Speaker 1: Who can have to do what everyone Merril reads and
Speaker 1: white quick at FedEx Field and land over Maryland. One
Speaker 1: thing the Eagles though, it is passed time, but then
Speaker 1: the endless five game losing sprint. He approaches the football
Speaker 1: and the Eagles things was under way. He looked. He
Speaker 1: stepped up, girl looking. He dashed in to his leaf.
Speaker 1: He tacked in to his wife. He is starting the
Speaker 1: run now he fires downfield are prayer, then down He
Speaker 1: didn't put one is lose? They beagles come, they do
Speaker 1: trouders coucked up. He take it counting and it is
Speaker 1: picked up by let's say, and maybe the Eagles. Great
Speaker 1: Burt the man on the ball, he's back, looks the fire.
Speaker 1: It's complete and at for the cutdown. He clus hey
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Speaker 1: up my cocks and he so sit do it's touched
Speaker 1: out eagles. Hey, we talked about it all week, and
Speaker 1: we heard about it all week? Did we not right?
Speaker 1: Buying the up? We said, we talked, We're just gonna
Speaker 1: handle our business and we were gonna eliminate it today.
Speaker 1: You did it. Great team efforts today. Then hey, is
Speaker 1: it perfect? No? But you know what you're wanting up.
Speaker 1: Winning is contagious. It is contagious. Now you feed on it,
Speaker 1: you learn from it, and we moved to the next one.
Speaker 1: Great job defense, we talk about takeaways. Great job into
Speaker 1: the game. We put a dagger in their heart and
Speaker 1: I stopped her. It's a team effort, though, you absolutely right.
Speaker 1: It's a team effort, right, a lot of individuals, but great.
Speaker 1: Guess what team effort. So proud of you guys. Wait
Speaker 1: to battle. We put this one to bed and we
Speaker 1: get ready for the next one. It's a new order, man.
Speaker 1: Every week we gotta go to work. Started with family,
Speaker 1: Gonna finish on a family family one. Well you heard
Speaker 1: it there from Merrill Reefs excitement Here with the Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles after Sunday thirty to seventeen, way over the Washington
Speaker 1: Redskins to open the two thousand and seventeen season. Hello, everyone,
Speaker 1: up dates, Fedario, Eagles and Stider along with the Hall
Speaker 1: of Famer Brian Westbrook back for another year. Here on
Speaker 1: Eagles three sixty and we're gonna break down the Eagles
Speaker 1: win over the watching Redskins, Brian, And as usual, it
Speaker 1: had a lot of twists, It had a lot of turns,
Speaker 1: it had a lot of craziness. The most important thing
Speaker 1: every single week is winning the game. And at the
Speaker 1: end of the at the end of the game, clocks
Speaker 1: hit zero. The Eagles had more points than the Redskins.
Speaker 1: That's the most important things. Certainly, a lot of things
Speaker 1: that work on. Every season I played, there was never
Speaker 1: one opening game that the coast said, you played a
Speaker 1: perfect game. We have nothing to work on. The Eagles
Speaker 1: have a lot of things that work on, but the
Speaker 1: most important thing they did well was win. And they've
Speaker 1: got some injury concerns. Ronald Darby, the Eagles cornerback, out
Speaker 1: for a period of time here, perhaps with his ankle injury.
Speaker 1: Caleb Sturgis placed kicker with a hip flexer that slowed
Speaker 1: him on Sunday. But those are issues for the team
Speaker 1: to deal with on Tuesday and beyond as they look
Speaker 1: ahead to the Kansas City Chiefs. What we want to
Speaker 1: do here is talk about the Redskins game, and there
Speaker 1: were several things that stood out, Brian. I mean, before
Speaker 1: we get into the offense, let's talk about some of
Speaker 1: the stars of the game in your mind. Well, you
Speaker 1: have to start off with the quarterback, and you want
Speaker 1: to talk about him. He did a great job. But
Speaker 1: when you look at this game, it was dominated by
Speaker 1: the defense. The front four. They did a great job
Speaker 1: of getting after Kirk Cousins. They did not allow him
Speaker 1: to be feel comfortable all game long, and at the
Speaker 1: end of the game it helped him out tremendously. You
Speaker 1: have to look at the front four. Now we begin
Speaker 1: with the offense. Let's talk about the Oh brought to
Speaker 1: you by Golden Nugget where Philly gets engaged, and we
Speaker 1: will start with the quarterback. Carson Wentz. Brian made one
Speaker 1: of those plays early in the game that makes you go, WHOA,
Speaker 1: what is this guy? Do we have Aaron Rodgers junior
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia? Your breakdown of that play, we'll talk about
Speaker 1: that in a bit here, but I mean just in general,
Speaker 1: the presence that Carson Wentz has the pocket breaking down
Speaker 1: around him. This kid has grown up in a hurry.
Speaker 1: There's not a lot of quarterbacks in the NFL, young
Speaker 1: girl old that have the ability to see guys coming
Speaker 1: from behind them, that have the ability to make sure
Speaker 1: that he has his eyes downfield and then when it's
Speaker 1: time to throw the ball downfield to be an accurate throw.
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz showed some things this first game that he
Speaker 1: didn't show all season long last year. He's able to
Speaker 1: elude the rush, He's able to keep his eyes downfield
Speaker 1: and complete the ball. That was impressive. Right. It was
Speaker 1: clear that the Eagles wanted to come out and throw
Speaker 1: the football. The running game really didn't get going, and
Speaker 1: we can talk about that here. Three hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: six yards eight of fourteen conversions on third down. Your
Speaker 1: thoughts on the strategy against Washington, Well, you know, as
Speaker 1: a running back, we always want to come out and
Speaker 1: set the tone with the run game. That's the most
Speaker 1: important thing. But I think Doug he's trying to play
Speaker 1: to his strength. The strength of this offense is the quarterback.
Speaker 1: You go out there and you get all these wide
Speaker 1: receivers in the off season. You want to make sure
Speaker 1: that those guys get involved as well as have the
Speaker 1: ball in your quarterback's hands. And I think that's what
Speaker 1: he did. As the season goes on, the offensive line
Speaker 1: is gonna have to do a little bit better job
Speaker 1: in blocking the running backs are gonna have to be
Speaker 1: able to break some arm tackles and run a little
Speaker 1: bit harder, and that takes time. It takes time in
Speaker 1: some continuity for the offensive line to play better and
Speaker 1: the running backs to feel their way through some of
Speaker 1: those holes. And while the wide receivers did get involved,
Speaker 1: we also have to really point to tight end Zach
Speaker 1: Hurtwo came out of the shoot with eight catches, really
Speaker 1: a key contributor in the offense. And then Nelson Agile
Speaker 1: or what a start for Agilor the twenty fifteen first
Speaker 1: round draft pick, at touchdown catch six receptions, Brian, it
Speaker 1: looks like he has turned the corner. Well, it's good
Speaker 1: to see Nelson just developed some confidence. It's good to
Speaker 1: see him adjust to the ball, catch him with his
Speaker 1: hands and then score. That's want to develop confidence in
Speaker 1: a young man, and that's what you need out of
Speaker 1: him when you move him into the slot. Now he's
Speaker 1: able to use his route running ability to get open.
Speaker 1: You saw him a countless times running very Chris route
Speaker 1: getting open, finding the hole in the zone. That's what
Speaker 1: you want to see from the young guy. Carson did
Speaker 1: a great job of finding him as well. A couple
Speaker 1: of key stats in this game that I'm looking forward
Speaker 1: to monitoring all season. Red zone efficiency of Eagles one
Speaker 1: of one when they were in the red zone. That's
Speaker 1: good thing for a team that was twenty fourth in
Speaker 1: the league last year. And then big plays twenty plus
Speaker 1: yard plays, four of them for the Eagles after last
Speaker 1: year's really kind of dinking attack. Well, they took some
Speaker 1: shots down field and there was a couple of plays,
Speaker 1: even though including in the first play of the game
Speaker 1: that they miss, there's some shots down field where you
Speaker 1: see Tory Smith running right past Josh Norman, their best cornerback,
Speaker 1: if you see Alshan running past some of their defenders. Now,
Speaker 1: if you could connect on some of those plays, this
Speaker 1: game isn't the same game. It changes the complexion of
Speaker 1: the game. Nelson, all those guys, all the receivers and
Speaker 1: the quarterback have to get together to take advantage of
Speaker 1: some of those big shots down the field, because this
Speaker 1: team could be effective in the short game. But if
Speaker 1: you if you hit some of those bombs, it would
Speaker 1: be much more effective and it opens things up as well. Right,
Speaker 1: those are some of the good things that happen. There
Speaker 1: are some things that did not happen as well. I
Speaker 1: mean it was a stuttering offense at times. What do
Speaker 1: the Eagles need to get better as they look to
Speaker 1: Kansas City? Hostile environment, attacking defense, Well, you're going to
Speaker 1: see a defense that's going to be coming after you.
Speaker 1: So first of all, I'm looking at the offensive line.
Speaker 1: Can you dominate upfront? If you want to win, Andy
Speaker 1: Todd us, if you want to win in the football game,
Speaker 1: you have to win in the trenches. The offensive line
Speaker 1: has to play a little bit better. They need to
Speaker 1: be able to combo block up to the linebackers to
Speaker 1: get this running game going. Our running backs need to
Speaker 1: do a much better job of blitz recognition. They need
Speaker 1: to know who their man is and get after their
Speaker 1: guy and pick up the blitz. If they do some
Speaker 1: of those things, the game will be a little bit
Speaker 1: more smoother. I think getting the ball out of Carson's
Speaker 1: hands quicker will also help the offense. Two touchdown drives,
Speaker 1: some field goals, a big drive at the end of
Speaker 1: the first half to take back the lead. A lot
Speaker 1: of good things to work with, a lot of things
Speaker 1: that need to be improved as we look to the
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. We've got more to get to here
Speaker 1: on Eagles three sixty. When we return, we'll take a
Speaker 1: look at some of the big plays and Sunday's win
Speaker 1: over Washington, and we'll break down the defense and don't
Speaker 1: forget the special teams instrumental in the Week one win.
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Speaker 1: Eagles three sixty days Fidarry O'Brian Westbrook here talking about
Speaker 1: the Eagles win on Sunday over the hated, dreaded NFC
Speaker 1: East rival Washington Redskins. Where did they rank on your
Speaker 1: list of teams? I don't like. Um, they're probably because
Speaker 1: it's my hometown, so they're they're right at the top
Speaker 1: foot me. I do not like the Redskins at all,
Speaker 1: and I love going down there in Washington and finding
Speaker 1: a way to get a win. It had been a
Speaker 1: while Eagles and lost five straight to the Redskins prior
Speaker 1: to Sunday. And one of the reasons they won the
Speaker 1: big play back for the Eagles on the offensive side
Speaker 1: and the defensive side. And with that in mind, let's
Speaker 1: take our all twenty two review into our film room.
Speaker 1: Fran Duffy and Great co Sell. All right, Greg, well,
Speaker 1: let's get things started here the way the Eagles got
Speaker 1: things started. And when you have the opening drive on offense.
Speaker 1: The only thing you could ask for is to open
Speaker 1: up with a touchdown, and they did just that. Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz and Nelson aglare fifty eight yards. Let's take a
Speaker 1: look at see what happened. Is played, It ended up
Speaker 1: exactly the way they designed it, exactly exactly, exactly right.
Speaker 1: So what we have here is one of their staple
Speaker 1: looks out of three wide receivers. It's a three by
Speaker 1: one set, but right up there that's zach Ertz. They
Speaker 1: use him a lot, as you know, Fran as the
Speaker 1: single receiver to basically the short side of the field,
Speaker 1: and then they've got three wide receivers down below, and
Speaker 1: inside is Aglar, who's gonna end up catching the touchdown,
Speaker 1: of course, but in this play he's not really part
Speaker 1: of the progression at all. He's a clear player. Now
Speaker 1: as we start this, the focus should be really on
Speaker 1: wins and earths because that's who he's looking to get
Speaker 1: the ball to, and if you freeze it right here,
Speaker 1: that's where he wants to go. But that's Josh Norman.
Speaker 1: So really, Carson Wentz should have come off of this
Speaker 1: much quicker than he did, because that's not the matchup
Speaker 1: you were looking for in the three by one set,
Speaker 1: you were hoping maybe a safety or a linebacker might
Speaker 1: be out on him, but that's Josh Norman. Yeah. And
Speaker 1: so then when you have on the other side of
Speaker 1: the field, and what we assume the second part of
Speaker 1: his progression was, is you have Alshon Jeffrey coming here
Speaker 1: on a shallow cross, Tory Smith running a little dig.
Speaker 1: You assume he's gonna work from right to left because,
Speaker 1: as we said, Aglar, he's just clearing. He's running vertically
Speaker 1: too clear, he's not part of this progression at all
Speaker 1: at this point in time. So of course what happens
Speaker 1: is the pressure now starts to work and WinCE again
Speaker 1: he stayed too long, but now he starts moving around,
Speaker 1: and now it becomes kind of a random improvisizational play.
Speaker 1: So if you freeze it here perfect Now what's happening
Speaker 1: is he's clearly working WinCE that is to his left.
Speaker 1: So now Aglar does absolutely the right thing, and we
Speaker 1: talked about this when the play happened. He starts working
Speaker 1: with WinCE. So what do you do. You work to
Speaker 1: the same side of the field, and if there's no
Speaker 1: one in front of you, you work deeper and that's
Speaker 1: exactly what Nelson Aguilar does right here. And keep in mind,
Speaker 1: this is a big time throw. I mean he did
Speaker 1: not have a chance really to totally turn and set
Speaker 1: his feet to make this throw. So this was a
Speaker 1: big time throw. Not the design of the play at all,
Speaker 1: but WinCE In Agilard did an excellent job once the
Speaker 1: play broke down. Yeah, one of those things that it
Speaker 1: seems like it's a random play, but they practice those
Speaker 1: scrambled drills all the time. Each player has assignments on
Speaker 1: what they're supposed to do when the quarterback breaks the pocket.
Speaker 1: So Nelson uncovering exactly the way he showed up. It
Speaker 1: was a good way to start for the Eagles offense.
Speaker 1: All right, thanks so much, guys. Let's talk about this
Speaker 1: play from several different aspects. The mobility of a quarterback
Speaker 1: who sticks five to forty it looks like Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: the way he's able to set his feet so quickly,
Speaker 1: turn his shoulders and get the ball down the field.
Speaker 1: That's the good from the quarterback position. And of course
Speaker 1: Nelson Aguilar's work. Coming back to football, well, when you
Speaker 1: have a quarterback that's able to evade the rush, now
Speaker 1: you open up so many other things for your office.
Speaker 1: Now you can get into be a scrambled drill. But
Speaker 1: when you have the quarterback that says, listen, I just
Speaker 1: needs you to block one guy. He just give me
Speaker 1: a chance, like you have in Carson went that makes
Speaker 1: the orcus a little bit more for best. And Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz is the type of guy that can make a
Speaker 1: guy miss, make two guys miss, and then still look
Speaker 1: down the field and throw the ball accurately. That's important
Speaker 1: for you winning football team. Big picture here though, Brian,
Speaker 1: you don't want your quarterback getting hit. Carson took some hits.
Speaker 1: Washington blitzed the Eagles running backs here. Your evaluation of
Speaker 1: the pass protection and the running backs in pass pro
Speaker 1: well something that needs work. I mean a part of
Speaker 1: the problem is you don't get a lot of time
Speaker 1: in the preseason as far as game time to work
Speaker 1: on these types of things. That's something that they're going
Speaker 1: to have to work on this week coming into Kansas City.
Speaker 1: They're going to pressure the quarterback. They're gonna make sure
Speaker 1: that these running backs understand the blitz responsibility. Do Staley
Speaker 1: and this offensive line They're going to need to get
Speaker 1: get together and make sure that they know which linebacker
Speaker 1: is responsible, the running back is responsible before. They have
Speaker 1: to do that right now, because on some of these
Speaker 1: plays that we saw against Washington, our running backs are
Speaker 1: just missing the linebackers. They're not watching them all the
Speaker 1: way on some of the delayed blitzes. And if they
Speaker 1: don't do that against Kansas City, we're gonna get our
Speaker 1: quarterback hit way too many times on the d defensive
Speaker 1: side of the ball, a lot of pressure. Let's go
Speaker 1: back to France and to Greg and talking about one
Speaker 1: of the big plays early in the game, the big
Speaker 1: man up front getting it done all right, next up Greg.
Speaker 1: All summer long, we saw more blitzes from Jim Schwartz
Speaker 1: in this Eagles defense, and we were wondering, like everybody else,
Speaker 1: would we see more of it here in Week one
Speaker 1: with the start of the regular season, and we got
Speaker 1: to see it with the first big defensive play of
Speaker 1: the day. Yeah, and I think you will see more
Speaker 1: and more Blitzay. Hey, we even saw cover zero and
Speaker 1: I believe it was the third down. But here they
Speaker 1: come with what we call a mic star blitz. And
Speaker 1: to give you an example of that, what we're talking
Speaker 1: about is you really have the mic linebacker, and here
Speaker 1: it's Bradham, I believe, and then you have Robinson outside
Speaker 1: Patrick Robins, who's the slot corner, that's the star. So
Speaker 1: it's a mic star blitz. And what happens here They're
Speaker 1: gonna come, They're coming from the field, and the boundary
Speaker 1: defensive end is Brandon Graham. He's going to drop out,
Speaker 1: so it's really a five man rush. But they're overloading
Speaker 1: one side of the offense. So what you get is
Speaker 1: you get the blitz as we run this and we
Speaker 1: can see Actlee all of that. Now, what happens here
Speaker 1: because Graham leaves is you get a one on one
Speaker 1: matchup right here. You get Fletcher Cox now on the
Speaker 1: right tackle, and he surprises him a little bit because
Speaker 1: the right tackle, Moses is expecting to block Graham. So
Speaker 1: look what happened there is Cox got beyond him pretty
Speaker 1: quickly and he's able to sack Cousins, forced the fumble,
Speaker 1: and the Eagles recover the ball. One of the best
Speaker 1: things about doing any kind of overload blitz, like what
Speaker 1: you just saw with that Mike Starr, is you're gonna
Speaker 1: get the offensive line sliding away. Yes, and in that situation,
Speaker 1: you've got the offensive line sliding away from Fletcher Cox
Speaker 1: for the blitz. That's what you want. Now you've got
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox in the one on one right and as
Speaker 1: we saw, he was able to get his shoulder past
Speaker 1: the right tackle. And you know the great thing about Cox,
Speaker 1: he can play some defensive in and rest the quarterback.
Speaker 1: And that's really what that ended up being. Yeah, we've
Speaker 1: seen that going back to his college days. Fletcher Cox
Speaker 1: getting a sack fumble on one of the first big
Speaker 1: plays for the defense in the first half. Thanks very much, guys.
Speaker 1: We will talk about the defense at length in the
Speaker 1: next block here, Brian. That play right there demonstrates some
Speaker 1: of the versatility that we see upfront, with Brandon Graham
Speaker 1: dropping out of the play, Fletcher Cox looping on the outside.
Speaker 1: You have guys that can play inside or outside. For
Speaker 1: offense is confusing because you don't know is zachly where
Speaker 1: these guys are coming from. Jim Schwartz has done a
Speaker 1: great job of allowing his guys to play inside, outside
Speaker 1: and be multiple because now offense they can't predict who's
Speaker 1: coming who's not coming. You have to be on your
Speaker 1: p's and que and a lot of time, offensive alignment,
Speaker 1: get caught off guard? Exactly what happened with that? This place,
Speaker 1: that's it. Big plays, small plays, They all added up
Speaker 1: to an Eagles win on Sunday at Washington. We've got
Speaker 1: one more segment to go here on Eagles three sixty,
Speaker 1: and when we return, we'll talk about the defense and
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Speaker 1: Her final segment here on Eagles three sixty Davis Fidaro,
Speaker 1: Brian Westbrook, Eagles defense dominating the Washington Redskins and the
Speaker 1: game plan. Brian from Jim Schwartz blitzed a little bit.
Speaker 1: We hadn't seen much of that, Brandon Graham inside and
Speaker 1: the nickel dropping out in some zoom coverage, I mean
Speaker 1: it was, and losing Ronald Darby in the process. What
Speaker 1: a brilliant job. Jim Sworth did a great job of
Speaker 1: never allowing Kirk Cousins to be comfortable in the pocket.
Speaker 1: You saw so many times in the game where he
Speaker 1: thought the ghosts were coming from one side. The blitz
Speaker 1: came from the other side at some point. If you're
Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator, you want him to see ghosts. You
Speaker 1: saw him that last interception to Jaylen Mills. He caught
Speaker 1: the football because and through the football to our team
Speaker 1: because he thought the blitz was coming from somewhere else
Speaker 1: and he still had time. Jim Sworth did a great
Speaker 1: job of keeping him him off balance. He was never
Speaker 1: comfortable in the pocket the entire game. Great job from
Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator. In twenty sixteen and two wins over
Speaker 1: the Eagles, Washington average one hundred and sixty eight and
Speaker 1: a half yards rushing per game. On Sunday the sixty
Speaker 1: four yards. What was the difference The dominant play of
Speaker 1: their defensive line. The linebackers are coming up, hitting people
Speaker 1: in the mouth. Malcolm Jenkins contributing, coming up hitting people
Speaker 1: in the mouth. That's what a defense is all about.
Speaker 1: Eleven guys to the football, making gang tackling possible. And
Speaker 1: now you have an offense, you make it. You limit
Speaker 1: the offense. You say you're not going to be able
Speaker 1: to run the football, you have to throw it. Now
Speaker 1: you're playing right into the defensive hands, you're able to
Speaker 1: rush your front four. You bring some blitzers, and this
Speaker 1: is perfect situation for the defense. Brian, How concerning is
Speaker 1: the loss of Darby. We don't know exactly how long
Speaker 1: he'll be out, and we hope that he gets back
Speaker 1: before the end of the season. Here in your mind,
Speaker 1: how to the Eagles compensate? Well, you have to figure
Speaker 1: this thing out. That's why Jim Schwartz gets paid the
Speaker 1: big money. But you allow these young players to play
Speaker 1: a little bit more, get their legs underneath them, and
Speaker 1: make sure that they understand the scheme. All I need
Speaker 1: you to do is play the schemes. Don't try to
Speaker 1: play outside of yourself, don't try to pick off someone's
Speaker 1: someone else's man. Just play the scheme properly and this
Speaker 1: thing will work out. But it's very, very important. We
Speaker 1: talked about the next the next man up. We need
Speaker 1: the next man up to play good, but we need
Speaker 1: this front board. You take a little bit more responsibility. Now.
Speaker 1: You have to play a little bit better because we
Speaker 1: may call on you guys just to get the pressure
Speaker 1: by yourself because we can't blitz as much. And the
Speaker 1: chiefs await after totaling nearly six hundred yards on Thursday
Speaker 1: Night in that win over the New England Patriots. And
Speaker 1: as we know, it is a three phase game. Eagles
Speaker 1: special teams, we would be remissed to not mention the
Speaker 1: outstanding play from Dave Phipp's crew three Caleb Sturgis field goals.
Speaker 1: Donnie Jones had a punt that was fumbled. He dropped
Speaker 1: a ball down at the one yard line of Jalen
Speaker 1: Watkins hustled to cover. I mean the coverage teams were outstanding.
Speaker 1: The first punt of the game, trust Way kicks it
Speaker 1: thirty yards out of bounds. Eagles get a great field position.
Speaker 1: The Eagles always believe Brian that you win games on
Speaker 1: special special teams, special plays, and they are doing it
Speaker 1: again again again. Well, there's times and gangs where your
Speaker 1: offense is not clicking. There's times and gags where your
Speaker 1: defense is not clicking. Your special teams has to be
Speaker 1: on target one point, every single opportunity that they get.
Speaker 1: Dave Phipps has done a great job of making sure
Speaker 1: that those guys participate. They understand the schemes, they understand
Speaker 1: the rush lanes and their blocking lanes as well. They've
Speaker 1: done a great job of making this offense get better
Speaker 1: field positions, making this defense play with the offensive back
Speaker 1: to the goal line. That's important. They won the special
Speaker 1: teams game. That's how you win games in football. Let's
Speaker 1: tie it all in here. Corey Kleman goes down on
Speaker 1: the very first kickoff, makes a big play. Rookie running
Speaker 1: back being asked to make plays on special teams. Do
Speaker 1: coaches then notice that and say, screeb to give this
Speaker 1: kid a couple of reps here, I'm trying to get
Speaker 1: the running game going here. Do you see that kind
Speaker 1: of progressing in that direction? But what happens is you
Speaker 1: start making plays on special teams. The coach starts, they
Speaker 1: see your number pays Number thirty's doing a little bit better.
Speaker 1: He's doing better. He's a guy that wants to go
Speaker 1: out there and help us on special teams. And now
Speaker 1: let's give him a couple of runs on offense. The
Speaker 1: longer that you can stay around, the more opportunities you get.
Speaker 1: You'll stay around much longer if you're making plays on specials.
Speaker 1: Can you get up to the speed of the game
Speaker 1: on special team so that it translates into a positional play?
Speaker 1: No question. If you're here and you're participating in making
Speaker 1: plays on special teams. Now, Deuce Stanley is gonna say,
Speaker 1: you know what I saw how fast he ran on
Speaker 1: that special teams on that kickoff. How about we give
Speaker 1: them give him an opportunity on this one play. And
Speaker 1: if you make a play on these couple of plays
Speaker 1: that they give you on offense, now that leads to
Speaker 1: more and more plays. That's how things work here in
Speaker 1: the NFL. Well, it was a good start for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: Concerns for the Eagles. Work to do for the Eagles,
Speaker 1: we all know that, but one and all, that's where
Speaker 1: you want to be. Anytime you can start by winning
Speaker 1: the game, it least things in the right direction. Good
Speaker 1: start for the Birds. Right now, we are gonna look
Speaker 1: ahead here to what's happening on Philadelphia Eagles dot com
Speaker 1: and on Eagles three sixty. On Tuesday, Glenn macdown, my host,
Speaker 1: will have his takeaways from Sunday's win over Washington Head
Speaker 1: coach Doug Peterson in studio with me with half an
Speaker 1: eye on the Redskins and most of his attention focused
Speaker 1: on Kansas City. And then the coordinators Frank Reich and
Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz will meet the media talking. I'm sure about
Speaker 1: Kansas City a lot. How tough is this is probably
Speaker 1: the loudest stadium that I ever played again played in.
Speaker 1: You have a defense that's gonna be coming at you.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be hard to hear for your offensive line,
Speaker 1: so you're kind of at a disadvantage, and those guys
Speaker 1: on the defense will get some good get offs. You
Speaker 1: have to make sure everyone's on the same pace offensive line,
Speaker 1: quarterback as well as running back. Eagles were one and
Speaker 1: seven on the road last season. They didn't win in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Last season on Sunday, they win the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter eleven nothing and they went on the road.
Speaker 1: I just think it's a different feel to the opener
Speaker 1: than it was last season. Anytime that you can win
Speaker 1: a game opener in the middle of the season, it's
Speaker 1: the great way to do things. It's a great start.
Speaker 1: Now you you stick, you start to get that pay,
Speaker 1: you start to get the moment on. I'm such a player.
Speaker 1: You're going game by game and that's all one of sixteen.
Speaker 1: That's all I can take it. My only mission is
Speaker 1: next week. That's all focus. Next week we will be
Speaker 1: here with Brian West people see you then. Thanks for
Speaker 1: joining us here today on Eagles three sixty. Thank you
Speaker 1: for joining us on Eagles three sixty. We've got a
Speaker 1: lot more to get to this week. Make sure you're
Speaker 1: within us every step of the way as we line
Speaker 1: it up for the Eagles at the Kansas City Chaps
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Thanks so much, everyone, have yourselves a great
Speaker 1: Eagles Day.