WEBVTT - Postgame Show: Eagles Win 17-9 vs the Cowboys 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:07.080 Eagles Entertainment. The fireworks are going off at Lincoln Financial 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:11.080 Field as the Eagles have beaten the Cowboys seventeen to nine, 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:14.360 your final score and taking control of the NFC East. 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:17.280 Thanks for joining us on the postgame show, presented by 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:20.400 Rico Amy Campbell as always, joined by Fran Duffy and 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:24.759 Ike Reas. Good moods in here today. There's going to 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:27.680 be a party in South Philadelphia tonight. Ike will start 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:30.920 with you. Initial thoughts here, A lot of excitement for this. 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:34.280 A massive win, yeah, obviously a big win, you know, 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:37.440 waiting for the past three or four weeks to get 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:41.040 to this game, having it mean something. Obviously the NFC 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:44.040 East lead online Eagle still got a little bit of 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:46.320 work to do next week versus the New York Giants, 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:50.320 but this was the game they had to have at home, undermanned, 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:53.159 going up against this Dallas Cowboy team that's coming off 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:55.640 a big victory last week against the Los Angeles Rounds 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:59.160 where they put up forty four points at home. Eagles 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:03.960 underdogs at home. I mentioned undermanned in this game offensively, 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:06.760 really just a gutsy win. Man. When we get to 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:10.000 the keys of the game, I'll just jump out there early. 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:13.319 Just an awesome job by Doug Peterson. Yeah, getting this 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:18.839 team ready to play today. Great game plan called Jim Schwartz. Also, 0:01:19.480 --> 0:01:22.080 awesome job on a defensive side of the ball. This 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:25.560 is the number one offense in the NFL. I just 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.319 mentioned they scored forty four last week versus the Rams, 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:30.440 and the fact that they're able to hold this team 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:34.200 the three field goals today, man coaches, Awesome job by 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:37.039 the coaches today. Awesome. Felt like you could really see 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:40.200 the disparity in the coaching just the way these two 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:42.400 games were called. And so much credit to Doug Peterson, 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:44.360 which I definitely want to get into here, But Fran, 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:46.959 let's get to your initial reaction off this one. I mean, 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:50.080 just there's so much you mentioned Doug Peterson with what 0:01:50.120 --> 0:01:52.640 he did offensively, with the game plan. You took that 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:55.440 pass rush out of the game. You're worried about DeMarcus 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:58.200 Lawrence going up against Hallapoolavati Vitie. What do we hear 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:00.320 Lawrence's name? Once twice in this game. They to move 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:02.560 him around. He was rotated in and out. They did 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.440 an awesome job just keeping that Dallas defensive front on 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.360 their toes. Guys, I mean, you saw play action, misdirection, 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:10.360 you saw a mix in of tempo, we saw the 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.680 screen game, we saw wildcat, we saw plenty of play action. 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:17.080 Unbelievable job offensively and then defensively. Look, I know it 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:19.480 was scary at the end. So this was the number 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:22.760 one third down offense in football. They went three of 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:26.680 fourteen on third down today. Like, awesome job by that 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:30.480 Eagles defense, Absolutely awesome, And I think when we look 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:33.600 at this offense, it was almost the story to me 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:35.960 of this game was just you continue to have this 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.600 next man up mentality and see that the Eagles had 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:42.160 been doing so much when another player goes down, another 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:44.680 player goes down. We saw zach Ertsmith time, and this 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.959 one we saw, like you said, Greg Ward and the Wildcat. 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:51.040 There just so many different things that Doug Peterson had 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:55.079 to creatively do and it worked against this Dallas defense. Today. Man, 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:58.760 I'm thinking back on this game and I'm thinking about 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.880 the play call in the first two drives of this 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:05.200 game where they just had the Cowboys on their heels, 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:07.520 Eagles able to go down and get points on the 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:11.000 first two drives of the game, and credits are Doug 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:14.240 getting these guys ready to go and really trusting them. Right, 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:16.360 there's no way around it. He was gonna have to 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:20.320 utilize these young guys, and great job of Carson trusting 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:24.240 these young guys. Grig Ward another awesome job today catching 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:26.760 the ball, and then really the best game of Dallas 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:30.320 Goddard's career, I thought today, just a nice job being 0:03:30.880 --> 0:03:33.560 that go to guy for Carson. Zach banged up a 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:36.760 little bit when he got stretched out earlier in the game, 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:40.280 and really I think what they did was flipped Goddard 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.840 and arts as far as the rolls with the tight 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:46.520 ends because Dallas became really the featured guy, and I 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.720 think Zach was out there trying to gut his way 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:51.880 through that rib injury today, so hats off to him 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:54.840 as well. This is how important the game was. Derek Barnett, 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:57.280 you know, not being able to play the last couple 0:03:57.280 --> 0:03:59.520 of weeks, didn't really practice all week out. There would 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:02.280 a hurt giving them something. This was one of those 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:05.320 games where you were going to need everyone to chip in, 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:07.480 and they got it done today. One of the biggest 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:09.600 storylines coming into this game was this is going to 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:12.400 be the biggest game of Carson Wentz's career, right This 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:15.880 is gonna be a career defining moment for him. Coming 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:18.320 into this season, he had never played a game like this, 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.800 never lose, a winner, go home kind of situation, and 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:23.960 that's exactly what he had here today. Where did he 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:26.600 go thirty one to forty over three hundred yards and 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.839 a touchdown. I thought Carson Wentz was outstanding today. He 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.560 had a couple of big runs, avoided sacks. He did 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:35.880 an outstanding job today, again with a limited cast, because 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:38.159 not only was Zach Kertz out for majority this game. 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:40.640 J j Arthega Whiteside was in and out of the lineup. 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:42.320 They had a number of injuries on the offensive side 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:45.400 of the football. No Lane Johnson once again, what can 0:04:45.400 --> 0:04:48.120 you say about number eleven? Yeah? What? What? What a 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:52.280 run He has been on really since the Miami Dolphins 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.480 game where I think he started to find his mojo, 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:59.440 carried that into an outstanding week Monday night against the Giants. 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:01.880 We all what that win was, and then last week 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:05.400 versus Washington for him, you said it this game, he 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:09.200 even I knew once he acknowledged that this was the 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:11.680 biggest game of his career, he was gonna have a 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:14.680 good game. It's one thing to run away from that title, right, 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:16.640 the biggest game of your career, because you want to 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:19.120 sort of downplay it because you don't know what the 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.320 outcome of it was going to be. But he early 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:24.320 in the week acknowledged it. Seemed to me like he 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:28.040 embraced the moment, was looking forward to the moment, missed 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.120 out on the opportunity to play in these type of 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:32.559 games two years ago, and I think he was itching 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.040 to get back in this moment. And this you said 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:37.839 was a playoff game, This was a playoff game for him. 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.600 They lose today, season is over with next week may 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:43.200 as well be a preseason game. It did not matter 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:45.640 if they lost today. This was a win or your 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.599 season is over type of game. So I think he 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:51.640 did a nice job answering the bell in his first 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:55.760 sort of do or die game. Yeah yeah, I want 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:58.080 to get into some of Carson's numbers and break down 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:00.360 that game a little bit more from his first active 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:03.760 But Dave Spanera standing by from Lincoln Financial Field, Dave, 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:06.440 I cannot even imagine what the vibes are like in 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.159 there right now? Just what is the energy like in 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:11.640 that place? Are people I can see kind of behind you? 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:13.960 People are starting to leave, but I imagine there's going 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.520 to be a party in South Philadelphia, so no doubt 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.359 about it. I mean, what a great crowd. Energy was 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.679 awesome the whole way through, and you know, the Eagles 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:26.359 played into that energy. I asked somebody before the game's 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:28.200 kind of one of my routines, how are we gonna 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.600 win this game today? He said, We're gonna punch him 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:32.560 in the mouth. We're gonna beat them physically. And that's 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:34.920 what the Eagles really did today. They went toe to 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:38.760 toe with the Dallas Cowboys, particularly on the defensive side. 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:41.640 They didn't get to Dak Prescott a ton early on, 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:43.120 though they got to him here and there, and it 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:46.200 was obvious that Prescott wasn't quite as sharp. Have you 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:48.520 not practiced all week as he'd been in the past. 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:52.479 What a great job the defense did physically against the 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:55.760 most physical running back in the league, Ezekiel Elliott and 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:59.320 the offense Carson Wentz. You talked about it, Fran and 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:04.799 Ike and Aim, the poise, the smart decision making, didn't 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:08.240 force his throws, ate the football when it wasn't there, 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:10.960 ran when there were opportunities to run a couple of 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:14.360 design runs. I love the wildcat look with Greg Ward 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:16.720 in the backfield. A good bit of innovation there. So 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:20.600 the Eagles, I mean they dragged out everything in their playbook. 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:24.800 The place here was jumping. What a great Eagles victory today. 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:29.840 One of the all timers. Defensive struggle in Week sixteen. Yeah, 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.280 I love it, Dave. I want to stay on this 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:33.680 side of the ball, man. The defense, in my opinion, 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:36.320 really came out and set the tone. I know the 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:38.360 offense got the ball first and went down and picked 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:41.800 up points, but the way the defense played, particularly in 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:45.120 that first half when the offense stalled, I think really 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:48.280 really set the tone for this game. Just talk about 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:51.440 the job Malcolm Jenkins did today. I thought Malcolm was 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:54.080 everywhere out there on the field, making big stops on 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:57.880 Ezekiel Elliott. Really a great job from Jim Schwartz with 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:01.160 a great game plan against US Cowboys office where he 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:06.239 had struggled in the past. Absolutely, Malcolm Jenkins reached deep 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.960 two days after his thirty second birthday and came up 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:13.360 with an enormous amount of energy. He was quick to 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:17.400 the football again. He was physical with Ezekiel Elliott, who 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:20.040 did not He didn't run over players like he's done 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.960 in the past. Here, the Eagles really didn't let Elliot. 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:25.600 A couple runs to the left side got downhill, but 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:27.560 for the most part they got to Elliott when they 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:29.560 had to in the backfield, slowed him down a little bit. 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:34.240 And the versatility of Malcolm Jenkins in his defense really 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:37.280 paying off today. Jim Schwartz moving him around, putting him 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:40.079 in positions where he could have an impact in short 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:44.040 yardage areas, and Malcolm delivered. I thought Avante Maddox was 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:47.640 great in coverage. The Eagles overcame injuries to Jalen Mills. 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:51.160 Fletcher Cox is out there playing with one arm. The Eagles, 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:54.160 they just kept coming and coming and coming defensively, never 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:57.920 lost their their sense of unity. No blown assignments today, 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:01.360 they tackled well best defensive performance of the season from 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.600 an Eagles team that is so much different defensively at 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:07.840 Lincoln Financial Field than they've been on the road. Eagles 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:11.600 really brought their a game defensively tonight. Yeah thirteen carries 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.880 forty forty seven yards, three point six yards for Carrie 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.840 for Ezekiel Elliot. This defense really did the job against 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:19.800 one of the best running backs in the NFL. Dave, 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:21.800 take us through the next step now, and you're so 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.400 tied in to this locker room, to this coaching staff. 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.080 What does this mean now going into week seventeen? We 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:29.560 know what the playoff scenario is now win and we're 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:32.120 in What does this mean now for the mood of 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.679 this locker room going into this week? I mean, certainly 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:38.800 the entire city is energized. Eagles everywhere are energized. Now. 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:40.920 The key here is Doug. Usually, I believe Doug will 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:43.640 give them Monday and Tuesday off, get them back for 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:47.160 a walk through on Wednesday. It's very important to get 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:50.800 everybody who's banged up treatment right away and get those 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:53.920 emotional reserves going against won't be an easy game on 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:58.280 Sunday against the Giants team that's rookie quarterback Daniel Jones 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:01.560 through five touchdown passes today to beat the Redskins, So 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:04.240 it'll be a tough one in MetLife Stadium. But you 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:06.800 feel like this team has come such a long way 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:10.760 here in these last three games, led by a quarterback 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:14.319 who is just not making mistakes and an offense that 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.439 trusts that it can run the football and match up 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:19.960 and go toe to toe with a playoff game on 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.840 the line next week. It's just hard to see the 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:26.240 Eagles coming out flat emotionally, So Fran I think Dougs 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:29.319 first thing is get the players back physically, get them 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.160 back emotionally, and then later in the week get ready 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:33.880 for a Giants team that you just saw a month ago. 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.000 All Right, Dave, I know that locker room is probably 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:40.120 gonna be very exciting tonight, so we will catch up 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.080 with you a little bit later. Thanks. All right, thanks guys, 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:46.480 very good perspective there about looking ahead, and of course 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.480 we are gonna keep breaking down this game and not 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:50.559 look ahead too much until a little bit later. But 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.560 let's talk about the path to the playoffs for the Eagles. Essentially, 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:57.280 a win next week seals the deal for Philadelphia. If 0:10:57.280 --> 0:10:59.760 they lose next week against the Giants, then also the 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:03.040 Boys would need to lose to Washington in order for 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:05.800 the Eagles to advance. The Eagles will not advance if 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:09.319 they lose and Dallas wins next week. So really, again, 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:12.839 controlling their own destiny. Like we've been saying all season long, 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:15.640 and I think well said by Dave, to not overlook 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:19.160 this Giants team, a Giants team that this Eagles team 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:22.840 had success against earlier. But let's go back to Carson 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:26.079 Wentz and how he is just continuing to get hotter 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:28.480 and hotter. How do you build on a performance like 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:30.040 this today? Friend? To me, you know, one of the 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:31.680 big things that stood out to me, guys, was that 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:34.439 watching that team early. You know Wentz, I know, thirty 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:36.440 one to forty on the day, but a couple of 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:39.440 those catches were big time catches by his guys. That 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.640 wasn't just you know all automatic screen passes and guys 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:44.800 were wide open. J. J R. Thiga whites I first 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:46.959 play of the game made an outstanding catch over the 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:48.600 middle of the field. Later in the jive on third 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:51.199 and long makes a diving catch to the sideline that 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:53.720 cut the Dallas Godder made was a great throw by Wentz, 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:54.880 but he had to go up and get it. He 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.600 was a big time catch. Seeing those guys come back 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.400 and make plays, that's building confidence for those guys only 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:03.520 receiving it. So you're talking great Ward Dallas Good or J. J. 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:06.160 Arth thiegl whiteside that whole group. We know that Carson 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:09.360 Wentz has faith in guys like zach Ertz, but building 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:11.040 faith on the rest with the rest of those guys, 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:13.920 it's gonna be huge down the stretch. How about going 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:17.360 back to Dallas on the same play they missed earlier 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:20.160 where they weren't on the right page, on the key 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:23.640 third down right there on that final drive, he gives 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.120 that ball to Dallas. I mean it is a dime 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:28.600 the Dallas is able to catch there. So that goes 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:31.720 right to your point of just building trust with those guys. 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:34.640 They were on sort of not on the same page 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:36.880 early in the game. They obviously went to the sideline, 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:39.560 talked it out, and Carson came back to him in 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.200 a clutch situation late in the game. Well, and I 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.280 thought it was very well said by Dave that Carson 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:47.360 played mistake free football, took care of the football, didn't 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:49.760 throw any interceptions, have that one fumble, but recovered his 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:52.840 own fumble very quickly. And one of our guys watching 0:12:52.880 --> 0:12:54.280 the game with us was like, I don't think it 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:57.600 should count if he recovers his own football. It's still goals, 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.520 but it's still gas. But did a really good job 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:02.440 taking here in the ball. And tell me if you 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:05.199 guys are seeing this, because it almost reminds me of 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:07.400 last year when Nick Foles came in and it was 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:11.360 like he had this chemistry with these with these pass 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:14.360 catchers around him that maybe Carson didn't have with those guys. 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.560 But now is it that Carson has that chemistry with 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:19.839 these guys. Maybe these are the guys that he's kind 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:21.520 of finding that vibe with a little bit more. I 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:24.040 don't know, there's just there's something about that connection that 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:26.280 almost reminds me of the Nick Foles effect last year 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.280 with some of the guys that we're catching those passes 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:30.880 from him. Success is funny like that. I mean, how 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.120 you're having success and it's easy to kind of build 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.400 chemistry and everybody to get happy and then you know, 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:37.360 kind of buy yeah. I think that that really helps 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:38.840 in this scenario when you're you know, we're now on 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.480 a three game win streak, all three games coming within 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:43.840 the division. It's easy for everybody now to say, all right, 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:45.640 let's go, We're ready to go. And I think that's 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.160 kind of what we're seeing here. That's true. Seeing is believing, 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:51.160 all right. Dave Spinnaro caught up with Rodney McLeod after 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:54.520 the win to hear about stopping this Dallas offensive attack. 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:58.360 Let's hear from David Rodney Build insider Dave Spinnarro with 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:02.000 safety Rodney mccle out and Rodney, what a great defensive 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:05.839 effort you shut down Ezekiel Elliott. What worked out there? Man, 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.199 You gotta get credit to the first seven man battle 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:12.040 all night. You know what I'm saying, physical game and 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.880 we showed up, man, and it paid all tonight. How 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:18.000 much of the emotion from the fans here Lincoln Financial 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.400 Field helped the cost today? Oh? Man, Yeah, it was 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.280 rockets since the first play man. We couldn't do it 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:25.640 without DC. You know, fans out here tonight. You know 0:14:25.680 --> 0:14:26.880 what I'm saying, We're gonna need him. You know what 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:28.280 I'm saying when we bring this name back for the 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:30.840 playoffs man Division a round. You know, we gotta win 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:33.360 next week, but I gotta feel that we're gonna be 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.760 here one win to go in the Eagles, the NFC 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:39.160 East champions. Rodney, thanks so much, appreciate you. Rodney McCloud 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:42.880 Eagles safety. Yes, you gotta love the energy from those guys. 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:45.280 I also love Greg Ward in the back of that shot. 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:47.800 That is the best part of a VP as well. Yes, 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:49.440 I mean they're just having the time of their lives. 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:50.840 I love it. Let's talk a little bit more about 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:54.040 that defense and overcoming all of those injuries that happened. 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:57.280 We saw, Look, Ronald Darby left the game, did not return, 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.320 Jalen Mills was out for a while. He came back. Letcher. 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:04.440 We weren't so sure. Pletcher plays through pain so much, 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:06.920 like it is remarkable to me. It takes a lot 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:08.600 to get that guy out of a game. And Tim 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:12.080 Durgin coming in and out, and I was expecting, like 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:14.320 I was expecting to see Dallas kind of attack. The 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.960 backup corners were Soul, Douglas and Sydney a little bit more. 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:18.960 I was expecting them to see them kind of trying 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:21.080 to attack that vulnerability there a little bit. We saw 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:22.880 it a little bit, but I felt like we saw 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:26.600 some passes drop by Dallas receivers. We saw Dak inaccurate 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:29.320 um and then they you know, they didn't they Then 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:31.280 those Eagles corners stepped up and made those plays when 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:33.960 we when they needed to. Yeah, I mean I think, 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:37.240 you know, Dak struggled throwing the ball outside the numbers right, 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:40.600 not necessarily throwing it deep. But the strength was there, 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.640 but the accuracy wasn't there. And no doubt his shoulder 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:47.120 was probably bothering him a little bit. Um their receivers 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:50.680 got behind us, yeah he did. We were fortunate on 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:54.360 some of those plays that Dak was definitely off and 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:55.720 they got to make sure. You have to make sure 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:59.200 they correct that because Daniel Jones also has a good arm, 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.360 He has a good core receivers and get the ball too, 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:04.920 so we gotta make sure we shore those things up. 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:08.000 But then our young guys, I thought they did a 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.280 better job today making plays on the ball. I mean 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:14.880 Sydney Jones coming in having to make a play there. Yeah, 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:17.800 And that's the thing I like about these young guys 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:22.400 is that they don't necessarily get down mentally when they're 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:24.880 not out there playing. It seems as if when their 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:27.600 number is called, they're ready to go out there. And 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.000 Sydney the last couple of weeks haven't had a ton 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:34.400 of snaps. He's been thrown in in difficult situations knowing 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:36.800 that that offense is gonna go right at him, and 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.480 he's come up with some nice plays. So I think 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:42.200 the young guys they're still learning. There's still some work 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:46.600 to do there, as it is with any pass defense, 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:50.040 particularly ours. We're gonna need help up front. You need 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:52.720 to get guys that can get to the quarterback. I 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.800 feel a little more comfortable next week. Daniel Jones is young. 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.320 Maybe we can throw some different coverages at him that 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:00.440 will make him hold onto that ball. But act was 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:03.040 just that wasn't going to be sacked today. He wasn't 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:05.120 going to be hit today. He got the ball out 0:17:05.160 --> 0:17:08.960 of his hands. Um, but he was inaccurate. He was 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:11.240 all there and he had what about seven drops out 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:14.960 there today? Yeah, like seven drops today, So you know, hey, 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:18.600 it's good to be on that side. We've certainly been 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:20.920 on the other side of Edgin. Some of those things 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:23.040 definitely went to our way today. Um, let's talk about 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:26.640 j j Arthega Whiteside. Two catches in that really nice 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:28.720 opening drive for the Eagles. He is one on one 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:31.879 with Eagles inside er Dave Spedero all right here on 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:35.159 the field with the rookie wide receiver jj Arthago Whiteside. 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:38.159 How's it feel to be in a playoff atmosphere like 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:41.720 it was today? Man, It's incredible. These are things that 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:44.080 you dream about as a kid, to be out in 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:47.520 front of thousands of fans millions at home and not 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:49.200 only that, but it go out here and get a win, 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:52.879 not only for us but the whole city. It's incredible. JJ. 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:56.640 The offense really moved the ball. Well, you got involved early. 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:58.280 What was the game plan coming in and what do 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:01.760 you think you guys executed. I mean, you know we're 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.560 playing Dallas, so you know we had to a little 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:07.199 bit more energy to our stuff. But you know we 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:09.639 came out we said we was gonna come out fast 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:12.200 and punch him in the mouth as soon as we could, 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:14.800 and then we're gonna go out and carry throughout the game. 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:20.480 How number eleven played, Carson wentz amazing as always, jjar 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:22.800 think on whiteside, one more to goal against the New 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:26.600 York Giants and the Eagles come back here NFC East champions. 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:30.040 Love it. Love looking at the crowd. He's soaking in 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:32.600 that moment. Love to see that from the Eagles rookie. 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:34.840 Let's get to your takeaways. What's the first one? Well, 0:18:34.840 --> 0:18:36.639 I've been talking a lot about the defense, so I 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:38.720 think we got to start there and to hold the 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:42.159 number one offense in the NFL to just three field 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:44.119 goals and keep them out of the end zone. My 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:46.639 hats off the Jim Schwartz for the game playing that 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:48.920 he came up with. I talked earlier in the week 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:52.600 on my radio show about who was under the most pressure, 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:54.879 who needed to step up the most, and Jim Schwartz 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:57.119 was the first guy. Right. I mean, in order to 0:18:57.119 --> 0:18:59.480 beat the Dallas Cowboys, you had better come up with 0:18:59.480 --> 0:19:01.480 a game play and to slow down this high powered 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:05.120 defense and slowing down Ezekiel Elliott today, a guy that's 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:08.159 averaged over one hundred and sixty yards from scrimmage against 0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:11.000 the Eagles and his five games against the Eagles. They 0:19:11.040 --> 0:19:13.560 did a nice job today. Zeke had a couple of 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:16.960 nice rounds in the second half, but nothing significant. All right, 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:19.280 let's point out that this is the first time that 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:22.320 Ezekiel Elliott has lost to the Eagles. About time, Yes, 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:24.920 it is about time. All right? Head coach Doug Peterson 0:19:25.040 --> 0:19:37.240