Speaker 1: Hello everyone, We welcome you to Eagles three sixty on
Speaker 1: this beautiful Thursday at the Novercare Complex. Dave Spidero and
Speaker 1: Glenn mac now and the Eagles ready for the high
Speaker 1: flying Atlanta Falcons have the number one scoring team in
Speaker 1: the National Football League. The Eagles defense allowing just nine
Speaker 1: points per game in three wins at Lincoln Financial Field.
Speaker 1: Glenn mac now, something is going to give. Well, I
Speaker 1: think both defenses are gonna give, Dave, but I think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a very high scoring game. We know
Speaker 1: how powerful Atlanta's offense is, perhaps the best in the league.
Speaker 1: On the other hand, they have given up the second
Speaker 1: most passing yards per game in the league. You can
Speaker 1: throw on them with success. So I think all afternoon
Speaker 1: the Lincoln Financial Field, that spheroid is going to be
Speaker 1: going down the field. And the question if that's the case,
Speaker 1: and we will get to Glenn mcnell's bold predictions season
Speaker 1: a very bold mood today, then can Eagles win a
Speaker 1: shootout against the Falcons? Theoretically they can. What this team
Speaker 1: has to show, this quarterback, this coach, this offense is
Speaker 1: that they can come through at crunch time. They've been
Speaker 1: very good at home all year. That's great winning blowouts.
Speaker 1: What about a close game? What about a one touchdown game?
Speaker 1: Can the Eagles score in the fourth quarter? That's what
Speaker 1: we're gonna find out. The second half of the twenty
Speaker 1: sixteen irregular season begins against the Atlanta Falcons, and we've
Speaker 1: got you all cut up on this busy Thursday. First
Speaker 1: things first, the three sixty update Alex Smith as the
Speaker 1: coordinators meet the media. Hi, everyone, I'm Alex Smith here
Speaker 1: with your three sixty update. Well, as the Eagles prepare
Speaker 1: to take on a Falcons offense that leads the league
Speaker 1: in points per game at thirty three point nine. One
Speaker 1: of the names that jumps off the page Atlanta is
Speaker 1: wide receiver Julio Jones, who leads the NFL with nine
Speaker 1: hundred and seventy receiving yards to go along with five
Speaker 1: touchdown receptions. Today, we heard from Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz,
Speaker 1: as well as from some players inside the locker room
Speaker 1: about how to take Julio out of the Falcon's game plan.
Speaker 1: All those big guys, even when they're covered, they're still open,
Speaker 1: you know, because they're catching radius is so big, they're
Speaker 1: so strong, they're so physical, they can jump, and he's
Speaker 1: great after the catch. That's really big, great vertical threat.
Speaker 1: They move them around a lot, so you have to
Speaker 1: be very aware where he is and just that after
Speaker 1: the catch part of his game really presents a challenge.
Speaker 1: It's competing each and every play. You you don't even
Speaker 1: want a guy like that to get the ball in
Speaker 1: his hand because that's when he's most dangerous. So for serious,
Speaker 1: it's competing each and every play. You know, you don't
Speaker 1: want to go out there playing scared or timmy, and
Speaker 1: I mean that's when he's going to eat your a
Speaker 1: lot for sure. Meanwhile, we also heard from Eagles offensive
Speaker 1: coordinator Frank Reich as well as from center Jason Kelsey
Speaker 1: on the curve in state of the Eagles offensive line
Speaker 1: and where they need to improve this week against Atlanta.
Speaker 1: I really think the guys that played well. I think
Speaker 1: in the off season, you know, I know how he
Speaker 1: had said, Hey, one of our priorities was to improve
Speaker 1: at that position, at the offensive line position. Let's get
Speaker 1: some depth there. Let's get some guys that we can
Speaker 1: develop into long term starters. And I think that's paying dividends.
Speaker 1: I think that that was the right move and I
Speaker 1: think it's showing itself in the way it's playing out. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, anytime you can control the line of scrimmage,
Speaker 1: it makes it easier on a quarterback, makes it easier
Speaker 1: on an offensive line, makes it easier on a play caller.
Speaker 1: Generally speaking, when the offensive lines played well. This year,
Speaker 1: we've we've done pretty well in those games. So all
Speaker 1: we can do is just squa out there, try and
Speaker 1: give him as much time as he needs to throw
Speaker 1: the ball to make sure that he feels comfortable back there.
Speaker 1: And if we can get a ground game goaling, obviously
Speaker 1: that'd be even better. All right, Well, that will wrap
Speaker 1: things up here from the Novacare Complex. We have full
Speaker 1: press conferences from Jim Schwartz and Frank Reich, as well
Speaker 1: as our sound from inside the Eagles locker room. You
Speaker 1: can check all of that out right here on Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles dot Com, the official Eagles Mobile app. Thank you
Speaker 1: so much, Alex. You know left unset here as we've
Speaker 1: discussed the offense at nauseum and Carson Wentz, is third
Speaker 1: downs still an issue and nobody really has an answer?
Speaker 1: And then the red zone, nobody really has an answer. Yes,
Speaker 1: the answer for third down is don't be third and eight,
Speaker 1: yea be third and two. But I mean that really
Speaker 1: is the answer. You know, their third down conversion rate
Speaker 1: is very low, but really one of the reasons that
Speaker 1: it's so low is because they're in tough spots and
Speaker 1: third down. If they can run the ball more effectively
Speaker 1: on first, second down, make a third and four, third
Speaker 1: and two, they'll have a better chance to make it.
Speaker 1: See how cocky he is today. He's got these bold
Speaker 1: predictions all lined up right. Well, we're gonna get to
Speaker 1: those bold predictions. We're gonna talk about the Atlanta Falcons
Speaker 1: as well when we go behind enemy lines with d
Speaker 1: Orlando led Better. But when we return to Eagles three sixty,
Speaker 1: we're going to talk to a key member of the
Speaker 1: Eagles secondary cornerback Nolan Carroll has the well, I guess
Speaker 1: it's an enviable task. He's going to see a lot
Speaker 1: of Julio Jones on Sunday number eleven, That's what everybody
Speaker 1: wanted to on Sunday has nine hundred and seventy receiving
Speaker 1: yards already on pace for nearly two thousand of them
Speaker 1: this year. What do the Eagles have in store for
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons on defense. We'll talk about it when
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Speaker 1: now to talk about the Eagles defense. Cornerback Nolan Carroll.
Speaker 1: He have the remarkable, sensational, improbable how did he do it?
Speaker 1: Interception on Sunday against the New York Giants? Nolan, welcome,
Speaker 1: and I got to ask you about this play. So
Speaker 1: did you catch the ball? Yes? I did catch the ball.
Speaker 1: Did you take it from Odb's grasp? Yes? I did.
Speaker 1: I felt him kind of get loose to the ball
Speaker 1: as just coming down to the ground, and you know,
Speaker 1: I just kind of just ripped it and made sure
Speaker 1: our head onto it when we were going down. Is
Speaker 1: it something you're taught to just always keep going after
Speaker 1: the football. I mean, it really was a bang bang play.
Speaker 1: It was in tight space. I mean it was a
Speaker 1: really truly incredible play. I mean, have you watched the
Speaker 1: taping kind of dissected everything? Not really, you know, I
Speaker 1: just you know, we're just taught to always fight down
Speaker 1: to the ground, and you know that's what I've done,
Speaker 1: or that's what I did, and you know, make sure
Speaker 1: that I just tried to come up with the football.
Speaker 1: You know that at that point in time in the game,
Speaker 1: you know, we needed to play and no, lucky enough
Speaker 1: we were able to step up and do something with
Speaker 1: that and give her offense back the ball. No, we're
Speaker 1: eight games into the season here, how do you think
Speaker 1: the defense has performed through the first half of the year.
Speaker 1: I think we've done good, but we still have a
Speaker 1: lot of room to improve. You know, if you you
Speaker 1: really look at the games where that that we've lost,
Speaker 1: you know, we've kind of let you know, the opponent's
Speaker 1: office kind of get started with what they're doing and
Speaker 1: not get them off script. And that's what's kind of
Speaker 1: hurt us as a defense. And you know what we
Speaker 1: like to do is kind of set the temple on
Speaker 1: defense and get them off schedule. And really that starts
Speaker 1: by stopping the run. And you see the teams that
Speaker 1: have been able to kind of get the ball moving
Speaker 1: on us a little bit, that that opens up, you know,
Speaker 1: their offense, and that kind of puts us beyond the
Speaker 1: eight ball. So, you know, every every time we go
Speaker 1: into a game, we just want to try and stop
Speaker 1: that first, because once we stop that first, it really
Speaker 1: helps us in the back end to to be able
Speaker 1: to you know, really know that Hey, they're off schedule,
Speaker 1: so they got to kind of scramble and figure out
Speaker 1: other things they need to do. So you know, right
Speaker 1: now for these next eight games, we really have to
Speaker 1: tighten up and and really put put everything on us
Speaker 1: right now as a defense. We know that these eight
Speaker 1: games are our crucial for us. You know, the last
Speaker 1: three games I think our division game. So now we
Speaker 1: just want to take a game by game right now,
Speaker 1: it starts with Atlanta, and you know, we just want
Speaker 1: to set the temple with it. What is it like
Speaker 1: in the locker room now? How would you describe the
Speaker 1: mood of everybody? I think the move is pretty good.
Speaker 1: You know, we know we're sitting well right now four
Speaker 1: and four. A lot of teams would like to be
Speaker 1: four and for right now. You know, we've gone through
Speaker 1: ups and downs, We've gone through a lot of learning experiences,
Speaker 1: and I think this past Sunday it was a good
Speaker 1: learning experience for us. It is one that that kind
Speaker 1: of hurt us, and you know, I think we can
Speaker 1: grow from this and I think it's really made us closer.
Speaker 1: You know, we're in the locker room, you know, we
Speaker 1: all we all knew we could have won that game.
Speaker 1: You know, we we were one to play away from
Speaker 1: from winning that game. There were a couple of plays
Speaker 1: that we could have made throughout the duration of that
Speaker 1: game that you know, really could have put us in
Speaker 1: the win. And just kind of looking back at the
Speaker 1: four games that we did lose, it wasn't like we
Speaker 1: got blown out. It was stuff that we did to ourselves.
Speaker 1: And we understand that, and we know that, you know,
Speaker 1: going forward, we can't continue to keep shooting ourselves in
Speaker 1: the foot early and get into these holes where we
Speaker 1: got to battle and claude to get out of it
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter or kind of you know, gas
Speaker 1: and drains. We can't have that again. And we know that,
Speaker 1: and you know, this week in practice is just really
Speaker 1: the focus is to start fast and not make mistakes.
Speaker 1: And you know, I think people don't recognize or respect
Speaker 1: out there how hard it is to win in the NFL.
Speaker 1: I mean it's really hard, really good players, all of them.
Speaker 1: Is there something you just have to do and then
Speaker 1: you all of a sudden gain confidence in closing out games.
Speaker 1: I mean, how does a team go from losing close
Speaker 1: games to winning close games? It's really about trusting the
Speaker 1: process and the stuff that you've done in day in
Speaker 1: and day out, you know, from OTAs in the training camp.
Speaker 1: You've got to continue to trust that process. And you know,
Speaker 1: when games start to get hard, that's when you got
Speaker 1: to fall back on your fundamental as your technique because
Speaker 1: those are things that has helped you before, you know,
Speaker 1: and I think a lot of people kind of lose
Speaker 1: sight of that, They lose sight of what the work
Speaker 1: that they put in, you know, up to that to
Speaker 1: that point. And I think that for us, we just
Speaker 1: got to continually just trust the process, continually trust, continually
Speaker 1: trust coach Schwartz, you know, FIP, our coordinators. You know,
Speaker 1: we've got to everybody has to trust each other here
Speaker 1: and to get it right, and you know we will.
Speaker 1: We have a lot of confidence in each other. We
Speaker 1: have a lot of trust in each other, and we
Speaker 1: know that we have a great football team. So right now,
Speaker 1: like I said, it's just about not shooting ourselves in
Speaker 1: the foot and taking a week by week. Atlanta is
Speaker 1: the opponent on Sunday. Julio Jones is a remarkable wide
Speaker 1: receiver having a great season. As you watch him, what
Speaker 1: do you see? You know, he's just an athlete. You
Speaker 1: just see a guy that's just you know, really just
Speaker 1: a freaking nature. And Matt Ryan's trying to get in
Speaker 1: the ball anyway possible. You know, he's fast, he's big,
Speaker 1: he's athletic, he runs great routes. You know, you don't
Speaker 1: see that from too many big wide receivers. He's able
Speaker 1: to get in and out of his breaks, you know,
Speaker 1: just easily, you know, and you don't see that from
Speaker 1: from guys like that. I think he's just a rare talent.
Speaker 1: And you just look at their offense as a whole.
Speaker 1: They're running the ball well. You know, Matt Ryan is
Speaker 1: having an MVP season, Julio is having an MVP season.
Speaker 1: They have two great running backs right now that are good.
Speaker 1: So for us, we have to boy up. You know,
Speaker 1: it's a big task for us. I think they have
Speaker 1: the number one scoring offense in the league, and you know,
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a great task for us. It's something
Speaker 1: that you know, we can't wait to get on the
Speaker 1: field and start practicing. And seeing these guys on Sunday,
Speaker 1: I find it kind of humorous. You know, every week,
Speaker 1: reporters crowd around your locker and they ask you about
Speaker 1: this great wide receiver and The truth is that every
Speaker 1: week you faced the great receiver and Julio might be
Speaker 1: at a different level, but every so it's all short
Speaker 1: term memory with you, no one. I mean, you're just
Speaker 1: really just rise to the moment kind of I accept
Speaker 1: this challenge kind of guy. Yeah, definitely, especially this year.
Speaker 1: You know, the corners are kind of we got a
Speaker 1: lot of responsibility this year, and you know we're left
Speaker 1: out by ourselves, and you know, we're fine with that.
Speaker 1: We know that mindset. We know that every single week
Speaker 1: we're going to have a new challenge, and you know
Speaker 1: we embrace that. We're not scared of it. You know,
Speaker 1: we want to compete for sixty minutes and if we
Speaker 1: get beat on the play, it's going to happen in
Speaker 1: this league. You know, those receivers are great receivers, you know.
Speaker 1: But one thing about us is we don't let the
Speaker 1: last play effect us for the next play. We continue
Speaker 1: to battle until the end of the game. And I
Speaker 1: think that's why we have such a great group. So
Speaker 1: you know, this week is no different. It's another great
Speaker 1: receiver coming in and you know we're up to the
Speaker 1: task at hand. The goal here, obviously then still is
Speaker 1: to make the play else and see what happens. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's still our mindset has not changed at all. We
Speaker 1: know we're still right there and the think of things,
Speaker 1: you know, and we know that we can easily get
Speaker 1: this thing turned around. So our mindset is still the same,
Speaker 1: like I said, and just because of what happened Sunday
Speaker 1: did not derail us at all. From from one and
Speaker 1: go to the playoffs. Last question, Odell Beckham's one kind
Speaker 1: of receiver, Julio Jones is another kind. Do you have
Speaker 1: to play them differently? Styles differently? Um, I say, just
Speaker 1: a little bit. You just you have to have certain
Speaker 1: plans for certain guys, and you Nodell is a certain
Speaker 1: plan you have to have against. Julio is a certain
Speaker 1: plan you have to have against. And it just goes
Speaker 1: like that. Week by week you kind of tweak things
Speaker 1: here and there, but you know, you just got to
Speaker 1: change up a little bit just because of their skills. Het. Oh,
Speaker 1: thanks so much. Good luck on Sunday beat the Falcons.
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Speaker 1: he's been rammy all day, so it's time to let
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Speaker 1: and three of his five bold predictions the other two
Speaker 1: coming on our kickoff show on Sunday. Right here we go,
Speaker 1: Dave yep Bold prediction number one, Carson Wentz is going
Speaker 1: to throw for three touchdown passes on Sunday. Now, he's
Speaker 1: now got the Eagles all time rookie record with nine
Speaker 1: in the season. He is going to be working on
Speaker 1: putting this out of reach for whatever fifth grade superstar
Speaker 1: in the Midwest is now racking up some numbers. He's
Speaker 1: gonna throw for a lot of yards, a lot of touchdowns.
Speaker 1: This it's weird in this day and age. That is
Speaker 1: a bold prediction when you have the Falcons coming in
Speaker 1: three touchdown Yeah. I know he hasn't done it this year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I know you won't think this one's bold at all. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: this one may not be super bold, but I do
Speaker 1: believe in this one. Matt Ryan is gonna throw for
Speaker 1: more than three hundred and fifty yards against the Eagles secondary.
Speaker 1: Maybe not that bold. He's averaging about three hundred and
Speaker 1: fifteen this year, but we know this secondary has a
Speaker 1: tough time. He is that good this year. Twenty three touchdowns,
Speaker 1: four interceptions, one hundred and nineteen QB rating. As I
Speaker 1: said to you earlier, it's gonna be a day where
Speaker 1: that ball is gonna be flying on the field. I'll
Speaker 1: take the under on that. Glenn Okay, I think Jim
Speaker 1: Schwartz will come up with a pretty involved defensive scheme.
Speaker 1: I think, really the Eagles understand just how important this
Speaker 1: football game is and how important the defense is. They've
Speaker 1: got to dominate, and we say it every week at
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage for this defense to be really good.
Speaker 1: They didn't do it last week, but the defense continued
Speaker 1: to battle. Had two takeaways in the fourth quarter against
Speaker 1: Eli Manning. I think the Eagles will be a surprisingly pesky,
Speaker 1: physical and aggressive defense. I think the Eagles defense comes
Speaker 1: up with his best game. Here, got right down. Pesky
Speaker 1: not an adjective you see that often. There you go, Okay,
Speaker 1: here you go. Number three, Caleb Sturgis is gonna be
Speaker 1: one of the stars of this game. He's gonna nail
Speaker 1: a long one, let's say longer than forty seven yards.
Speaker 1: This presumes that the coach is gonna let him kick
Speaker 1: it on fourth down from the thirty yard line. Let's
Speaker 1: say he does that may be fired. Well, let's find
Speaker 1: out what happens. That may be the play that decides
Speaker 1: the game. Because Dave Spinnaro, my Extra Bowl prediction for
Speaker 1: you is, I think this game is going to be
Speaker 1: within three points. I think it's gonna be a real
Speaker 1: close game. Check out the rest of Glenn mcnow's bold
Speaker 1: predictions on the Exalta kickoff show Nude on Sunday on
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Speaker 1: the Eagles prepare for the Atlanta Falcons. Thank you very much, Glenn,
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Speaker 1: aside and turn it over to Chris McPherson. Behind Enemy Lines,
Speaker 1: He goes to Atlanta and talks to the veteran scribe
Speaker 1: from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, d Orlando led Better. Hello,
Speaker 1: Egos fans, I'm Chris McPherson and welcome to Behind Enemy Lines,
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Speaker 1: Showdown this Sunday at the link and to preview the
Speaker 1: matchup between the Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons, who lead
Speaker 1: the NFC South. Let's welcome in d Orlando Ledbetter from
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Orlando. My first question for you
Speaker 1: is this last year the Falcons golf to a red
Speaker 1: hot five and oh start. This year there's six and three,
Speaker 1: but they'd be seen to be playing better football than
Speaker 1: they did at the midway point of last year. What
Speaker 1: has been the biggest difference. Well, they've clearly diversified the offense, Chris.
Speaker 1: Last year they were leaning heavily on Julio Jones and
Speaker 1: DeVante Freeman here early on. But we've seen some games
Speaker 1: where Julio only catches two or three balls and they're
Speaker 1: still able to win because Matt Ryan is spreading the
Speaker 1: ball around to at least seven receivers on a weekly basis.
Speaker 1: He's had games of nine and ten receivers catching passes.
Speaker 1: And with so many weapons out there room in the field,
Speaker 1: teams have not been able to key in and stop
Speaker 1: or shut down the offense. They're so diversified that has
Speaker 1: been very, very difficult for teams to stop Orlando. Matt
Speaker 1: Ryan is playing at an MVP type level, leads the
Speaker 1: league in passing yards. Is as simple as the diversification
Speaker 1: of the offense that's leading to his success or what
Speaker 1: do you think it's been the biggest key to his
Speaker 1: resurgence here in twenty sixteen. Yeah, And addition to that diversification,
Speaker 1: there's clearly been a meeting of the minds between Matt
Speaker 1: Ryan and offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. Last year was clear
Speaker 1: that they weren't on the same page with ours to
Speaker 1: how to attack defenses. Ryan's a great no huddle quarterback.
Speaker 1: They didn't run much no huddle last year. This year,
Speaker 1: Kyle has incorporated that attack they call it the turbo
Speaker 1: attack into the offense where Matt can operate from that
Speaker 1: offense and attack defenses. Also, they're not throwing routes that
Speaker 1: you know, don't fit his skill set. You know, there's
Speaker 1: still some things that you know Matt's not that don't
Speaker 1: consider to be his strength, you know, the bootlegs and
Speaker 1: the roadouts, but that's the design of the offense and
Speaker 1: he's still been able to do that part of it.
Speaker 1: But so there's clearly been a meeting other minds between
Speaker 1: him and Kyle Shanahan, the offensive coordinator, and Julio and
Speaker 1: all the receivers that brought in and the surprise of
Speaker 1: the whole group has been the tight ends and how
Speaker 1: they've been able to contribute to the passing attack. Orlando,
Speaker 1: I want to ask you about the group of wide
Speaker 1: receivers because last year and that Monday and eight opener
Speaker 1: down there at the Georgia Dome, Julio Joe had a
Speaker 1: huge game, was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week.
Speaker 1: But how important was it for the Falcons who upgrade
Speaker 1: the number two wide receiver position and bringing hit Mohammed
Speaker 1: Sanu in free agency and then letting it Roddy White go. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was a big one. You know, Roddy White was
Speaker 1: all time leading receiver down here and you know, widely
Speaker 1: respected by his teammates. And in the community. But they
Speaker 1: had to upgrade at that position and they've spent some
Speaker 1: money there. They spent thirty two point five million of
Speaker 1: mohammeds a new a guy who's been a three and
Speaker 1: a four in Cincinnati, and that's working out for him.
Speaker 1: He's on pace for a career high in receptions his
Speaker 1: previous house fifty six, so that's been very good. And
Speaker 1: then behind him, it's been a group of guys. Taylor
Speaker 1: Gabriel was signed after being with the Browns, Justin Hardy,
Speaker 1: a former fourth round pick, and Audrick Robinson or all
Speaker 1: of those guys were kind of combined to make a
Speaker 1: number three receiver with Gabriel out in front. At the
Speaker 1: present time, Porlando, let's talk about the defenses side of
Speaker 1: the football. Head coach Dan Quinn. It's his second year.
Speaker 1: Defense is his calling card. What has been the biggest
Speaker 1: difference on that side of the football here in twenty sixteen. Well,
Speaker 1: I think the biggest is that they're eighth in the
Speaker 1: turnover differential. You know, they're giving up a ton of yards,
Speaker 1: but they've been able to get some balls back for
Speaker 1: the offense and turn the game around. They've been able
Speaker 1: to get some timely stops. They haven't played a whole game,
Speaker 1: but if you get a couple stops in the offenses
Speaker 1: rolling all of a sudden, you know they're they got
Speaker 1: twenty one points and they're blowing out Tampa Bay just
Speaker 1: off a two stops. So you know they've played in
Speaker 1: spurts and it's a young defense, Chris, that should be expected.
Speaker 1: He's playing four rookies at times and three second year
Speaker 1: guys at times, but their upside is very, very good
Speaker 1: if they can get to their ceiling, whether that's this year,
Speaker 1: down the stretch here or next year. It's pretty clear
Speaker 1: that he's aping this defense into the mode of the
Speaker 1: O Seattle defense with you know, Kean O'Neill kind of
Speaker 1: serving as the Cam Chancellor person on the back end
Speaker 1: of the defense. Orlando, my last question for you is this,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put you on the spot here. Who is
Speaker 1: an X factor for Sunday's game And I'm gonna get
Speaker 1: the prediction route now, who is an X factor for
Speaker 1: Sunday's game? Someone who outside Matt Ryan or DeVante Freeman,
Speaker 1: Julio Jones, one of the big name guys who could
Speaker 1: have a big impact on the game here at the link. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be. You know, we've saw a
Speaker 1: lot about the Eagles receivers and so forth, but the
Speaker 1: Falcons are banged up in the secondary with Desmond true
Speaker 1: Font being day today with the shoulder. The guy who's
Speaker 1: gonna have to step up is Robert Offered the other cornerback.
Speaker 1: He may get Jordan Matthews and he'll have to have
Speaker 1: his hands full with that. But Robert has had a
Speaker 1: tough time this year, Chris. He's had a nine filty,
Speaker 1: six pass interference calls, and you know that that task
Speaker 1: might be too big for him. So Robert Offord will
Speaker 1: be your X factor going into this game on Sunday.
Speaker 1: D Orlando Ledbetter from the Atlanta Journal Constitution does a
Speaker 1: phenomenal job covering the Falcons. Thank you so much for
Speaker 1: taking us behind enemy lines, presented by Gatorade here at
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. Thank you, Chris. Thanks de Orlando
Speaker 1: led Better. Good stuff there from the Atlanta Falcons. I guess, Glenn,
Speaker 1: I know the Falcons are explosive. I still think of
Speaker 1: them as a dome team. I still am not buying
Speaker 1: all the way in on the Falcons. I know they
Speaker 1: went to Denver and beat the Broncos. I know the
Speaker 1: weather will be nice on Sunday. I just think that
Speaker 1: the Eagles are a different team at home. Well, they
Speaker 1: have been so far this year, and that's good if
Speaker 1: you want to take pass this prologue the Falcons. I
Speaker 1: believe we're five and old. Last year finished six and ten.
Speaker 1: They've been through this before, where they start out as
Speaker 1: season hot and collapse. There's no evidence yet that they've
Speaker 1: done that at six and three, but we can always
Speaker 1: think maybe this is what they're gonna ad. And I'm
Speaker 1: putting my faith in the Eagles defensive line, which I
Speaker 1: didn't think played the kind of dominating game against the
Speaker 1: Giants that it needs to. I think they will on Sunday. Well,
Speaker 1: and Benny Logan's back, and now how to help a
Speaker 1: lot you can't have and bo Allen did a nice job,
Speaker 1: but you can't put that much pressure on one or
Speaker 1: two defensive tackles. You can get to Matt Ryan, you can.
Speaker 1: They've sacked him twenty three times this year. If the
Speaker 1: Eagles can make that happen, they'll win the game. Shake
Speaker 1: the football away big theme for Jim Schwartz in his
Speaker 1: defense this week. One more segment to go. Here on
Speaker 1: Eagles three sixty, will get a progress report on a
Speaker 1: wide receiver who literally came from nowhere, well not nowhere,
Speaker 1: but he wasn't an active all season until last week,
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, he's making big plays. What
Speaker 1: to expect from Bryce Treggs down the stretch, we'll find out.
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Speaker 1: Eagles three sixty on this Thursday. Dave Spidero Glenn mac Now.
Speaker 1: Bryce Tracks made a big impact last week. What's ahead
Speaker 1: for him at the wide receiver position. It's our progress
Speaker 1: report with Ike Greece and Mike Quick and the subject
Speaker 1: wide receiver Bryce Tracks progress report this week. You brings
Speaker 1: us to rookie wide receiver Bryce Tracks, who made his
Speaker 1: debut last week against the Giants. Like I said, rookie
Speaker 1: wide receiver undrafted out of Cow, let's take a look
Speaker 1: at his first catch in a National football league and
Speaker 1: hopefully the coach in the forty nine has made another mistake,
Speaker 1: because this guy has the top end speed to really
Speaker 1: affect defenses. A great stop route that he runs out here.
Speaker 1: I like how he gets behind this corner. Corner doesn't
Speaker 1: really know what's going on, if he's deep or not.
Speaker 1: Puts his foot in the ground, comes back and Carson
Speaker 1: gets flushed out. Gives him somewhere to go with the football.
Speaker 1: That's good football. That's a great throw from Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: basically being tackled and making a throat right on the
Speaker 1: money to bright tracks. Now we're watching right here, que
Speaker 1: He's not gonna get the ball on this route. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but talk about his release here as a young wide receiver,
Speaker 1: Like I think he does a nice job here, the
Speaker 1: little stutter step just to get this corner square. Once
Speaker 1: he gets him square, he can break either way on him.
Speaker 1: He leans to the inside, and if this ball is
Speaker 1: coming to him, he's going to be able to get
Speaker 1: on that upfield shoulder of the cornerback because of that
Speaker 1: nice release. Also draws a lot of attention to himself
Speaker 1: being out there. And then we're gonna go to the
Speaker 1: big play of the game for him, fifty eight yard
Speaker 1: reception here. This is why they brought him into the
Speaker 1: game and they felt like he could stretch the field,
Speaker 1: open up some of the middle of the field for
Speaker 1: the rest of the offense. What are you noticing on
Speaker 1: this play, Like he does stretch the field because the
Speaker 1: primary target, Zach Ertz, he's gonna get open. But as
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz caeesars play developed, he realizes that this receiver
Speaker 1: is on top of this cornerback so quickly that he's
Speaker 1: going to have a shot at the deep ball down
Speaker 1: the field. He takes that shot. You see Zach open
Speaker 1: down here if Carson wants that. But he had his
Speaker 1: mind made up. He was going to Bryce Straggs down
Speaker 1: the field. Like the fact that the Eagles are now
Speaker 1: looking to stretch the field vertically and not so much horizontally. Well,
Speaker 1: we've heard a lot about Bryce Straggs through back channels.
Speaker 1: We finally got a chance to see what he was
Speaker 1: all about. Let's hope for more of this from the
Speaker 1: Looking for Cow good Stuff. Guys, thanks so much. Let's
Speaker 1: get you caught up now on what's happening here and
Speaker 1: what's happening tomorrow our Amroso's on the menu segment for you.
Speaker 1: Howard Eskin, my co host tomorrow. Can you believe that
Speaker 1: we've got crunch time with Benny Logan, who's back in
Speaker 1: the lineup after missing three full games and then sum
Speaker 1: he's itching to play some football. We've got some of
Speaker 1: the key matchups for this game Amroso's the reason Philly
Speaker 1: sandwiches are so famous. Glenn. We've mentioned Bryce Tregg's little
Speaker 1: X factor there in the offense. Reasonable to think that
Speaker 1: his role can increase. Oh, absolutely, you know. He got
Speaker 1: on the field, I think for twenty percent of the
Speaker 1: plays last week in his first game. I think he's
Speaker 1: going to have the opportunity to play a lot more. Certainly,
Speaker 1: the Eagles need much more production, need more of a
Speaker 1: deep threat at wide receiver. We'll find out if he's
Speaker 1: the answer. He's a big mystery, he's an X factor now.
Speaker 1: I think he'll get the chance. We'll see if he
Speaker 1: can prove it. Eagles win this game, David's a field
Speaker 1: goal game, and I'm holding off making a prediction, not
Speaker 1: because I think they can lose, but because we're gonna
Speaker 1: have to find out if they can win a game
Speaker 1: at the end. And we'll see Eagles trying to get
Speaker 1: rid of this little losing streak here. Four of the
Speaker 1: last five games tough losses, all four of them after
Speaker 1: that great three and oh start. Glenn mcnow, Dave Spidero,
Speaker 1: we thank you for joining us here on Eagles three sixty.
Speaker 1: I'm back tomorrow with Howard Eskin, have yourselves a great
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