Speaker 1: The Eagles and the Cowboys finishing up the Eagles twenty
Speaker 1: sixteen season on Sunday Lincoln Financial Field. So on this
Speaker 1: Eagle three sixty, we're going to talk about the state
Speaker 1: of the Eagles and the state of the playoff bound
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. Hello everyone, and welcome Dave Spiderow along with
Speaker 1: the Hall of Famer mister Mike Quick. Happy New Year,
Speaker 1: Happy New Year, Dave. We'll get into it a little bit,
Speaker 1: but I want to point out something I wrote today
Speaker 1: October thirtieth. Eagles thirteen minutes left in the game at
Speaker 1: ten point lead in the fourth quarter against the Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 1: and then the season changed. Agree, it did change them. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but it's a young team, you know. We you know,
Speaker 1: we had such high expectations because of what they did
Speaker 1: early in the season, and everyone, I think all of us,
Speaker 1: we all got on it. We got on the wind swagon,
Speaker 1: we got onto what the Eagles were doing, and I
Speaker 1: think our expectations got kind of out of whack. Okay, well,
Speaker 1: we'll talk about it, but first let's get you caught
Speaker 1: up with everything happening at it Overcaret Complex today. A
Speaker 1: lot of press conferences, a lot of activity, the final
Speaker 1: Wednesday of this Eagles season. Alex Smith our three sixty update.
Speaker 1: Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith here with your three sixty update.
Speaker 1: The Eagles back on the practice field as they prepare
Speaker 1: for the regular season finale on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 1: And a big question for the Eagles defense is who
Speaker 1: are they going to see on Sunday in terms of
Speaker 1: if Dallas is going to play their starters and if so,
Speaker 1: how long will they play Today. We heard from some
Speaker 1: members of the Eagles defense on preparing for all scenarios
Speaker 1: on Sunday. I mean, it's not really tough because Dallas
Speaker 1: going to do what they do. It don't matter who's
Speaker 1: in there. They're gonna run the ball and they're gonna,
Speaker 1: you know, they're gonna try to you know, run behind
Speaker 1: their line and try to get this game over with
Speaker 1: as quick as they can. So I think it's it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of running and it's gonna be physical.
Speaker 1: He's got to go out there and play. We're expecting
Speaker 1: to see their starters. Anybody else who comes in We'll
Speaker 1: just suggest to you know, we're we're going into it
Speaker 1: thinking we're playing starters, and you know that's the matchup
Speaker 1: obviously that we would like. You know, we want to
Speaker 1: play everybody at the best, and we understand the situation,
Speaker 1: but you know, it is, it is what it is.
Speaker 1: That's their decision. Um, well, I guess we'll see Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: last night, the Eagles placed running back Ryan Matthews on
Speaker 1: injured reserve, meaning that they have just two healthy running
Speaker 1: backs on the active roster in Darren Sproles and Byron Marshall.
Speaker 1: Today inside the locker room, we heard from Marshall as
Speaker 1: he gets ready for more of an expanded role in
Speaker 1: the regular season finale. I think so, I think so.
Speaker 1: You know, he's been here all season and went through
Speaker 1: camp with us, and they're very familiar with offensively what
Speaker 1: we're doing, and it's been in on all the meetings
Speaker 1: and induced does a great job we getting those guys prepared.
Speaker 1: So his role, obviously, we'll pick up a little bit
Speaker 1: more this week. That's good, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: That's what I've been one all year. So the fact
Speaker 1: that it's finally here, I'm just trying to make the
Speaker 1: most of it. I mean, go out there trying to
Speaker 1: get better every day, execute the plays, make sure we
Speaker 1: run them right and just try to transfer that over
Speaker 1: to Sundays and you know, do the same thing. And
Speaker 1: finally we'll close things out with an injury update. According
Speaker 1: to head coach Doug Peterson, no Alan Barber or Jordan
Speaker 1: Matthews today at practice. Barber's dealing with a hamstring injury
Speaker 1: while Jordan Matthews recovers from an ankle injury. We will
Speaker 1: have a full injury report as well as all of
Speaker 1: our press conferences from earlier today right here on Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles dot Com and the official Eagles mobile app Alex.
Speaker 1: Thank you so very much. When we get into the
Speaker 1: show here, we'll take a look at the Dallas Cowboys
Speaker 1: as they kind of relate to the Philadelphia Eagles. Will
Speaker 1: do some of our stats only as we do every week,
Speaker 1: but we will return on Eagles three sixty with a
Speaker 1: visit offensive backs coach Corey Unlin. His group gave up
Speaker 1: a lot of acreage on Thursday night to the New
Speaker 1: York Giants, but they had three interceptions, one return for
Speaker 1: a touchdown, and at the end of the day the
Speaker 1: Eagles beat the Giants. We talked to Corey Unlin about
Speaker 1: that performance and about his secondary in general when we
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Speaker 1: with Eagles defensive backs coach Corey Unlan, and we look
Speaker 1: back to Thursday night. The Eagles gave up a lot
Speaker 1: of acreage to the New York Giants, but only one
Speaker 1: touchdown pass aloud Corey. And before we get into the
Speaker 1: big picture conversation here, let's talk about the approach on Thursday.
Speaker 1: Obviously it was too I mean, I don't think ben
Speaker 1: but not break is the right term. How would you
Speaker 1: describe it. Yeah, he's gonna throw the ball, he doesn't
Speaker 1: hold on to it, so you can blitz, as Jim
Speaker 1: would say, you could bring everybody in the back end
Speaker 1: and blitz all eleven guys balls coming out, even if
Speaker 1: they didn't block one guy the balls coming out. So
Speaker 1: you got to mix it up. And I think Jim's
Speaker 1: done a good job of that all year, understanding the
Speaker 1: quarterbacks and how to attack him. And I would not
Speaker 1: say ben but don't break, but we're gonna play coverage
Speaker 1: and make him throw that ball into places he doesn't
Speaker 1: want to and hopefully you can give him to make
Speaker 1: a mistake, and I wouldn't say made that many mistakes
Speaker 1: last or on Thursday night, but we ended up with
Speaker 1: some balls in our hands, which obviously was huge. It's
Speaker 1: been a while since we've made enough plays to help
Speaker 1: win a game, and guys were ready to play a
Speaker 1: short week like they alas are. It was just good
Speaker 1: to see them go out there and make some plays
Speaker 1: so we could end up finishing the game. Malcolm Jenkins
Speaker 1: really came up big in that game and has come
Speaker 1: up big repeatedly the season. How has he played this
Speaker 1: year's I think he's played just like he always plays.
Speaker 1: Been obviously productive in there. I would say he probably
Speaker 1: doesn't have as many opportunities around the football as he
Speaker 1: did last year, even though he's played in the Nichols
Speaker 1: since Ron Brooks got hurt. Obviously, but he's played at
Speaker 1: a high level. Obviously. It was great to see him,
Speaker 1: I mean, fast start to the game, two tackles, ends
Speaker 1: up making a huge third down stop on the first
Speaker 1: third down of the game. They tried to pick him
Speaker 1: with Odell and there slid right through. Great play and
Speaker 1: then obviously two plays later on the next drive, he
Speaker 1: ends up picking that ball off to go to the house,
Speaker 1: and then Watt obviously gets hurt with the concussion protocol,
Speaker 1: he's out. Then he's got to slide back and play safety.
Speaker 1: Ends up making two plays back there as the safety,
Speaker 1: one of them for an interception, big knockdown on another
Speaker 1: player that they tried to throw Odell up the sideline.
Speaker 1: So he's played well, nothing's changed for him. Are there
Speaker 1: a lot of safeties in this league who can also
Speaker 1: slide into the nickel? I think it's going that way
Speaker 1: the way that the offenses are trending with all the
Speaker 1: whiteouts on the field every snap, and we we're not
Speaker 1: playing that much basic defense anymore. So if you want
Speaker 1: to keep base out there and be able to, you know,
Speaker 1: play your defenses and not have to sub every time
Speaker 1: that they sub, then most of them I think it's
Speaker 1: trended in that way. They're still obviously some I guess,
Speaker 1: typical box safety guys in the league, but it's hard
Speaker 1: because as soon as an offense knows you have a
Speaker 1: guy like that, they're gonna find a way to put
Speaker 1: them in a bad spot. Corey. The Eagles were really
Speaker 1: excited when Rody McCloud joined the team to pair with Malcolm.
Speaker 1: Has it gone as you hoped? He would go? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it has, absolutely it has. Those guys fuel
Speaker 1: each other. They compete every single day with each other.
Speaker 1: Great in the meeting room. He's a smart, smart player,
Speaker 1: plays great in the deep part of the field, can
Speaker 1: tackle in the open field. And I think that they're
Speaker 1: both of their mindsets and their IQ has been a great,
Speaker 1: great just mix, not only for those two but for
Speaker 1: the entire room, for everybody else. They both keep me
Speaker 1: on top of my game at all times. So it's
Speaker 1: been great, blessed to have him at the cornerback position.
Speaker 1: Really a group that plays hard, that battles, how would
Speaker 1: you kind of assess what you've seen through fifteen games? Uh,
Speaker 1: we we only got one left here, but they're gonna
Speaker 1: come out, they're gonna play hard. Obviously, it has been perfect,
Speaker 1: given up some plays, haven't made enough plays. We've obviously
Speaker 1: been in a lot of these games, and I think
Speaker 1: the biggest difference was just in that little stretch there
Speaker 1: were not a little step five game stretch. We had
Speaker 1: some opportunities to make plays we couldn't make them. And
Speaker 1: then Hence you don't end up winning the game there
Speaker 1: at the end of a couple of those. And I
Speaker 1: would say this obviously when you look at the record,
Speaker 1: and it's hard to say, like, yeah, it's panned out
Speaker 1: the way we wanted it too. But I wouldn't ask
Speaker 1: for anybody else out there right now. Those guys have
Speaker 1: played hard. We needed to make some more plays and
Speaker 1: we just didn't that stretch, And that's why I think
Speaker 1: it was. It was great for us as a room
Speaker 1: and for those players to go out there and make
Speaker 1: some plays on Thursday night and help us win that game.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about a couple of players, individuals. You can
Speaker 1: kind of overview how they've played this year. Leotis, Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's done good. Um, he's obviously given up some plays
Speaker 1: that obviously to play that he would want back and
Speaker 1: we would all want back. Would be the one against
Speaker 1: obviously Washington when it went over his head. He's done
Speaker 1: a good job of competing all year. Obviously ended up
Speaker 1: getting us back into that game after he gave that
Speaker 1: one up with the pick six and then kind of
Speaker 1: turn that game around Force gave us a chance at
Speaker 1: the end. I like him. He's a smart cat. Works
Speaker 1: hard every single day and we'll see where it goes
Speaker 1: from there. But I'm pleased where he's at. Obviously, I
Speaker 1: don't ever want to see a ball God's head for
Speaker 1: a touchdown like that. But the best thing about him
Speaker 1: is nothing, nothing affects him right back to the sideline.
Speaker 1: By the time I got to him a minute later,
Speaker 1: I said, hey, man, you just gotta let that go,
Speaker 1: and he's like, I don't even know what you're talking about.
Speaker 1: And then he goes out there four plays later, ends
Speaker 1: up picking a ball off or a touchdown. So I
Speaker 1: think we all, obviously as we look back on it
Speaker 1: could be better at some point during the season, but
Speaker 1: he's done a good job, especially in the room and
Speaker 1: helping everybody else. So how about No. One Carroll? No
Speaker 1: One's battled all year good. I'm proud of him. It's
Speaker 1: giving up some plays. He's just like everybody else, you know.
Speaker 1: I think we were just kind of inconsistent there at times.
Speaker 1: But I wouldn't want anybody else out there either than No. One. Obviously,
Speaker 1: huge fourth down play there at the end of the game.
Speaker 1: Would I'd like to seem that be the end of it.
Speaker 1: But we ended up going back out there and had
Speaker 1: to make a play there obviously with Terrence Brooks at
Speaker 1: the end, but no one's the same guy, you know him,
Speaker 1: I mean, shows up every single day, doesn't matter what happens, works, grinds,
Speaker 1: does what he can to get better every single day,
Speaker 1: and again same as everybody else. Obviously'd love to see
Speaker 1: him make some more places. Kind of defines what a
Speaker 1: true professional is. It comes back from that injury and
Speaker 1: really is there every day, right, blessed for all those
Speaker 1: guys in that room. Blessed. Yeah. And then Jalen Mills,
Speaker 1: who's played sixty plus percent of the snaps, has really
Speaker 1: learned a lot for seventh round round big being thrown
Speaker 1: into the fire. Yeah, I'm proud of him. I mean
Speaker 1: he's grown every single day has been here obviously got
Speaker 1: you know, expect when Brooks he got hurt, he got
Speaker 1: thrust in there, never blinked. He has not been perfect
Speaker 1: by any means, ended up playing outside with that rotation
Speaker 1: that we've had with all three of those guys moving
Speaker 1: in and out at corner. And then obviously Jay Lawkins
Speaker 1: gets hurt. Um he's been taking snaps in practice still
Speaker 1: at the nickel. Everyone not a lot, but some and
Speaker 1: he hopped back out there, didn't even blank and went
Speaker 1: back out there and played. So Jalon's grown up a
Speaker 1: lot through this through obviously throughout the season, more experience
Speaker 1: would get obviously it's the best thing for you. And
Speaker 1: I see that he's got a high, high ceiling. I
Speaker 1: think he's going to get better as he continues to go.
Speaker 1: And I see him playing in this league for a
Speaker 1: long time, year one to year two. For that young kid,
Speaker 1: how important will that be. I mean he's got to
Speaker 1: be wiped out after this, all this football he's played. Um, yeah,
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see how he goes. Biggest difference
Speaker 1: obviously from the time frame wise and the rep I
Speaker 1: mean we're playing for over twenty weeks, so that was
Speaker 1: a huge adjustment for him. He didn't need a little
Speaker 1: shock to his system there About halfway through you can
Speaker 1: see he was kind of not hitting a wall, but like, wow,
Speaker 1: we still got were halfway done. Yeah, But to get
Speaker 1: through this season and then go into the off season
Speaker 1: and not even talking about next year, but to be
Speaker 1: in the off season program again and have done it
Speaker 1: and played in this system, been through everything out I
Speaker 1: mean showing up and going to work every single day,
Speaker 1: taking care of your body. He'll be a different guy
Speaker 1: next year, and obviously we hope he's better. Corey. One
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Speaker 1: It's Eagles three sixty. Dave and Mike here. Time now
Speaker 1: to take a look at the Eagles two thousand and
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Speaker 1: com plet ticul look at the opponents in twenty seventeen,
Speaker 1: beginning with those coming to Lincoln Financial Field. Mike, what
Speaker 1: catches drive San Francisco forty nine ers? How about that?
Speaker 1: That's exciting the chip up? Maybe siting. Maybe the Chipper
Speaker 1: comes to town if he's still there. Not an easy schedule.
Speaker 1: The Raiders, Yeah, Raiders big time rate team on the rise,
Speaker 1: and they are really on the rise. They lost their
Speaker 1: quarterback last week, but that is a very good football
Speaker 1: team out there. I wonder are the state of the
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. Will Larry Fitzgerald be back? Will Carson Palmer
Speaker 1: come back? Where are the Cardinals in twenty seventeen? Same?
Speaker 1: I don't forget Bruce arians outstanding head coach. So even yeah,
Speaker 1: they may Misfitzger and some of those guys that you mentioned,
Speaker 1: but this guy is really good at replenishing and getting
Speaker 1: guys to do what he needs them to do. All right,
Speaker 1: opponents on the road for the Eagles, look at the
Speaker 1: miles that this team will accrue. We've got trips out
Speaker 1: to the Los Angeles Rams, We've got trips out to
Speaker 1: we think the San Diego Chargers, so they could be
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Chargers, and trips to Seattle and Kansas
Speaker 1: City and oh, by the way, Carolina waiting down there.
Speaker 1: Don't know the state at that is a brutal road schedule,
Speaker 1: a lot of traveling, but you get to see Andy Reid.
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, go out on the West and I get
Speaker 1: to go back to North Carolina. So I look forward
Speaker 1: to that I kill about you, isn't it. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: all about personally. But the West Coast, that's a lot
Speaker 1: of having. That's a lot, And I don't know if
Speaker 1: you have. They've back to back West Coast games. Stay,
Speaker 1: how you go out and stay for the week. I'm
Speaker 1: lobbying for it. Anybody want to listen? How about play
Speaker 1: all three of them out there and just stay for
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. Now that will be too much,
Speaker 1: That will be too much. Okay, that's they look at
Speaker 1: our upcoming schedule in twenty seventeen. The obviously the exact
Speaker 1: times and dates will be announced right around the draft
Speaker 1: in April of twenty seventeen. Now we take a look
Speaker 1: at the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles, and instead
Speaker 1: of digging deep into the Cowboys at thirteen and two,
Speaker 1: we want to kind of just put the teams side
Speaker 1: by side and compare. So let's go at the quarterback position. First.
Speaker 1: Cowboys love Dak Prescott, Eagles love Carson Wentz. They're very
Speaker 1: comparable and Dak Prescott has such a great supporting cast.
Speaker 1: So I think it's unfair to compare or two, but
Speaker 1: everything else equal, I think i'd take Carson Wentz. I
Speaker 1: think people would agree. Now, running back a big question
Speaker 1: mark for the Philadelphia Eagles, not so in Dallas. Mike,
Speaker 1: what do you do it running back for this football team?
Speaker 1: Are you talking about long term or are you talking
Speaker 1: about Sunday talking about term? Long term? I think you
Speaker 1: have to have a Bill cow I think you have
Speaker 1: to have a featured running back and he is the
Speaker 1: guy that you expect to get the ball eighty percent
Speaker 1: at a time. Not this for tuning and having a
Speaker 1: lot of different guys hold that position. Yes, you need
Speaker 1: a changeup guy time to time, but I think at
Speaker 1: the running back position, you need to have this one
Speaker 1: thumper that you count on each and every week, and
Speaker 1: he can actually be a three down back. Ezekiel Elliott,
Speaker 1: he's a three down back. He can catch the ball
Speaker 1: out of the backfield, He protects when they needed to protect.
Speaker 1: I think going forward, that's the kind of guy. If
Speaker 1: you look back in the history when this team was
Speaker 1: really good, they had a Westbrook who could do it all.
Speaker 1: They had a Duke Staley, a guy that could do
Speaker 1: it all, and I just think that that's the way
Speaker 1: to go. It's just that the Cowboys got Ezekiel Elliott
Speaker 1: at the fourth pick overall, I mean vehicles use a
Speaker 1: first round pick on the running back. The draft is
Speaker 1: said to be very deep at the running back position. No,
Speaker 1: I just think they have to be smart and they're
Speaker 1: scouting and go out and find a guy who not
Speaker 1: only has the ability to run the football, a guy
Speaker 1: that's adorable, and a guy that you can use on
Speaker 1: third downs. You don't have to bring him off the
Speaker 1: field all the time on third downs. At wide receiver,
Speaker 1: the Cowboys still getting it done with a good group
Speaker 1: led by your number eighty eight, does Brian who's so terrific,
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley out of the slot outstanding. The Eagles using
Speaker 1: a lot of Jordan, Matthews, Mike And as you look forward,
Speaker 1: how important is it to get that big time receiver here.
Speaker 1: I think you need You need to assume one that's
Speaker 1: going to scare the defense. And I don't think that
Speaker 1: the Eagles have that. And I've said that over and
Speaker 1: over that there's no guy on that rassa at that
Speaker 1: position that you've got to worry about him when they
Speaker 1: line up, when they break the huddle. They need that
Speaker 1: guy because it's gonna make Jordan better. It's gonna make
Speaker 1: the tight ends better. It's gonna make the situation for
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz so much easier. If you've got a threat,
Speaker 1: and you don't just have a threat, but you've got
Speaker 1: to take shots down to fe you've got to spread
Speaker 1: the defense out, and you only do that by taking
Speaker 1: shots down the field and then at tight end. Zach
Speaker 1: Ertz productive for the Eagles this season, a good threesome
Speaker 1: with Ertz, with Trey Burton, with Brent Sellek. And for
Speaker 1: the Cowboys they are still relying on Jason Witten, Mike
Speaker 1: the Angels wonder big workhorse. How do you see those
Speaker 1: two groups in twenty seventeen. Well, I don't know how
Speaker 1: much longer. Jason Witten Scott, I don't. He doesn't really
Speaker 1: threaten you down the middle of the field. So I
Speaker 1: think when you're playing and you're taking away to outside receivers,
Speaker 1: you hurt the Cowboys passing game. But Cole Beasley, of course,
Speaker 1: he can beat you on the inside. But Witten, he's
Speaker 1: just there because he's been there for so long. He's
Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer, but he's not nearly the guy
Speaker 1: that he used to be. Both offensive lines good, although
Speaker 1: the Cowboys are certainly on the more dominant side. They've
Speaker 1: been relatively healthy. They lost Leo Collins early in the
Speaker 1: season at guard, Ronald Leary has stepped in there. I think, Mike,
Speaker 1: the Eagles can't forget about the offensive line in the
Speaker 1: off season. I know they love Vitai, I know they
Speaker 1: love Samalo. Just make sure you're not only good, but
Speaker 1: great up front. Well, I think they did a really
Speaker 1: good job in this pass off season with bringing those
Speaker 1: guys in. Vitai is going to be a really good player.
Speaker 1: Say a Malu is going to be a really good player.
Speaker 1: But I think you're right. They have to bring in
Speaker 1: they have to make sure that they have not just
Speaker 1: they're starting five, but they've got two guys behind them
Speaker 1: that could be starters as well. And that's what they
Speaker 1: have in Dallas. Dallas has invested a lot of money
Speaker 1: in their offensive line. The first round picks. They've got
Speaker 1: three of them on their offensive line, and that's kind
Speaker 1: of how you build. You build from the inside out,
Speaker 1: and that's what they've been able to do. And so
Speaker 1: now that they've got the line established, they've been able
Speaker 1: to pull in a dock. They've been able to get
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Ellett and des Brian on the outside and didn't
Speaker 1: just fill in at the other spots because they've got
Speaker 1: that solid upfront. So you're right, the Eagles have to
Speaker 1: make sure that they're bringing these young guys along, but
Speaker 1: at the same time make sure that they're getting stronger
Speaker 1: at each of those positions. Interesting on the defensive side
Speaker 1: of the football, the Cowboys, it's just a wonderful job
Speaker 1: by coordinator Rod Marinelli with a group that has had
Speaker 1: some injuries, not a huge amount of star power, particularly
Speaker 1: in the front seven other than Sean Lee and yet Mike.
Speaker 1: They are really playing good, solid, physical football, which makes
Speaker 1: the Cowboys a very legitimate threat to go to the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Well, listen, when you can stop the run,
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys are the best in the National Football
Speaker 1: League gets stopping the run some eighty yards or so
Speaker 1: that they're allowing in the run game, that makes you
Speaker 1: a real tough defense. So now teams are going to
Speaker 1: be forced to try and throw the football, and they
Speaker 1: have pass rushes. Now they're getting a lot more out
Speaker 1: of David Irving, young guy and Randy Gregory came back
Speaker 1: two weeks ago or played for the first time last week,
Speaker 1: So they're getting a lot more heat on the quarterback.
Speaker 1: I think they have thirty four sacks to this point,
Speaker 1: and they're getting better in that area. They're gonna be
Speaker 1: a tough out in the playoffs. Oh, let's hope they
Speaker 1: go out. Please know Dallas Cowboys in the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: There's our look at the Cowboys and the Eagles, a
Speaker 1: little side by side. We've got more to get to here.
Speaker 1: On Eagles three sixty, we'll set you up with Amrosso's
Speaker 1: on the menu segment, show you what we've got on Thursday.
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Speaker 1: Alex Smith, and welcome back to another edition of Stats Only,
Speaker 1: and today we're gonna start things off by looking at
Speaker 1: the Eagle Special teams, a unit that continues to make
Speaker 1: play after play throughout the season, and that was once
Speaker 1: again in the case in Thursday Night's win over the Giants.
Speaker 1: Early in the third Donnie Jones booms a fifty five
Speaker 1: yard punt towards Giant's return man Dwayne Harris, and the
Speaker 1: coverage team makes sure that Harris has absolutely nowhere to go.
Speaker 1: Jalen Watkins is the first to get down the field,
Speaker 1: hitting a top speed of twenty one point three miles
Speaker 1: per hour, the fastest feat of any Eagle on the
Speaker 1: night and the equivalent of a three point eight three
Speaker 1: forty yard dash at the Combine. And just as a
Speaker 1: matter of reference, the fastest time ever recorded by the
Speaker 1: fastest man alive, Usain Bolt, is just about six miles
Speaker 1: an hour faster than what Watkins hit on Thursday. Watkins
Speaker 1: is the first one to the ball, but it's Terrence
Speaker 1: Brooks and Nigel Bradham who team up to make the play,
Speaker 1: with each player hitting over twenty miles per hour. The
Speaker 1: real story here, though, is the ground covered as Watkins,
Speaker 1: Brooks and Bradham combined to cover over two hundred and
Speaker 1: eleven yards on the play, which of course is double
Speaker 1: the size of the playing field from goal line to
Speaker 1: goal line. The big play on offense for the Eagles
Speaker 1: came from Nelson Aglore, who was able to put some
Speaker 1: of his prior struggles behind him and left the Giants
Speaker 1: chasing him down for forty yard touchdown strike. Aglore's long
Speaker 1: TV extended the Eagles lead in the first half, and
Speaker 1: his ability to accelerate off the line had a big
Speaker 1: part to do with it. Agloors ns twenty yards down
Speaker 1: the field in three point four six seconds before the
Speaker 1: ball ever leaves Carson wentzz hand. After the ball is released,
Speaker 1: Agiler tracks the ball the final seventeen yards in just
Speaker 1: about two point one seconds. Nelson hits a top speed
Speaker 1: of twenty point nine five miles per hour on the play,
Speaker 1: which would be fast enough for him to run from
Speaker 1: the Novacare Complex to City Hall in just ten minutes,
Speaker 1: something that would take the average runner nearly a half
Speaker 1: hour to do. And we'll close things out by taking
Speaker 1: a look at Malcolm Jenkins pick six, a play that
Speaker 1: swung the momentum into the Eagle's favor early in Thursday nights.
Speaker 1: Win Jenkins reads the play beautifully and picks off Eli
Speaker 1: Manning over the middle of the field, and from there
Speaker 1: he has a caravan of players with him to help
Speaker 1: lead the way to the end zone. Jenkins leads the way,
Speaker 1: covering a total of fifty eight point nine five yards
Speaker 1: on the play, but Jordan Hicks and Jalen Watkins also
Speaker 1: cover over fifty yards each, and all three players reaches
Speaker 1: speed of at least sixteen point seven nine miles per hour.
Speaker 1: The trio covers one hundred and sixty three yards on
Speaker 1: the play, which is the equivalent distance of a four
Speaker 1: hundred and ninety foot home run, which was the second
Speaker 1: longest homer of this season in the major's last season,
Speaker 1: coming off the bat of Miami's John Carlos Stanton. All right, well,
Speaker 1: that will wrap things up for this week's edition of
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Speaker 1: here on Eagles three sixty Mike Quick, Dave Spidero, let's
Speaker 1: get your caught up. I want to hear some final
Speaker 1: thoughts about the importance of this game, the Eagles, all
Speaker 1: of that good stuff. But first are Amirosso's on the
Speaker 1: menu segment for you for Thursday, Glenn mcnow his bold
Speaker 1: predictions for Sunday's game. Behind enemy Lines, we go into
Speaker 1: the world of the thirteen and two bath Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 1: and we've got our Eagles Live podcast, the final of
Speaker 1: this regular season. We will of course keep you updated
Speaker 1: throughout the off season. Amrosso's the reason Philly Sandwiches are
Speaker 1: so famous. Well, Mike, what's the significance here of beating
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. It's another game, and it's a game in
Speaker 1: your division. It's the NFL, and the guys playing in
Speaker 1: this league should feel privileged to play in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. There are a lot of reasons to play well,
Speaker 1: play your best football. They trained so hard, Dave, in
Speaker 1: the offseason. The off season begins on Monday, and they've
Speaker 1: got such a long period before they can get to
Speaker 1: do what they love to do once again. That to
Speaker 1: me is a reason to play all out, to give
Speaker 1: it everything that you have in that final game, because
Speaker 1: you know that it's gonna be the end of July
Speaker 1: August before you actually strap it on and get serious
Speaker 1: and physical again. And we all hope that the same
Speaker 1: environment that was here for Thursday night, that great environment
Speaker 1: a league at Financial Field. The fans were there, they
Speaker 1: fill the stadium, they stayed in their seats at the
Speaker 1: very end of the game, and certainly helped to the Eagles,
Speaker 1: as evidenced by that giant's false start late and fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: We see that on Sunday as the new year comes
Speaker 1: into play and the Cowboys and the Eagles square off
Speaker 1: once again. Mike Quick, Happy New Year, Happy New Year's
Speaker 1: great job this year, Thank you very much. Well, listen
Speaker 1: to you on Sunday with Merrill, Dave Spidero. Thanks for
Speaker 1: joining us until tomorrow, have yourselves a great Eagles Day.