Speaker 1: Well, a very tough one for the Eagles on Sunday
Speaker 1: at Century Link Field in Seattle. If this was an
Speaker 1: opportunity for the Eagles to make a statement and find
Speaker 1: out just how close they are to the best of
Speaker 1: the best in the NFL, they learned a tough lesson.
Speaker 1: We're here to talk about it on Eagles three sixty
Speaker 1: Dave Spidero and the Hall of Famer Brian Westbrook. The
Speaker 1: Eagles go down twenty six to fifteen in Seattle. Brian,
Speaker 1: it was, it was tough. It was it was really
Speaker 1: eye opening. Just how much further along Seattle is Well,
Speaker 1: you're right, and I think they learned a valuable lesson
Speaker 1: that they're not at that point yet. We're not at
Speaker 1: the point where we're seven years in. Like the Seattle
Speaker 1: Seahawk they have a complete team, offensive, defensive, special teams,
Speaker 1: and right now we don't have that. We made too
Speaker 1: many errors. We've made too many mistakes from veterans and
Speaker 1: young guys, and if you want to win those types
Speaker 1: of games on the road, if you can't make those
Speaker 1: types of mistakes, and we'll get into those mistakes. It
Speaker 1: is a common refrain for the Eagles on the road
Speaker 1: who they've lost five straight games after that road win
Speaker 1: in Chicago, Eagles continue to hurt themselves. We'll discuss it
Speaker 1: in just a bid here. Let's get you caught up
Speaker 1: with everything happening at then Overcare Complex on this Monday,
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson meeting the media, Abbey Atwater has our three
Speaker 1: sixty update. Hey Eagles fans, I'm Abby Atwater and this
Speaker 1: is your three sixty update. Head coach Doug Peterson announced
Speaker 1: this morning that rookie free agent Paul Turner has been
Speaker 1: promoted to the active roster after Sunday's loss to Seattle.
Speaker 1: Make an announcement that we're gonna go ahead and release
Speaker 1: Aaron Grimes. We're gonna sign Paul Turner to the active
Speaker 1: So we're gonna make that, make that move today right
Speaker 1: now with some of the injuries that we have at
Speaker 1: other spots, and uh, you know, we're constantly and I'm
Speaker 1: constantly evaluating the roster and just kind of uh seeing
Speaker 1: seeing where we are there. Um, you know, we gave
Speaker 1: him some work last week in practice and and just
Speaker 1: feel like this is a good opportunity now and not
Speaker 1: only for him but for us to uh uh see
Speaker 1: see where he's at. See what he can do and
Speaker 1: give him, give him an opportunity. So we'll give him
Speaker 1: some work this week and then and then we'll make
Speaker 1: a decision whether he'll be up or not later in
Speaker 1: the week. Coach Peterson also updated us on the status
Speaker 1: of Ryan Matthews and Darren Sproles injuries following Sunday's game.
Speaker 1: Ryan Matthews has a right a right knee UM and
Speaker 1: UH his day to day. Um LEO is in the
Speaker 1: concussion protocol. Big v Um has a Grade two um
Speaker 1: MCL sprain and U again his his is more week
Speaker 1: to week, so we'll evaluate him later in the week obviously,
Speaker 1: and then Connor Barwin um just as a bone bruise
Speaker 1: and he'll we're gonna hold him out of He'll be
Speaker 1: fine for the game, but we're gonna hold him out
Speaker 1: of our work Wednesday and Thursday. And Darren Sprowls just
Speaker 1: update you on him real quick. His is a seventh
Speaker 1: much like Brent Sellick. His is a seventh rib fracture,
Speaker 1: but it's not as it's more in a safe area.
Speaker 1: I guess it sounds bad, but it's more in a
Speaker 1: safer area than than what Brent Selex is And so
Speaker 1: he should be. Will hold him from practice Wednesday Thursday
Speaker 1: and just see where he's at later in the week,
Speaker 1: but he should be fine for the game. For a
Speaker 1: complete coverage, keep it right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot
Speaker 1: com or our official Eagles mobile app. Brian Doug has
Speaker 1: taken a very positive, nurturing, coach him up approach and
Speaker 1: what kind of impact does that have after a tough
Speaker 1: loss in the locker room. I think a lot of
Speaker 1: guys like that type of approach, but there's some vettering
Speaker 1: guys that need to hear you need to get your
Speaker 1: act together. Some of these young guys need to hear
Speaker 1: it too. At some point, if you're the head coach,
Speaker 1: it's nice to be, you know, good to the guys
Speaker 1: and nice to the guys and coach him up, but
Speaker 1: at some point you have to kick him in the butt.
Speaker 1: And I think, and this is the point where Doug
Speaker 1: needs to kick these guys in the button and say, listen,
Speaker 1: this is your job. You have one job to block
Speaker 1: or to run, to throw, to catch, to tackle, and
Speaker 1: if you don't do your job, then you're gonna stand
Speaker 1: over here with me on the sideline. At some point,
Speaker 1: I think the head coach has to say that, and
Speaker 1: I think for Doug Peterson may have made a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks, but definitely this week is that point. Six
Speaker 1: games to go in this regular season, four of them
Speaker 1: at Lincoln Financial Field. Can the Eagles make a postseason run?
Speaker 1: We'll talk about it all week as we get ready
Speaker 1: for the Packers and Hall of Fame Night on Monday Night.
Speaker 1: More to gets you here on Eagles three sixty, we'll
Speaker 1: talk about the offense and the struggles there. We'll look
Speaker 1: at the Packers, but when we returned Eagles three sixty,
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about a defense that did not do
Speaker 1: the job. Too many big plays allowed in Seattle. Their
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Speaker 1: Brian Westbrook talking about the Eagles defense in a performance
Speaker 1: against Seattle. The Eagles allowing three hundred total net yards
Speaker 1: in the first half of that game. Brian, I was
Speaker 1: surprised at the big plays seventy two yard run Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson over the top. In the passing game. Eagles defense
Speaker 1: I thought could dominate the line of scrimmage. They didn't.
Speaker 1: One thing that you always depend on this football team
Speaker 1: is your defensive line to win in the trenches. They
Speaker 1: had some young guys playing for Seattle, and I expected
Speaker 1: our defensive line to take advantage of them. That's really
Speaker 1: our key to victory every single game, especially on the
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball, and they weren't able to
Speaker 1: do it. They didn't do a very good job of
Speaker 1: containing Russell Wilson. They didn't get enough pressure on Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson to stop him a slow hu down for this
Speaker 1: past game. And if you don't do that against that
Speaker 1: team out there, then you have no chance of winning it.
Speaker 1: Early on, it looked like Jim Schwartz wanted to mix
Speaker 1: in some blitzes. Yeah, and it was effective, and then
Speaker 1: it just kind of he wasn't able to do it. Well.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you when you get beat, and we will
Speaker 1: always say this as an offense, when the other team
Speaker 1: blitzes and you beat him, that stops you from blitzing.
Speaker 1: And I think for our football team, we got beat
Speaker 1: a couple of times when we were trying to blitz
Speaker 1: and that kind of scared Jim Schwartz from blitzing. You know,
Speaker 1: you want to slow things down just a little bit,
Speaker 1: trying to keep everybody in front of you. But we
Speaker 1: weren't able to do that either. Brian Fletcher Cox has
Speaker 1: been in the crosshairs here a bit this season, signs
Speaker 1: the big contract, hasn't had a sack, I believe since
Speaker 1: the Seattle since the Detroit game. Now I know he's
Speaker 1: getting double and triple teams. What have you seen from Fletcher?
Speaker 1: You know, Fletch, he just has to do a better
Speaker 1: job of having a counter move. It's so important for
Speaker 1: defensive alignment to have that one speed route, run, speed
Speaker 1: move or a power move. But you have to have
Speaker 1: the counter because guys are watching shaped every single day,
Speaker 1: they're watching film every single week, and they understand what
Speaker 1: you do good and that's the one thing you have
Speaker 1: to take away. Fletcher Cox does a great job of
Speaker 1: bull rushing, clubbing guys out of the way, but you
Speaker 1: have to have the counter to that, and that's the
Speaker 1: one thing he has to develop and if he does,
Speaker 1: then he'll be a great defensive alignment. Right now, he's
Speaker 1: really really good, but when he develops that counter, he'll
Speaker 1: be much better. And we are waiting for Vinnie Curry
Speaker 1: to break out here after signing the contract, hasn't been
Speaker 1: able to do it. What's going on there? I'm saying
Speaker 1: Vinny Curry on the ground, I mean the one thing
Speaker 1: that I've seen throughout his career before this year was
Speaker 1: that he wasn't on the on the ground and he
Speaker 1: was getting up. He was pursuing the quarterback. This past game,
Speaker 1: last a couple of weeks, I've actually seen him more
Speaker 1: on the ground than I've seen throughout his career. He
Speaker 1: has to do a better job of keeping his feet,
Speaker 1: understanding what's going on around him and see it beforehand.
Speaker 1: Maybe his film study, maybe it's just his balance, but
Speaker 1: he has to do a much better job. He's getting
Speaker 1: paid to do it. He has to do a better job.
Speaker 1: We know he has a talent to do a day,
Speaker 1: he has to go out there and do it on
Speaker 1: the football field. And certainly the Eagles found out that
Speaker 1: chasing Russell Wilson is not the same as catching Russell Wilson.
Speaker 1: What a tremendous talent slipper and that offense with some
Speaker 1: weapons that they've built on the outside, they went young
Speaker 1: on the offensive line, running backs are young. They are
Speaker 1: set to be a real Super Bowl contender. Once again,
Speaker 1: what we saw from the outside receivers is that they
Speaker 1: do a great job of separating against man to man
Speaker 1: anytime you put him in a situation where you're trailing,
Speaker 1: those guys are quick enough to beat you. They understand
Speaker 1: how to beat man to man coverage. They knew how
Speaker 1: to find the opening. And because Russell Wilson, he can
Speaker 1: find a way to escape the pocket. If you don't contain,
Speaker 1: he could find a way to extend the play. Those
Speaker 1: guys can wiggle their way open, and that's what really
Speaker 1: hurt us those big plays down the field. That's Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson escaping the pocket and finding those guys down the
Speaker 1: football field. And it's hard for DB's a cover for
Speaker 1: five six, seven seconds, it's on. It's impossible, truly well,
Speaker 1: especially when you're playing against that type of speed. That's
Speaker 1: why it's so important for our defensive alignment not to
Speaker 1: just contain, but converts from the quarterback and make some
Speaker 1: plays on special teams. Not a whole lot happening on
Speaker 1: special teams. Although we saw when Darren Sprowles is out
Speaker 1: of the game, Kenyon Barner's got to go up and
Speaker 1: catch the football on punts and Seattle gave the Eagles
Speaker 1: exactly zero opportunities on kickoff returns. I would imagine most
Speaker 1: teams are going to stay away from that aspect. Of
Speaker 1: this special teams, but the Eagles defense a tough day
Speaker 1: in Seattle. We've got more to get to here. On
Speaker 1: Eagles three sixty. When we return, we'll talk about the
Speaker 1: offense that came out the right way, consuming drives, take
Speaker 1: time off the clock, run the football, established the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, and then a penalty seemed to change everything.
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Speaker 1: Ate Spinnaro. Brian Westbrook, it's Eagles three sixty, the day
Speaker 1: after a very tough loss in Seattle. We're talking now
Speaker 1: about the Eagles offense, which came out Brian wanting to
Speaker 1: pound the football, run it, pass it a little bit,
Speaker 1: stay ahead of the sticks, take time off the clock,
Speaker 1: and for a quarter and then some it worked very well.
Speaker 1: They did. They a great job. And you know, coming
Speaker 1: after last week, you're saying, hey, let's run the football
Speaker 1: a little bit, allow our off coins of line to
Speaker 1: set their pads and re established that line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: And really for the first half of quarter they actually
Speaker 1: did that. Brian, Matthews is running hard when they'll Smallwood
Speaker 1: was running hard. They were able to do that. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: they had some things that held them back just a
Speaker 1: little bit. Penalties, you know, bad situations they put themselves in,
Speaker 1: and then you're off the field and that's when you
Speaker 1: hurt yourself offensively. All right, Brian, It comes down to this,
Speaker 1: thirteen to seven Eagles trail from their forty seven yard line.
Speaker 1: They have a perfect play call, a screen pass to
Speaker 1: Zach ERTs, who catches it and goes up the right
Speaker 1: sideline all the way into the end zone, only to
Speaker 1: look back and see the dirty yellow flag on the field.
Speaker 1: Nelson Agilore penalized for improperly lining up not on the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, off the line of scrimmage. That is
Speaker 1: a five yard penalty, and as it turned out, Brian,
Speaker 1: that was a momentum buster for the Eagles. How does
Speaker 1: that happen. Well, it'll tell you what. The first thing
Speaker 1: that you learned as a wide receiver is who should
Speaker 1: be on the line of scrimmage and who needs to
Speaker 1: be off every single play when when they drawing up
Speaker 1: the plays and they're going into install for the offense,
Speaker 1: they're saying, Okay, you're on the line or you're off
Speaker 1: the line. And as a receiver, your first job when
Speaker 1: you break the huddle is to know when you're on
Speaker 1: the line or you're off the line. And unfortunately, you know,
Speaker 1: I know Nelson has a lot of different things going
Speaker 1: on in his head, but the first thing you have
Speaker 1: to make sure before you can do anything, before you
Speaker 1: get catch the ball, before you can run your route,
Speaker 1: is that you're lined up in the proper position, either
Speaker 1: on the line of scrimmage or off of it. He
Speaker 1: didn't take care of that. And you know, if he's
Speaker 1: a young guy, here's a lot going on, but he
Speaker 1: needs to start focusing on football. Football. Football is gonna
Speaker 1: make him better. Catching the football is gonna make him better.
Speaker 1: But focusing solely on football his craft. This is what
Speaker 1: you're getting paid to do. If he can focus on
Speaker 1: that just a little bit more, I think he put
Speaker 1: himself in a better position. And when you're coming into
Speaker 1: the season that the Eagles might be challenged in terms
Speaker 1: of making explosive plays in the past game, and that
Speaker 1: has been the case. So there are six games remaining here,
Speaker 1: how do you get more out of Elson and DGB
Speaker 1: and Bryce Treggs and this passing game? You know, I
Speaker 1: think Doug has done a pretty decent job of just
Speaker 1: trying to find different ways to get these guys at
Speaker 1: ball and put them in the right position. Some of
Speaker 1: these balls that they're dropping, they're wide open. I mean,
Speaker 1: this is not a coaching situation. This is a player situation.
Speaker 1: Your job is a caster of football. You be drawing
Speaker 1: up the perfect play to get you open, you're wide open,
Speaker 1: and you drop the football. I can't coach you any better.
Speaker 1: I can't put you in a better position. You have
Speaker 1: to actually do your job. And if I'm one of
Speaker 1: these guys on the team, I'm rapping my arm around
Speaker 1: Nelson and saying, listen, you gotta get out of your head.
Speaker 1: You gotta get out of your own way. It's not
Speaker 1: about the judg machine. It's not about what you do
Speaker 1: in practice. It's about what you do in the game.
Speaker 1: And if you can't bounce back from one bad play
Speaker 1: to go to the next play, then you're gonna always
Speaker 1: struggle in the NFL because it's always about what have
Speaker 1: you done for me lately? And until he gets that,
Speaker 1: until he understands that, he'll continue to struggle. What kind
Speaker 1: of impact do you think this is having on Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz just in terms of dated a trust confidence in
Speaker 1: his players, Well, it would be hard for me to
Speaker 1: understand with Carson how Carson could trust these receivers right now,
Speaker 1: they're just not catching the football. I mean in some
Speaker 1: places he's putting the ball behind him. Not always great throws,
Speaker 1: but there's time where he's throwing the ball perfectly and
Speaker 1: these guys aren't catching it. I mean, it's hard for
Speaker 1: a young quarterback. That's why they always say you have
Speaker 1: to surround your quarterbacks, especially young guys, with talented guys
Speaker 1: on the outside, because that helps their confidence, that helps
Speaker 1: put them in the right state frame of mind and
Speaker 1: helps them succeed. And right now, because of the drops,
Speaker 1: because of the miscommunication, the bad formations, those types of things,
Speaker 1: it's really hurting your young quarterback. Ryan. As we look
Speaker 1: ahead here, six games to go Green Bay coming to
Speaker 1: town for Monday night. The Eagles banged up at the
Speaker 1: running back position with the knee injury Ryan Matthews, the
Speaker 1: ribs Darren Sproles. Fid't exactly know any sort of time
Speaker 1: frame here, but that is a concern, and it's a concern.
Speaker 1: I mean, you're talking about two of your most productive
Speaker 1: players on your team period that may potentially be out
Speaker 1: against a football team that in the Green Bay Packers,
Speaker 1: that do not do a very good job of stop
Speaker 1: stopping the run. They don't do a very good job
Speaker 1: of stopping the past either. Quite honestly, from the defensive
Speaker 1: side of the ball, we should be able to run
Speaker 1: the football. I think that Windoll Smallwood if both of
Speaker 1: those guys Spros and Matthews are out, Windill, Smallwood and
Speaker 1: Barnard should get a lot of carries thirty five. I'm
Speaker 1: hoping between the two of them, they have to find
Speaker 1: a way to get some production, and right now they're
Speaker 1: not getting production from the wide receivers. Maybe the running
Speaker 1: backs can help them out just a bit. On the
Speaker 1: positive side of the Eagles getting the ball to Zach
Speaker 1: Ertz scored his first touchdown of the season. Had that
Speaker 1: second one called back a nice red zone effort for
Speaker 1: ERTs and then George Matthews continues to be productive, hard working,
Speaker 1: and for the most part, reliable in the past gaming.
Speaker 1: Eagles seem like they're gonna have to ride Ertz and
Speaker 1: Matthews as far as those two can take them in
Speaker 1: the past game. The problem, here's the problem when you
Speaker 1: only have a guy in the half. They're two guys
Speaker 1: that are productive, especially in the past game now, but
Speaker 1: defense can focus on solely stopping the run and getting
Speaker 1: after your quarterback. And that's the one thing as a
Speaker 1: young quarterback and young offensive coordinator and coach Doug Peterson
Speaker 1: that you don't want. I don't want guys forcing their
Speaker 1: way to get out of our quarterback. I want the
Speaker 1: other guys on our team to help our quarterback to
Speaker 1: make sure that we take the pressure off of them.
Speaker 1: Right now, we don't have enough production from the other
Speaker 1: positions to help our quarterback. So that's a look at
Speaker 1: the Eagles offense and struggles again in Seattle. Seattle just
Speaker 1: did a number on the Eagles. Really showed how good
Speaker 1: that football team is, how advanced that football team is,
Speaker 1: and the level they were. I felt they were a
Speaker 1: much better team than the Dallas Collister. Yeah, more nasty,
Speaker 1: stronger at certain positions. And until we get to that level,
Speaker 1: until we get to the position where we can say, listen,
Speaker 1: all we have to do is be simple. We don't
Speaker 1: have to do a lot of crazy things to be
Speaker 1: successful than well, because well, we will continue to struggle
Speaker 1: against the better teams in the NFL. There aren't a
Speaker 1: lot of those better teams left on the schedule. One
Speaker 1: of those teams really struggling, comes into town on Monday night,
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. A big loss for them on
Speaker 1: Sunday at Washington. They are beating up, banged up, bruised,
Speaker 1: and in danger of missing the playoffs for the first
Speaker 1: time in eight seasons. We'll talk about the factors when
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Speaker 1: this Monday at the Novicare Complex. And in one week
Speaker 1: the Eagles will induct two more players, well, two more
Speaker 1: great people into their team Hall of Fame, of course,
Speaker 1: the former linebacker Jeremiah Trotter. Your teammates love them. He's excited,
Speaker 1: I know that. And the voice of the Philadelphia Eagles
Speaker 1: in his fortieth season, the best of the best, the Goat,
Speaker 1: the great Merrill Rees, a model of consistency, you know,
Speaker 1: as a player, I listened to these guys, and every
Speaker 1: now and then I'll hear some of the highlights, and
Speaker 1: you always are listening for Merrill's voice. You hear it
Speaker 1: from a mile away. He's the best at what he does.
Speaker 1: Merrall reads, Jeremiah Trotter one of my old teammates. And
Speaker 1: here here it is. This is the most important thing
Speaker 1: that I learned about Jeremiah Trotter. When he got he
Speaker 1: got cut. He came back here and Andy Reid said, listen,
Speaker 1: we're not gonna start. We already have a starting linebacker.
Speaker 1: You gotta go play special teams and earn it. And
Speaker 1: trot didn't complain. He was better than all of our linebackers.
Speaker 1: He didn't complaining, he didn't moan. He just went out
Speaker 1: there and played. He busted his blood on special teams,
Speaker 1: made a lot of players on special teams, and eventually
Speaker 1: Andy allowed him to start. As far as a linebacker,
Speaker 1: I think he might have played seven to eight games
Speaker 1: starting linebacker, ended up making the Pro Bowl. That's the
Speaker 1: type of impact Jeremiah Trotter has on the football team,
Speaker 1: on and off the field. He's a leader, deserving guy.
Speaker 1: Both both Merrill and Jeremiah of being Hall of Famers,
Speaker 1: and I want to hear your reaction to talk about
Speaker 1: it next week because you well, actually we won't have
Speaker 1: a show next week because we have a game Monday night,
Speaker 1: oh Tuesday. But I know it was a great honor
Speaker 1: for you to go in and you and Maxie going
Speaker 1: together last year. It's really a wonderful experience and we
Speaker 1: will share it with Merrill and Trot next week. But
Speaker 1: there's also a football game to be played, and the
Speaker 1: Eagles play the Packers. They got whamped in Washington. They
Speaker 1: are struggling. They started the game with six active cornerbacks
Speaker 1: on their fifty three man roster. They're down to two.
Speaker 1: That's how banged up they are. Brian, I think the
Speaker 1: Eagles have an opportunity here to get on a role.
Speaker 1: Green Bay and then Cincinnati all beat up without aj
Speaker 1: Green two, and then you come back three of the
Speaker 1: last four at home, but it starts with beating Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers and the Packers. You have a game inside your
Speaker 1: own conference. This is the opportunity for us. They played
Speaker 1: so well at home, especially defensively. Now it's time for
Speaker 1: the offense a step up just a bit against this
Speaker 1: banged up Green Bay defense. They can't stop the run.
Speaker 1: They're not very good to stop in the past. I
Speaker 1: need Carson Wentz this office. Whoever the running backy is,
Speaker 1: whether it's Ryan Matthews, Win Del Smallwood Barton, I mean,
Speaker 1: some of those guys to step up, start making some plays.
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews is gonna have to play a big part,
Speaker 1: Zach Ertz as well as Trade Burton. They have to
Speaker 1: be able to get it done at home. You have
Speaker 1: to protect your own house, especially if you're trying to
Speaker 1: make it into the playoffs. This game this week will
Speaker 1: go a long way towards that. Packers are remarkably one dimensional. Brian.
Speaker 1: They just don't run the football. Well, They've got James
Speaker 1: Stark's back after some injuries, but for the most part
Speaker 1: they rely on Aaron Rodgers to drop back and throw
Speaker 1: it fifty times. Can you win in the NFL that way?
Speaker 1: You know they've won like that for a long time.
Speaker 1: You know, having Eddie Lacy definitely has helped them. I
Speaker 1: think it's going to be hard for them to win
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia like that. This is where you know, our
Speaker 1: defensive line comes up big. We say it every single week.
Speaker 1: Our defense will go as our defensive line goes. It's
Speaker 1: important that Fletcher Cox, Bnny Logan, Brandon Graham, Karla Barba
Speaker 1: all had one of the best games of the career
Speaker 1: against one of the better quarterbacks in the league, even
Speaker 1: though he's not having a great year. Our front four
Speaker 1: is going to dictate how this game. It's also going
Speaker 1: to dictate whether Jim Sports has to blitz or not.
Speaker 1: I would love for our front flour to put some
Speaker 1: pressure on the quarterback and us to be able to
Speaker 1: rely on seven guys in coverage to stop these receivers
Speaker 1: in Aaron Rodgers. Packers are four and six, one and
Speaker 1: four on the road. They are among the worst teams
Speaker 1: in the league in defense, but they score some points,
Speaker 1: so the Eagles might have to kind of keep pace
Speaker 1: a little bit. Well, now we're gonna have to score
Speaker 1: some points. No, there's no doubt about it. Every single
Speaker 1: game you go into their thinking you're gonna have to
Speaker 1: score some points. I'm hoping that our defense finds a way.
Speaker 1: That's what I'm hoping. I'm counting our defense to get
Speaker 1: some sacks, put some pressure on Aaron Rodgers. Quite possibly
Speaker 1: a pick six from a recovery help us win that
Speaker 1: fuel position battle, especially with our special teams and maybe
Speaker 1: Rose being out. We have to wait. We have to
Speaker 1: find a way to help our quarterback, help our offense.
Speaker 1: Let's not make it eight yard drive. Let's make it
Speaker 1: a fifty sixty yard drives every single time, and I
Speaker 1: think that'll go a long way to the victory. All Right,
Speaker 1: there we go, Packers up next four of the Eagles.
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Speaker 1: sixty David Brian Here, let's get you set for what's
Speaker 1: happening on Tuesday. Here our Amrosso's on the Menu segment.
Speaker 1: Glenn mcnow in studio with me will get his takeaways
Speaker 1: from the loss in Seattle. Doug Peterson in studio One
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Speaker 1: look at the NFC East, a division Brian Westbrook that
Speaker 1: just keeps winning and winning. Amrossos the reason that Philly
Speaker 1: sandwiches are so famous. What's up with this division? You know,
Speaker 1: they continue to win, They continue to find a way.
Speaker 1: That's why it's so hard for us. And when we
Speaker 1: go out there and lose football games. We have to
Speaker 1: find a way to keep pace. But our division, which
Speaker 1: before the season everyone was saying it is gonna be
Speaker 1: the worst division in football, it turned out to be
Speaker 1: one of the better divisions in football. With the rookie quarterback,
Speaker 1: a young guy playing in Washington, and a veteran in
Speaker 1: up there in New York. All these guys are getting
Speaker 1: it done. We have to find a way to keep pace.
Speaker 1: How many wins will it take for the Eagles at
Speaker 1: five and five here to get into the playoffs. Well,
Speaker 1: first of all, you have to win the three division games.
Speaker 1: If you can win those games, that's eight wins right there.
Speaker 1: You find a way to win your conference game this
Speaker 1: week against Green Bay, that's nine wins. If you can
Speaker 1: get into nine, you're pretty close. Listen, if you can
Speaker 1: win against Cincinnati, which you can because they're beat up.
Speaker 1: Geo Bernard towards a CEO. AJ Green's hurt torn hamstring.
Speaker 1: That's ten wins right there. I mean, I don't know.
Speaker 1: Give Baltimore, I'm pushing for Bothimore, I'm pushing, but I mean,
Speaker 1: if you can get to ten, you're pretty close. Having
Speaker 1: the three and three record inside of your division. I
Speaker 1: think you're pretty close. We'll see how it goes. Yeah,
Speaker 1: a long way to go in the season, but it
Speaker 1: is certainly the home stretch. Time to win some football.
Speaker 1: This is the time to do it. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: this is time to do it. Find out just how
Speaker 1: four real the Eagles are in terms of playoff contenders.
Speaker 1: Beginning Monday night in Green Bay. We've got shows for
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Speaker 1: So I guess we say thanks, Happy Thanksgivings Man's given
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