Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome the Eagles three sixty dates. Spidero
Speaker 1: Joe di camera here on this Wednesday. The Eagle's back
Speaker 1: at work on the practice field after yesterday's day off,
Speaker 1: looking straight ahead at the Pittsburgh Steelers the Battle of Pennsylvania.
Speaker 1: More importantly, Joe, we find out a lot about the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. Yeah, it's gonna be interesting, Dave.
Speaker 1: It's been quite a start to the season, unexpected to
Speaker 1: this level, obviously, with Carson Wentz's performance so far, really
Speaker 1: playing some great football, the defense playing very well. This
Speaker 1: is a game though, on Sunday, first off, short week,
Speaker 1: so the Eagles gotta get right to it. Obviously they
Speaker 1: are challenge with the you know, Monday night game out
Speaker 1: in a Chicago and right back at here on coming
Speaker 1: up on Sundays. You got a quick turnaround. But you
Speaker 1: look at this and to me, this is about taking
Speaker 1: a step off. You go from the Cleveland Browns week
Speaker 1: one to a better team than Chicago Bears week two,
Speaker 1: not that I think Chicago's really that good, but you know,
Speaker 1: a better team than Cleveland, and now week three, way
Speaker 1: the heck up the list in the NFL to one
Speaker 1: of the best teams, so it's a heck of a challenge.
Speaker 1: It'll be fun to see where the Eagles are. It'll
Speaker 1: be fun to watch Carson Wentz again and opportunity for
Speaker 1: three and L A couple of things to get you
Speaker 1: caught up to here. Michael Kendricks out of practice on
Speaker 1: Wednesday with that broken nose and Zach Ertz. Eagles tight
Speaker 1: end in cornerback Leodis McKelvin remain questionable for the game
Speaker 1: week to week is what head coach Doug Peterson has
Speaker 1: said with their injury status. We've also got some things
Speaker 1: going on in the Eagles locker room, so let's get
Speaker 1: to it. Alex Smith our Eagles three sixty update on
Speaker 1: this Wednesday, Higels fans, I'm Alex Smith here with your
Speaker 1: three sixty update. Eagles back at the practice field today
Speaker 1: as they get set for Sunday showdown with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Today,
Speaker 1: we heard from head coach Doug Peterson as well as
Speaker 1: some of the players inside the locker room about how
Speaker 1: this game against Big Ben and that high scoring Steelers
Speaker 1: offense is a g PS game for the Eagles as
Speaker 1: it will tell them exactly where they are three games
Speaker 1: into the season. Oh yeah, I mean I think this
Speaker 1: could be a statement game for US, um, you know,
Speaker 1: a talented offense. Like there's a lot of matchups, um,
Speaker 1: you know, and uh, you know, I think we're all
Speaker 1: for the challenge. Man. I mean, it's gonna let us
Speaker 1: know what we really are, you know, Uh, because they
Speaker 1: got some good, good receivers. You know, they got a
Speaker 1: good back with Deadzo Williams and leading the quarterbacks who
Speaker 1: is like they bloodline. They're always a good, solid team.
Speaker 1: You know, there's not Roethlisberger has been the quarterback for
Speaker 1: years now and they've they're always they're always good contenders.
Speaker 1: He's so smart and and uh it's fun to watch
Speaker 1: him really and how he manages that that offense and
Speaker 1: how he kind of commands uh that team and and
Speaker 1: uh you know everybody rallies around him. And it's it's
Speaker 1: one week at a time, you know, we're focus on
Speaker 1: one player, one week at a time. And in last
Speaker 1: week with Chicago Bears, now this week it's Pittsburgh. You know,
Speaker 1: they had Jeffrey and Color that this week now we
Speaker 1: have being Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown. And no Wednesday would
Speaker 1: be complete without hearing from the Eagles quarterback himself. Earlier today,
Speaker 1: Carson was asked about drawing comparisons to Ben Roethlisberger. Well,
Speaker 1: first of all, to be compared to a guy like that,
Speaker 1: that's pretty pretty impressive. You know, I got a long
Speaker 1: way to go, that's first and foremost. But you know,
Speaker 1: I've always admired the way he plays. Um. I love
Speaker 1: how he can extend plays and improvise it, and you
Speaker 1: know he's not afraid to chuck the ball deep in
Speaker 1: and make some plays. So I definitely admire his game.
Speaker 1: You can catch all of Wenz's press conference from earlier today,
Speaker 1: as well as all of our locker rooms sound right
Speaker 1: here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com and the official Eagles
Speaker 1: mobile app. Thanks so much, Alex, We've got a lot
Speaker 1: to get to on the show today. An old school
Speaker 1: look at the Eagles Steelers game from back in two
Speaker 1: thousand and eight, when the Eagles left Ben Roethlisberger bloodied
Speaker 1: on the way to nine sacks, although the Steelers did
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl of that year. We'll have our
Speaker 1: first in depth look at the Pittsburgh Steelers, but when
Speaker 1: we return Eagles three sixty, we're going to have Doug
Speaker 1: Peterson Eagles head coach in studio talking about his undefeated team.
Speaker 1: I slept to Philly. I sept to Philly the bus,
Speaker 1: the trolley, the train, Jefferson Station, Airport, Long sixty nine Street,
Speaker 1: Broad Street to the game Paoli, Sheron Hill, Chestnut Hill
Speaker 1: Regional Rail. I sept to Philly the Broad Street line.
Speaker 1: On game days, I love Odega to the movie, to
Speaker 1: Mike Park Play Spring Garden, Late Night, West Philly, South Philly.
Speaker 1: Remarkable things are happening at your local ACME. We're making
Speaker 1: changes and we're getting better every day, Cleaner, friendlier pressure
Speaker 1: like fresher meat and seafood at Fresher Produce, and hundreds
Speaker 1: of organics. To top it off, we're luring thousands of
Speaker 1: prices throughout the store. So come on in see for
Speaker 1: yourself why ACNE is just better, lower prices, great quality,
Speaker 1: and friendlier service. ACME the official supermarket of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1: Experience the power of physical therapy at Novocare Rehabilitation. We
Speaker 1: know the importance of an active lifestyle. If you're currently injured,
Speaker 1: let us bring that active lifestyle back to you. Novacare
Speaker 1: is the exclusive provider of physical therapy to the Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles and with more than one hundred convenient locations throughout
Speaker 1: Philadelphia and South Jersey. Go to novocare dot com today
Speaker 1: and request an appointment online or call eight hundred seven
Speaker 1: seven zero six six eight two. The Eagles choose Novacare,
Speaker 1: So can you Novacare the Power of Physical Therapy. Time
Speaker 1: now to welcome in head coach Doug Peterson are exclusive
Speaker 1: one on one with the head coach, presented by WAWA. Doug,
Speaker 1: Congratulations on the win on Monday Night Football. What was
Speaker 1: the environment like for you? Great environment? You know, it's
Speaker 1: it's it's Chicago's always one of my favorite cities to
Speaker 1: to not only play in, but to visit. And I
Speaker 1: had a lot of a lot of great history from
Speaker 1: playing there, you know, with the Packers and and having
Speaker 1: some great matchups. But um, great to take our football
Speaker 1: team there against a good football team. Uh, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, to to play as as well as we
Speaker 1: did it. We struggled early, you know, obviously offensively. I
Speaker 1: thought defense kind of kept us kept us in the game,
Speaker 1: and then we were able to make some plays in
Speaker 1: the second half, and um, guys played well and we
Speaker 1: were we were fortunate to come away with that win.
Speaker 1: When you are watching the Philadelphia Eagles defense, what is
Speaker 1: standing out to you? I'll tell you that the one
Speaker 1: of the biggest things is we're moving the quarterback off
Speaker 1: of his off of his set points, and and um,
Speaker 1: we're we're we're we're we're tenacious off the ball. I
Speaker 1: think we're you know, attacking the run game and and
Speaker 1: you know, creating turnovers. I mean, that's that's that's the
Speaker 1: biggest thing is is getting hands on the football and
Speaker 1: and um, you know three last night, and and it's
Speaker 1: just it's it's fun to watch our guys out there
Speaker 1: and watch them play fast and aggressive and tenacious and
Speaker 1: and get after quarterbacks and running backs. But at the
Speaker 1: same time, you know, they're playing very very disciplined, very
Speaker 1: uh discipline within the scheme of what what coach Schwartz
Speaker 1: is teaching. And and it's fun to watch him. Nigel
Speaker 1: brought him as a player who not a lot of
Speaker 1: people talked about when Eagles signs him in free agencies.
Speaker 1: Seemed to have had two really good games, a lot
Speaker 1: of tackles, big interception on Monday Night. Your thoughts on
Speaker 1: his play, his play, it just shows up every week.
Speaker 1: He's a consistent player. He's a special team's player as well.
Speaker 1: And you know, comes to work every day, rolls asleep,
Speaker 1: sleeves up, and and and puts in, puts in a
Speaker 1: good day's work and solid obviously one of one of
Speaker 1: the guys that has you know, um stepped up as
Speaker 1: a leader of the football team, especially on defense. Been
Speaker 1: really really pleased with how he's he's played the last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Next up, it's Pittsburgh. They have everything
Speaker 1: on offense, don't they. They do, they do. They got
Speaker 1: a tremendous starts with their quarterback obviously, and and um,
Speaker 1: you know, good offensive line, runners, receivers. You know, we
Speaker 1: all know about eighty four and and the plays he's
Speaker 1: making over the last couple of seasons. And um, defensively,
Speaker 1: it's a it's a bend but don't break defense. They've
Speaker 1: got good, good personnel bill to stop the run. And um,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a good test for our football team.
Speaker 1: What do you want to see from your defense? And
Speaker 1: that's what I mean, how I would imagine they they
Speaker 1: want to say, Look, Cleveland's one thing, Chicago's another thing.
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh's offense is at a tirely different level. This is
Speaker 1: really a chance for us to make a statement. It is.
Speaker 1: It is and and you want to see obviously some
Speaker 1: of the same things that we've we've done on the
Speaker 1: first first couple of games. We gotta get after Ben.
Speaker 1: We can't just let him sit back there. He'll you know,
Speaker 1: he'll pick anybody apart, doesn't it doesn't matter who you're playing.
Speaker 1: And and then and then and then disrupt disrupt him.
Speaker 1: We got to tackle Ben if we can get a
Speaker 1: chance to tackle him. And you know, offensively, it's um,
Speaker 1: it's just gonna come down again to our execution again.
Speaker 1: Like I said, they don't do a ton on defense.
Speaker 1: It's not like a um, you know, mixing fronts and
Speaker 1: personnel and all that. They keep it very simple. You know.
Speaker 1: Coach Butler does a nice job there on defense, and um,
Speaker 1: he allows his guys to play play hard and fast
Speaker 1: and aggressive, and um, you know, we just have to
Speaker 1: We got to protect the football like we've done the
Speaker 1: first two games. If we can get our hands on
Speaker 1: it defensively, we got to do that. And then you
Speaker 1: know each week you you talk about special teams and
Speaker 1: and uh uh, you know, at some point we got
Speaker 1: to get us a nice return possibly for a touchdown.
Speaker 1: And UM and and and keep our um you know,
Speaker 1: keep our third downs to to manageable third downs. I
Speaker 1: thought we've been in too many long situations on third down.
Speaker 1: And UM we do that, then then you give yourselves
Speaker 1: a chance to win the football game. You've got the
Speaker 1: league highest number of UH time possession. UH you have
Speaker 1: zero turnovers. Um, why why is this offense clicking? Well,
Speaker 1: you know, I just think it's it's it's things that
Speaker 1: we've plays, we're running all the way back to OTAs,
Speaker 1: things that are familiar to the guys. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: it's it's amazing that she had a young rookie quarterback
Speaker 1: that's protecting the ball as well as he is. M
Speaker 1: guys are working hard for him. Guys are making plays
Speaker 1: down the field. You know, the ability to run the football,
Speaker 1: Ryan Darren, ken Yon Wendell, these guys are are are
Speaker 1: you know, one hundred yard as a group, one hundred
Speaker 1: yard collectively rushing the ball each week, you know, thirty
Speaker 1: nine minutes and thirty six minutes on the last two games.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's kind of unheard of. But um,
Speaker 1: you know, part of that too, is is we've been
Speaker 1: been able to overcome some either big third downs or
Speaker 1: big fourth downs and stay on the football field and
Speaker 1: and that obviously aids in the time of possession. And
Speaker 1: then you know, the other thing is is we got
Speaker 1: to score touchdowns and not field goals and we get
Speaker 1: in the red zone. And you know, Monday night, we
Speaker 1: kicked too many field goals in the first half when
Speaker 1: we had chances for touchdowns. And we've got to clean
Speaker 1: that up. People talk about Carson in these glowing terms.
Speaker 1: He is a rookie, though, so are there rookie things
Speaker 1: showing up when you're watching him playing these first two games? Uh,
Speaker 1: there are there are um like get out of bounds
Speaker 1: when you're scrambling and and don't take those extra hits.
Speaker 1: You know, those are things we talk about all the time.
Speaker 1: He's you got to remember, you're not you're not in college.
Speaker 1: These guys hit and they're bigger, faster, stronger here at
Speaker 1: this level. And and um so those are those are
Speaker 1: some things that we need to continue to monitor and
Speaker 1: and and and get those cleaned up with him. And
Speaker 1: then just sometimes whereas whereas discipline of his eyes where
Speaker 1: his eyes on certain progressions. But you know, other than
Speaker 1: that there's not a he's doing a nice job in
Speaker 1: the huddle. Um, you know, we've we've used a wristband
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks which helps in the speed
Speaker 1: of of play calling for him. Yeah, we could have
Speaker 1: you know, ninety plays possibly on the on the wristband,
Speaker 1: you know, depending on the week. And um, it just
Speaker 1: what does that do? Can you kind of explain the
Speaker 1: mechanics of it? Well, it's it's a three panel you know,
Speaker 1: it's a front and then with the velcrow it's got
Speaker 1: two insides and and basically it's just um taking the
Speaker 1: call sheet that I have and uh, run and pass.
Speaker 1: So it's not always an indicator that the wrist bands
Speaker 1: a pass um and and just let him. It just
Speaker 1: helps him call to play. Uh you know, we can
Speaker 1: be very wordy in this offense. It allows him to
Speaker 1: and really from my standpoint too as a play caller,
Speaker 1: allows me to get the play in faster and then
Speaker 1: he can just read it right off the wrist band
Speaker 1: and it saves time at the line of scrimmage. So
Speaker 1: it's been very helpful. It's really the first time I've
Speaker 1: used a wrist band in my career. Um, I like
Speaker 1: it and that's something will continue each week. Is two
Speaker 1: games into the season now a time where you say,
Speaker 1: maybe teams are looking for tendencies or is it it's
Speaker 1: two games long enough where you established tendencies? And if so,
Speaker 1: how do you guard against that? Yeah? Two games and
Speaker 1: when when you have so many plays offensively that like
Speaker 1: we've had in the last couple of weeks, it certain
Speaker 1: things will begin to show up. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: now it's time to really self scout. And you know,
Speaker 1: it's okay to run the same formations and personnel groupings
Speaker 1: as long as you have different things off of that.
Speaker 1: And we've got to you know, offensively, we've got a
Speaker 1: monitor and sort of police ourself that way and begin
Speaker 1: to start not reinventing the offense, but putting guys in
Speaker 1: different positions to run the same place. Last one, coach,
Speaker 1: you've run four plays on fourth down? Are you a
Speaker 1: riverboat gambler kind of guy? Is it? Is it an
Speaker 1: individual at the moment decision? How do you approach fourth downs?
Speaker 1: You know, I approach it as as where we are
Speaker 1: in the field. You know, once you cross that fifty
Speaker 1: yard line, you're getting that you're getting that area of
Speaker 1: the long, long field goals, and we were fortunate we
Speaker 1: got the fifty four yard or the other night, and
Speaker 1: that was a great kick by by Kayleab. But you know,
Speaker 1: other than that, you're in that that long field goal
Speaker 1: range and you really if you miss it, now their
Speaker 1: offense is starting up around midfield. If you make it
Speaker 1: great on a field goal, if you punt it goes
Speaker 1: in the end. There's some there's just too many variables
Speaker 1: that could happen. And fourth and two, fourth and three,
Speaker 1: fourth and fours give you a chance to stay on
Speaker 1: the football field. Our guys have done an excellent job
Speaker 1: of that. We did a you know, a fourth and
Speaker 1: sixth the other night and late in the game, and
Speaker 1: you know, fourth and goal at the one, and you know,
Speaker 1: in those situations, it's it's to me, it's it's it's
Speaker 1: like a no brainer. I think it also sends a
Speaker 1: great message to your team that that I've got confidence
Speaker 1: in them and and uh it, when you make them,
Speaker 1: it not only fires you up offensively, but but your
Speaker 1: defense feeds off of that as well. Took Peterson, thanks
Speaker 1: so much, good luck against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday
Speaker 1: at Lincoln Financial Field. Introducing Duncan's new cold brew coffee
Speaker 1: Steve slowly in cold water for small batches with an
Speaker 1: ultrue smooth, full bodied flavor. Discover the craft of cold
Speaker 1: brew today and keep on. America runs un Duncan with
Speaker 1: simply right checking from Suntie Deir Bank. Just nick one
Speaker 1: deposit of payment with drawn or transfer each month to
Speaker 1: wait the monthly feet and there's no minimum balance. You're
Speaker 1: all right, it's simply right checking from Santine their Bank. Hi.
Speaker 1: I'm Bo Allen from the Philadelphia Eagles and this is
Speaker 1: the Alan from Bob's Discount Furniture. We named it after Ball.
Speaker 1: Thanks Bob, you're the man. It packs some serious power,
Speaker 1: power recline, powerhead rest and USB ports. Get the sofa,
Speaker 1: a console love set in dark chocolate or light brown,
Speaker 1: and untouchable value at only seven nine nine each. I
Speaker 1: don't know how you do it, Bob, but man, do
Speaker 1: I respect it? You know how players should respect that
Speaker 1: for big games. Nope, we swapped jerseys. Goolden outside or
Speaker 1: fluffy inside, deep pockets or delicious ridges, tasty egg or
Speaker 1: savory bacon. Experienced Duncan's new Belgian waffle breakfast sandwich. It's
Speaker 1: not this or that it's all of it America runs.
Speaker 1: I'm duncan were welcome you back, Dave Spidero Joe to
Speaker 1: camera here on Eagles three sixty. In a moment, we'll
Speaker 1: take a look at the Pittsburgh Steelers, an undefeated team
Speaker 1: coming to town on Sunday. But first let's take a
Speaker 1: look at the Eagles upcoming schedule, presented by NFL Ticket
Speaker 1: Exchange powered by Ticketmaster. For the only one verified way
Speaker 1: to buy or sell NFL tickets, visit NFL ticket exchange
Speaker 1: dot com. So after this game, Joe to buy week
Speaker 1: for the Eagles, and then two games on the road
Speaker 1: and two very winnable games all of a sudden when
Speaker 1: you look at the schedule, yeah, beyond Pitts. But I mean, listen,
Speaker 1: I think the Eagles obviously have a shot here versus
Speaker 1: to Pittsburgh Steelers. But as we go inside the schedule,
Speaker 1: we know Pittsburgh's the real challenge up ahead. After that,
Speaker 1: thing's open up well a little bit there for the
Speaker 1: next two when you see the game at the Detroit
Speaker 1: Lions a one and one squad and then obviously Washington
Speaker 1: oh and two. So far, now we've got a lot
Speaker 1: to talk about with the Pittsburgh Steelers, a very complete team. Joe,
Speaker 1: let's begin on the offense, and Ben Roethlisberger's still doing it.
Speaker 1: He's got the same agent as Carson Wentz, He's got
Speaker 1: the same build as Carson Wentz. He's had a tremendous
Speaker 1: career and spent a lot of time with Carson before
Speaker 1: the draft. Carson Wentz on one side, Ben Roethlisberger on
Speaker 1: the other. Yeah, well, you know, favorable to Ben Roethlisberger.
Speaker 1: I think at this stage, if you had to put
Speaker 1: money down, you'd say this is the more short bet
Speaker 1: right now. But Carson Wentz has played in a way
Speaker 1: that has put himself in the conversation obviously amongst really
Speaker 1: good quarterbacks right now in the NFL, which is very exciting. Look,
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger is a big time QB. He's obviously going to
Speaker 1: be a Hall of Famer. He holds almost every record
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Sailors have, and of course they have a
Speaker 1: four time Super Bowl champion in their history with Terry Bradshaw,
Speaker 1: so that's saying something. Roethlisberger has been to three Super Bowls,
Speaker 1: he's won two. He's been to numerous Pro Bowls, He's
Speaker 1: thrown for over five hundred yards twice in his career,
Speaker 1: strown for over four hundred yards in a game eight
Speaker 1: times in his career. I mean, he's a tremendous player
Speaker 1: in David, you know, I think when you look stylistically,
Speaker 1: one of the things that's interesting about this matchup is
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz brings a lot to the table and some
Speaker 1: of its reminiscent of Big Ben, who really is I mean,
Speaker 1: Cam Newton's the most physically strong player in the NFL
Speaker 1: right now at that position, but Roethlisberger over the last
Speaker 1: decade has been kind of the standard bearer of that.
Speaker 1: And how many plays have we seen he shakes free,
Speaker 1: He's able to throw the ball down the field. He's
Speaker 1: got a tremendous receiving corps. Yeah, it certainly does. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about that now. Antonio Brown, who was held in
Speaker 1: checked by the Bengals last week just four receptions, but
Speaker 1: prior to that, feasted on the Washington Redskins. He's fast,
Speaker 1: he's quick, he's shorthanded, he runs great routes, and the
Speaker 1: Eagles will have to pay some extra attention to Antonio Brown.
Speaker 1: The problem is that when you do that, you give
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger to Nance to throw to Sammy Coach to second
Speaker 1: year player, They've got a weapon at tight end in Jones.
Speaker 1: I mean, the Steelers are just a very well oiled
Speaker 1: machine in the passing game, and the Eagle's coming on
Speaker 1: with Jordan Matthews, but still not at that level where
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh it's not nearly. I mean, Pittsburgh's pass an attack
Speaker 1: is beyond dynamic. You mentioned Sammy coas, he had a
Speaker 1: good game last week with the most rs he's ever
Speaker 1: had in an NFL game. But but They're passing attack
Speaker 1: obviously is rooted primarily in the Roethlisberger Tantonio Brown connection.
Speaker 1: The challenge for the Eagles day of this weekend with
Speaker 1: the defensive backs is huge against him, and as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: then the other guys get involved. Now, no Heath Miller anymore,
Speaker 1: of course he is no longer at the Pittsburgh Steelers,
Speaker 1: but they can beach in a lot of ways. But
Speaker 1: Big Ben to Brown the number one way. And we
Speaker 1: also thought, you know, kind of in this summer when
Speaker 1: we found out Levon Bell wouldn't play in this game, Hey,
Speaker 1: the Eagles are getting a break. But hasn't been the
Speaker 1: case because DeAngelo Williams. It looks like he's found the
Speaker 1: fountain of youth. He's running the ball with great vigor.
Speaker 1: He's very quick, very powerful. Has done a terrific job
Speaker 1: spearheading Pittsburgh's running game. And the Eagles have given up
Speaker 1: some plays inside against the run. They're gonna have to
Speaker 1: be very sure with their assignments, with their tackling and Joe,
Speaker 1: this is all going to start up front for the Eagles,
Speaker 1: as it always does. They're gonna have to dominate Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage in the run game and
Speaker 1: then get after Ben Roethlisberger hopefully in some third and
Speaker 1: long situations. Well, and the Eagles have the front four
Speaker 1: and I think in many ways to front seven to
Speaker 1: do that. You know. One of the things, and Dave
Speaker 1: and I talked about this a few weeks back, because
Speaker 1: you look at the Jim Johnson defense all those years
Speaker 1: ago and how long standing the success was for the defense.
Speaker 1: But it was never, really not always, not often, let
Speaker 1: me put it this way, a defense that was dominant
Speaker 1: with regard to yards. The Eagles would give up yards
Speaker 1: to running backs. Davis. You know he'd give up you know,
Speaker 1: they'd give up yards to obviously tight ends at time,
Speaker 1: and that was a great frustration for many of us.
Speaker 1: But it was a situation where they protected the house,
Speaker 1: they protected the back end, and they were always strong,
Speaker 1: almost always strong as far as points. And I think
Speaker 1: that's one thing we've seen so far, even though yes,
Speaker 1: teams have run the ball, you know a little bit
Speaker 1: here and there, the Eagles are obviously holding teams. Yeah
Speaker 1: in Chicago, I get it. I know, No, I mean
Speaker 1: this is a huge test in this one. You kind
Speaker 1: of expect going in anyway. Our final word here on
Speaker 1: the Steelers that you might have to score a whole
Speaker 1: lot of points and who has the ball last kind
Speaker 1: of game well, and special teams and all that stuff.
Speaker 1: But the Eagles have been They really do appear to
Speaker 1: be a very well coached football team. Obviously at two
Speaker 1: and oh, most teams would appear that way, but the
Speaker 1: Eagles really seem you take the defense that the players
Speaker 1: looking into the film yesterday NFL films, the players look
Speaker 1: like they're always in the right spot. I mean, obviously
Speaker 1: Jalen Mills wasn't on the one play where he got
Speaker 1: beat deep, but you know, generally speaking, they're tackling well,
Speaker 1: and they're they're very gap discipline up front. It's just
Speaker 1: a very sound defense. As far as being where they're
Speaker 1: supposed to be and playing good football, I mean, they're
Speaker 1: it's been really fun so far. Yeah, it's been fun
Speaker 1: so far. So that's our first look at the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Speaker 1: We'll be talking about them the rest of the week
Speaker 1: as well. Big one on Sunday for the Eagles against
Speaker 1: the Steelers, and it's a rivalry that has some background here.
Speaker 1: We go back to two thousand and eight when we
Speaker 1: return to Eagles three sixty. Are old school all twenty
Speaker 1: two look at the Eagles defense rising to the occasion
Speaker 1: to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers. This portion of Eagles three
Speaker 1: sixty was presented by Santon Dair. Do you have what
Speaker 1: it takes to win big? Convert a field goal from
Speaker 1: the twenty yard line and you could win ten thousand
Speaker 1: dollars for you and ten thousand dollars for the school
Speaker 1: of your choice. Learn more at Philadelphia Eagles dot com
Speaker 1: slash Santon Dair. Their legend is legendary. They've seen the
Speaker 1: end zone more often than any other duo in history.
Speaker 1: They are professional football player watchers become a pro fan
Speaker 1: only with Xfinity X one caller. Collect today. You say crazy,
Speaker 1: I say crafty. You say savage. I say practiced, crazy, crafted, savage, practiced.
Speaker 1: Let's run that whole thing back. You say unbelievable, I
Speaker 1: say achievable. You say incredible. I say inevitable. Unbelievable, achievable, incredible, inevitable. Today,
Speaker 1: let's run that whole thing beat Harps to compete, electoral
Speaker 1: LIFs to replenish. I scept to Philly, scept the Philly,
Speaker 1: the bus, the trolley, the train, Jefferson Station, Airport Line,
Speaker 1: sixty nine Street, broad Street, to the game, Paoli, Sheron Hill,
Speaker 1: Chestnut Hill Regional Rail, I sept to Philly, the Broad
Speaker 1: Street Line on game days, to the movie, to my Parkway,
Speaker 1: Spring Garden, late Night, West Philly, South Philly. Their legend
Speaker 1: is legendary. They've seen the end zone more often than
Speaker 1: any other duo in history. They are professional football player watchers.
Speaker 1: Become a pro fan only with Xfinity X one caller.
Speaker 1: Click today, Dave Spidero, Joe Di Camera Here Eagles three
Speaker 1: sixty time now to look back at one of the
Speaker 1: memorable games in this history of the Eagles and The
Speaker 1: Steelers are Old School All twenty two Eagles Steelers, Lincoln
Speaker 1: Financial Field, two thousand and eight, The defense came to
Speaker 1: play Iver one. I'm Merril Reese and welcome to Old
Speaker 1: School All twenty two. A unique look at a special
Speaker 1: moment or game in Eagles history for the eyes of
Speaker 1: the coach's tape where you see all twenty two players
Speaker 1: on the field with me. Of course, it's Mike Quick
Speaker 1: and with Eagles playing the Steelers, Mike, we focus in
Speaker 1: on the two thousand and eight game were Big Ben
Speaker 1: caught the wrath of defensive coordinator Jim Johnson. Yeah, Jim
Speaker 1: Johnson had guys flying all around and Big Ben got
Speaker 1: hit way too many times. And Brian Dawkins in particular
Speaker 1: was just a beast in that game. You know, he
Speaker 1: was able to blitz him off the edge a couple
Speaker 1: of times and when Ben was expecting pressure in the middle,
Speaker 1: and it really gave him a lot of trouble. The
Speaker 1: offense played okay, but it was Jim Johnson's defense Merrial
Speaker 1: that day that allowed only six points. That was the
Speaker 1: difference in the football game. And one of those bits
Speaker 1: packages was the threat of a double a gap blitz
Speaker 1: right up the middle. Ben's expecting that, but they hit
Speaker 1: him with the right. They showed him the left and
Speaker 1: hit him with the right. But Dawkins coming off the edge.
Speaker 1: Let me show you an example. Remember it well. It's
Speaker 1: first and ten in the second quarter and the Eagles
Speaker 1: come out in a wide front with four down linemen
Speaker 1: with two linebackers sugar in the a gap over the center.
Speaker 1: This look presents Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger with six potential rushers,
Speaker 1: and he must find a way to block those two
Speaker 1: linebackers in the middle. Pittsburgh decided to slide the center
Speaker 1: to the left to block Stewart Bradley and to block
Speaker 1: O'More gaither to the right. They have the running back
Speaker 1: set up in front of Big Ben. This leaves four
Speaker 1: offensive linemen to block four defensive linemen across the formation
Speaker 1: and a nice clean look for the offense. But, as
Speaker 1: always the case with Jim Johnson's scheme, what you see
Speaker 1: before the snap is not always what you get. After
Speaker 1: two of the possible three rushers from the left side,
Speaker 1: Trent Cole and Stewart Bradley, drop out into zone coverage
Speaker 1: and Johnson sends safety Brian Dawkins off the corner from
Speaker 1: the right. Since the running back had just set up
Speaker 1: to take on the linebacker up the middle, no one's
Speaker 1: available to block b Doc coming off the edge, and
Speaker 1: he and Gaither combined for a sack on Roethlisberger. Now
Speaker 1: fast forward to a few plays later and you see
Speaker 1: a very similar look again. It's first and ten, and
Speaker 1: again the Eagles have Bradley and Gaither up in the
Speaker 1: A gap. This time, though the Steelers are in an
Speaker 1: empty set with no backs in the backfield. Roethlisberger knows
Speaker 1: that he's probably outnumbered up front and that he'll need
Speaker 1: to get the ball out of his hands quickly to
Speaker 1: his hot route wide receiver. Heins Ward. Roethlisberger takes the
Speaker 1: snap and the Eagles run exactly the same blitz, with
Speaker 1: Cole and Bradley dropping underneath and with Gaither and Dawkins
Speaker 1: coming free. Look at Big Ben. He wants to get
Speaker 1: the ball out of his hands right now, but he can't.
Speaker 1: Trent Cole has taken away to throw the Ward and
Speaker 1: Gaither gets home for the sack. Jim Johnson and the
Speaker 1: Eagles defense swarm the field that day in Lincoln Financial Field,
Speaker 1: forcing nine sacks of safety and three turnovers to a
Speaker 1: Sealers team that would go on to win the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: So that is then, and this is now. When we
Speaker 1: return to Eagles three sixty, we're going to tell you
Speaker 1: a little bit about what's coming up the rest of
Speaker 1: this week. We've got the coordinators coming your way on Thursday,
Speaker 1: but we're also going to hear from defensive backs coach
Speaker 1: Corey Land talking about a new look group that's played
Speaker 1: well through two games. Remarkable things are happening at your
Speaker 1: local ACME. We're making changes and we're getting better every day, Cleaner, friendlier,
Speaker 1: fresher like fresher meat and seafood at fresher produce, and
Speaker 1: hundreds of organics. To top it off, we're luring thousands
Speaker 1: of prices throughout the store. So come on in and
Speaker 1: see for yourself why ACNE is just better, lower prices,
Speaker 1: great quality, and friendlier service. Acme's Supermarket of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1: Are you here to buy the tickets? Hey, buddy, you
Speaker 1: here for the tickets? Yeah? Dude? What's the password? Man?
Speaker 1: Oh shit, won't you think it? We're doing like a
Speaker 1: CD ticket deal instead of going NFL ticket exchange NFL
Speaker 1: ticket exchange verified. I'll the tickets from one fan to
Speaker 1: the other. We'll see at the games. All right, yes, sir,
Speaker 1: all right, appreciate it. We're simply right checking from sun
Speaker 1: time their bank. Just take one deposit, withdraw, transfer or
Speaker 1: payment each month to wait the monthly fee and there's
Speaker 1: no minimum balance. You're all right, it's simply right checking
Speaker 1: from the son time their bank. We're back for our
Speaker 1: final segment on Eagles three sixty. Dave Spidero Joe di camera.
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at what's ahead for you. Are
Speaker 1: amiros was on the menu peak at Eagles three sixty
Speaker 1: on Thursday. We've got Jim Schwartz and Frank Reich meeting
Speaker 1: the media. We've got Glenn McNeill's bold predictions. He'll come
Speaker 1: in here crowing jokes. He thinks he got some stuff
Speaker 1: right last week. And we've got defensive backs coach Corey
Speaker 1: Ungland in studio. Here's a sneak peak of what Unland
Speaker 1: had to say about his group. It's a new look
Speaker 1: defensive backgroup, particularly at the cornerback position, and they've held
Speaker 1: up well through two games. Uh, It's I was a challenge,
Speaker 1: any I mean, every year is a challenge obviously, new
Speaker 1: scheme a little bit with Jim obviously coming in, but
Speaker 1: coach the same way we always coached, the same way
Speaker 1: I was coach, and hopefully can get through to him
Speaker 1: and get him on the same page with you know,
Speaker 1: teaching and demanding. And it's been a pleasure this group.
Speaker 1: I like him a lot. They don a good job.
Speaker 1: They all come to work professionals. They understand the game,
Speaker 1: which has obviously been a huge plus. I think a
Speaker 1: lot of the stuff gets put into especially in the
Speaker 1: position on how fast you move and your change direction?
Speaker 1: What's your forty time? Can you catch? This position's played
Speaker 1: with a lot of awareness. All right, So Joe, it
Speaker 1: is all about Carson Wentz in this town, your thoughts
Speaker 1: on him through two games and the next step. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: first of all, it's not all about him. I mean,
Speaker 1: I know that's where the chatter is. But the defense
Speaker 1: is playing very well also right now, you know, all
Speaker 1: that stuff plays, It plays into the conversation for sure,
Speaker 1: But the Carson Wentz thing is really it's very exciting.
Speaker 1: I think it botes so well for the future. Obviously,
Speaker 1: we all want to see him stay healthy because if
Speaker 1: he can stay healthy, this thing has a shot to
Speaker 1: real meaningful football for a long time. I'm talking to
Speaker 1: decade more a decade and a half if he can
Speaker 1: stay healthy. So it's truly exciting. It's a huge, huge
Speaker 1: shot of adrenaline for the twenty sixteen season, which clearly
Speaker 1: now with the Eagles and the Giants, both the two
Speaker 1: and O Washington and O and two Dallas at one
Speaker 1: and one certainly looks like the Eagles could be, should be,
Speaker 1: probably will be competitive in the NFC East. And you
Speaker 1: just hope the team keeps playing really good football, you know,
Speaker 1: across the board, Dave, I mean again, the defense doing
Speaker 1: what they've done. It's just it's here. I mean, do
Speaker 1: the Eagles have to be perfect on Sunday to win? No,
Speaker 1: but they have to be If Jordan Matthews drops a
Speaker 1: touchdown pass like that, that could be the difference between yeah,
Speaker 1: you can overcome that and beat Chicago Bears, but you
Speaker 1: loose to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Perfect to me is you know,
Speaker 1: Villaneva beating Georgie Stown going you know, seventy nine percent
Speaker 1: from the field, Not that it's one hundred percent, but
Speaker 1: you get my point. That's perfect. I don't think The
Speaker 1: Eagles have to be perfect, but they have to be
Speaker 1: really good, really good to be Pittsburgh. And that's the
Speaker 1: final word. Joja Camera, Dave Spidero, we thank you for
Speaker 1: joining us on Eagles three sixty today. We're back tomorrow
Speaker 1: Glenn mcnell joining me in studio here at the Novacare Complex.
Speaker 1: Have a great day, everyone, Have a great Eagles Day, everyone,