WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Win 28-23 Over Carolina 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:30.840 On the road to victory. Look at that the Eagles, 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:34.280 on a short week go down to Carolina and knock 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:37.280 off the Panthers twenty eight to twenty three to improved 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:40.599 to five and one on the season, four and zero 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.600 in the conference. Welcome to the postgame show for Jane Barrico. 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:48.400 I'm Chris McPherson alongside former Eagles linebacker I Greas. Wow, 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:51.000 what a game. So much to unpack from this one. 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:54.160 A lot of analysts didn't think the Eagles could go 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:57.240 down to Charlotte facing a red hot Panthers team that 0:00:57.360 --> 0:00:59.400 was also four and one. Gotta raise my hand, I 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:01.800 was one. I heard you on the radio on the 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:05.440 radio this afternoon. Facing Cam Newton, red hot, almost seven 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:08.520 hundred passing yard, six touchdowns the last two games seem 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:11.839 like he was coming into that twenty fifteen MVP self 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:15.160 once again. Well, the Eagles get the job done, three 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:18.399 interceptions and stand up at the end forcing the turnover 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:22.080 Undowns to come out with the victory thanks to two 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:25.280 key turnovers in the red zone, which both led to 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:29.800 Zach Ertz touchdowns from Carson wentz Ike. The Eagles have 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:33.880 an eleven day layoff until they come back home Monday, 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.240 the twenty third, to face to watch their risques five 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:41.199 and one. How about that? I mean, just an incredible 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:44.559 win to go on the road on a short week 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.880 planning against the team that's been planned just as well 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:50.080 as the Eagles have been planned so far this year. 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:53.000 The Carolina Panthers came into this game on a little 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:55.080 bit of a hot streak with two impressive wins on 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:57.360 the road. I thought this would be a tough one 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:00.360 for the Eagles. Great news prior to the game, starting 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.520 getting Fletcher Cox back, he set the tone early for 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:05.600 the way this defense was gonna play. They were in 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:09.959 Cam Newton's face all night long, forcing turnovers and that's 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:12.720 really where this ball game was won, on the defensive 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.799 side of the ball. With forcing turnovers shorten the field 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:19.000 for your offense, giving them opportunities to go up against 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:23.280 this stout Carolina Panthers defense. Now, the Panthers defense top 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:27.160 five and both run and pass, and so you're gonna 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:30.320 need short fields to work against this team. And the 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:33.359 Eagles defense was able to get that for their offense tonight, 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:35.960 and then their offense was able to capitalize on it 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:39.120 with getting touchdowns instead of field goals. Tonight. Just a 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:42.280 great performance by this team. And when you're gonna win 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.000 like this, it starts with the head man. Kudos to 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:49.480 Doug Peterson for having his guys ready to play once again. 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:52.239 I don't know how much doubt is remaining out there 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.000 about Doug as a head coach, but tonight should have 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:57.880 raced all doubt as to whether or not this guy 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:00.440 has the chops to coach in this league? Can he 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:02.960 get his guys ready to play in a big game. 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.680 Great job from Doug and his coaching staff on a 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:08.680 short week having his team ready to go. They looked 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:11.080 like the more aggressive team tonight. They looked like the 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:14.400 fresher team tonight, and it showed in their play. Carolina 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:18.560 was sloppy on offense, Eagles took advantage of them on defense. Wow, 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.080 I thought, listen, I thought last week's win against I 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:24.480 mean Sunday's win against the Cardinals was impressive. To go 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.600 on the road against this football team, This is a 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:30.640 big win. This is a statement. It seemed like on 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:33.840 Sunday we were saying that was a statement win. To 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:37.120 demolish a team like the Arizona Cardinals of veteran leaden 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:39.760 team coming to your house. You jump on them early, 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:41.640 you stay on them throughout the course of the game, 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:44.040 and you don't let them back into it. Everyone said, Wow, 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:47.040 that was a signature moment. Phenomenal performance by Carson Wentz. 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:50.440 Great job by Doug Peterson. But four days later to 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:53.880 follow it up with that type of effort, Doug Peterson 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:56.600 you mentioned, deserves a ton of kudos. One of the 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.840 moments I loved in that game was after the Eagles 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:03.360 for the two point conversion. Okay, all the guys coming 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:06.160 up to him on the sideline, Yo's great job, Thanks 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:08.360 for making a call. Thanks for believing in us. He 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:11.640 has the pulse of his players, and he has these 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:14.480 guys playing at such a high confident level right now. 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:17.080 They believe in him. He believes in all of them. 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:19.880 For him to put his faith in there, he took 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:22.760 point off the board, which proved to be a critical 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:25.599 and as jucture, you don't do that typically in this league, 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:29.119 and he did it penalty on Panther's one yard line. 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:30.960 I love the fact that he had a two point 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:34.159 play in his bag ready to go. These coaches have 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:36.560 talked about that in the past, that if you're gonna 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:37.960 put the if you're gonna put the ball at the 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:40.560 one yard line, They're gonna go for two. I thought 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:44.880 that was just another reinforcement Doug to his players when 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:47.760 he said sky's the limit last week, after that Panther 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:50.279 I mean, after that Cardinal's victory. You can tell his 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:53.240 players believe the sky is the limit. And now we're 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.599 all starting to believe it as well. Wow. So in 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:57.760 a little bit we're gonna hear from the Victoria's head 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:00.400 coach Doug Pearson at Bank of America's Stadium down there 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.720 in Charlotte, as well as from quarterback Carson Wentz. First, 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:05.440 we're gonna bring in the other two members of our 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.760 broadcast here NFL Films, see your producer Greg co Sell 0:05:09.000 --> 0:05:13.360 and Fran Duffy to unpack this huge win over the 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:19.680 Carolina Panthers in three two. Well, thank you see McK 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:21.520 and ike and Greg. No one said it would be 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.480 easy going into Charlotte taking on this FOURM one Carolina 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:27.000 Panthers team, and the Eagles come away with a huge 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:30.200 victory on the road again, their third road win of 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:33.400 this young season. Initial takeaways from the game. Let's start offensively. 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:37.120 I hate these dull and interesting games. The blood Press. 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:41.240 We gotta worry about that. But you know, I think offensively, 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:43.880 you have to continue to look at the development of 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:45.719 Carson Wins. He goes on the road. This is a 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:49.120 really good Carolina team, a really good Carolina defense, even 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:53.400 without Luke Keekley, and just his poisoned critical moments. That 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:56.320 touchdown drive that made it I believe twenty eight sixteen 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:58.359 when they had the third and was at sixteen, I 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:01.760 believe her. And then he completes that to Hollands and 0:06:02.080 --> 0:06:04.440 then that starts him being four for four on that 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.520 drive for eighty one yards ending with the touchdown. So 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:10.240 just the poise in critical moments in a game in 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:13.080 which he was under major arrests, starting right from the 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.680 beginning of the game. Yeah, no question. The last two 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:18.880 weeks beforehand against the Arizona Cardins and the LA Chargers, 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.080 I felt like Wentz was really in a group. Yeah, 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:24.200 it wasn't always that way. Tonight, No, tonight was not easy. 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:27.640 I thought he missed some throws, relatively rout chaine throws 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:30.880 that NFL quarterbacks need to make. But I think his 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:35.680 composure is really it's wonderful to watch because you lose 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:37.839 track of the fact that what was this is twenty 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:41.440 second NFL start, and you know they've just won their 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:44.720 third road game in six games in this season. And 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:47.600 to go and win on the road no matter the opponent, 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:50.360 and this was a high level opponent. To do that 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:56.279 requires poise, composure, game management awareness, understanding situations, knowing what 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:58.880 you can do, knowing what your teammates can do. This 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.760 is really strong development by Carson Wentz and Greg. You 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:03.960 and I talked about all week long, whether it was 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:05.760 on Eagles Game Plan, whether it was on The Eagle 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:08.800 and of the Sky podcast, about this Carolina Panthers offense 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:11.320 and all the layers, all the blackfield action we saw 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.120 the screen game was very effective for them today. The 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:17.000 Eagles did a really good job of bottling up that 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:21.280 offensive attack. Fletcher Cox's return, I thought was in game 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:23.960 helped create the interception that really kind of swung the 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:26.880 momentum back in the Eagles favor for Razul Douglas. Talk 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:28.920 about what you saw from the defense watch it on TV. Well, 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:31.280 I think it also all starts with their run defense, 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:34.560 because Carolina at its course still wants to run the football. 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:36.400 I mean, yes, they can throw the ball down the 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:39.160 field and be effective because Cam Newton has a big 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.040 arm and can make those throws. But this is a 0:07:41.080 --> 0:07:44.040 team that wants to run the football and they couldn't 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.040 run at all. I think it one stretch and it 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.240 might have been his longest run of the game. Jonathan 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:50.600 Stewart had a three yard run and that was a 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:53.320 big game tonight. And then McCaffrey had a four yard 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:55.360 run and everybody said, wow, that was their longest run 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:57.760 of the night. So it starts up front. They didn't 0:07:57.800 --> 0:07:59.720 blitz a lot, so I think you have to give 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:02.960 true mendous credit to that down four. It's a lot 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:06.160 of depth, a great rotation. They were really strong tonight. 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:09.320 Eagles lost Jordan Hicks halfway through this game. Nigel Bradham 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.240 was outstanding, stand couple of huge styles. Joe Walker I 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:14.920 thought stepped in and did well too, Absolutely no question 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:16.960 about it. So the Eagles had some injuries, but we 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:19.320 get Fletcher Cox back, it'll be very interesting as we 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:21.920 go into this long week now. Preferring for the Washington Redskins, 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:23.760 We've got a lot more to break down. Let's go 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:28.200 back to Smack and Ike. Great point there by Frann 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:31.400 and Gregor regarding the run defense, Okay, outside of some 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:35.080 of the misdirection elements. Cam Newton using his legs, which 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:36.760 we hadn't really seen much of this year. Wish you 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:41.840 knew coming to the game, forced them undun the ball. 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:47.199 It's Christian McCaffrey. Eight rushing yards. Yeah, Jonathan Stewart negative 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.840 four on the game, Kurs Samuel eight rushing yards. I 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:54.520 mean basically outside of Cam Newton seventy one rushing yards. 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:56.719 He had the sixteen yard touchdown, the longest run of 0:08:56.840 --> 0:09:00.280 the game for them, they had nine rushing yards. I'm 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.720 running back to nine rushing yards. This run defense talked 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:07.440 about Michael Kendricks, Nigel Bradle I thought was phenomenal and 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:10.320 had a key, key third down stop where Ed Dixon 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:13.040 caught the pastor's one yard shore of the first down marker. 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:16.800 Benny Curry very strong against the run. And I love 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:19.400 the depth that you're seeing from the line because in 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:21.040 the key moments there at the end of the game, 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:24.320 you're seeing Chris Long, You're seeing Derek Barnett. How about 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:28.120 Derek Barnett bounce it back from that penalty first gets 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:31.240 the first sack tonight in a huge, huge situation there. 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:36.080 I mean bo Allen stepping up. Fletcher Cox. I mean, 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:41.680 Fletcher Cox just he showed why he got paid all 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:43.720 of that money tonight by setting a tone like you 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:48.000 mentioned and just taking over the middle of the line there, 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:50.599 winning up front there. I'll be I don't think the 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.800 Eagles win this game without Fletcher Cox tonight. That's just 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:57.040 how I mean. Listen, great job from our defensive line 0:09:57.040 --> 0:10:00.520 and the depth guys the last two weeks planned without electrics, 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:02.560 they were able to hold it down, but you could 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.880 tell just from a quarterback opposing quarterback standpoint, they were 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:08.800 too comfortable in the pocket the last couple of weeks, 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.360 and we got shredded at times. And this is the 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:15.839 impact that a cornerstone franchise type of defensive player has 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.600 on your defense. You started early in the game where 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:21.400 he was able to collapse the pocket, hit Cam Newton 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:24.560 force an interception early, I mean, and it set the 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:26.920 tone for what that defense was gonna play like early, 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:30.200 having this big guy back. He's only getting credit for 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:32.120 half a sack to night, but I thought he was 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:35.160 around Cam Newton all night. And then it forced that 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:39.040 Panther's offensive line to focus so much attention on him. 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:42.000 It allowed the guys on the outside to be effective 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:44.559 as well, and then our young guys on the back end, 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:49.120 Razul Douglas, Jalen Mills. Great job of those guys being 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:53.200 opportunistic on the back end getting interceptions. There had a 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.880 couple of chances for other ones as well. Patrick Robinson, 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:59.440 I still think he's been an unsung hero all season 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.320 long with the way that he's played, played much higher 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:05.560 than most people expecting him coming in. It's sort of 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.920 a quiet free agent signing this offseason, but he's found 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.560 his niche in his defense as a nickel guy and 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.640 he's making plays every week being a solid defender, so 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.640 truly an all around effort. You lose a guy like 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:20.480 Jordan Hickson, you don't know how that's going to impact 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:24.120 your defense. So guys like Joe Walker, nag Good who 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:26.040 had to come in and fill in. We lost Nigel 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:28.600 Bradham for a little while to night. Michael Kendricks had 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:33.080 to play more snaps seventeen tackles for the Angry Bird tonight. Listen, 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:36.000 I'm pumped up as a linebacker because these guys were 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.800 flying around everywhere to night, and that's what you want 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:40.079 to say. And then we heard a lot of talk 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:44.480 about the Panthers defense coming in the night, and rightfully so, 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:46.840 you know they are a good defense, and I think 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:50.640 when that type of stuff proceeds a game, our defense 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.600 takes notice and they want to come out there and show, hey, 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:55.559 it's more than one. Good defense is going to take 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:58.800 the field tonight. And I guarantee you Cam Newton and 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.480 that offense realized they were up against it tonight when 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.600 they had to see the game green running around, eleven heads, 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:08.040 flying to the ball, that's the way you played championship defense. 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:12.520 I'm just so impressed at the level of intensity that 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.640 this team played with tonight on such a short week 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:19.439 when quite frankly, it would have been very understandable had 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:21.199 they left out of this game, would have lost, it 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:24.520 would have been understandable. But they weren't having it. They 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:27.079 went down there with one purpose that was to get 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:29.839 a w Kudos to this team and the coaching staff. 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:30.880 It got to the point at the end of the 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:33.800 game where if the Panthers came back, he said, you 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:35.719 know what, great effort by the Eagles for three and 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:38.240 a half quarters, just couldn't quite finish it off. And 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:40.520 you could point to the penalties an absurd amount of 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:45.400 I mean, the referees helped out the Panthers every way 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:48.640 possible tonight. Still not able. They can't get fined right now. 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:53.280 I'm trying to think about that now, like ye, but 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:58.040 overcoming that, you know, basically just from top to bomb, 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.680 every level of the defense stepping up the way it 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:04.320 did tonight really a statement game for this unit. But again, 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:08.400 this team has been become so resilient. Okay, that's the 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.960 most impressive thing is it's not just the talent. The 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.320 talent has been there, but the way they're able to 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.079 gel and put everything together out there on the field. 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:19.360 Because if they lost a close game to Carolina, short week, 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:22.280 tough place to play, Cam's red hot, you could have 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.480 understood it. Okay, anyways, said, you know what, guess what, 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:26.720 You're still in first place in the division, no question 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:30.319 about it. Miss Elaan Johnson. You missed Joran Hicks for 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:32.840 most of the game. Guess what they're You know you 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:35.000 would come back in eleven days, take care of Washington. 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:37.240 You would have been feeling good. But you know, looking 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:39.480 there at the numbers there real real quick there. The 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.680 thing that stands out to me the red zone performance 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:45.040 for the Eagles. Two turnovers in the red zone by 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:48.480 the Eagles, both capitalized and resulting in points. Yeah, we 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:52.840 talked about the defense, and an extension of that is 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:55.640 the big difference in this game to night was the 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:58.880 quarterback play. You know, Carson doesn't have eye popping numbers 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:00.920 the night like he had this past week against the 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.839 Arizona Cardinals. But the great thing is his defense. He 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:06.280 gave him a short field to work with. He took 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:08.480 care of football. Of course, we had the sack fumble 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:12.040 early in the game. You know, Carolina Panthers, they overloaded 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:14.920 the right side Hallepuli Baltic by tie knew he was 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:18.280 going to be under siege tonight filling in for Lane Johnson. 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:21.920 Carolina Panthers wanted to take advantage of that. They brought 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:25.400 extra guys to that side of our offensive line and 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:27.960 it disrupted our offense for a little while. But the 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:31.880 best part about that was our quarterback kept the ball 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:34.480 out of harm's way. They made the car They made 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:38.880 the Carolina Panthers drive the field all night long. And 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.080 even when the Panthers got that fumble recovery earlier to night, 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:43.840 I think, what did they get a field goal? Did 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:47.440 they get anything? They got nothing, So no points off 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:49.840 of that play, I mean off the turnover. So you 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:52.640 look at the quarterback play. And this is why when 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:55.520 you have a quarterback like Carson Wentz, you really have 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.600 to take time to appreciate him, right, because it's games 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:01.760 like this where the quarter of when they're under siege, 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:04.560 like both of these guys were tonight. How are they 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:07.200 going to handle this pressure? Are they gonna get rattled? 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.360 Are they gonna try to do too much? Are the 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:11.440 throws going to start to sell on you? Are you 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:14.800 gonna make aaron passes? And you saw one guy do 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:17.400 that in Cam Newton, and you didn't see that out 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:20.960 of Carson Wentz. Listen, his complete the percentage is nowhere 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:24.560 near where we typically see at that Carolina defense is 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:26.880 a very good defense. They only average giving up two 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:30.640 hundred and fourteen yards passing coming into this game. But again, 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:33.960 he didn't do anything to hurt his team tonight. Carson 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:35.920 Wentz did, and then when our defense was able to 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:39.160 put us in good position by getting turnovers, we took 0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:42.200 advantage of them. You mentioned the red zone. Zach ERT's 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.720 two touchdowns tonight only had what two catches I believe 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:50.240 two catches, both for touchdowns. A very efficient game from 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:53.000 Carson Wentz and that's why his quarterback rating was at 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:57.120 one ten even though he doesn't have eye popping stats. Yo. 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:00.000 I love the fact that the Eels offense moved up 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:03.000 ball with ease in that first quarter. Okay, and although 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.120 they only had three points to show for it, you 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.680 might say yourself, we need to be a little concerned here. 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:09.680 It seemed like the Eagles had the early quick start, 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:12.760 but we're unable to capitalize. Now the Panthers can come 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:15.400 back and take control of the game. No, they were 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:18.320 able to get themselves settled down. Now, how much do 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:22.400 you think the loss of Luke Keikley affected the Panthers defense? Okay, 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:24.920 we saw him on that goal line drive. Brandon Brooks 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:28.600 came on the block, you know. Unfortunately, Keickle suffered the concussion. 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:30.600 He's had history of that in the past, so you 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:32.640 hope obviously he'll recover. He's one of the best middle 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.040 linebackers at all football. But he goes out of the 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:37.840 game as a guy who's so hard to replace, not 0:16:37.960 --> 0:16:41.560 just from his physical towns, but the mental acumen and 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:45.400 being able to recognize what the opposing offense does. Yeah, this, 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:48.200 there's no doubt about it. That hurt the Panthers defense 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:50.520 not having Luke Keickley out there. Although Mayo had a 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.440 pretty decent game. You know, Mayo was around the football everywhere. 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:57.320 But Luke Keikley is a guy that every offense has 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:00.400 to account for all every snap. He's a great pass rusher, 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:02.880 does a great job out in coverage, whether it's zone 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:05.199 or whether it's a man to man, he does a 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:08.119 great job doing that. Not having him in there certainly 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.560 hurt their defense. But guess what, we didn't have our 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:14.000 quarterback on defense either. We lost Jordan Hicks, So you know, 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:17.080 it's sort of even itself out there. Our guys were 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:19.119 able to rally and make some plays, and for the 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:22.520 most part, the Panthers defense didn't play bad tonight. I mean, 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:25.960 they didn't play bad to night. Our defense just played better. No, 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:28.960 I mean the two of the touchdowns came off the 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:31.880 short fields, off the turnovers. The third one to Agaloor 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:35.000 touchdown was a nice drive by about Nelly? How about 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:40.320 Nelson Agalore? Man? Just excited for this kid struggled his 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:43.960 first couple of years, A lot of expectations, great job 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:46.359 of bringing weapons in here to sort of relieve some 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:51.080 of that pressure on Nelson Agalore and so I love 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:54.119 what Nelson is doing. He catches that short pass in 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.680 the slot and then he's able to raise city end zone. 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:59.200 That's where you're able to see his speed come into play. 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:00.919 All right, let's send it down to Charlotte to hear 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:20.520 from the victorious head coach Doug Peterson. Come all in, shoot, 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:25.159 go somebody. UM had two point version. He had a 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.040 lot of time to think about that after after you 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:31.280 made the extra point. Espessially, you have Ryan and what when? 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:34.400 What when? Is here the point b award and then 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:37.920 go over? Well, I, first of all, there was a 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:39.920 little miscommunication on the field because I was going for 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:44.600 two after the UM extra point was was made defense 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:47.320 a penalty at the one yard line. It's like a 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:51.200 sixty forty success rate, UM, and I was trying to 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:54.560 get Pete's attention at the time, and uh, I was 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:56.399 able to get it to know I wanted to. I 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:59.800 wanted to go for two. So um UM elected to 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:01.920 go for to in that situation and did a great 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:08.760 job executing it. Is that Brian, Uh we we go over, Yeah, 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:11.800 we go over? These situations during the week, Um, not 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:15.040 only based on the percentages of success rate, but also 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:17.760 the defense and how they play in those situations. Also 0:19:18.800 --> 0:19:24.400 about this team for you guys, I'm sure we start 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:30.520 of fine, so tremendous, uh, you know, testament to the 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:32.920 players in that locker room. Um, I told them tonight 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:35.200 after the game that I haven't been a part of 0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:38.119 a team that has battled through so much injury and 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:41.000 adversity in the first you know, month of the season, 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:42.919 month and a half of the season to stay together. 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:46.040 The resiliency of the football team started to show last 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:48.840 year at the end of the year. Um, they're learning 0:19:48.960 --> 0:19:51.320 from from last year. They're learning how to finish games, 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:55.480 and just the overall consistency from the leaders leading this 0:19:55.560 --> 0:19:59.720 football team. You know, they're sacrificing each other themselves for 0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:02.239 the team and it's a it's a fun fun thing 0:20:02.280 --> 0:20:07.280 to watch. To winning. It just took everybody. It took 0:20:07.320 --> 0:20:11.760 all forty seven guys. Um. You know, um, tonight it 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:14.399 too all three phases had had a hand in it. Um. 0:20:15.280 --> 0:20:16.760 You know, we just had to We had to battle. 0:20:16.960 --> 0:20:20.440 You know, it wasn't pretty at times, and and uh, um, 0:20:20.960 --> 0:20:23.720 you know, credit them for it's a fine football team. 0:20:23.760 --> 0:20:26.280 And you know, Ron and I talked after the game, 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:28.960 and you know we'll probably see that football team again, 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:32.280 you know, we hope. So. Um, it's just battling. You know, 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:34.280 the guys just hung in there, did an outstanding job 0:20:34.359 --> 0:20:36.440 tonight and uh just found a way what is it 0:20:36.560 --> 0:20:40.440 safe about the way he got around there and still 0:20:40.720 --> 0:20:46.040 just that's the That's the one thing about this kid 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:49.000 is uh, he's so tough and mentally and physically and 0:20:49.160 --> 0:20:51.159 and the way he stays in there in battles and 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:54.520 and uh, you know, still his eyes are down the field. 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:56.439 He doesn't he doesn't let that stuff get to him. 0:20:56.920 --> 0:20:58.960 You know, I was able to extend some plays with 0:20:59.040 --> 0:21:02.440 his legs tonight. Um. You know, he's a great leader 0:21:02.440 --> 0:21:04.919 of this football team, even in his second year. And uh, 0:21:05.440 --> 0:21:07.879 guys really respect the way he plays. And um, you 0:21:07.960 --> 0:21:13.720