WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Lose 21-17 To Carolina 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:10.880 When you're up seventeen and nothing in the fourth quarter 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:13.280 of a game, and in the first three quarters the 0:00:13.400 --> 0:00:16.080 defense has forced nothing but punch, that should be game over. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:19.960 The Eagles had the Panthers right where they won. They 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:23.120 fell apart in the fourth quarter twenty one answered points 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:26.880 and they fall twenty one and seventeen to Carolina. Panthers 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:30.080 Greg Olsen with the game winning touchdown, which just over 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:32.760 remaining Eagles got the ball back Carson Wentz lost the 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:37.560 ball on fourth down. Carolina recovered a controversial call toward 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:39.880 the end there, Eric Reid appeared to have the interception 0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:44.080 was called an interception by the referees. Initially, however, the 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:46.920 play was reversed, still had a second life and not 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:49.440 able to capitalize on it. This is one of the 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:53.640 most crushing losses in recent history. And this is coming 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:56.680 off a very difficult loss a couple of weeks ago 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:59.480 where the Eagles lost seventeen to three to the up 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:03.600 seventeen three against the Tennessee Titans. So the Hegels follow 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:05.520 twenty one the seventeen. They are now three and four 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:09.000 on the season. Another tough loss here in the NFC. 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:13.120 Chris mcfiers here with ike Reas emotionals start here to 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:16.720 the postgame show presented by Rico, It's really no other 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:18.480 way to put it here. This is a game Legals 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:21.240 should have won back at home. Looked like everything was 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:23.880 clicking into form for the team, and all of a 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:26.800 sudden they come up on the short end after allowing 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:30.520 twenty one points there to the Panthers. Yeah. Really uncharacteristic 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:32.800 of this team. This team usually when they get up, 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.440 when they get up on a team, they typically put 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:37.639 their foot on their throat and they able to close 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:40.560 out games. That certainly was a hallmark for them last 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:43.680 year during the Super Bowl run. But this year, this 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.520 is the second time in the last couple of weeks 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:49.280 where you have a double digit lead in the second 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.520 half and you don't seemingly put your foot on the 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:55.200 opponent's throat and close out the game. This one hurts 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:58.280 even more than the loss in Tennessee because when they 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:01.280 went up seventeen to three against Tennessee, Tennessee immediately scored 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:03.640 it was seventeen to ten, and they were really back 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:05.920 in the game. And it was in Tennessee, so you 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:09.000 kind of expect the home team to sort of fight 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:11.840 until the end but you get a Carolina Panther team 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:15.960 that's coming off crushing defeat last week to the Washington 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:19.680 ran Skins. They're down seventeen nothing in the fourth quarter 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:22.720 on the road. Nothing has worked for this team all 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:25.920 game offensively, and it almost seems as if once the 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:28.600 Eagles went up seventeen to nothing, they thought the game 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.640 was over with Carolina gets the football back after that, 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:34.720 they go down to score with very little resistance, and 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:37.560 I think that's when the momentum started to shift in 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:41.480 this league. Man, the momentum shift just like that, and 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:45.480 just like that, the Carolina Panthers found themselves back in 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.600 this game. Even with the score seventeen to six, you 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:51.480 could sort of tell the Eagles offense had started to 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:56.040 stimy a little bit and really sputter and not have 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:59.000 the type of dominance they had shown. They gave them 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.600 that seventeen league. I mean, you had an eighteen play 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:04.640 drive in the third quarter that led to a touchdowns. 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:09.120 That that type of drive normally kills the will of 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:11.760 your opponent. But the Panthers were able to come back 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:15.040 and score with relative ease. I think that gave them 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:17.520 a little confidence in a little momentum that really just 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:20.359 throw caution to the win and say, hey, let's see 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:21.960 what we can do. We got a little something going, 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.560 we found something that's working, and next thing you know, 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.400 you're in a dog fight and you can't get the 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:30.280 momentum going back on your side. I've seen it far 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:32.799 too many times in sports where a team that has 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.520 all the momentum sort of lets their guard down and 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.480 they can't regain the momentum. And that's what happened today. 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:42.119 Once the Eagles lost that momentum after going up seventeen 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:44.480 to nothing, they can never get it back. And it 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.120 was all on the Panthers side of the football. And 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.360 it's a lot of critical plays in this game late 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:52.160 in the game that the Eagles are going to be 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:55.160 kicking themselves about when they look at this film, particularly 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:58.560 on defense where they allowed the Panthers to convert some 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:01.360 third and loans even of worth and long. They allowed 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:03.160 him to convert where it looked like the head Cam 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:06.560 Newton sack, he's able to find Tory Smith. Tory Smith 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:09.640 makes a big catch, darts down the sideline, and then 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.320 it goes from are they going to possibly tidy game? 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:14.560 They they're just trying to get in field goal range. 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.080 Next thing, you know, they're thinking about going up and 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.800 winning a game exactly. So we're just get some instant 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:21.520 reaction over from the link. In a little bit, we're 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:23.160 gonna hear from the head coach Doug Pearson as well 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:25.760 as quarterback Carson Once. But first let's bring in Eagles 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:30.120 insire Day Spadaro as well as Amy Campbell. Dave, I mean, 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:34.919 we're emotional. It's distressing, it's deflating right now here inside 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:36.640 the studio. I can only imagine what the mood and 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:38.920 the temperature is like there at the link. Yeah, I 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:41.279 mean it's stunning. It's a stunt silence. It's back to 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.000 not really knowing what this football team is all about. 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:46.599 As you guys said, we have a chance to put 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:48.719 a game away, a team away. You do it, and 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.360 the Eagles, I mean it was a complete one eighty 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:54.719 to could turn the offense, stopped converting first to third down, 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:56.680 couldn't move the ball and on. And then the defense. 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:58.719 He mean, that was a shocking part to me. The 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:06.320 way the defense just allowed gaping completions, breakdowns. It was unbelievable. 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:08.280 It was a complete difference from the first three quarters. Yeah, 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.280 they seemed in complete control, like you said, honest, Sam, 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:12.479 both sides of the ball the first three quarters, and 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:16.320 this whole thing unraveled in one quarter and the Panthers 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.120 have three touchdown drives back to back to back, and 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.480 just absolutely kind of shock everyone. I mean, the vibe 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.040 in here is kind of weird. Everybody was feeling really 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:27.920 good and varying control and gosh, having so much fun 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.800 on offense. Right, that offense was looking so dominant and 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:34.680 so much fun, and it unraveled so quickly and so strangely. Yeah, 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:36.200 And I think part of this is when you don't 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:38.280 have a running game that you can really rely upon, 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:41.720 which Eagles did not run the football with big chunks today. 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:43.520 It was really they were kind of just mixing in 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.520 the run to keep the Panthers, honest, and then all 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:49.640 of a sudden, Carson Wentz started getting pressure and the 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.560 Eagles not able to make it play down the field. 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:54.800 Now they still had a chance first and tenethy Panthers 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:57.640 twenty two yard line and no run game, Yeah, and 0:05:57.760 --> 0:05:59.560 just unable to get it in the end zone. And 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:01.839 of course we thought there was some life down here 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:05.359 without Eric Reid potential interception that was our reverse and 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:08.120 of course Eric Reid, you know, doing some talking throughout 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:10.520 this game, so it was interesting to see him make 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:13.000 that big play there, but giving the Eagles more life 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:14.719 still and other addictions to get in the end zone 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:17.480 with time on the clock and just unable to even 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:19.600 move the ball. Like you said, yeah, so this is 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:23.520 an Eagles team that had a chance today to create 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:26.839 some momentum getting above five go to London feeling really good. 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:30.599 Instead you go back to saying, who are the Philadelphia 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:34.200 Eagles at three and four with a tough game in 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:37.080 London against Jacksonville to take this to the halfway point 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:38.680 of the season. Yeah, we still don't know who this 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:41.320 team is and which which team is at the team 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:43.360 that we saw today or the team that we've seen 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:45.760 look so good against the Giants last week, and there 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:47.440 was there was so much energy all week. You know, 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:49.440 you really thought a good mini bye week and three 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:53.559 quarters of dominance, well two quarters and most most imus, 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:55.960 I think to me, what will stand out, guys is 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:58.359 lack of a running game that you could rely on 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.680 late in the game, and then the defense a total 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:06.360 collapsation three consecutive drives for touchdowns by a Carolina Panthers 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:08.840 offense that had done nothing to that point. Yeah, we're 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:10.280 about to go in the locker room. That's going to 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:12.360 be interesting to go talk to those guys and see 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:13.760 how they feel about it. I don't think it's going 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:16.320 to be super pleasant. Yeah, no, it's gonna be very tough. 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:19.240 And my team, that has veteran leadership should know how 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:21.720 to put a football team away. Eagles did not do 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:23.360 that today. Chris and I back to you with an 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:26.520 overcare complex Dave and Amy, thank you so much again. 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:28.640 You can listen to the Eagles Life podcast as well 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:31.400 as read Dave's On the Inside column a little bit 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:35.440 later on this evening. So very interesting points there. You 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:37.360 know the fact that you don't know what this team 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:40.320 is because this Eagles team is not one consecutive games 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:43.040 all season and basically for the better part of three 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:45.280 plus corps. We thought today would be today, the Eagles 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:48.280 would get back over five hundred, they'd be four and three, 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:50.200 they'd be kind of getting into a bit of a 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:52.679 role here as they prepare for that game in London 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:55.280 and gets the Jaguars a week from today. But now 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:57.760 they are sitting three and four. They're gonna be in 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:01.480 a quagmire in the NFC. Alice is playing Washington, so 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:04.240 only one of those teams will emerge first place in 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:06.480 a division. So the division is still going to be 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:08.440 pretty much up for grabs and that will be the 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:10.400 silver line that we could discuss at some point. But 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:14.360 right now, you know, the emotions, the disappointment. Everyone is 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:17.400 just gonna be wondering how did this happen, especially at 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:19.720 home where the Eagles had been so dominant for the 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:23.080 last two plus seasons with Doug Pearson as the head coach. 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:25.240 Also bring up a good point about the run game 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:27.960 that was something that the Eagles could rely on last season. 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:29.880 I think back to the Chargers game is the first 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:31.840 one that comes to mind for me when they're in 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:34.320 Los Angeles and you know, with Lagarable and they are 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:36.480 able to grind out about eight minutes off the clock 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:38.920 in the fourth quarter to help put that game away. 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.320 I believe in the pieces that are here. And obviously 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:44.559 you don't have Darren Sproles, you don't have Jagi. He's 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.240 done for this season. You know, Sprowles possibly could start 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:49.360 practicing in the next week or so, but he's probably 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:50.880 not going to come back till after the buy. But 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.440 I like Corey Clement. You know, I like what Josh 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.560 Adams brought to the table. He brought some juice today. 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:58.120 Smallwood had some tough runs. He had a key third 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:00.480 down conversion. You mentioned that ninety nine yard driving the 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:02.320 third quarter, which really should have put the game away. 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:04.880 He had a huge third down conversion there. So I 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:06.640 felt like at times they can get the job done, 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.640 but I guess it's just not enough on a consistent basis, 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.320 where Doug Piacer wanted to be balanced in the second half, 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.360 knowing that they had the advantage there. You know, I 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:18.440 don't have the answers if that's the biggest question is 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:21.400 you're searching for answers at this point in the season, 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:23.719 almost at the halfway point, but before we get into 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:25.720 our turning points in this game, your thoughts on the 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.360 run game or what the Eagles can do with the 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:31.480 pieces that they have in place here. I'm like you, Chris, 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:33.360 I like the young guys. I like what they bring 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:36.400 to the table, but I like them as complimentary pieces. 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.640 You know, I thought they worked well last year along 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:43.360 with the Lagard blunt, along with the Jagi to sort 0:09:43.360 --> 0:09:45.720 of play off of them, sort of change of speed, 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:49.240 type of backs, and I like Wendale and Corey sort 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.640 of in those roles. Still a big unknown as to 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:54.640 whether or not both of these young guys can shoulder 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:57.400 the low for a full season, and that's really what 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:00.240 they've had to do due to the injuries and the 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:04.360 influx at the running back position. But I'll tell you this, Chris, 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:07.560 I won't even place it at the feet of the 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:11.240 running backs. I look at this game and it's the NFL, 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:14.120 and everybody's gonna you know, nobody's gonna give up, right, 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:16.199 So Caroline is not going to give up. They fought 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.280 their way to get back in this game. I thought 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.840 the Eagles on that final drive, you got the big 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:24.480 pass interference call against al Sean Jeffrey that puts you 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:28.480 down there, and then it got weird for the offense. 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:32.560 And listen, we rarely ever criticize Carson Wentz, and rightfully so, 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:38.200 Kid rarely does anything the deems criticism to be necessary. 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:40.880 But after that first down at the twenty two yard line, 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.040 I thought there were some questionable plays there. I mean 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:46.840 the interception that was thrown to Eric Read and overturned, 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:49.480 that was a questionable throw. He wasn't under pressure, let 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:52.280 the ball go high and sailed on him, almost picked 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:55.440 off there. Then he comes back here he forces one 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.640 to alshon Jeffrey that could have been picked off the 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:01.800 very next play, and on that play it's third and two. 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:04.600 You got Windale Smallwood in the flat pick up the 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:07.480 first down. What was great about where they were on 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:10.120 the twenty two yard line is that it wasn't first 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:11.960 in gold, meaning you didn't have to get the ball 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:14.160 in the end zone in four plays. You had the 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:17.440 opportunity to pick up another first down and then sort 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:19.760 of have four more plays. So it's third and two there. 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:22.240 If you take the quick running back in the flat 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:25.440 there to Windale Smallwood, he's wide open, he catches that, 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:27.880 picks up the first down, gets out of bounds, and 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:30.200 now you have four more downs to play with. I 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:32.840 think Carson was looking for the big play there. The 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.959 game wouldn't play the touchdown play. That's understandable. You gotta 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.680 live and die with those sort of decisions as fans 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:41.280 because that's just the type of quarterback that is. But 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:43.800 I bet you when he looks back at that series there, 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.600 that final series and after that first down play, I 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:50.280 mean after that first down passing afference. He's gonna have 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:52.680 some plays there that he wishes he could have did 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:56.520 some other things with the football. It's a learning lesson 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.840 for him. Sometimes you gotta take what the defense has 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.559 given you. Sometimes you gotta live to find another down. 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:04.480 And I just didn't think we did that. Once we 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:07.800 got on a twenty two yard line first down. I 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.120 thought there were some opportunities there where you could have 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:12.960 picked up another first down and then maybe giving yourself 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:15.360 four more opportunities to get the ball in the end. 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.760 What's ironic is the Eagles have struggled in terms of 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:21.720 getting into those third and manageable situations throughout most of 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:25.800 this season, not playing good situational football. But Smallwood produced 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:27.880 the great It was a nice play call. Spread out 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.520 the defense, runch up the middle, get yourself into eight 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.959 yards at eight yards on the first star. All of 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.400 a sudden, you have a couple of chances to convert 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.000 the short yard situation where you figure, okay, Doug can 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.360 go into his bag of tricks and pull out something there. 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:44.680 But it was not to be so. Obviously, again, Eagles 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:48.320 leading through three plus quarters of a seventeen nothing lead, 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:51.920 the Panthers five possessions in the first three quarters all punts, 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:54.760 but final three possessions or first three possessions of the 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:58.400 fourth quarter resultant touchdowns, and then they knelt down to 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:01.720 run out the clock. In terms of a turning point 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:05.040 for you, like, where do you think this game went awry? 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.400 I really believe the turning point happened after the Eagles 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:11.240 went up seventeen nothing. They had an eighteen play drive, 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.839 ninety nine yard drive where they got to touchdown to 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:16.880 go up seventeen to nothing. And then the Panthers get 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:20.240 the ball back and they go down the field eleven plays, 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:23.480 eighty yards to get on the board, and that's where 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.880 I believe the momentum shifted. The Eagles go up seventeen 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:29.320 and nothing. It's almost feels as if they thought the 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:32.080 game was over with after going up seventeen to nothing, 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:34.480 because the Panthers moved the ball on it on that 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:37.400 next series better than they had moved the ball the 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:40.920 prior three quarters of the entire game. And that drive, 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:44.800 that touchdown gave them a little confidence, gave them momentum, 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.839 gave their defense life, and the next thing, you know, 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:51.080 the offense can't pick up first downs and the defense 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:54.240 our defense. It's back on the field with the Panthers 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:57.280 offense having a little momentum going on their side. They 0:13:57.320 --> 0:14:00.160 score on three straight drives. But it started with at 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:03.760 first touchdown where I thought, man, they score kind of 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:07.000 easy there. You kind of hope that, okay, maybe hopefully 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:10.040 the momentum is not switching. But I felt it, and 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:11.839 I'm sure you could kind of fill it in the 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:14.360 stadium as well, that the momentum went to the other 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.760 side of the field. For me, it was after the 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:20.360 second touchdown where Devin Funis, you know, got Ronald Darby 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:23.560 to bite on the double move. Darby slips up Fungis 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.120 gets a touchdown there, so from eighteen yards out, so 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:29.760 Graham Gono, he missed the first point after opportunity, So 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:32.000 you figure out least at that point the Panthers are 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:35.480 fours ago for the two point conversion. Well, right there, 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:38.200 Jared's right converts a short pass from Cam Newton that 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.480 made a three point ball game. Meeting that if the 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:43.000 Panthers got the ball once again, which they did, they 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:45.080 would only need a field goal, and they not only 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:46.840 got that, they got the touchdown. For me, it was 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.000 at two point conversion because I felt like if you 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:51.520 could have the ball back, if you're the Eagles, you 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:54.560 have the four point four point cushion there, you'll feel 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:56.560 like you're in good situation that you go with this 0:14:56.680 --> 0:14:59.280 defense and you at lease can force him to go 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:01.120 for the end zone and not just a field goal, 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:03.160 you would feel good about your chances. But I think 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:05.280 when they got that two point conversion, it was at 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:07.440 that point where it seemed like the moment was completely 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.720 in the Panther's favor and they were able to sit 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:11.840 back and say, we can not only settle for the 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:14.160 field goal if needbe, but we can go for the win. 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.720 And that's what they did as Newton hit Greg Olson 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:20.520 for the game winning score. So for me, that was 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:22.920 a turning point there. So we're gonna hear from the 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:25.880 head coach and just a little bit here, but I mean, 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:29.360 it's just across the board when you look at this 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:34.040 defeat from the defensive perspective, Cam Newton was so streaky 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.400 because early on, I don't know if it was the win, 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.560 where's the pressure, maybe a combination of both. Newton was 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.080 not able to get much going whatsoever with his arm, 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:44.600 and then all of a sudden on those three touchdown drives, 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:47.120 I think he had six or seven completions in a row. 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:50.360 He got himself in a rhythm, and I think the 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:53.200 Eagles did a great job of limiting the downfield places. 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:57.120 And that's something that with Norv Turner's offense, that's what 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:00.480 that's his calling card. He wants to stretch defenses vertically 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:01.840 and he has not been able to do that with 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:06.200 the Panthers this season, which is which is kind of befollowing. 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:08.680 Because Cam Newton is one of the strongest arm quarterbacks, 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.320 they have some speed options on the outside. You know, 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:13.080 you figured they would find ways to stretch the field. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.080 That had not been the case. And you felt good 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:17.120 if your the Eagles because they've been limiting them so 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:20.040 short plays and not allowing the chunk plays there in 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:22.640 the secondary. But all of a sudden in the fourth quarter, 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:26.160 those explosive plays which have hurt the Eagles in the past, 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:29.320 reared their ugly head once again and really put the 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:32.320 Panthers in those, like you said, those quick scoring opportunities 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:34.760 so they could climb back into this ball game where 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:36.760 the Eagles felt like, if we just let you know, 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:39.080 the play stay in front of us, it'll eat up 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:40.640 the clock. It just didn't eat up as much as 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:42.960 I think Jim Schwartz and company thought it would. And 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:44.800 then a couple of times when the pass rush, which 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.200 was doing a great job of getting to Cam Newton 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:49.640 in the first half, in those first three quarters, when 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:51.640 they would get a guy in the backfield Fletcher Cox 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:53.880 missing a sack comes to mind, they were not able 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:56.640 to get Cam down. He's so difficult to defend from 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.520 that standpoint, And once Cam got into a rhythm, you 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:02.280 know it's he's one of those quarterbacks where if you 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:04.720 get in his mind, you feel like you could rall him. 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.040 Early sure, you know he's off his game, and I 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:08.600 felt like they did a great job of doing that 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:09.960 with Cam Newton to the point where I didn't know 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:11.640 if he could bring it back. But once he got 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.400 in the rhythm, once he found his footing there, especially 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:16.359 not just with his arm, but with his legs as well, 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:18.760 that's where you knew that something dangerous could happen. And 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:20.960 when and when you look at this Carolina team, you 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:23.960 go just the last two games alone, they beat the 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:26.440 Giants on that sixty three yard field goal by Graham Gono, 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:28.440 I mean that was a back and forth affair where 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:31.560 they had to rally themselves. Okay, and last week they 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:34.560 lost to Washington in Washington, but they trailed in that 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:38.040 game early. You probably score seventeen to nothing and rally 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:40.480 themselves into a position where they had a chance to 0:17:40.480 --> 0:17:44.160 win at the end. And ironically Newton missed a potential 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:47.040 game winning throw in the end zone to Christian McCaffrey. 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:49.920 While they troll seventeen nothing. This time around, they learned 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:52.040 from their mistakes and were able to come back and 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:54.480 finish the job. So Newton making that little bit of 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:56.800 improvement really made all the difference. But this is a 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:59.639 Panther's team that's you know, scratched and claude and you know, 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:01.760 use all the euphemisms you want for the fact that 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:04.960 it's a cat based team. But nonetheless, though they've found 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:07.000 them with them themselves to be able to get back 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:08.920 in these types of ball games even though they're down, 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:12.280 because they have such a hot quarterback who can fire 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:14.880 themselves up back in a hurry, and he was able 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:17.200 to do that on this afternoon here to get the 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:19.680 Panthers in position even though they were down seventeen nothing. 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:22.840 And like you said, games should have been over. Games 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:24.840 should have been over in the fourth quarter after that 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:27.639 ninety nine yard touchdown drive. But you look at the numbers, 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:30.720 you know, sixty four percent completion percentage, two hundred and 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:34.040 sixty nine yards, no interceptions, and in the fourth quarter, 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:36.159 no pressure. He was able to sit back in the 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:38.840 pocket and find whoever he wanted. Yeah, and from a 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:43.680 defensive perspective, what you're trying to do is keep your 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:46.679