Speaker 1: And the Eagles have their first official win of the season,
Speaker 1: and it could not have come in more exciting fashion.
Speaker 1: We are so excited to break it all down here
Speaker 1: on the postgame show presented by Rico. I'm Amy Campbell.
Speaker 1: I have friend Duffy with me. I have Ike Reese
Speaker 1: with me. Guys, there are so many exciting things to
Speaker 1: talk about here, so many big moments in this game,
Speaker 1: so much to break down. And uh, we had a
Speaker 1: hail Mary attempt at the end there the ball was
Speaker 1: bouncing around. I was holding my breath. Um, Ike, were
Speaker 1: you able to stay in your seat for that? I
Speaker 1: was not. Amy. I'm back here yelling knock it down,
Speaker 1: knock it down. I mean, you cannot back the ball
Speaker 1: around the end zone. Bad things happen when you do that.
Speaker 1: Just knocked the ball down to the ground. Thankfully, Thankfully,
Speaker 1: nothing bad happened with that ball bouncing around in the
Speaker 1: end zone. Amy, and Brand the Eagles defense. It's the
Speaker 1: defense who the game comes down to, the defense making
Speaker 1: a stop. As C. J. Bethard is driving down the
Speaker 1: field cool as a cucumber, hoping to take the lead
Speaker 1: there and put San Francisco up at the Eagles get
Speaker 1: the win twenty five to twenty and Sunday Night Football
Speaker 1: a very very exciting one here and now are in
Speaker 1: first place in the NFC East. Can I just say
Speaker 1: real quick before we even talking about the game, I
Speaker 1: miss having you in the studio. I miss seeing you
Speaker 1: in person. I do not miss I'm so glad I
Speaker 1: was not next to you for the final play of
Speaker 1: that game, because I know you would have put me
Speaker 1: through a wall in celebration and agony. But guys, yeah,
Speaker 1: the defense came up big in this game. The offense
Speaker 1: did everything that they needed to do to be able
Speaker 1: to put points on the board. We saw a huge
Speaker 1: pot of forty two yard touchdown throw from Carson Wentz,
Speaker 1: a beautiful fade to Travis Folgum. But you get that
Speaker 1: sequence where you have the strip sack by Cravon LeBlanc
Speaker 1: that the Eagles were able to turn into points and
Speaker 1: then then come back and get the pick six by
Speaker 1: Alex Singleton right there. I mean, that's that flipped the
Speaker 1: whole game. Just outstanding job it was. This was a
Speaker 1: full team win. You get the onside kick recovery at
Speaker 1: the end to make sure you're in good shape and
Speaker 1: you have good field position. That really that decision is
Speaker 1: going to be interesting. I'm sure we'll get talked about
Speaker 1: in San Francisco over the next couple of days, but
Speaker 1: uh yeah, Eagles, it's gonna be great to come back
Speaker 1: with a win for sure. Of course, winning cures everything.
Speaker 1: And with that, we're gonna go to Dave Spadero. Dave,
Speaker 1: your key to this game was getting takeaways for the defense.
Speaker 1: Darius Slay said, once the first one comes, they come
Speaker 1: in bunches. That's what we saw tonight. Three takeaways for
Speaker 1: this Eagles defense, including a pick six by Alex Singleton.
Speaker 1: What did you think of this performance? Yeah, the first
Speaker 1: place Eagles came and played with everything that we wanted
Speaker 1: them to play with. They played with heart, they were resilient,
Speaker 1: they showed some depth, a lot of players limping off
Speaker 1: the field. An amazing touchdown catch from Travis Folgham. We'll
Speaker 1: talk about him. I'm sure throughout the evening and the week,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz stood strong, a lot of pressure on him.
Speaker 1: I thought he was resourceful. I thought they had good
Speaker 1: Eagles had good balance offensively. Let's not forget the two
Speaker 1: point conversion call. You know we're all sitting there going
Speaker 1: Doug what are you doing in the first quarter scoring
Speaker 1: a touchdown and going for two points? But it certainly
Speaker 1: paid off. It changed really the outcome of the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: And then I thought the defensive line so much pressure
Speaker 1: the entire game, five sacks on San Francisco's quarterbacks. The
Speaker 1: Eagles didn't have an answer for George Kittle all night.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's something with this tight end situation that
Speaker 1: they've got a remedy. I was kind of hoping that
Speaker 1: they would put Darius Slay on it, but they didn't
Speaker 1: do that. But does come down to takeaways, and statistically,
Speaker 1: when you take the football away more than you give
Speaker 1: it away, you win football games. And Eagles came into
Speaker 1: this game minus seven, worst in the NFL, and tonight
Speaker 1: are to one advantage and we see what happens on
Speaker 1: the scoreboard. Huge win, Eagles take over first place, and
Speaker 1: maybe this is the start of something really great in
Speaker 1: a very difficult three game stretch. Yeah, Dave defense land
Speaker 1: the charge in his game, but Carson Wentz working with
Speaker 1: what he was working when on all offense. Just talk
Speaker 1: about how impressive he was being able to shake off
Speaker 1: that early interception and really doing whatever he needed to
Speaker 1: do to move the football out there, and they had
Speaker 1: taken his opportunities when they presented itself. I really kind
Speaker 1: of went according to the script that we all talked
Speaker 1: about before the game. Run the football, get Carson out
Speaker 1: of the pocket, some designed runs for him, Jalen Hurts,
Speaker 1: a couple of design runs for him, some opportunities. You know,
Speaker 1: you try a jet sweep to Adrian Killings, didn't work,
Speaker 1: Try to get him in space, it didn't really work
Speaker 1: very well. And then the throw to Fulham is amazing. Now,
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, over the course of the training camp
Speaker 1: period and the course of this week, I bet Carson
Speaker 1: hasn't thrown to Fulham. Is it Fulham or Fulham? I'm
Speaker 1: not even sure at Fulham. I mean, nobody really knows
Speaker 1: much about the guy other than he went to Old Dominion.
Speaker 1: He looked good. The Eagles kind of felt really good
Speaker 1: about him, but didn't want anybody to know. But the
Speaker 1: timing on that throw and then the adjustment that he
Speaker 1: made and the catch in traffic to hold on, stay
Speaker 1: in bounce and get into the end zone. I mean,
Speaker 1: that is a big time play. And I'm telling you
Speaker 1: those two probably haven't connected on plays in practice. What
Speaker 1: ten times in an eleven on eleven situation. But on
Speaker 1: a Sunday night primetime game, Travis Fulgum came up big
Speaker 1: for the Philadelphia Eagles, as did Carson Wentz. Really showing
Speaker 1: toughness and that's what the Eagles need. Not pretty, but
Speaker 1: they scored the most points of the season. Singleton scores
Speaker 1: a touchdown defense just a just as France said, tremendous
Speaker 1: team performance. Dave, I'm interested to go back to something
Speaker 1: that you said earlier, which was that two conversion on
Speaker 1: the first touchdown. What do you think that says about
Speaker 1: I guess Doug Peterson's demeanor going into this game. Obviously
Speaker 1: he was questioned Monday Tuesday after that the ending to
Speaker 1: that game against Cincinnati. It's interesting to see him come
Speaker 1: out and go pedal to the medal. Obviously, they played
Speaker 1: a lot of tempo offensively, but to be that aggressive
Speaker 1: and say we're gonna go two point and really kind
Speaker 1: of change the scope of this game with the first
Speaker 1: points on the board, frand desperate times call for desperate measures,
Speaker 1: and the Eagles obviously felt that they had seen something
Speaker 1: perhaps in San Francisco's two point defense. They certainly dialed
Speaker 1: up a perfect call wide open zach Ertz, and you
Speaker 1: know you're trying to manufacture points anyway you can. There
Speaker 1: were three possessions where I was writing this down. The
Speaker 1: Eagles had drives and then there was you know, a
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz interception in San Francisco territory, and then there
Speaker 1: was the Jordan Allot a false start on the third
Speaker 1: and one in San Francisco territory. And then there was
Speaker 1: the Jason Kelsey snap that Carson couldn't handle in San
Speaker 1: Francisco territory. And those were three drives where the Eagles
Speaker 1: I felt kind of left opportunities on the field. And
Speaker 1: this one for Doug. I mean, look, he had a
Speaker 1: chance to put points on the board and he wasn't
Speaker 1: going to mess around with us at all. You have
Speaker 1: to be aggressive when your offense is struggling to score points,
Speaker 1: and he was tonight and it paid off in a
Speaker 1: big way. Great to see Dave this defense in consecutive
Speaker 1: weeks take advantage of young quarterbacks. Jim Schwartz not necessarily
Speaker 1: known for bringing extra pressure, but the last two weeks
Speaker 1: going up against young quarterbacks, I like what Jim Schwartz
Speaker 1: game plan was. Can you talk a little bit about
Speaker 1: how the defense really set the tone for his team today.
Speaker 1: I loved the defensive philosophy until the last two drives
Speaker 1: and then to have CJ. Bethard go down the field, yeah,
Speaker 1: so easily. I didn't like it, and I certainly was
Speaker 1: nervous on the final San Francisco drive, So I loved Otherwise,
Speaker 1: I loved what Jim was doing. I love the way
Speaker 1: he mixed it up. But I got to point out
Speaker 1: Eric Burnett and Josh Sweat abused a future Hall of
Speaker 1: Fame left tackle, Trent Williams. I mean they abused him
Speaker 1: all night for sacks, false starts, a holding call. They
Speaker 1: did a great job in a stand up position coming
Speaker 1: off the edge. And then Genard Avery, whom Eagles acquired
Speaker 1: last year in the trade with the Cleveland Browns, has
Speaker 1: not gotten many reps at all, came with great energy
Speaker 1: and power when they used him off the edge two
Speaker 1: So they mixed it up. They were able to use
Speaker 1: the depth. We thought that the Eagles defensive tackles would
Speaker 1: really have a chance to dominate inside, but as it
Speaker 1: turned out, the edge including Brandon Graham, really beat up
Speaker 1: on mcglinchy on the right side and Trent Williams on
Speaker 1: the left side. The Eagles did an excellent job stopping
Speaker 1: San Francisco's running game and making the forty nine ers
Speaker 1: beat them in the throwing game. And San Francisco just
Speaker 1: doesn't have enough weapons on the outside. They got a
Speaker 1: lot of George Kittle, Brandon aout great, Deebo Samuel a
Speaker 1: little bit here and there, but otherwise Eagles defense held
Speaker 1: up great. Dave, one more question about the Eagles offense,
Speaker 1: the game plan that Doug Peterson put together, but especially
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz's performance. You talked about bouncing back from that
Speaker 1: interception on the opening drive, but we saw him use
Speaker 1: his legs, We saw him do some of those things
Speaker 1: that we love to see him do, escaping the pressure,
Speaker 1: making the throws down the field. Do you think that
Speaker 1: he's starting to get a little bit of that confidence
Speaker 1: back to trust himself in those situations. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I think it's a bit of I don't My sense
Speaker 1: with Carson is that it's not confidence, is that he's
Speaker 1: pressing at times. You know, he's throwing seven interceptions. I
Speaker 1: think five or six of them have come on first downs,
Speaker 1: and so to me, that indicates somebody's trying to take
Speaker 1: a little bit too much from a defense instead of
Speaker 1: living for the next play. I interview Carson every week.
Speaker 1: He's incredibly cooperative. I don't ever since watching him on
Speaker 1: the practice field talking to him that there's ever a
Speaker 1: lack of confidence. But I think tonight he was very
Speaker 1: aware of not turning the football over, and so getting
Speaker 1: him in a run situation makes the defense account for that.
Speaker 1: San Francisco did adjust with some of the designed runs,
Speaker 1: but Carson's ability to escape pressure, get on the edge
Speaker 1: and run past you know, strong enough to shrug off
Speaker 1: pass rushers and also still fast enough to get up
Speaker 1: the field really paid off for the Eagles offense. Good
Speaker 1: balance for the offense. The run game was okay, helped
Speaker 1: a lot by Carson's ground game, just the kind of
Speaker 1: game that Carson needs to play in order for an
Speaker 1: Eagles team that just is not getting that explosive plays.
Speaker 1: I mean, exac ERTs I think had four catches for
Speaker 1: nine yards something like that. The Niners took him out
Speaker 1: of the game. The Niners took Miles Sanders out of
Speaker 1: the game, so the Eagles had to go and they
Speaker 1: took Greg Ward out of the game. So the Eagles
Speaker 1: had to go to other weapons, and Carson did a
Speaker 1: good job getting the football to Richard Rodgers to fold them,
Speaker 1: moving the football around a little bit. And certainly in
Speaker 1: the second half, where the Eagles have had so many
Speaker 1: problems all year outscored forty nine to thirteen coming into
Speaker 1: this game in the second half. The Eagles win the
Speaker 1: second half and win the game. Wow, And that is
Speaker 1: an astounding stat there, And I think a lot of
Speaker 1: good to build on here for Carson Wentz and the
Speaker 1: Eagles offense. Dave. I'm looking forward to hearing your podcast
Speaker 1: after this one. It'll be a fun one. Amy. We
Speaker 1: were in first place. I mean, you can say all
Speaker 1: you want about it. They never ask you how, they
Speaker 1: just ask you how many. My good buddy ron Jiworski
Speaker 1: told me that. And right now, at the quarter point
Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty season, the Philadelphia Eagles are in
Speaker 1: first place in the NFC East. So anybody who said
Speaker 1: that that tie last week didn't mean anything, take back
Speaker 1: your words. Look at that there it is right there.
Speaker 1: I love it. All right, Dave, thanks so much. We'll
Speaker 1: catch up with you later. Alrighty, all right, ic I
Speaker 1: am very curious to hear your thoughts. What's the biggest
Speaker 1: thing that's standing out to you from this game? Well,
Speaker 1: for me, Amy and Fran it's the defense. You know,
Speaker 1: we've been asking this defense to take the ball away
Speaker 1: to create turnovers. You know, Dave talked about the plus
Speaker 1: minus turnover ratio, Eagles dead last coming into this game
Speaker 1: minus seven in that department. They needed this defense to
Speaker 1: take the ball away from Nick Mullins and c J.
Speaker 1: Betha to Night. But Nick Mullins definitely, and I thought
Speaker 1: the defense came up huge and night big play at
Speaker 1: the big play, five sacks, three turnovers, a touchdown. I
Speaker 1: know it got a little harry at the end there.
Speaker 1: That's what happens when you play that ben but don't
Speaker 1: break defense and you're trying to get the forty nine
Speaker 1: ers to eat up as much clock as possible. It
Speaker 1: got a little harry. But when push came to shove,
Speaker 1: this defense came up with the plays they needed to
Speaker 1: come up with, and we needed them to give the
Speaker 1: Eagles offense an extra possession in San Francisco territory. This
Speaker 1: offense lacks explosiveness. I know you had the big touchdown
Speaker 1: the pogum to Night, but it lacks of closiveness and
Speaker 1: it's hard to score ten twelve, fourteen play drives. The
Speaker 1: Eagles had one drive tonight of seventeen plays and they
Speaker 1: kicked the field goal. That's how difficult it is for
Speaker 1: this team to get the ball in the end zone.
Speaker 1: And so you're gonna need as many cracks as you
Speaker 1: can with the football. And it was great that the
Speaker 1: defense was able to get some extra possessions tonight for
Speaker 1: this offense and the Eagles were able to capitalize. For me,
Speaker 1: they were the driving force tonight for this winning up,
Speaker 1: for this win, for the first win of the season. Well, look,
Speaker 1: you hear around here all the time that the defensive
Speaker 1: line that is the engine of the defense, and they
Speaker 1: showed up big tonight. Five sacks, you mentioned it, many
Speaker 1: guys making plays and getting that first interception, the one
Speaker 1: that Rodney McLeod had, the first takeaway of the season.
Speaker 1: You almost felt like the monkey was off the back.
Speaker 1: It was this, you know, Darius Lay talked about it.
Speaker 1: They start coming, they come in bunches. To me, that's
Speaker 1: kind of the theme of this friend is that it
Speaker 1: was like, okay, we got the first one, and there
Speaker 1: was a bit more of a relaxation. They dialed up
Speaker 1: that pressure, pressure, and they gave Nick Mullins a very
Speaker 1: long night. Yeah, and that's why when whenever we have
Speaker 1: these discussions of, oh, how do you create more turnovers
Speaker 1: on defense, you just got to keep doing your thing
Speaker 1: because they come. You know, you can't predict that Nick
Speaker 1: Mullins is going to throw it right into the chest
Speaker 1: of Alex Singleton. But Alex Singleton's there to make the play,
Speaker 1: and he makes the play. You know, That's ultimately what
Speaker 1: it comes down to you. A little bit of luck
Speaker 1: is involved with most turnovers. But to me, the big thing, guys,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously we talked about the pass rush and
Speaker 1: the d line makes this whole defense go. One of
Speaker 1: the things that also stood out to me in a big,
Speaker 1: big way in this game, and I know you're gonna
Speaker 1: love this too, is not just the fact that they
Speaker 1: were able to impact the quarterback, but how many screens
Speaker 1: did we see to the running backs, the receivers, the
Speaker 1: tight ends. A defensive lineman almost always was one of
Speaker 1: the first guys at the football no matter where that
Speaker 1: guy was tackled. If it was a three yard loss,
Speaker 1: great defensive lineman there. But even on the Brandon Eyuke touchdown.
Speaker 1: Who's the guy that's diving into the end zone with Eyuk?
Speaker 1: It's Derek Barnett making making trying to make the play
Speaker 1: from the backside. That stood out to me on all
Speaker 1: these screens that could have gone for maybe a few
Speaker 1: extra yards, could have moved the sticks on third down
Speaker 1: or second and long. You see Malik Jackson, you see
Speaker 1: Dirk Barnett, Brandon Graham, Josh Sweat, Fletcher Cox. It is
Speaker 1: contagious with those guys. That is the culture that they've
Speaker 1: built in that defensive line room over the course of
Speaker 1: the last few years, and that showed up. I thought today,
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what that looks like on film
Speaker 1: tomorrow morning. Oh like I thought you were going to
Speaker 1: to watch. Oh oh yeah, well, well for sure, fran
Speaker 1: I completely agree. And what else is contagious is effort.
Speaker 1: And when you watch your your your leaders up front
Speaker 1: get to the football the way they did tonight and
Speaker 1: play with the effort in which they played tonight. Fletcher Cox,
Speaker 1: you know he's not and out of the game all night.
Speaker 1: I mean, the defensive players recognized that on the sideline
Speaker 1: and what I noticed out there tonight friend and Amy
Speaker 1: is a bunch of guys playing together, coming together and
Speaker 1: playing with a lot of energy and a lot of effort.
Speaker 1: And it's just like in basketball, energy finds the ball,
Speaker 1: and that's what the defense played with the day. They
Speaker 1: were flying around. That's how you get tips, that's how
Speaker 1: you get fumble recoveries, that's how you get sacks, hits
Speaker 1: on the quarterbacks. You gotta play with effort and energy
Speaker 1: and it doesn't take any talent to do that on
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. And that's what you
Speaker 1: saw tonight was a defensive unit really flying around to
Speaker 1: the football and they created having for this San Francisco offense.
Speaker 1: So it was great to see that. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: we could talk about that defense for a long time.
Speaker 1: Let's keep it moving, Like, what else do you want
Speaker 1: to talk about tonight? There's so many good things to
Speaker 1: discuss here. Well, it won't take long for me to
Speaker 1: get to my Bronco. He was bucking to night. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I left the Bronco buck Carson Wentz my man easily
Speaker 1: the best game of the season for Carson Wentz despite
Speaker 1: the early interception. I love the way that he didn't
Speaker 1: get down on himself. He really picked up his play
Speaker 1: after that, and the fact that he had to move
Speaker 1: the ball with his legs and being smart and judicious
Speaker 1: where where he got the ball out to guys, I mean,
Speaker 1: just a great game from him. And then the throw,
Speaker 1: I mean, the best throw of the season to the
Speaker 1: new kid, fold him, fold him. We'll know his name
Speaker 1: by the end of the week. Don't worry, we'll have
Speaker 1: his name downpack by the end of the week. But
Speaker 1: but a forty two yard touchdown, I mean, just dropped
Speaker 1: the ball right in the bread basket for the biggest
Speaker 1: player tonight. I just thought Carson wentz the way he's
Speaker 1: played the last two weeks, I think he's starting to
Speaker 1: come out of it. I thought the game plan was
Speaker 1: Taylor made for him tonight, got him outside of the pocket,
Speaker 1: got him on the run. His second best throw tonight
Speaker 1: didn't even count because it was a penalty on the
Speaker 1: play against the forty nine ers. I mean that throw
Speaker 1: where he was able to escape the pocket and didn't
Speaker 1: hit Boston Scott down the field for seventeen yards. It
Speaker 1: was just good to see Carson playing with confidence tonight,
Speaker 1: and those guys followed him. They believed in him. He
Speaker 1: led the charge. Just a nice job at him playing
Speaker 1: with confidence and swagger. Hopefully it's something he can build on,
Speaker 1: and hopefully it is this is something that he can
Speaker 1: carry on with him over the next over the rest
Speaker 1: of the season. I love that you highlighted both of
Speaker 1: those throws, Ike, because especially that one to Travis Fulgham
Speaker 1: and even Alan Michael's on the broadcast, and whose name
Speaker 1: is Travis Fulgham. That was a gorgeous deep ball by
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. As soon as it left his hand. He
Speaker 1: was excited before I even thought it was going to happen.
Speaker 1: And I believe that coach Doug Peterson is about to
Speaker 1: address the media. I think we have coach Doug Hey, coach,
Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time today. We'll get started with
Speaker 1: bow Wolf and then Dave zan Garrow. He Doug, we
Speaker 1: talked about the you know, the decision to punt at
Speaker 1: the end of overtime last week and how that you
Speaker 1: know that the message that sent was going for two
Speaker 1: in the first quarter. Were you trying to send a
Speaker 1: message with that decision? What went into that? Um? Just uh,
Speaker 1: my decision to go. I'm not gonna spend a lot
Speaker 1: of time on the wise. UM. I just liketed to go,
Speaker 1: we executed the play and got the two, Dave and
Speaker 1: then John McMullan. It Doug Carson wasn't perfect, but what
Speaker 1: did you think of his performance today? Was pretty gutty,
Speaker 1: very gutty. He played, He played very well, um you know,
Speaker 1: and he played, he played inspired. He led the football
Speaker 1: team tonight for the for the win, I mean and
Speaker 1: quite frankly, I mean, yeah, it might not have been perfect,
Speaker 1: but but um, you know, he got it out several
Speaker 1: plays tonight, and um my hat's off to him for uh,
Speaker 1: you know, for uh just just continuing to battle and
Speaker 1: continuing to to standing there and make some tough throws
Speaker 1: and some tough decisions. And he did. He did a
Speaker 1: nice job. This is really a more importantly though, really
Speaker 1: a team, team effort, team win tonight, John and then
Speaker 1: Rob Maddy. Hey, Doug, you always talk about the next
Speaker 1: man up mentality, and that really a ten second span
Speaker 1: Travis made the big play, uh, and then Alex who
Speaker 1: was only in the game because TJ got hurt, h
Speaker 1: got the pick six. Can you talk about those two guys,
Speaker 1: particularly in them stepping up in such a big situation. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, in Travis's case, you know, he's he's been flashing,
Speaker 1: you know, in practice and obviously with the injuries there
Speaker 1: at the position, been able to get him up and
Speaker 1: get him, get him some work, and you know, I
Speaker 1: think he's he's got a good, good relationship with Carson
Speaker 1: on the football field, and um, you know it's something
Speaker 1: that we can continue to build. You know. On his performance,
Speaker 1: I thought he thought he played played well. We'll look
Speaker 1: at the tape obviously on the on the ride home,
Speaker 1: but um, and then in Alex's case, this guy is
Speaker 1: he's kind of the unsung hero. I mean, this guy's
Speaker 1: he's a four core special teams player. He's he's a
Speaker 1: backup role player on defense, and he just battles. He
Speaker 1: comes to work every day. He's always in a great mood.
Speaker 1: He's excited, he's excitable. Old guys, you know, guys rally
Speaker 1: around him. And I was happy for him to get
Speaker 1: that you know, pick six. You know obviously the interception
Speaker 1: and then obviously end in the end zone. So uh,
Speaker 1: just a great play by him. But again, you know, uh,
Speaker 1: two guys that are well deserved. Rob and then Kristen Doug.
Speaker 1: What is it about this team that when you're up
Speaker 1: against it. Adversity, strikes, injuries are piling up. You guys
Speaker 1: always seem to find a way to respond, find a
Speaker 1: way to win. And how does first place sound to you? Well,
Speaker 1: you know, um, having played four games and and uh,
Speaker 1: first place sounds really good, you know right now. But
Speaker 1: we got a long season ahead of us. You know,
Speaker 1: only only the first quarter of the season is done.
Speaker 1: And you know we got we got a long road ahead.
Speaker 1: One game of one game at a time, mentality. But
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you something, these guys, these guys don't quit.
Speaker 1: It's it's a man, it's a it's a resilient group.
Speaker 1: I'm so happy to be, you know, being able to
Speaker 1: coach and lead them. And um, it doesn't matter what
Speaker 1: the adversity is, what's you know what they're faced with.
Speaker 1: These guys seem to rally, rally around around to each other. Uh,
Speaker 1: this is a tough you know, this is a tough
Speaker 1: road game to come out here on the road, you know,
Speaker 1: traveling East coast to West coast, play on a Sunday night. Uh,
Speaker 1: it's tough. It's tough on the guys. But they they
Speaker 1: seem to find a way and um my hat's off
Speaker 1: to them and excited for those guys in the locker
Speaker 1: room Kristen and then Jimmy Kemski, Hey, Doug, you touched
Speaker 1: on Alex Singleton there, but for you your defense to
Speaker 1: be able to get those three charnovers for you know,
Speaker 1: really the first time this season. I mean, what what
Speaker 1: did it mean for the confidence into the defense to
Speaker 1: be able to kind of get that ball rolling? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, it's something that we've we've talked about quite
Speaker 1: a bit here lately, and being able to protect the
Speaker 1: football obviously, and then and then get the takeaways. And
Speaker 1: tonight we got the we got the three takeaways, which
Speaker 1: was huge. I mean, there were critical parts of the game,
Speaker 1: and that's what it takes, you know, to win games
Speaker 1: like this against good opponents, You need something to go
Speaker 1: your way and those those those were key moments that
Speaker 1: our defense thought the d line played played really well,
Speaker 1: putting pressure on the quarterbacks to be able to cause
Speaker 1: some of those interceptions and then obviously the fumble. But
Speaker 1: it's just just a great effort to and you know,
Speaker 1: I'm excited for the defense. So they got those takeaways.
Speaker 1: Jimmy and then Jeff McLean, Hey, Doug, Carson had sixty
Speaker 1: five rushing yards and a touchdown last week. Tonight thirty
Speaker 1: seven and a touchdown. Can his ability to make plays
Speaker 1: at the feet sort of offset you know, the recent
Speaker 1: struggles of the accuracy and the fact that so many
Speaker 1: receivers hurt And is that something that you encouraged him
Speaker 1: to do or something that he just kind of took
Speaker 1: upon himself. Um, well, part of the game plan, you know,
Speaker 1: each week, and really you know, Carson, Carson does a
Speaker 1: great job of taking off when he needs to and
Speaker 1: make him plays with his legs, and you know, some
Speaker 1: of it's by design, some of it's obviously part of
Speaker 1: the run game where where he can keep it, and
Speaker 1: you know, we just gotta, you know, we gotta make
Speaker 1: sure we're doing the right thing as far as you know,
Speaker 1: kind of protecting him as well. We don't want to
Speaker 1: put him, you know, in those situations where he's always
Speaker 1: taking a beating that way or you know, being hit. So,
Speaker 1: you know, but he was smart tonight. He you know,
Speaker 1: we we encourage him to use his legs when he can,
Speaker 1: and and then we continue to you know, to scheme
Speaker 1: to scheme plays you know, when they're there for him
Speaker 1: and Uh, you know that's that's the part of the
Speaker 1: game tonight, that that he played. He played played real physical,
Speaker 1: played tough, and it was good to see Jeff and
Speaker 1: then Mike kay Doug went in your decision to go
Speaker 1: for it on fourth and four rather than have Jake
Speaker 1: kick fifty five year yard field goal that would have
Speaker 1: tied the game, potentially tied the game. Um, yeah, in
Speaker 1: that situation there, it was you know, it was just
Speaker 1: a again a decision to go. I wanted to stay
Speaker 1: on the field. We needed to get we needed to
Speaker 1: get that first down right there. Um listen, just I
Speaker 1: just I just decided to go and put the ball
Speaker 1: in our in our hands. You know, trust, trust your players,
Speaker 1: trust trust the decision that I made and and you
Speaker 1: just trust the call. And guys executed extremely well, got
Speaker 1: the first down and uh, you know, stayed on the field.
Speaker 1: Mike and then Martin. He had a lot of moving
Speaker 1: parts in the offensive line tonight. How do you think
Speaker 1: the group performed over well? And how do you went
Speaker 1: into the decision to have Jordan kind of handled that
Speaker 1: left tackle spot today? Well, obviously the the JP uh
Speaker 1: you know, injury, Um, you know, Jordan George's be getting
Speaker 1: a lot of reps over there at left tackle, and
Speaker 1: and um, you know he's that's his spot. So you
Speaker 1: know he's been he's been comfortable there. We've been comfortable
Speaker 1: with him there. And I thought overall, he did did
Speaker 1: some did some good things, and I played well, take
Speaker 1: a look at the film and valuated on the way back, um,
Speaker 1: you know, and we had we had a few extra
Speaker 1: linemen up today in this game because you know, there
Speaker 1: are some guys battling through some things and and um,
Speaker 1: you know, I thought overall, the offensive line played played well.
Speaker 1: They played tough, and that's what it takes. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's a good defense that they played a good front
Speaker 1: um and they're they're aggressive and they you know, they attack.
Speaker 1: And I thought our offensive line, with the with the
Speaker 1: moving pieces and parts that we had, you know, really
Speaker 1: stepped up and did well. We have time for two more,
Speaker 1: so we'll go to Martin and then Zach Berman. They
Speaker 1: dug kind of following up on that a little bit.
Speaker 1: I mean, did you ever picture a scenario like at
Speaker 1: this point in the season where you'd be down like
Speaker 1: four offensive linemen, you know, your top four wide receivers
Speaker 1: would be out and still you guys would find a
Speaker 1: way to win tonight. You know, you never, you never,
Speaker 1: you know, um probably think of those scenarios and and
Speaker 1: you're always trying to think positively and not negatively. And
Speaker 1: you know, but listen, it is what it is, and
Speaker 1: we are where we are. And um, my hats off
Speaker 1: to the guys in the locker room. They they don't listen.
Speaker 1: They don't listen to the outside noise. They focus on
Speaker 1: each other. They battle every single day, they come to
Speaker 1: work every single day, they practice hard, and you know,
Speaker 1: they come out here and compete. And that's all I
Speaker 1: can ask. Last one here was Zach. It's a doug
Speaker 1: from your perspective, what was the biggest difference with your
Speaker 1: team tonight compared to the first three games? You know,
Speaker 1: quite frankly, Um, you know, we didn't we didn't talk
Speaker 1: about this being like a must win. Um, we didn't
Speaker 1: feel the pressure of having to go out and perform. Uh,
Speaker 1: coaches and players, we just we just we just owned it, right,
Speaker 1: We just we just took it upon ourselves to go
Speaker 1: out and execute and just rally and support around. We
Speaker 1: knew we had some new guys in the lineup tonight
Speaker 1: and and it was going to take all all guys
Speaker 1: that were dressed in uniform, you know, to win the
Speaker 1: game against a fine opponent. And that's what they did.
Speaker 1: And they rallied, they battled. You know, it wasn't you know,
Speaker 1: pretty or whatever. But it doesn't matter. You know, it
Speaker 1: wins a win in this league and they're hard to
Speaker 1: come by, and you know, for us to get the
Speaker 1: first one and get the feeling of that, you know,
Speaker 1: gives us a little juice, a little momentum, you know,
Speaker 1: heading into this next week. Thanks coach, Thank you, Right,
Speaker 1: Coach says, not feeling the pressure. I love that he
Speaker 1: talks about getting that juice going into next week. And
Speaker 1: to me, that's one of the things to focus on
Speaker 1: from tonight's game is we continue to wait for more players.
Speaker 1: We'll be carrying their press conferences live here. One of
Speaker 1: the things to focus on from tonight's game is injecting
Speaker 1: that juice into this offense. All right, we are going
Speaker 1: to head back over there. Alex Singleton is taking the
Speaker 1: podium after his big night tonight. Hey, Alex, thanks for
Speaker 1: taking the time. Today. We'll get started with Ruben Frank
Speaker 1: and then at krap Hey, Alex, congratulations on the Uh,
Speaker 1: the play. Can you just want us do that play?
Speaker 1: And just kind of what your reaction was when TJ
Speaker 1: got hurt and you went in. You haven't played a
Speaker 1: lot of defensive snaps since you've been here. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: the play, you know obviously, you know, he kind of
Speaker 1: threw the ball right to me, so my heart kind
Speaker 1: of skipped a beat and then uh just caught and
Speaker 1: went with it. Uh, you know, and I knew I
Speaker 1: had to get in the end zone. We talked about
Speaker 1: it all week, you know, to score on defense, So
Speaker 1: it was the only thing going through my mind. And
Speaker 1: then uh yeah when TJ went down, which is a
Speaker 1: huge loss, you know that that's our Mike. You know,
Speaker 1: TJ is a great football player. But uh, you know,
Speaker 1: like coach always talks about next man up, and you
Speaker 1: don't want to be the weak link. You want to,
Speaker 1: you know, be the strong link. So to be able
Speaker 1: to go out there and uh, you know, be able
Speaker 1: to do my job as you know, the most important
Speaker 1: thing for this team. And you know that's what hopefully
Speaker 1: I did ad and then less. So this was a
Speaker 1: defense Alex that didn't have any forced turnovers coming in. Um,
Speaker 1: so it must feel pretty you know, pretty good, I
Speaker 1: guess to get that ball rolling in that direction. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we've emphasized that, you know, the last couple of weeks,
Speaker 1: and obviously the ball wasn't going our way, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, to be able to you know, have that
Speaker 1: happened with Rodney and then the you know, the sack
Speaker 1: and then obviously my interception. You know, it's something we've
Speaker 1: been talking about for weeks and we finally you know,
Speaker 1: it all clicked and you know, our defense you know,
Speaker 1: kept playing the way we did and then finally got
Speaker 1: some turnovers to go away less and then Nick Alex,
Speaker 1: it looked like you guys had things pretty well in
Speaker 1: hand except for Kittle. You didn't seem to have a
Speaker 1: great answer for him all night. But what was it
Speaker 1: like to is the first time you've really held a
Speaker 1: team under twenty three and made the big plays. What
Speaker 1: does this do for the defense going forward? You know,
Speaker 1: it's just gonna you know, a stepping stone. You know,
Speaker 1: you gotta get one. You know, it's hard to get
Speaker 1: that first one. It's hard to get a win in
Speaker 1: this league. So to be able to, you know, put
Speaker 1: it on our defensive shoulders and you know, kind of
Speaker 1: just push through it. You know, the last few weeks,
Speaker 1: you know, we were a stop or two away from
Speaker 1: being able to be there, and so to be able
Speaker 1: to do that tonight as a defense was huge. And
Speaker 1: you know now yeah, and you know Kittle, you know,
Speaker 1: he's a great player. Uh, you gotta you gotta do
Speaker 1: things to be able to stop them. We're like, you know,
Speaker 1: to be able to hold them under. You know, our
Speaker 1: at twenty is huge. So uh, our offense got enough
Speaker 1: points and you know, so we won time for a
Speaker 1: couple more. So we'll go Nick ej and then Daniel Alex.
Speaker 1: You mentioned your heart skipped to beat the ball thrown
Speaker 1: right to you, but you know, watching you in training camp,
Speaker 1: it seemed like you were around the ball all the
Speaker 1: time when you did play on with the defense. You
Speaker 1: kind of look at this as kind of a payoff
Speaker 1: or a reward for for you know, having such a
Speaker 1: you know, being such a great practice player. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: it's been it's been a long time, you know, to
Speaker 1: obviously get to the point where I'm getting any defensive snaps. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know, first time in the league was you know,
Speaker 1: six years ago. So to be able to finally, you know,
Speaker 1: have that come you know, to be able to make
Speaker 1: a play for this team is you know what you
Speaker 1: do it for. Uh, you know as much as you
Speaker 1: know I enjoy it for myself, I'm happy this team
Speaker 1: won because that's you know, if we don't win at
Speaker 1: the end. Uh, you know, you're stick to your stomach
Speaker 1: whether or not you scored or not. So it's huge,
Speaker 1: you know, to get this win for the team, and
Speaker 1: you know, to be able to be part of it. Hey, Alex,
Speaker 1: how big was the pressure from the defensive line and
Speaker 1: as especially as a game were on, it's huge. You know,
Speaker 1: our our D line. You know, they're fun to play
Speaker 1: with as you guys know. You know, it's a lot
Speaker 1: of hungry guys with a rotating and they're making plays
Speaker 1: all the time. And you know, I think today just
Speaker 1: paid off for everything they've been doing. You know, to
Speaker 1: be able to stop the run against that team who
Speaker 1: runs the ball, who you know tells you they're going
Speaker 1: to run the ball, and to be able to stop
Speaker 1: it and you know, let them be able to rush
Speaker 1: and go do their thing. Uh, that's what makes this
Speaker 1: team special is is al D line in my opinion,
Speaker 1: So to see the way they played tonight was pretty awesome.
Speaker 1: Last question here with Daniel. Hey, Alex, when you finally
Speaker 1: get into the end zone after the touchdown, what's the
Speaker 1: first thing that goes through through your mind? You know,
Speaker 1: to kind of have that moment in that spot. What
Speaker 1: are you thinking about? It was real, real quiet stadium,
Speaker 1: It was. It was an interesting feeling. You know, I
Speaker 1: haven't scored a touchdown since my junior year of college,
Speaker 1: so you know, it was really cool. It's exciting, you know,
Speaker 1: just to be part of it. Obviously, Sunday night you
Speaker 1: gotta go find the fan cam in the corner, so
Speaker 1: you know, we talked about that, you know, as a defense,
Speaker 1: if you score, where we're gonna go. So it was
Speaker 1: pretty exciting to be able to do that thanks to Alex. Okay,
Speaker 1: there is no way everybody watching that is not smiling
Speaker 1: and it is not so excited for Alex Singleton after
Speaker 1: his first NFL touchdown, a pick six, a critical one
Speaker 1: in this win tonight. And with that, we are going
Speaker 1: to go back. Another Eagles defender, Jalen Mills, is taking
Speaker 1: the podium to take some questions. Let's listen. Hey, Jalen,
Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time. We'll get started with Chris
Speaker 1: Murray and then bow Wolf Jean. How important was it
Speaker 1: for the defense, given everything that's happened in the last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, to set the tone and really dictate
Speaker 1: the outcome of this game. Very important. Um. One of
Speaker 1: the message UM that was said UM last night, UM
Speaker 1: was give everything you got. You know what I'm saying
Speaker 1: after this game, we want to be dog tired, you know, UM,
Speaker 1: you when we get back in this locker room, it
Speaker 1: should be a deep exhale from each and every person
Speaker 1: on that defense because we know we give everything we got,
Speaker 1: every single person we're gonna come out with this win.
Speaker 1: Bowing and Jeff Scaverski and Jael And what has Travis
Speaker 1: Fulham done anything during practice? Uh, you know, going up
Speaker 1: against him over the past you know, month or so
Speaker 1: to stand out to you. Yeah, he was a guy actually,
Speaker 1: and UM, I mean you can't ask anybody on the team.
Speaker 1: He was a guy that I actually used to brag
Speaker 1: on on the sideline, um force once he got in
Speaker 1: during camp, I literally never seen him drop a ball
Speaker 1: and I used to always walk up and down the
Speaker 1: sideline every time he would catch a ball and I
Speaker 1: would say like, I've never seen his dude, drop a
Speaker 1: ball at practice, Like I know, once he gets his opportunity,
Speaker 1: he's gonna make the most of it. And you know
Speaker 1: today was his day, Sunday night football, you know, no
Speaker 1: bigger stage. Jeff, and then Paul Donald, Hey, Jellen, what
Speaker 1: does it say about this team? You guys have been
Speaker 1: just decimated with injuries, offensive line, receivers, all sorts of issues.
Speaker 1: You get off to a tough start to this season,
Speaker 1: but for you guys to go across country get a
Speaker 1: win and Albader at the finish, what does it say
Speaker 1: about the character of this team and the determination? It
Speaker 1: kind of seems like, you know, my four years here
Speaker 1: now going on five, it's kind of been the same
Speaker 1: kind of book. You know they's been reading each and
Speaker 1: every year somebody goes down and know it's the next
Speaker 1: man of mentality, you know, And I think that's kind
Speaker 1: of been our identity of this team, and you know
Speaker 1: we've kind of embraced that, And I mean, what no
Speaker 1: better way to have it than guys who you know,
Speaker 1: are hungry and they're getting an opportunity and they're making
Speaker 1: the most of it and also helping us get a win. Man.
Speaker 1: I think that's that's really really big. That speaks on
Speaker 1: you know, not only the characters that we got, you know,
Speaker 1: as players, but also the coaching staff and coaching those
Speaker 1: guys up and giving those guys a chance. We have
Speaker 1: time for two more, so we'll go Paul and then
Speaker 1: they Zangaro. Yeah, Jal, And what was the approach to
Speaker 1: the for the defense today? I mean, you're with with
Speaker 1: the injuries. I mean, you're playing, you're down playing corner.
Speaker 1: Cavan's getting his first significant action. Avery played a ton
Speaker 1: of snaps. Uh. You know they've got kittle back. Uh,
Speaker 1: I mean, was it just not giving up the big play? No,
Speaker 1: it was a taxtile defense, you know. Um, we know
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, they're a team who's
Speaker 1: gonna run the ball. They don't care you know what
Speaker 1: front you in, Um, they're gonna run the ball. They're
Speaker 1: gonna they're gonna try to push the ball down the
Speaker 1: field with their big offensive lineman. You know, they're they're
Speaker 1: they're good tight end who can run, run, block and
Speaker 1: pass um cats, but they're gonna run the ball. So
Speaker 1: a whole week we were just saying, you know, they're
Speaker 1: not gonna run the bottle in this We're a defense that,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of struggle against the Rams and you know,
Speaker 1: we know that this is another big test and I
Speaker 1: think we stood up well. And Jilan, you talked about
Speaker 1: kind of the unknown guys certain points making big plays.
Speaker 1: To see Alex Singleton, he has kind of been a
Speaker 1: special team or for you guys for the last couple
Speaker 1: of seasons. Make that play. What does that mean for
Speaker 1: the whole team? Man, it's so big, man, I'm so
Speaker 1: happy for him. Man, that guy, he's he's had a
Speaker 1: long journey and for him to get that on a
Speaker 1: turnaround and get that interception and score, you know, that
Speaker 1: was so big for this team. Man, I'm so happy
Speaker 1: for him. Do works extremely hard, you know, not only
Speaker 1: on special teams, but now, like I said, he got
Speaker 1: his opportunity on the field and he make the most
Speaker 1: of it. And I know that's not gonna go on
Speaker 1: seeing by the coaches, So for sure, I'm thinking he's
Speaker 1: gonna get a little bit more extra playing time now
Speaker 1: and I look forward to seeing him out there. Thanks Jane, yep,
Speaker 1: thank you all right. Clearly everyone's so happy for Alex Singleton.
Speaker 1: Hearing high praise there from Jail and Mills, Doug Peterson,
Speaker 1: earlier calling him the unsung hero guy who works so hard,
Speaker 1: and if you just watched his press conference before Jayalen Mills,
Speaker 1: you can see just the passion, the energy. You can
Speaker 1: see why guys love having him in the low room,
Speaker 1: in the huddle and as a part of this team,
Speaker 1: and a lot to celebrate tonight for him. Let's talk
Speaker 1: a little bit about the forty nine ers offense as
Speaker 1: we continue to wait for players um Jalen Mills talked
Speaker 1: about some of their game plan heading into this look.
Speaker 1: Then okay, and with that, Carson Wentz is ready, So
Speaker 1: we will continue breaking it down after we hear from
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Hey Carson, thanks for taking the time. We'll
Speaker 1: get started with Zach Berman, and then Jeff McLean. Hey
Speaker 1: Carson on the go ahead drive, the fourth down pass,
Speaker 1: the high tower, then the touchdown pass the Fulham can
Speaker 1: take us through those two plays, Yeah, Coach had a
Speaker 1: great play call in the fourth down to get John opened.
Speaker 1: John did a good job of creating separation and that
Speaker 1: was a huge play for us to keep that drive going.
Speaker 1: And then just a couple of plays later, the go
Speaker 1: ball to Travis. Obviously, a limited amount of time on
Speaker 1: task working with Travis, but that's something that he can
Speaker 1: do and do well, and he tracks the ball well,
Speaker 1: and um, you know, we broke the huddle and I
Speaker 1: told him be ready on that one, and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we made a play, and UM, pretty impressive how we
Speaker 1: not only caught the ball but kept his feet into
Speaker 1: to get in the end zone. But um, that was
Speaker 1: just a huge night for us to rally around a
Speaker 1: bunch of different guys, new faces out there making plays.
Speaker 1: Jeff McClain and then Tim McManus, Carson. We talked this
Speaker 1: past week about how what happened late last season when
Speaker 1: with all the injuries that maybe that's something that could
Speaker 1: get you guys going again this week. How did that
Speaker 1: factor into the game plan, How did that fact into
Speaker 1: factor into your mentality when you were out there and
Speaker 1: when you were preparing for this game. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I think as far as the game plan went, um,
Speaker 1: you know, we kind of just did what we did,
Speaker 1: you know, and had a game plan ready to go
Speaker 1: for that style of defense, and UM expected guys to
Speaker 1: step up and make the plays when asked to. And
Speaker 1: um that's what we did, you know. And for me,
Speaker 1: as far as my preparation and you know, I didn't
Speaker 1: overthink anything. It was you know, guys are there and
Speaker 1: they're gonna make the play and trust them. And um,
Speaker 1: you know, guys did a good job all week of
Speaker 1: of coming together and bill this thing together, and um,
Speaker 1: obviously tonight it was just a huge team win. Everybody
Speaker 1: all around, offense, defense, special teams making plays when they
Speaker 1: needed to. Tim and then Chris Franklin Carson, how many
Speaker 1: times did you have the opportunity to rep that play
Speaker 1: with Travis in practice and what did you get to
Speaker 1: say to him afterwards in the locker room or on
Speaker 1: the sidelines repp that play once? And uh, you know
Speaker 1: it was It's just cool. Um, you know, we broke
Speaker 1: the huddle. I told him to be ready. I've I've
Speaker 1: seen him with this team for a while now going
Speaker 1: up against our defense on scout team and what he
Speaker 1: does to our defense. So you know, been been watching
Speaker 1: him and seeing what he's capable of doing. And I
Speaker 1: was just proud of him for coming out here tonight
Speaker 1: and making them plays. When asked of him, did you
Speaker 1: hit on that that one in practice? We did? We did,
Speaker 1: so we're two for two on that one. Chris, and
Speaker 1: then John McMullin Carson, did you make a concernative effort
Speaker 1: to use your legs more tonight, being that with the
Speaker 1: situation with all your lack of weapon or starters that
Speaker 1: were in the game. No, I mean, I don't go
Speaker 1: into a game thinking, you know, it's time to scramble
Speaker 1: or anything. Um, pocket sometimes breaks down. They you know,
Speaker 1: they do a good job and coverage, so you know
Speaker 1: sometimes they cover us up and UM gotta make a play.
Speaker 1: And so that's something really the last two weeks that, um,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm feeling good. Guys are guys are doing
Speaker 1: a good job holding their blocks up front. So when
Speaker 1: we can't extend plays like you saw at night, Um,
Speaker 1: there's some big plays to be had down the field
Speaker 1: when the things do break down like that, John and
Speaker 1: then Martin Frank. Hey, Carson, you mentioned the guys up front.
Speaker 1: Jordan obviously his first start at left tackle, and there
Speaker 1: are a lot of movement parks. Lane was in and
Speaker 1: out with the ankle. I think Jason left for a
Speaker 1: little bit as well. How did that affect you? And
Speaker 1: I know you got to look at the tape, but
Speaker 1: how do you think Jordan played in its first start? Yeah,
Speaker 1: like you said, I mean we got to watch the tape,
Speaker 1: but um, you know, off the bat, I mean, I
Speaker 1: feel like he did a great job. You know, I'm
Speaker 1: so proud of him and Jack and m just stepping
Speaker 1: up when asked. You know, it was one of those
Speaker 1: things they didn't know who was going to play this week,
Speaker 1: where they were going to be, and um, you know
Speaker 1: decided yesterday, you know, is Jordan's time and for him
Speaker 1: how hard he's worked ever since he's been here to
Speaker 1: get this opportunity on Sunday night football, Um, and to
Speaker 1: do a great job. You know, I think the whole
Speaker 1: little line did a great job against a really good
Speaker 1: defensive line over there, and he held his own and
Speaker 1: did a great job. Obviously, we'll watch the tape, but
Speaker 1: I'm just proud of him and really everybody for stepping
Speaker 1: up Martin and then Rob Moni Arson. I mean, I know,
Speaker 1: like you obviously played last season, the end of the
Speaker 1: last season with you know, so many of your top
Speaker 1: receivers out, but like, did you ever envision having to
Speaker 1: do this again, not only with the wide receivers, but
Speaker 1: like without four offensive linemen. Yeah, I mean you can't
Speaker 1: really make it up. The injuries and the situations that
Speaker 1: we've been put in um. But you know that's the
Speaker 1: handworre delt. You know that's the hand we're delton. Guys
Speaker 1: have have been ready, they've been working their tail out
Speaker 1: for for their moment when it comes. And you saw
Speaker 1: tonight a bunch of guys making plays that maybe around
Speaker 1: practice squad last week or different things. And you know,
Speaker 1: obviously the old line a lot of young guys that
Speaker 1: have been filling in and stepping up and doing an
Speaker 1: amazing job. And so really, you know, hats off to
Speaker 1: the coaches for getting these guys ready, but you know,
Speaker 1: hats off for these guys for staying ready and being
Speaker 1: locked in the way they were for tonight. We have
Speaker 1: time for two mores, will go rob and then less
Speaker 1: of course in two weeks in a row. You've been
Speaker 1: running the ball a lot, but also even when you're
Speaker 1: you're not running with the ball, you're moving around a lot,
Speaker 1: you're throwing on the run. How comfortable are you doing
Speaker 1: at How much do you enjoy being on the move,
Speaker 1: creating and extending plays and making things happen. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean I love being on the move and you know,
Speaker 1: extending plays, making things happen. Like you said, I think
Speaker 1: just it puts a lot of stress on the defense. Obviously,
Speaker 1: I got to be smart and know when to take
Speaker 1: my chances and know when to throw the ball away
Speaker 1: all of those things. But you know, especially a team
Speaker 1: like tonight that plays a lot of zone cover ridge,
Speaker 1: when plays break down, you know they're out of position
Speaker 1: or guys are coming open down the field, so that,
Speaker 1: like I said, there's a lot of big plays to
Speaker 1: be had when when you do escape and move the pocket,
Speaker 1: and you know, we've made a couple of them tonight,
Speaker 1: last one here with loss Person. It just seemed like
Speaker 1: for so many drives tonight you had to just inch
Speaker 1: the ball down the field and it was so painstaking
Speaker 1: and every mistake you know that Jordan, a lot of
Speaker 1: false start kill to drive. You know, every mistake just
Speaker 1: seemed enormous. What was it like to overcome that? How
Speaker 1: much patience did you have to have to hang in
Speaker 1: through all of that and get the points at the end. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, you got to be patient anytime you're going
Speaker 1: up against a good defense like that. But not only
Speaker 1: a good defense, but the way they play. You know,
Speaker 1: they're gonna play discipline, They're gonna make you you know,
Speaker 1: move the ball underneath, underneath and just really earn it.
Speaker 1: They're not gonna give up any big plays. And we
Speaker 1: knew that coming into the game. We knew that, and
Speaker 1: we built the game plan around that. And like you said,
Speaker 1: obviously the mistakes and you know, little things can can
Speaker 1: add up in those certain drives. But guys made enough
Speaker 1: plays to get the win to night, and I'm proud
Speaker 1: of him. Hey, thanks person. Okay, and that's the Eagles
Speaker 1: quarterback after his best performance of the season so far.
Speaker 1: And one thing I want to make sure everybody at
Speaker 1: home knows if you didn't see it, Jordan my Latta
Speaker 1: got the start at left tackle, his first start in
Speaker 1: the NFL after the false start costly penalty by my Latta.
Speaker 1: Immediately Wentz goes up to him, pats him on the shoulder.
Speaker 1: Love to see that leadership. Another big night as well,
Speaker 1: Travis Fulham with the big touchdown catch from Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: and he is ready to take some questions from the media. Hey, Travis,
Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time. We'll get started here with
Speaker 1: Ed Bankin and then Mike kay Hi. Travis Carson said,
Speaker 1: that was a place you guys hit out of practice.
Speaker 1: How I don't want to say surprised, but to have
Speaker 1: that moment of that situation, you get a chance to
Speaker 1: kind of seize the moment a little reflect on how
Speaker 1: you got to this point. Absolutely, it's definitely been a
Speaker 1: long year for me, a long offseason, but uh, I
Speaker 1: came here to Philly and they definitely gave me an opportunity.
Speaker 1: Working with Carson has been great. Um Like he said,
Speaker 1: in practice we hit on it. It It was a perfect
Speaker 1: throw then and in the game he doubled back with
Speaker 1: that and gave me a perfect throw and made it
Speaker 1: easy for me. Thank you, thank and then ed Kratz, Travis,
Speaker 1: like you said, it's been a kind of a wild
Speaker 1: year for you going from Detroit to Green Bay to
Speaker 1: hear what was the experience and how much did the
Speaker 1: help did they experience of the practice would kind of
Speaker 1: helped you coming into this game knowing what to expect
Speaker 1: and also having that experience with Detroit that you did
Speaker 1: have well with practice squad. You know, I'm going against
Speaker 1: some of the best corners in the game. They really
Speaker 1: got me ready and they really got me ready for
Speaker 1: this momentum, and I would I would out of the
Speaker 1: guys out on the field they all had confidence in me,
Speaker 1: and that means a lot. Ed and then Ruben Frank Hey, Travis,
Speaker 1: I think your first career catch was a fifteen yard
Speaker 1: or in the first half. Just getting that first catch
Speaker 1: out of the way, how important was that to kind
Speaker 1: of maybe set up that forty two yard touchdown reception. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: it's a big mom for me first catch. Um. I
Speaker 1: think it just gave Carson the trust to me to
Speaker 1: come back the second time and give me a chance
Speaker 1: to score that touchdown. Reuben and then Nick Fierro, do
Speaker 1: you just kind of rant us to do that play
Speaker 1: through the touchdown from from the start until you scored,
Speaker 1: till you got to the sideline and just kind of
Speaker 1: was what was going through your head through the whole play. Well,
Speaker 1: if we broke the huddle, Carson said, get ready, so
Speaker 1: I knew it was a gift shot. He was gonna
Speaker 1: throw the ball to me. So came off the line,
Speaker 1: kind of beat the corner, just do what I do
Speaker 1: every day in practice, and um, we just executed. Um.
Speaker 1: At first, I actually lost the ball, but since Carson
Speaker 1: gave me a great throw, UM, I was able to
Speaker 1: locate it and was running bread basket. So we came
Speaker 1: with a touchdown. We have time for two Morris, We'll
Speaker 1: go Nick and then Daniel um Travis Moore on that play.
Speaker 1: When Carson was talking about he said, you were only
Speaker 1: repped at one time. You know, at practice all week
Speaker 1: you hit on it, but you only repped at one time.
Speaker 1: How unusual is it, you know, to go to a
Speaker 1: play like that with the game on the line. And
Speaker 1: have you ever been you know, having experienced doing something
Speaker 1: like that before, you know, college level, high school level.
Speaker 1: I mean, for me, that's a regular play. The balls
Speaker 1: in the air, sea ball, go get it. But m
Speaker 1: me and Carson, I mean the first play we did
Speaker 1: in practice, it was perfect. So we just had to
Speaker 1: do the same thing again, all right, Daniel, Carson had
Speaker 1: a lot of success down the stretch last year with
Speaker 1: kind of you know, guys coming up from the practice
Speaker 1: squad a lot and moving parts. You know, you're a
Speaker 1: guy that came in made a big play. What does
Speaker 1: Carson do you know to build that chemistry, you know,
Speaker 1: with guys like you to be able to do this
Speaker 1: right away. Well throughout practice we're getting extra work after practice,
Speaker 1: we're in next to work, and you know, he said,
Speaker 1: the confidence in us, and you know, with that we're
Speaker 1: able to just play our game, not worry about other things,
Speaker 1: you know, just trusting our quarterback. Thanks Travis. Thanks. That's
Speaker 1: wide receiver Travis Fulgham, who has two NFL catches in
Speaker 1: his career, one of them a forty one yard toe
Speaker 1: tapping touchdown from Carson Wentz, a critical play in the
Speaker 1: game tonight as the Eagles take down the forty nine
Speaker 1: ers on the West Coast. And we are continuing to
Speaker 1: keep keep it covered here for you, waiting for players
Speaker 1: to take the podium and great stuff there from Fulham.
Speaker 1: And okay, so we have Jordan Malata ready to go.
Speaker 1: Oh nope, it's Crave on the blanc Thany Craven. Thanks
Speaker 1: for taking a time. We'll get started with Bow and
Speaker 1: then Days and Yarrow. Crave, no bottle caps on your
Speaker 1: performance tonight, Um, tell us about that the big play
Speaker 1: and the force and the fumble and coming back from
Speaker 1: the play that you would ge even up down the
Speaker 1: field to kill man. I gave up the I gave
Speaker 1: up one against Kittles, a great player, phenomenal player. You know,
Speaker 1: it happens to the best of us. I knew I
Speaker 1: had to go out there and make a play. And
Speaker 1: that play that I made end up changing the course
Speaker 1: of the game, so had the defense real height, went
Speaker 1: out there and finished with a big dub, big dub.
Speaker 1: Even then Jeff McClean, he take me through the forest
Speaker 1: fumble there? What were you seeing coming on that blitz?
Speaker 1: And did you think you had a chance to get
Speaker 1: the ball free? Um? Actually, I think they motioned kittles
Speaker 1: on the right side into a bunch and I stayed
Speaker 1: backside and I came once I came off the edge
Speaker 1: up under the d n the guard seeing me late,
Speaker 1: I bent the corner on I'm smoothed my shoulder seeing
Speaker 1: the quarterback still had the ball in his hand, and
Speaker 1: realized that I still had time to get there and
Speaker 1: end up just uh stretching out of making him play.
Speaker 1: Jeff and then Martin Strap, you guys had a lot
Speaker 1: of injuries in the secondary, the cornerbacks. I think I
Speaker 1: can't hear him. Can you hear me say it again? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I say it again. You broke up a little bit.
Speaker 1: It again, you broke up a little bit right now there,
Speaker 1: Hey craive von um didn't just talk about what it
Speaker 1: was like without you know, the moving parts on defense,
Speaker 1: guys planning in different positions, and how how you guys
Speaker 1: were able to kind of hold it together for the
Speaker 1: most part. I mean, Jim, Jim see us all as
Speaker 1: exes out there, man. We all played multiple positions. Like
Speaker 1: I always say, Jay played corner, he played dome, he
Speaker 1: played safety. I played corner, I played dome, Nicol Dollar,
Speaker 1: Rod played quarter dime safety. So it's a it's a
Speaker 1: lot of moving parts to it, and that's the phenomenal
Speaker 1: part about it that we can we're all interchangeable. Well,
Speaker 1: one day here with John McMahon pay shop, we had
Speaker 1: talked all week about with you and a number of
Speaker 1: the other defensive players about creating turnovers, not only yours
Speaker 1: but also Rodney was able to get one and obviously
Speaker 1: the big pick six by Alex. What did it mean
Speaker 1: that defense to sort of get that whole process going
Speaker 1: start taking the football ware, man, It means a lot.
Speaker 1: We pride ourselves on turnovers, especially it starts in practice.
Speaker 1: We set a goal we try to get three turnovers
Speaker 1: in practice, weekend and week out, and the goal was
Speaker 1: to win this football game. But we knew we had
Speaker 1: to come out with some turnovers in order in order
Speaker 1: to win in this game, and that's exactly what we did.
Speaker 1: Alice would do with the pig six ride with the
Speaker 1: pig and me with the strip set. So we end
Speaker 1: up getting three right there and we end up doing
Speaker 1: our job to see to do Thanks all right, Love
Speaker 1: that got the three takeaways, which is the goal every week.
Speaker 1: And of course Craigon mentioning his strip sack of forty
Speaker 1: nine Ers quarterback Nick mullins a critical play Malik Jackson
Speaker 1: with the fumble recovery that was with about ten minutes
Speaker 1: to go in the game with the Eagles down three,
Speaker 1: so a huge momentum changer. All right, we are about
Speaker 1: to hear now from Jordan Malatta, who just made his
Speaker 1: first start in the NFL. Hey, Jordan, Chicken the time.
Speaker 1: We'll get started with Nick Fierro and then Paul don Lunch. Hi,
Speaker 1: Jordan's watching you a little bit before you went out there,
Speaker 1: just wondering how you felt going into your first start.
Speaker 1: Were you nervous at all? You feel like you were prepared?
Speaker 1: How do you feel like you played? I gotta give first,
Speaker 1: I gotta give special thanks to U Joe Osman this week.
Speaker 1: Joe really really worked me join all the reps this week,
Speaker 1: and I feel like he prepared me for this game. Um,
Speaker 1: even when I didn't know I was starting, he worked,
Speaker 1: He worked me, made sure that I was getting a
Speaker 1: good look, make sure I was getting off off the ball,
Speaker 1: getting on the snap cadence as well. So yeah, hats
Speaker 1: off to Joey Osman smoking Joe Um. Of course, first
Speaker 1: game starting, I had a little bit of jitnis, but
Speaker 1: once that first drib was over, it was gone. I
Speaker 1: felt like I was at home, and yeah it was.
Speaker 1: It was great to get this dubh And then Zach Burman,
Speaker 1: where Zach, if you already jump in there, Hey Jordan,
Speaker 1: this past week, how would you describe how it went
Speaker 1: into in terms of the uncertainty with Jason Peters? When
Speaker 1: did't you find out you were going to start? I mean,
Speaker 1: like I was saying earlier, UM, I really just prepared
Speaker 1: like I am starting, just in case. We're a big
Speaker 1: next man up mentality team, so you know, you never
Speaker 1: know what could happen in this game of football. So
Speaker 1: one thing I've learned the last three year is being
Speaker 1: here and how I found out. It's kind of just
Speaker 1: a feeling. I walked in and on Saturday morning, and
Speaker 1: everyone was like, yeah, you're up. So that was pretty
Speaker 1: much it, and I was like, cool, let's do it
Speaker 1: all on the Martin Jordan, that second quarter false start
Speaker 1: could have bothered you and stayed with you. Didn't seem
Speaker 1: too though. You seem to put it behind you and
Speaker 1: move on after that. Yeah, I bothered me. It was
Speaker 1: like Cannon said, I was unfamiliar with So I gotta
Speaker 1: work on that one a bit more at practice. But um,
Speaker 1: you know we're big. You know our teammates stressed out
Speaker 1: all the time. You're focused for four seconds and then
Speaker 1: next play mentality that that's pretty much it. So after
Speaker 1: that that play, I had to just think about the
Speaker 1: next play and not worry about it. With this last
Speaker 1: question and go ahead, Martin and Jordan. Um, you're obviously
Speaker 1: starting in place of a guy Jason Peters, who you know,
Speaker 1: it's been in the league for seventeen years, probably started
Speaker 1: close to like two hundred games and everything. I mean,
Speaker 1: did you feel some extra pressure like trying to replace
Speaker 1: a guy like that? I mean, how did you How
Speaker 1: did you approach that, I'm not trying to fill anyone's boots.
Speaker 1: I'm trying to make my own boots. You know, that's
Speaker 1: the one thing I came here to do, trying to
Speaker 1: put some respect on my name in and and tell
Speaker 1: people that I d' rug to play anymore. I'm a footballer,
Speaker 1: so that's one thing for me, And I'm glad I
Speaker 1: have guys like JP and Lane Johnson who coached me
Speaker 1: up on the sideline, who coached me up every day
Speaker 1: at practice and make me a better player and person.
Speaker 1: So my hat's off to the thanks Jordan. After Jordan
Speaker 1: Malatta's first NFL start, he gives credit to Lane Johnson,
Speaker 1: to Jason Peters, and to Joe Osman for giving him
Speaker 1: some good work at practice this week. Love to hear that.
Speaker 1: A great teammate. Indeed, all right, we are going to
Speaker 1: take a quick break on the other side, will continue
Speaker 1: to discuss this as well as the Rika review the
Speaker 1: nominees for Toyota Player of the Week. Stay with us,
Speaker 1: all right, Great to have you with us here on
Speaker 1: the postgame Show presented by Rico as we continue to
Speaker 1: break down a Philadelphia Eagles win twenty five to twenty
Speaker 1: over the San Francisco forty nine ers, putting them in
Speaker 1: first place in the NFC East. All right, Tonight's subject
Speaker 1: of the Rico Review a Carson Wentz rushing touchdown. Wentz
Speaker 1: getting it done with his legs in this one to
Speaker 1: put the team on its back will the Eagles to
Speaker 1: a win. Here is fran Duffy with the Rico Review
Speaker 1: on Carson Wentz's rushing touchdown. It's on that very next
Speaker 1: play after the Sanders catching run, you're gonna see a
Speaker 1: touchdown run from Carson Wentz on an inside zone read
Speaker 1: where you're gonna get the offensive line all flowing to
Speaker 1: the right on zone blocking. You're gonna get Boston Scott.
Speaker 1: He's gonna carry out the run as if he's gonna
Speaker 1: get this football. All Carson Wentz has to do is
Speaker 1: read this defensive end. If he stays outside, you hand
Speaker 1: the ball off to Scott. If he rashes in too
Speaker 1: far of tempting to tackle the running back, well now
Speaker 1: you keep the ball and you get into the back.
Speaker 1: Now what you'll see defenses doe is typically if this
Speaker 1: guy is going to really overcommit, you want to scrape
Speaker 1: a second level defender over the top to protect against
Speaker 1: the quarterback keeper. But here you can see not only
Speaker 1: is the defensive end aggressive, but the linebacker is nosy
Speaker 1: as well, so the only guy back to fill in
Speaker 1: the backside is that safety who is now going to
Speaker 1: be one on one with Carson Wentz. We're gonna take
Speaker 1: the snap. Here, you're gonna see Carson Wentz. He's gonna
Speaker 1: read that d N season crashing, gets up to the
Speaker 1: second level, makes that safety look silly in the hole,
Speaker 1: and he runs in to get the Eagles on the
Speaker 1: board and they take the lead six to nothing. Now
Speaker 1: is your chance to vote for the Toyota Player of
Speaker 1: the Week. Go to Philadelphia Eagles dot com slash Toyota
Speaker 1: Player of the Week to cast your vote and get
Speaker 1: a chance at a brand new Toyota. Today's nominees wide
Speaker 1: receiver Travitz Bulgam, cornerback Chris von LeBlanc, and of course
Speaker 1: quarterback Carson Wentz. Guys, we can make an argument for
Speaker 1: all three of these guys tonight. It is a tough
Speaker 1: call which way I'm going. I'm still deciding right now.
Speaker 1: I think I have to go with Carson Wentz. I
Speaker 1: think I have to go with Carson Wentz because that
Speaker 1: throw to fulgum Man, when that ball left his hand,
Speaker 1: I about stood up out of my chair. I didn't
Speaker 1: even see where the receiver was but the way it
Speaker 1: left his hand. You know, you just have that feeling
Speaker 1: when you look at that kind of play. I ca'll
Speaker 1: start with you. Who's your pick out of these three? Wow?
Speaker 1: I tell you it's hard. It's hard to not vote
Speaker 1: for Carson and what he was able to do tonight
Speaker 1: by putting this offense on his bag. But I gotta
Speaker 1: get some love to the defense. I gotta get Craig
Speaker 1: von LeBlanc the game ball to night. I think that
Speaker 1: that sack, that fumble when the Eagles were down by three,
Speaker 1: which led to the Fogum touchdown, was a huge, huge
Speaker 1: play in this game, really turned a game for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: So I gotta go Craig man la Blant gets some
Speaker 1: love to the defense tonight. In the most predictable part
Speaker 1: of the night, I picked the defensive player for Toyota
Speaker 1: Player of the Week. What about you, friend, Oh, I'm
Speaker 1: just surprised he didn't go with the let the pronco
Speaker 1: book to me, like, I think I'm gonna give this
Speaker 1: to Carson because you know, Ike you mentioned it earlier.
Speaker 1: He just looked more like himself tonight. You know you
Speaker 1: saw him out in the move and that was great,
Speaker 1: you know, but I think to me, the ball came
Speaker 1: out of his hand, well, he was definitely more accurate
Speaker 1: than we've seen him at any point so far in
Speaker 1: this young season. Here tonight, in the biggest moment in
Speaker 1: the game that the Eagles needed to have, they come
Speaker 1: out on top, and he, you know, in a lot
Speaker 1: of ways, helped will will them to victory that drive
Speaker 1: that ended with the Foldam touchdown, just for them to
Speaker 1: be able to bounce back and show that resiliency after
Speaker 1: two huge plays that could have cratered the drive with
Speaker 1: negative plays in the backfield, and he's able to still
Speaker 1: get them back and get them into the end zone.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give this one a number eleven. Well, and
Speaker 1: one point that I don't want to let go on
Speaker 1: set as we talk about, you know, injecting some life,
Speaker 1: injecting some juice into this offense, and Doug Peterson saying
Speaker 1: he was going to try some different things. I thought
Speaker 1: he called a brilliantly creative game, especially given the personnel
Speaker 1: and the injury limitations. But I don't think it should
Speaker 1: be understated how important that going for two was in
Speaker 1: the first quarter, because to me, when you're talking about
Speaker 1: giving some momentum. When you're setting that tone right out
Speaker 1: of the gate, that is going to give momentum. And
Speaker 1: then of course we saw him go for it on
Speaker 1: the fourth and fourth later that turned into a score
Speaker 1: as well. So a lot of credit to Doug Peterson
Speaker 1: on that aggressiveness and just how much that fires up
Speaker 1: a team as well. All right, let's shift gears to
Speaker 1: next week's game the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are now coming
Speaker 1: off an unexpected by after their game this week was
Speaker 1: moved to their bye week later in the season. I
Speaker 1: do want to get both of your thoughts on this opponent,
Speaker 1: one of the best defenses in the NFL. Ike, what
Speaker 1: do you think about Pittsburgh. Yeah, it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: tough one, you know, just like tonight's game out in
Speaker 1: San Francisco, going up against this defense, they don't give
Speaker 1: you a lot of big plays. Eagles were able to
Speaker 1: hit the one big play to folk them and get
Speaker 1: the touchdown. Take it up a notch when you talk
Speaker 1: about going out to Pitchburg and taking on that defense
Speaker 1: and obviously a future Hall of Fame quarterback as opposed
Speaker 1: to having Nick Mullins or C. J. Bethard at the
Speaker 1: quarterback position. Ben Roethlisberger will be a different beast they
Speaker 1: have to take on. But this is gonna be an
Speaker 1: uphill client for this team. They've dug themselves a little
Speaker 1: bit of a hole here, so you know, they gotta
Speaker 1: dig themselves out of it. It's gonna take a lot
Speaker 1: of what they did tonight again next week. And what
Speaker 1: I mean by that, you're gonna need a collective effort
Speaker 1: all three phases of the game. You're gonna need another
Speaker 1: good game plan from Doug Peterson and Jim Schwartz. But
Speaker 1: it's it's not impossible to go out there and beat Pitchburgh.
Speaker 1: So the Eagles just need to make sure they don't
Speaker 1: beat themselves and give themselves a chance late in this
Speaker 1: game against Pittsburgh One. What wasn't expected even just a
Speaker 1: couple of days ago, was that the Steelers would have
Speaker 1: some extra time to prepare for the Eagles. And of course,
Speaker 1: big Ben back and healthy this year, playing at a
Speaker 1: very high level friend in this offense. Yeah, and of
Speaker 1: course we'll be talking all about this matchup this week.
Speaker 1: I Crease will be on Eagles game plants. We'll check
Speaker 1: out for that later this week on Philadelphiagles dot Com
Speaker 1: will be covering it on the Eagle Line the Sky
Speaker 1: podcast as well on Tuesday morning. But I think when
Speaker 1: you look at this Steelers team, it's one of the
Speaker 1: best defenses in the NFL. They are extremely, extremely aggressive,
Speaker 1: a ton of blitz packages, very multiple in the back
Speaker 1: end in terms of their coverages. They've got playmakers to
Speaker 1: create turnovers, and then offensively, you know, it's a power
Speaker 1: run game. They're trying to go smash mouth right right
Speaker 1: up the gut, and then they're gonna try and create
Speaker 1: big plays down the field. Chase Claypool, the rookie second
Speaker 1: round pick, has been making plays for them at the
Speaker 1: wide receiver position. They've got some other young guys in
Speaker 1: that receiving corps well. With Big Ben healthy, they were
Speaker 1: able to throw it a little bit. So obviously, coming
Speaker 1: off the week arrest, it's a matchup we'll be talking
Speaker 1: about a lot here this week, yes, all week as well,
Speaker 1: and of course we will be right back here next
Speaker 1: week to break it all down for you on the
Speaker 1: Kickoff Show presented by Exalta. That'll be a twelve fifteen
Speaker 1: Eastern forty five minutes before the kickoff of the Eagles
Speaker 1: at the Pittsburgh Steelers. But tonight, or shall I say
Speaker 1: this morning, let's enjoy this great win, first place in
Speaker 1: the NFC East. You got what twenty four hours before
Speaker 1: you look to the next one. We got a little
Speaker 1: time to celebrate, all right, everyone, have a wonderful night,
Speaker 1: enjoy this win. We will be looking ahead to Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: all week, and we will see you next week. On
Speaker 1: the Kickoff Show, a scientist