WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Win 25-22 0:00:01.760 --> 0:00:04.720 We can all breathe just a little bit easier. In 0:00:04.840 --> 0:00:08.119 a must win game. The Eagles were down nineteen to 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:10.760 three in the second quarter, Well they rallied back by 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:14.120 scoring outscoring the Giants twenty two to three over the 0:00:14.120 --> 0:00:17.439 final twenty minutes of the football game to eke out 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:20.280 a twenty five to twenty two victory over in New 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:22.599 York to improve to five and six on the season. 0:00:22.720 --> 0:00:25.400 Hello everyone to welcome to the postgame show presented by Rico. 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:29.280 I'm Chris McPherson alongside former Eagles linebacker Ike Reese, and Yes, 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:32.240 the Eagles had to have this game, and they found 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:35.559 a way despite an undermanned defense, despite not scoring in 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:38.520 the first quarter once again, to beat a Giants team 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:41.200 that was full of confidence and believing they were gonna 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:43.680 come into the link and end the Eagles season. I 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:45.519 gotta tell you, Chris, right off the bat. You know, 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:47.479 Doug has been here for a little over two and 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:49.760 a half years, and I know they're coming off winning 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:52.000 the Super Bowl, But I can't think of four or 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:54.520 five more wins that he's had during his time here 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:58.120 that's been more impressive than today's victory. You talked about 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.360 it being a must win game. We obviously you know 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:04.080 that getting down nineteen to three to this Giants team 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:07.160 and then finding a way to battle back in this game. 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:11.200 Really impressed with the perseverance of this team, the fact 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:13.640 that they didn't give up the will to fight and 0:01:13.760 --> 0:01:16.399 not let this season go down just yet. So just 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:19.360 an impressive win. Obviously, we'll dive through the numbers, we'll 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:22.559 dive through the play. There's obviously things to improve upon, 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:26.600 but I'm talking about a gutty, gutty, gritty win from 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:29.039 a football team that really hasn't had a lot of 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:31.720 bright moments this season. They find a way to get 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:34.119 to five and six in a game that they had 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:38.640 to have at home. Again, I can't overstate this. Down 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:40.920 nineteen to three, you know, I didn't know when they 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:43.280 were down nineteen to three. I was hoping, but I 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:46.320 wasn't sure they had it in them to come back 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:49.480 and win this game. And just an impressive win, a 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:52.160 little something to build off of, get some momentum going 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:56.240 into next week's big game against Washington. Just a just 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:58.640 a gritty, tough win. I think one of the best 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:02.200 wins under Dougs. It is like, because you haven't seen 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:06.080 too many wins like this during Doug's error. Okay, last season, 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.320 when the Eagles were steamrolling opponents on the way to 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.280 the Super Bowl, they didn't have a lot of close 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:12.600 contests like this. So we look at the boss score 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:14.720 here again the Eagles coming out with the twenty five 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:18.200 to twenty two victory. The time of possession really took 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:20.040 place in the second half of the ball game as 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:23.000 the Eagles relied on the ground game and the Eagles 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:26.480 believe are not out gaining the Giants in ground yards 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.080 by a margin of one twenty seven to one twenty six, 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:31.480 which if you watched the first half and saw Saquon 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:33.720 Barkley in the way he was running the football, especially 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.080 after he scored the fifty one yard touchdown, you didn't 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.000 think that that was going to happen. But a lot 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:42.320 of eerie similarities between the Week three Eagles Giants game 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.679 at the Link a year ago to this one here, 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.440 and the biggest one for me is Jake Ellie coming 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:50.280 out at the end with the franchise record sixty one 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:52.760 yard field goal to get the Eagles over the hump, 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:55.560 and they really took off from that point on. Today. 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:57.919 Once again, Jake Ellie coming through in the clutch of 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:01.280 forty three yard field goal with only twenty two seconds left, 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.200 season on the line once again and the Eagles. We 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:06.120 don't know what this will mean down the road, but 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:08.200 the biggest thing is the Eagles are in five and six. 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:11.760 They have Washington next Monday night in prime time, and 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:13.720 they are right where they need to be, not where 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.520 they want to be, but where they need to be. 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:18.520 At this point with the NFC East still within the reach, 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.720 they are just one game out of first place. Washington 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:23.480 tie with Dallas for first place with the six and 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:25.800 five record, the Eagles are right in the hunt and 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:28.800 they have Washington and Dallas over the next two weeks. But, 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:30.680 like you said, like a lot of things for this 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:33.240 team to build upon, But the biggest thing tonight is 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:36.080 that they survive. That was the biggest thing, especially after 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:39.280 being down nineteen to three. Yeah, keeping your season season alive, 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:41.200 I mean, that's what it's all about. You know. They 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:44.440 found themselves in this position where basically over the last 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:46.400 month or so of a season they're gonna be in 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.600 playoff form. I mean, because they need just about every 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:52.160 win they can get to sort of find themselves in 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:55.200 that final weekend with an opportunity to play in the 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:58.400 postseason this season. So the great thing is their next 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:01.280 game is at home as well, against another divisional opponent 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:04.240 that they'll probably probably be favored against, a game they 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:08.760 should get national TV primetime Monday night football. Certainly something 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:10.960 to build off of. And that's really how they have 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:12.640 to look at this thing. They have to look at 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.680 the rest of their schedule, as it's a week to 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:18.880 week season. Find a way to keep your season alive. 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:21.599 Things around you're going to fall into place. You know. 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:23.640 The one fortunate thing we have going for us this 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:26.680 year is that no one is running away in this division, 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:28.719 which is going to keep a lot of the teams 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.919 in the hunt. And so the Eagles, although they aren't 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:35.719 playing at a level, they certainly have enough time to 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:38.840 sort of get themselves to that level as long as 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.039 they keep fixing the little things. I look at that 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.080 graphic there, Chris, and the first thing that stood out 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:48.000 to me was zero turnovers. Zero turnovers. They came into 0:04:48.080 --> 0:04:52.760 this game plus nine and the turnover differential. That's no 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:55.160 way you can survive in this league. If they're fortunate 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:57.359 to be at four and six with that type of 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:00.440 turnover differential, whereas they were fourth in the league at 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.600 a plus eleven. I believe last year taking care of football. 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:07.120 Although they got the one big interception from Malcolm right 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.400 before the half, the big key there to me was 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:11.920 they took care of the ball on the offensive side 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.800 of the ball, didn't give the Giants any short fields, 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.640 any easy points, and that allowed them to claw their 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:20.320 way back into this game. Wasn't pretty, but when they 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:22.520 finally got their rhythm going there and they were able 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:24.920 to find their way with a w in the second half. 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:27.479 You make a great point about style when it comes 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:29.560 to winning games in the league. Like last week, the 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:32.200 Eagles were throttled by the Saints, it doesn't matter. It's 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:34.880 one loss in the grand scheme of things, and they 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:36.919 knew after that game they were going to still be 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:39.200 in the mix. The key was not to allow that 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:41.880 loss to hang over their heads. And maybe you could 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:43.520 say it did a little bit there in the first 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:45.680 half or so, but the Eagles were able to get 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:47.640 a spark there late in the second quarter, and like 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:50.760 you said, it was just getting back to fundamentals, making 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.120 sure you have sound tackling, getting off the field on 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:55.520 third down on defense, and then going to the ground 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:58.440 game and sustaining drives on offense. A lot of key 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:00.920 third down conversion in this foot ball game. A lot 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:03.560 of the elements that made the twenty seventeen offense special 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:07.719 we saw once again here today. So again style points 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:09.880 don't matter when it comes to the victory. The biggest 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:12.480 thing is the Eagles get the victory by score twenty 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:15.039 five to twenty two. And then next week they'll play 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:18.839 Washington in a Monday night thriller with pretty much everything 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:22.279 online for both teams because Washington lost its starting quarterback. 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:25.080 They were defeated by the Cowboys on Thanksgiving nights, so 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:27.640 they're gonna be really ending a chance to bounce back. 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:30.719 So two teams, and what better way than to handle 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:33.840 your division business by having in a primetime showcase like 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:36.040 they're gonna have a Monday Night. But a lot more 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:38.599 to unpack here on the postgame show presented by Rico, 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:41.160 we're gonna hear from head coach Doug Pearson and quarterback 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:44.479 Carson Wentz Or also have a film breakdown Cursey of 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:46.840 Fran Duffy and Great Cosell. But first we're going to 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:49.279 send it over to Lincoln Financial Field and welcome in 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:52.560 Eagles Inspire Dave Spider and Amy Campbell. Now, Dave, I'm 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:54.320 sure you've had a chance to catch your breath, But 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:56.960 one of the takeaways for me from today is looking 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:59.600 at the offensive side of the ball, Carson Wentz and 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:01.839 the off it's getting the job done in the fourth quarter. 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:04.280 Went throughout the course of the season, the team has 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:07.479 been criticized for not coming up big in clutch situations. Well, 0:07:07.480 --> 0:07:10.160 it's because they haven't come up big in clutch situations. 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.800 So the criticism was just and I thought you mentioned 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.360 it correctly just a little bit ago, Chris. The running game, 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.480 the Eagles really leaned on it, and Josh Adams Corey 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:22.840 Clement made it happen. Good screen game efficiency offensively really 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:25.320 the key for the Eagles red zone efficiency as well. 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:27.720 And I mean, what a difference between half one and 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:31.560 half two. Everything changed in this football game on the 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:35.560 Malcolm Jenkins red zone interception Eagles. I'm sorry before that, 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:37.520 Eagles go down and score the touchdown and then Jenkins 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:40.720 has the interception, and then the Eagles take momentum into 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.560 the half, into the second half, and I thought the 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.200 offense had a terrific job controlling the clock, controlling the 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:49.800 line of scrimmage and moving the football. Amy. You know, 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.480 Dave talked about the offense and they certainly finally got 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:54.200 it together in that second half. I thought that the 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:57.480 Eagles defense played outstanding in the second half as well 0:07:57.520 --> 0:07:59.840 as well as keeping them in the game in the first. 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:03.360 Just your thoughts on Jim Schwartz and the scheme and 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:05.400 things he were able to come up with considering he 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:08.560 was shorthanded when you look at this secondary, Yeah, Ike, 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:10.680 you and I are already very much on the same 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:13.000 page there. That was kind of my big note there, 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:15.240 a tale of two halves. But the last few games 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:17.760 we've seen kind of the opposite effect with the Eagles 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:20.840 defense really keeping it tight in the first three quarters 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.160 and then just not able to hang on until the end, 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.880 allowing a lot of points. Kind of as games unwinded, 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:29.160 you saw again that injury bug continues to hit the secondary, 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:31.400 but it was that front seven that was really able 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:34.480 to get pressure, stop the run. Take Eli Manning down. 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:37.600 That to me was huge that the defense continued to 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:39.719 give the offense a chance while the offense was kind 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:41.839 of working out the Kinkston able to get the ground 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:44.960 game going Dave Amy touch on some of the decisions 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:47.720 there from Coach Peterson and the staff there. But late 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.120 in the game, Doug Peerson decides to go for it 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:52.319 on the fourth down and Carson Wentz comes up big 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.280 with the throw to Nelson Agil over the middle. What 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:57.240 did it mean for coach Peerson to go for in 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.920 that situation when he was a little more conservative leading 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:01.719 up to that point in the content? Yeah, I mean 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:04.480 you're standing there, you're kind of watching, You're going. Well, 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:06.439 if you punt it and you punt it into the 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:08.679 end zone, you have a net of twenty two yards 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:10.360 and the Giants still have a couple of minutes left. 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:12.240 I think it was a decision you had to make, 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:16.360 very difficult decision. Short passing game, safe route by Nelson 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:18.720 Aguil or middle of the field. Really, the Eagles had 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:21.880 some success there from most of the day. Offensive line 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:25.200 gave Carson some time he delivered to Nelson. I think 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:27.040 it's just call you had to make. I really didn't 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:30.280 think about not going for it there, I mean right 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:33.079 right well, in that situation especially, and we talked about 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.680 this before the game that I wanted to see Doug 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:38.800 Peterson being aggressive again and of course, we can't compare 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.120 last year to this year because it's not the same personnel, 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:43.080 it's not the same team. But one of the things 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:46.240 that gave this team that juice, gave this atmosphere that 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:49.080 juice was that aggressive mentality. The fans love it, the 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.439 players love it. And so to see that going for 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:54.080 the two point conversions, going for it on fourth and one. 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.600 Of course it helps when it works, but just to 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:58.560 see that, I think was a big part of just 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:01.280 the juice and the momentum, that swagger that you want 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:04.400 to see from a team like this. Hey, Amy, looking 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:06.720 at that offensive side of the ball, you know, everyone's 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:09.800 screaming about running the football, committing to the running game. 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:11.880 I thought Doug did an ask me job, but at 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.880 today talk about Josh Adams performance today as well as 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:17.840 Corey Clement sort of being involved in the offense also, 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.120 I thought that was a huge spark for them. Yeah, 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:21.920 you saw. You know, we've kind of been waiting to 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.600 see what's going to happen with Josh Adams all season. 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.000 A guy who makes the team, who shows a lot 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:30.079 of potential and continues to show that the coaches can 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.280 trust him every situation that he's been given opportunities taken 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:35.640 advantage of it, and he continued to do that today, 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.080 just got hotter and hotter. Twenty two carries. I'm gonna 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.480 guess that's the most that he's had in his career. 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:42.880 I can't confirm that thing. Yeah, so there you go. 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:45.480 Twenty two carries, a career high for him here with 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.920 the Eagles, and his second touchdown of his career, and 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:50.120 Corey Clement too, kind of giving them a couple of 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:52.560 those big plays. Clement had a couple of the big runs, 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:54.720 so giving them the balance there, and you know, just 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:57.080 Adams continuing to slowly help move the change. Yeah, and 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.560 Adams I think the ability to get outside to bounce 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.240 it out. I'd really he is a big play running back. 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:03.960 Was a big play running back, and Notre Dame has 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.640 continued to be one here. And what we saw today 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:10.280 that we hadn't really seen was the workhorse. Twenty two carries, 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:14.240 good ball, security, late game, tough yards between the tackles, 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:17.800 setting up Jake Elliott. Yeah for he said it was 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:21.839 just a routine into the wind, kind of reminiscent of 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:25.520 last year's kick, the sixty one yarder, but clearly Josh 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:28.679 Adams delivering in the clutch, and Corey Clement, who has 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:31.599 struggled this year to get his game going, found it 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:34.880 today and Amy, thank you so much. We can't wait 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:36.840 to read the on the insight common listen to the 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:40.360 Eels Life podcast after the game later on this evening. 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:43.079 Thanks again, guys and Dave Brown. Was a great point 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:46.400 there with Josh Adams that you trusted him in the clutch, 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:48.880 you know, in those pivotal moments when you're trying to 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:51.200 accept your field position, you're line up the kick for 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:54.440 Jake Elliott. They trusted Adams to carry the ball and 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:56.680 not to worry about losing it with the season on 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.080 the line. And I think the key word there is trust. 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.720 It's not easy when you're looking at a guy who's 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:06.040 undrafted and you don't know how much to give him. 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.560 You want to give him enough so that you certainly 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:11.480 are getting positive production out of him, but at the 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:13.960 same time, in the back of every coach's mind is 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.480 that he's still a rookie and you kind of you 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:18.440 kind of are a little reluctant to feed him a 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:20.840 whole lot early in the season. But I think Josh 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:24.679 Adams has earned the extra touches that Doug has given him, 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:26.720 and the fact that you bring up the word trust, 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:29.000 they are trusting him now to give him a little 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:31.319 bit more and to keep the plan. Running back in 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:35.080 this league isn't just about running the football. It's also 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:37.960 how do you contribute in the passing game? How do 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:41.079 you contribute in the passing protection game? Blitz pick up 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.680 things of that nature. So it's good to see that 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.880 Josh Adams has been rewarded for his hard work and 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:49.840 his positive play over the past few weeks. And I 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.800 guarantee you he'll continue to get touches as long as 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.840 he's continuing to be to give you positive results, they'll 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:57.800 give him the football. Don't forget he had a fifty 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:01.960 one yeard touchdown calling back there in the first quarter. So, Mike, 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.959 what are your three big takeaways from this the Eagles 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:07.080 twenty five to twenty two win over the Giants. Well, 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:09.280 I gotta start, you know, my biggest concern coming into 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:12.000 this game was the defense and how would they perform 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:14.800 considering what they were rialed with injuries with in the 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.720 back seven of this defense, I thought, Jim Schwartz, they 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:20.680 held down the fort in the first half, Eli and 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.080 that offense, they set an NFL record. I don't have 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:24.959 the exact number in front of me, but it was 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:27.280 three hundred and forty some yards I believe in the 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:30.800 first half of total offense. That's almost unheard of. But 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.720 look the team finished. The Giants offense finished with just 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:35.840 over four hundred yards. So you look at what this 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:38.800 defense did in the second half, only giving up three points, 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:43.040 really clamped down on that Giants offense and kept the 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:46.600 big playoff of them. And so you want to you 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:48.360 want to give the defense a lot of credit for 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:50.560 what they were able to do. And then I look 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:53.040 at what the offense was able to do in the 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:56.120 second half from a running standpoint, really committed to the 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:58.800 running game in the second half. And then Carson Wentz 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:02.720 in the fourth quarter. So much senseless talk about whether 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:04.680 or not he's a clutch performer, whether or not he 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:08.400 can win big games. This guy is the franchise quarterback 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:10.280 for this team and he will continue to be that 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:12.560 for well over a decade. He didn't need to prove 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:14.400 anything to me, but I hope he answered a lot 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:16.840 of questions that people had about him the day with 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:20.240 that fourth quarter performance leading them down to another game 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:24.000 winning win with the field goal kicked by Jake Kelliot. Well, 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:26.880 you bring up Carson Wentz in his first half numbers 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:28.960 here he was ten of twelve in the first half, 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.880 eighty three point three percent completion percentage for one hundred 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:33.880 and twenty seven yards with a touchdown, one hundred and 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:36.240 thirty eight point five passer rating, and he finishally see 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.520 his final numbers on a day two thirty six yards 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:41.520 over seventy one percent completion percentage. You know, it was 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:44.200 just very efficient in the first half. The thing was 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:48.040 early on the defense struggled mightel Okay four drives, four 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.720 scoring drives for the Giants to start off the game, 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:53.760 the touchdown, two field goals and another touchdown. It wasn't 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.160 until the fifth drive when Malcolm Jenkins got the interception 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.600 where the defense was able to get off the field. 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.800 But with that being said, though, Carson Wentz he almost 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.880 felt like had pressure on his shoulders to carry the offense, 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:08.280 knowing how short handed the defense was, that the Eagles 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:10.920 were almost got to go and score in every single possession, 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:13.160 and after the slow start, you thought it was going 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:16.120 to be insurmountable, But Carson Wentz just kept plugging away, 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:19.160 plugging away. Doug Pearson micro give him craf for making 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:20.960 sure they stuck with the run game even though they 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.720 were down at one point, by sixteen and by eight 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:25.880 in the second half. But the big thing there is 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:29.440 Carson Wentz a very efficient performance and helping not only 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:32.080 get the Egels back in scoring position to have a 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.040 chance to win the game, but coming through and getting 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.120 the victory. And I think the most impressive thing he 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.360 did today was not press And you talked about the 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:41.800 pressure coming into this game, and I'm sure he felt 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:45.280 it from the outside or even from the inside when 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:48.680 your defense is riddled with injuries the way they have been, 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:50.720 and after giving up forty eight points to the Saints, 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.280 I mean, he's probably thinking what we're all thinking, is 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:54.760 that the offense is going to have to put some 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:56.960 points on the board and able for them to in 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.960 order for them to win today. So as a player 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:04.040 of his magnitude, you have to fight against that temptation 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:06.200 to want to go out there and make a big 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:09.120 play every time you get the football. And I thought 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:11.200 in the first half he didn't have some things go 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:13.160 his way, moved the ball at times, but they seen 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:16.320 the stall on third downs time from time to time. 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:18.520 But the key thing for me is that he didn't 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:22.560 force any throwst he didn't have any turnovers in the game, 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:25.320 and eventually he was able to get some things going 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:28.360 with his receivers in the second half. So you know, 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:30.880 like I said, it's not easy when you're the quarterback 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:34.080 and everyone's looking for you for all the answers and 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:37.080 to carry the load. You almost feel pressure to go 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:38.920 out there and score every time you get the ball. 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:41.720 I thought he got help on the offensive side of 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:44.760 the ball today which relieved some of that pressure, and 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:47.480 the most of the help came from his offensive line. 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:49.920 I thought he had pass protection back there. There were 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.240 times he held onto the ball. Maybe it's because no 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:54.480 one was open, but it wasn't a whole lot of 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:56.560 pressure on him, even though he was sacked late in 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:58.240 the game a couple of times. I thought through the 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:00.920 first few quarters he had any of time back there. 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:03.600 And then we're watching Corey Clement here we talked about 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.960 Josh Adams. That was huge for Carson today. He was 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:09.159 able to turn around, give the ball to those running 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:12.199 backs and let them alleviate some of their pressure that 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.399 I'm sure he felt coming into the game. It is 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:17.040 great seeing that burst from Corey Clement and has just 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:19.320 not been there all season. And I don't know if 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:21.480 it was the quad injury he suffered at the beginning 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:23.440 of the year. It just lingered too long. Clement kept 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:25.359 saying it was one hundred percent by but by the 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:27.400 reps he was getting on the field, you could tell 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.480 something wasn't right. And it was great with and we 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:32.560 see Corey Clement here the second year back, and it's 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:35.200 great that last year was a rookie Fraser running back 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:37.520 who helped the Eagles on the way to the Super Bowl. 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:39.560 It's Adams this year. Where you look at the numbers 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:42.720 there from Clement there forty five rushing yards, thirty one receiving. 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:44.560 That's what he did so well is he helped you 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:47.760 on third down and in the past game and without 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:50.920 a Jhiudine, more of a sustaining back, and Josh Adams 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.240 proved that he could be that guy getting twenty two 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.360 carriages today. The big thing is a week ago. Look, 0:17:57.400 --> 0:17:59.720 Adams was very productive when he got his carriage. Problem 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:03.520 is when you're down the way they were to the Saints, 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:05.320 you and I run on the ball. At that point 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:07.840 But to that being said, with the Eagles down this 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:10.480 week nineteen at three. Okay, last week, the mo against 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:12.520