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Speaker 1: one o'clock. A big program coming your way today. I

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Speaker 1: speak to Giants center and now left guard Nick Gates,

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Speaker 1: Bob Papa with a coach Briant. It will be our

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Speaker 1: let's get to it. Let's lead off with my interview

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Speaker 1: with Nick Gates. It's nic good to see a man.

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Speaker 1: How are you. I'm doing good, you know, just happy

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Speaker 1: to be back out there. Yeah, we're getting Nick right

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Speaker 1: off the practice field on Friday and now you're back

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Speaker 1: with guard again. Is that just like no big deal

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Speaker 1: that it was it like putting a glove on that it?

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Speaker 1: Did it feel normal to you? What was it like? Ah? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I feel the most part I felt normal. There's a

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Speaker 1: work out and get used to back you know you

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Speaker 1: used to again, uh, you know, taking sets and stuff.

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Speaker 1: But so I'm pretty good there. How much did you

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Speaker 1: leading up to the game or was it kind of

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Speaker 1: just all right, you got a week get ready to go? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I came in as a guard, so I

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Speaker 1: kind of you know, my first couple of years I

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Speaker 1: I was doing a little bit of guard coming you know,

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Speaker 1: during my rehab the process and stuff like that, but

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Speaker 1: you have a little bit of a soft landing there. Yeah, No, definitely.

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Speaker 1: Every time I got a play next Andrew, it's fun.

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Speaker 1: He's a you know, a really good player. You know,

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Speaker 1: you know he's gonna know his job, and you know

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Speaker 1: he does it really good. So and John John knows

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Speaker 1: easy to play next too. So you know, the center

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Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna do my thing left guard, I'm

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Speaker 1: Have teams started doing more to try to slow down

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Speaker 1: How how much is it where teams you're just kind

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Speaker 1: feel like you guys have so much in your bag

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Speaker 1: in terms of types of running players. You run right.

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Speaker 1: Some teams we're gonna run only outside zone, run inside zone.

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Speaker 1: But you guys run gap, You pull the ce. You

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Speaker 1: a couple of moments I thought I was retiring. Ever,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna play again. But when when just throughout the

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Speaker 1: and twenty against the Cardinals. Of course that game was

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Speaker 1: back in early October. Was there a common thread there

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Speaker 1: other than the other team was able to keep the

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Speaker 1: ball out of Philadelphia's hands? Yeah, Paul. Giveaways and and penalties,

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Speaker 1: um a lot of them. Against Tennessee, I think Washington

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Speaker 1: they had four turnovers, and then against the Indiapolis Colts

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Speaker 1: they had penalties on three consecutive plays late in the

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Speaker 1: first quarter, four penalties in the first half. I remember

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Speaker 1: five penalties in the first half offensively, and then two

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Speaker 1: giveaways in the second half. And they were able to

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Speaker 1: manufacture late game drives in Arizona and Indianapolis to win

439
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Speaker 1: the game, had chances to do it against Washington and

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Speaker 1: just gave the football away. But that's really been it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they are just it's a tough offense to

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Speaker 1: deal with if you can't win against his offensive line,

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Speaker 1: which really nobody has, and teams have tried blitz, they've

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Speaker 1: tried to spy hurts, they've tried to lay back and

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Speaker 1: keep them in the pocket and play coverage, and it

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Speaker 1: just hasn't worked. And you know, the the the Colts

447
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Speaker 1: did a really nice job, you know, taking away the

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Speaker 1: penalties and the and the giveaways. They did a very

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Speaker 1: nice job going after mixing up their their blitzes. You know,

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Speaker 1: they got to hurt a couple of times with some

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Speaker 1: back end blitzes and they were successful. Um, and that's

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Speaker 1: really been about it. Otherwise, the Eagles offense has been

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Speaker 1: pretty unstoppable. David brought up the offensive line, and I

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Speaker 1: know in years prior and you can attest to this,

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Speaker 1: we were talking about all the injuries on the offensive

456
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Speaker 1: line a game of musical chairs. Outside of I believe

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Speaker 1: Jordan my lot of missing Week five, everybody has been

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Speaker 1: front and center. Everybody has been healthy. How much has

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Speaker 1: the continuity been a big reason? Why not to say

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Speaker 1: that the offensive line was a question, but that they've

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Speaker 1: really been able to set the tone up front. Well, Lance,

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Speaker 1: of course, I mean is that isn't that the isn't

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Speaker 1: that the goal for every single offensive line that they

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Speaker 1: If you have continuity, then you're going to have success.

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Speaker 1: And you know, the Eagles have been really durable. You

466
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Speaker 1: know last year they basically returned it was kind of

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Speaker 1: continuity throughout a couple of things. Here. They returned an

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Speaker 1: entire offense and then added a j Brown, so that

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Speaker 1: offense last year led the league in rushing and and

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Speaker 1: did a lot of good things in Jalen Hurt's first

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Speaker 1: season as a full time starter, and in the first

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Speaker 1: year of Nick Sirianni's offense. And then they come back

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Speaker 1: coaching staff, intact, roster intact and for the first time

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Speaker 1: since he was in high school, and I cannot emphasisize,

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Speaker 1: emphasize this enough, for the first time since he was

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Speaker 1: in high school, Jalen Hurts is playing with the same

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Speaker 1: offensive coaches, the play caller, offensive coordinator, slash head coach

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Speaker 1: for two successive seasons. First time since high school. It's

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Speaker 1: been you know, offense one on one and then another

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Speaker 1: new offense next year, another new offense one on one.

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Speaker 1: He's in the second year of the same offense. He

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Speaker 1: looks a world different with his level of comfort in

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Speaker 1: his confidences, mechanics. He's really worked hard at it. And

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Speaker 1: I think that as much as the continuity upfront with

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Speaker 1: the offensive line, which has been huge, and we all

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Speaker 1: know that the offense if you don't have an old line,

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Speaker 1: and the Giants have been trying to put it together

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Speaker 1: for a long time, and you're getting pieces in place,

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Speaker 1: they're seeing how it works. Um, you can't have success.

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Speaker 1: And the Eagles have just been really really good upfront,

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Speaker 1: and they've worked at it, and they've invested a lot

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Speaker 1: of the resources and they've been fortunate thus far with

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Speaker 1: injuries that can change very quickly. They've got a lot

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Speaker 1: of depth as well. But the old line keys everything. Alright,

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Speaker 1: So let's talk about the weaponry, because we know the

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Speaker 1: offensive lines, the foundation. We know where Hurtch has been

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Speaker 1: able to do this year, as you say, with more familiarity.

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Speaker 1: But the truth of the matter is he also has

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Speaker 1: a virtual thousand yard running back in Sanders, and he's

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Speaker 1: got those two receivers in Brown and Smith who have

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Speaker 1: consistently destroyed people all season long. Has anybody stone any

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Speaker 1: any measure of success at least slowing down one part

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Speaker 1: of this offense? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Now there's times

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Speaker 1: when you know, the run games really not clicking, Like

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Speaker 1: last week the Eagles had modest numbers on the ground

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Speaker 1: against the Titans, but they threw for three ninety so

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Speaker 1: you know, the week before Hurts through for one in

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Speaker 1: the air, but he ran for one three and the

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Speaker 1: Eagles ran for three sixty three. So no, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: tell you they really the only time they really early

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Speaker 1: in the season. Um, they scored twenty four in the

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Speaker 1: second quarter against the Washington Commanders and didn't score in

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Speaker 1: the second half, And so early on there was a

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Speaker 1: little bit of inconsistency, big second quarters struggles in the

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Speaker 1: second half. They've kind of, you know, since then, really

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Speaker 1: had no problems with consistency, putting the ball in the

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Speaker 1: end zone, getting a lot out of drives. Um, it's

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Speaker 1: been tough. Look, I mean, you know, you you I

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Speaker 1: it's not an unstoppable offense. There's no such thing as

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Speaker 1: an unstoppable offense. But to beat this offense, you really

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Speaker 1: have to be good in coverage and work against two

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Speaker 1: outstanding receivers. And by the way, the third receiver, Quez

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Speaker 1: Watkins would likely start for many teams, he just doesn't

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Speaker 1: start here. He's the third receiver. Has done a lot

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Speaker 1: of good things out of the slot. UM, And you

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Speaker 1: have to be outstanding up front. Now, the Giants have

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Speaker 1: some pieces that you know, you go into this gate

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Speaker 1: and Eagles are like, all right, the Giants are big upfront,

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Speaker 1: they're aggressive upfront. Um surprisingly, they've given up some yards

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Speaker 1: against the run, which has been really something that Eagles

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Speaker 1: have always had trouble running against New York because they're

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Speaker 1: big in in in the interior. They give Jason Kelsey problems.

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Speaker 1: They don't let him get to the second level, and

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Speaker 1: that really can make the Eagles run game shut down.

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Speaker 1: And they've been very good against Jalen Hurts, So that's

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Speaker 1: part of the equation. If you can combine that's with

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Speaker 1: really good coverage. Well, we all with the Giants digit

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Speaker 1: Eagles last November at MetLife Stadium. Yeah, that was the

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Speaker 1: game in which Jalen Hurts had three interceptions. So Dave,

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Speaker 1: your point is well taken. As we're talking with Dave Spidero,

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Speaker 1: Eagles insider for Philadelphia Eagles dot Com, the one position

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Speaker 1: we haven't touched on, David, you talked about hopefully the

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Speaker 1: injury bug cooperates. Unfortunately did hit the tight end position

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Speaker 1: and Dallas Goddard is sidelined. He's on i R two

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Speaker 1: part question A, how much has his absence impacted the

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Speaker 1: flow of the passing game in your estimation? And also

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Speaker 1: the tight ends are used obviously as a part of

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Speaker 1: blocking and the rushing attack. So how have they made

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Speaker 1: up for the absence of God are there? Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: been interesting. They've used some different personnel packages. They've used

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Speaker 1: more three wides. Um, They've gotten the ball to the

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Speaker 1: white House a bit more. They've get gotten the ball

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Speaker 1: to Quez Watkins a bit more. UM they have. You know,

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Speaker 1: they still run a lot of three tight end packages.

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Speaker 1: They've got Jack Stole was a good blocker, Grant Calcata

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Speaker 1: is more of a route runner. Tyree Jackson is this

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Speaker 1: young athletic freak former quarterback in college Um activated off

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Speaker 1: the injured list earlier this season, hasn't really made an impact,

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Speaker 1: but he's so athletic. Did you really take notice of

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Speaker 1: him when he's out there? And you know that if

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Speaker 1: you don't account for him, he's gonna make a really

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Speaker 1: big play. He's got a chance to do that. He's

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Speaker 1: he's just a freaky athlete who's still learning the position

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Speaker 1: and learning the game. But so so they've been resourceful

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Speaker 1: and they haven't really involved the tight ends as much,

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Speaker 1: although last week Stolen Calcata combined for four catches and

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Speaker 1: sixty yards. But again, you know it's been if you

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Speaker 1: look at the games. It's been extremely interesting. Indianapolis game

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Speaker 1: they struggled offensively, Packers game they roared. Last week against

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Speaker 1: Tennessee they roared so um it took him a week. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And then these last two games have been really extremely

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Speaker 1: impressive offensively, So Lance, I mean, they've made adjustments, and

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Speaker 1: I give the coaching staff a lot of credit for

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Speaker 1: writing what's working. Running the football when it's there. If

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Speaker 1: you want to play a light box against them, they're

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Speaker 1: patient enough to run the ball. They're great in the

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Speaker 1: red zone their second in the league and touchdown percentage

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Speaker 1: in the red zone. So I think the key thing here, guys,

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Speaker 1: to win, you know, the New York Giants are going

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Speaker 1: to have to take the football away and and that's

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Speaker 1: difficult against a team that is number one in turnover ratio.

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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts has only three interceptions. The running back Miles Sanders,

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Speaker 1: who in his career has had some you know, some

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Speaker 1: iffy moments with ball security, has laid the football down

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Speaker 1: exactly zero times this season, as I knock on wood

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Speaker 1: and um, you know that when you're not giving the

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Speaker 1: football away and you're not killing yourself with penalties, good

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Speaker 1: luck against his offense. You know, David's ironic that we're

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Speaker 1: talking about the proficiency of what Philadelphia can do offensively,

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Speaker 1: and yet one guy who has been an absolute four

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Speaker 1: and the Giants side for several years, and I think

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Speaker 1: you would agree, is Boston Scott. But he has not

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Speaker 1: really done a whole lot for the Eagles attack this season.

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Speaker 1: Might they just unleash air knowing how well he does

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Speaker 1: against the Giants. Well, he's got thirty seven carries this year,

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Speaker 1: UM and four receptions, So yeah, he hasn't been used

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Speaker 1: particularly a ton. Yeah, I mean, there's no doubt. Look,

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Speaker 1: he said the weirdest success against the Giants, and one

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Speaker 1: of those games, I think he had three touchdowns and

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Speaker 1: they were short yardage. But UM, no questions. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's he's done really well. You know, I actually talked

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Speaker 1: about that today and they all downplay. But there's certainly

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Speaker 1: a level of comfort that he has playing against the

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Speaker 1: New York Giants, and um, in that stadium, he's he's

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Speaker 1: very comfortable and he's done an excellent job in the

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Speaker 1: past game against the Giants as well, So I you know,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, there's just uh, you know, as as

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Speaker 1: weird as this, Boston has dropped in the pecking order.

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Speaker 1: He's the third back, and um, he just doesn't get

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Speaker 1: a lot of chances. I don't think they're gonna take,

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Speaker 1: you know, a potential thousand yard rusher off the field

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Speaker 1: in Miles Sanders to give the ball to boss to Scott.

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Speaker 1: But look at six games against the Giants, he has

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Speaker 1: seven rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown. He's averaged four

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Speaker 1: point six yards per carry seven yards in his six

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Speaker 1: games against the Giants. So it is very strange. Uh,

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Speaker 1: and maybe they'll try to work him into the package

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00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,280
Speaker 1: is a little bit. But again, they Eagles have so

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Speaker 1: many pieces and matchup advantages and if they can find

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Speaker 1: a way to work Boston's got into it, they certainly will. Dave,

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Speaker 1: speaking of many pieces, I want to flip the script

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Speaker 1: to the defensive side of the ball because there's an

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Speaker 1: overwhelming amount of depth and this has been the m

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Speaker 1: O for this team over the last few years on

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Speaker 1: the defensive line. And there was a bit of a

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Speaker 1: red flag in their inability to stop the run in

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Speaker 1: recent weeks. And they bring in Linvo Joseph and Dominican Sue.

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Speaker 1: So how have those two come in and help maybe

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Speaker 1: clean up those issues. And how much is Jonathan Gannon

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Speaker 1: essentially able to rotate personnel and not have to play

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Speaker 1: one guy in particular of the time immediate impact And

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Speaker 1: you're right there. It was a formula. The Houston Tech

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Speaker 1: Is on that Thursday night showed everybody, all right, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna just run the ball and we're gonna keep it

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Speaker 1: away from Jalen Hurts and we're gonna make it really

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Speaker 1: hard on the Eagles. And the Eagles couldn't stop the run.

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Speaker 1: They couldn't stop the run the following game against the

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Speaker 1: Washington Commanders and lost the game. So you know, how

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Speaker 1: he Roseman does something. They're just he's just been so

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Speaker 1: good this season, finding needs, whether it's James Bradberry, c J. Gardner, Johnson,

641
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Speaker 1: you know, pieces that really fits um. They go out

642
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 1: inside Joseph and Sue and they are very comfortable playing

643
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 1: in a role that's had them on the field seventeen

644
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,600
Speaker 1: snaps a game, maybe thirty, depending how the game goes.

645
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 1: Fitting into a rotation, Fletcher Cox, it's like a totally

646
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: different player. They got Jordan Davis, their number one draft

647
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: pick back last week. He's working his way into the

648
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 1: rotation more and they just bring him in. It's like

649
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: a hockey guys coming over the boards. They keep everybody

650
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 1: fresh upfront. They were relentless last week against Tennessee. I

651
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 1: mean they just destroyed Derrick Henry along of six yards

652
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 1: for Derrick Henry, I mean that's unheard of. They sacked

653
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:12,520
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill six times. I mean, they overwhelmed the Tennessee

654
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Speaker 1: Titans upfront. And that's the intention, and so Sue is

655
00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,440
Speaker 1: gonna rotate. Joseph has been starting. They've been much better

656
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 1: on first and second downs. Their third down defense is outstanding.

657
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Speaker 1: Their secondary with Brad Berry and with Darius big Play

658
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 1: Sleigh at the cornerback positions has been really strong. They

659
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 1: lose C. J. Gardner Johnson, they bring in a young

660
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 1: kid who made the team as an underrafted rookie, re

661
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Speaker 1: Blanket Ship, who played. He comes in in the middle

662
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Speaker 1: of a game against the Packers and picks off Aaron Rodgers,

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Speaker 1: and then last week he plays fifty five snaps and

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Speaker 1: does a great job against Tennessee. And I'm sure that

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Speaker 1: as teams see him more and more, they will find

666
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Speaker 1: weaknesses and try to exploit them. But for now, he's

667
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Speaker 1: just another really solid piece for a defense that has

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Speaker 1: largely played this is a really key thing. I think

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Speaker 1: too with the Eagles. I think it only two games

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00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 1: this year the Eagles have trailed at halftime, So the

671
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 1: defense with the advantage of playing with a lead has

672
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 1: you know you generally that helps turn offenses into one

673
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Speaker 1: dimensional attacks. And if you're just throwing the football against

674
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Speaker 1: the Eagles, you're not gonna have a lot of success.

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Speaker 1: You've got to mix in the run, short passes, get

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Speaker 1: the football out of the quarterback's hands, um and just

677
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: just be really patient. Well, you know, Dave, we we

678
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Speaker 1: all know that if an offense wants to commit itself

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Speaker 1: to not getting a quarterback sack, you're exactly right. They

680
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Speaker 1: can game plan for that. They can do the quick kitters,

681
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Speaker 1: and they can make sure the moving pocket and everything

682
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Speaker 1: else that he won't get sacked. That's possible. You're gonna

683
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Speaker 1: have to give up other stuff in your playbook, but

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Speaker 1: you could do that. I think my question for you is,

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Speaker 1: knowing how good Bradbury and Slay are, do you think

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Speaker 1: a large percentage of the Philadelphia sacks are coverage sacks

687
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Speaker 1: or is that front just flat out beating people so

688
00:30:56,080 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: quickly that quarterbacks aren't able to operate back there. Yeah,

689
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,440
Speaker 1: I mean the coverage has been good and it's probably

690
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 1: there's probably actual actual data that can answer that question. Um,

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Speaker 1: I will credit both sides of it. There have been

692
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,640
Speaker 1: times that it's been covered sacks, but you know, the

693
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Speaker 1: d line has really been good. Hassan Reddick came in

694
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Speaker 1: from free agency. Last year. The Eagles ranked thirty one

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00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 1: in the league in quarterback sacks. This year they've been excellent.

696
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:23,560
Speaker 1: Their number two in the league with forty two sacks.

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00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 1: Reddick has been everything the Eagles wanted and more. Has

698
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 1: been tenacious. They move him around the line. He's great

699
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 1: off the edge, terrific burst. Josh Sweat has been really

700
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 1: good off the edge. They've got Brandon Graham coming back

701
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 1: from the Achilles tendon has six sacks. So, um, it's

702
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: a good line. It helps. It helps when you've got

703
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 1: excellent coverage on the back end. That gives you a

704
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 1: little opportunity to take more chances. They don't blitz a lot.

705
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 1: They rely on the fore man, and the fore man

706
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: at times of five man has done an excellent job

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Speaker 1: getting home. So uh, they're gonna come after Daniel Jones.

708
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 1: They want to keep Jones in the pocket. Uh. They

709
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Speaker 1: want to put pressure on him. They do not want

710
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Speaker 1: him running around. They are aware that he had twelve

711
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 1: carries seventy one yards last week. They's got four touchdowns

712
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 1: on the ground. He's hurt the Eagles in the past.

713
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: I think they certainly respect Darius Slayton five straight games

714
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 1: with sixty plus receiving yards, So there's a healthy respect there.

715
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Speaker 1: And these guys know that the Giants beat them last year.

716
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,440
Speaker 1: And look, the Eagles are playing for something great here.

717
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 1: They're playing for the number one seed in the NFC.

718
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Speaker 1: With the Vikings one game behind and the Eagles in

719
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Speaker 1: the start of a three game road trip. They're gonna

720
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 1: play aggressive football. They know they gotta win tonight rather

721
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Speaker 1: on on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon, Dave, you brought up

722
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Speaker 1: the injury to c J. Gardner Johnson and read Blanket

723
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Speaker 1: Ships stepping up. I believe Avante Maddox is coming off.

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Speaker 1: I are. I don't know how much perhaps will be

725
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Speaker 1: in the game plan this week, but he's been a

726
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 1: valuable guy and somebody that's been on this team for

727
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 1: the last few years. His return, how much of a

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Speaker 1: boost do you think that gives the secondary And how

729
00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 1: much usage do you think he'll get this week? Yeah,

730
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 1: I think he'll step back in and be the nickel cornerback,

731
00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 1: and he's a great nickel cornerback. I think teams have

732
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 1: hats success targeting Josiah Scott in Maddox's absence. And while

733
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,960
Speaker 1: Scott has played better, he's not at the level of Maddox,

734
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 1: who just fits perfectly with what this team does. He's

735
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 1: got the quickness, he's tough, he's you know, tenacious inside guy,

736
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Speaker 1: and I think he'll play a lot. I think they'll

737
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: if all goes well, there's no setbacks today or tomorrow. Um,

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Speaker 1: he will be active on Sunday and he'll play a

739
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Speaker 1: full game. Let me go to special teams for a

740
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Speaker 1: second day, because typically Philadelphia has had one of the

741
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Speaker 1: elite special teams groups in the NFL for a lot

742
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Speaker 1: of years. This year, though, it seems that they have

743
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Speaker 1: struggled a bit, although last week we know that the

744
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Speaker 1: return game was certainly better. What can you tell us

745
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 1: there and is that potentially something that could alter the

746
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 1: outcome of this game? Yeah, for sure, Paul. They they

747
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 1: have they've had some miscuse on special teams. Uh, in

748
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 1: great against Green Bay. Three big returns by the Packers

749
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 1: really flipped the field. Uh, they've had a punt blocked

750
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 1: or maybe a field goal block, don't forget what it was. Uh,

751
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: they've really until last week, had nothing going in the

752
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: return game. So um, it's been a bit of a struggle.

753
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: They've they've got a lot of young guys out there.

754
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: You know, you can't add players like the Eagles have added,

755
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:17,800
Speaker 1: and I think that your special teams are gonna have

756
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 1: all first rate guys. You gotta have some young players.

757
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 1: It takes time to grow. They do have a very

758
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: solid kicking game with Jake Elliott as the place kicker,

759
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 1: with Aaron Sippos as the punter. Uh, they're really solid there.

760
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 1: But it has been in the return game. It's been

761
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Speaker 1: in the coverage game where they've had some breakdowns. And

762
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Speaker 1: I think the weather is predicted as usual on the

763
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,720
Speaker 1: Eagles are up there to be a little bit stormy

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. That could be a factor as well. So um,

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Speaker 1: you know, there's no question the Eagles have not been

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Speaker 1: consistent with their performance on special teams. That is absolutely

767
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 1: an area that teams are going to attack. He is

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Speaker 1: Daves Spidero Eagles Insider for Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. As

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Speaker 1: the Giants collide with the Eagles for the first time

770
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Speaker 1: this season, they MetLife Stadium on Sunday. Dave. Always great

771
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: to catch up with you, looking forward to seeing you

772
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Speaker 1: on Sunday, and we're looking forward to the game as well.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for hopping on. Lance, Paul, thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Have a great night, Hey Giant fans. The Giants official

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779
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,760
Speaker 1: thank Davi Spidaro. Good job by Lance and Paul. Now

780
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 1: the voice of the Giants, Bob Papa. He sat down

781
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 1: with the head coach of the New York Football Giants,

782
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: Brian Table. Giants take on the Philadelphia Eagles, the first

783
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 1: meeting between these two teams and the two thousand twenty

784
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 1: two season, and as always, were joined by the head

785
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 1: coach of the New York Football Giants Bryandable. Coach. Um,

786
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:50,000
Speaker 1: you know, obviously last week you get this tie. Now

787
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: this week you've got Philadelphia coming in UM, when you

788
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: look at this Eagles team, boy, they're pretty complete across

789
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Speaker 1: the board. UM, and Nick Serrianni, someone that you're familiar

790
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: with from your past, just talk about the Eagles and

791
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 1: how they look to you on tape. Sure, I think

792
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:07,960
Speaker 1: the roster is well constructed. They have a lot of

793
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,840
Speaker 1: talented players, UM, some veterans and then some young guys

794
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:15,240
Speaker 1: that have have really helped them. Um. You know, whether

795
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: that's year two, year three, year four. UM. I think

796
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 1: their quarterback is is really doing a great job of

797
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,479
Speaker 1: of leading his team and and winning football games, which

798
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,719
Speaker 1: is you know, Jalen's won a lot of games since

799
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:33,239
Speaker 1: he's been a starting quarterback, whether it's been Alabama, Oklahoma, Philadelphia.

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00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 1: I think his winning percentage is somewhere around as a

801
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:39,320
Speaker 1: starting quarterback fifty nine wins, I think fourteen or fifteen

802
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: losses something like that. So, UM, he's distributing the ball,

803
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 1: making really good decisions. On the offensive side, they have

804
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: a really good offensive line, and then they have a

805
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: good defensive line and and players that can cover rush

806
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: the passer. And you know last week they did a

807
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,359
Speaker 1: great job against Tennessee of of stopping the run and

808
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,400
Speaker 1: limiting Henry and what they like to do. So, Um,

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00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: a complete team all the way around, well coached. Um,

810
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 1: you know, be a big challenge coach. Going back to

811
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 1: Jellen hurts a little bit. You know, it's a lot

812
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 1: easier said than dumb people say. Well, you know, you

813
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 1: try to contain him. You try to contain your rush.

814
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 1: Don't let him get out of the pocket to start

815
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 1: making off schedule plays. Um, how do you how do

816
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:19,719
Speaker 1: you do that when a guy is so talented? Yeah,

817
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: I think it takes all eleven players on defense. Uh,

818
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: and you understand that when you have a player like

819
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,839
Speaker 1: Jalen uh, a quarterback that can can do multiple things,

820
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 1: they're gonna make some plays. Um. You know, whether he

821
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,280
Speaker 1: gets out on a big scramble or you know, moves

822
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,280
Speaker 1: around and and find someone down the field, or really

823
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: just executes a place. He's done a great job of

824
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 1: just executing their offense. Plus he has the additional element

825
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,640
Speaker 1: that you know, he can make a second play within

826
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,239
Speaker 1: the first play, if that makes sense. Um, So all

827
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 1: eleven guys are gonna have to uh be on their

828
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:52,400
Speaker 1: p's and queues and do their assignments and and you know,

829
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,479
Speaker 1: just do their job. Coach, let's go to your team

830
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 1: because you know they did a good job last week

831
00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,880
Speaker 1: stopping the run against the Tennessee Titans. And I know

832
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,279
Speaker 1: that's a staple for New York Giants football right now

833
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 1: is to be able to run the ball. But there's

834
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 1: a lot of different ways to run it, isn't there. Yeah? Absolutely, Um,

835
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 1: you know there's different schemes, there's different players you can use.

836
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Speaker 1: But i'd say that you know, whether it's run or pass, Bob,

837
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 1: you know what we have to do is go out

838
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 1: there and just execute the play and keep the chains moving. Um,

839
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,880
Speaker 1: you know, whether it's run or a pass. Yeah, And

840
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 1: and and self inflicted errors are something that you know,

841
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 1: when you're playing a team as good as Philadelphia, you

842
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:36,919
Speaker 1: can't afford to make mistakes that can set you back

843
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,920
Speaker 1: and get you off schedule. Right. Yeah, absolutely, And you see,

844
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 1: you know throughout the league, as this season has progressed,

845
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:44,919
Speaker 1: you know there's a lot of close games in this league.

846
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 1: We've been part of quite a few of them. The

847
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:48,759
Speaker 1: only two I think we haven't we've turned the ball

848
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 1: over more than twice or two times. And you know

849
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Speaker 1: it always comes down to a handful of plays in

850
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 1: close games. You know, you you go back as a

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Speaker 1: staff or as players, and you say, boy, if we

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Speaker 1: only hit these three plays or if we would have

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00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 1: made this decision. It's usually a you know, five or

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Speaker 1: six plays in a game that can make a huge difference.

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Speaker 1: You never know when they're gonna be. Could be the

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Speaker 1: first quarter, could be the fourth quarter. Um. So it

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Speaker 1: takes a lot of discipline to execute your assignment. And

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Speaker 1: one of the things to coach about this game that

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Speaker 1: I was looking at is red zone. Uh. You guys

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Speaker 1: have been pretty good this season again in the red

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Speaker 1: zone defense. Uh, and pretty good offensively as well. They're

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Speaker 1: awesome when it comes to percentages. As far as scoring,

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Speaker 1: it does this game kind of boiled down to when

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Speaker 1: you get down there, we gotta get touchdowns. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean usually that's the case. Um, you know, you'd like

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Speaker 1: to score on offense and hold them to three when

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Speaker 1: they get down there. Again, they're they're explosive offense. They're

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Speaker 1: gonna make some plays, and we're gonna have to do

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Speaker 1: a good job of of executing our assignments and tightening

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Speaker 1: up in the red zone. And then when we get

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Speaker 1: down there, we're gonna have to finish off drives. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, that along with I would say third down

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Speaker 1: as a critical area this week against this team, you know, Washington,

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Speaker 1: they actually had one third downs, not that you want

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Speaker 1: to have that many third in the game, but they

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Speaker 1: converted twelve of the twenty one and really controlled the

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Speaker 1: game in terms of time of possession um. And then

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Speaker 1: you know they want to turnover battle. That's the last

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Speaker 1: thing I'd say is Philadelphi had four turnovers that game,

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Speaker 1: and when you have four turnovers in the game, it's

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Speaker 1: it's usually tough to overcome. So taking care of the

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Speaker 1: ball offensively, which always plays a high premium on that,

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Speaker 1: and and getting the ball defensively to give our offense

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Speaker 1: some more chances. Coach, I'm just explained to the fans.

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Speaker 1: I mean turnovers, right, and so you know ways in

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Speaker 1: which you can force turnovers um, things that you can

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Speaker 1: do as a team, not just in this game, but

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Speaker 1: in any game. Mo went forward to create the turnover opportunities. Yeah, well,

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Speaker 1: I'd say that you take a look at the league

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Speaker 1: and you see, you know, what's been the trend, and

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Speaker 1: it really hasn't changed that must in the past twenty

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Speaker 1: years I've been in the NFL. You know, if you

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Speaker 1: can affect the quarterback. UM. You know, whether that's up

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Speaker 1: the middle, make him make a quick decision that he

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Speaker 1: doesn't want to make. UM. That gives the opportunity when

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Speaker 1: they're throwing the ball to go ahead and get it

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Speaker 1: in the back end. You know, strip sacks with the quarterback. UM,

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Speaker 1: you know, whether that's from behind or he's he's running

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Speaker 1: as a runner. A lot of times, you know, guys

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Speaker 1: going to the ground, offensive players where they put their

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Speaker 1: hand down and try to gain some extra yards. It

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00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,879
Speaker 1: gets loose and you can punch it out. UM. So

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00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,520
Speaker 1: again they're they're all drills and things we've done since

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Speaker 1: day one, but really it's it's I mean, it's such

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Speaker 1: a huge determining factor, UM in the outcome of games. UM,

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Speaker 1: one of the most important and this week will be

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Speaker 1: no different. Coach pest of luck this afternoon against the Eagles,

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Speaker 1: and uh, we'll look forward to doing it again next week. Thanks,

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Speaker 1: but I appreciate you. We thank Brian Dable, We thank

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Speaker 1: Daves Butaro, We thank Nick Gates for joining us on

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