I was writing this down. The 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:46.240 Eagles had drives and then there was you know, a 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:50.480 Carson Wentz interception in San Francisco territory, and then there 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:52.840 was the Jordan Allot a false start on the third 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.280 and one in San Francisco territory. And then there was 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:58.839 the Jason Kelsey snap that Carson couldn't handle in San 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.920 Francisco territory. And those were three drives where the Eagles 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:05.080 I felt kind of left opportunities on the field. And 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.480 this one for Doug. I mean, look, he had a 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:09.520 chance to put points on the board and he wasn't 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:11.360 going to mess around with us at all. You have 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:14.960 to be aggressive when your offense is struggling to score points, 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:17.080 and he was tonight and it paid off in a 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:24.560 big way. Great to see Dave this defense in consecutive 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:29.880 weeks take advantage of young quarterbacks. Jim Schwartz not necessarily 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:33.400 known for bringing extra pressure, but the last two weeks 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:36.520 going up against young quarterbacks, I like what Jim Schwartz 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:38.679 game plan was. Can you talk a little bit about 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:44.240 how the defense really set the tone for his team today. 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:47.360 I loved the defensive philosophy until the last two drives 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.520 and then to have CJ. Bethard go down the field, yeah, 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:52.840 so easily. I didn't like it, and I certainly was 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:56.560 nervous on the final San Francisco drive, So I loved Otherwise, 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:57.880 I loved what Jim was doing. I love the way 0:07:57.920 --> 0:07:59.120 he mixed it up. But I got to point out 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:04.400 Eric Burnett and Josh Sweat abused a future Hall of 0:08:04.440 --> 0:08:07.280 Fame left tackle, Trent Williams. I mean they abused him 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:11.400 all night for sacks, false starts, a holding call. They 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:14.080 did a great job in a stand up position coming 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:17.600 off the edge. And then Genard Avery, whom Eagles acquired 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.640 last year in the trade with the Cleveland Browns, has 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:24.000 not gotten many reps at all, came with great energy 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:26.960 and power when they used him off the edge two 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:28.960 So they mixed it up. They were able to use 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:34.240 the depth. We thought that the Eagles defensive tackles would 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:37.440 really have a chance to dominate inside, but as it 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:41.760 turned out, the edge including Brandon Graham, really beat up 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.560 on mcglinchy on the right side and Trent Williams on 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.600 the left side. The Eagles did an excellent job stopping 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:51.240 San Francisco's running game and making the forty nine ers 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:54.480 beat them in the throwing game. And San Francisco just 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.600 doesn't have enough weapons on the outside. They got a 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:01.679 lot of George Kittle, Brandon aout great, Deebo Samuel a 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.439 little bit here and there, but otherwise Eagles defense held 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:08.480 up great. Dave, one more question about the Eagles offense, 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:11.559 the game plan that Doug Peterson put together, but especially 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:15.040 Carson Wentz's performance. You talked about bouncing back from that 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.839 interception on the opening drive, but we saw him use 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.280 his legs, We saw him do some of those things 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:22.600 that we love to see him do, escaping the pressure, 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:25.400 making the throws down the field. Do you think that 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:27.840 he's starting to get a little bit of that confidence 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:30.920 back to trust himself in those situations. Yeah, I mean, 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.679 I think it's a bit of I don't My sense 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.640 with Carson is that it's not confidence, is that he's 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:39.839 pressing at times. You know, he's throwing seven interceptions. I 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:42.200 think five or six of them have come on first downs, 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.120 and so to me, that indicates somebody's trying to take 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:47.520 a little bit too much from a defense instead of 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:50.600 living for the next play. I interview Carson every week. 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:54.719 He's incredibly cooperative. I don't ever since watching him on 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:57.599 the practice field talking to him that there's ever a 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:00.400 lack of confidence. But I think tonight he was very 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:04.000 aware of not turning the football over, and so getting 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:07.760 him in a run situation makes the defense account for that. 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:11.199 San Francisco did adjust with some of the designed runs, 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:14.560 but Carson's ability to escape pressure, get on the edge 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:17.960 and run past you know, strong enough to shrug off 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:21.200 pass rushers and also still fast enough to get up 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:23.439 the field really paid off for the Eagles offense. Good 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.560 balance for the offense. The run game was okay, helped 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:29.920 a lot by Carson's ground game, just the kind of 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:33.560 game that Carson needs to play in order for an 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:37.120 Eagles team that just is not getting that explosive plays. 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:38.960 I mean, exac ERTs I think had four catches for 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:41.640 nine yards something like that. The Niners took him out 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.800 of the game. The Niners took Miles Sanders out of 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:46.360 the game, so the Eagles had to go and they 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:48.320 took Greg Ward out of the game. So the Eagles 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.520 had to go to other weapons, and Carson did a 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:53.320 good job getting the football to Richard Rodgers to fold them, 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:56.120 moving the football around a little bit. And certainly in 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:58.440 the second half, where the Eagles have had so many 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:02.160 problems all year outscored forty nine to thirteen coming into 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:04.240 this game in the second half. The Eagles win the 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:06.320 second half and win the game. Wow, And that is 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.960 an astounding stat there, And I think a lot of 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:10.800 good to build on here for Carson Wentz and the 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:13.720 Eagles offense. Dave. I'm looking forward to hearing your podcast 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.400 after this one. It'll be a fun one. Amy. We 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:18.440 were in first place. I mean, you can say all 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:20.880 you want about it. They never ask you how, they 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:23.160 just ask you how many. My good buddy ron Jiworski 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:26.200 told me that. And right now, at the quarter point 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:29.360 of the twenty twenty season, the Philadelphia Eagles are in 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:32.000 first place in the NFC East. So anybody who said 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:35.079 that that tie last week didn't mean anything, take back 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:37.480 your words. Look at that there it is right there. 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.360 I love it. All right, Dave, thanks so much. We'll 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:43.400 catch up with you later. Alrighty, all right, ic I 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:47.840 am very curious to hear your thoughts. What's the biggest 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:53.360 thing that's standing out to you from this game? Well, 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:55.800 for me, Amy and Fran it's the defense. You know, 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.160 we've been asking this defense to take the ball away 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:03.000 to create turnovers. You know, Dave talked about the plus 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:07.920 minus turnover ratio, Eagles dead last coming into this game 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:12.680 minus seven in that department. They needed this defense to 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:16.400 take the ball away from Nick Mullins and c J. 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.640 Betha to Night. But Nick Mullins definitely, and I thought 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.280 the defense came up huge and night big play at 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:27.640 the big play, five sacks, three turnovers, a touchdown. I 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.440 know it got a little harry at the end there. 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.160 That's what happens when you play that ben but don't 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.360 break defense and you're trying to get the forty nine 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:39.440 ers to eat up as much clock as possible. It 0:12:39.559 --> 0:12:42.360 got a little harry. But when push came to shove, 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:45.360 this defense came up with the plays they needed to 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:48.640 come up with, and we needed them to give the 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:54.720 Eagles offense an extra possession in San Francisco territory. This 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:58.360 offense lacks explosiveness. I know you had the big touchdown 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:01.440 the pogum to Night, but it lacks of closiveness and 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:05.960 it's hard to score ten twelve, fourteen play drives. The 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:09.800 Eagles had one drive tonight of seventeen plays and they 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:12.920 kicked the field goal. That's how difficult it is for 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:14.880 this team to get the ball in the end zone. 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:17.280 And so you're gonna need as many cracks as you 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.120 can with the football. And it was great that the 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:24.000 defense was able to get some extra possessions tonight for 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:27.719 this offense and the Eagles were able to capitalize. For me, 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:32.040 they were the driving force tonight for this winning up, 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:34.480 for this win, for the first win of the season. Well, look, 0:13:34.480 --> 0:13:37.880 you hear around here all the time that the defensive 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:40.280 line that is the engine of the defense, and they 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:43.319 showed up big tonight. Five sacks, you mentioned it, many 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:46.760 guys making plays and getting that first interception, the one 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:49.280 that Rodney McLeod had, the first takeaway of the season. 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:53.120 You almost felt like the monkey was off the back. 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:55.439 It was this, you know, Darius Lay talked about it. 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:57.520 They start coming, they come in bunches. To me, that's 0:13:57.600 --> 0:13:59.520 kind of the theme of this friend is that it 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:01.880 was like, okay, we got the first one, and there 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:04.400 was a bit more of a relaxation. They dialed up 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.760 that pressure, pressure, and they gave Nick Mullins a very 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:09.760 long night. Yeah, and that's why when whenever we have 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.160 these discussions of, oh, how do you create more turnovers 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:14.520 on defense, you just got to keep doing your thing 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.400 because they come. You know, you can't predict that Nick 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:19.280 Mullins is going to throw it right into the chest 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:22.800 of Alex Singleton. But Alex Singleton's there to make the play, 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:25.280 and he makes the play. You know, That's ultimately what 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.400 it comes down to you. A little bit of luck 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.840 is involved with most turnovers. But to me, the big thing, guys, 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:32.920 you know, obviously we talked about the pass rush and 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:35.560 the d line makes this whole defense go. One of 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.360 the things that also stood out to me in a big, 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:40.800 big way in this game, and I know you're gonna 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.560 love this too, is not just the fact that they 0:14:43.560 --> 0:14:46.560 were able to impact the quarterback, but how many screens 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:49.560 did we see to the running backs, the receivers, the 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:53.560 tight ends. A defensive lineman almost always was one of 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:56.280 the first guys at the football no matter where that 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:58.640 guy was tackled. If it was a three yard loss, 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.320 great defensive lineman there. But even on the Brandon Eyuke touchdown. 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:04.720 Who's the guy that's diving into the end zone with Eyuk? 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.200 It's Derek Barnett making making trying to make the play 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.480 from the backside. That stood out to me on all 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:12.040 these screens that could have gone for maybe a few 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:14.880 extra yards, could have moved the sticks on third down 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.280 or second and long. You see Malik Jackson, you see 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:20.960 Dirk Barnett, Brandon Graham, Josh Sweat, Fletcher Cox. It is 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:23.360 contagious with those guys. That is the culture that they've 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.880 built in that defensive line room over the course of 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.320 the last few years, and that showed up. I thought today, 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:30.680 I'm excited to see what that looks like on film 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:39.040 tomorrow morning. Oh like I thought you were going to 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:43.080 to watch. Oh oh yeah, well, well for sure, fran 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:47.520 I completely agree. And what else is contagious is effort. 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:51.400 And when you watch your your your leaders up front 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.000 get to the football the way they did tonight and 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:57.280 play with the effort in which they played tonight. Fletcher Cox, 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:01.480 you know he's not and out of the game all night. 0:16:01.800 --> 0:16:05.680 I mean, the defensive players recognized that on the sideline 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:08.280 and what I noticed out there tonight friend and Amy 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:12.280 is a bunch of guys playing together, coming together and 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:15.680 playing with a lot of energy and a lot of effort. 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:20.880 And it's just like in basketball, energy finds the ball, 0:16:21.240 --> 0:16:23.480 and that's what the defense played with the day. They 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:26.240 were flying around. That's how you get tips, that's how 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:29.600 you get fumble recoveries, that's how you get sacks, hits 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:32.840 on the quarterbacks. You gotta play with effort and energy 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.240 and it doesn't take any talent to do that on 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:38.640 the defensive side of the ball. And that's what you 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:43.120 saw tonight was a defensive unit really flying around to 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:47.400 the football and they created having for this San Francisco offense. 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:50.360 So it was great to see that. Yeah, I think 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:52.880 we could talk about that defense for a long time. 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:55.640 Let's keep it moving, Like, what else do you want 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:57.800 to talk about tonight? There's so many good things to 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:03.760 discuss here. Well, it won't take long for me to 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:07.120 get to my Bronco. He was bucking to night. Yeah, 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:11.800 I left the Bronco buck Carson Wentz my man easily 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:16.119 the best game of the season for Carson Wentz despite 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:20.119 the early interception. I love the way that he didn't 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:23.560 get down on himself. He really picked up his play 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:26.440 after that, and the fact that he had to move 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:30.920 the ball with his legs and being smart and judicious 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.400 where where he got the ball out to guys, I mean, 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:36.200 just a great game from him. And then the throw, 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:40.320 I mean, the best throw of the season to the 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:43.239 new kid, fold him, fold him. We'll know his name 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:44.960 by the end of the week. Don't worry, we'll have 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:47.239 his name downpack by the end of the week. But 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:51.160 but a forty two yard touchdown, I mean, just dropped 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:55.080 the ball right in the bread basket for the biggest 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:59.240 player tonight. I just thought Carson wentz the way he's 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:03.320 played the last two weeks, I think he's starting to 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:06.520 come out of it. I thought the game plan was 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:10.480 Taylor made for him tonight, got him outside of the pocket, 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:13.480 got him on the run. His second best throw tonight 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:16.199 didn't even count because it was a penalty on the 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:18.760 play against the forty nine ers. I mean that throw 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:20.880 where he was able to escape the pocket and didn't 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:24.600 hit Boston Scott down the field for seventeen yards. It 0:18:24.640 --> 0:18:28.200 was just good to see Carson playing with confidence tonight, 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:31.600 and those guys followed him. They believed in him. He 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.800 led the charge. Just a nice job at him playing 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.920 with confidence and swagger. Hopefully it's something he can build on, 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:41.400 and hopefully it is this is something that he can 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:43.920 carry on with him over the next over the rest 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:46.439 of the season. I love that you highlighted both of 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:49.880 those throws, Ike, because especially that one to Travis Fulgham 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:52.600 and even Alan Michael's on the broadcast, and whose name 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:56.000 is Travis Fulgham. That was a gorgeous deep ball by 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.720 Carson Wentz. As soon as it left his hand. He 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:00.880 was excited before I even thought it was going to happen. 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:03.280 And I believe that coach Doug Peterson is about to 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:09.879 address the media. I think we have coach Doug Hey, coach, 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:12.680 thanks for taking the time today. We'll get started with 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:16.720 bow Wolf and then Dave zan Garrow. He Doug, we 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:18.840 talked about the you know, the decision to punt at 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:21.159 the end of overtime last week and how that you 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:24.639 know that the message that sent was going for two 0:19:24.720 --> 0:19:26.639 in the first quarter. Were you trying to send a 0:19:26.720 --> 0:19:32.880 message with that decision? What went into that? Um? Just uh, 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:35.479 my decision to go. I'm not gonna spend a lot 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:39.480 of time on the wise. UM. I just liketed to go, 0:19:39.560 --> 0:19:43.080 we executed the play and got the two, Dave and 0:19:43.119 --> 0:19:47.520 then John McMullan. It Doug Carson wasn't perfect, but what 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:50.760 did you think of his performance today? Was pretty gutty, 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:55.959 very gutty. He played, He played very well, um you know, 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:58.640 and he played, he played inspired. He led the football 0:19:58.680 --> 0:20:01.440 team tonight for the for the win, I mean and 0:20:01.600 --> 0:20:03.840 quite frankly, I mean, yeah, it might not have been perfect, 0:20:03.880 --> 0:20:06.600 but but um, you know, he got it out several 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:10.120 plays tonight, and um my hat's off to him for uh, 0:20:10.359 --> 0:20:13.560 you know, for uh just just continuing to battle and 0:20:13.560 --> 0:20:16.199 continuing to to standing there and make some tough throws 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:18.840 and some tough decisions. And he did. He did a 0:20:18.920 --> 0:20:22.280 nice job. This is really a more importantly though, really 0:20:22.280 --> 0:20:25.800 a team, team effort, team win tonight, John and then 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:30.200 Rob Maddy. Hey, Doug, you always talk about the next 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:33.919 man up mentality, and that really a ten second span 0:20:34.280 --> 0:20:38.280 Travis made the big play, uh, and then Alex who 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:41.280 was only in the game because TJ got hurt, h 0:20:42.000 --> 0:20:45.200 got the pick six. Can you talk about those two guys, 0:20:45.240 --> 0:20:51.119 particularly in them stepping up in such a big situation. Yeah, 0:20:51.119 --> 0:20:54.200 you know, in Travis's case, you know, he's he's been flashing, 0:20:54.720 --> 0:20:56.879 you know, in practice and obviously with the injuries there 0:20:56.880 --> 0:20:59.399 at the position, been able to get him up and 0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:01.840 get him, get him some work, and you know, I 0:21:01.840 --> 0:21:04.119 think he's he's got a good, good relationship with Carson 0:21:04.160 --> 0:21:06.840 on the football field, and um, you know it's something 0:21:06.840 --> 0:21:09.200 that we can continue to build. You know. On his performance, 0:21:09.200 --> 0:21:11.639 I thought he thought he played played well. We'll look 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:13.320 at the tape obviously on the on the ride home, 0:21:13.359 --> 0:21:16.479