Speaker 1: Welcome to Eagles three six Eagles inside Dave Spiderow along
Speaker 1: with Chris mc pearson. You had just heard from head
Speaker 1: coach Chip Kelly. It's been a long rainy day here
Speaker 1: at the Novicare Complex, the Eagles preparing for the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: And you know, Chris, the question that people really aren't
Speaker 1: asking this weekend, we'll question letdown. Classic opportunity here to letdown?
Speaker 1: Why will this Eagles team not let down against a
Speaker 1: struggling Miami Dolphins team. Well, it's two things I want
Speaker 1: to keep on eye on. First and foremost, the rushing attack.
Speaker 1: We saw how the Dolphins were unable to stop the
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills as Carlos Williams and LaShaun McCoy each game
Speaker 1: one hundred yards last Sunday. Also, a lot of people
Speaker 1: are wondering about wide receiver at Jarvis Landry. Well, he
Speaker 1: caused a problem in the slot after what Cole Beasley did?
Speaker 1: You forget folks that the Cowboys have so many other options,
Speaker 1: Dez Bryant, Jason Witton, who else are you concerned about?
Speaker 1: What that Dolphins attack? You can focus your energy on
Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry. And also the crowd is going to be electric,
Speaker 1: they're excited about the win on Sunday over the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: So I think with all those things combined, that's why
Speaker 1: they'll avoid the letdown. As the Eagles get into the
Speaker 1: second half of the season and we get into the show,
Speaker 1: Chris and I will have some suggestions on how the
Speaker 1: Eagles can improve and really finished strong down the stretch.
Speaker 1: Here in twenty and fifteen, we also have a visit
Speaker 1: from the Voice of the Philadelphia Eagles, Meryll Reese. But
Speaker 1: right now we want you to get caught up with
Speaker 1: everything going on. We send you out to the training
Speaker 1: field for our Eagles sixty update. Hi everyone, I'm Alex
Speaker 1: Smith and this is your three sixty update. Thursday was
Speaker 1: the final day of media availability this week as the
Speaker 1: Eagles gets set for Sunday afternoons matchup against the Miami Dolphins. Today,
Speaker 1: inside the locker room, we heard from Eagles safety Malcolm
Speaker 1: Jenkins as he makes his return to the lineup following
Speaker 1: concussion suffered earlier in the week. Today, Jenkins spoke about
Speaker 1: how this team is coming together under strong leadership. Well,
Speaker 1: I think we're gonna take it one game. By the
Speaker 1: time in this game is just as important as last games.
Speaker 1: I think the most encouraging thing is that we started
Speaker 1: to see some personality from different guys on the team,
Speaker 1: and we learned a little bit about ourselves, I think.
Speaker 1: And so the main thing that is having the same
Speaker 1: preparation or better preparation this week than we did last week,
Speaker 1: having the same or better energy this week from everybody.
Speaker 1: And so now that you know, some guys have shown
Speaker 1: the true color. Sam was really fired up, the Marco
Speaker 1: was more fired up than I've ever seen them. And
Speaker 1: now we need that same thing every single week, not
Speaker 1: just you know, Dallas week or a divisional game, but
Speaker 1: in all these games are going to require our own
Speaker 1: to win, and you know, it's the film part of
Speaker 1: this game. Meanwhile, on the offensive side of the ball,
Speaker 1: we heard from running back to Marco Murray who spoke
Speaker 1: about how the Eagles offense is clicking at the right time. Yeah, obviously.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think any game or any team you
Speaker 1: want to start being physical, you want to start by
Speaker 1: the run. So I think we've kind of you know,
Speaker 1: set the presidents early and we'll try to, you know,
Speaker 1: do it throughout the course of the game. And it's
Speaker 1: worked in our favorite I think it's just you know,
Speaker 1: finding different ways to run the ball. You know, I
Speaker 1: think you're you're comfortable at running the ball, no, no
Speaker 1: matter what. But I think Chip gives us a good
Speaker 1: opportunities whether it's mid zone or inside zonner or stretch.
Speaker 1: You know, I think where we're attacking it a different way.
Speaker 1: So kind of you know, um, the defense can just
Speaker 1: came on one running scheme. Mary was a spectator on
Speaker 1: the sideline story in that forty one yard touchdown strike
Speaker 1: from Sam Bradford to Jordan Matthews to finish off the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: but from his vantage point, he liked what he saw. Yeah,
Speaker 1: obviously when you're running the ball wall and you know,
Speaker 1: you get guys to buy and whatnot on the playface.
Speaker 1: So I think Jordan were in a heck of a roulet.
Speaker 1: Sam sold it and the office line sold it, you know,
Speaker 1: across the ball. So I think, you know, all the
Speaker 1: eleven guys are on the same page and the work.
Speaker 1: And finally, an injury update here from the Novicare Complex.
Speaker 1: Guard Josh Andrews and safety's Jerome Couplin did not participate
Speaker 1: in today's practice, while left tackle Jason Peters was limited. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: safety Malcolm Jenkins, as I mentioned earlier, was a full
Speaker 1: participant and for all the latest Eagles coverage, be sure
Speaker 1: to keep it right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com.
Speaker 1: Thanks so much, Alex. A reminder that Chip Kelly's press
Speaker 1: conference from just a short time ago available on demand
Speaker 1: on Philadelphia Eagles dot com, so after you're done with us,
Speaker 1: you can hear what the coach said to the media
Speaker 1: his final media briefing for this week. We'll talk to
Speaker 1: Merril Resent a bit. We'll talk about Lane Johnson in
Speaker 1: depth a little bit later in the show. But when
Speaker 1: we returned to Eagles three sixty, this guy over here
Speaker 1: at Chris McPherson is going to go behind enemy lines.
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Speaker 1: Eagles Insider Dave SPENDERO. Time for Chris mcfeerson to take
Speaker 1: over the show. Here he's got Alan Poopar from Dolphins
Speaker 1: Digest talking about a struggling Dolphins team that comes to
Speaker 1: town on Sunday. This Sunday, the Eagles Welcome to Miami
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Speaker 1: Rate Here on philadelph Eagles dot Com. I'm Chris McPherson,
Speaker 1: pleased to be joined by Alan poo Par, the editor
Speaker 1: of Dolphin Digest. Alan. After a one in three start,
Speaker 1: the Dolphins fired Joe Philman and made the transition to
Speaker 1: interim head coach Dan Campbell. They've gone two and two
Speaker 1: in their last four games. So give me the state
Speaker 1: of the Dolphins coming into this Sunday's matchup. Staggering a
Speaker 1: bit after the back to back losses against England and
Speaker 1: Buffalo A because they were division losses, which pretty much
Speaker 1: four and four in the division, but more so because
Speaker 1: they weren't all that competitive in either game. They were
Speaker 1: beaten pretty soundly. Yet they remain optimistic that they can
Speaker 1: turn things around and get something accomplished in the second
Speaker 1: half of the season. And by something, I mean even
Speaker 1: including the possibility of making a push for the playoffs,
Speaker 1: which would be first for the team since the two
Speaker 1: thousand nine season. All in your opinion, how's quarterback Ryan
Speaker 1: Tannehill performed in the second year of Bill Laser's program
Speaker 1: as the offensive coordinator. Unfortunately, I would say he's been
Speaker 1: up and down. He has games where he's very accurate
Speaker 1: and makes very good quick decisions, and there's other games
Speaker 1: where he struggles a little bit in terms of the
Speaker 1: pocket presence, which has been an issue for him since
Speaker 1: he joined the Dolphins back in two twelve. They don't
Speaker 1: seem to have used them as much to run the
Speaker 1: zone read this season as they did last year, and
Speaker 1: that was a really good element through the Dolphin offense
Speaker 1: and that it kept opposing defenses on their toes and
Speaker 1: then created a little bit more variety in the offense
Speaker 1: because one of the issues they have is they do
Speaker 1: not sort of ball down. It's still a whole lot.
Speaker 1: They do an awful lot of short passing to Jarvis Landry,
Speaker 1: who has been absolutely lights out. I should point out
Speaker 1: to Richard Matthews. They've been using Lamar Miller on screen
Speaker 1: passes quite a bit recently, and he's done a very
Speaker 1: good job with that, but it's been inconsistent. They've also
Speaker 1: struggled in the red zone at times finishing drives. So
Speaker 1: to sum it up, he's had his moment, but it's
Speaker 1: been a little bit too inconsistent, more inconsistent than you'd
Speaker 1: like to see. In the second Chief Cuer bild A well.
Speaker 1: With Dan Campbell coming in as the interim head coach,
Speaker 1: would have been the biggest changes on the offensive and
Speaker 1: defensive side of the football. I think overall, you just
Speaker 1: see a team that's playing harder. I mean, I know
Speaker 1: it sounds right, but it's just true. They came out
Speaker 1: with so much energy in their first game under Campbell
Speaker 1: at Tennessee and one thirty eight to ten, and it
Speaker 1: just had a different feel to the team. It just
Speaker 1: looked like and I hate, I hate to use the
Speaker 1: term that data didn't care in the first four games
Speaker 1: under Joe Philbin, but he seemed that there was it
Speaker 1: was a lethargic group. And then Dan Campbell comes in.
Speaker 1: He did a whole bunch of different stuff at practice,
Speaker 1: like different types of competitions. He had like h like
Speaker 1: a frisbee competition, he had a tug of war competition,
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of different things, a couple of assistant
Speaker 1: coaches doing races, and they seemed to energize the team
Speaker 1: and that really made a big difference in terms of schematics.
Speaker 1: I don't know that you see a whole lot of difference.
Speaker 1: Maybe they've done a subtle change on defense where they're
Speaker 1: they're more attacking, a little bit less reactive than they
Speaker 1: were in the first four games, but it's nothing overly drastic,
Speaker 1: either on offense or on defense. The biggest thing has
Speaker 1: been they've just been playing with a whole lot more energy.
Speaker 1: All On Sunday, the Bills rushed for over one hundred
Speaker 1: yards with both Lashawn McCoy and Carlos Williams. What will
Speaker 1: the Dolphins do differently knowing they're going against de Marca
Speaker 1: Murray and Ryan Matthews this Sunday, A whole lot, and
Speaker 1: I would hope because it was ugly, and they started
Speaker 1: run to bad I mean they held on Buffalo's first drive,
Speaker 1: then they had the safety on their very first offensive
Speaker 1: snap with a with a bad snap from Mike pop
Speaker 1: out of shotgun. And then when Buffalo got the ball back,
Speaker 1: they had a forty ye yard touchdown from a guy
Speaker 1: you guys know very well, if a Philly Lashawn McCoy.
Speaker 1: And it just seemed that the Dolphin defenders throughout the
Speaker 1: game were taking bad angles. It wasn't even so much
Speaker 1: an issue of a whole lot of mis tackles because
Speaker 1: a lot of times they weren't anywhere near position to
Speaker 1: make tackles. Coach Campbell this week talked about like bad fits,
Speaker 1: and that's what it looked like. It looked like the
Speaker 1: guys were not reading things properly. They were not in
Speaker 1: the right positions. I mean, it was a mess. I
Speaker 1: mean it was two hundred and sixty six yards was
Speaker 1: the final tally, and it was every bit as ugly
Speaker 1: as those numbers would indicate. I would imagine they're going
Speaker 1: to do a lot better, but that's obviously the number
Speaker 1: one concerned if you're the Dolphins coming into this game.
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Speaker 1: You're on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. Thanks so much. Chris,
Speaker 1: Thanks at A. And now we head into a break.
Speaker 1: When we return, Chris is coming back here and we're
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Speaker 1: We're talking improvements. This team is I think gotten a
Speaker 1: lot better since September four and four record rate and
Speaker 1: the thick of things in the NFC East. But Chris,
Speaker 1: if you had to point to a couple of areas,
Speaker 1: what would you like to see the Eagles do better?
Speaker 1: Starting on Sunday. I'm going to start with the defensive
Speaker 1: side of the football. Look, they've been very opportunistic from
Speaker 1: a takeaway standpoint, but something they've gotten away with the
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks is the run defense. If you recall,
Speaker 1: you had to go all the way back to Week
Speaker 1: four last season when Frank Gore rush four over one
Speaker 1: hundred yards as a member of the San Francisco forty
Speaker 1: nine ers. As a last time the Eagles gave up
Speaker 1: an individual one hundred yard rusher, and then last week
Speaker 1: Darren McFadden goes over one hundred yards, so back to
Speaker 1: back games, so they need to be more at gap sound.
Speaker 1: The other thing, defensively, they need a better job of
Speaker 1: getting off the field in third down situations. They allowed
Speaker 1: a fifty percent success rate against Dallas last Sunday. For
Speaker 1: the season, they're twenty first in the entire league. And
Speaker 1: if they're able to get off the field, you can
Speaker 1: avoid situations like Jordan Hicks suffering that season ending pectoral injury,
Speaker 1: which happened after the Eagles allowed a fourth down conversion
Speaker 1: late in the game. So defensively, I like what I've
Speaker 1: seen from this team so far, but two things I'm
Speaker 1: focused on the run defense to get back to where
Speaker 1: they were earlier. In the season and getting off the field,
Speaker 1: especially in third down situations, Dave and you know, on
Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball. I think it's no
Speaker 1: mystery that everyone wants to know. How can the Eagles
Speaker 1: start games more effectively. They've scored ten points in the
Speaker 1: first quarter of eight games. They've struggled on first downs,
Speaker 1: they haven't converted on third downs, and I don't have
Speaker 1: an answer. I'm just asking, how do you get it better?
Speaker 1: You run the football, You take some shots down the field,
Speaker 1: throw the ball. Chip Kelly's tried everything, and if Eagles
Speaker 1: can just come out and play a sixty minute game
Speaker 1: offensively and take a lead, imagine how different things will
Speaker 1: be for this football team. I'd also like to see
Speaker 1: the Eagles get more production from the wide receivers not
Speaker 1: named Jordan Matthews and that's Josh Huff hopefully Nelson Agilore
Speaker 1: on the field this week, Riley Cooper and Miles Austin.
Speaker 1: Get those receivers involved. Some chunk plays would be really nice.
Speaker 1: I understand the run game is terrific, and you know,
Speaker 1: the way that they've used Matthews and the way they've
Speaker 1: used Murray looks great, but what about down the field
Speaker 1: in the passing game. Here's why you should be optimistic
Speaker 1: about this Sunday. The Dolphins already lost their best pass
Speaker 1: rusher for the season and Cameron Wake so he's out
Speaker 1: of the game now. Also, Brent Grimes Pro Bowl cornerback,
Speaker 1: He's not the player he used to be, so he's
Speaker 1: good at taking away the football from an air reception standpoint,
Speaker 1: but he has been beat at times throughout the course
Speaker 1: of this season. Also, not the tallest corner a list
Speaker 1: at only five foot ten. You look at all the
Speaker 1: Eagles big receivers, they should be able to win that
Speaker 1: matchup on the other side. And by the way, we
Speaker 1: would love to see a punter actually kick the football
Speaker 1: to Darren Sprowls and give him an opportunity in the
Speaker 1: return game because let's face it, there's nothing better in
Speaker 1: the NFL than watching Darren Sprowles with a little bit
Speaker 1: of open room. I mean, it's just amazing feat quickness
Speaker 1: all at certainly, but I think that's the thing is
Speaker 1: team's respect exactly how good he is one of the
Speaker 1: leaders in the fan ball or the Pro Bowl fan vote,
Speaker 1: I should say when it comes to that position. So
Speaker 1: no question that Darren is one of the best in
Speaker 1: the league, and that's why he was given the respect
Speaker 1: of his peers as going to the Pro Bowl for
Speaker 1: the first moment in his career a year ago. So
Speaker 1: that's going to do it for us talking about what
Speaker 1: we want to see from an improvement standpoint. Coming up
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Speaker 1: now to get a perspective from the voice of the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, the Great Merrill Reese, joins me in our
Speaker 1: Exfinity studio. Meryll, we are getting ready for the Miami Dolphins,
Speaker 1: but I do need to get your perspective on a
Speaker 1: great call by the way, Jordan Matthews touchdown in overtime. Congratulations.
Speaker 1: Another classic classic in your opinion, A classic Eagles Cowboys game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was. It was a great game. But it had everything.
Speaker 1: I mean, it had a big kickoff return that the
Speaker 1: Eagles didn't like, of course, It had some big plays
Speaker 1: that had great defensive plays that had an amazing interception
Speaker 1: by Jordan Hicks. It had an emergence of Sam Bradford
Speaker 1: really coming on strong and playing a very good game.
Speaker 1: So I think there was a lot to this game.
Speaker 1: We've dissected this offense piece by piece throughout the season.
Speaker 1: It should have a lot the offense in the second
Speaker 1: half against Dallas. Does this game serve as the turning
Speaker 1: point for the offense. See I go along with Chip
Speaker 1: Kelly's quote and he said, it depends on what follows.
Speaker 1: If you go splat no, that it wasn't a turning point.
Speaker 1: If you take it from there and win and continue
Speaker 1: to show improvement, it could looking back, have been the
Speaker 1: turning point. But I think it's certainly a very very
Speaker 1: healthy sign. And Sam, from start of the season to now,
Speaker 1: mar where do you think he's improved the most? In
Speaker 1: his confidence, in his movement in the pocket, in his
Speaker 1: reaction time, in by the authority with which he's throwing
Speaker 1: the football, in an almost every aspect of quarterback play.
Speaker 1: And the Eagles, Really, I'd say Jordan Matthews. The way
Speaker 1: he bounced back taking a lot of criticism early in
Speaker 1: the season, I always kind of felt that he would
Speaker 1: work hard enough to overcome the drops. I guess Merrow,
Speaker 1: I think he's a kind of kid who can accomplish
Speaker 1: anything with his work ethic, with his attitude, you know,
Speaker 1: an amazing, an amazing young man. Dave. I heard him
Speaker 1: speak with the media the other day and he told
Speaker 1: them he said, I don't read the newspapers, and he said,
Speaker 1: because I don't want to get that in my head.
Speaker 1: And then he turned to the writers and he said,
Speaker 1: because you guys have a job to do, and when
Speaker 1: I'm not playing well, it's your job to say that
Speaker 1: I'm not playing well. How many athletes are you ever
Speaker 1: going to hear? Tell the media go ahead and rip
Speaker 1: me if you have to. And that's the kind of
Speaker 1: maturity he said. I don't read it because I don't
Speaker 1: want to digest it think about it. But he's an
Speaker 1: intelligent player. He's a terrific young man, and I think
Speaker 1: the ceiling for him is very, very high. He's only
Speaker 1: in his second season. Row. That's the amazing thing. This
Speaker 1: is a kid who's so mature beyond his years. In
Speaker 1: season Dave, and if all goes accordingly, and I keep
Speaker 1: my fingers crossed because in this profession, you never know.
Speaker 1: One wrong turn and you're out for the season. Is
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks found out? But he should end up this
Speaker 1: season as the Eagles single season received even leader. The
Speaker 1: record right now for catch us in the season actually
Speaker 1: was by a running back, Brian Westbrook. That's ninety and
Speaker 1: the most ever by a wide receiver was Serving Friars
Speaker 1: eighty eight. Yeah, listen to this running back situation through
Speaker 1: eight games. When you look at the numbers, the way
Speaker 1: the carriers have been divided, are you pleased with how
Speaker 1: the balls being distributed? I am? I am. I think
Speaker 1: that it's influenced right now by the groin poll that
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews has. Otherwise I think he'd be carrying the
Speaker 1: ball more than he is right now. But I think
Speaker 1: that they're doing well. How can you complain about the
Speaker 1: way that it worked out in Dallas with DeMarco Murray
Speaker 1: punishing his old team, Ryan Matthews providing a nights change
Speaker 1: at pace, and Darren Sproles always in there to do
Speaker 1: something special. Matthews and Murray combining for more than one
Speaker 1: thousand yards total offense ten touchdowns. They've done it all
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball. The loss of
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks Merrill, what a tremendous first half of the
Speaker 1: season for him. There are veterans here, however, to take
Speaker 1: the role if you. I hate to say this, but
Speaker 1: if you have to lose somebody at a position, linebacker
Speaker 1: is probably where this team has quality depth, and I
Speaker 1: think Damiko Ryans is just about ready to return to action.
Speaker 1: He's a defensive leader. I think Kiko Alonzo is going
Speaker 1: to continue to show why he was traded for and
Speaker 1: thought of so highly a defensive rookie of the Year
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago with the Bills. So I
Speaker 1: think that's an area and even if you have to
Speaker 1: go deeper in the depth chart, not you good can
Speaker 1: play quality football. The Miami Dolphins come to town on Sunday.
Speaker 1: What concerned you about this game? There's always a concern
Speaker 1: because of the old quote on any given Sunday. Specifically,
Speaker 1: there's nothing that concerns me about the Miami Dolphins. If
Speaker 1: you look for the players who could have the greatest impact,
Speaker 1: it's the defensive tackles and Dominican sue Earl Mitchell. These
Speaker 1: guys can crush a pocket and crush the person standing
Speaker 1: behind the pocket. The great defensive players and for you, Merrill.
Speaker 1: In a short week, any tough names on the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins roster, one that they haven't even given us a
Speaker 1: key to. I have all the pronunciation GUIDs, but one
Speaker 1: that was just readded to the roster is j h
Speaker 1: JJ or something like that. Oh you don't know the name,
Speaker 1: I think, but I haven't seen that for sure. Is well,
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Speaker 1: Chris McPherson. We saw the Eagles last week against the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys with a new fangled offensive line, Lane Johnson
Speaker 1: and left tackle. Now that could be the case this Sunday.
Speaker 1: We don't know that yet. Jason Peters limited a practice
Speaker 1: on Thursday. Our game plan crew might quick and Ike
Speaker 1: Grease look at Lane Johnson his NFL debut at the
Speaker 1: left tackle position, and what a success it was for
Speaker 1: the future left tackle. Well, is the future here now?
Speaker 1: If it is appears to be in very good hands,
Speaker 1: all right, Mike progressing Sports brings us to Lane Johnson,
Speaker 1: thirty five career starts on the right side, made his
Speaker 1: first career start at the left tackle position here going
Speaker 1: up against Greg Hardy. Had a pretty good game. He
Speaker 1: had a really good game in the offensive line in general,
Speaker 1: I played real well. But watch how well he gets
Speaker 1: that punch on the Hardy keeps him to the outside
Speaker 1: and just rides him up past the quarterback, keeping Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford safe in the pocket. Yeah, and Alton, you know,
Speaker 1: you single land on Lane Johnson and he's single blocking
Speaker 1: Greg Hardy. It's not a lot of double team blocking
Speaker 1: over there. So watch him here. Pass protection pocket is
Speaker 1: going to collapse. Did a great job stand in front
Speaker 1: of him. But this is the security he's given Sam Bradford.
Speaker 1: You know earlier Sam Bradford mayo tried to escape the pocket,
Speaker 1: but he stays in there. He's trusting his offensive line.
Speaker 1: Delivers a nice third down throw to Jordan Matthew Well
Speaker 1: and you can tell the accuracy of Sam Bradford and
Speaker 1: just the way he's playing in the pocket. He has
Speaker 1: more confidence now and the way this offensive line is
Speaker 1: playing regardless of who's in front of him because they're
Speaker 1: mixing guys around but still getting in the protection that
Speaker 1: they need. We're gonna watch him down here near the
Speaker 1: end zone. We're in a little bit of an unbalanced formation.
Speaker 1: You got three linemen over here. Lane's playing the tight
Speaker 1: end position. You got the tight end on the back side.
Speaker 1: Here's what I like about this play. He has a
Speaker 1: read block here. His job is to get him first here,
Speaker 1: and then once he sees this linebacker scraping to the outside.
Speaker 1: I like how he comes off the block and then
Speaker 1: he picks up this edge and does a nice job
Speaker 1: of selling it for Ryan Matthews. Great job on the
Speaker 1: combination blocks, and look at the receivers down the field.
Speaker 1: Now you've got the alley, you've got the lane created
Speaker 1: by the big guys. But then on the back end,
Speaker 1: these guys have to do their job to make this
Speaker 1: a successful play getting Matthews into the end zone. Just
Speaker 1: good all around team blocking. Office Line did a great
Speaker 1: job this past week. They've been doing a great job
Speaker 1: over the last month, and I think Lane Johnson's performance
Speaker 1: in this last game was the standout performance of the
Speaker 1: Office line. Thanks Mike, Thanks I good stuff with Lane Johnson.
Speaker 1: They're great player and really really helped the Eagles last
Speaker 1: week along with Dennis Kelly at right tackle. What's on
Speaker 1: the menu, Well, we've got our amerosos on the menu
Speaker 1: segment for you. We've got crunch time. Chris McPherson with
Speaker 1: Walter Thurmond. Thurmond in studio excellent. I have my last
Speaker 1: word with Jordan Matthews. I hope you check that out.
Speaker 1: It's a Q and A with Matthews. A little unconventional stuff,
Speaker 1: but provocative. I enjoyed it very much, especially the motivation
Speaker 1: what drives Jordan Matthews to be as good as he's
Speaker 1: been in his first two NFL seasons. And then Chris
Speaker 1: and I will talk about some key match up ahead
Speaker 1: of Sunday's Eagles Miami Dolphins game. For Chris McPherson, I'm
Speaker 1: Dave Spidero. We thank you for joining us on Eagles
Speaker 1: three sixty. We come your way tomorrow at five o'clock.
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