Speaker 1: Right. We don't get a chance to see them very often.
Speaker 1: But this is a team that's not necessarily known for
Speaker 1: their offense right now, their defense has been playing pretty well.
Speaker 1: They played well last week in Washington, holding Washington to
Speaker 1: nine points, and then today they made it tough on
Speaker 1: the Eagles today, coming up with big turnovers at key times. Indeed,
Speaker 1: Eagles seven straight wins now over AFC South opponents. Again,
Speaker 1: they get to two and one on the season. But
Speaker 1: how fitting is it that on the day when two
Speaker 1: members of the Gang Green defense and Set Joiner and
Speaker 1: Clyde Simmons are inducted into the Eaels Hall of Fame,
Speaker 1: the defense comes up huge in a big way. First
Speaker 1: of all, they wanted to make up for last week's
Speaker 1: disappointing effort against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and limit those
Speaker 1: explosive big play touchdowns. Twice the Colts had short field
Speaker 1: after Carson Wentz turnovers, won an interception, one of fumble,
Speaker 1: and the Eels both times were able to hold the
Speaker 1: Colts to add infinitary field goals, making sure the game
Speaker 1: stayed close until Wendell Smallwood came up with the game
Speaker 1: winning four yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: but again twice the Eagles had to hold after that,
Speaker 1: and knowing that in the first game back for Carson Wentz,
Speaker 1: you didn't expect the fireworks. So I think everyone's expectations
Speaker 1: got kind of blown out of proportion after the opening
Speaker 1: drive when he went five or seven all passes to
Speaker 1: tight ends, all receptions made by the tight ends, capped
Speaker 1: off by Dallas Godder who hauled in his first career
Speaker 1: touchdown reception, and it looks so beautiful, pristine and surgical.
Speaker 1: You just felt, Wow, the man is back, the general
Speaker 1: is back. This is what the spark that the Eagles needed,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be able to take it from here
Speaker 1: and take flight. But after that drive, did you notice
Speaker 1: anything in particular that the Colts were able to do
Speaker 1: to style me the Eagles offense and not allow them
Speaker 1: to get into that rhythm. Again, what the biggest thing
Speaker 1: is they don't fear. They didn't fear the Eagles wide receivers.
Speaker 1: I mean that was the biggest thing. And the fact
Speaker 1: that the Eagles didn't necessarily push the ball down the field.
Speaker 1: You really started playing football in the phone booth. And
Speaker 1: so what I mean by that is is basically if
Speaker 1: you don't threaten that you can go deep, then those
Speaker 1: safeties are going to start creeping closer to the line.
Speaker 1: The linebackers as well, and you saw on that interception
Speaker 1: they started getting to read on where Carson was going
Speaker 1: with the football. He jumped the linebacker jumped that a
Speaker 1: pass to zachers and that was a huge interception there.
Speaker 1: But the Eagles are gonna have to figure out how
Speaker 1: to start getting the ball to the wideouts and more importantly,
Speaker 1: start pushing the ball down the field a little bit. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so that's gonna be the biggest shout for this Eagle's offense. Now,
Speaker 1: certainly you figure with Carson Wentz he's getting back into
Speaker 1: the rhythm of the things. He'll want to take his
Speaker 1: shots down the field. He's someone who'll pull the trigger,
Speaker 1: but he's gonna need the pass protection. And the Eagles
Speaker 1: really struggled with the looping and the stunting that the
Speaker 1: Colts did that the layed blitzes. Darius Leonard was a
Speaker 1: beast all throughout the course of the game. Marcus Hunt
Speaker 1: caused a lot of problems in the backfield, lining up
Speaker 1: both at end and tackle from both spots. He he
Speaker 1: was wreaking havoc for this Colts defense here today, and
Speaker 1: that I think made things difficult for Carson Wentz when
Speaker 1: he would try to get things going not knowing where
Speaker 1: those rushers were coming from. And I think really that's
Speaker 1: where you miss someone like the Darren Sprawls. Okay, the
Speaker 1: Eagles were without Jagi. They didn't have Darren Sprawls once
Speaker 1: again due to injury today. So what Darren Spoils is
Speaker 1: very good at is it past protection from the backfield
Speaker 1: and Corey Clement, Wendel Smallwood and Josh Adams. They did
Speaker 1: well offensively, being able to help move the ball both
Speaker 1: in the running game and the receiving game, but in
Speaker 1: past protection at times there were some breakdowns and then
Speaker 1: led to some free rushers there on. Carson Wentz, he
Speaker 1: took his shots and fortunately we all I think we're
Speaker 1: holding our breath for that first time that he would
Speaker 1: get hit, but each and every time he bounced up
Speaker 1: showing no worse for wear. Oh yeah, I mean, listen,
Speaker 1: you gotta be excited about what you saw from Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz today. With his first game being back, I think
Speaker 1: we got a chance to see his full repertoire other
Speaker 1: than throwing the ball deep to someone, but he took
Speaker 1: hits in the pocket. He was able to keep plays
Speaker 1: alive with his legs. I mean, looked just like he
Speaker 1: did last year. And that's a good thing because here's
Speaker 1: like you said, you're gonna be a little worried when
Speaker 1: you first see him get hit. But the way he
Speaker 1: played today, it was good to see because that lets
Speaker 1: you know he's one healthy and ready to roll. Yeah.
Speaker 1: All right, So in a short time later on in
Speaker 1: the show, we're here from head coach Doug Pearson and
Speaker 1: we'll hear from quarterback Carson Wentz, and we also break
Speaker 1: down the biggest plays of the game in our RICO review,
Speaker 1: and we'll also offer our nominees for the Toyota Player
Speaker 1: of the Week and some good candidates for that award
Speaker 1: this week here. So as we break down the numbers
Speaker 1: from this game, looking from Carson Wentzon the running game,
Speaker 1: it was interesting how they were able to get contributions
Speaker 1: across the board. I mentioned again once again, no a gi,
Speaker 1: no sprowls out there today, So Smallwood actually picking up,
Speaker 1: you know, being being able to pick up the load
Speaker 1: for the offense there from the backfield. Leading a team
Speaker 1: in Russian Corey Climate doing things of both running receiving,
Speaker 1: and Josh Adams helping out as well. Yeah, I thought,
Speaker 1: I thought when Deal had had his best game in
Speaker 1: a long time as an Eagle, may may have had
Speaker 1: his best game as an Eagle period. Was big in
Speaker 1: the run game, was bigg in the passing game as well,
Speaker 1: catching the ball coming out of the backfield. Really ran
Speaker 1: with a lot of authority today. Ran hard, picked up
Speaker 1: some tough yardage, was able to get keep first downs
Speaker 1: lay in that game, and then obviously getting the go
Speaker 1: ahead score late in the game. Really impressed with the
Speaker 1: way Windale Smallwood ran the ball today. Yeah, the yards
Speaker 1: after the con content the biggest thing that you saw
Speaker 1: from from Smallwood out there today. Let's send it over
Speaker 1: now to Link and Fincial Field. We're gonna bring in
Speaker 1: the insider Davis there and Amy Campbell and Dave. Your
Speaker 1: thoughts watching this game, Carson Wentz coming back after missing
Speaker 1: you know, the first couple of games of the season.
Speaker 1: I think it was two hundred and eighty days since
Speaker 1: I started against the Rams. Your thoughts is out in
Speaker 1: here today as he helped lead the Eagles to the
Speaker 1: twenty and sixteen wins. Well Chris, thank you so much.
Speaker 1: We've got a lot to talk about, Amy and I
Speaker 1: really we're gonna start on the we're still catching our breath.
Speaker 1: First of all, the crowd filing out of financial field
Speaker 1: another band bunner here at the link. Let's begin with
Speaker 1: the offensive thoughts. That what you saw here Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: and the running game in the middle of the field
Speaker 1: get going. Yeah. I thought it was really interesting that
Speaker 1: no receivers were targeted until almost near the end of
Speaker 1: that first half there. This is a good win for
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz in his first game back. You expect there
Speaker 1: to be some bumps on offense, especially with this weather today,
Speaker 1: having it kind of be the way it is. Eagles
Speaker 1: dominated in time of possession and in yards on offense,
Speaker 1: and yet it was a four point game. So obviously
Speaker 1: the miscu's there, the mistakes, the penalties kind of got him.
Speaker 1: But to come out with a w for Wentz on
Speaker 1: his first game back and the way they got it done,
Speaker 1: And David got to give you a credit on your
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard predictions. My goold prediction nailed a couple of
Speaker 1: things here. The Eagles fourth quarter and other fourth quarter
Speaker 1: comeback victory success in the red zone. They used Corey
Speaker 1: Clement and Wendale Smallwood effectively. I thought it was a
Speaker 1: chance for Wendale to earn the trust of the coaching
Speaker 1: staff and he did that. And then the middle of
Speaker 1: the field, the way that Zach and Dallas control the
Speaker 1: middle of the field very impressive. Now, Carson Wentz great mobility,
Speaker 1: tremendous energy on the sidelines early in the game, kind
Speaker 1: of lulled. They picked up the ten full late, but
Speaker 1: for Carson daring Amy aggressive it clearly did not hold back. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Great to see him really physically looking like his old
Speaker 1: self there, and of course mentally it's going to take
Speaker 1: a little bit more time for him to get that rhythm.
Speaker 1: But physically, like you said, aggressive, I think that's a
Speaker 1: really good sign for him and for this team. Now,
Speaker 1: the defense holding down the Colts for much of the game.
Speaker 1: Two Wentz turnovers resulting in only six Colts points, and
Speaker 1: then Derek Barnett steps up late in the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: and then the hail Mary from Jacobe Brissette to the
Speaker 1: back of the end zone falls incomplete. This defense is relentless, Amy,
Speaker 1: They were relents in at home. Absolutely terrific. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think an eraser is kind of the way that I
Speaker 1: was thinking about it, especially like you mentioned, seeing those
Speaker 1: Wentz turnovers kind of deep in their own territory. Only
Speaker 1: those turning into six points instead of fourteen huge for
Speaker 1: this defense here. So the rain has stopped, the sky's
Speaker 1: clearing up a bit, Chris, back to you at the
Speaker 1: novicare complex. Time to go into the locker room and
Speaker 1: see how this team feels at two and one after
Speaker 1: another nail biter. Excellent, Thank you so much, Dave and Amy,
Speaker 1: And again you can read Dave's on the Inside Coom
Speaker 1: featuring Carson Wentz is outing today as well as listening
Speaker 1: to the Eagles Life podcast which will be available later
Speaker 1: on this evening, and we'll talk more about the defense here.
Speaker 1: How difficult is it when you know that a team
Speaker 1: like the Colts or Angela came into this game averaging
Speaker 1: fewer than six yards per attempt. I think in the AFC,
Speaker 1: I think Tyra Taylor and Blame Gabbert were the only
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the conference with the lower yards per attempt.
Speaker 1: But you know at some point they're going to take
Speaker 1: their chances deep. So it's almost like you're lulled into
Speaker 1: thinking it's going to be short play, short play, short play,
Speaker 1: and at some point with a Pro Bowl, why not
Speaker 1: like t Y Hilton who can strutch the defense. You
Speaker 1: know they're gonna take their shot. How difficult is it
Speaker 1: almost waiting for that moment to happen. You gotta be prepared,
Speaker 1: and you're right, you know you never know when it's
Speaker 1: gonna happen. You certainly have to do your homework and
Speaker 1: you understand that the offense isn't an explosive of offense.
Speaker 1: They want to get the ball out of Andrew Luck's
Speaker 1: hands quickly as possible. I think that's really why his
Speaker 1: yards per attempt or because they don't want him sitting
Speaker 1: back there holding the football taking hits. But inclement weather
Speaker 1: like it was today, they're gonna be times where he
Speaker 1: had to hold the ball, and you saw late in
Speaker 1: the game he was able to get the ball down
Speaker 1: the field when he needed to. So it certainly isn't
Speaker 1: necessarily because he doesn't have the arm strength, although they
Speaker 1: did bring in Jacoby Brissette late in the game to
Speaker 1: throw to hell Mary. As a defense, you just have
Speaker 1: to make sure you stay sharp. You can't fall asleep
Speaker 1: out there because, like you said, with a guy like
Speaker 1: t Y Hilton lined up across from you, you know,
Speaker 1: he has the ability to get down the field. Indeed,
Speaker 1: he was testing Jail Mills a couple of times, two
Speaker 1: pass interference penalties. I thought Mills was much more aggressive,
Speaker 1: much more physical with his tackling. Tackling was a big
Speaker 1: thing for the Eels today because you're getting a lot
Speaker 1: short passes in the open field. That Ronald Darby did
Speaker 1: good job. Sidney Jones as well. You have to limit
Speaker 1: those plays to make sure that the five yard cash
Speaker 1: sort of like what happened with the Oj Howard touchdown
Speaker 1: against Tampa Bay last week. It's a fifteen yard reception
Speaker 1: over Mill that turned out to become a seventy five
Speaker 1: yard touchdown. You have to stop and make those plays.
Speaker 1: I'd sell. The other thing I noticed, you know, being
Speaker 1: in the stadium watching Jalen play, he switched up how
Speaker 1: he defended the wide receivers. He didn't play off coverage
Speaker 1: all the time. He sometimes he went up on the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, even when he was lined up across
Speaker 1: from t Y Hilton. He didn't mind getting up there
Speaker 1: and being physical with the line of scrimmage. And that's
Speaker 1: what he's gonna have to do as a corner. You
Speaker 1: can't play afraid to get beat over the top. You
Speaker 1: gotta get these wilde receivers a different look. Mix it
Speaker 1: up for him, and I thought he did a nice job.
Speaker 1: But at today and when he was up on the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, he was physical with t Y and
Speaker 1: there were a couple of times where he's running stride
Speaker 1: for stride with Ty out there. So I thought he
Speaker 1: played much better today than he did last week. And
Speaker 1: mixing up how he was going to play his coverages,
Speaker 1: you could actually say on both passinger Ferris Pelis he
Speaker 1: was in position to make the play. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: he just ended up, you know, drawing some contact and
Speaker 1: it got called for the flight. But both times it
Speaker 1: wasn't like he was getting beat so bad that he
Speaker 1: had to hold the guy to restrict his movement there,
Speaker 1: which is a matter he had to give himself, you know,
Speaker 1: from a technique standpoint, in a better position to knock
Speaker 1: down the pass instead of hitting the receiver in the process.
Speaker 1: But overall, it thought much more physical, like you said,
Speaker 1: much more aggressive today. I remember talking to him earlier
Speaker 1: this week and he just said he just wasn't himself
Speaker 1: last week, and you saw that across the board from
Speaker 1: the defense, it just didn't seem like they were up
Speaker 1: to the task, whether it was the weather, whether it
Speaker 1: was they took the bucks lately, which is a possibility.
Speaker 1: You know, they knew that even though this Colt's offense
Speaker 1: was limited now they didn't have Jack Doyle in there,
Speaker 1: they have Marlon Mack their top running back, so crossboard,
Speaker 1: they're dealing with injuries. Anthon Cassanso, their starting left tackle,
Speaker 1: was out as well, but still they knew they had
Speaker 1: to help things, help the offense out because they didn't
Speaker 1: want Carson wants to have to be superman in his
Speaker 1: first game back. It was great that the Eagles got
Speaker 1: off to the early start, the fast start there where
Speaker 1: they got the three and out on defense. Give the
Speaker 1: ball at Carson, he drives down the field, goes five
Speaker 1: or seven, throws a touchdown pass to Dallas Gallard, and
Speaker 1: for most of the game the Eagles are in the
Speaker 1: driver's seat, unlike the first two weeks where they're to
Speaker 1: play catch up early on. Yeah, you look at those
Speaker 1: those numbers right there, and you would think the Eagles
Speaker 1: completely dominated the Coats today. But penalties got in the way.
Speaker 1: I thought the defense did an excellent job both times
Speaker 1: the fields got changed on them and they had to
Speaker 1: go out there with their backs up against the wall,
Speaker 1: against the goal line to hold the Coats to field
Speaker 1: goals as opposed to giving up touchdowns. That's really why
Speaker 1: we were able to win this game to day, because
Speaker 1: if you give up touchdowns off those two turnovers, now
Speaker 1: the Coats, that's that's what That's twelve extra points that
Speaker 1: you're looking at at least, and with the way the
Speaker 1: office was struggling to put the ball in the end zone,
Speaker 1: we may have a different outcome today. So I thought
Speaker 1: the defense once they got sudden change, they had to
Speaker 1: go out there the Coats already basically in field goal position,
Speaker 1: and for the defense to hold them to field goals
Speaker 1: as opposed to giving up touchdowns. That was huge, including
Speaker 1: that last drive where yeah, the Coats they took the
Speaker 1: ball down the field and you wish the coverageod have
Speaker 1: been a little bit tighter, but again with their backs
Speaker 1: again it's the goal line, they were able to keep
Speaker 1: the Coats out of the end zone. The biggest thing
Speaker 1: is if they get one of those touchdowns off the turnovers.
Speaker 1: They don't need a touchdown at the end of the games.
Speaker 1: That's the biggest thing right there, that changes the end
Speaker 1: of the game situation more than anything else. Now, the
Speaker 1: Eagles got the lead with a four yard touchdown run
Speaker 1: by Wendel Smallwood, who actually tied with Corey Clement to
Speaker 1: be the game's league rusher. And small also had a
Speaker 1: huge thirty five yard catch out of the backfield on
Speaker 1: the wheel route that we've seen from the likes of
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley and others throughout the course of this season,
Speaker 1: and I believe we'll actually have break it down later
Speaker 1: on in the show. But Eagles Insire Dave Spadero caught
Speaker 1: up with Smallwood, one of the heroes of the game,
Speaker 1: over at Lincoln Financial Field, running back Wendelle's Smallwood the
Speaker 1: winning points touchdown runs fifty six rushing yards. Let's go
Speaker 1: into the huddle that last drive. What was it like?
Speaker 1: And the line just told me they was gonna get
Speaker 1: me in there, and they told me just run the
Speaker 1: ball hard. Now they moved the line from now I
Speaker 1: got an end zone. Good job the entire your running game.
Speaker 1: How did it feel out there, Wendell, do you feel
Speaker 1: you were winning the lining scrimmage. I think we were
Speaker 1: winning the line scrimmage the whole game. Every running back dominated.
Speaker 1: I think we took that workload. We had two guys
Speaker 1: down and we kind of stepped it up to the
Speaker 1: to win the way this team on. What is to
Speaker 1: say about the Eagles. It shows a lot shows how
Speaker 1: much we fight. We played to that. We played to
Speaker 1: that clock a zero. We get. We're gonna do whatever
Speaker 1: that we gotta do to get them wins. Wendell small
Speaker 1: We congratulations, thanks man. All Right, there's Wendelle small one again.
Speaker 1: We're gonna hear from coach Doug Pearson as well as
Speaker 1: quarterback Carson Wentz in just a little bit. But I
Speaker 1: like that quote at the end because this time of
Speaker 1: year again, Carson Wentz making his season debut. You're missing
Speaker 1: two of your top running backs. You're missing alshon Jeffrey,
Speaker 1: you know, Mike Walls and maccollins are on ir. You're
Speaker 1: just trying to figure out what the team is gonna
Speaker 1: be with the identity this franchise is going to be
Speaker 1: here in twenty and eighteen. Any win you can get
Speaker 1: at this point in the year is golden. As you're
Speaker 1: just trying to stack them up to get yourself Freddy
Speaker 1: for the months of October and November, because certainly Carson
Speaker 1: wentz to going to come in tomorrow, He's gonna watch
Speaker 1: the film, realize the mistakes he's made, and obviously pick
Speaker 1: up his game to another level going next week when
Speaker 1: the Eagles have to travel down to Nashville to take
Speaker 1: on the Tennessee Titans. Yeah, I mean, that's what this
Speaker 1: league is all about. It's a week to week league.
Speaker 1: And I know it sounds cliche when coaches use these
Speaker 1: sort of times, but that's what it is, man. It
Speaker 1: is a week to week league, and the only thing,
Speaker 1: the only objective you have is to come out of
Speaker 1: the week one to know that's what you want to do.
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter how pretty the wins are. He has
Speaker 1: no such thing as an ugly win. The win is
Speaker 1: a win, So I mean, has no such thing as
Speaker 1: a pretty loss. Yes, so you want to get to
Speaker 1: win regardless of what it looks like. And the good
Speaker 1: thing for this team is that they have championship medal
Speaker 1: and they aren't going to just be satisfied with the
Speaker 1: way they played today. They're going to certainly go look
Speaker 1: at the film, they expect more of themselves. But when
Speaker 1: you look at the offensive side, the biggest thing that
Speaker 1: stood out to me was that final drive that they
Speaker 1: scored on. They got the ball with fourteen minutes and
Speaker 1: something to go in the fourth quarter. They ate up
Speaker 1: over eleven minutes, a seventeen play drive over eleven minutes
Speaker 1: to get the go ahead touchdown. That's championship football right there.
Speaker 1: Seventeen plays, seventy five yards and as you said, eleven eighteen,
Speaker 1: that's unheard of to having eleven minute drive. Look at
Speaker 1: the different time of possession forty minutes to nineteen and
Speaker 1: eteen two to one, and that's how the Eagles won
Speaker 1: games last year. They led the league in time of possession,
Speaker 1: picking up first downs, and listen, they aren't beating beating
Speaker 1: you with explosive plays. They certainly have got to their
Speaker 1: fair share of third downs in those drives, but they
Speaker 1: converted on them. Doug knew when to go for it
Speaker 1: on fourth down, things of that nature, and they just
Speaker 1: refused on that final drive to come off the field
Speaker 1: without six points. And you could see the determination and
Speaker 1: Carson some of the plays that he made with guys
Speaker 1: hanging on his legs. You know him trying to escape
Speaker 1: sacks Man. It was. It was really a hard fought
Speaker 1: type of win out there today. They took everything that
Speaker 1: the coaches throughout him today and they responded. And it's
Speaker 1: an interesting cold seam because you mentioned they gave Washington
Speaker 1: more than it could handle a week ago, being up
Speaker 1: on them the previous week. They couldn't be in Cincinnati.
Speaker 1: They're in position at the end of the game to
Speaker 1: be right there and coming up just short. But yet
Speaker 1: you look at the numbers and offensively, nothing explosive whatsoever.
Speaker 1: A very young defense, you know, but they fly around
Speaker 1: the football. It's a Dallas scheme with Matt Eberfluss, you know,
Speaker 1: taking over as a coordinator and kind of bringing in
Speaker 1: what he learned from Dallas. So a lot of the
Speaker 1: same things you'll see there with the Cowboys in terms
Speaker 1: of a pressure standpoint. But still, you know, you just
Speaker 1: didn't know what to expect. Me. It's not a familiar opponent.
Speaker 1: It's not a division rival, it's not a conference rival
Speaker 1: you're playing pretty much every year. It's the team that
Speaker 1: you haven't seen in four years. I gotta be honest,
Speaker 1: The game sort of played out how I thought it
Speaker 1: would you know, you're talking about two coaching stats. Particularly
Speaker 1: with Frank Wright as the head coach. They know each other, right,
Speaker 1: that's the exact right, Yeah, they know each other. And
Speaker 1: the one advantage Frank Wright had is that he actually
Speaker 1: knows the personnel of the Eagles, and by that, I
Speaker 1: mean he knows the strengths and the weaknesses of guys
Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the football. So you knew
Speaker 1: that this wasn't going to be some blowout win for
Speaker 1: the Eagles, Carson's first game back. You got rain pouring down,
Speaker 1: You knew the scoring was going to be low, and
Speaker 1: it really was going to board down to who took
Speaker 1: care of the ball the best. Eagles gave up two turnovers,
Speaker 1: but luckily their defense only allowed two field goals, didn't
Speaker 1: allow those turnovers to convert in the touchdowns, and I
Speaker 1: thought the game was going to be a tightly contested game.
Speaker 1: You know, the coach defense, I think it is very
Speaker 1: underrated when you look at how they play and listen,
Speaker 1: you you'll take the win any way that you can
Speaker 1: get the win. We pretty much came out of the
Speaker 1: game healthy, I believe, other than Rock Mud Rodney McCleod,
Speaker 1: but Carson and the way that he played today makes
Speaker 1: you're excited about next week. Sitting over the coach Peterson
Speaker 1: at the lake told your wins, Now, what stands out
Speaker 1: about that group down there? Gosh, it's a it's a
Speaker 1: group that just you know, they bow their neck when
Speaker 1: I have to um and uh, I think it's what
Speaker 1: two for ten, two out of ten last you know
Speaker 1: for the Atlantic game and at home anyway, Um that
Speaker 1: our defense has stopped. So it's a um, they understand
Speaker 1: sense of urgency down there. You know, they understand that
Speaker 1: things things can happen faster, balls out faster. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: the space is obviously limited down there, so it's an
Speaker 1: advantage defense a little bit. And and they they they
Speaker 1: play well. I mean it's been it's been one of
Speaker 1: the one of the positives on defense. I was on
Speaker 1: your first drive and your left drive and a couple
Speaker 1: of players in there said that there's a magic when
Speaker 1: when Carson's in there. How to denigrate when Nick has done?
Speaker 1: But what was it like having him back and what
Speaker 1: did you think of his performance? Well, it was exciting
Speaker 1: to get him back out there, and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: all week really started back in on Tuesday, you know,
Speaker 1: with our walk through and stuff, and then the whole
Speaker 1: week just seeing him, you know, just how he got
Speaker 1: in the huddle, talking to the guys, communicating with the
Speaker 1: you know, the skill guys, um throughout the game today
Speaker 1: and just kind of getting back to his old self. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, and again, like always, you know, we will evaluate.
Speaker 1: I know he would probably have want want to get
Speaker 1: the fumble back, he'd want to pick back and things
Speaker 1: like that, and and those are things that can't happen,
Speaker 1: especially you know when our backed up on our end
Speaker 1: of the field. But I thought overall, he did some
Speaker 1: nice things. Moved around well, extended extended some drives for
Speaker 1: us um whether he was running or you know, escaping
Speaker 1: the pocket, and making some plays down the field. But um,
Speaker 1: I thought, for the first first time back, not too bad.
Speaker 1: There seemed to be several plays where maybe a year
Speaker 1: ago or two years ago, Carson might have tucked it
Speaker 1: and run as opposed to like hitting Dallas Goddard a
Speaker 1: couple of times, hitting the running back a couple of times.
Speaker 1: Do you think the knee has anything to do that
Speaker 1: to think it's natural maturity? Do you agree with that?
Speaker 1: I don't think it's a nee at all. I think
Speaker 1: it's just maturity of playing the position and and and
Speaker 1: seeing the field and and it comes from playing, you know.
Speaker 1: And and uh um he did that several times today. Um,
Speaker 1: dumped it off into the flat, got got positive, you know,
Speaker 1: eight yards, ten yards whatever, and that that just comes
Speaker 1: from playing and just the maturity of playing the position.
Speaker 1: Over time, he's quarterback diving into the sideline for that
Speaker 1: first down. What's going through your mind the second quarter? Um, Well,
Speaker 1: for me, I was standing right there. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: definitely obviously a safe as a safe dive. You know,
Speaker 1: there was no contact other than him hitting the ground really,
Speaker 1: and um, that's just him, you know. I mean that
Speaker 1: that's the that's the aggressive nature that he plays with.
Speaker 1: And those are types of plays that you know, you
Speaker 1: just you know, um, you just make you just do.
Speaker 1: It's just it's just instinct, you know, and and something
Speaker 1: you don't you don't coach, and and uh um, you
Speaker 1: know it just it was a great, great play, great
Speaker 1: way to get a first down and keep us on
Speaker 1: the field. Didn't appear that obviously he worried, didn't even
Speaker 1: think about the injury. How important is it for a
Speaker 1: quarterback who comes off an injury to go out there
Speaker 1: and just be who he was before it seemed that way.
Speaker 1: Any Yeah, I mean I think it's important. I don't
Speaker 1: want to, you know, I don't want to put you know,
Speaker 1: restraints on him at all, and and and put him
Speaker 1: in bubble wrap. And it's not that's not how we
Speaker 1: play the game. It's not how he plays the game.
Speaker 1: And he wants to be you know, just as aggressive
Speaker 1: on the field too, and and so I don't think
Speaker 1: about it that way. I just want to, you know,
Speaker 1: do us right for obviously him, but for the offense
Speaker 1: and the other guys out there that are that are
Speaker 1: strained in their bodies to to just execute one play.
Speaker 1: But I thought he you know, protected himself pretty pretty
Speaker 1: well today in the game. I think Carson's first seven
Speaker 1: targets or so, we're at tight ends and he played
Speaker 1: in a lot of thirteen. What made you think that
Speaker 1: was the way to go going into the game. Um,
Speaker 1: just by scheme, you just, uh, we felt like with
Speaker 1: our three tight ends, that gives us a little bit
Speaker 1: of a personnel advantage. Teams want to play, you know,
Speaker 1: a base defense. They eventually went to nickel defense, and
Speaker 1: we still had some success to on that, and then
Speaker 1: we began to run the ball. Just bigger people, athletic
Speaker 1: people on the field. Really worked for us on the
Speaker 1: you know, the opening drive and and just wanted to
Speaker 1: get the quarterback in a rhythm too, you know with that.
Speaker 1: But um, part of the plan, part of you know
Speaker 1: this game plan was was to do do some of
Speaker 1: that in this game. You spoke after the last game
Speaker 1: about wanting big plays on offense. You had to really
Speaker 1: get together a long drives. I think the final drives
Speaker 1: a sixteen play drive. Is that good enough for you
Speaker 1: or do you want to have more explosive plays? Well again,
Speaker 1: well we'll take a look at the film. I mean
Speaker 1: you definitely want more. I mean, you know it goes
Speaker 1: out so you love to score you know, five play
Speaker 1: drives and put yourself in the end zone. But um,
Speaker 1: sometimes it doesn't happen that way. And again without evaluating
Speaker 1: the take, been seeing if whether we miss somebody or
Speaker 1: you know, protection breakdown whatever stuff we can fix, then
Speaker 1: then we can we can continue to uh you know,
Speaker 1: stay aggressive. There. We had some opportunities, we made some
Speaker 1: plays down the field. Um, you know, urs had a
Speaker 1: couple of nice ones. Dallas had a couple when Dale
Speaker 1: had a nice long pass in there, so you know,
Speaker 1: we're getting them. We just got to make sure that
Speaker 1: we continue to stay aggressive. And obviously, as a play caller,
Speaker 1: you know, I gotta I gotta call to play. Play
Speaker 1: drive was the key. Just the resiliency of the offense,
Speaker 1: quite honestly, Um, offensive line began to dominate a little
Speaker 1: bit at that point. Um and and uh gosh, you
Speaker 1: know when Dale Corey running extremely hard and then and
Speaker 1: then we were fortunate a couple of penalties went our
Speaker 1: way and and extended a couple of those drives. But um,
Speaker 1: you know, it's just, uh, I had just a team
Speaker 1: effort at that particular time. Were there things that you
Speaker 1: didn't do you thought he might diagnose. Were there things
Speaker 1: that you think he diagnosed today that you know, sort
Speaker 1: of blew up for you. What was it like basing
Speaker 1: a guy that you've been so close to the last
Speaker 1: couple of years. And yeah, it was a lot of fun,
Speaker 1: a lot of fun getting chance to visit with him
Speaker 1: before the game. And um, you know, we were aware
Speaker 1: of of a couple of things that that he might
Speaker 1: pick up on, whether it be by formation or personnel,
Speaker 1: and kind of vice versa with us, you know, with
Speaker 1: with their offense, and and really, quite honestly, once you're
Speaker 1: into the you know, the heat of the battle, you're
Speaker 1: into the game, you know, you just you're just focused
Speaker 1: on calling the next play and executing that next play
Speaker 1: and and uh and trying to trying to score. And
Speaker 1: I know he was the same way. But he's got
Speaker 1: a good football team. He's got a great quarterback. Obviously, Um,
Speaker 1: they're gonna win a ton of games. And then it
Speaker 1: was it was fun to play against building on a
Speaker 1: dead chart after the trade last year. What made you
Speaker 1: trust him today? In that situation with with with two
Speaker 1: guys out darren Sproles and Jed I weren't playing no,
Speaker 1: um no, I mean listen, Wendell has always has always
Speaker 1: impressed me. I mean, he's he's worked extremely hard. He um,
Speaker 1: he's really proved its craft and and uh put himself
Speaker 1: in a position to help us. And and he did
Speaker 1: it again in training camp this year and in the
Speaker 1: first part of this season. And you gotta have guys
Speaker 1: like that, you know, might might be role players, but
Speaker 1: you know what their role is pretty big in games
Speaker 1: like this when you know your two top guys are
Speaker 1: down in the backfield and along the same lines, I
Speaker 1: thought Josh stepped in and made some nice runs too,
Speaker 1: you know. So, um, we continue because they also play
Speaker 1: you know, special teams. Um, we continue to rotate guys
Speaker 1: and make sure they're fresh throughout the game. Had a
Speaker 1: big game. Was that because you saw matchups because of
Speaker 1: necessity considering the injuries that you're dealing with in the
Speaker 1: depth issues, or because he's earned it because he's progressive
Speaker 1: to this degree. I really think it's a little bit
Speaker 1: all that what you just said. Um, he's earned it. Obviously,
Speaker 1: he's smart, he's talented. We see it in practice, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, and and it's it's it's just time to play,
Speaker 1: you know. And it cut him loose a little bit,
Speaker 1: and and and don't keep him back and and so
Speaker 1: it was part of the game plan again to do
Speaker 1: that with two tight ends, three tight ends. But at
Speaker 1: the same time, UM, as he gets more and more
Speaker 1: comfortable with the offense and and and find um specific
Speaker 1: plays for him, he's just gonna get better and better.
Speaker 1: And uh, it's it's a combination really of all those
Speaker 1: comments you mentioned. The committee at running back without Jay
Speaker 1: and darn Darren, what gives you the competence? Other coaches
Speaker 1: might shorten their bench show to speak, but you still
Speaker 1: went with the three guys, went Donald, Josh, what gives
Speaker 1: you the confidence? And those guys, you know, I trust
Speaker 1: Deuce during the week to make sure that those guys
Speaker 1: are prepared, trust the players that they're doing their jobs
Speaker 1: to UH, to make sure they understand the game plan.
Speaker 1: And really, you know it, I talk a lot about
Speaker 1: it takes all fifty three, you know, and and then
Speaker 1: of course it takes the forty six. On a game day,
Speaker 1: whoever dresses is going to play. And um, you know,
Speaker 1: these first three games, it's it's really come down to
Speaker 1: everybody's had to play. And you know, this is the
Speaker 1: National Football League. And um, again, I'm not going to
Speaker 1: hold a player back just because you know, he's a
Speaker 1: rookie or he doesn't have enough experience. UM, it's our
Speaker 1: job as coaches to uh to coach him up, you know,
Speaker 1: and to get him, get him ready and prepared. And
Speaker 1: so the next time Josh is in this situation, you know,
Speaker 1: each each time gets a little better and better. So, um,
Speaker 1: whether he's a rookie or a you know, twelve thirteen
Speaker 1: year vet and we have to make sure that they're
Speaker 1: all coached up the same involved in another big I
Speaker 1: think it Eric Barnett involved in another big you know,
Speaker 1: strip sack bumble than what has his progress been like
Speaker 1: since you since you guys drafted him? And where is
Speaker 1: he right now? That was one of the big plays
Speaker 1: if we got Yeah, I mean great play. Um, this
Speaker 1: kid just keeps getting better and better. UM been pleased
Speaker 1: with how he how he works in practice. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: he's he's an unselfish ball player. I mean he'll play
Speaker 1: special teams. If you ask him, he'll rush the pastor
Speaker 1: if you ask him. I mean he just he does
Speaker 1: some so many great things. And we're so excited to
Speaker 1: have a player like Derek and a young player like
Speaker 1: Derek who who who can who can play extensively and
Speaker 1: and and work in the work in the rotation. Um
Speaker 1: just seems like, you know, somewhere in the game ninety
Speaker 1: six is gonna show up, you know and make him play.
Speaker 1: And he did that you know several times. Today. It
Speaker 1: was the message to both Carson and the in the
Speaker 1: locker room. UM, I just can congratulated Carson just on
Speaker 1: the win. You know, Um, nothing further than that really
Speaker 1: just uh, you know, we found a way, you know,
Speaker 1: make it work, and we won, and it's to be
Speaker 1: proud of, you know, and you know, for the team,
Speaker 1: it's it's a matter of just we gotta just learn
Speaker 1: from our mistakes. I really feel like, you know, good
Speaker 1: football teams find ways to win and and we've we've
Speaker 1: been able to do that in tight, close ball games.
Speaker 1: We've been able to you know, figure it out and
Speaker 1: and win and that and that's a tribute to the
Speaker 1: guys in the locker room. And so that was kind
Speaker 1: of my thoughts after the after the game to them
Speaker 1: and you know, to enjoy it um. And we're right
Speaker 1: back to work on Tuesday, all right. So that's head
Speaker 1: coach Doug Pearson. Again. We're gonna hear from quarterback Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz in just a little bit. But game ball for
Speaker 1: me here goes to the Eagles medical team for making
Speaker 1: sure that Carson Wentz had the right amount of time
Speaker 1: being sidelined before he was thrust into action and able
Speaker 1: to do the things he did on the field today.
Speaker 1: So certainly the Eagles made the right call from that standpoint,
Speaker 1: taking a few extra weeks into his season. Although Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz wanted to be out there for the season opener.
Speaker 1: We all wanted to see him against Atlanta. But the
Speaker 1: Eagles doing right by him, not just for the short term,
Speaker 1: but the long term as well, to make sure they
Speaker 1: give him the best chance of recovery and in a
Speaker 1: long career here in Philadelphia. So something that's not lost
Speaker 1: today seeing him spin and escape from defenders, because while
Speaker 1: he may be maturing in the way that he's attacking
Speaker 1: defenses and not you know, going for the run each
Speaker 1: and every time, he is, still he was not afraid
Speaker 1: whatsoever to use his legs. And you know a couple
Speaker 1: times in that first quarter where he's making spin moves
Speaker 1: to elude defenders and get extra yards. Yeah, and I
Speaker 1: mean just this, and I've said it several times before,
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz probably could have played two weeks ago. If
Speaker 1: he's doing what he did today, you can't tell me
Speaker 1: that that guy couldn't have played two weeks ago. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's out there as if it's been a full year
Speaker 1: since he's been injured. I mean, he's diving for first downs,
Speaker 1: he's avoiding sacks, he has guys hanging on his legs.
Speaker 1: He still refuses to go down, he's throwing, he's completing passes.
Speaker 1: How about the one sack where they had him in
Speaker 1: the grass, He's trying to get out of that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he was trying to get out of that place. So
Speaker 1: um but no doubt about it. They did right by
Speaker 1: him by his career by holding off a few extra weeks,
Speaker 1: even if that meant we were gonna have to wait
Speaker 1: for him a little longer. And I know it was
Speaker 1: tough on him because he was so eager to get
Speaker 1: out there. But man, watching him play today, Wow, I mean,
Speaker 1: he does not look like he's suffering any type of
Speaker 1: other effects from that injury. I mean he was out
Speaker 1: there and you saw the full rep pertoire of Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz out there today, from the athletic standpoint, from the
Speaker 1: armstring standpoint, all of those things. His ability to extend
Speaker 1: plays his ability to make the magical play where you
Speaker 1: think he's going to be sacked and he somehow gets
Speaker 1: out of it and finds a guy for a big,
Speaker 1: a big reception. Um that that has to have all
Speaker 1: Eagle fans feeling good, because that was one of the
Speaker 1: things I wanted to see more than anything. Certainly, it
Speaker 1: was important for them to get to win. But watching
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz play today and see if he was going
Speaker 1: to be out there favoring that knee, see if he
Speaker 1: was a little gun shy, I mean, none of those things.
Speaker 1: He's he was able to hang in the pocket, take
Speaker 1: big hits, and he was he was off on a
Speaker 1: couple of throws. But that's just rust. That was just
Speaker 1: ya that type of thing. I mean, that's totally to
Speaker 1: be expected. And there's Carson Wentz and the Kelly Green.
Speaker 1: How do you valuate your batch it? You know, it
Speaker 1: felt good to find them be out there. It's kind
Speaker 1: of a long time coming obviously a lot of excitement,
Speaker 1: a lot of emotions. But um, coming out the way
Speaker 1: we did with that hot star going right down the field, Uh,
Speaker 1: we going some no huddle tempo. I felt good, feel
Speaker 1: good that no huddle and tempo. Is that something you requested?
Speaker 1: What did that give you guys to at the beginning
Speaker 1: of the Yeah, Doug and I talked about it earlier
Speaker 1: in the week, and UM thought it would be something
Speaker 1: UM just kind of get get me started, get the
Speaker 1: offing and started to get us all starting fast. Um,
Speaker 1: and and he trusted us with it. And obviously the
Speaker 1: result was a good one. The turnovers in the game
Speaker 1: at the end of the game, did you attribute those
Speaker 1: to rust or just or decision making? This decision making,
Speaker 1: I mean the interception, the guy made a great play.
Speaker 1: You know, that's a it's a Rodway throw. It's all
Speaker 1: the time, and uh, he just he just read it right,
Speaker 1: it well, and I gotta I gotta be smart with
Speaker 1: that one. Another one's unfortunate stepping up in the pocket
Speaker 1: getting it hit. Um, you know, you gotta clean up
Speaker 1: those things. Obviously. You never want interceptions, fumbles, especially um
Speaker 1: when you're backed up like we were, put our defense
Speaker 1: in a couple of tough situations, but they st up
Speaker 1: and played a play a good football game. Drive seventeen
Speaker 1: plays and a lot of them. You guys were behind
Speaker 1: the sticks. A few players said that you brought them
Speaker 1: together at one point and said, you know, head boards, encouragement.
Speaker 1: I guess what what was the message you wanted to
Speaker 1: convey to the guys there, Yeah, I mean, just in
Speaker 1: the middle of a drive, especially in that situation. You know,
Speaker 1: I think it was just we had the sack and
Speaker 1: then the whole thing. I think it was and it
Speaker 1: was all of a sudden second and thirty or something
Speaker 1: like that, and I just told the guys, let's get
Speaker 1: half of this. Let's get at least half of this,
Speaker 1: get us in a third and manageable, UM, and just
Speaker 1: stay together. Everyone's kind of, you know, all up in
Speaker 1: arms over the holding or whatever it was, and I said,
Speaker 1: they just stayed together. Let's stay on track. And the
Speaker 1: next play we had the wholding defensive holding pick up
Speaker 1: the first down and then we were rolling. We get
Speaker 1: very many big plays today. Was that we could frustration
Speaker 1: of setting it at all or did you just kind
Speaker 1: of expect that coming in? You know? That's I mean,
Speaker 1: credit the Colts defense on that, honestly. You know, I
Speaker 1: thought they played, um did some things different than we
Speaker 1: saw on film and really just forced us to drive.
Speaker 1: You know, they put a lot of soft zone coverage
Speaker 1: and I forced us to take a lot of things underneath.
Speaker 1: So so really credit the Colts defense and UM. At
Speaker 1: the same time, we just played our game and we
Speaker 1: put people in the right spots. Obviously you saw us
Speaker 1: with a lot of two and three tight end personnels
Speaker 1: out there, so UM, that's kind of part of the
Speaker 1: game plan. Knowing what the Colts like to do thinking
Speaker 1: about your knee. I mean not at all. Didn't sec
Speaker 1: reporter when you made that dive first down? Can you
Speaker 1: describe that play and is that indicative of your willingness
Speaker 1: to play with the same a bandon you played with
Speaker 1: before you got hurt. Yeah, I mean I thought it
Speaker 1: was just a normal scramble to me, you know, obviously
Speaker 1: made a guy miss in the pocket, and UM, it's
Speaker 1: all the first down marker and no for a pretty
Speaker 1: standard standard for him. What did Alice gott straeted it? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I mean I think with Dallas Um, he's showed me
Speaker 1: first of all, he's a smart football player throughout training camp. Um,
Speaker 1: and then you know, being able to go the no
Speaker 1: huddle stuff, and I'm getting him in different situations, get
Speaker 1: him in different spots, Um, making calls at the line,
Speaker 1: checks at the line. You know, he was very instinctive
Speaker 1: and good football player. And obviously Um came up big
Speaker 1: with a couple of plays. Managing emotions landed up to
Speaker 1: this game after it was such a much ances. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I thought I thought it went pretty well. You know,
Speaker 1: I thought, obviously emotions were running high from the moment
Speaker 1: I woke up this morning. But Um, you know, for me,
Speaker 1: I was just putting on worship music and just getting
Speaker 1: in the zone like that. I just felt like another
Speaker 1: game at the end of the day. Be able to
Speaker 1: get your first hit today and getting you bounced right
Speaker 1: back up, how the nervous calmed down. It felt great,
Speaker 1: felt great. The running game help you today. It looked
Speaker 1: like that was a real focused effort to Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean the running game was huge. You know, we had
Speaker 1: a lot of um, no huddle kind of checks at
Speaker 1: the line based on what we were getting covered wise,
Speaker 1: and they were playing a lot of soft U zone coverage.
Speaker 1: So you know, the running game helped us slot in
Speaker 1: the passing game. And um, you know, obviously we're down
Speaker 1: a little bit with scrolls and a giye out, so
Speaker 1: um getting Windale getting you know, Josh Adams going and
Speaker 1: then Corey. I think those those guys all stepped up
Speaker 1: and played a good football game. All the skill spots
Speaker 1: were pretty far down the dead charm. What effect is
Speaker 1: it is that having one on the offensive role. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I think that's that's just kind of football.
Speaker 1: You know, that's hard of football. And then I think
Speaker 1: that's where where good coaching comes into playing and getting
Speaker 1: our best guys out there. You know, obviously you saw
Speaker 1: us a lot with with two and three tight end
Speaker 1: personnel out there tonight, um, and I think that just
Speaker 1: was indicative of those injuries and just um finding a
Speaker 1: way to to just um, get our best guys on
Speaker 1: the field and m you know, coaches has a great
Speaker 1: job always just scheming things up, getting the right guys
Speaker 1: in the right positions. And so unfortunately you don't you
Speaker 1: don't want injuries. But at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: you got to adapt with them, and I think coaches
Speaker 1: done a good job of that. Gets said trouble getting
Speaker 1: the ball to Agilor, but on that last drive, two
Speaker 1: third down conversions out of him, you know, and both
Speaker 1: were with yards after the cash. What were the plays?
Speaker 1: You have a third and five and there's a third
Speaker 1: nine And what did he do to make this possible? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean at the end of the day, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously Nelson today obviously didn't get it. You get a
Speaker 1: bunch going early, and UM, that's just part of it.
Speaker 1: You know, it's not something by any by schemer design,
Speaker 1: you know, it's just their coverage. And um, like I said,
Speaker 1: we had to take some things underneath and um, the
Speaker 1: tight ends, all of them kind of stepped up and played.
Speaker 1: They played a good football game. And um, you know
Speaker 1: on third downs, I mean those ones late in the game,
Speaker 1: Nelson just always has a feeling and being in the
Speaker 1: right spot. And so, UM he's a guy you know,
Speaker 1: especially like him and Zach are two of the main
Speaker 1: targets that we look far on third down and UM,
Speaker 1: those he stepped up there at the end, car watching
Speaker 1: your defense stop him in the red zone. How much
Speaker 1: of debt fire your offense up? Yeah, I mean I
Speaker 1: think we both feed off each other, you know, offensively. Um.
Speaker 1: Seeing our defense just continually step up late in games
Speaker 1: like they have, um, even going back to last year
Speaker 1: and then the first game of the year, UM today, UM,
Speaker 1: just that that gives us a lot of um energy
Speaker 1: and excitement on the on the offensive side, and knowing
Speaker 1: that if we just put one together now that defense
Speaker 1: is going to get a hold. And that's what they did.
Speaker 1: Or a hit, but you took where you said, okay,
Speaker 1: shoot unrelieved. Now I know I can I know I
Speaker 1: can do this. There are a couple of times where
Speaker 1: you got hit. A couple of scrambles, you made a
Speaker 1: couple of times you were very elusive in the pocket,
Speaker 1: left right, left forward, that sort of thing. Did any
Speaker 1: of those register like, hey, that's great, Not really, you know,
Speaker 1: because at the end of the day, I've been doing
Speaker 1: so much in practice, you know, whether whether you guys
Speaker 1: saw it in training camp or I was off to
Speaker 1: the side with the trainers or whoever, I've been doing
Speaker 1: so much of that stuff for a while now. Obviously
Speaker 1: getting hit was new, but I felt like felt like
Speaker 1: riding a bike again, hit and popping back up again.
Speaker 1: Your teammates have mentioned different times in practice, different places
Speaker 1: where they said, all right, Carson's back, there's gonna be
Speaker 1: no limitations. Was there a play like that for you
Speaker 1: in the past whatever, three or four weeks. I don't
Speaker 1: think so, you know, nothing really sticks out. You know.
Speaker 1: It was a lot of going against the defense as
Speaker 1: a scout team quarterback. That was a little new for me.
Speaker 1: But um, yeah, I just I felt good for a while.
Speaker 1: I was just good to finally get out there to
Speaker 1: get this first on all the way for me. How
Speaker 1: much was the report to get this first one done
Speaker 1: and then just be out back one focus. I mean
Speaker 1: it was huge. I mean, obviously it's huge to just
Speaker 1: pick up a win in a hard fought game with
Speaker 1: some some tough conditions out there. Um, guys really rallied
Speaker 1: around each other. Uh. The resilience I thought was huge today.
Speaker 1: You know, we had, like we talked about that long
Speaker 1: drive at the end, we had something really unfortunate situations
Speaker 1: we were in in second and extra long third downs. Uh,
Speaker 1: the fourth downs. You know, it's a couple of things
Speaker 1: and um, guys just stayed together and then the defense
Speaker 1: stepping up at the end. That was huge for us
Speaker 1: to get us back on track. So we mentioned a
Speaker 1: soft stone a couple of times. Looked like a lot
Speaker 1: of cover too. This was an emotional game for you
Speaker 1: some nine plus months, is it was? It kind of
Speaker 1: a little bit harder to not want to press and
Speaker 1: you seeing that cover too. Not really, you know, I
Speaker 1: like to think I'm ature off as a player to
Speaker 1: just take what they give me. Obviously they had some
Speaker 1: um that that might have fooled me, um coverage wise
Speaker 1: and kind of tricked me a little bit. But that's football.
Speaker 1: That's football, and that comes with it. And um, you
Speaker 1: know that's that's a good defense over there. Is there
Speaker 1: anything that you were curious about you how you would
Speaker 1: respond that today's sort of told you or I think
Speaker 1: you got to learn that you note this point, not really,
Speaker 1: you know, not really. I think once I got back
Speaker 1: out there, I got that first in completion out of
Speaker 1: the way, kind of threw that one down the field
Speaker 1: a little aggressively. We were rolling from there. All right,
Speaker 1: there's Carson Wentz stylish with a Kelly Green jacket. I'm
Speaker 1: telling you, I need that jacket. I need that jacket.
Speaker 1: That's pretty make it what make it happen this week?
Speaker 1: That's pretty nice. That's a little bigger than I am,
Speaker 1: so he can't give it to me. Yeah, but well
Speaker 1: that's perfect, a little bigger you can tailor down. That's
Speaker 1: where works at. Mess up a jacket like that. He
Speaker 1: had his a game suit, certainly. But so we've heard
Speaker 1: from coach Peters, we've heard from quarterback Carson Wentz, and
Speaker 1: we're gonna have analysis from fran Duffy and Greg Cosell
Speaker 1: a little bit later on in the show, as well
Speaker 1: as an interview with Titan Dallas Goddter, who led the
Speaker 1: way with seven catches and getting his first career touchdown.
Speaker 1: Going back to Doug for a quick minute, I love
Speaker 1: how he talked about coaching up the young guys and
Speaker 1: so that when guys like Josh Adams and you know,
Speaker 1: small Wood and Perkins are in similar situations later in
Speaker 1: the season, they're gonna be ready for the moment. And
Speaker 1: I feel like that's probably the one silver lining of
Speaker 1: having all these guys in now the lineup right now,
Speaker 1: is you're getting the guys a valuable experience just in
Speaker 1: case if something happens to al Sean down the line,
Speaker 1: or you know, Darren Sprowles again or what have you.
Speaker 1: These guys can step in and be ready a moment's notice.
Speaker 1: And I guess really, when you look back to the
Speaker 1: last season, it's one of the reasons why the Eagles
Speaker 1: were so successful. Yeah. I mean this is in college,
Speaker 1: you know, not on scholarship. So you're gonna play if
Speaker 1: you're active, and you have to be ready to play.
Speaker 1: I made my career in this leave for nine years
Speaker 1: having to be ready whenever called upon and you don't
Speaker 1: know when it's gonna happen. Guy can go down in practice,
Speaker 1: guy can go down the first series of a game.
Speaker 1: You have to be ready to go. And like Doug said,
Speaker 1: if he's going to activate these guys on Sunday, then
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to trust that he can use them
Speaker 1: or why I activate them, because he doesn't know when
Speaker 1: they're gonna need to need to be out there on
Speaker 1: the field. So I like the fact that he puts
Speaker 1: the responsibility first of all on the position coach guy
Speaker 1: like Duke Staley, and you know, Deuce is coaching these
Speaker 1: guys up heart and letting them know, hey, when your
Speaker 1: opportunity it's called, you had better be ready to go.
Speaker 1: And kudos for the coaching getting these guys ready to
Speaker 1: play this week. And then hats all to the players
Speaker 1: for going out there and taking advantage of the opportunity.
Speaker 1: When you're young and you're playing for a team with
Speaker 1: high expectations and you got a guy like carsonz set
Speaker 1: to make his return in the league. Sometimes you can
Speaker 1: play mind games with yourself, right you can. You can
Speaker 1: put more pressure on yourself to not try to screw
Speaker 1: up out there. But it looks like all three guys
Speaker 1: were calm, certainly poised, and didn't have any real mistakes
Speaker 1: out there. Didn't They took care of football number one
Speaker 1: on one day. I don't remember any drops by any
Speaker 1: of the guys out there, so you know when Dale
Speaker 1: Smallwood had a big catch down the field, Josh Adams
Speaker 1: gave us a nice change of pace back, had some
Speaker 1: big runs, especially in the first half, and then Corey
Speaker 1: Clement doing what he typically does when he gets his
Speaker 1: chance to run the football, running hard, picking up key
Speaker 1: first downs. Got a nice group of young running bags
Speaker 1: that you can rely on. The thing with Smallwood and
Speaker 1: coach Pierson was asked this during a press conference with
Speaker 1: why Smallwood, why do you have such a big role?
Speaker 1: Coach was like, no other option, right, you know, and
Speaker 1: that's the reality of the situation. But Smallwood, who has
Speaker 1: been through the ring of the first couple of seasons
Speaker 1: in the league where he's been set back by injury
Speaker 1: and maybe it's kind of limited his ceiling here in
Speaker 1: the NFL, and some question whether he was going to
Speaker 1: make the team come out of training camp. Well, he
Speaker 1: got his moment and he stepped up and again some
Speaker 1: hard fought yards after contact. That was the biggest thing.
Speaker 1: That nice catch on the wheel route, very very impressive.
Speaker 1: You really haven't seen much of that how Smallwood's games.
Speaker 1: So he stepped up in a big way when the
Speaker 1: team needed him most, and delivered the game winning touchdowns,
Speaker 1: So that's gonna be a special moment for him on
Speaker 1: his mantle. Now what's great is we're gonna look at
Speaker 1: the highlights later on tonight and realize, look, we can
Speaker 1: enjoy the deals one. Okay, during the game, you know,
Speaker 1: work looted the TV. What's going to happen? Drama unfolding
Speaker 1: there at the link, But the two men who captured
Speaker 1: the action brilliantly, as they do each and every week,
Speaker 1: meror Reis and Mike Quick, the Hall of Fame duo.
Speaker 1: Let's listen to the highlights through Meryl Camp presented by
Speaker 1: Sports Radio ninety four WP. It is second down at
Speaker 1: about eight and a half, three receivers once again with
Speaker 1: earths and the slot inside of the agilard of the
Speaker 1: fourth side. Wentz back looking, stepping up, firing touchdown. He's
Speaker 1: got gutter, He's got Gunnard, the rookie for his first
Speaker 1: NFL touchdown. Save that ball, kid, hold on to that football. Listen.
Speaker 1: This is Carson Wentz at his best. He's gonna look
Speaker 1: to the left, and if you watch that middle safety,
Speaker 1: he holds him over to the middle of the field,
Speaker 1: knowing full well he wants to drill the ball to
Speaker 1: the rookie. Goddard hits him right down the seam for
Speaker 1: his first NFL touchdown, thirty three yard attempt, exactly the
Speaker 1: same as an extra point. Alien spotted kicked up and good,
Speaker 1: and the Eagles take the lead. Second and eleven for
Speaker 1: the Coats at their own thirty six hinds to the
Speaker 1: left of Luck, who steps up. He is hit and
Speaker 1: carried backwards to the twenty five Cocks and the barn end. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's a whole posse meeting at Andrew Luck in the backfield.
Speaker 1: They get him down. Here is Elliott with a twenty
Speaker 1: four yard field goal to tie the games. Spotted kicked
Speaker 1: up and it is good, and we are tied. Fence
Speaker 1: in the gun motion aikin. Give Smallwood up the middle.
Speaker 1: He's in touchdown. Eagles take the lead. Boy, you put
Speaker 1: it on the back of those bags in the bigs.
Speaker 1: Just blow the coats off of the football. Smallwood just
Speaker 1: to burst to the end zone for the touchdown. The
Speaker 1: Eagles go up. Is a very important extra point, a
Speaker 1: very important extra point because it would give the Eagles
Speaker 1: a four point lead with three h two remaining. Okay,
Speaker 1: here it is the game. On the line, fourth and three.
Speaker 1: Luck black it up, pumps he has had, he stumbles,
Speaker 1: he's down, and the Evils take over. The Eavils take
Speaker 1: over downs as Luck pounds the ground. He is pounding
Speaker 1: the ground and prostration as Derek Burnette, who came up
Speaker 1: with the sack of the Super Bowl, has just won
Speaker 1: another game. Listen, he has come up. Derek Burnett has
Speaker 1: come up big all afternoon, but none bigger than this place.
Speaker 1: He beats the tackle around the edge and he gets two.
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck gets him on the ground, and boy, oh boy,
Speaker 1: this may be the biggest play, well since his Super
Speaker 1: Bowl SEC. It could be Prest that's trying to throw
Speaker 1: it into the end zone, former Patriot. He's back, he's
Speaker 1: being chased, he's running, he's running, he is looking. He
Speaker 1: loads up, he is going deep and it is batting
Speaker 1: around and complete. The game is over. The Eagles win.
Speaker 1: You got a lot to do here. Well, it went
Speaker 1: down to the final play. Well, that's the National Football League.
Speaker 1: I'd run a heaven that way. Oh that's fun. But
Speaker 1: it's over. The thing worked down. What a win. It
Speaker 1: was a gutsy win. Yes. I love seeing Merrill there
Speaker 1: with the Hall of Fame jacket Mike Quick had on
Speaker 1: pregame for the halftime ceremony where Seth and Clyde were inducted.
Speaker 1: Gets rid of it as soon as he can waits
Speaker 1: of no time whatsoever, but again deep helping win the
Speaker 1: day on the day when Seth and Clyde are inducted
Speaker 1: into the Eagles Hall Fame, And like, as a former
Speaker 1: linebacker yourself, your thoughts on their play over the years,
Speaker 1: especially that of Seth Joyner, who was named if you remember,
Speaker 1: the NFL's defensive player, no, not just defensive player of the
Speaker 1: the Year, the NFL Player of the Year in nineteen
Speaker 1: ninety one. Yeah, I mean it. Seth has a strong
Speaker 1: case to being being in Canton, Ohio as an NFL
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer. So obviously these guys are a part
Speaker 1: of the rich tradition of playing here in Philadelphia. We
Speaker 1: know what they meant to this organization. We know they
Speaker 1: what they stood for when they played in the eighties
Speaker 1: up to the early nineties. And I just remember growing
Speaker 1: up as a kid in Cincinnati, Ohio, my introduction to
Speaker 1: the Eagles was that defense. It was Reggie, it was Clyde,
Speaker 1: it was Seth, it was Jerome it was Eric Gallen.
Speaker 1: It was all those guys that was my introduction to
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles as a football team. And it was
Speaker 1: because of that defense and the way that they played.
Speaker 1: And so for them to finally get their just due
Speaker 1: by being Eagles, being inducted into the Eagles Hall of Fame, Um,
Speaker 1: what a great honor. Couldn't couldn't be happier for two guys,
Speaker 1: And I know it means a lot to them because
Speaker 1: they gave it their ally. They left whatever they had
Speaker 1: in them out there on that field and at the vet.
Speaker 1: And uh, those other players that played alongside Reggie White
Speaker 1: and Jerome Brown sometimes get overshadowed because of how great
Speaker 1: Reggie and Jerome was. But guys like Eric Allen, all
Speaker 1: those guys, man, uh, just great players. And Sethton Cloude,
Speaker 1: I believe, are the final two from that defense that
Speaker 1: leaders should This should be in the Eagles Hall of Fame. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's that infamous picture of all five members the Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl members from the Angry defense, and they are the
Speaker 1: last two to go in. And you mentioned players getting overlooked.
Speaker 1: Clyde Simmons, look, yeah, nineteen sacks to lead the league.
Speaker 1: Think about by himself. Okay, he did that. Third enfranchise
Speaker 1: history to this day, third enfranchise history, it's Reggie, it's
Speaker 1: Trent Cole Clyde Simmons. Okay, you can have someone who
Speaker 1: is arguably the best of all time on the other side.
Speaker 1: You're gonna get your one on one matchups, but you
Speaker 1: still gotta win those battles. That doesn't matter. And Clyde
Speaker 1: did just that and it was great because they were
Speaker 1: both late round guys. I believe eighth and ninth round
Speaker 1: consecutive selections by the Eagles. Buddy Ryan knew they weren't
Speaker 1: addressing the defensive spots too high, said they liked what
Speaker 1: they saw from the athleticism standpoint, they would fit in
Speaker 1: with that forty six defense, and they came in. They
Speaker 1: won jobs. Actually, set Joinian was cut, was home in
Speaker 1: New York for two weeks in upsate in New York,
Speaker 1: and then called by Buddy Ryan said you're starting in
Speaker 1: week three, and that was it. Seth Joinia said, from
Speaker 1: then on, I'm not going to be on the bench.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna have someone else dictate my NFL future.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be in control. You're not gonna outwork medi
Speaker 1: You're not gonna out hustle me and I'm gonna do
Speaker 1: what I need to do to be on the field.
Speaker 1: So congratulations to both of those guys. So one of
Speaker 1: the stars of today's game, the rookie tight end Dallas
Speaker 1: got it. Dave Spadero had the Bowl prediction pre game
Speaker 1: that gott I will have a big outing. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take it a little bit of kudos, I said our
Speaker 1: pregame show Kickoff Show present by Exalted, that Goddard would
Speaker 1: be on the receiving end of Wentz's first touchdown of
Speaker 1: the year. There you go. So I'm gonna go play
Speaker 1: the lottery and if you don't see me next week,
Speaker 1: that'll be why. But in the meantime, check out this
Speaker 1: interview with Dallas Goddard and Eagles insider Dave Spadero. Your
Speaker 1: career seven catches, seventy three yards. How to feel to
Speaker 1: really be part of the passing game today? It felt
Speaker 1: really good to be out here. You know, obviously, anytime
Speaker 1: we get a win, it feels a lot better. So
Speaker 1: everybody really played well offense, defense, special teams. There was
Speaker 1: a good team win. It was a lot of fun
Speaker 1: out there. Tell me about the touchdown you know, Carson
Speaker 1: did a good job getting the play right, rap my
Speaker 1: route and he threw it there and there wasn't a
Speaker 1: lot of people. There was pretty cool, really fun, feeling
Speaker 1: glad to have the first one out of the way.
Speaker 1: How was it playing with Carson Wentz? It was really good.
Speaker 1: You know, we got a lot of good quarterbacks on
Speaker 1: the team, but you know, when he's out here, he
Speaker 1: runs a game. Whatever he sees he likes, you'll switch
Speaker 1: to it, so you gotta be paying the time. But
Speaker 1: it's really fun playing with him. Congratulations Dallas first touchdown
Speaker 1: of a very long and very successful It's very rare
Speaker 1: where you hear fans cheery for Dallas. Okay, all right,
Speaker 1: but we're gonna get used today. That guy, the guy,
Speaker 1: the guy that's not zach Ert to tight end pretty
Speaker 1: much and what you'll say, so great outing by Dallas.
Speaker 1: God Now is he one of the nominees for the
Speaker 1: Toyota Player of the Week award. You're gonna have to
Speaker 1: find out. After this break, Ike and I will break
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Speaker 1: down the nominees for the Toyota Player of the Week award,
Speaker 1: and we'll start off with defensive end Derek Barnett stepping
Speaker 1: up big today in his second season, getting the sack
Speaker 1: on the fourth and short there right by the goal line,
Speaker 1: tripping up Andrew Luck. And I love the video of
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck being frustrated, shaking his fist up and down,
Speaker 1: knowing that he probably had a play but was not
Speaker 1: able to stay on his feet. And Barnett caused problems
Speaker 1: all game long. It wasn't just that one sack there.
Speaker 1: He was in the backfield all day long against this
Speaker 1: Colts offense and really becoming more than just a speed
Speaker 1: pass rusher. It's really starting to make his mark as
Speaker 1: a run defender as well, and it's only fitting that
Speaker 1: Derek had a type of game he had to day
Speaker 1: and made the huge play on that fourth down sack
Speaker 1: of Andrew Luck when Clyde Simmons is going into the
Speaker 1: e was Hall of Fame ninety six. Do you beta
Speaker 1: believe we look at that very fitting right there, showing
Speaker 1: great bend off the edge. Even drew a penalty holding
Speaker 1: penalty during the game, so overall great outing by him.
Speaker 1: We can't leave out number eighty eight. Dallas got okay,
Speaker 1: seven catches on seven targets seventy three yards, led the
Speaker 1: team into receptions, caught that first career touchdown, and it
Speaker 1: was very interesting because I think there was such an
Speaker 1: outcry after the game last week against Tampa Bay how
Speaker 1: come there wasn't more of Dallas got in the offense.
Speaker 1: But I think the way the game unfolded with Mike
Speaker 1: Wallace getting hurt, they needed more of a player who
Speaker 1: had receiving experience playing on the outside at tight end,
Speaker 1: and that's what Josh Perkins brought to their table. So
Speaker 1: with the week the game plan, it made sense that
Speaker 1: they found a way to get got it more involved. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, this kid is just going to get more
Speaker 1: and more put on his plate as the season goes along,
Speaker 1: and you know, people just had to be patient and
Speaker 1: understand that with the way the offensive skill positions personnel
Speaker 1: is set up right now, it's gonna be hard for
Speaker 1: one guy to be featured weekend and week out. You know,
Speaker 1: this week it was Dallas' turn to be a big
Speaker 1: part of the game plan. And great job by him
Speaker 1: catching all of his targets. And you know Carson loves
Speaker 1: his tight ends, so you know, the tight ends in
Speaker 1: this offense are gonna get their fair share of targets
Speaker 1: weekend and week out. Great job out a rookie doing
Speaker 1: his part by coming up with all seven of the catches.
Speaker 1: You know, after his first game and the bright lights
Speaker 1: against the Falcons, had that ball popped up for a
Speaker 1: late interception, man way to bounce back for Dallas. Goddard
Speaker 1: Injeed so again. He had just thirty four offensive snaps
Speaker 1: the first two games, much more featured than the offense.
Speaker 1: But he had to win to develop a report over
Speaker 1: the summer. You were just waiting to see that transition
Speaker 1: now to game action all right, Last, but not least,
Speaker 1: the player who delivered the game winning score running back
Speaker 1: when Delle Smallwood tied for the team lead in rushing
Speaker 1: yards the game lead in rushing yards with Corey Clement
Speaker 1: with fifty six yards on the ground, but also had
Speaker 1: a big thirty five yard reception, but again from four
Speaker 1: yards out with the Eagles down. How fitting that Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz comes back first game, a fourth quarter, come from
Speaker 1: behind victory, Smallwood again stepping up in the clutch, delivering
Speaker 1: the big score. And it wasn't just the big yards
Speaker 1: he got, it was the yards after context, fighting for
Speaker 1: those extra yards that made his efforts so impressive. Yeah,
Speaker 1: three tough ones to choose from when you look at
Speaker 1: these three guys. I mean when Dale Smallwood had a
Speaker 1: real nice game today, nice job of running hard, running
Speaker 1: with authority. We don't get to see him do this
Speaker 1: very all thing, catch the ball out of the backfield.
Speaker 1: That certainly was a nice thing to see. An then,
Speaker 1: like you mentioned earlier, I just liked the fact that
Speaker 1: he ran with toughness today and sometimes refused to be
Speaker 1: brought down by the first defender. And like you said earlier,
Speaker 1: we've harped on that they took care of the football. Yep. Okay,
Speaker 1: the Eagles had two turnovers. Look, it was I loved
Speaker 1: the emotion that from number eleven bringing that fire to
Speaker 1: the table. But you know, Carson Wentz had the interception
Speaker 1: he had to fumble, you know, when he was hit
Speaker 1: in the backfield there by Marcus Hunt late in the
Speaker 1: game and that led to the sixth points. But the
Speaker 1: running backs on a wet day, rainy day, rain soakedball
Speaker 1: able to do a good job of holding onto it
Speaker 1: to make sure that they didn't you know, complicate things
Speaker 1: that much further for the Eagles offense to try and
Speaker 1: make things tougher because after that first drive, it was
Speaker 1: a tough go of it. It was Eagles offense, but
Speaker 1: they were able to do just enough. And that's the
Speaker 1: biggest thing right now is with this offense, with this team,
Speaker 1: is just stack the wins here in September. You know,
Speaker 1: you look at some of the teams who are and
Speaker 1: two threatening to go oh and three, and at that
Speaker 1: point your season's already over. You know, with a couple
Speaker 1: of ties we've had in the NFL. You're looking at
Speaker 1: the NFC standings early on, some teams are one one
Speaker 1: and one across the board gets a second one, it
Speaker 1: just puts you at a different level. You know, they're
Speaker 1: tie for first place in the East with Washington. That
Speaker 1: would be something to watch it and there's a live
Speaker 1: season left, but you just want to get especially with
Speaker 1: as banged up as the Eagles are on offense right now. Again,
Speaker 1: no Al Sean Jeffrey, you know, no mccollins, no Mic Wall.
Speaker 1: So you know, three guys you were expecting to pretty
Speaker 1: much be three of your top four receivers go into
Speaker 1: the year are out right now. Al John potentially could
Speaker 1: be back next week against Tennessee. That would be great
Speaker 1: to see. But no Jay train, no Sprowles train either today.
Speaker 1: So the young running back trio stepping up in a
Speaker 1: big way. Josh Ams making his NFL debut, Smallwood we
Speaker 1: talked about, and Corey Clement, you know, has been mister everything.
Speaker 1: He was very versatile last week against Tampa Bay and
Speaker 1: did the same thing today, not just contributing an offense,
Speaker 1: but in a huge way on special teams, fulfilling that
Speaker 1: punt return role. So let's take a quick look at
Speaker 1: the standings here in the NFC East. Here at the
Speaker 1: Eagles are up on top now Dallas, they're playing Seattle
Speaker 1: right now. They're the you know, afternoon National game, no
Speaker 1: score in that contest. And the Giants, they're one of
Speaker 1: the teams that was looking at that O and three hole.
Speaker 1: They beat Houston to avoid it, so they are one
Speaker 1: and two and you know they're gonna be lurking. So
Speaker 1: the Eagles have a couple of weeks before they take
Speaker 1: on the Giants in their first divisional matchup of the year,
Speaker 1: And of course you'll see a lot of those division
Speaker 1: matchups late, but interesting to at least get a sense
Speaker 1: of where the team's gonna be fitting in early on
Speaker 1: in Washington. Looks like that with Alex Smith a quarterback,
Speaker 1: they're gonna be in the hunt here in the NFC's yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean the first month of the season, it's difficult
Speaker 1: to really pin down what any team's identity is. I mean,
Speaker 1: with the lack of players that participate in in the preseason,
Speaker 1: and if you have teams that are dealing with injuries
Speaker 1: so you're missing personnel, I think the first month of
Speaker 1: the season and it's it's it's league wide. These coaches
Speaker 1: are trying to figure out what their identity is. They're
Speaker 1: trying to establish an identity. So you're right when you say, hey,
Speaker 1: you gotta stack the wins where you can get them
Speaker 1: at and sitting at two and one right now certainly
Speaker 1: feels a lot better than being at one and two.
Speaker 1: It's a lot of football still left to go. A
Speaker 1: lot of things will change around the NFL as you
Speaker 1: get into October and November and teams trying to set
Speaker 1: themselves up for December. When you're trying to make a
Speaker 1: playoff run right now, you want to be able to
Speaker 1: take care of business at home. And that's exactly what
Speaker 1: the Eagles have been able to do. And I never
Speaker 1: call at fail teams inferioror opponents, because that old saying
Speaker 1: of any given Sunday certainly applies. Just as the Minnesota
Speaker 1: Vikings they lost to the Buffalo Bills today, got routed
Speaker 1: at home against the Bills. So you can't take these
Speaker 1: wins for granted. Certainly the coaches will go back, look
Speaker 1: at the film, look at the video, and there's plenty
Speaker 1: of things to fix. Carson his just his first game.
Speaker 1: He's going to get better from here on out. But again,
Speaker 1: it certainly lets you sleep a lot better when you
Speaker 1: know you've won the ball game that day. Indeed, and
Speaker 1: knowing that number eleven comes out no worse for wear.
Speaker 1: You know that he took those first head and he
Speaker 1: got hit. He got hit today, and you forget that
Speaker 1: not only is this his first game back, but there's
Speaker 1: no preseason right, very little training camp. Okay, it's very
Speaker 1: easily similar to his rookie season where he had the
Speaker 1: first preseason game against Tampa Bay, got the rib injury,
Speaker 1: missed the last three games, and then they traded Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford was like, all right, go out out there and
Speaker 1: lead the way. And what do you do On the
Speaker 1: first drive of that game, led the way for a touchdown,
Speaker 1: capping off to a touchdown thrown to Jordan Matthews. So
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews getting a little bit involved in the offense
Speaker 1: here today and his return to the Eagles nice to see.
Speaker 1: So I'm still getting used to eighty though, right jersey
Speaker 1: for the jersey number, and I see eighty one, I'm
Speaker 1: thinking Matthews, but of course that's kamar Akin at this point.
Speaker 1: But still, it's gonna be interesting to see how they
Speaker 1: can generate these explosive plays in the weeks to come.
Speaker 1: And maybe it's as simple as getting Darren backing a
Speaker 1: giant backing Alshan back and you know those are three
Speaker 1: home run hitters who certainly can provide those for you.
Speaker 1: But you know that's gonna be the thing is, especially
Speaker 1: how does Nelson Agilor's role, how does that develop in
Speaker 1: the weeks to come, because at first you thought he
Speaker 1: was gonna be the slot guy. Now he's being used
Speaker 1: more on the outside and you know, he's been more
Speaker 1: of like, you know, the guy who could take the
Speaker 1: short catches, which he did today and convert them in
Speaker 1: the first down so he could do the jet sweeps
Speaker 1: and you know that was a huge first down. He
Speaker 1: was first down, yes, because he had to fight for
Speaker 1: the yard too, because he caught the ball short. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And if you remember it last weekendst. Tampa Bay, he
Speaker 1: caught the ball, he could have turned up field for
Speaker 1: the first down, danced around a little bit, it got
Speaker 1: tackled short. Well, today this week he's able to get
Speaker 1: the job done. And that was a very huge third
Speaker 1: down conversion for the Eagles. Two third down conversions, I believe,
Speaker 1: actually on that drive for the Eagles team. So nine
Speaker 1: straight wins at home for the Eagles with Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: as a starting quarterback, and we try to pull some
Speaker 1: parallels to the twenty seventeen season. You know, you kind
Speaker 1: of think about Week three of last year was the
Speaker 1: win over the Giants, the Jake Ellett field goal that
Speaker 1: kind of sparks the run and caps you know, gets
Speaker 1: the team rolling. Maybe this is the win that gets
Speaker 1: the team running because you get Carson Wentz back, he
Speaker 1: gets his feet wet, you get the victory, hard faught
Speaker 1: win over you know, a tough Colts team, and maybe
Speaker 1: they take off from here. They can get on a
Speaker 1: little bit of run starting next week against a Tennessee team,
Speaker 1: which you know, talk about pretty wins, ugly wins. They
Speaker 1: beat Jacksonville by a score of nine to six in Jacksonville,
Speaker 1: in Jacksonville, and this is a Jacksonville team that maybe
Speaker 1: it was too high off emotion coming on the win
Speaker 1: over the Patriots, you know, but it's riding the hives
Speaker 1: and the lows. That's the biggest thing is last year
Speaker 1: the Eagles took that Week three win over the Giants
Speaker 1: and they catapulted them into the number one seed in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. We're gonna see where this one leads to here.
Speaker 1: But hopefully there's some magic that's forming here in Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: But the thing is you just see you still see
Speaker 1: the intangibles, that toughness, that fight that made last year's
Speaker 1: team so good, and you're getting contributions from so many
Speaker 1: different players that again that you can weather the storm
Speaker 1: from an injury standpoint, that if you lose a guy
Speaker 1: here or there, it's not gonna overly hurt you for
Speaker 1: the long run. Yeah. I mean, listen, they had a
Speaker 1: chance to deal with this last year, and I don't
Speaker 1: think you can't ask a team to lose the type
Speaker 1: of players they lost last year and go on and
Speaker 1: do what they did. So I don't need to see
Speaker 1: a repeat of that. But it's the NFL, and guys
Speaker 1: are going to get hurt. And Howie Joe Douglas, they've
Speaker 1: done a great job of putting this roster together. I
Speaker 1: think they're always scouring the waiver wire looking for ways
Speaker 1: to improve this team. They'll continue to do that and
Speaker 1: this team is still early. Man. This team is going
Speaker 1: to be so much different a month from now than
Speaker 1: what you see right now, just from a personnel standpoint,
Speaker 1: from a whether or not they're in um um, they're
Speaker 1: in a full like they have the chemistry together right
Speaker 1: because you're just getting Carson back. You can't expect this
Speaker 1: team to be at his best when he's playing his
Speaker 1: first game. Let him get a few games under his belt,
Speaker 1: let him get the rhythm of the offense down again,
Speaker 1: the form of the chemistry with these players. Yeah, he
Speaker 1: used to go with the first team. So like you said,
Speaker 1: you gotta you gotta stack the wins though wherever you can,
Speaker 1: and this team will be at its best. Uh when
Speaker 1: when the end of October gets around here, it's too
Speaker 1: early for him to peak. They aren't peaking right now now.
Speaker 1: They aren't peaking right now. This team is just going
Speaker 1: to get better. And after overcoming what they did last year.
Speaker 1: I don't think injuries will break this team. This team
Speaker 1: knows how to win football games. It almost pulls them
Speaker 1: closer together. Doug does a great job of keeping the
Speaker 1: mindset out of this team in the right place. They
Speaker 1: aren't looking for excuses, they aren't making excuses. It's next
Speaker 1: man up mentality, and that's what you gotta have. What's interesting,
Speaker 1: and it's talking about the defense for a second, twelve
Speaker 1: point four points per game allowed at home coming into today.
Speaker 1: That's dating back to the start of twenty seventeen, including
Speaker 1: the wins in the playoffs over Atlanta in Minnesota gave
Speaker 1: up sixteen today. Yeah, slacking a little bit from that standpoint,
Speaker 1: But okay, side, this defense is so different at home
Speaker 1: versus on the road. And you can't say, well, you know,
Speaker 1: Indianapolis is in a high powered offense. I mean you
Speaker 1: at Atlanta coming in here in week one, you know,
Speaker 1: and not able to put up a lot of points
Speaker 1: on the board. And especially with a veteran quarterback Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl quarterback like Andrew Luck giving short field a couple
Speaker 1: times there in the second half and only having to
Speaker 1: only able to get field goals out of it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this given credit. This defense takes a lot of pride
Speaker 1: playing in front of these fans, and these fans contribute
Speaker 1: to the way that they play. The fact that this fan,
Speaker 1: this fan base knows when to get loud, when to
Speaker 1: make it difficult for the opposing team's offense to be
Speaker 1: able to communicate with each other. All that plays into it.
Speaker 1: And this this this defense and loves playing at home.
Speaker 1: And I'll bet Chris that if you look at the
Speaker 1: numbers for every team around the NFL, they are giving
Speaker 1: up more points on the road than they are at home.
Speaker 1: The disparity for the Eagles. That's the biggest. Yes, but
Speaker 1: it's a huge it's almost ten points now. I will
Speaker 1: say the last couple of games also throw a wrench
Speaker 1: into it because you look at the Super Bowl and
Speaker 1: then it's Ryan Fitzpatrick going bonkers. So the last couple
Speaker 1: of games kind of throw those numbers. You know, at
Speaker 1: least dame back to last season in a bit of
Speaker 1: a lurch, but nonetheless still there's a difference. The thing
Speaker 1: will be, it'll be very interesting to see what the
Speaker 1: Eagles do next week going to Tennessee, which itself not
Speaker 1: a high powered offense, still try and find its way.
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota came back from injury. There was you know,
Speaker 1: some discussion, there were debate whether he was even going
Speaker 1: to play. Today, he gets them the victory. So it
Speaker 1: will be another interesting matchup to file because again it's
Speaker 1: gonna be another non conference opponent. This week's a little
Speaker 1: different because you had Frank Reich, who knew you so well.
Speaker 1: There's no familiarity with Tennessee whatsoever, not with the coaching
Speaker 1: staff really with the personnel just across the board. There's
Speaker 1: gonna be two complete strangers. But the Eagels need to
Speaker 1: go into their house and take care of business in Nashville.
Speaker 1: So kudos again, what's good to Doug Pearson for the
Speaker 1: coaching job he did today. He explained some of the
Speaker 1: key decisions and much more in this one on one
Speaker 1: conversation with Hall of Fame wide receiver Mike Quick. Take
Speaker 1: it away, gentlemen, adulations. I guess we can all risk
Speaker 1: better now. Carson played, he got a hit, and he
Speaker 1: still lives to tell about it. Talk about his performance
Speaker 1: a little bit down, Yeah, I mean, first of all,
Speaker 1: we were excited that that that he's back in the lineup,
Speaker 1: and you know, he's really worked extremely hard to put
Speaker 1: himself in position. So guys were guys were electric. Guy,
Speaker 1: the stadium was was jazzed up, and we introduced him,
Speaker 1: and you know, it just brings for him. I thought,
Speaker 1: I thought there were there were flashes of brilliance and
Speaker 1: then there were there were there were rookie moments, you know,
Speaker 1: and but that's to be expected. He hadn't played in
Speaker 1: you know, having many days and games, and you know
Speaker 1: he's coming off an injury, so uh, it's to be
Speaker 1: to be expected a little bit. But I thought overall,
Speaker 1: he handled himself extremely well. He put us Uh in
Speaker 1: and out of bad plays into good plays and and
Speaker 1: really manage the game that well. I thought, being able
Speaker 1: to shoot the ball down the field um a couple
Speaker 1: of times, you know, Wendelle made a nice catch for him,
Speaker 1: and he hurts late and again, I mean just just
Speaker 1: time and time again he flashed and and that's the
Speaker 1: that's what you like to see about, you know. And
Speaker 1: with Carson, you're talking about Windell and those guys backing
Speaker 1: up Sprows. You don't have Jay Gi, you don't have
Speaker 1: a little bit more about Corey, about Windelle and their performance,
Speaker 1: because I thought they both were really good today. Both
Speaker 1: those guys, I mean, we ask a lot. They're they're
Speaker 1: they're core special teams players and then they're also situational guys,
Speaker 1: role players on offense. And you know, these two guys
Speaker 1: are very special with this offens and you know, we
Speaker 1: were down Jay, we were down Scrolls, as you said,
Speaker 1: but two guys that just don't really care. I mean,
Speaker 1: they just want to play ball and they love playing ball,
Speaker 1: being out there and whatever they can do to help
Speaker 1: this football team win. And it was really exciting for
Speaker 1: both of those guys to for me to see them
Speaker 1: both and how hard they ran um and then of
Speaker 1: course when Dale to score at the end to give
Speaker 1: us a lead, scars and bring a different energy to
Speaker 1: this offense, to this football team. He does and and
Speaker 1: and it might not be in words, but but it's
Speaker 1: more in his actions. It's how how he can escape
Speaker 1: the pocket and and extend plays with his legs and
Speaker 1: you know, keep his eyes down the field and make
Speaker 1: some good throws down it. And that's where the energy
Speaker 1: a lot a lot of the times comes from. And
Speaker 1: he's a great leader, you know obviously in the locker
Speaker 1: room and on the team, but um, just an exciting
Speaker 1: player to have back on offense. Tough to win when
Speaker 1: you have turnovers. You had two, but your defense only
Speaker 1: gave up to field goal six points in those situations.
Speaker 1: How big was that that your defense stood up? Yeah,
Speaker 1: our defense is playing extra well red zone defense, especially
Speaker 1: you know here at the Lank. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: I think ten possessions and only only two scorer. So yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's tremendous that they they bow their neck and
Speaker 1: a half to And you know, conversely, offensively, we can't
Speaker 1: turn the ball over that deep in our our on
Speaker 1: our zone. But we have a lot of confidence that
Speaker 1: our defense is going to hold him to at least
Speaker 1: a field goal. And um, obviously the field gets restricted
Speaker 1: and and lanes get tighter, things get things get a
Speaker 1: little bit faster down there. But our guys rise to
Speaker 1: the occasion to a nice job. Fletcher Cox is always
Speaker 1: a constant on that defense. But today Derek Boynett was outstanding.
Speaker 1: He's really becoming a run stop. Are you want to
Speaker 1: talk a little bit about what he brings. Derek's just
Speaker 1: a one. He's a great person. He's a great kid,
Speaker 1: and I we're so excited to have him. And and
Speaker 1: you know again, somewhere in ninety six is going to
Speaker 1: show up in a football game. And he did it
Speaker 1: several times today. And I came up with the big
Speaker 1: play at the end of the game to help us, um,
Speaker 1: you know, win this football game. And you know again,
Speaker 1: he's an unselfish player. He just loves to play, wants
Speaker 1: to be out there. If he asked him to play
Speaker 1: special teams, he will. You know, if you want to
Speaker 1: rush the pastor he will. You want to rotate him,
Speaker 1: he will. I mean, he's just whatever he can do
Speaker 1: to help us win. Football games, and he's just uh,
Speaker 1: he's a great kid, great athlete, and and really brings
Speaker 1: a little energy to that defense. Is it any more
Speaker 1: difficult that it's Frank right on the other side and
Speaker 1: one of your dear friends. You know, once you's once
Speaker 1: you kick it off and and and start playing games,
Speaker 1: you really don't think about it. But leading up to it,
Speaker 1: you know, it was exciting to see him, and and uh,
Speaker 1: he's gonna have a lot of success in Indianapolis. And
Speaker 1: there's a good football team, a good quarterback, and you
Speaker 1: can definitely see by the way they play. They play hard.
Speaker 1: They play hard for Frank, and that's a tribute to
Speaker 1: him and what he's brought to that organization. And and
Speaker 1: just it was exciting to see him. But I'm glad
Speaker 1: we came out on top. Thanks coach. Enjoyed to win.
Speaker 1: Thanks quick, Thanks Doug and Mike, and see if you
Speaker 1: got to do a one on one interview with the coach.
Speaker 1: The jacket goes back on. Oh, of course, that's the
Speaker 1: biggest thing. Okay, you can't slash for that whatsoever. So
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Speaker 1: one of the biggest plays that led to the Eagles victory.
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Speaker 1: to the postgame Show presented by Rico. Again. We're gonna
Speaker 1: have the Rico review one of the biggest film breakdowns
Speaker 1: from the key plays that led to the win today.
Speaker 1: Coming Cursey of fran Duffine and Greg ho Sell in
Speaker 1: just a little bit. But let's take a look at
Speaker 1: the upcoming schedule. As we talked about next week, the
Speaker 1: Eagles are going to head to Tennessee to take on
Speaker 1: the Titans again. Tennessee getting the nine to six win
Speaker 1: today over Jacksonville. Marcus Mariota a grand total of one
Speaker 1: hundred passing yards in the outing NAL offense on either
Speaker 1: side of the ball. So that's gonna be a fun
Speaker 1: one for you guys to breakdown Eagles game plan this
Speaker 1: upcoming week. Yeah, and it's really been the way for
Speaker 1: three weeks for this Tennessee's all. They can't find any
Speaker 1: type of rhythm in their passing game. Corey Davis through
Speaker 1: three weeks has been a little disappointing for them. Rachard
Speaker 1: Matthews still fighting back from the injuries has not been
Speaker 1: a big part of the offense. The running game has
Speaker 1: really carried them, and their defenses carried them. Mike Rabel
Speaker 1: was the head coach. He's gonna want to make that
Speaker 1: team into a defensive team. So it's not surprising to
Speaker 1: me that that's really how they've been able to win. Thus.
Speaker 1: Part of this earlier part of the season is because
Speaker 1: of their defense. Offense isn't explosive. You know, you got
Speaker 1: the big back and Derek Henry, and you got Dion Lewis,
Speaker 1: who we all are familiar with, former Patriot, former Eagle
Speaker 1: now in Tennessee. We have to watch watch out for him.
Speaker 1: But you know, this is one of those games where
Speaker 1: the defense could get healthy on the road. We talked
Speaker 1: about a second ago how the defense plays a lot
Speaker 1: different at home versus being on the road. I'd be
Speaker 1: I'd be a little concerned if this Tennessee offense put
Speaker 1: up a bunch of points on us. But at least
Speaker 1: going into the Tampa Bay you saw what they did
Speaker 1: to you knew what they could do. Yeah, we talked
Speaker 1: about that pass catching group arguably the best in the NFL.
Speaker 1: You knew the potential was there and They've got some
Speaker 1: nice players. You like Corey Davis, you like Derek Henry Mariota,
Speaker 1: we all love before that draft, but they have not
Speaker 1: been able to play it together. That's the biggest thing
Speaker 1: with them. So after Tennessee, not looking too far ahead,
Speaker 1: Eagles come back home to take on Minnesota and then
Speaker 1: finally a division showdown with the New York Giants. But
Speaker 1: the thing is, you look at the upcoming schedule, those
Speaker 1: games we showcase there, you know, really no losing teams.
Speaker 1: That's the thing all five hundred and above. When you
Speaker 1: look at Minnesota was first one. Two, Giants are one
Speaker 1: and two. Take that back, they got their first one today,
Speaker 1: But I look at the Panthers and the Jacks both
Speaker 1: two and one, So you know, the one losing team
Speaker 1: is your division rival, which you know is gonna be
Speaker 1: and a Thursday night game, yeah, so you know, and
Speaker 1: coming off an emotional game against Minnesota, which you don't
Speaker 1: know what Viking team you're gonna get because you figured
Speaker 1: they're gonna to come in red hot because they're gonna
Speaker 1: want to amend what happened in the championship game last year.
Speaker 1: Yet today they lose by twenty one at home to Buffalo,
Speaker 1: which hadn't been able to muster anything on offense with
Speaker 1: its best player, shitty McCoy on the sideline. Yeah, the
Speaker 1: next two weeks for the Vikings will be interesting. They
Speaker 1: have a short week. They have to go out to
Speaker 1: La to play the Rams this Thursday. Then they get
Speaker 1: ten days off before they come back to play US. Right,
Speaker 1: they get ten days off before they come back here
Speaker 1: to play and that'll be on the road for the Vikings.
Speaker 1: So the Vikings could be looking at a one three
Speaker 1: and one start. They could could be and that's one
Speaker 1: of the teams at the beginning of the season that's
Speaker 1: gonna be one of the teams in the championship. Hunts
Speaker 1: lost the day, bad lost, isn't bad loss today? Well
Speaker 1: it wasn't even close. Yeah, that's the thing is it's
Speaker 1: one thing if you lose twenty one twenty and you know,
Speaker 1: things didn't go your way. They just got the doors
Speaker 1: blowing off at home. It was twenty seven nothing before
Speaker 1: they were even get points on the board. So again,
Speaker 1: speaking of the biggest play that led to the Eagles victory,
Speaker 1: let's sit it over to the film room. It's the
Speaker 1: Rico review with great co Sell and fran Duffy providing
Speaker 1: the XS and o's analysis to how the Eagles came
Speaker 1: out victorious. So the Eagles go up twenty to sixteen,
Speaker 1: but this game is far from over. Andrew Lux got
Speaker 1: the football, They've got all their timeouts. They drive down
Speaker 1: the field. We're geting out of nervous a little bit,
Speaker 1: a little bit. Four cracks at the end zone here
Speaker 1: from inside the ten yard line. Familiar territory now by
Speaker 1: this point for the Eagles defense. But they come up
Speaker 1: with a big stop, Dirt Barnett with a huge sack
Speaker 1: on fourth down. But it starts with some coverage. And
Speaker 1: what it's interesting here is that the Colts come out
Speaker 1: and they give the Eagles something to think about because
Speaker 1: it's a thirteen personnel set in one back, three tight ends,
Speaker 1: and all three tight ends to one side, which is
Speaker 1: an alert for boot to that side. So you have
Speaker 1: to be aware of that it's boot to that side,
Speaker 1: and its levels. Whether you want to call it smash
Speaker 1: or not, it's levels. It's a shorter route and it's
Speaker 1: a route, a corner route in the back of the
Speaker 1: end zone, and you have to be and normally there
Speaker 1: could be a back as well. Involved in this, so
Speaker 1: you have to be aware of that. It's an alert
Speaker 1: for that kind of thing. At least that's what you think.
Speaker 1: That's what you think. That's what they want you to think,
Speaker 1: because that's not what the play was. Ultimately, what the
Speaker 1: play was going to be was a little bit of
Speaker 1: boot action by luck and a throwback to Eric Ebron
Speaker 1: working across the formation, and the Eagles actually did a
Speaker 1: good job defending Ebron. But that's what this play was.
Speaker 1: It was actually kind of a cool play for a
Speaker 1: fourth down play, no question. So we know that Derek
Speaker 1: Barnett has lined up at right defense, He's gone, Yeah,
Speaker 1: Camu gruget Hill ends up playing a big part of this.
Speaker 1: So let's let this play run. Yeah, and we'll get
Speaker 1: to see exactly how this unfolds. Yeah, And you can
Speaker 1: see as we start this play if you focus on
Speaker 1: Ebron now working across right about here, perfect because what
Speaker 1: happens there's Ebron working across. See, they're counting on the
Speaker 1: fact that all the action is working to the other
Speaker 1: side of the formation. But gruge Hill, you hit it
Speaker 1: right on the head. He does a great job. In fact,
Speaker 1: his eyes go right to Ebron. This is really good
Speaker 1: because this throw, even if Barnett did not get any pressure,
Speaker 1: this throw was not likely to be there. But Barnett
Speaker 1: beats La Raven Clark and we can run this and
Speaker 1: you can see what happens. And this was so so
Speaker 1: big because even though the Colts would get the ball
Speaker 1: back because of this play, you're at the twenty yard
Speaker 1: line and the Eagles then when they had to punt
Speaker 1: after the three and out, instead of punting from deep
Speaker 1: in their own end zone potentially and giving the Colts
Speaker 1: a short field with which to maybe score a touchdown
Speaker 1: as time ran out, so to speak, they then had
Speaker 1: to march down the length of the field and that
Speaker 1: really saved the game. So this was a big time
Speaker 1: play not only by Derek Barnett, but great defensive recognition overall.
Speaker 1: And make sure to chake out the fall All twenty
Speaker 1: two review coming up tomorrow morning here on Philadelphia Eagles
Speaker 1: dot Com and the Eagles app. So before we wrap
Speaker 1: things up here, biggest takeaway from the Eagles twenty to
Speaker 1: sixty win over the Colts number eleven back fully healthy,
Speaker 1: took some took some shots out there. He had a
Speaker 1: chance to show his athleticism. I was able to extend
Speaker 1: plays with his legs, dove for a big first down
Speaker 1: early in the game. That's my biggest takeaway from the game.
Speaker 1: You just didn't know how he was gonna look out
Speaker 1: there today. And he showed no type of lingering effects
Speaker 1: from that knee injury. That's the biggest takeaway. And he
Speaker 1: ended the game upright, so still healthy. That is the
Speaker 1: biggest takeaway from me. Didn't see the signature first down celebration,
Speaker 1: That's the only thing that was missing, especially that one
Speaker 1: where he ran to the sideline. It got the first
Speaker 1: down that I was waiting for that to come out,
Speaker 1: and I was like, you'll bring it back now next week.
Speaker 1: Next we gotta wait another week. Yeah, I would go
Speaker 1: with the defense here. Obviously never eleven is the biggest storyline,
Speaker 1: but hey, the defense bouncing back in the big way again.
Speaker 1: Two short field situations in the second half health the
Speaker 1: Colts of field goals and both opportunities. Colts of two
Speaker 1: opportunities at the end of the game to win it.
Speaker 1: Derek Barnett coming up with a sack which we just
Speaker 1: showed in the RICO review, and then Jacoby Bursts hail
Speaker 1: Mary falling incomplete in the end zone. Securing the win
Speaker 1: for the Eagles on a day when they knew the offense.
Speaker 1: Maybe we'll get some some things going with Carson Wentz,
Speaker 1: but overall wasn't going to be explosive. You had to
Speaker 1: expect the rust and the ups and downs throughout the
Speaker 1: course of the game. The defense stood tall in a
Speaker 1: huge way against a veteran quarterback who was finding his
Speaker 1: way back after missing all of twenty seventeen with an injury,
Speaker 1: but nonetheless defense bouncing back in a big way after
Speaker 1: last week's disappointing effort against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Again.
Speaker 1: You can hear this man on the afternoons on Sports
Speaker 1: Radio ninety four WIP along with John Marks and certainly
Speaker 1: a lot of great things to talk about. Celebrating the win.
Speaker 1: We're gonna have Doug Pearson's press conference for you tomorrow
Speaker 1: at noon right here in Philadelphia Eagles dot Com, the
Speaker 1: Eagles app, and all of our social media channels. And
Speaker 1: then at the end of the day, Molly Sullivan will
Speaker 1: have Eagles three sixty presented Bikes Fanny for a complete
Speaker 1: wrap up of all the news that goes on with
Speaker 1: the team. So for all of us here at the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, Ike Greece and Fran Duffy and Great Cosell,
Speaker 1: the entire team. I'm Chris McPherson. You've been watching the
Speaker 1: postgame show presented by Rico. The Eagles victorious by a
Speaker 1: score of twenty to sixteen. Everyone have a great Eagles night.