Speaker 1: Down to the wire. Jalen Hurst put the team on
Speaker 1: his back, took it himself untouched in the end zone.
Speaker 1: The Eagles win this one seventeen to sixteen. On the road.
Speaker 1: Welcome to the postgame Show, presented by Rico. I'm Gabriella
Speaker 1: d Giovanni, joined by Frank Duffy and I Greece. You
Speaker 1: gotta take a deep breath after that one. A win's
Speaker 1: a win, right and when we're gonna win, Victor, who
Speaker 1: who is a sign? All the energy out? There's a
Speaker 1: lot to get to you break this one down. The
Speaker 1: Eagles entered the fourth quarter trailing ten. Okay, we thought
Speaker 1: this was their chance. It was a big bounce back game.
Speaker 1: They were handed their first loss on Monday night. They
Speaker 1: didn't come out aggressive, they didn't come out too strong.
Speaker 1: They got to win, like we said, but we got
Speaker 1: to go back to the beginning of this game. The offense,
Speaker 1: they just really could not capitalize on opportunities. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: I can't wait to hear coach Sirianni and Jay and
Speaker 1: talk about what they experienced out throwing the field and
Speaker 1: what they were seeing. I was kind of wondering what
Speaker 1: the offense would look like without Dallas Goddard in it
Speaker 1: this week, and I'm not gonna see it here and
Speaker 1: tell you it all falls on the absence of Dallas
Speaker 1: Goddard being there. But you're talking about a big part
Speaker 1: of this offense being taken out as far as calling
Speaker 1: plays or what have you. Still no e students for
Speaker 1: the slow start that they got off too. If you
Speaker 1: think about it, the last six quarters, when you take
Speaker 1: the second half of Monday Night's game and then you
Speaker 1: go through this game, the offense Jess has not looked
Speaker 1: like it had looked prior to last game versus Washington,
Speaker 1: and I guarantee you they're going to be trying to
Speaker 1: get this thing fixed for next Sunday. A couple more turnovers,
Speaker 1: some more three and outs here in this game, and
Speaker 1: obviously a lot to clean up on the offensive side
Speaker 1: of the football. Not their best performance. It was a good,
Speaker 1: good defensive team. We talked about that Colts defense. They
Speaker 1: are very technically sound. They are able to pressure quarterbacks
Speaker 1: despite not rushing four. So this is a group that
Speaker 1: can give offenses problems. But this was not the offense's
Speaker 1: best effort today. That said, coming in late in this
Speaker 1: game and coming up with a w that's important to
Speaker 1: do on the road. After you faced adversity last week.
Speaker 1: It was a short week, had to bounce back off that.
Speaker 1: You know, tough goings here early on, they come back
Speaker 1: and they get the dub. You mentioned the turnovers. The
Speaker 1: first eight games of the season, they had three turnovers.
Speaker 1: They've had six since Monday night. What's the coaching point
Speaker 1: when you're when you're reviewing this film, Right, Obviously, fluky
Speaker 1: things can happen, and you know, unfortunate things can happen,
Speaker 1: But six turnovers since Monday, when your team has been
Speaker 1: so good at protecting the football through the beginning of
Speaker 1: the season, what do you do? Yeah, I think you
Speaker 1: go on teaching the things that they've taught them all
Speaker 1: season longer about ball security. You know, I've always felt
Speaker 1: that turnovers are a thing of bad luck. Right, Sometimes
Speaker 1: you're fortunate that something doesn't turn into a turnover, but
Speaker 1: eventually it seems to even itself out. And so there
Speaker 1: were plays through the first eight weeks of the season
Speaker 1: where there could have been turnovers. We were just fortunate
Speaker 1: it didn't happen. The last two games, we're starting to
Speaker 1: see a little bit of that sort of level out
Speaker 1: as you go through the season. It doesn't excuse not
Speaker 1: taking care of football when you have it. It It certainly
Speaker 1: doesn't excuse that. But I don't think the coaches are
Speaker 1: doing anything differently than they've done all year long, and
Speaker 1: I think the players are conscious of it. It's just
Speaker 1: that in the league today, you know, you almost have
Speaker 1: to be overly secure with the football because defensive guys
Speaker 1: are constantly punching at it, trying to strip it. Even
Speaker 1: when you're going for a sack, guys aren't necessarily going
Speaker 1: for the hit anymore. They're going to get the ball out, yeah,
Speaker 1: no question. And that's the thing that makes the fumbled
Speaker 1: to discussion a little bit difficult, because it's not one
Speaker 1: thing that's the same across all of these fumbles. Jalen
Speaker 1: Hurt's fumble in the beginning of the third quarter is
Speaker 1: not like a J. Brown's fumble, which is not like
Speaker 1: Qus watkins fumble at the end of last week, which
Speaker 1: was not like Dallas Goddard's fumble. All of them are
Speaker 1: for different reasons, but ultimately, as a group, they just
Speaker 1: have to do a better job of continuing to take
Speaker 1: care of the football. It was such a strength through
Speaker 1: the first eight nine games over the last six quarters
Speaker 1: not as much. Another strength they had through those first
Speaker 1: eight games was they didn't rack up too many penalties.
Speaker 1: Today it wasn't too good that first half. There was
Speaker 1: a drive they had three penalties back to back hold
Speaker 1: on the drive that just completely just shot the drive.
Speaker 1: It was over another kind of coaching point to clean
Speaker 1: those things up, because those are the things that Sirianni
Speaker 1: talks about something in our control, control the things that
Speaker 1: we can you know, playing clean football is something that
Speaker 1: you can control. Again, there's going to be things that
Speaker 1: are called this has been a huge discussion in the
Speaker 1: past week, that don't always go your way, but there
Speaker 1: are also things that are completely in your control that
Speaker 1: are preventable. Yeah, and the thing that I'll always look
Speaker 1: at when we're talking about penalties, we're talking about pre
Speaker 1: snap penalties and post played counalties. Those are things you
Speaker 1: certainly can control. You're looking at a holding call or
Speaker 1: something like that. Those are subjective, independent on an officiating
Speaker 1: crew whether or not they're looking to call some of
Speaker 1: these things. I thought in that first half on the
Speaker 1: one drive where they call like three straight penalties or
Speaker 1: three penalties out of four or five plays, you know,
Speaker 1: some of those things can be tiki tag when you
Speaker 1: get a guy downfield, is he's blocking two early versus
Speaker 1: alignment band downfield early on the RPL, So some of
Speaker 1: those things can definitely be cleaned up. We didn't have
Speaker 1: as many pre snap penalties, and then we didn't have
Speaker 1: a lot of bone hid penalties where you're getting personal
Speaker 1: files or things of that nature. The holding calls, illegal procedures,
Speaker 1: legal man down the field, those are things you can correct, yeah,
Speaker 1: And that's the thing is that it always just comes
Speaker 1: down to details. With all out of those rights, it's
Speaker 1: one little thing, and some of them you can argue about.
Speaker 1: To me, like the illegal man downfield penalty on Jason
Speaker 1: Kelsey in that drive, he was blocking his man down
Speaker 1: the field. To me, that's not illegal blocking downfield. That's
Speaker 1: Jason Kelsey whooping the guy in front of him and
Speaker 1: driving him seven yards off the ball. But ultimately, I
Speaker 1: think at the end of the day, you just have
Speaker 1: to worry about the details, and that's something that again,
Speaker 1: just like the turnovers Beagles were so strong with in
Speaker 1: the first eight games and the last two that has
Speaker 1: not been the case. Let's talk about the good news
Speaker 1: from today. That defense, they in my opinion or the
Speaker 1: reason that this team won, because they allowed the offense
Speaker 1: to hang around, holding Jonathan Taylor to eighty four yards
Speaker 1: sixty four in the first half. Forty nine of those
Speaker 1: sixty four yards were one in that opening drive. After that,
Speaker 1: he didn't do too much. So the way that they've
Speaker 1: responded the whole week, they've had answer so many questions
Speaker 1: about this run defense, and to hold one of the
Speaker 1: best running backs in the league to eighty four yards
Speaker 1: pretty impressive job. Yeah, and this is why I was
Speaker 1: excited to see his defense come out and play today,
Speaker 1: because you're right, they took a lot of heat throughout
Speaker 1: the week, and some of it justifiably. So I'm sure
Speaker 1: they hold themselves to a high standard when it comes
Speaker 1: to making tackles, being in the right gap, playing good
Speaker 1: solid team defense where you're doing your job and you're
Speaker 1: expecting your teammate to do his job over there, as
Speaker 1: opposed to guys trying to do other guy's job. They
Speaker 1: got all those things corrected. This is a prideful defense.
Speaker 1: And so once you knuckle up and say I'm gonnahoop
Speaker 1: the man across from me, and I'm not gonna let
Speaker 1: you run the ball down my throat. That's exactly what
Speaker 1: they did today. And more importantly, they got negative plays
Speaker 1: on first downs second down, So unlike last week versus Washington,
Speaker 1: where everything was from first and ten to second and
Speaker 1: six to third and fourth and one, there were a
Speaker 1: few first and ten, I mean first and fifteens in there.
Speaker 1: First and twelves. You got a holding call that pushes
Speaker 1: them back first and twenty. So now the defense can
Speaker 1: playing with their ears back versus being on your heels
Speaker 1: all game. They tackled much better today, but more importantly,
Speaker 1: they won on the early downs. Yeah, TJ, we're t
Speaker 1: had a couple of those TFLs on swing passes early
Speaker 1: on in series, and that was able to help things
Speaker 1: get going defensively. I think the big thing to your point, Ella,
Speaker 1: they had forty nine yards rushing on the first drive
Speaker 1: of the game. Jonathan Taylor didn't have a run of
Speaker 1: more than four yards until like early the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: after that opening and drive, and so they really locked
Speaker 1: down on trying to stop number twenty eight. That was
Speaker 1: a big reason why this defense had much successes it did.
Speaker 1: You saw a number of three and outs. They were
Speaker 1: able to force the issue with this with this offense,
Speaker 1: and even when they did give up points, a lot
Speaker 1: of them came on short fields. You have the fumble
Speaker 1: that started the third quarter, and they were able to
Speaker 1: hold them to three points in our three drives and
Speaker 1: then a field goal. I think ultimately this defense did
Speaker 1: a nice job of operating in those sudden chain situations
Speaker 1: and getting off the field when they needed to. In
Speaker 1: the kickoff show, you and I talked about how Jonathan
Speaker 1: gan in this week said it takes all eleven guys
Speaker 1: to stop the run. Well, C J. Gardner Johnson was
Speaker 1: your leading tackler on this defense today. I learned this
Speaker 1: from you, Fran. You never want a guy in your
Speaker 1: secondary to be your team's leading tackler. But is that
Speaker 1: what it takes in a game like this when you
Speaker 1: need all eleven guys to stop the run. A number
Speaker 1: of those times were blitzes. So that's where a little
Speaker 1: bit more forgivable when you have guys that are approaching
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and you're going they're gonna be
Speaker 1: a little bit more active that way. But yeah, at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, you'd love it. Who looked
Speaker 1: like it did last week where Javon Hargrave, I believe
Speaker 1: led the team with tackles. He at thirteen, which is
Speaker 1: insane for a defensive lineman to have that many tackles.
Speaker 1: But ultimately, yeah, it does take all eleven. And I
Speaker 1: thought everybody kind of tik their turns showing up here
Speaker 1: in this one. They really did. You look at it
Speaker 1: from stop, not just stopping to run, but how about
Speaker 1: in the passing game getting at the Matt Ryans. He
Speaker 1: once Matt Ryan was forced out to throw the ball
Speaker 1: because they're behind the chains second and long, third and long.
Speaker 1: Now this defense can get after him because they know
Speaker 1: exactly where he's gonna be. He's not gonna run around
Speaker 1: or try to extend plays. If nothing else, He's gonna
Speaker 1: either go down or throw you the football. I was
Speaker 1: surprised they weren't able to get an interception off of him,
Speaker 1: but he held onto the ball, which led to a
Speaker 1: lot of secks. And Fran brought up something very critical
Speaker 1: when you look at the way this defense played to
Speaker 1: day sudden change. When we did turn the ball over
Speaker 1: on the offense, the Eagles didn't allow them to get
Speaker 1: a touchdown out of it either. They held them to
Speaker 1: a field goal and a couple of those times they
Speaker 1: got him three and out and got the ball right
Speaker 1: back to the offense. If you don't have stop stare
Speaker 1: from your defense and they give up touchdowns, this game
Speaker 1: is over with early for the Eagles, the fact that
Speaker 1: they were holding them the field goals or forced three
Speaker 1: and outs, it really allowed the offense to get back
Speaker 1: in the game, let Jalen do what he does, and
Speaker 1: they're able to come out of here with a win.
Speaker 1: Opening drive touchdown. They didn't reach the ends and after that,
Speaker 1: so I think ultimately, look, it was a bad start
Speaker 1: for the defense the way that that opening script worked out,
Speaker 1: But after that, really nice job from Jonathan Gannon's unit.
Speaker 1: Is this defense missing a Vonte Maddox a little more
Speaker 1: than we can sure? Oh yeah, definitely. Oh yeah. When
Speaker 1: you think about a Vonte Maddox, I look at him
Speaker 1: like he's a starting corner. He plays just as many
Speaker 1: snaps as Slay and Bradberry does out there with so
Speaker 1: many teams he was an eleven personnel or four four
Speaker 1: wide receiver sets. You're missing that guy out there. Now.
Speaker 1: We look at him like he's the best nickel corner
Speaker 1: and all of football. You know, no slight to Josiah Scott,
Speaker 1: but he's not a Vonte Maddox. Vonte Maddox is definitely
Speaker 1: being missed out well. Vonte Maddox just took to Twitter.
Speaker 1: He had to say, we're missing him, but he is
Speaker 1: tuned in. He said, let's go with a muscle emoji.
Speaker 1: He is certainly missed, but we know when he is
Speaker 1: back and he's healthy and he's ready to go, hopefully
Speaker 1: he'll just be a welcomed addition that's really going to
Speaker 1: kind of be that staple, that foundation to that secondary
Speaker 1: that we're seeing kind of the miss well. The other
Speaker 1: thing you're missing with him out there is familiarity, right.
Speaker 1: They know a Vontae, they know how he was. You know,
Speaker 1: when you're a secondary and you've been playing together as
Speaker 1: a unit, you understand tendencies. You understand what the guy
Speaker 1: in front of you likes to do, so you know
Speaker 1: how to play off of him. And with Josiah out there,
Speaker 1: it takes a little bit of time to get used
Speaker 1: to playing with thirty three out there. He's busting his butt,
Speaker 1: but it's nothing like having guys out there that you've
Speaker 1: played more snaps with because the more experience you have
Speaker 1: out there the more familiarity you have how to play
Speaker 1: off the guy. There's a saying in sports things some
Speaker 1: guys are just glue guys and that they hold everything together.
Speaker 1: I think a Vontae Maddox for this defense, for that
Speaker 1: back seven, because it's not just with the corners. He
Speaker 1: is one of a guy that is connective for the safeties,
Speaker 1: for the linebackers, the guys playing off the edge. So
Speaker 1: he is such an important part of this defensive A
Speaker 1: lot of the ways that his BF Dallas Goddard is
Speaker 1: offensively very similar in terms of their impact on both
Speaker 1: sides of the ball, certainly missing the roomies to that.
Speaker 1: I just thought about that. You didn't realize I just
Speaker 1: thought about that. Wow. Yeah, yeah, let's talk about that.
Speaker 1: On the offensive side of the football, we didn't know
Speaker 1: what I was going to look like today without Dallas Goddard.
Speaker 1: We anticipated, just based on what was said throughout the week,
Speaker 1: that it was going to be a bi committee approach
Speaker 1: and kind of redistributing the targets. We didn't exactly see
Speaker 1: what I think I expected in terms of more A J.
Speaker 1: Brown and more DeVonta Smith. They were trying to see
Speaker 1: what was gonna work, how many tight ends to put
Speaker 1: in or take out. What did you think just in
Speaker 1: how they've been trying to adjust without Dallas Goddard, he know,
Speaker 1: you know what, I'll give Gus Bradley a little bit
Speaker 1: of credit here too. They did some things out there
Speaker 1: to get Jalen out of his comfort zone, right. They
Speaker 1: mixed up some coverages and when you don't have to
Speaker 1: devote extra attention to Dallas, got it out there. Now
Speaker 1: you're putting extra guys on number eleven or you're maybe
Speaker 1: rolling coverage towards Devonte Smith at times. Either way, there's
Speaker 1: a there's a void in the middle of the field
Speaker 1: that number eighty eight usually occupies, and Jalen has he's
Speaker 1: built up that report with Dallas that he likes having
Speaker 1: that security blanket, that big body where the catch radius
Speaker 1: is so wide that he feels comfortable throwing him the football.
Speaker 1: And then I even talked about in a running game,
Speaker 1: he's such a good blocker on the perimeter. I thought
Speaker 1: that affected us too as well. So, you know, it's
Speaker 1: the first game that he's not out there. I think
Speaker 1: it's not like you want to get used to not
Speaker 1: playing with him, but we're not going to have him
Speaker 1: for at least another three to four weeks, and I
Speaker 1: think that the offense will start to find an identity
Speaker 1: without eighty eight out there. But he definitely was missed today. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that'll be one of the things I'll be looking for
Speaker 1: when I do go through the film tomorrow, is just
Speaker 1: what the offense looked like on those plays where maybe
Speaker 1: Jack Stoles used at the point of attack or Grant
Speaker 1: Calcata used at the point of attack. He had that
Speaker 1: tiki tack holding penalty at one point, I was a
Speaker 1: little bit questionable in my mind, but I think overall
Speaker 1: that would be one of the first things I'll be
Speaker 1: looking at when I watched the offensive tape tomorrow. Well,
Speaker 1: the reom means might be sitting on the couch tweeting together.
Speaker 1: Because Dallas Utter also took the letter. He said MVP.
Speaker 1: I'm assuming that's referring to Jalen Hurts because he really
Speaker 1: did put the team on his back to win this one.
Speaker 1: He did, and that's the great thing about Jaylen as
Speaker 1: a quarterback. If something's not working through the air, he
Speaker 1: has the ability to extend plays. And I thought in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter he had to say it to himself,
Speaker 1: it's time it's time to go, and you started to
Speaker 1: see him be more aggressive when he didn't like what
Speaker 1: he saw from a passing standpoint. He was able to
Speaker 1: use his legs, So I mean, it's great to have
Speaker 1: a guy that had that ability. You just look at
Speaker 1: the other side of the field. I was speaking about
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan earlier. He's not running the football. I know
Speaker 1: he had a thirty something yard run last week, but
Speaker 1: that's because everybody on defense bailed out. He's usually not
Speaker 1: running the football. It's great to have a weapon like Jalen. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he saw in that touchdown drive that ended with the
Speaker 1: Quez Watkins touchdown, he had the scramble for plus twenty
Speaker 1: three and then obviously running it in for the game
Speaker 1: winner seven yards in the goal line on fourth down.
Speaker 1: I think ultimately Jalen still willing to use his legs
Speaker 1: that can be that X factor here in this Eagles
Speaker 1: run game. Whether that's by design we saw plenty of
Speaker 1: that here in this game, or those second reaction plays
Speaker 1: where he drops back and he sees a crease and
Speaker 1: he's going to take off. I thought it was a
Speaker 1: well designed play for him to get into the end
Speaker 1: zone to end this game. You saw Jason Kelsey kind
Speaker 1: of pulling out to the right side, and he played
Speaker 1: off of that and ran left. The red sea opened
Speaker 1: for Jalen in the middle of the field and he
Speaker 1: was able to run into the end zone to put
Speaker 1: this game away. But a really, really important part of
Speaker 1: Jalen's value to this offense, certainly or his legs, was
Speaker 1: we wait to hear from Nick Sirianni and the players.
Speaker 1: We have a special video behind the scenes. Look as
Speaker 1: the players enter the locker room. Let's see what we got.
Speaker 1: They're all, uh, big smiles, a big win. There's how
Speaker 1: he rose and it's a great example of why you
Speaker 1: played for sixty minutes. We haven't we haven't talked about
Speaker 1: the new additions, and I wait to talk about those guys.
Speaker 1: But that's why you played for sixty minutes. The game
Speaker 1: can change. Is never over. And it was a point
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, and maybe it was out there
Speaker 1: the um. I don't know what it was, one of
Speaker 1: the turnovers that I think it was the last fumble
Speaker 1: that we got. When I was at the beginning of
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, when Jalen fumbled the ball off the sack,
Speaker 1: I'm saying to night, I gotta cut you off. We'd
Speaker 1: beg at the podium. How did the two new guys
Speaker 1: along the line? It seemed like pretty seams. Man, the
Speaker 1: boys looked like they was ready to go from like
Speaker 1: they've been here a while. Um Man, I'm thankful for
Speaker 1: them because, man, they kept us up all through the game.
Speaker 1: They had a great attitude through the game. It was
Speaker 1: cool to, you know, play with Sue and LJ and man,
Speaker 1: we just we just been out there. I mean, we
Speaker 1: persevered through this one and that's all we kept talking about.
Speaker 1: Somebody just got to make a play and it was
Speaker 1: just us up front and U you know, and I'm
Speaker 1: just happy that we came out with the double their
Speaker 1: first drive and they went down the field. Weason, what
Speaker 1: did you guys correct the first fifteen first fifteen plays,
Speaker 1: You see how they trying to attack you. It was
Speaker 1: doing a good job similar to what we was getting
Speaker 1: hit on. But uh, I felt like we just bowed up.
Speaker 1: We knew how they wanted to hit us, and I
Speaker 1: felt like, you know, it was just it took a
Speaker 1: collective all eleven, especially on that one play when we
Speaker 1: had to strip. That was big. That was a big
Speaker 1: drive that we stopped. Even though we didn't get points
Speaker 1: on the offensive side, but I just felt like we
Speaker 1: just kept coming, stayed with it. The drive that got
Speaker 1: on the goal line if they score, Man, that was
Speaker 1: big by Hassan to get that that sat at the
Speaker 1: end to kill that drive. And the one missfield goal, boy,
Speaker 1: that was big too. There's a lot of stuff that game, man,
Speaker 1: where we just persevered. They say, we said if we
Speaker 1: got a chance, we was gonna go out and finish
Speaker 1: the game. And that's what we did this week about
Speaker 1: coming back here to him. You guys, we knew, we
Speaker 1: knew what it meant to him. He talked about it
Speaker 1: a little bit. He didn't really harp on you know,
Speaker 1: he going back. He didn't make it a big thing.
Speaker 1: But I knew, Um, if it's me and I know
Speaker 1: he emotional to you. You see how he is on
Speaker 1: the sideline. You know this meant a lot to him
Speaker 1: and he wanted to get this w So I'm happy
Speaker 1: he was able to persevere and get it for him.
Speaker 1: Uh you know what, Yes, I feel like we are.
Speaker 1: We we got some cleaning up to do, but um,
Speaker 1: you know, get back in the win column. That's that's
Speaker 1: all you want, because this could have easily been an ale.
Speaker 1: We was fourth and two. It was a lot of
Speaker 1: stuff going on. But you know, coach made that call
Speaker 1: for Jayalen putting on his back and I felt like he,
Speaker 1: you know, he came through for us. And the end
Speaker 1: the game, how that comack. You know what. It was
Speaker 1: cool because Sweaty had just got out. Um you know,
Speaker 1: he was he was rushing him, and I was like, man,
Speaker 1: he was killing him outside. So I'll just said, I'm
Speaker 1: going bull rushing. I've seen that. Uh you know, Uh,
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan kept stepping up in the pocket and I
Speaker 1: just wanted to make sure he didn't step up. So
Speaker 1: I just, you know, just went all out on bull rush.
Speaker 1: Knew we needed to play and I didn't even see
Speaker 1: him until I saw him, and then I didn't know
Speaker 1: he still had the ball. I just knew that the
Speaker 1: dude was going backwards. I just happened to throw my
Speaker 1: arms in. Man. I was happy to get the sack
Speaker 1: to help kill the drive. I know. You know what's
Speaker 1: so cool about it is, you know last game, you know,
Speaker 1: I cost the team on that last penalty, even though um,
Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot of stuff happened in the game,
Speaker 1: just like this one, a lot of stuff happened. I
Speaker 1: was just happy to uh, you know, make up for that.
Speaker 1: Were you're surprised, were you're surprised at all? How just
Speaker 1: how quickly len Ball and Dominican were able to get
Speaker 1: involved and how effective they play. Uh, you know what,
Speaker 1: not really because thirteen years it's just like me, Um,
Speaker 1: if I was sitting down, I know, I'll be staying
Speaker 1: ready and excited when I when you come back, it's
Speaker 1: that pure excitement or just being back. I'm sure they're
Speaker 1: gonna be sor tomorrow, well two days from now. But yeah,
Speaker 1: I was. I was happy that they picked it up
Speaker 1: really good, even with the plays. Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: was talking, I was helping Sue all this week and
Speaker 1: when we got to the game, he didn't really need
Speaker 1: me for a lot of stuff because he already had
Speaker 1: it down in terminology and stuff like that. And man,
Speaker 1: these guys felt like, I mean, it was great pickups
Speaker 1: because it was great fits as far as personalities and
Speaker 1: just coming in just want to maximize they roll. Because
Speaker 1: coming in and being a starter where he was at
Speaker 1: before and just had to come in and be a
Speaker 1: role player. Them guys still went out there and was effective,
Speaker 1: and so I'm happy to see did they get a
Speaker 1: half both of them together? You know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: Like it just I feel like it was meant and
Speaker 1: LJ he kept saying, like, Man, I was just on
Speaker 1: I was just on my couch, and man, I dreamed
Speaker 1: about this, and man, look at this now, like I
Speaker 1: just feel like, you know, this was meant and so
Speaker 1: it's just it was cool man to see them guys
Speaker 1: come in and play right away and make some plays.
Speaker 1: I didn't really get to hear it too quick too
Speaker 1: much because he let Jayalen pull it up. He was
Speaker 1: just excited because the turn of events that just happened
Speaker 1: really quickly, and um, you know, I just felt like
Speaker 1: I can't straight here from there. So he really just
Speaker 1: was saying that we still ain't put our complete game
Speaker 1: in yet, but he was happy the way we fought.
Speaker 1: You mentioned Jellen, It just him putting the game on
Speaker 1: the back offensively watching that thank you brand for fifty
Speaker 1: something yards in that fourth quarter. What does he mean
Speaker 1: to you guys? He been as a defense man, he's
Speaker 1: a competitor. Um, we just want to make sure we
Speaker 1: put him in the best position we can as a defense.
Speaker 1: We know what we did coming out the gate. We
Speaker 1: gave up fifty yards right off the rip, but I
Speaker 1: felt like we we buckled up. We adjusted. We've seen
Speaker 1: how they was trying to hit us in you know, great, great,
Speaker 1: great adjustments by j G. You know, he went out there,
Speaker 1: told us what it was for halftime, and we went
Speaker 1: out and executed, and um, you know, we just we
Speaker 1: stopped making it hard. It was just you know, it's simple,
Speaker 1: just get off the rock. We got knocked back. We
Speaker 1: gotta gotta put our hands on people. Well, we got
Speaker 1: a rally to the ball because twenty eight is a
Speaker 1: great running back and uh, he can get out any
Speaker 1: given time. And you know, I just felt like, you know,
Speaker 1: that was gonna be our number one thing. And I'm
Speaker 1: happy we held up in the second hand. You Sue
Speaker 1: Linn Ball and Robert Quinn, that's a lot of experience
Speaker 1: and is man and it was we was having fun
Speaker 1: with it. You know, it's cool too. It's cool when
Speaker 1: you when you when you really just take it, take
Speaker 1: a step back and just be like, man, wow, like
Speaker 1: I'm playing with Sue, I'm playing with LJ. You know,
Speaker 1: I didn't see him win the championship with the Giants,
Speaker 1: we beat them, you know, and when he was with
Speaker 1: the Vikings and you know, Sue, of course we played
Speaker 1: the Lions a couple of times. And now, you know,
Speaker 1: you just never know how it's gonna come for a circle.
Speaker 1: So I'm you know, thankful and enjoying the moment and um, yeah, man,
Speaker 1: let's keep getting these dubs. Let's keep uh, let's keep working.
Speaker 1: All right. That was Brandon Graham before we keep going here.
Speaker 1: I just want to remind everybody to hit the Facebook
Speaker 1: comments for Ask Ike segment. You can ask Ike any
Speaker 1: questions you have in the comments and he'll get the
Speaker 1: answered right here. On the show, he talked about playing
Speaker 1: with No Dominican, Sue and lin Vo Joseph. It was
Speaker 1: kind of crazy to hear BG, even as a veteran,
Speaker 1: kind of take a second and reflect, like, Wow, I'm
Speaker 1: playing alongside a guy like No Dominican, Sue and lin
Speaker 1: Vo Joseph, who have played in the NFL for so long.
Speaker 1: They have won championships, they've had successful careers. But to
Speaker 1: see all of these veterans come together on the field
Speaker 1: for the first time, it was kind of crazy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: take a look in the mirror, BG, you're just like
Speaker 1: they are there. He's a champion just as well. He's
Speaker 1: played in his league a long time, has a lot
Speaker 1: of respect around the league. What what you see is
Speaker 1: that's mutual admiration there, right, and the fact that you're
Speaker 1: getting help coming here from these two guys. I was
Speaker 1: actually a little surprised at how much they played today. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, having not played all year, not being in
Speaker 1: a training camp, so you know, kudos are there from
Speaker 1: being able to go out there and actually contribute. And
Speaker 1: how about both of them getting a half sacked together.
Speaker 1: That was awesome to see them get a sack. Yeah,
Speaker 1: no question. Maybe we'll break that down a little bit later.
Speaker 1: Show to me like, look, I said this in Kickoff show,
Speaker 1: I would love it if when Jordan Davis returns to
Speaker 1: have just a group photo of Fletcher Cox, Javon Hargrave, Lynval,
Speaker 1: Joseph and and Don Kin, Sue and Jordan Davis. I
Speaker 1: can't imagine there's a defensive tack room in the history
Speaker 1: of the NFL that has that amount of size and
Speaker 1: pedigree in one room. All four of those vets at
Speaker 1: one point have considered considered top five defensive tackles in
Speaker 1: the NFL. It's just an outstanding resource for the Eagles
Speaker 1: to have. For Jordan Davis and for Milton Williams. Who
Speaker 1: Milt Williams. He's actually playing some good football these last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. He's really coming on these last few
Speaker 1: But I think looking at that group, it's certainly gonna
Speaker 1: be a strength for this team moving forward. The Beefy
Speaker 1: defense a lot a man. They go out there dinner.
Speaker 1: I wonder who's born? What are you? Got? Enough money
Speaker 1: up there? We'll figure it out. When you talk about though,
Speaker 1: what's coming down the line? You know they have Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers next week. Of course, that offense has struggled a
Speaker 1: bit this season, but Aaron Rodgers is still Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: and so putting the pressure on a quarterback like him
Speaker 1: the way that they pressured Matt Ryan today is going
Speaker 1: to be important here again. Yeah, and he's a guy
Speaker 1: that gets rid of the ball quickly also, So it'll
Speaker 1: be interesting to see what that Packers team looks like
Speaker 1: in another week or so. I thought they had started
Speaker 1: getting some things going offensively, didn't put up a lot
Speaker 1: of points against Tennessee, but the young wide receiver that
Speaker 1: they drafted, Watson just starting starting to show some promise there,
Speaker 1: so maybe Aaron will be a little bit happier with
Speaker 1: his weapons and so, you know, but I like the
Speaker 1: way our defense is planned, the fact that we had
Speaker 1: big bodies up front. Now, as long as we do
Speaker 1: a good job stopping to run, winning on the early downs,
Speaker 1: first and second down, I'll put our secondary in our
Speaker 1: pass rush up against any offensive line. Well, that's the
Speaker 1: thing was coming out of Monday night. We talked about
Speaker 1: this on Eagles Game Plan this week. Ike was that
Speaker 1: this is gonna be a big test for this defense
Speaker 1: moving forward in the next month of the season because
Speaker 1: all of these teams are run oriented football teams. Jonathan
Speaker 1: Taylor test number one today with the Indianapolis Colts. Okay,
Speaker 1: check that box. But after that, you've got Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: and Green Bay. They're at their best when Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: is running the football. You have Tennessee after that, we
Speaker 1: know what you see with King Henry and Titans. Saquon Barkley.
Speaker 1: With the New York Giants, you know that they're going
Speaker 1: to be able to run the football. The Dallas Cowboys
Speaker 1: with Zeke and with Tony Pollard now coming on, these
Speaker 1: are teams that want to run the football. The Eagles
Speaker 1: have to continue the effort they put forth tonight or
Speaker 1: today to stop this run game. It's honestly the toughest
Speaker 1: run schedule coming up. It's gonna be the toughest competition
Speaker 1: they still have ahead of them, and so the way
Speaker 1: that they were able to kind of stockpile this week
Speaker 1: is super important considering the injuries across the defensive line,
Speaker 1: but also to sustain the success down the stretch. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and it says to me it's going to be critical
Speaker 1: for the offense if they had to play better on
Speaker 1: that side of the football. So you're playing complimentary football,
Speaker 1: you're not going to have as many possessions when another
Speaker 1: team is really trying to play keepaway from you. So
Speaker 1: you can't turn the ball over, you can't get impatient
Speaker 1: because that other team is sands in themselves. We just
Speaker 1: want to run the football. We want to try to
Speaker 1: shorten this game and limit your possessions. So it makes
Speaker 1: it even more critical for the offense when they get
Speaker 1: the ball, they have to get points. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: that's the big thing is that those that's where those
Speaker 1: turnovers really come into play. If you're only going to
Speaker 1: have a handful of drives in any given half. You
Speaker 1: don't want to squander those by turning the ball over
Speaker 1: or the three and outs are not as bad, but
Speaker 1: you want to be able to sustain possession of the football,
Speaker 1: move the football, and put points on the football. Obviously
Speaker 1: are on the board. Obviously that's not like rocket science.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, those turnovers and
Speaker 1: those three and outs, if the opposing team is going
Speaker 1: to run the ball and hold on and try and
Speaker 1: own time of possession, that's where they really come back
Speaker 1: to hurt you. I think what's interesting is all week
Speaker 1: we talked about is this the blueprint to beat the Eagles?
Speaker 1: That was kind of the buzz around the city. We
Speaker 1: even asked Dave about it in the Kickoff Show. In
Speaker 1: this copycat league, is this what you're you're gonna have
Speaker 1: to do to beat the Eagles? Well, the Eagles found
Speaker 1: a way to stop the run and so Matt Ryan
Speaker 1: had to rely on his arm and make passes down
Speaker 1: the field. So this is kind of putting other teams
Speaker 1: on watch that, Yes, if you have a successful run game,
Speaker 1: you're gonna put the Eagles defense on their heels. But
Speaker 1: they're gonna force you to throw the football as well. Well.
Speaker 1: This is something Fran and I talk about all the time.
Speaker 1: You know, you run the ball and you rule the
Speaker 1: time of possession. Obviously as a defense, you don't want
Speaker 1: that to happen against you. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: you're not running away with the football game. Ye. All
Speaker 1: you're really doing is keeping the game close and as
Speaker 1: great as Indie play today for three quarters, it was
Speaker 1: still a thirteen to three game going into the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: which kept the Eagles in the game. I say that
Speaker 1: to say for those that want to run the ball
Speaker 1: as much as you do, it's still a passing league
Speaker 1: and you still want to score points and bunches as
Speaker 1: quickly as you can. It can be a formula for
Speaker 1: some teams who can't throw the football, but it's always
Speaker 1: going to keep the Eagles in the game. Even last
Speaker 1: Monday against Washington, the Eagles, if Quez Watkins doesn't fumble
Speaker 1: that ball, the Eagles may go in and win that game,
Speaker 1: even though Washington dominated the time of possession. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: not to relitigate Monday, right, but I think just having
Speaker 1: that conversation and comparing it to this performance, what was
Speaker 1: the big difference here in this one, that opening drive
Speaker 1: we talked about, Hey, Jonathan Taylor runs forty nine yards
Speaker 1: while the Colts they were three for three on third
Speaker 1: down on that drive. After that, they didn't convert a
Speaker 1: fourth down or a third down until the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: Midway through the fourth quarter, that touchdown drive, that seventeen
Speaker 1: yard dig to Alec Pierce. After that, all between that,
Speaker 1: the Cults were over on third down. The defense absolutely
Speaker 1: was outstanding on getting off the field. And when you
Speaker 1: do that, you're limiting the amount of plays. And you say,
Speaker 1: all right, if you're gonna run the ball on first
Speaker 1: and second down and get us to third and five,
Speaker 1: we're gonna get off the field and we're gonna give
Speaker 1: the ball back to our offense. Well with that, I
Speaker 1: know head coach six Rannie is going to have a
Speaker 1: lot of questions to answer, and we'll hear from him
Speaker 1: now at the podium. I don't know you how what's
Speaker 1: your name? Nice to see it, oh man. That was
Speaker 1: a that was a great win. Um, it wasn't. It
Speaker 1: wasn't what you you draw up or anything like that.
Speaker 1: But this league, it rarely is and uh, it's tough
Speaker 1: sledding and uh and it was just it was just
Speaker 1: a great win to be able to get that thought.
Speaker 1: He was just saying that you were pretty emotional afterwards.
Speaker 1: He thought it was tied to your return here to
Speaker 1: a certain extent kind of what do you feel and
Speaker 1: now that now it's over, Yeah, you know, I'm emotional
Speaker 1: because I love Frank Reich, I really do. And he's
Speaker 1: He's one of the best damn football coaches I ever
Speaker 1: been around. So yeah, I was hoping that that him
Speaker 1: and I would be able to coach against each other,
Speaker 1: uh in this game, but he is one of he's
Speaker 1: my one of my biggest mentors. I got my dad,
Speaker 1: I got Larry Harris, and I got Frank Reich and
Speaker 1: Franks such a good football coach. And uh, yeah, you
Speaker 1: don't want to know what I think of if you
Speaker 1: should be here or not, but uh, because you guys
Speaker 1: can probably imagine what I really think, um and uh,
Speaker 1: and I love them, and so I got a little
Speaker 1: bit emotional about that. And it was good to see
Speaker 1: the guys that I really cared about and some of
Speaker 1: the things that you know, Quentin Nelson and Ryan Kelly
Speaker 1: and Paris king Ball. I got to talk to them
Speaker 1: after the game and Kenny Moore. Um, so you know
Speaker 1: that that means a lot when they say some some
Speaker 1: things that are obviously I keep those things myself. But
Speaker 1: spent a lot of time here, my kids cut one
Speaker 1: of my child children was born here, and it's uh,
Speaker 1: it was sweet to come here, especially with what happened
Speaker 1: in this organization of the last couple of weeks, and
Speaker 1: and and get the win and a win we live
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis with a win win. Um, there were some
Speaker 1: struggles early on. You ain't kidding, Jeff. The decisions on
Speaker 1: this wondering and so you had three timeouts the one
Speaker 1: that's half with. Yeah, I didn't feel great about how
Speaker 1: we were moving in and we had to slightly beginning
Speaker 1: of a two minute right there. I didn't want to
Speaker 1: help them out because they had they had, Uh. I
Speaker 1: just didn't want to help them out anymore with the timeouts.
Speaker 1: And I and I you know, hey, if we lost
Speaker 1: that game and I didn't do it, I probably would
Speaker 1: have said, hey, shouldn't have done that. Hey we won
Speaker 1: and I and I felt good about the decision right then,
Speaker 1: Um not, because you know, I have faith in our
Speaker 1: offense to be able to do that. I just didn't
Speaker 1: want to help them out to be able to go
Speaker 1: down and score a touchdown and try to make them
Speaker 1: kick a field goal there because they were they had
Speaker 1: they lacked timeouts and uh but our defense was doing
Speaker 1: a good job at that time. You go back and
Speaker 1: forth with that, you know. That's what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 1: Like I'm gonna go back and forth with that decision,
Speaker 1: like was it the right was it the wrong one? Um?
Speaker 1: But shoot, I gotta I gotta stick with my what
Speaker 1: my uh I don't want to say, God, I gotta
Speaker 1: stick with my conviction when I when I make a
Speaker 1: decision and live with it. Not always there are they
Speaker 1: going to be right? Yeah? You know with where we
Speaker 1: were right right now, it's it's about you know, did
Speaker 1: I feel great about kicking that right there? I didn't? Um,
Speaker 1: and I and I wanted to and I wanted to,
Speaker 1: uh see if we get the first down right there,
Speaker 1: and we didn't. And uh man, I can't say enough
Speaker 1: good things about Gus Bradley and his defense and the
Speaker 1: way he that guy always gets his players to play
Speaker 1: for him. Um always, you know, Gus always gets his players.
Speaker 1: I was, I was with him in uh uh San
Speaker 1: Diego as you guys know, and he always gets his
Speaker 1: players to play for him. Um, and they and they
Speaker 1: always have you know, they always do a good job
Speaker 1: on defense. So they stopped us there. Um And again
Speaker 1: I have to stick with the decision I made hindsight,
Speaker 1: do I kick it? And maybe it didn't work for
Speaker 1: this onefensively in the second half. Yeah, yeah, we we
Speaker 1: got to what we felt was was working at the time.
Speaker 1: It was still wasn't easy as you guys saw, all right.
Speaker 1: I mean they came out and they had a strip
Speaker 1: sack fumble, um, and got the ball back that number
Speaker 1: ninety one. You know, there's been a lot of battles
Speaker 1: with him. He's a good football player, Um, you know
Speaker 1: in the stadium when he was with Jacksonville. Then he
Speaker 1: then he's found his way to Minnesota and he was
Speaker 1: here again. Like he We've had a lot of We've
Speaker 1: had a lot of nights worrying about him. But I
Speaker 1: love our tackles and it wasn't on our tackle ended
Speaker 1: up being on the back and um, but he's a
Speaker 1: good football player. He made a good play right there.
Speaker 1: But yeah, good good job by Shane calling it in
Speaker 1: the second half. Stop making some adjustments all the guys
Speaker 1: making adjustments and defense allowed us time to be able
Speaker 1: to do that. Take us through that and then the
Speaker 1: play calling process and also the cut the time out
Speaker 1: after the two of the morning call. Yeah, um, well
Speaker 1: there's a little bit of a strategy to that time
Speaker 1: out after the two minute call that I'd rather not
Speaker 1: get into for for reasons, um, just our opponents don't know,
Speaker 1: um obviously, but you know we uh that was that
Speaker 1: was a big time drive. How Sanders looked at me
Speaker 1: and said, hey, I'm on the teach tape because you
Speaker 1: know when we talk about if a if you're behind
Speaker 1: the defense, right, if you're behind the defense and you're
Speaker 1: running and you're in, you're in. You're in the balls
Speaker 1: a little on your throw because Jayleen had to really
Speaker 1: heave it that plant your right foot in the ground
Speaker 1: and come back and kind of make sure that you're
Speaker 1: either coming back to the football jumping through the football,
Speaker 1: and he did exactly that. And like, you don't you
Speaker 1: don't think that Miles is gonna be on the goal
Speaker 1: route off of a scramble on that like, because these
Speaker 1: these conversations are happening, and that's why, you know, I
Speaker 1: love the process, because the running backs and the receivers
Speaker 1: and the tight ends and the quarterbacks are all sitting
Speaker 1: in together with the pass installs in the past meetings,
Speaker 1: and there's always in my head like, hey, should we
Speaker 1: let the backs go here? This doesn't shoot. It worked.
Speaker 1: It worked out for us today that that he soaked
Speaker 1: up a coaching point um and played it to perfection. Right,
Speaker 1: if we can give all the coaching points we want,
Speaker 1: But like, these players are the ones that got to
Speaker 1: go out there and execute it. And so he said
Speaker 1: to me a couple of times after games, I can
Speaker 1: make the teach tape. I said, You're damn right. The
Speaker 1: teach tape hill all forevermore. We'll be we'll be able
Speaker 1: to show, uh, you know, Miles standards how to how
Speaker 1: to play a deep ball, um if it's underthrown, because
Speaker 1: you got to try to put your guys in every
Speaker 1: position like that. But Miles, man, he went up and
Speaker 1: that was a huge, huge play. I'm talking line. I know,
Speaker 1: go ahead, I hate to up, but um, you really
Speaker 1: leaned on Hurts there on that last try, that fourth
Speaker 1: and two quarterback drawl, and then the thing just opened
Speaker 1: up wide on a third and seven there thirty goal
Speaker 1: is there something you saw calling that play. Yeah, obviously
Speaker 1: you go through the process all week and figure out
Speaker 1: what they're doing and not only in the red zone
Speaker 1: and the tight red zone and the low red zone
Speaker 1: and the high red zone and two minute what they're
Speaker 1: got to have at calls are where they're gonna play.
Speaker 1: You know, you try to put yourself in every single
Speaker 1: position you possibly can and so, um you know that.
Speaker 1: Uh but and then you put the ball in your
Speaker 1: player's hands that you trust to make the plays at
Speaker 1: those post at that time. Um, I think he keeps
Speaker 1: seeing it that, like when we need a drive and
Speaker 1: we need some points we need, you know, you can
Speaker 1: always lean on our offensive line, right uh even and
Speaker 1: you know, just you can always lean on him. And
Speaker 1: then Jalen Special with the ball in his hands and
Speaker 1: he made Man, that thing opened up. I really I
Speaker 1: was looking at the play and then I kind of
Speaker 1: looked over at Kevin, and Kevin Petulia was going crazy
Speaker 1: and because I kind of put my head down just
Speaker 1: for a second with what happened on that and then
Speaker 1: you know, he executed and we scored it. It It was
Speaker 1: pretty sweet, but we knew we had to get a
Speaker 1: stop and man, uh, you know, those those those defensive
Speaker 1: ends earned the right to pass rush in that scenario. Um,
Speaker 1: and we got a great pass rush and we got
Speaker 1: a great defense. I'm just as you guys say, I'm
Speaker 1: excited about this one. I think going to run defense,
Speaker 1: especially coming off of all the criticism they had through
Speaker 1: round this week. Yes, it's not a it's not us
Speaker 1: as we all know. Sometimes I feel like we don't
Speaker 1: all know this, that it's not indicative of just one
Speaker 1: game of who you are. Right, there's there's the defensive
Speaker 1: coaches did an unbelievable job. The defensive players did an
Speaker 1: unbelievable job. And you know, I've been in the stadium
Speaker 1: when when those offensive alignment over there, Quintin Elson, Ryan Kelly,
Speaker 1: you know, have taken over a game and that because
Speaker 1: that's that's a good offensive line. Johnathan Taylor's a good back,
Speaker 1: and uh, there was not there was not much there
Speaker 1: and uh you know, there was not much there at all.
Speaker 1: So it was it was. It was awesome, right, it
Speaker 1: was awesome. It will be interested to see what the
Speaker 1: narrative is. I don't know if it will be like, oh,
Speaker 1: they're still thirty first in yards per attempt. I'm not
Speaker 1: sure we are anymore. Um but and obviously Linville and
Speaker 1: uh did a great job and it was awesome to
Speaker 1: see him come in and get reps. He's pretty he's
Speaker 1: when he comes off the field excited, I'm I get excited.
Speaker 1: And so I love that Juice and Sue did a
Speaker 1: good job those you know, Tracy Tracy Rocker, our defensive
Speaker 1: line coach. To get those guys ready to play in
Speaker 1: that short amount of time is a tribute to coach
Speaker 1: Rocker and attribute to Sue and attribute to Limville that
Speaker 1: they were able to do it. And that's you know,
Speaker 1: and obviously so appreciative to Howie and his staff for
Speaker 1: getting those guys in here and they went out there
Speaker 1: and they just played. I can't wait to see what
Speaker 1: their grades were. I'm imagining they were pretty good. Um
Speaker 1: but yeah, when they come off the field that it's
Speaker 1: exciting this important free team to build talkingness. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think so any any win you take it anyway you
Speaker 1: can get it in this league, especially on the road.
Speaker 1: We clawed, we scratched, we fought, and we kept we
Speaker 1: kept going and we were we were winning it and
Speaker 1: we want at the end. And so I think anytime
Speaker 1: your your backs against the wall, right, and you respond, um,
Speaker 1: you know, at all at all levels, offense, defense, special teams. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it feels pretty sweet. And and it builds right, and
Speaker 1: you can build from anything, right. I think there was
Speaker 1: a great Kobe Bryant. He would always talk about, you know,
Speaker 1: how his his process after a game and how you
Speaker 1: could build on everything, and that's just he was awesome.
Speaker 1: And and and when you can build on everything, you
Speaker 1: don't want you would rather build off of a win.
Speaker 1: But when your backs against the wall like our guys
Speaker 1: were today, and um, you know, and you fight and
Speaker 1: claw and scratch anything you gotta do to win that game,
Speaker 1: that's pretty sweet. And that brings those guys closer and closer. Hey,
Speaker 1: I'd love to win by more than that, obviously, but
Speaker 1: we had our back against the wall and we came
Speaker 1: out swinging, and we and we get to win. Good question.
Speaker 1: I appreciate you, Nick Sirianni very emotional returning to Indianapolis
Speaker 1: and getting the win on the road. Hassan Reddeck book
Speaker 1: to reporters in the locker room post game about what
Speaker 1: this means for coach, Just very emotional. Um, there was
Speaker 1: a dog fight. Anytime you could come back and win
Speaker 1: a game like this, no matter what happened throughout the
Speaker 1: whole game. Just the persistence, the consistency to fight. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, he was emotional. He coach chaired recently with
Speaker 1: the coaches, and you know, I'm just happy we were
Speaker 1: able to come together fight, get ourselves back in the
Speaker 1: game and win it. From him, I know how much
Speaker 1: of you know, a guy who played on different teams.
Speaker 1: I know how much it means to beat and get
Speaker 1: a W over a team that you either played for
Speaker 1: or coached for. And for him, you know, and other guys.
Speaker 1: You know JG's on that staff. We had other guys
Speaker 1: on our coaching staff as well, for them to get
Speaker 1: the W today. Man, I'm just glad we were able
Speaker 1: to do that for us. A sack in a TfL
Speaker 1: for Hassan Reddick here today, he's become such a critical
Speaker 1: piece to this defense. Oh man, He's the weapon and
Speaker 1: I love it. They use him all over the place,
Speaker 1: even dropping back in coverage. Although I don't need to
Speaker 1: see him drop back in coverage, but he has the
Speaker 1: ability to do it. But getting out of the quarterback
Speaker 1: is what he does. I mean in that sack that
Speaker 1: he got on Matt Ryan down there in the red
Speaker 1: zone keep them out of and to keep them out
Speaker 1: of the end zone. That was a big time sack.
Speaker 1: Really saved the game because if Indy scores a touchdown there,
Speaker 1: game is probably over with because now you're down two scores.
Speaker 1: So Hassan Reddick coming up not only getting sacks but
Speaker 1: coming up with timely sacks. And that was a big one.
Speaker 1: There was no question, a huge one. And I've always
Speaker 1: said that he has been underrated against the run as well,
Speaker 1: so I'm excited to see some of the players that
Speaker 1: he made as an edge shutter here in this game. Well,
Speaker 1: we haven't asked my question. Okay, let's see what we
Speaker 1: got with the fans have to say? Can you give
Speaker 1: us tips on deep y a Turkey, keep up the
Speaker 1: great work and love the suit. Always got to give
Speaker 1: a shout out. It doesn't matter around with this game defense,
Speaker 1: I will say that, but I gotta bring something to
Speaker 1: the ship. I love information. You're the beauty here. I
Speaker 1: just I just love the person who asked that question.
Speaker 1: You guys saw that name on that one. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: was playing, Yes, I wanted to. I'm watching the press,
Speaker 1: cors I'm taking note. Come on my phone. Let me
Speaker 1: go check in a Facebook real quick, and then I
Speaker 1: asked my question in That's the first thing I noticed
Speaker 1: when they said, um, tips on deep fund to turg you,
Speaker 1: I'm like, who is that said? Yeah, that's said, Um
Speaker 1: what tips can I give you? First of all, make
Speaker 1: sure the turkey is completely thrown out and and give
Speaker 1: it a few days to dry. I'll be yes, exactly.
Speaker 1: Make sure you're frying outside, not in the garage, in
Speaker 1: the area where you know the grease can sort the
Speaker 1: ball over a little bit if that happens. And I'll
Speaker 1: tell you what is it? Uh, two hundred and eighty
Speaker 1: five degrees, I believe. I think you let it get
Speaker 1: pretty hot and then you stick it in there and
Speaker 1: it's three minutes per pound. Okay, three minutes per pound.
Speaker 1: Now I would have to do all the showing you
Speaker 1: how to dress it up and do all those things
Speaker 1: time on the show. Yes, because a lot more that
Speaker 1: goes into it. I like to put a little rub
Speaker 1: on it, you know. Yeah, you gotta get the injector
Speaker 1: to make sure you get them to soda. That's juicy, right,
Speaker 1: So you want to get a butter exactly, So you
Speaker 1: gotta get that injector and make sure you put that
Speaker 1: in there, let it marinate for a few hours, and
Speaker 1: then you know, man, you got me excited. I go
Speaker 1: and I'll tell you what. Once you have deep fried turkey,
Speaker 1: you're never going on is number one? Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: I started eating it maybe a decade. I'm eating for
Speaker 1: a decade. I won't I won't go back to baked turkey. Now.
Speaker 1: I'll eat it as somebody else's baked the turkey. But
Speaker 1: we're not baking turkeys at my house. Hashtag ask like
Speaker 1: what time should we be over? Yeah, so that's the
Speaker 1: next question. I'll be there. It all depends. First serving,
Speaker 1: is that, uh, normally after halftime of that Detroit game,
Speaker 1: and then you gotta let it sit for a little while,
Speaker 1: and then you get ready at halftime of the Cowboys
Speaker 1: game for the second helping along with dessert, and then
Speaker 1: we're even throwing a nightcap there. You know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: get to this point. But here we are. That's where
Speaker 1: we are. While we're here, what's your favorite side? Macaroni
Speaker 1: and cheese? I listen, that's what you should have been
Speaker 1: asking tips. That's how you make my mom's macaroni and cheese,
Speaker 1: the baked macaroni and cheese, while you use six cheese,
Speaker 1: six different cheeses, Yes, six different cheese. Oh yeah, you
Speaker 1: can go, you go sharp. Um, you got the cheddar,
Speaker 1: you can do velvita. I like to use a m
Speaker 1: it's like a you know, like not your different sauce.
Speaker 1: So I'll take a jar that put that in there
Speaker 1: as well. Uh, you got the Kobe cheese, Kobe Jack
Speaker 1: where you got the mixture there. I even throw a
Speaker 1: little mozzarella in there to spruce it up a little bit.
Speaker 1: More cheese, Yeah, cheese, more cheese, the better, And I
Speaker 1: would give you I'll tell you guys off camera. You
Speaker 1: know mom's a little six. Oh. I can't give it
Speaker 1: to everybody. I can't give it to everybody. I can't
Speaker 1: give the secret to everybody. Yes, I tell you guys
Speaker 1: off camp. All right, Well, I'm so glad you're tuning
Speaker 1: into the postgame show where we are delivering the top
Speaker 1: notch analysis. But to get back on track, you guy
Speaker 1: and Domkin sue. He just took to Twitter. I'll see
Speaker 1: what he has to say. I just wanted another way
Speaker 1: to let you go to him. Now being able to
Speaker 1: watching their blone teams out. Being able to come back
Speaker 1: and then fight adversity is a good double and low,
Speaker 1: and so that's most important to just find different ways
Speaker 1: to win football games because you never know how it's
Speaker 1: going to end as you continue throughout the seat. And
Speaker 1: I know you've been asked for how do you think
Speaker 1: he played out there? I gott watch the film. How
Speaker 1: do you feel out there? I felt good, But I
Speaker 1: still gotta watch the film and watch what my players were,
Speaker 1: how I progressed in them, and then go from there.
Speaker 1: We know what he can do. How excited are you
Speaker 1: to see him build over the next few weeks? Very excited.
Speaker 1: I was excited when I saw the name come on
Speaker 1: social media that the Eagles had been in talks with him,
Speaker 1: and then it was a done deal that they were
Speaker 1: going to bring him. I've always loved Sue as a
Speaker 1: football player from the time that he came into the league,
Speaker 1: and I know the reputation that that that comes with
Speaker 1: him that he played with, but as a defensive player,
Speaker 1: I love that. I love that mentality. I love that personality,
Speaker 1: and I think he as he got older, he figured
Speaker 1: out a way to be able to play with that
Speaker 1: rage and that violence, but under control. And so that's
Speaker 1: when he really took his game to another level. And
Speaker 1: he demands and commands respect the moment he walks in
Speaker 1: your meeting room. He's a big man. And I like
Speaker 1: the fact that he smiles a little bit. I didn't
Speaker 1: know how much people be smiling. So UM. I was
Speaker 1: actually a surprise friend that he played that he played today.
Speaker 1: I've been saying throughout the week, I think I'd go
Speaker 1: easy with suet all. So credit to him. He was
Speaker 1: in shape, he was ready to go all right at
Speaker 1: the podium. A lot. It means a lot, you know,
Speaker 1: to represent so many communities in the black community, UM,
Speaker 1: black quarterback everything, you know what I knew. This platform
Speaker 1: comes with a lot, and I try and represent UM,
Speaker 1: every supporter, everyone that has been supported throughout the years,
Speaker 1: any Eagles fan, everybody in the Philadelphia community, in the
Speaker 1: Texas community, UM, to try and represent them in the
Speaker 1: right way. Look back when you guys were down. Technique
Speaker 1: is going to each of your guys, everybody telling you guys,
Speaker 1: you guys r I'm just telling me to be who
Speaker 1: I am. I said, I got you really simple, James said,
Speaker 1: you guys calling us even joking around, did you kind
Speaker 1: of get a sense your demeanor to the guys that
Speaker 1: you guys were going to be in a position to
Speaker 1: come back and win this thing. I feel like there's
Speaker 1: never a doubt. I feel like that there was never
Speaker 1: a doubt. Um you know, even when you lose, that's
Speaker 1: never a doubt, you know. And I feel like there
Speaker 1: are a lot of things that we can learn from.
Speaker 1: Um as always a ton of things that we can
Speaker 1: learn from. And you know, I think it's it's a
Speaker 1: special feeling because you know, I look back at you know,
Speaker 1: after after every game, and I assess it honestly about
Speaker 1: what could we have done better to put ourselves in
Speaker 1: a better position, not to win, of course, to win,
Speaker 1: but to play to the standard that we strive to.
Speaker 1: We put a lot of work in every day. We
Speaker 1: put so much work in every day to try and
Speaker 1: play this game a certain type of way, and perfection
Speaker 1: is something that would never be caught. But why not
Speaker 1: chase it? Why not chase the standard? Why not chase
Speaker 1: that golden standard of doing stuff the right way, executing
Speaker 1: with the right details, having the right fundamentals. That's something
Speaker 1: that we chase every day. So you know, we we
Speaker 1: never we never waivered. I think throughout the game and
Speaker 1: getting there were things that did not go our way
Speaker 1: in terms of our execution, and we put ourselves in
Speaker 1: a bad position. But you know, we were never We're
Speaker 1: never out of the fight and we never there was
Speaker 1: never any doubt because of the belief we haven't one another,
Speaker 1: the way we work, you know, we were able to
Speaker 1: put it together at the end. The defense, they played
Speaker 1: the hell of a game all game. You know, they
Speaker 1: responded to a really good first job by them, and
Speaker 1: after that, you know, it wasn't much, you know, and
Speaker 1: that's uh, that's great team defense. It's great team defense.
Speaker 1: Click the execution, I think that's what click. We have
Speaker 1: positive plays. There weren't any turnovers. Um. I think that's
Speaker 1: the formula for us as an offense, as we've shown
Speaker 1: throughout this point of the season. So well, UM something
Speaker 1: something that I mean, it's something that we hadn't really
Speaker 1: showed on film. So it's good time to pull it out.
Speaker 1: Feel like you kind of have to take over a
Speaker 1: little bit more with with your las, especially in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. No, I didn't. I didn't. I was just
Speaker 1: playing the game. You know, I don't really get into
Speaker 1: how I'm gonna have to win it or whatever. I
Speaker 1: just try and go out there and read and react,
Speaker 1: really try and make it as simple as I possibly can.
Speaker 1: And you know, our office a line, they did a
Speaker 1: great job giving us time. Receivers made plays when we
Speaker 1: needed them, you know, and we were able to find
Speaker 1: a way to win in again in the end of
Speaker 1: the game. And it's no, that's no, that's no one
Speaker 1: individual doing that, you know, however it may look, And
Speaker 1: that's all of us doing it together. That's the belief.
Speaker 1: We haven't one another, the trust, we haven't one another,
Speaker 1: you know, because it's it's no man, there's a highland.
Speaker 1: You gotta draw your strength from other, you know, and
Speaker 1: everybody is depending on the next man. Man touched out
Speaker 1: passed the quest. He said that he was kind of
Speaker 1: lobbying on the sideline, saying that he was open on
Speaker 1: that route. I guess what did you see? And I
Speaker 1: did he I guess it's a thank you communication. It's
Speaker 1: a thank you communication. I encourage and it's one thing
Speaker 1: that I work on actively. But just the communication in
Speaker 1: any in anything, that is what makes something go efficiently.
Speaker 1: And we were communicating receivers to quarterback coach to a quarterback.
Speaker 1: All of us were trying to get on the same page,
Speaker 1: and I encouraged them even last night, like, hey, I'll
Speaker 1: let me know what y'all see, let the coaches know,
Speaker 1: let's talk about it. Let's get on the same page
Speaker 1: so we can go out there and execute. And we
Speaker 1: did that. You know, we did. That was at the
Speaker 1: level that where the President has been set for us. No,
Speaker 1: it was at our standard throughout the game. No, but
Speaker 1: it wasn't enough, you know, And it was enough. I know,
Speaker 1: special for him, um, special for him being a coach here.
Speaker 1: He spent a lot of time here in Indianapolis. He
Speaker 1: has a lot of memories here. A great home home
Speaker 1: coming for him, and I'm glad that we were able
Speaker 1: to get the win for him. I know, Um, as
Speaker 1: he walked off the field, I hear he got a
Speaker 1: little bit emotional, and I guess I didn't help when
Speaker 1: I tossed him the bar. But you know, he coach, coach.
Speaker 1: Coach doesn't get enough credit for what he does and
Speaker 1: what he's been for us. He does a great job.
Speaker 1: I'm happy he got to get this win. And you know,
Speaker 1: we we're always in each other's ear in terms of
Speaker 1: mentality that we want this team to have and the
Speaker 1: approach you wanted to have, so you know, he'll enjoy it.
Speaker 1: I'm going to enjoy it, and we're gonna move on
Speaker 1: and get ready for um, you know, Sunday night through
Speaker 1: the the plate on the field to Miles that was
Speaker 1: off schedule he for a long time. And then the
Speaker 1: play he made to come back to the ball. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that is fundamental. That is a fundamental kind
Speaker 1: of one on one thing. You know, you you had
Speaker 1: a ball in the area, you have to make a
Speaker 1: play on the ball. To try to make a play
Speaker 1: on the ball, I mean, you know they're guy end
Speaker 1: up kind of you know, panic in and knocking Miles
Speaker 1: down because he was so wilde open. So yeah, on
Speaker 1: the final touchdown, Jason Kelsey mentioned, you guys ran that
Speaker 1: a couple of times, but that particular one it seemed
Speaker 1: to open up really nicely for you. Was there something
Speaker 1: about that particular draw play that was executed a little
Speaker 1: bit better? What do you mean, Well, Jason said, he
Speaker 1: ran into some success. But from us in the press box,
Speaker 1: it really looked like the Red Sea party. So it's
Speaker 1: just curious how it looked to you the execution. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was when I was in the bag, and then
Speaker 1: we put it out and I think we put it
Speaker 1: out at the right time, at the right game, you know.
Speaker 1: And you know, we worked really hard to try and
Speaker 1: get on the same page, go out there and execute one,
Speaker 1: knowing what we're going to execute, knowing how we're going
Speaker 1: to execute it, um, and knowing why we want to
Speaker 1: execute the play. And you know, a hell of a
Speaker 1: car by coach, hell of a execution by the old lineman. Then, um,
Speaker 1: we found a way, you know, we found a way.
Speaker 1: I've heard you speak often about learning through situation. You
Speaker 1: guys really haven't been in that situation too often when
Speaker 1: I've got to haven't drive. What did you learn about
Speaker 1: the team before the board that? Um, Well, we were
Speaker 1: in that situation last week and and we execute to
Speaker 1: our standard. If we execute and have positive plays and
Speaker 1: don't turn the ball over, and good things happen. And
Speaker 1: I know there's an example last week a couple of
Speaker 1: times where you know, good things didn't happen because we
Speaker 1: didn't control the things that we can control. Um. And
Speaker 1: that's on all of the turnovers we've had. And so
Speaker 1: this week, you know, we kind of try and get
Speaker 1: a good thing going and just execute control what we can,
Speaker 1: stay diligent in our plays and kind of you know,
Speaker 1: it's trusted and play together. And I think that's what
Speaker 1: we did today when didn't matter most, protected the ball
Speaker 1: when it mattered most on that last drive, and we
Speaker 1: win the game without Dallas Goddard, A lot of people
Speaker 1: had to contribute. How that's a very important player for us. All. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's crazy. I wonder how Dallas is thinking right now.
Speaker 1: You know, I know he didn't travel with us, but
Speaker 1: he's probably screaming at the TV going crazy. Um. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, I think we have a lot of trust
Speaker 1: and everybody on the team and regardless of regardless of
Speaker 1: the circumstance, regardless of the situation, whoever's on the field,
Speaker 1: there's never a doubt. There's never a doubt. That's because
Speaker 1: we worked so hard. We put a lot of work in,
Speaker 1: you know, and I'm thankful that today we were ever
Speaker 1: to kind of get paid for for the work we
Speaker 1: put in this past week. And you know, in a
Speaker 1: crucial moment in the game, you had got stepping up
Speaker 1: and making plays offensively, defensively. That's how that's how you
Speaker 1: win big top games. You know, it doesn't really matter
Speaker 1: how you start, but it's about how you finish. The
Speaker 1: first Hame's probably the longest stretches you guys have had.
Speaker 1: The struggles offensively end. But why do you think that
Speaker 1: wasn't was it more what they were doing to you
Speaker 1: guys or was it more that you guys stop the foot? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I think you know, it's very consistent in the self
Speaker 1: inflicted wounds. You know. I think again, when we go
Speaker 1: out there and control the things we can control, we
Speaker 1: stay ahead of the sticks where um efishing and what
Speaker 1: we're doing. We know what we're doing. Um, it's pretty
Speaker 1: hard to defend and we know that, you know, and
Speaker 1: we just want to have some consistency in that. You know.
Speaker 1: I know I have to watch the film to kind
Speaker 1: of break some things down, but I know, you know,
Speaker 1: you you get the first down and everything, you know,
Speaker 1: kind of it's flowing well or whatever. Once you get
Speaker 1: that first down, and you know you had all those
Speaker 1: apialities where we had all those apilities on one of
Speaker 1: those drives and we still almost got the first down.
Speaker 1: You know what I mean? That is uh, that's crazy
Speaker 1: thinking about that, you know. So what I take away
Speaker 1: from that is eliminate the self inflicted wounds and let's
Speaker 1: see if we can play our best football. I don't
Speaker 1: think we've I don't think we've scratched the surface of that.
Speaker 1: I don't think we've been able to do that. And
Speaker 1: I think, um, that's something that we're working towards, you know.
Speaker 1: And now we're just trying to We're trying to make
Speaker 1: this thing go, trying to be efficient, and that's a
Speaker 1: that's an ongoing process from QB one to the new guy.
Speaker 1: Linval Joseph speaks with the media in the locker room.
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm playing. I'm playing more freely now. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because I know what my job is. My job is
Speaker 1: to go out there and not to send them back
Speaker 1: and be a force in the medal. Then I asked
Speaker 1: for me to do too much right now, and I'm
Speaker 1: gonna gonna take this role. I'm gonna be the best
Speaker 1: at it. I'm gonna keep rolling with the new guys
Speaker 1: and the Dominican Sue and Linval Joseph had a big
Speaker 1: game today. Friend, What is your Rico review? Yeah, Well,
Speaker 1: for the Rico review today, I want to take a
Speaker 1: look at Linval Joseph and Donald Consue. Those guys tag
Speaker 1: team and get a sack of Matt Ryan and that
Speaker 1: is this week's RICO review. What happened here in the
Speaker 1: second half, and what I love about this play, Ella,
Speaker 1: is that it really was a combination of what both
Speaker 1: of these guys bring to the table. And you can
Speaker 1: see that the Eagles right now are in their five
Speaker 1: man front. They've got five guys down on the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. You see that number seventy two Linval Joseph.
Speaker 1: He is head up on the center and directly to
Speaker 1: his left is in don Kin Sue lined up at
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox's typical left defensive tackle spot. Both of these
Speaker 1: defense events here on this play. The two guys off
Speaker 1: the edge, they're going to drop out and you're going
Speaker 1: to see a safety blitz here from number twenty three
Speaker 1: C J. Gardner Johnson. We're gonna let this play for
Speaker 1: a second and let it all play out, because on
Speaker 1: this blitz, what you're gonna see is that in don
Speaker 1: Kin Sue he's going to rush up the field, that
Speaker 1: he's gonna get the edge rush here. And that's what
Speaker 1: I love about what he brings to the table. He
Speaker 1: is both big and powerful, but also really athletic. Even
Speaker 1: at this age, he's got that ability to turn the corner.
Speaker 1: So you've got that rare height, weight speed combination from
Speaker 1: don Kin Sue in this play. But I want you
Speaker 1: to also watch number seventy two Linval Joseph. He does
Speaker 1: a great job of pushing the pocket here and he's
Speaker 1: gonna get right into the face of Matt Ryan, and
Speaker 1: both of these guys are going to combine for the sack.
Speaker 1: And this is a complimentary rush where you've got a
Speaker 1: skill set of a defensive tackle pushing the pocket and
Speaker 1: then an athletic rusher coming off the edge. We can
Speaker 1: let this run and you can see that the rush
Speaker 1: just squeezes and constricts onto the quarterback Matt Ryan. So
Speaker 1: I just love this play. Yeah, where there are more
Speaker 1: impactful plays in this game, certainly could have broken down
Speaker 1: the game winning touchdown from Jalen Hurts. There are a
Speaker 1: couple other plays that we could have dove into, but
Speaker 1: for me, just seeing these two guys tag team here
Speaker 1: for the sack early in the first or in the
Speaker 1: second half, I thought this one was too fun to
Speaker 1: break down. All right, Well, now is your chance to
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Speaker 1: see what we got, fellows. We're starting with the linebackers.
Speaker 1: J J. Edwards, he's up for a nomination. Tent toal
Speaker 1: tackles today. Next up, Jalen Hurts, team on his back
Speaker 1: when it merited, most mattered, most excuse me? And lastly,
Speaker 1: the new guy Limball Joseph. We just talked about the
Speaker 1: area is making a big impact in Game one. What
Speaker 1: are you gonna do to one? Not really great job
Speaker 1: by the defense as a unit. The unit, they did it.
Speaker 1: They kept us in the game, but they left Superman
Speaker 1: put the cape on. He put the cape on in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Did you see those numbers as one
Speaker 1: hundred and ninety yards passing, eighty six yards rushing sixteen
Speaker 1: carries Man, Jalen Hurts, gotta go with the quarterback on
Speaker 1: this one. All your all your linebackers are looking at
Speaker 1: you like you're gonna get a text in all caps
Speaker 1: from some of your former teammates. Some other linebackers that
Speaker 1: are played here. I know, I know, but it's a recovery.
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, nice job, nice job. All I know is
Speaker 1: is that when we need it, we needed it. Quarterback
Speaker 1: came through. Ike's got deep fro turkey on the brain. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's something tells me. I'll wanted me to take t
Speaker 1: J at words today. I was hurts regardless Taylor hurts.
Speaker 1: I think I will say that hurt. But that's it.
Speaker 1: I'm just a little shot surprised. Yeah, and TJ's my
Speaker 1: favorite defensive I'm not bad. I'm not bad. It's a
Speaker 1: little disappointed, that's all. You've been a very offense have
Speaker 1: you guy? With you? You have I have? I am well,
Speaker 1: you know, and hard. I am an offensive guy. Wow.
Speaker 1: Oh wow, man, we gotta cut that out. Let's just
Speaker 1: put and just send it to like the next alumni
Speaker 1: newsletter and send it to every former Eagles player. You
Speaker 1: don't send that, John Harbor, I'm okay, don to him.
Speaker 1: Send it to him, all right, Jamison nightcap. Should we
Speaker 1: move on, guys? If you like the one o'clock start today, Well,
Speaker 1: we're back to prime time, going to Sunday night football.
Speaker 1: The Packers are coming to town. Now. They have a
Speaker 1: little bit of an extended time to prepare for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: They got to sit back and watch today because they
Speaker 1: played Thursday football. They lost to the Titans twenty seven
Speaker 1: to seventeen. As we said, this offense has struggled quite
Speaker 1: a bit this season, but Aaron Rodgers is their quarterback
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, and they're gonna want
Speaker 1: this win. They need to win. Yeah, you know what,
Speaker 1: but they're playing right now is if they're halfway in
Speaker 1: and hand way out. So if you don't give them
Speaker 1: any confidence, you don't allow them to hang around in
Speaker 1: this game Sunday night. This is the game I believe
Speaker 1: we should come out victorious. And Aaron Rodgers is still great.
Speaker 1: We know he's one of the greatest to ever played
Speaker 1: a game, but he doesn't have a lot around him
Speaker 1: in the wide receiving category, and I'm not so sure
Speaker 1: if he trusts those guys to do the right things
Speaker 1: on every down, and when that's an issue, the quarterback
Speaker 1: is unsure what he wants to do with the football,
Speaker 1: So we can't let them get into a rhythm. To me,
Speaker 1: this run game is the driving force with this offense.
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, AJ Dillon, They like to soften you up
Speaker 1: with a lot of those perimeter plays to Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: and then hit you between the tackles with AJ Dillon.
Speaker 1: I think Jones is one of the best running backs
Speaker 1: in football. I would say a top five runner in
Speaker 1: today's league, especially when you consider what he can do
Speaker 1: as a pass catcher. So that's what they bring offensively. Defensively,
Speaker 1: this is a group that can force some big plays
Speaker 1: as well. They're just dealing with injuries right now. They
Speaker 1: lost Rashaan Gary injury, reserve Eric Stokes, star corner for
Speaker 1: a first round pick, andrew reserve linebacker Devandre Campbell, who
Speaker 1: is so good for them a year ago, he's been out.
Speaker 1: So they're dealing with some injuries on defense, but offensively,
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones that run game is the real deal. So
Speaker 1: it's a big opportunity on the table for the Eagles,
Speaker 1: and they can't get into a situation today where they're
Speaker 1: shooting themselves in the foot. No. Yeah, And it's a
Speaker 1: game that you know, we don't do a lot of
Speaker 1: scoreboard watching, but you know, Minnesota's right there on your heels,
Speaker 1: and depending on what happens with their game today against Dallas,
Speaker 1: we're still fighting for that number one seed. So you
Speaker 1: gotta be able to take care of business at home.
Speaker 1: That's why this win today was so huge because it
Speaker 1: was a roadwin. Whereas you know, you can't always count
Speaker 1: the row wins, but when you're at home, those are
Speaker 1: the ones you're supposed to count. Next Sunday night, we
Speaker 1: got to take care of business. And you also just
Speaker 1: don't want that to be a tight game late with
Speaker 1: Crea Bay having the football because regardless of some of
Speaker 1: the inconsistencies that they've had throwing the football, that's still
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and you don't want to leave the ball
Speaker 1: in his hands for him to have a chance to
Speaker 1: go win the game late. Well, before we go, we
Speaker 1: do have one more ask question, see what it is?
Speaker 1: Can we get another Rick Flair to end the show
Speaker 1: for the win? What do you got who they didn't
Speaker 1: want to victory? Okay, we gotta play at Turkey talk.
Speaker 1: We got that end, So you're hint it out. Victories
Speaker 1: left them, right, You gotta you gotta store them a
Speaker 1: little bit. You gotta kind of well and you know
Speaker 1: what I lost wind there? Yeah, sorry for a long show.
Speaker 1: Yeah that's all right. We have a little extra time.
Speaker 1: We don't. We don't play again until Sunday night, so
Speaker 1: you have a little time to recover. Yeah, exactly, Well,
Speaker 1: as always are, all of us are at Eagles Entertainment.
Speaker 1: Will have you covered all throughout the week as we
Speaker 1: get you set for Sunday night football against the Packers.
Speaker 1: Wins a win, guys, Eagles are nine and one and
Speaker 1: we're gonna keep rolling. Thanks so much for watching, and
Speaker 1: as always, go Birds.