Speaker 1: Eagles Entertainment. The fireworks are going off at Lincoln Financial
Speaker 1: Field as the Eagles have beaten the Cowboys seventeen to nine,
Speaker 1: your final score and taking control of the NFC East.
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us on the postgame show, presented by
Speaker 1: Rico Amy Campbell as always, joined by Fran Duffy and
Speaker 1: Ike Reas. Good moods in here today. There's going to
Speaker 1: be a party in South Philadelphia tonight. Ike will start
Speaker 1: with you. Initial thoughts here, A lot of excitement for this.
Speaker 1: A massive win, yeah, obviously a big win, you know,
Speaker 1: waiting for the past three or four weeks to get
Speaker 1: to this game, having it mean something. Obviously the NFC
Speaker 1: East lead online Eagle still got a little bit of
Speaker 1: work to do next week versus the New York Giants,
Speaker 1: but this was the game they had to have at home, undermanned,
Speaker 1: going up against this Dallas Cowboy team that's coming off
Speaker 1: a big victory last week against the Los Angeles Rounds
Speaker 1: where they put up forty four points at home. Eagles
Speaker 1: underdogs at home. I mentioned undermanned in this game offensively,
Speaker 1: really just a gutsy win. Man. When we get to
Speaker 1: the keys of the game, I'll just jump out there early.
Speaker 1: Just an awesome job by Doug Peterson. Yeah, getting this
Speaker 1: team ready to play today. Great game plan called Jim Schwartz. Also,
Speaker 1: awesome job on a defensive side of the ball. This
Speaker 1: is the number one offense in the NFL. I just
Speaker 1: mentioned they scored forty four last week versus the Rams,
Speaker 1: and the fact that they're able to hold this team
Speaker 1: the three field goals today, man coaches, Awesome job by
Speaker 1: the coaches today. Awesome. Felt like you could really see
Speaker 1: the disparity in the coaching just the way these two
Speaker 1: games were called. And so much credit to Doug Peterson,
Speaker 1: which I definitely want to get into here, But Fran,
Speaker 1: let's get to your initial reaction off this one. I mean,
Speaker 1: just there's so much you mentioned Doug Peterson with what
Speaker 1: he did offensively, with the game plan. You took that
Speaker 1: pass rush out of the game. You're worried about DeMarcus
Speaker 1: Lawrence going up against Hallapoolavati Vitie. What do we hear
Speaker 1: Lawrence's name? Once twice in this game. They to move
Speaker 1: him around. He was rotated in and out. They did
Speaker 1: an awesome job just keeping that Dallas defensive front on
Speaker 1: their toes. Guys, I mean, you saw play action, misdirection,
Speaker 1: you saw a mix in of tempo, we saw the
Speaker 1: screen game, we saw wildcat, we saw plenty of play action.
Speaker 1: Unbelievable job offensively and then defensively. Look, I know it
Speaker 1: was scary at the end. So this was the number
Speaker 1: one third down offense in football. They went three of
Speaker 1: fourteen on third down today. Like, awesome job by that
Speaker 1: Eagles defense, Absolutely awesome, And I think when we look
Speaker 1: at this offense, it was almost the story to me
Speaker 1: of this game was just you continue to have this
Speaker 1: next man up mentality and see that the Eagles had
Speaker 1: been doing so much when another player goes down, another
Speaker 1: player goes down. We saw zach Ertsmith time, and this
Speaker 1: one we saw, like you said, Greg Ward and the Wildcat.
Speaker 1: There just so many different things that Doug Peterson had
Speaker 1: to creatively do and it worked against this Dallas defense. Today. Man,
Speaker 1: I'm thinking back on this game and I'm thinking about
Speaker 1: the play call in the first two drives of this
Speaker 1: game where they just had the Cowboys on their heels,
Speaker 1: Eagles able to go down and get points on the
Speaker 1: first two drives of the game, and credits are Doug
Speaker 1: getting these guys ready to go and really trusting them. Right,
Speaker 1: there's no way around it. He was gonna have to
Speaker 1: utilize these young guys, and great job of Carson trusting
Speaker 1: these young guys. Grig Ward another awesome job today catching
Speaker 1: the ball, and then really the best game of Dallas
Speaker 1: Goddard's career, I thought today, just a nice job being
Speaker 1: that go to guy for Carson. Zach banged up a
Speaker 1: little bit when he got stretched out earlier in the game,
Speaker 1: and really I think what they did was flipped Goddard
Speaker 1: and arts as far as the rolls with the tight
Speaker 1: ends because Dallas became really the featured guy, and I
Speaker 1: think Zach was out there trying to gut his way
Speaker 1: through that rib injury today, so hats off to him
Speaker 1: as well. This is how important the game was. Derek Barnett,
Speaker 1: you know, not being able to play the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks, didn't really practice all week out. There would
Speaker 1: a hurt giving them something. This was one of those
Speaker 1: games where you were going to need everyone to chip in,
Speaker 1: and they got it done today. One of the biggest
Speaker 1: storylines coming into this game was this is going to
Speaker 1: be the biggest game of Carson Wentz's career, right This
Speaker 1: is gonna be a career defining moment for him. Coming
Speaker 1: into this season, he had never played a game like this,
Speaker 1: never lose, a winner, go home kind of situation, and
Speaker 1: that's exactly what he had here today. Where did he
Speaker 1: go thirty one to forty over three hundred yards and
Speaker 1: a touchdown. I thought Carson Wentz was outstanding today. He
Speaker 1: had a couple of big runs, avoided sacks. He did
Speaker 1: an outstanding job today, again with a limited cast, because
Speaker 1: not only was Zach Kertz out for majority this game.
Speaker 1: J j Arthega Whiteside was in and out of the lineup.
Speaker 1: They had a number of injuries on the offensive side
Speaker 1: of the football. No Lane Johnson once again, what can
Speaker 1: you say about number eleven? Yeah? What? What? What a
Speaker 1: run He has been on really since the Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: game where I think he started to find his mojo,
Speaker 1: carried that into an outstanding week Monday night against the Giants.
Speaker 1: We all what that win was, and then last week
Speaker 1: versus Washington for him, you said it this game, he
Speaker 1: even I knew once he acknowledged that this was the
Speaker 1: biggest game of his career, he was gonna have a
Speaker 1: good game. It's one thing to run away from that title, right,
Speaker 1: the biggest game of your career, because you want to
Speaker 1: sort of downplay it because you don't know what the
Speaker 1: outcome of it was going to be. But he early
Speaker 1: in the week acknowledged it. Seemed to me like he
Speaker 1: embraced the moment, was looking forward to the moment, missed
Speaker 1: out on the opportunity to play in these type of
Speaker 1: games two years ago, and I think he was itching
Speaker 1: to get back in this moment. And this you said
Speaker 1: was a playoff game, This was a playoff game for him.
Speaker 1: They lose today, season is over with next week may
Speaker 1: as well be a preseason game. It did not matter
Speaker 1: if they lost today. This was a win or your
Speaker 1: season is over type of game. So I think he
Speaker 1: did a nice job answering the bell in his first
Speaker 1: sort of do or die game. Yeah yeah, I want
Speaker 1: to get into some of Carson's numbers and break down
Speaker 1: that game a little bit more from his first active
Speaker 1: But Dave Spanera standing by from Lincoln Financial Field, Dave,
Speaker 1: I cannot even imagine what the vibes are like in
Speaker 1: there right now? Just what is the energy like in
Speaker 1: that place? Are people I can see kind of behind you?
Speaker 1: People are starting to leave, but I imagine there's going
Speaker 1: to be a party in South Philadelphia, so no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. I mean, what a great crowd. Energy was
Speaker 1: awesome the whole way through, and you know, the Eagles
Speaker 1: played into that energy. I asked somebody before the game's
Speaker 1: kind of one of my routines, how are we gonna
Speaker 1: win this game today? He said, We're gonna punch him
Speaker 1: in the mouth. We're gonna beat them physically. And that's
Speaker 1: what the Eagles really did today. They went toe to
Speaker 1: toe with the Dallas Cowboys, particularly on the defensive side.
Speaker 1: They didn't get to Dak Prescott a ton early on,
Speaker 1: though they got to him here and there, and it
Speaker 1: was obvious that Prescott wasn't quite as sharp. Have you
Speaker 1: not practiced all week as he'd been in the past.
Speaker 1: What a great job the defense did physically against the
Speaker 1: most physical running back in the league, Ezekiel Elliott and
Speaker 1: the offense Carson Wentz. You talked about it, Fran and
Speaker 1: Ike and Aim, the poise, the smart decision making, didn't
Speaker 1: force his throws, ate the football when it wasn't there,
Speaker 1: ran when there were opportunities to run a couple of
Speaker 1: design runs. I love the wildcat look with Greg Ward
Speaker 1: in the backfield. A good bit of innovation there. So
Speaker 1: the Eagles, I mean they dragged out everything in their playbook.
Speaker 1: The place here was jumping. What a great Eagles victory today.
Speaker 1: One of the all timers. Defensive struggle in Week sixteen. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I love it, Dave. I want to stay on this
Speaker 1: side of the ball, man. The defense, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: really came out and set the tone. I know the
Speaker 1: offense got the ball first and went down and picked
Speaker 1: up points, but the way the defense played, particularly in
Speaker 1: that first half when the offense stalled, I think really
Speaker 1: really set the tone for this game. Just talk about
Speaker 1: the job Malcolm Jenkins did today. I thought Malcolm was
Speaker 1: everywhere out there on the field, making big stops on
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott. Really a great job from Jim Schwartz with
Speaker 1: a great game plan against US Cowboys office where he
Speaker 1: had struggled in the past. Absolutely, Malcolm Jenkins reached deep
Speaker 1: two days after his thirty second birthday and came up
Speaker 1: with an enormous amount of energy. He was quick to
Speaker 1: the football again. He was physical with Ezekiel Elliott, who
Speaker 1: did not He didn't run over players like he's done
Speaker 1: in the past. Here, the Eagles really didn't let Elliot.
Speaker 1: A couple runs to the left side got downhill, but
Speaker 1: for the most part they got to Elliott when they
Speaker 1: had to in the backfield, slowed him down a little bit.
Speaker 1: And the versatility of Malcolm Jenkins in his defense really
Speaker 1: paying off today. Jim Schwartz moving him around, putting him
Speaker 1: in positions where he could have an impact in short
Speaker 1: yardage areas, and Malcolm delivered. I thought Avante Maddox was
Speaker 1: great in coverage. The Eagles overcame injuries to Jalen Mills.
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox is out there playing with one arm. The Eagles,
Speaker 1: they just kept coming and coming and coming defensively, never
Speaker 1: lost their their sense of unity. No blown assignments today,
Speaker 1: they tackled well best defensive performance of the season from
Speaker 1: an Eagles team that is so much different defensively at
Speaker 1: Lincoln Financial Field than they've been on the road. Eagles
Speaker 1: really brought their a game defensively tonight. Yeah thirteen carries
Speaker 1: forty forty seven yards, three point six yards for Carrie
Speaker 1: for Ezekiel Elliot. This defense really did the job against
Speaker 1: one of the best running backs in the NFL. Dave,
Speaker 1: take us through the next step now, and you're so
Speaker 1: tied in to this locker room, to this coaching staff.
Speaker 1: What does this mean now going into week seventeen? We
Speaker 1: know what the playoff scenario is now win and we're
Speaker 1: in What does this mean now for the mood of
Speaker 1: this locker room going into this week? I mean, certainly
Speaker 1: the entire city is energized. Eagles everywhere are energized. Now.
Speaker 1: The key here is Doug. Usually, I believe Doug will
Speaker 1: give them Monday and Tuesday off, get them back for
Speaker 1: a walk through on Wednesday. It's very important to get
Speaker 1: everybody who's banged up treatment right away and get those
Speaker 1: emotional reserves going against won't be an easy game on
Speaker 1: Sunday against the Giants team that's rookie quarterback Daniel Jones
Speaker 1: through five touchdown passes today to beat the Redskins, So
Speaker 1: it'll be a tough one in MetLife Stadium. But you
Speaker 1: feel like this team has come such a long way
Speaker 1: here in these last three games, led by a quarterback
Speaker 1: who is just not making mistakes and an offense that
Speaker 1: trusts that it can run the football and match up
Speaker 1: and go toe to toe with a playoff game on
Speaker 1: the line next week. It's just hard to see the
Speaker 1: Eagles coming out flat emotionally, So Fran I think Dougs
Speaker 1: first thing is get the players back physically, get them
Speaker 1: back emotionally, and then later in the week get ready
Speaker 1: for a Giants team that you just saw a month ago.
Speaker 1: All Right, Dave, I know that locker room is probably
Speaker 1: gonna be very exciting tonight, so we will catch up
Speaker 1: with you a little bit later. Thanks. All right, thanks guys,
Speaker 1: very good perspective there about looking ahead, and of course
Speaker 1: we are gonna keep breaking down this game and not
Speaker 1: look ahead too much until a little bit later. But
Speaker 1: let's talk about the path to the playoffs for the Eagles. Essentially,
Speaker 1: a win next week seals the deal for Philadelphia. If
Speaker 1: they lose next week against the Giants, then also the
Speaker 1: Boys would need to lose to Washington in order for
Speaker 1: the Eagles to advance. The Eagles will not advance if
Speaker 1: they lose and Dallas wins next week. So really, again,
Speaker 1: controlling their own destiny. Like we've been saying all season long,
Speaker 1: and I think well said by Dave, to not overlook
Speaker 1: this Giants team, a Giants team that this Eagles team
Speaker 1: had success against earlier. But let's go back to Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz and how he is just continuing to get hotter
Speaker 1: and hotter. How do you build on a performance like
Speaker 1: this today? Friend? To me, you know, one of the
Speaker 1: big things that stood out to me, guys, was that
Speaker 1: watching that team early. You know Wentz, I know, thirty
Speaker 1: one to forty on the day, but a couple of
Speaker 1: those catches were big time catches by his guys. That
Speaker 1: wasn't just you know all automatic screen passes and guys
Speaker 1: were wide open. J. J R. Thiga whites I first
Speaker 1: play of the game made an outstanding catch over the
Speaker 1: middle of the field. Later in the jive on third
Speaker 1: and long makes a diving catch to the sideline that
Speaker 1: cut the Dallas Godder made was a great throw by Wentz,
Speaker 1: but he had to go up and get it. He
Speaker 1: was a big time catch. Seeing those guys come back
Speaker 1: and make plays, that's building confidence for those guys only
Speaker 1: receiving it. So you're talking great Ward Dallas Good or J. J.
Speaker 1: Arth thiegl whiteside that whole group. We know that Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz has faith in guys like zach Ertz, but building
Speaker 1: faith on the rest with the rest of those guys,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be huge down the stretch. How about going
Speaker 1: back to Dallas on the same play they missed earlier
Speaker 1: where they weren't on the right page, on the key
Speaker 1: third down right there on that final drive, he gives
Speaker 1: that ball to Dallas. I mean it is a dime
Speaker 1: the Dallas is able to catch there. So that goes
Speaker 1: right to your point of just building trust with those guys.
Speaker 1: They were on sort of not on the same page
Speaker 1: early in the game. They obviously went to the sideline,
Speaker 1: talked it out, and Carson came back to him in
Speaker 1: a clutch situation late in the game. Well, and I
Speaker 1: thought it was very well said by Dave that Carson
Speaker 1: played mistake free football, took care of the football, didn't
Speaker 1: throw any interceptions, have that one fumble, but recovered his
Speaker 1: own fumble very quickly. And one of our guys watching
Speaker 1: the game with us was like, I don't think it
Speaker 1: should count if he recovers his own football. It's still goals,
Speaker 1: but it's still gas. But did a really good job
Speaker 1: taking here in the ball. And tell me if you
Speaker 1: guys are seeing this, because it almost reminds me of
Speaker 1: last year when Nick Foles came in and it was
Speaker 1: like he had this chemistry with these with these pass
Speaker 1: catchers around him that maybe Carson didn't have with those guys.
Speaker 1: But now is it that Carson has that chemistry with
Speaker 1: these guys. Maybe these are the guys that he's kind
Speaker 1: of finding that vibe with a little bit more. I
Speaker 1: don't know, there's just there's something about that connection that
Speaker 1: almost reminds me of the Nick Foles effect last year
Speaker 1: with some of the guys that we're catching those passes
Speaker 1: from him. Success is funny like that. I mean, how
Speaker 1: you're having success and it's easy to kind of build
Speaker 1: chemistry and everybody to get happy and then you know,
Speaker 1: kind of buy yeah. I think that that really helps
Speaker 1: in this scenario when you're you know, we're now on
Speaker 1: a three game win streak, all three games coming within
Speaker 1: the division. It's easy for everybody now to say, all right,
Speaker 1: let's go, We're ready to go. And I think that's
Speaker 1: kind of what we're seeing here. That's true. Seeing is believing,
Speaker 1: all right. Dave Spinnaro caught up with Rodney McLeod after
Speaker 1: the win to hear about stopping this Dallas offensive attack.
Speaker 1: Let's hear from David Rodney Build insider Dave Spinnarro with
Speaker 1: safety Rodney mccle out and Rodney, what a great defensive
Speaker 1: effort you shut down Ezekiel Elliott. What worked out there? Man,
Speaker 1: You gotta get credit to the first seven man battle
Speaker 1: all night. You know what I'm saying, physical game and
Speaker 1: we showed up, man, and it paid all tonight. How
Speaker 1: much of the emotion from the fans here Lincoln Financial
Speaker 1: Field helped the cost today? Oh? Man, Yeah, it was
Speaker 1: rockets since the first play man. We couldn't do it
Speaker 1: without DC. You know, fans out here tonight. You know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, We're gonna need him. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying when we bring this name back for the
Speaker 1: playoffs man Division a round. You know, we gotta win
Speaker 1: next week, but I gotta feel that we're gonna be
Speaker 1: here one win to go in the Eagles, the NFC
Speaker 1: East champions. Rodney, thanks so much, appreciate you. Rodney McCloud
Speaker 1: Eagles safety. Yes, you gotta love the energy from those guys.
Speaker 1: I also love Greg Ward in the back of that shot.
Speaker 1: That is the best part of a VP as well. Yes,
Speaker 1: I mean they're just having the time of their lives.
Speaker 1: I love it. Let's talk a little bit more about
Speaker 1: that defense and overcoming all of those injuries that happened.
Speaker 1: We saw, Look, Ronald Darby left the game, did not return,
Speaker 1: Jalen Mills was out for a while. He came back. Letcher.
Speaker 1: We weren't so sure. Pletcher plays through pain so much,
Speaker 1: like it is remarkable to me. It takes a lot
Speaker 1: to get that guy out of a game. And Tim
Speaker 1: Durgin coming in and out, and I was expecting, like
Speaker 1: I was expecting to see Dallas kind of attack. The
Speaker 1: backup corners were Soul, Douglas and Sydney a little bit more.
Speaker 1: I was expecting them to see them kind of trying
Speaker 1: to attack that vulnerability there a little bit. We saw
Speaker 1: it a little bit, but I felt like we saw
Speaker 1: some passes drop by Dallas receivers. We saw Dak inaccurate
Speaker 1: um and then they you know, they didn't they Then
Speaker 1: those Eagles corners stepped up and made those plays when
Speaker 1: we when they needed to. Yeah, I mean I think,
Speaker 1: you know, Dak struggled throwing the ball outside the numbers right,
Speaker 1: not necessarily throwing it deep. But the strength was there,
Speaker 1: but the accuracy wasn't there. And no doubt his shoulder
Speaker 1: was probably bothering him a little bit. Um their receivers
Speaker 1: got behind us, yeah he did. We were fortunate on
Speaker 1: some of those plays that Dak was definitely off and
Speaker 1: they got to make sure. You have to make sure
Speaker 1: they correct that because Daniel Jones also has a good arm,
Speaker 1: He has a good core receivers and get the ball too,
Speaker 1: so we gotta make sure we shore those things up.
Speaker 1: But then our young guys, I thought they did a
Speaker 1: better job today making plays on the ball. I mean
Speaker 1: Sydney Jones coming in having to make a play there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And that's the thing I like about these young guys
Speaker 1: is that they don't necessarily get down mentally when they're
Speaker 1: not out there playing. It seems as if when their
Speaker 1: number is called, they're ready to go out there. And
Speaker 1: Sydney the last couple of weeks haven't had a ton
Speaker 1: of snaps. He's been thrown in in difficult situations knowing
Speaker 1: that that offense is gonna go right at him, and
Speaker 1: he's come up with some nice plays. So I think
Speaker 1: the young guys they're still learning. There's still some work
Speaker 1: to do there, as it is with any pass defense,
Speaker 1: particularly ours. We're gonna need help up front. You need
Speaker 1: to get guys that can get to the quarterback. I
Speaker 1: feel a little more comfortable next week. Daniel Jones is young.
Speaker 1: Maybe we can throw some different coverages at him that
Speaker 1: will make him hold onto that ball. But act was
Speaker 1: just that wasn't going to be sacked today. He wasn't
Speaker 1: going to be hit today. He got the ball out
Speaker 1: of his hands. Um, but he was inaccurate. He was
Speaker 1: all there and he had what about seven drops out
Speaker 1: there today? Yeah, like seven drops today, So you know, hey,
Speaker 1: it's good to be on that side. We've certainly been
Speaker 1: on the other side of Edgin. Some of those things
Speaker 1: definitely went to our way today. Um, let's talk about
Speaker 1: j j Arthega Whiteside. Two catches in that really nice
Speaker 1: opening drive for the Eagles. He is one on one
Speaker 1: with Eagles inside er Dave Spedero all right here on
Speaker 1: the field with the rookie wide receiver jj Arthago Whiteside.
Speaker 1: How's it feel to be in a playoff atmosphere like
Speaker 1: it was today? Man, It's incredible. These are things that
Speaker 1: you dream about as a kid, to be out in
Speaker 1: front of thousands of fans millions at home and not
Speaker 1: only that, but it go out here and get a win,
Speaker 1: not only for us but the whole city. It's incredible. JJ.
Speaker 1: The offense really moved the ball. Well, you got involved early.
Speaker 1: What was the game plan coming in and what do
Speaker 1: you think you guys executed. I mean, you know we're
Speaker 1: playing Dallas, so you know we had to a little
Speaker 1: bit more energy to our stuff. But you know we
Speaker 1: came out we said we was gonna come out fast
Speaker 1: and punch him in the mouth as soon as we could,
Speaker 1: and then we're gonna go out and carry throughout the game.
Speaker 1: How number eleven played, Carson wentz amazing as always, jjar
Speaker 1: think on whiteside, one more to goal against the New
Speaker 1: York Giants and the Eagles come back here NFC East champions.
Speaker 1: Love it. Love looking at the crowd. He's soaking in
Speaker 1: that moment. Love to see that from the Eagles rookie.
Speaker 1: Let's get to your takeaways. What's the first one? Well,
Speaker 1: I've been talking a lot about the defense, so I
Speaker 1: think we got to start there and to hold the
Speaker 1: number one offense in the NFL to just three field
Speaker 1: goals and keep them out of the end zone. My
Speaker 1: hats off the Jim Schwartz for the game playing that
Speaker 1: he came up with. I talked earlier in the week
Speaker 1: on my radio show about who was under the most pressure,
Speaker 1: who needed to step up the most, and Jim Schwartz
Speaker 1: was the first guy. Right. I mean, in order to
Speaker 1: beat the Dallas Cowboys, you had better come up with
Speaker 1: a game play and to slow down this high powered
Speaker 1: defense and slowing down Ezekiel Elliott today, a guy that's
Speaker 1: averaged over one hundred and sixty yards from scrimmage against
Speaker 1: the Eagles and his five games against the Eagles. They
Speaker 1: did a nice job today. Zeke had a couple of
Speaker 1: nice rounds in the second half, but nothing significant. All right,
Speaker 1: let's point out that this is the first time that
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott has lost to the Eagles. About time, Yes,
Speaker 1: it is about time. All right? Head coach Doug Peterson
Speaker 1: is about to share his thoughts. Here we go big Dallas, right,
Speaker 1: We're just wanted to go one of them. What do
Speaker 1: you feel with see key today? Getting up early, getting
Speaker 1: ahead of them, well, obviously taking care of the football. Um,
Speaker 1: and yeah, getting getting up early and sustaining throughout the game. Um.
Speaker 1: If you want to talk about a team win this
Speaker 1: was definitely a team win, you know, offense, defense and
Speaker 1: special teams and but yeah, the probably the giveaway takeaway
Speaker 1: UM margin for us UM helped us you know, sustain
Speaker 1: in this game like drive a drive Carson was against that,
Speaker 1: you got sport he went up temple again. Is that
Speaker 1: something now? Make you feel like it's really working? It
Speaker 1: has been. Um, it's something that obviously our guys really
Speaker 1: uh you know take the heart obviously and do do well. UM.
Speaker 1: Our quarterback likes it, you know, UM, offensive line like it.
Speaker 1: I mean everybody, everybody just feels comfortable there. And um
Speaker 1: we had again we had success tonight. So something that
Speaker 1: we we continue to to build upon each week that
Speaker 1: works for Carson specifically in terms of defined reads. You know,
Speaker 1: I think we can we can uh help him buy formation.
Speaker 1: You know, the defense can can be a little more
Speaker 1: um kind of their base defense, their bass structure, whether
Speaker 1: they're nickel or based. You know, base defense on the
Speaker 1: field sees things you know, quickly allows him to get
Speaker 1: in and out of plays if he has to. UM
Speaker 1: and then and then our guys just execute well. Um.
Speaker 1: It's been something that's obviously been positive for offense. What
Speaker 1: can you say defense doesn't. It doesn't know who is
Speaker 1: who who? Who is this bet? Is he credentialed? Doun?
Speaker 1: I question time out? Yeah, I want a full only
Speaker 1: cal This will be on Sports Center, all right, go ahead. Uh, defense,
Speaker 1: it didn't allow them a touch down in this game.
Speaker 1: Ah man, defense, hats off. I mean these guys, Uh,
Speaker 1: they listen, they they took this game. I think personal
Speaker 1: U from the standpoint of what happened to us the
Speaker 1: first time, you know, and and um, having having all
Speaker 1: our guys out there, they had a great week of
Speaker 1: preparation obviously, and we knew that coming in here that
Speaker 1: you know, Dallas was they were coming off a great
Speaker 1: win last last week, you know against the Rams, and
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, two hundred and fifty something yards rushing,
Speaker 1: and they knew that was coming and being able to uh,
Speaker 1: you know, at least you know, shut that down to
Speaker 1: some to some degree. Um, it's a pride thing each week,
Speaker 1: you know. And and uh, to to keep this uh,
Speaker 1: this is a great offense. Uh they can score points
Speaker 1: and to keep them out of the end zone, hold
Speaker 1: them to three kicks like they did, stop them on
Speaker 1: some fourth downs. Um, hats off to the defense. Coachwartz
Speaker 1: and his staff for having a great game plan. But
Speaker 1: what is it about you guys in December? I mean,
Speaker 1: I'd assume you'd rather not come down the last few
Speaker 1: games like this every time. But what does it say
Speaker 1: about your team? Well, I think I think it's just obviously, yeah,
Speaker 1: you don't want it to come down to the month
Speaker 1: of December. I mean, but you'd like to play a
Speaker 1: little better, you know, September, October, in November. But um,
Speaker 1: I just think the guys, this is the team that, um,
Speaker 1: when their backs against the wall, I mean, they come
Speaker 1: out swinging and fighting and whatever it takes. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: sometimes it's not not pretty, and it doesn't have to be,
Speaker 1: you know, and uh, just put some plays together, score
Speaker 1: more points than our opponent, hold our opponents down, and
Speaker 1: you know, just just play great team football. And um,
Speaker 1: if we don't beat ourselves, we give ourselves a chance.
Speaker 1: And and that was what happened tonight. You say about
Speaker 1: how Dallas played today, Dallas Gonner played today, and how
Speaker 1: it's trying to progress season. Dallas had an outstanding game,
Speaker 1: as did many of our younger players in this football
Speaker 1: game again and and um, he's so tough not only
Speaker 1: in the Run Run Game, but but I made some
Speaker 1: big catches tonight and extended some drives for us. And
Speaker 1: it's got a great rapport obviously, the Carson being on
Speaker 1: the same page, and and um just had a had
Speaker 1: a really good game. The Miles stand has been getting
Speaker 1: better and better every week. How pressed we with this
Speaker 1: kind of workload he had to get in a game
Speaker 1: like this. To see what he did tonight, I mean,
Speaker 1: it's just, um, it doesn't surprise me. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: this is why we why we drafted him obviously, you know,
Speaker 1: for this type of uh, you know, for these types
Speaker 1: of games and performance. He just teems to get a
Speaker 1: little bit stronger and a little bit better each week.
Speaker 1: And um, he had another another good performance tonight. Um,
Speaker 1: I thought the offensive line as the game progressed, got
Speaker 1: stronger and stronger. And um, you know, it's just really
Speaker 1: good to see he got the running game kind of
Speaker 1: on track in the second half. And and uh, um,
Speaker 1: but Miles is really, um you know, kind of coming
Speaker 1: into his own now as a young player and really
Speaker 1: helping us, you know, offensively. Imagine some of those younger players,
Speaker 1: not just Miles, but talk a lot about Greg and
Speaker 1: Josh and told you have those guys playing at this environment,
Speaker 1: not a playoff game, but a playoff light gays it is.
Speaker 1: It's a playoff game. Tonight was a playoff game. Means
Speaker 1: it means everything. And and I think that's something that
Speaker 1: our team understands it. Each week now, you know, starting
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, every week was a playoff game.
Speaker 1: Otherwise we're you know, we're gonna go home here in
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. But you know, our season's not
Speaker 1: not done. We got another week left. I think that
Speaker 1: our team understands that we got a we got another
Speaker 1: division opponent on the road, a chance to continue our season. Um,
Speaker 1: and it's going to take another sixty minute game. We
Speaker 1: went to overtime, you know, with this team a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago, and uh, you know, our guys will
Speaker 1: have to be ready again, you know, to to get healthy. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, with a holiday week coming up and and
Speaker 1: everything that's that's that's happening this week and and and
Speaker 1: prepare and get ready to play the giants from those
Speaker 1: younger guys, how much in What Leaks has Carson's role
Speaker 1: changing throughout the year? UM starts year Carson Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: I just think that he's you know, he just continues
Speaker 1: to to to coach on the field. You see him
Speaker 1: during the games talking with these guys and and um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's just it's just helping him, you know.
Speaker 1: And I think he he uh you're seeing the trust
Speaker 1: factor with with some of these young guys. You know
Speaker 1: that he's leaning on him a little bit more. And
Speaker 1: that's what you gotta do. I mean, listen, you know,
Speaker 1: leads are the guy who we're playing with. So you know,
Speaker 1: we we've got to do that. He's done an outstanding
Speaker 1: job of leading the team, not only the offense but
Speaker 1: the whole team. And and H had another solid performance today,
Speaker 1: and um, we just got to keep it rolling most
Speaker 1: games and he's in space and do you visit him
Speaker 1: the lining up in the slots, lying him him all
Speaker 1: over the place. Because of that, Yeah, I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: we feel like he can do that. But you know,
Speaker 1: we still got to be careful with him. I don't
Speaker 1: want to, you know, uh, do too much with him mentally.
Speaker 1: I want him to continue to play play fast and
Speaker 1: and um, you know, but but I think he's he's
Speaker 1: versatile enough to um, you know, play in space, play
Speaker 1: in an empty formation, or play a slot receiver, which
Speaker 1: he did some tonight. And UM, he's just UM, he's
Speaker 1: just a really good athlete for us. And we'll just
Speaker 1: continue to find ways to to try to give him
Speaker 1: the ball Holliday week. Some distractions. Guys feel good coming
Speaker 1: off a big win. You have to guard against a
Speaker 1: little human nature here, UM, you do. But I tell
Speaker 1: you this, Uh, these guys in the locker room, they're
Speaker 1: focused on next week already, you know that. And that's
Speaker 1: kind of the conversation that that has taken place in
Speaker 1: the locker room even after this game. I want them
Speaker 1: to enjoy this and and enjoy their families this week.
Speaker 1: That's what this this uh time of the year is for. UM.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, we we've still got some
Speaker 1: unfinished business and UM, and that's what they're talking about.
Speaker 1: So that's exciting for me as a coach to know
Speaker 1: that that's that's where their minds at and and UM,
Speaker 1: you know we we we have to. UM. I can
Speaker 1: help them out with the schedule and all that this week.
Speaker 1: But UM, I'm excited for them, all right, thank you? Okay,
Speaker 1: very exciting stuff there. Some of the highlights for me.
Speaker 1: We just wanted to go want to know this week.
Speaker 1: Of course, we know that the classic mantra around these walls,
Speaker 1: getting up early and winning the turnover battle were key.
Speaker 1: And we were just kind of talking and hear guys
Speaker 1: about just the difference between this game and the first
Speaker 1: time Philadelphia and Dallas played. You know, two quick fumbles,
Speaker 1: two quick scores for Dallas, the Eagles are down fourteen
Speaker 1: to nothing. This game totally different. You go up ten
Speaker 1: to know, the defense does two, three and ounce consecutively.
Speaker 1: And then of course winning the turnover battle was huge
Speaker 1: for them today. So totally different story in this one. Friend.
Speaker 1: Then I know we're in the middle of doing Ike's takeaways. Yes,
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm just so excited. Well, I want to
Speaker 1: give love to you for what you did. Said during
Speaker 1: Kickoff Kickoff show, you had three points. There were three
Speaker 1: keys to victory for the Eagles, time of possession, stopping
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott, and the turnover margin. All three came true.
Speaker 1: All three went in the Eagles favor, and that I
Speaker 1: think is why they got that w That's why you're
Speaker 1: sitting in the middle here. Okay, Well, Doug was just
Speaker 1: finished up as press for talking about the quarterback in um. Obviously,
Speaker 1: I think the defense led the charge today, but you
Speaker 1: can't um understate how well Carson Wentz played today, you know,
Speaker 1: being underman with some of his weapons, the fact that
Speaker 1: it you know, he had to go out there and
Speaker 1: trust these guys and give them an opportunity to make plays.
Speaker 1: And from the very first play of the game, you
Speaker 1: knew it was gonna be a good day to come
Speaker 1: out with that first play action pass and hit Arthega
Speaker 1: whiteside and Arthega goes up to catch that ball. Man.
Speaker 1: That was a nice play, nice play call from Doug.
Speaker 1: Young guy came through for him and Carson seemed to
Speaker 1: be off and running from that standpoint, and I thought
Speaker 1: Doug called a great game today. He made some nice
Speaker 1: calls where Carson and get the ball out of his
Speaker 1: hands quick, did a nice job with the screen game today.
Speaker 1: I thought the tight end screen game was big today.
Speaker 1: And then late in the game he had the one
Speaker 1: throw I know he'll want back is the screenplay the
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders where they probably could have extended the drive
Speaker 1: and possibly gave Jake Elliot another opportunity to kick the ball.
Speaker 1: But other than that, I thought He made pretty much
Speaker 1: every throw that needed to be made today. And the
Speaker 1: fact that he was able to take care of the football.
Speaker 1: We had the one play where he fumbled, it fell
Speaker 1: right back on it. I noticed when he took off
Speaker 1: the day he put two hands on the ball. I
Speaker 1: noticed it, So you know, he's conscious of these things.
Speaker 1: And the fact that he was a part of the
Speaker 1: running game as well, six rushing attempts for him today.
Speaker 1: Man just a big game for him. He mentioned it
Speaker 1: was the biggest game of his career. If he's gonna
Speaker 1: play like this in big games, we're gonna win a
Speaker 1: lot of big games through this young man's career because
Speaker 1: he was poised today. He didn't play overamped. He could
Speaker 1: have easily come out and been too excited overthrow guys
Speaker 1: be too amped up. And I thought he was calm,
Speaker 1: cool and collected from the opening drive of the game,
Speaker 1: and it showed on the first two series. Yeah, I thought,
Speaker 1: you know, we talked about it earlier, even if he
Speaker 1: was a little bit amped up. The fact that those
Speaker 1: guys came through and made some big place for him,
Speaker 1: That the defense came out started the game with two
Speaker 1: three and outs was just huge. And Doug said at
Speaker 1: the very top of his press conference, complete team win.
Speaker 1: I thought this was a complete team win, certainly Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz and I said this during the kickoff show Amy
Speaker 1: that there was going to be so much put on
Speaker 1: him coming out of this game, win or loss, fair
Speaker 1: or not. With all the weapons that he was not
Speaker 1: that he did not have at his disposal, so much
Speaker 1: was going to be put on his plate. He came
Speaker 1: through in the clutch and for times without zach Ertz,
Speaker 1: without Arthega Whiteside, I mean, you're just out to the last,
Speaker 1: you know, the bottom of the barrel there, and those
Speaker 1: guys still making plays for Carson Winz. I know you
Speaker 1: said the Giants game was the most important win of
Speaker 1: his career. Now he's had three solid ones in a row.
Speaker 1: Do you do you still bigger? You think everyone is
Speaker 1: bigger than the last one. Yeah, so this is the
Speaker 1: best one today. Yes, this is the biggest win of
Speaker 1: his career, and they're going to continue to get bigger. Yep.
Speaker 1: You know if they have next week again, that's a
Speaker 1: game you have to win to be in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: So next week's game on the road becomes the biggest
Speaker 1: game of his career and you hope they continue to
Speaker 1: get bigger and bigger. You know, you hope you get
Speaker 1: a chance to see him in a postseason that's gonna
Speaker 1: be the biggest game of his career, and hopefully the
Speaker 1: ultimate game will be the biggest game of his career.
Speaker 1: He's built for these moments. I wanted to see him
Speaker 1: in this type of a moment late in the season
Speaker 1: to see how he responds to it. Man, if you're
Speaker 1: an Eagles fan and today is any indicator of what
Speaker 1: he's gonna be like on the biggest stages, we're gonna win.
Speaker 1: We're gonna be happy where Carson wins here as our
Speaker 1: quarterback here over the next decade. It's true, this is
Speaker 1: we haven't seen him in this situation before, this late
Speaker 1: in the season with this much on the line, So
Speaker 1: we're learning more about what he is actually capable of.
Speaker 1: And it's absolutely something exciting. And it's not like the
Speaker 1: deck is stacked in his favor. No, No, it's not
Speaker 1: like the deck is stacked in his favor. And I
Speaker 1: don't know if I would a quarterback, how I would
Speaker 1: be responding and reacting to the circumstances that are here
Speaker 1: right now. You know what's at stake. You know what
Speaker 1: everyone's expecting of you, and you also know the cards
Speaker 1: that you've been dealt. But this guy doesn't seem to
Speaker 1: be bothered by any of it. He's always speaking positive
Speaker 1: and going about his teammates. He's uplifting these guys. He's
Speaker 1: raising their level of play at the same time raising
Speaker 1: his level of play. It's what a franchise quarterback's supposed
Speaker 1: to do. And I think the biggest takeaway from today
Speaker 1: is the coaches on both sides of the ball, Doug Peterson,
Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz, the game plans they put together. I know,
Speaker 1: the point total on the offensive side of the ball
Speaker 1: won't look as if Doug put together some masterpiece, but
Speaker 1: you look at the yardage total, you look at the
Speaker 1: time of possession. They should have netted way more points
Speaker 1: than they scored today. They had opportunities. Obviously missed a
Speaker 1: couple of field goals, you know, but I love the
Speaker 1: game plan. The Doug put together short quick throws, attacked
Speaker 1: the Cowboys weaknesses, those linebackers and safeties covering the running
Speaker 1: backs and tight ends. In the passing game, they ate
Speaker 1: up the clock, they went for it when they needed to,
Speaker 1: and then even bigger than Doug. I thought Jim Schwartz
Speaker 1: game playing the day, the fact that he had his
Speaker 1: guys ready to go today really carried the day. For
Speaker 1: this team to hold that offense, I can't say it enough.
Speaker 1: I'm just so shot three or fourteen exactly. I'm just
Speaker 1: I'm actually shocked by it because I know when Dallas
Speaker 1: gets rolling offensively, they can score points in bunches. And
Speaker 1: for this defense to basically hold them the way they
Speaker 1: did for basically three and a half quarters man, just
Speaker 1: an outstanding job by the defense. I think it was
Speaker 1: their most impressive performance considering the circumstances day, considering the injuries. Yes, yeah,
Speaker 1: absolutely mean to me, you look at both sides of
Speaker 1: the football, There's gonna be so much that we could
Speaker 1: point to throughout the course of this week. And I'm
Speaker 1: excited to kind of dive in the field offensively to me,
Speaker 1: going off your point, like, I just love the variety.
Speaker 1: You know, when you have what the circumstances facing this
Speaker 1: offense right now, they have to try and get creative.
Speaker 1: If they're only going to operate within that ten to
Speaker 1: fifteen yard range, now you've got to say, all right,
Speaker 1: what are we gonna how we're gonna dress up these
Speaker 1: screens this week, because you can only do a screen
Speaker 1: pass in so many different ways. So the fact that
Speaker 1: they were to get some of these going and have
Speaker 1: the guys look so wide open to me, I mean
Speaker 1: that speaks to the creativity of Doug Peterson and this
Speaker 1: coaching staff in that area of the game. They had
Speaker 1: a couple of key penalties as well, like they kind
Speaker 1: of put them out of range where it looked like
Speaker 1: they were gonna get rolling. Jason Peters had that key
Speaker 1: one on a perfectly designed screen to Dallas Goddard. Jason
Speaker 1: Kelsey had one a little bit later. So I think
Speaker 1: when you look at the design of this offense and
Speaker 1: what they were able to do, you know, talking about
Speaker 1: Doug and his flow as a game planner, I thought
Speaker 1: that was put on display tonight. Well. And this offense
Speaker 1: looks so different than what we thought it would look
Speaker 1: like at the beginning of the season with the different personnel,
Speaker 1: but you know, it remains the same today. Fred a
Speaker 1: lot of twelve personnel, and I believe we're gonna hear
Speaker 1: from Carson Wentz on this win. I had to feel
Speaker 1: to be the Cowboys, especially at with the way the
Speaker 1: last one landed, and yeah, that was a big win
Speaker 1: for US, big win for US. Um, the crowd was
Speaker 1: electric tonight, you know, felt like playoff atmosphere. Um. Just
Speaker 1: like we said the last few weeks, our backs were
Speaker 1: against the wall and guys made plays. Defense played great.
Speaker 1: Um offensively, we left. We definitely left some plays in
Speaker 1: some points out there. But uh, man, if it feels
Speaker 1: good to get this victory playoff to night, you said
Speaker 1: you want to play ving games like this link the season.
Speaker 1: How to feel to be out there in the play
Speaker 1: so well, yeah, it felt great. I mean, it felt
Speaker 1: great to be out there with with my guys again. Um.
Speaker 1: And like I said that, the playoff atmosphere, Um, you
Speaker 1: can't beat it. You can't beat it, especially being at
Speaker 1: home here. Um, the fans are awesome. Tonight. Guys made plays,
Speaker 1: but you know, at the end of the day, we
Speaker 1: still had one more Carson. Seems for the second consecutive
Speaker 1: week you had some Tampa to get you guys going offensively.
Speaker 1: How much is that helping you? Um, it's helping quite
Speaker 1: a bit. I mean you can you see it. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, Um, there's evidence obviously that it is helping us.
Speaker 1: And you know, I think that's one thing that coach
Speaker 1: I've said it before, but he just has a really
Speaker 1: good feel for when when to utilize it. You know,
Speaker 1: when to utilize it, whether um, you know that he
Speaker 1: feels the defenses is they're on the rope on the
Speaker 1: ropes or um, if we're just you know, we're moving
Speaker 1: the ball, whatever it takes. But um, coach has a
Speaker 1: really good sense of when to do that and when
Speaker 1: when not to long past to break the actually said
Speaker 1: it down. Has that play been in the playbool while
Speaker 1: and it's feeling like we've seen that route covers before. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was a sweet to be able to do it
Speaker 1: at the line, you know, at the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: You know, got got that linebacker out there in space
Speaker 1: and played with his eyes a little bit and obviously
Speaker 1: Greg came might open down the sideline, did a great job.
Speaker 1: That was a big play for us. All these young
Speaker 1: guys that are growing up at this time with working
Speaker 1: with them and see like everything was coming together. I'm
Speaker 1: so proud of these guys. Um, I'm so proud of them.
Speaker 1: It's been really fun. Um. You know, obviously we've had
Speaker 1: our backs against the wall for a while now, and um,
Speaker 1: you know, just the you can see the sense of
Speaker 1: belief that each of these guys have, you know, and
Speaker 1: you see it each week with him getting better and
Speaker 1: better and um believing in themselves and believing in this team. Um.
Speaker 1: And I can't say enough good things about these young
Speaker 1: guys that are continually stepping up for us. And we're
Speaker 1: gonna need these guys down the straight. Ya can have
Speaker 1: bangs up early in the game, and Dallas stepped up.
Speaker 1: He had a career high in preceptions and yards. Can
Speaker 1: you talk about that? And how nice is it to
Speaker 1: have two tight ends like that in your arsenal? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's awesome. I mean to have really into three, you know.
Speaker 1: I mean Josh Perkins, I don't know if what he
Speaker 1: had for catches, if any tonight, but you know, he's
Speaker 1: a weapon that we feel we can take advantage of
Speaker 1: as well. You know, I feel terrible that Zach you know,
Speaker 1: got banged up. You know I did that to him.
Speaker 1: I gotta I owe him something now. But um, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know we've had Dallas, um even last year. You know,
Speaker 1: we know what he can do. You know, we know
Speaker 1: what he can do, and um, you know he stepped
Speaker 1: up and made a bunch of big plays for us tonight,
Speaker 1: and he's a he's a competitive for us. Of course,
Speaker 1: about the way the coach is kind of tailored the
Speaker 1: offense to all these new guys, but it's just about
Speaker 1: the way it was drunk off back at. Yeah, hats off,
Speaker 1: you know, hats off to the coaches, um putting the
Speaker 1: other's game plan in doing what we can, um, you know,
Speaker 1: to to get our playmakers the ball, you know, get
Speaker 1: them and get them in space, and just building um,
Speaker 1: this offense to to each guy's strength, you know. And
Speaker 1: that's really what good coaching is. And you've seen that,
Speaker 1: um these last few weeks with the game plans and
Speaker 1: how we put it together, and UM, you know, it's
Speaker 1: been fun putting it together with them. So you've been
Speaker 1: a surviving advance boat now for the last couple of weeks,
Speaker 1: and now you've learning yourself away to play with other
Speaker 1: vision you think about the opportunity deposits itself to you
Speaker 1: guys next week. Yeah, we're excited. Um, you know, that
Speaker 1: was one of the first things that you know, I
Speaker 1: was feeling in there. Obviously everyone's excited about this win.
Speaker 1: But hey, we got one more. You know, we got
Speaker 1: we gotta go win one more and we've we've won
Speaker 1: nothing yet. Um, but we're excited for the opportunity, you know,
Speaker 1: where it's it's in our own hands to go take it,
Speaker 1: and we're excited for it. Suddenly you have to do
Speaker 1: to kind of avoid that like that, just get back
Speaker 1: on it, you know, get back on and prepare the
Speaker 1: same way we always do, you know, and have no letdowns.
Speaker 1: And it's going to take you know, the leaders to
Speaker 1: make sure we're emphasizing that point. Um. But at the
Speaker 1: same time, you know, even just talking to a lot
Speaker 1: of the guys in the locker room, I can already
Speaker 1: feel that I can already feel that, Hey, no one's
Speaker 1: no one's complacent now or feels like we want anything.
Speaker 1: We got to go prove it again, and um, we're
Speaker 1: excited for it. In some way, it sounds playing these
Speaker 1: young guys the last couple weeks kind of reaffirmed believe
Speaker 1: you're having yourself as a leader right before back. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's hard to say, you know, it's just
Speaker 1: been Um. I used the word fun just because it
Speaker 1: has been fun, you know, seeing some of these guys
Speaker 1: just just grow up. Right before our eyes, you know,
Speaker 1: and in practice we've seen guys do it for some
Speaker 1: of these guys do it for a while, and some
Speaker 1: of these guys we haven't really seen them much at all, UM,
Speaker 1: but you know, it's it's almost something new every time
Speaker 1: that that we're working with and just seeing them grow
Speaker 1: up and make plays and UM, the moment's not too
Speaker 1: big for any of these guys, you know, And I
Speaker 1: just love seeing that, and it's encouraging UM and guys
Speaker 1: you know, on defense and often everyone's just rallying together
Speaker 1: with a sense of belief and that's what we're gonna
Speaker 1: needs time today. So you can get the only jump
Speaker 1: one that was big. Um, that was big, especially you
Speaker 1: know if it feels like we've been down to these guys, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, the last handful of games and UM to
Speaker 1: come out swinging early the way we did. You know,
Speaker 1: we obviously we got the field goal. We'd like to
Speaker 1: get a touchdown there and UM be able to got
Speaker 1: up to got those ten points. I wanted to stay
Speaker 1: on it, but UM, it was big for us to
Speaker 1: come out and really start getting some momentum offensively. Then
Speaker 1: the other time of Dallas, the way you approached them,
Speaker 1: is there something you can probably attack before able through there?
Speaker 1: Not really? Um, you know I felt, you know, even
Speaker 1: last last time against them, we had had a great
Speaker 1: game plan, um, and we just didn't make the place.
Speaker 1: You know, last time we had all the turnovers and
Speaker 1: put ourselves in really tough situations. Um. And today we
Speaker 1: were able to convert a handful of third downs. You know,
Speaker 1: there's still a handful of that we want back. But um,
Speaker 1: we were able to stay on the field and at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, we just made enough place.
Speaker 1: A little bit of a different week coming out with
Speaker 1: the holidays, and there's some human nature involved in that
Speaker 1: to be pulled in different directions, and Doug talk to
Speaker 1: you guys, the leaders and try to keep that sense
Speaker 1: of urgency go absolutely yeah, you know, I mean you
Speaker 1: can go back to the Thanksgiving week, you know, just
Speaker 1: it's it's important to have that that moment with our
Speaker 1: families and stuff, and Coach definitely emphasizes that. Um. But
Speaker 1: but when we're working, we're working. You know, nothing changes
Speaker 1: on that front. And um, obviously it's an exciting time
Speaker 1: of year. Christmas means a lot to a lot of us. UM.
Speaker 1: But yeah, the family party will definitely be there. But
Speaker 1: like I said, when we're working, it's it's go time, Cardiff.
Speaker 1: It has a lot about the personality of a pause
Speaker 1: football team. Now fifteen games in, how would you define it? Um, Resilient, energetic, UM.
Speaker 1: You know, I think has been a lot of UM
Speaker 1: excitement with with the unknown. You know, I think that
Speaker 1: a lot of new faces, a lot of guys that
Speaker 1: maybe weren't um expected to be making these plays in
Speaker 1: that so that unknown factor just is exciting, you know,
Speaker 1: And I think, UM, just the resiliency that I've seen,
Speaker 1: you know that it's it's been the next man up mentality,
Speaker 1: UM from really the moment I got here in Philly.
Speaker 1: But UM, you just see it over and over and
Speaker 1: it's exciting to see these guys come to work with
Speaker 1: a sense of belief and the pride they take in
Speaker 1: their work and you know, to get it done out
Speaker 1: here on Sundays on the window of throw that you
Speaker 1: need to God or in the back of the end
Speaker 1: zone you got it over the linebacker and in between
Speaker 1: a couple of the kinds. What did you see when
Speaker 1: I play and out? Yeah, I mean that was the
Speaker 1: that was the read um, you know, to look front
Speaker 1: side quick and come back to Dallas. Um. I mean
Speaker 1: Dallas played big, you know, and you got a body
Speaker 1: like like he does that can can jump out of
Speaker 1: the building the way he can. Um. I just had
Speaker 1: to put it up in a hot and tall spot
Speaker 1: for him to go get it over those guys, and
Speaker 1: he made a great play. Carson, you spent the last
Speaker 1: two years watching games like this Lake for several on
Speaker 1: the sideline. Is it relieves satisfying just as much the
Speaker 1: fun to be out there for something like this? Absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 1: You know the last couple of years where I was
Speaker 1: on the sideline, That's not where I want to be,
Speaker 1: you know. But at the end of the day, you know,
Speaker 1: God has a playing forward and I'm just I'm trying
Speaker 1: to make the most of the opportunities. But you know,
Speaker 1: it's fun, Um, Like I said, to be out there
Speaker 1: and playoff type atmospheres and environments with with my teammates. UM.
Speaker 1: And did you get a big win like this? See it?
Speaker 1: We're all popular growing, you know over these last three weeks.
Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely. I mean, you know, anytime you have the
Speaker 1: late game wins, you know, in the way we have
Speaker 1: UM early the last two weeks, Um, and now your
Speaker 1: night defense making a huge play at the end of
Speaker 1: the game. You know, and it's someone different making the
Speaker 1: big play. Kind of every week, but you know, you
Speaker 1: can just feel that belief that, guys, hey, we're gonna
Speaker 1: get this done, we're gonna win this game. We're gonna
Speaker 1: find a way. Um and we did that again. Thank
Speaker 1: you guys. Mary Christmas. All right, a little holiday flare
Speaker 1: there from the Eagles quarterback who had a incredible game,
Speaker 1: completing seventy seven and a half percent of his passes
Speaker 1: to eight different pass catchers in this win against Dallas
Speaker 1: as he continues to will this team to victory. Some
Speaker 1: of those best moments we all want to hear from
Speaker 1: Mike and Merrill. Here is Merrill cam for this Eagles
Speaker 1: win over Dallas. What first out, Lenz do a deep count?
Speaker 1: Fakes he's rolling, He's still rolling, he is looking. He
Speaker 1: fires late, big reception and coming down with him as
Speaker 1: J j R. Fag on whiteside in Dallas territory. What
Speaker 1: a throw, what a catch? Lets fakes, let's looks, let's fires.
Speaker 1: It's down Dallas covered eight yards deep, wins first down.
Speaker 1: He fakes, he's back, he's looking, he's floating it complete
Speaker 1: Ward thirty twenty five twenty out of bounds at the eighteen,
Speaker 1: greg Ward outstanding fleet called getting greg Ward out there,
Speaker 1: wins Back, goes to Sanders, He's hand touchdown and the
Speaker 1: Garda Prescott ball up their own forty nine Eagles lay
Speaker 1: by eleven and the fourth quarter, Prescott back again. He pumps,
Speaker 1: he is head. He starts to run. They've got him
Speaker 1: back at the forty six. George sweat the sack. It
Speaker 1: is fourth down and eight, fourth and eight. Can the
Speaker 1: Eagles stop him here? Prescott and the Garda three receivers right,
Speaker 1: one left, Prescott back. Prescott steps up. He is firing
Speaker 1: deep and it is incomplete. Incomplete. Broke it up by
Speaker 1: Sydney Jones, who made the player the day against the
Speaker 1: Giants two weeks ago. Wentz comes back, goes to Sanders,
Speaker 1: he's ahead, he's free fifty forty thirty twenty and he
Speaker 1: slides down at the twenty and this game is over.
Speaker 1: Forty two the seconds left. But this game is over,
Speaker 1: as Miles Sanders Pranke said, and slides down at the
Speaker 1: twenty to forty eight yard run. Yeah, they can start
Speaker 1: the buses and the second stick away and The Eagles
Speaker 1: are alive. The Eagles are one win over the New
Speaker 1: York Giants away from a home playoff game, as they
Speaker 1: beat the Dallas Cowboys seventeen to nine. It is impossible
Speaker 1: to watch that and not have a big smile on
Speaker 1: your face. Jug Peterson sank earlier tonight. Hey, when we
Speaker 1: don't meet ourselves, we give ourselves a chance. That is
Speaker 1: exactly what we saw from this Eagles team tonight. Head
Speaker 1: coach Doug Peterson one on one with Mike Quick take
Speaker 1: a look. Coach, first, congratulations. You know you and I
Speaker 1: talked about this week, we talked about week sixteen, and
Speaker 1: it would come down to that, what in Europe mind
Speaker 1: was the difference in today's game. I think there's a
Speaker 1: couple of things. One, we took care of the football.
Speaker 1: You know, we didn't give them the ball from a
Speaker 1: turnover standpoint, defense outstanding, stopping the run at least slowing
Speaker 1: down the run um and and and then and then
Speaker 1: I think offensively getting the run game going. I think
Speaker 1: that was a big part of this success. And then
Speaker 1: and then our hurry up tempo um was another factor.
Speaker 1: I think special teams. You know, we were at some
Speaker 1: kickoffs we you know, we did some great job of
Speaker 1: covering some kicks, and so to me, this was, um,
Speaker 1: you know, this is a great team win. And I
Speaker 1: think that's the difference. And um, from this week to
Speaker 1: you know, week seven or so, how big of a
Speaker 1: fact was the fact that you were able to limit
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott's touches and his production. Well, he's such a
Speaker 1: great player and he and he takes a lot of
Speaker 1: the focal point of your defense. You know, you gotta
Speaker 1: know where he's at obviously, and he's going to get
Speaker 1: his touches and then he's a good player. And UM, again,
Speaker 1: hats off to Jim Schwartz put a great plan together.
Speaker 1: The guys executed that plan. Um hung in there and
Speaker 1: and just battled. And and that's again against good football teams,
Speaker 1: that's what it takes. And um, sometimes it's never gonna
Speaker 1: be pretty, especially against the Dallas Cowboys NFC East opponents.
Speaker 1: And UM, just so happy for our guys in this win.
Speaker 1: You talking about switching his defense. They didn't give up
Speaker 1: a touchdown today in that game. And how big is
Speaker 1: that that you keep them off of the scoreboard and
Speaker 1: at least in the touchdown countergor Well, when you think
Speaker 1: about what this team offensively has done, you know, especially
Speaker 1: last week, and only their rushing yards and scoring points
Speaker 1: against you know, a really good defense and the Rams
Speaker 1: and um my hat's off to coach Schwartz and the
Speaker 1: defense and keeping this team out. They can score. I
Speaker 1: mean we know that, we know they can score. Mary
Speaker 1: Cooper is one of the best receivers in the league. Obviously,
Speaker 1: got a great rushing attack, Dak can do some things
Speaker 1: with his legs and um again, my hat's off. No
Speaker 1: into the players, with the coaches on defense for for
Speaker 1: a great plan. Carson even admitted this week that this
Speaker 1: is probably his biggest game. He threw thirty one over
Speaker 1: three hundred yards passing. How big was Carson tonight? He
Speaker 1: was huge? I mean he was huge again. I mean
Speaker 1: this is I think now we're starting to see um
Speaker 1: as the offensive you know, i mean evolves around him
Speaker 1: with some of these young players. UM just kind of
Speaker 1: who Carson is and and um it's taken us a
Speaker 1: little while to get to that point. But some of
Speaker 1: that's on me too, you know, from a play caller
Speaker 1: and understanding carson strengths and our offensive strengths, and um again,
Speaker 1: he put the team on his back, and he didn't.
Speaker 1: I didn't want him to feel like he had to
Speaker 1: go win the game, you know what I'm saying. I
Speaker 1: wanted the game to come to him. And and that's
Speaker 1: what he's done these last few weeks. And and uh
Speaker 1: he he did it again today. Coach, You're gonna have
Speaker 1: all the Eagles fans now to have a Merry Christmas.
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas to you, coach. Thanks Quig, Marry Chris was
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Speaker 1: postgame show, presented by Rico. Dallas Goddard a career night
Speaker 1: for him, a career high nine receptions. He caught ninety
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Speaker 1: Eagles are up now three to nothing and on their
Speaker 1: second drive they go right down the field. You get
Speaker 1: a couple of big plays from Miles Sanders, they get
Speaker 1: into the low red zone and they go to one
Speaker 1: of their most reliable routes down in that area of
Speaker 1: the field, a stick nod route for a touchdown to
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard. But this is a really good play design,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna start here. You're gonna see it's twelve personnel,
Speaker 1: a yy set, two tight ends lined up right next
Speaker 1: to each other, close to the formation. You've got two
Speaker 1: receivers to the top of the screen, jj R Thiga Whiteside,
Speaker 1: who's gonna end up running kind of a skinny post
Speaker 1: here in the middle of the field. And then also
Speaker 1: Greg Ward, and he's gonna be a very important piece
Speaker 1: of this play. He is going to be the eye
Speaker 1: candy for Carson Wentz because he was a big receiver
Speaker 1: for them last week, especially down in the red zone.
Speaker 1: He's gonna pretend as if he's coming in to catch
Speaker 1: this screen pass. We're gonna let this run for a sec.
Speaker 1: And you're gonna see right when Carson is preparing to
Speaker 1: take the snap, watch Greig Ward. He throws those hands
Speaker 1: up and Carson Wentz throws that pump fake look at
Speaker 1: the Dallas defenders, eyes all into the slot, looking at
Speaker 1: Greg Ward, the guy that they want to make sure
Speaker 1: they occupy. Is this free safety here, Xavier Woods. They
Speaker 1: want his eyes right there on number eighty four, because
Speaker 1: on the back side of this play, you're gonna see
Speaker 1: that they're running again that stick nod route where you've
Speaker 1: got Dallas Goddor pretending he's gonna run a little stick
Speaker 1: route to the sideline. Then he's gonna bust it to
Speaker 1: the post, this nod portion of the route. He's gotten
Speaker 1: so much better over the course of the last couple
Speaker 1: of years at running this route. You need to be
Speaker 1: really patient. Don't rush it, don't speed your way through it.
Speaker 1: You really need to sell this route. Make sure that
Speaker 1: all these defenders buy that you're heading to the sideline,
Speaker 1: and then sell it right up to the post. Now
Speaker 1: you're gonna see when Carson Wentz comes back to this
Speaker 1: side of the field. You're gonna have to put this
Speaker 1: up really, really high into this area the field. You
Speaker 1: need to put it up high above the face mask.
Speaker 1: Don't give this guy the opportunity to make the play
Speaker 1: on the ball. We can let this run. This was
Speaker 1: a perfect throw from number eleven. He puts this up
Speaker 1: over the linebacker Sean Lee, away from the safety Xavier Woods.
Speaker 1: Only Dallas Godder can make this play number eighty eight,
Speaker 1: come down with a touchdown at the back of the
Speaker 1: end zone. Eagles go up, tend up. All right, thank you, fran.
Speaker 1: We are going to take one more quick break. On
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Speaker 1: at a brand new Toyota. This week's nominees it's Fletcher Cox,
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders, and Carson Wentz, three players who had incredible
Speaker 1: games today. I think I have to go with Carson
Speaker 1: a little tour in there. Fletcher. Fletcher had maybe his
Speaker 1: best game of the season, stopping Zeke Elliott playing hurt. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's definitely arguments to be made for all three of
Speaker 1: these tiles, big, big, big, another big gang for Miles Sanders,
Speaker 1: and we didn't get a chance to mention it ain't me,
Speaker 1: so I want to mention it before we go off
Speaker 1: the air. What an unselfish act for Mouse Sanders reminiscent
Speaker 1: of Brian Westbrook against the very same Dallas Cowboys on
Speaker 1: a Monday night years ago where he could have very
Speaker 1: easily gone in scored a touchdown, unselfishly and wisely goes down,
Speaker 1: ends all suspense. Game is over. Mouse Sanders, right there,
Speaker 1: nice job not going in the end zone just gives
Speaker 1: you an idea of what we're gonna be privileged to
Speaker 1: watch over this young man's career. That's just another example
Speaker 1: of who he is as a person. So nice job
Speaker 1: from the young man, Mouse Sanders. I'm glad you brought
Speaker 1: that up. And of course that slide sliding with style.
Speaker 1: We'd love to see that little extra flare from Miles
Speaker 1: Sanders as well. My vote would have went to Fletcher Cox. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I probably the defense. He has to be
Speaker 1: the representative of the defense. Yes, but again, playing hurt
Speaker 1: the way he could, he plays through pain more than
Speaker 1: people even know. It takes a lot to stop that guy.
Speaker 1: All right, Time to look ahead to next week. We
Speaker 1: will be facing the Giants. The Giants coming off a
Speaker 1: forty one thirty five overtime win over Washington today for
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback Daniel Jones. The second meeting between these two,
Speaker 1: the Eagles victorious against them the first one that I
Speaker 1: guess the Giants play a lot of overtime games these days.
Speaker 1: Going to be a different quarterback under center though, than
Speaker 1: the Eagles face the first time around. What do you
Speaker 1: see in this matchup? Yeah, get our first look at
Speaker 1: rookie first round draft pick Daniel Jones. We had to
Speaker 1: face Eli obviously a couple of weeks ago on Monday Night.
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones healthy, more athletic. I think he has a
Speaker 1: live arm through five touchdowns today, obviously going up against
Speaker 1: that Red Skins defense, but still able to take advantage
Speaker 1: of that. Gonna need another good game plan. Young man
Speaker 1: hasn't seen everything the NFL has to offer from a
Speaker 1: defensive scheme standpoint, so I think Jim Schwartz can have
Speaker 1: some fun coming up with some different looks that can
Speaker 1: sort of confuse young Daniel Jones. You're get him back there, rattle,
Speaker 1: he will turn the ball over, So that's gonna be
Speaker 1: big next week going on the road for the Eagles,
Speaker 1: the most dangerous thing is a team that has nothing
Speaker 1: to lose, ye, So you gotta go in there and
Speaker 1: not give the Giants any reasons to believe they can
Speaker 1: win that game next week. If you let them hang around,
Speaker 1: you're gonna be in another dog fight with a team
Speaker 1: that you should seemingly take care of business against, but
Speaker 1: you can't underestimate them. Had a proper respect for your
Speaker 1: opponent going in and knowing what's at stake. But you
Speaker 1: know how this is gonna be amy. Yes, this will
Speaker 1: be another tough game for us next week. And look
Speaker 1: at when you talk about a quarterback building confidence, what
Speaker 1: we've seen from Carson once in the past few games.
Speaker 1: You could say the same thing for Daniel Jones. With
Speaker 1: this victory forty one points. For a rookie quarterback like
Speaker 1: he is, he's got to be feeling feeling pretty good
Speaker 1: and he of course wants to make a good impression
Speaker 1: and kind of solidify himself there as well as the
Speaker 1: Giants quarterback. There so definitely plenty for them to play for,
Speaker 1: especially for Daniel Jones as well as always, we will
Speaker 1: be right back here thirty minutes before kickoff on the
Speaker 1: pregame show presented by EXALTA friend Duffy will be joining
Speaker 1: me and we will always be right back here as
Speaker 1: soon as the game is over to break down. Excuse me,
Speaker 1: I'm so excited about this win, to break down all
Speaker 1: the angles, all of the analysis, and of course all
Speaker 1: throughout this week. We'll have plenty of analysis as well
Speaker 1: of this win and looking ahead to the Giants game.
Speaker 1: We will see you guys next week. Happy holidays everybody.
Speaker 1: We will catch you on Sunday when the Eagles take
Speaker 1: on the Giants and hopefully secure their playoff spot. Happy holidays,