WEBVTT - Eagles 360: Coming Together 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:36.800 Welcome to Eagles three six Eagles inside Dave Spiderow along 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.120 with Chris mc pearson. You had just heard from head 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.319 coach Chip Kelly. It's been a long rainy day here 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:46.720 at the Novicare Complex, the Eagles preparing for the Miami Dolphins. 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:49.400 And you know, Chris, the question that people really aren't 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:54.680 asking this weekend, we'll question letdown. Classic opportunity here to letdown? 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:57.280 Why will this Eagles team not let down against a 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:00.200 struggling Miami Dolphins team. Well, it's two things I want 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:02.680 to keep on eye on. First and foremost, the rushing attack. 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:05.360 We saw how the Dolphins were unable to stop the 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:08.720 Buffalo Bills as Carlos Williams and LaShaun McCoy each game 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:11.720 one hundred yards last Sunday. Also, a lot of people 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:14.760 are wondering about wide receiver at Jarvis Landry. Well, he 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:17.280 caused a problem in the slot after what Cole Beasley did? 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:20.880 You forget folks that the Cowboys have so many other options, 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:24.440 Dez Bryant, Jason Witton, who else are you concerned about? 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:27.200 What that Dolphins attack? You can focus your energy on 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:30.240 Jarvis Landry. And also the crowd is going to be electric, 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:33.039 they're excited about the win on Sunday over the Cowboys, 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.800 So I think with all those things combined, that's why 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:38.640 they'll avoid the letdown. As the Eagles get into the 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:40.800 second half of the season and we get into the show, 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:43.680 Chris and I will have some suggestions on how the 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:47.360 Eagles can improve and really finished strong down the stretch. 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:50.240 Here in twenty and fifteen, we also have a visit 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:53.720 from the Voice of the Philadelphia Eagles, Meryll Reese. But 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.000 right now we want you to get caught up with 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:58.600 everything going on. We send you out to the training 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:03.240 field for our Eagles sixty update. Hi everyone, I'm Alex 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:06.160 Smith and this is your three sixty update. Thursday was 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:08.680 the final day of media availability this week as the 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:12.320 Eagles gets set for Sunday afternoons matchup against the Miami Dolphins. Today, 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:14.639 inside the locker room, we heard from Eagles safety Malcolm 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.120 Jenkins as he makes his return to the lineup following 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:20.280 concussion suffered earlier in the week. Today, Jenkins spoke about 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:24.120 how this team is coming together under strong leadership. Well, 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:25.800 I think we're gonna take it one game. By the 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:28.440 time in this game is just as important as last games. 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.400 I think the most encouraging thing is that we started 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:35.120 to see some personality from different guys on the team, 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:38.040 and we learned a little bit about ourselves, I think. 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:42.040 And so the main thing that is having the same 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.160 preparation or better preparation this week than we did last week, 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:49.560 having the same or better energy this week from everybody. 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:51.720 And so now that you know, some guys have shown 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:55.320 the true color. Sam was really fired up, the Marco 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.359 was more fired up than I've ever seen them. And 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.600 now we need that same thing every single week, not 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:02.880 just you know, Dallas week or a divisional game, but 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:05.000 in all these games are going to require our own 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:07.800 to win, and you know, it's the film part of 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.760 this game. Meanwhile, on the offensive side of the ball, 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.240 we heard from running back to Marco Murray who spoke 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:17.040 about how the Eagles offense is clicking at the right time. Yeah, obviously. 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.200 I mean, I think any game or any team you 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:20.960 want to start being physical, you want to start by 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:23.440 the run. So I think we've kind of you know, 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:25.760 set the presidents early and we'll try to, you know, 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:28.000 do it throughout the course of the game. And it's 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:30.320 worked in our favorite I think it's just you know, 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:31.959 finding different ways to run the ball. You know, I 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.120 think you're you're comfortable at running the ball, no, no 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:36.120 matter what. But I think Chip gives us a good 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:40.000 opportunities whether it's mid zone or inside zonner or stretch. 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:42.040 You know, I think where we're attacking it a different way. 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:45.200 So kind of you know, um, the defense can just 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.480 came on one running scheme. Mary was a spectator on 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.000 the sideline story in that forty one yard touchdown strike 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.800 from Sam Bradford to Jordan Matthews to finish off the Cowboys, 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:57.040 but from his vantage point, he liked what he saw. Yeah, 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.040 obviously when you're running the ball wall and you know, 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:02.160 you get guys to buy and whatnot on the playface. 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:04.480 So I think Jordan were in a heck of a roulet. 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:06.840 Sam sold it and the office line sold it, you know, 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.360 across the ball. So I think, you know, all the 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:11.400 eleven guys are on the same page and the work. 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:14.880 And finally, an injury update here from the Novicare Complex. 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:18.000 Guard Josh Andrews and safety's Jerome Couplin did not participate 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:21.800 in today's practice, while left tackle Jason Peters was limited. Meanwhile, 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:24.600 safety Malcolm Jenkins, as I mentioned earlier, was a full 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:27.240 participant and for all the latest Eagles coverage, be sure 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:31.000 to keep it right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:34.320 Thanks so much, Alex. A reminder that Chip Kelly's press 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:37.520 conference from just a short time ago available on demand 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.080 on Philadelphia Eagles dot com, so after you're done with us, 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:42.400 you can hear what the coach said to the media 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:46.200 his final media briefing for this week. We'll talk to 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:49.279 Merril Resent a bit. We'll talk about Lane Johnson in 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:51.240 depth a little bit later in the show. But when 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:53.560 we returned to Eagles three sixty, this guy over here 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:56.719 at Chris McPherson is going to go behind enemy lines. 0:04:57.120 --> 0:05:01.760 Alan Poopar from Dolphin Digest. Which Dolphins team isn't the 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.560 one that won two games to start Dan Campbell's regime 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:12.520 or the one that's gotten pounded the last two weeks. Hi, 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:14.960 my name's Jim Taylor. I've been with back Me for 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.320 thirty four years. Our Langs to Brand beef is the 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:19.919 best around. We cut our meat fresh every day and 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:22.359 we actually have customers come from other stories just for 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:25.480 our meat. Freshness is our number one priority. No one 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:28.000 peats our fresh fish. We have a precious apple. The 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:31.520 Christie's Lettuce Fresh produces. What we do. We do the 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:35.240 best cake decorading in the area, hands down. One hundred 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:37.720 and twenty three years strong. Come on in. You'll see 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:43.279 the changes, you'll feel it, you'll love it. One hundred 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:46.760 and thirty yards. Now. Bill's got a very tough lie here. 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.240 Looks like we have some sort of sea monster in 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:55.040 the water hazard here. I believe that's a cracking Bruce. 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.479 It looks like he's gonna go with's a nine hour 0:05:57.560 --> 0:06:00.120 that may not be enough. Club. Well, he's dead. I'm 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.040 all the gonna lose a stroke on this whole. If 0:06:02.040 --> 0:06:05.000 you're a golf commentator, you whispered, it's what you do. 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:06.919 If you want to say fifteen percent, I'm more on 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:10.040 car insurance, you switched to Geico. It's what you do. 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:16.239 This golf course is electric. I got tickets, Metro tickets. 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:18.599 You need a Metro ticket. Talk to me, please, I 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.279 don't even know he's real tickets. If your dog didn't 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:24.680 touch it, this leather legit, I mean, how do we 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:28.440 really know? It looks good? Right? No, I'm paying myself. 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:31.159 I gotta make Does the baby need a Metro ticket. 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:32.760 I'll give her one on me. These tickets. They're not 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:34.919 stealing your soul. You can look at him. May. Nobody 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:36.360 wants to buy tickets from a guy on the street. 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:47.560 I don't understand. Welcome back to Eagles three sixty on 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:50.200 Eagles Insider Dave SPENDERO. Time for Chris mcfeerson to take 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:53.560 over the show. Here he's got Alan Poopar from Dolphins 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:57.560 Digest talking about a struggling Dolphins team that comes to 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:01.920 town on Sunday. This Sunday, the Eagles Welcome to Miami 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:05.280 Dolphins to Lincoln Financial Field and to learn more about them, 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:08.159 We're about to go behind enemy lines, presented by Grady 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:11.240 Rate Here on philadelph Eagles dot Com. I'm Chris McPherson, 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:14.480 pleased to be joined by Alan poo Par, the editor 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:18.559 of Dolphin Digest. Alan. After a one in three start, 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:22.160 the Dolphins fired Joe Philman and made the transition to 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:24.880 interim head coach Dan Campbell. They've gone two and two 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:26.920 in their last four games. So give me the state 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:32.520 of the Dolphins coming into this Sunday's matchup. Staggering a 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:35.000 bit after the back to back losses against England and 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:39.840 Buffalo A because they were division losses, which pretty much 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.600 four and four in the division, but more so because 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:46.240 they weren't all that competitive in either game. They were 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:50.160 beaten pretty soundly. Yet they remain optimistic that they can 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:53.239 turn things around and get something accomplished in the second 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:56.760 half of the season. And by something, I mean even 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:59.400 including the possibility of making a push for the playoffs, 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.000 which would be first for the team since the two 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:06.720 thousand nine season. All in your opinion, how's quarterback Ryan 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:10.520 Tannehill performed in the second year of Bill Laser's program 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:15.720 as the offensive coordinator. Unfortunately, I would say he's been 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:19.240 up and down. He has games where he's very accurate 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:22.200 and makes very good quick decisions, and there's other games 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:25.160 where he struggles a little bit in terms of the 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:27.280 pocket presence, which has been an issue for him since 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:32.640 he joined the Dolphins back in two twelve. They don't 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.559 seem to have used them as much to run the 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:37.719 zone read this season as they did last year, and 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:41.120 that was a really good element through the Dolphin offense 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:44.559 and that it kept opposing defenses on their toes and 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.320 then created a little bit more variety in the offense 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:49.079 because one of the issues they have is they do 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:50.839 not sort of ball down. It's still a whole lot. 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:54.600 They do an awful lot of short passing to Jarvis Landry, 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:58.280 who has been absolutely lights out. I should point out 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:03.280 to Richard Matthews. They've been using Lamar Miller on screen 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:05.480 passes quite a bit recently, and he's done a very 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:09.480 good job with that, but it's been inconsistent. They've also 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:14.199 struggled in the red zone at times finishing drives. So 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:18.880 to sum it up, he's had his moment, but it's 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.280 been a little bit too inconsistent, more inconsistent than you'd 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.080 like to see. In the second Chief Cuer bild A well. 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.720 With Dan Campbell coming in as the interim head coach, 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.280 would have been the biggest changes on the offensive and 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:33.360 defensive side of the football. I think overall, you just 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:36.280 see a team that's playing harder. I mean, I know 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.719 it sounds right, but it's just true. They came out 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:43.080 with so much energy in their first game under Campbell 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:46.640 at Tennessee and one thirty eight to ten, and it 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:48.719 just had a different feel to the team. It just 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:51.439 looked like and I hate, I hate to use the 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:53.840 term that data didn't care in the first four games 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.559 under Joe Philbin, but he seemed that there was it 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:01.400 was a lethargic group. And then Dan Campbell comes in. 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:03.680 He did a whole bunch of different stuff at practice, 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:07.439 like different types of competitions. He had like h like 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:10.160 a frisbee competition, he had a tug of war competition, 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:13.040 a whole bunch of different things, a couple of assistant 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:16.720 coaches doing races, and they seemed to energize the team 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:21.720 and that really made a big difference in terms of schematics. 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:24.240 I don't know that you see a whole lot of difference. 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:28.760 Maybe they've done a subtle change on defense where they're 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.920 they're more attacking, a little bit less reactive than they 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:35.240 were in the first four games, but it's nothing overly drastic, 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.640 either on offense or on defense. The biggest thing has 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:40.839 been they've just been playing with a whole lot more energy. 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:45.079 All On Sunday, the Bills rushed for over one hundred 0:10:45.120 --> 0:10:48.439 yards with both Lashawn McCoy and Carlos Williams. What will 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:51.040 the Dolphins do differently knowing they're going against de Marca 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:56.520 Murray and Ryan Matthews this Sunday, A whole lot, and 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.680 I would hope because it was ugly, and they started 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:04.120 run to bad I mean they held on Buffalo's first drive, 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:07.080 then they had the safety on their very first offensive 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:09.840 snap with a with a bad snap from Mike pop 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:13.319 out of shotgun. And then when Buffalo got the ball back, 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:14.920 they had a forty ye yard touchdown from a guy 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:17.560 you guys know very well, if a Philly Lashawn McCoy. 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:22.040 And it just seemed that the Dolphin defenders throughout the 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:24.679 game were taking bad angles. It wasn't even so much 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.199 an issue of a whole lot of mis tackles because 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:30.040 a lot of times they weren't anywhere near position to 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:34.680 make tackles. Coach Campbell this week talked about like bad fits, 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:37.079 and that's what it looked like. It looked like the 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:40.719 guys were not reading things properly. They were not in 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.480 the right positions. I mean, it was a mess. I 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:45.160 mean it was two hundred and sixty six yards was 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:47.920 the final tally, and it was every bit as ugly 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:50.600 as those numbers would indicate. I would imagine they're going 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:52.560 to do a lot better, but that's obviously the number 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:54.920 one concerned if you're the Dolphins coming into this game. 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:58.520 Alan Poopar, the editor of Dolphin Dodgers, thank you very 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.480 much for taking us behind any mean lines presented by Gatorade. 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:05.800 You're on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. Thanks so much. Chris, 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:08.640 Thanks at A. 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It's the bacon experience you've been 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:57.160 waiting for. Bacon Up America runs on Duncan. Try a 0:13:57.240 --> 0:14:00.360 one week fantasy football league on FanDuel today, home to 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:03.520 more winners than any other site. Go to FanDuel dot 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:07.280 com for your free account. Now we welcome you back. 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:10.840 It's Eagles three sixty Dave SPANNERO Chris mcfeerson. We're talking Eagles, 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.559 We're talking improvements. This team is I think gotten a 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:16.319 lot better since September four and four record rate and 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:18.240 the thick of things in the NFC East. But Chris, 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:20.160 if you had to point to a couple of areas, 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:22.400 what would you like to see the Eagles do better? 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:24.960 Starting on Sunday. I'm going to start with the defensive 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:27.720 side of the football. Look, they've been very opportunistic from 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:30.480 a takeaway standpoint, but something they've gotten away with the 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:33.640 last couple of weeks is the run defense. If you recall, 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:35.160 you had to go all the way back to Week 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:37.840 four last season when Frank Gore rush four over one 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:40.000 hundred yards as a member of the San Francisco forty 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.080 nine ers. As a last time the Eagles gave up 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:45.040 an individual one hundred yard rusher, and then last week 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.800 Darren McFadden goes over one hundred yards, so back to 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.360 back games, so they need to be more at gap sound. 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.520 The other thing, defensively, they need a better job of 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:56.920 getting off the field in third down situations. They allowed 0:14:56.960 --> 0:15:00.200 a fifty percent success rate against Dallas last Sunday. For 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.880 the season, they're twenty first in the entire league. And 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:04.800 if they're able to get off the field, you can 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:09.440 avoid situations like Jordan Hicks suffering that season ending pectoral injury, 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:12.360 which happened after the Eagles allowed a fourth down conversion 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:15.040 late in the game. So defensively, I like what I've 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:17.240 seen from this team so far, but two things I'm 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:20.440 focused on the run defense to get back to where 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.120 they were earlier. In the season and getting off the field, 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.960 especially in third down situations, Dave and you know, on 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:27.760 the offensive side of the ball. I think it's no 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.720 mystery that everyone wants to know. How can the Eagles 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:35.520 start games more effectively. They've scored ten points in the 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:39.680 first quarter of eight games. They've struggled on first downs, 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:42.120 they haven't converted on third downs, and I don't have 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.320 an answer. I'm just asking, how do you get it better? 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:46.600 You run the football, You take some shots down the field, 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:49.800 throw the ball. Chip Kelly's tried everything, and if Eagles 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:51.560 can just come out and play a sixty minute game 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:55.480 offensively and take a lead, imagine how different things will 0:15:55.480 --> 0:15:57.880 be for this football team. I'd also like to see 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:00.640 the Eagles get more production from the wide receivers not 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:04.400 named Jordan Matthews and that's Josh Huff hopefully Nelson Agilore 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:08.600 on the field this week, Riley Cooper and Miles Austin. 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:12.880 Get those receivers involved. Some chunk plays would be really nice. 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:15.640 I understand the run game is terrific, and you know, 0:16:15.760 --> 0:16:17.600 the way that they've used Matthews and the way they've 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:20.440 used Murray looks great, but what about down the field 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:22.200 in the passing game. Here's why you should be optimistic 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.000 about this Sunday. The Dolphins already lost their best pass 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:27.600 rusher for the season and Cameron Wake so he's out 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:31.200 of the game now. Also, Brent Grimes Pro Bowl cornerback, 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:33.520 He's not the player he used to be, so he's 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.240 good at taking away the football from an air reception standpoint, 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:38.480 but he has been beat at times throughout the course 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:41.120 of this season. Also, not the tallest corner a list 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:43.160 at only five foot ten. You look at all the 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.080 Eagles big receivers, they should be able to win that 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:48.040 matchup on the other side. And by the way, we 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.840 would love to see a punter actually kick the football 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.880 to Darren Sprowls and give him an opportunity in the 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:56.720 return game because let's face it, there's nothing better in 0:16:56.800 --> 0:16:59.880 the NFL than watching Darren Sprowles with a little bit 0:16:59.920 --> 0:17:03.120 of open room. I mean, it's just amazing feat quickness 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:05.200 all at certainly, but I think that's the thing is 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:08.119 team's respect exactly how good he is one of the 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.040 leaders in the fan ball or the Pro Bowl fan vote, 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.560 I should say when it comes to that position. So 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:15.600 no question that Darren is one of the best in 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:17.680 the league, and that's why he was given the respect 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:19.560 of his peers as going to the Pro Bowl for 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:21.879 the first moment in his career a year ago. So 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:23.960 that's going to do it for us talking about what 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:26.600 we want to see from an improvement standpoint. 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Meryll, we are getting ready for the Miami Dolphins, 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:25.399 but I do need to get your perspective on a 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:29.120 great call by the way, Jordan Matthews touchdown in overtime. Congratulations. 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:33.600 Another classic classic in your opinion, A classic Eagles Cowboys game. Yeah, 0:19:33.720 --> 0:19:35.880 it was. It was a great game. But it had everything. 0:19:36.040 --> 0:19:38.359 I mean, it had a big kickoff return that the 0:19:38.440 --> 0:19:41.520 Eagles didn't like, of course, It had some big plays 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:45.159 that had great defensive plays that had an amazing interception 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:49.640 by Jordan Hicks. It had an emergence of Sam Bradford 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:52.680 really coming on strong and playing a very good game. 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:54.960 So I think there was a lot to this game. 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:58.600 We've dissected this offense piece by piece throughout the season. 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:01.680 It should have a lot the offense in the second 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:05.560 half against Dallas. Does this game serve as the turning 0:20:05.600 --> 0:20:08.440 point for the offense. See I go along with Chip 0:20:08.520 --> 0:20:12.600 Kelly's quote and he said, it depends on what follows. 0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:16.560 If you go splat no, that it wasn't a turning point. 0:20:16.600 --> 0:20:19.160 If you take it from there and win and continue 0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:22.639 to show improvement, it could looking back, have been the 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:25.680 turning point. But I think it's certainly a very very 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:29.520 healthy sign. And Sam, from start of the season to now, 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:32.080 mar where do you think he's improved the most? In 0:20:32.240 --> 0:20:35.879 his confidence, in his movement in the pocket, in his 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:40.600 reaction time, in by the authority with which he's throwing 0:20:40.680 --> 0:20:43.960 the football, in an almost every aspect of quarterback play. 0:20:44.280 --> 0:20:46.480 And the Eagles, Really, I'd say Jordan Matthews. The way 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:49.600 he bounced back taking a lot of criticism early in 0:20:49.680 --> 0:20:52.000 the season, I always kind of felt that he would 0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:55.480 work hard enough to overcome the drops. I guess Merrow, 0:20:55.480 --> 0:20:56.960 I think he's a kind of kid who can accomplish 0:20:57.000 --> 0:20:58.760 anything with his work ethic, with his attitude, you know, 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:02.359 an amazing, an amazing young man. Dave. I heard him 0:21:02.400 --> 0:21:04.840 speak with the media the other day and he told 0:21:04.880 --> 0:21:07.720 them he said, I don't read the newspapers, and he said, 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:09.600 because I don't want to get that in my head. 0:21:09.720 --> 0:21:11.760 And then he turned to the writers and he said, 0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:15.120 because you guys have a job to do, and when 0:21:15.160 --> 0:21:17.960 I'm not playing well, it's your job to say that 0:21:18.080 --> 0:21:20.639 I'm not playing well. How many athletes are you ever 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:22.680 going to hear? Tell the media go ahead and rip 0:21:22.760 --> 0:21:24.600 me if you have to. And that's the kind of 0:21:24.640 --> 0:21:26.960 maturity he said. I don't read it because I don't 0:21:26.960 --> 0:21:31.320 want to digest it think about it. But he's an 0:21:31.520 --> 0:21:35.600 intelligent player. He's a terrific young man, and I think 0:21:35.680 --> 0:21:38.720 the ceiling for him is very, very high. He's only 0:21:38.720 --> 0:21:40.760 in his second season. Row. That's the amazing thing. This 0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:42.680 is a kid who's so mature beyond his years. In 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:47.880 season Dave, and if all goes accordingly, and I keep 0:21:47.920 --> 0:21:50.359 my fingers crossed because in this profession, you never know. 0:21:51.000 --> 0:21:53.080 One wrong turn and you're out for the season. Is 0:21:53.160 --> 0:21:56.520 Jordan Hicks found out? But he should end up this 0:21:56.680 --> 0:22:01.440 season as the Eagles single season received even leader. The 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:04.320 record right now for catch us in the season actually 0:22:04.480 --> 0:22:07.520 was by a running back, Brian Westbrook. That's ninety and 0:22:07.680 --> 0:22:10.240 the most ever by a wide receiver was Serving Friars 0:22:10.320 --> 0:22:14.120 eighty eight. Yeah, listen to this running back situation through 0:22:14.280 --> 0:22:16.520 eight games. When you look at the numbers, the way 0:22:16.520 --> 0:22:19.199 the carriers have been divided, are you pleased with how 0:22:19.280 --> 0:22:22.480