WEBVTT - Post-Game Show: Eagles Win 26-24 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:28.200 And welcome to the postgame show presented by Rico here 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:31.000 in Philadelphiagle dot Com and the Eagles Mobile. I'm Chris 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:35.320 McPherson alongside former Eagles linebacker. I agrees a victorious edition 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:38.560 here as the Eagles knock off the Los Angeles Chargers 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:41.320 by a score of twenty six to twenty four, and 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:44.599 I fans are gonna relish the fashion the way they 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:48.760 finished that game off six minutes and forty four seconds remain. 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:51.960 Eagles have a two point lead, and what do they do. 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:55.480 They go to the ground game when Nell Smallwood, Corey 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:59.080 Clement and the closer like Garret Blunt getting the job 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:01.880 done as the Eagles move the chains and run out 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:05.120 the final six forty four to seal the win and 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:08.480 what basically was a home game for the Eagles with 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:12.720 the fans taking over the stub Hub Center there in Carson, Yes, 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:17.080 I said, Carson, California. So Eagles are now three and 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:20.520 one beating at the Chargers who remain winless. Just another 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:23.560 gritty effort getting this one done on the road. I'm 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:26.479 gonna tell you right here, right now, in twenty games 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:30.080 for Doug Peterson and Carson Wentz in my mind, this 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:32.840 is their most impressive win. I mean, this was a 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:36.479 team win, a character win. You're coming off an emotional, 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:39.880 miraculous victory on a sixty one yard field goal against 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:43.160 your your hated rival in the New York Giants last week. 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:46.160 It's difficult to try to get back up and match 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:49.040 that passion and emotion that you're gonna need to face 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.720 a desperate team in their building like the oh and 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.480 three Charges were today, and the fact that they were 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:57.240 able to come out and get this victory, I mean, 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.880 I think, I just think it's a huge character win 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:02.480 for this team. I know a lot of people had 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:05.800 trepidation about this game leading up to it, but I 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.919 thought this would be a Doug Peterson type of a game, 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:13.079 meaning the coach had his team ready to play. They 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.000 came out, the offense looked good. We'll talk about the 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:17.800 ins and out to the game. Should have scored more 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:21.400 touchdowns instead of field goals. But you mentioned that last drive, 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:24.679 I mean six minutes plus on the clock Chargers with 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:27.839 three time outs, they never touched the ball. A great point. 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.920 The two minute awarding included all that the Eagles make 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.840 sure to finish off the clock to get the victory. 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:37.040 This is a statement game for head coach Doug Petersons. 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:40.320 As you said, you're coming off that emotional game the Chargers. 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.320 It's a team that you play once every four years. 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.280 It's a team that Okay, he's somewhat familiar with to 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:48.680 an extent because he faced them. He was an NFCUS 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:51.760 Frank reich offenser coordinator. He came from the Chargers when 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:54.640 they were in San Diego before he came to the Eagles. Yeah, 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:57.280 some familiarity there, But By and Lars, this is a 0:02:57.280 --> 0:03:00.640 team the Eagles players don't really recognize. So it's not 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:03.639 a division opponent, it's not a conference opponent. You're going 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:07.200 on the road to a soccer stadium twenty seven thousand 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:10.400 and again, Eagles fans a phenomenal job. I mean, during 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.160 the Fox broadcast, Dick Stockton was like, I have never 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:17.640 seen where the home team, what you know, typically fans 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:20.640 would be cheering for a play, it's being booed or 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:23.120 the other way where the penalties called to help the 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:26.280 home team. And you have Jordan Hicks mill linebacker getting 0:03:26.320 --> 0:03:28.440 the crowd fired up there in the second half of 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.160 the game. I mean, what a scene. Great scene that 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:34.280 Sea of Midnight Green a great West Coast trip. But 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:37.240 just you just didn't know how the Eagles would respond 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.400 because you look at probably last year, and this is 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:42.240 something that I think has been a constant theme for 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:44.560 this Eagles team thus far in two thousand and seventeen. 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:48.720 Games that they lost last year are now they're now 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:51.680 winning this year. Okay, last year, Okay, they have to 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:53.800 rally late after the great start against the Giants and 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:56.640 they get the miraculous win. This week, you're going on 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.200 the road. They could easily come out flat. They didn't 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.760 have their best player defensive, Fletcher Cox, they didn't have 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:04.120 one of their playmakers and offense and Darren Sproles. You 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:06.320 didn't know how the game was going to go. They 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:10.000 got off to a great start, the Chargers rallied. You figured, okay, 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:12.760 you know, things might just not go their way. Philip Rivers, 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:15.600 you know Veterer quarterback, you know, possible Haull of Famer 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:17.880 down the line. Maybe he's gonna rather the team to 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.000 the win. Chargers haven't won a game yet this year. 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.719 Maybe this is the one for them. Well, Doug Pearson 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:26.000 and the Eagles offense found a way to shut the 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.320 door when they had to when the game was on 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:31.880 the line and everything mattered most. Yeah, running backs did 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:34.600 a great job all day. We knew that this Chargers 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:38.080 defense thirty first in the league coming into this game. 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:41.159 Great game plan, great job by the coaches sticking to 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.200 the run, had salt to the offensive line, the big ugly, 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.160 the big uglies up front, they made holes for all 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:49.120 three of these guys. You know, you got people out 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:51.320 there clamoring for this guy to run, that guy to run. Well, 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:54.200 guess what all three running backs have been effected the 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.719 last two weeks. So great job by Jeff Stoutlin's boys 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:01.520 up front opening up holes and then more importantly, putting 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:05.440 together a game plan where you feature each running back 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:10.080 skill set. So they had designed runs to this tailored 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:13.960 to all three guys. And nevermore wasn't evident than on 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:16.359 that final drive of the game. I mean that was 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:21.800 old school NFC East style smash mouth football where you 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:24.840 just run the ball down your opponent's throat for six 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:27.200 and a half minutes plus a two minute warning and 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:29.719 they never touched the ball again. Here's how far the 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:32.800 Eagles have come in a year's time. Last year, the 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:35.080 deals were three and no. They went on the road 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.520 to Detroit and had the ball with the chance to 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:40.560 ice the game in the fourth quarter, running back run 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:43.760 Matthews fumbles the ball away. Eagles end up losing the 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:46.320 game and the season kind of went south from there. 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:49.160 They lost Lane Johnson for the suspension and they were 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:51.599 just never the same. So the Eagles a year later, 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:53.719 they're three and one, but it's such a different feeling 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:56.320 because of how they got there and the teams they've 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.159 beaten to get to this point. Okay, people will probably 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:02.160 say were over three come into this game, but you 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.440 look at who they played and how tightly they played 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.159 those opponents. Okay, the Chiefs they lost to last week. 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:09.360 Chiefs might be the best team in football. The Eagles 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:11.440 one lost so far this year. It was one possession 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:13.640 game until two man's left. Kareem Hunt breaks off the 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:16.200 big run, fishes off the game. But weeks one and 0:06:16.279 --> 0:06:20.560 two Dolphins. Okay, in the Denver Broncos, the kicker, the rookie, 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.640 you know, misses one that would have tied it, misses 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.320 another late that would have won the game. Okay, so 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:29.400 those two big plays, you know, plush again, they lost 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:31.839 their Chiefs. This was a team that was better much 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:33.640 better than their record. And you look at the town. 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:36.680 Start with the offense. They have Philip Rivers, they have 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:38.880 Melvin Gore running back, they have Keynall and a thorn 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.800 in the Eagle side once again at wide receiver, Travis Benjamin, 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:44.440 the future Hall of Famer Antonio Gates, Hunter Henry who 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:46.760 had that nice touchdown late for the Chargers play a 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:50.280 talent on that side of the ball. And defensively Joey Bosa, 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:53.520 Melvin Ingram, Casey Hayward, who are the phenomenal game at 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:56.920 cornerback there, you know, contesting alshon Jeffrey throughout the course 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:59.120 of the day. I mean by largs. There was so 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.640 much talent on that team right there. It was a 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.480 quot unquote home game for them, but obviously a tough circumstances, 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:07.960 but the Eagles just hatched off to them for finding 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:09.720 a way to get the job done. It looked like 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:11.440 it was gonna be too easy in the first half. 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:14.120 They jumped out ten nothing lead. They were starting to 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:16.080 sell for field goals. Like you said, I and you said, 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:18.840 they're leaving the door a little open. That's your one 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.160 concern is that the doors just being cracked, just open 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.360 where if the charters can make some of these big plays, 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:25.360 they're gonna be right back in the ball game. Okay, 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:28.680 they made them, but the Eagles did enough. Every time 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:31.400 the Chargers in the second half had some way to 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:33.680 come back, you know, through the punch, to be able 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:36.520 to get the Eagles off kilter. The Eagles had a 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:39.720 way to return. They had the CounterPunch here today, no 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:42.080 better way to finish off that game than a six 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:46.240 minute and forty four second drive to put the game away, 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:49.400 to get to Eagles to three and one on the season. 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:52.000 And it's great because I don't the Giants game. I 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:54.560 might be a final, but again, at best, they're gonna 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:57.120 be one to three. They might be owned. Four Cowboys 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:00.240 lost to its big loss for them today. Okay, so 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.680 they're two and two. Washington plays the Chiefs a money 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:06.800 in football and Arrowhead in Arrowhead, that's gonna be a 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.280 tough game for them. So the Eagles are sitting pretty 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:11.960 and now you look at the powers in the conference. 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:15.640 Atlantic gets knocked off today, the Eagles are right in 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:17.680 the mix. And at this point of the season, at 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:19.960 the quarter pole, that's what you want to be. You 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:22.000 just want to make sure you're in contention, and you 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:24.480 don't want to be like the Chargers who have talent 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:27.520 but are owing four. Their season done. Okay, it's gonna 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:29.680 be tough to come back from. I'll come back from 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.199 owing four. And they listen, they gave their best shot today. 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.960 They did. I mean, they played, They made big plays 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.200 when they needed to. Philip Rivers, we know how good 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:41.240 he is as a player. That last touchdown the Hunter, Henry, 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:44.679 I'm sitting there wondering, man, our defense were reeling, you know, 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.120 and we get the ball back here, and I'm saying 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.200 to myself and well, let's at least run three or 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:52.040 four minutes off this clock so the defense can get 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:54.679 rested up. And then maybe you forced them to use 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:57.360 their timeouts and we can see if Cool can kick 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:01.000 a winning field goal again at the end of this thing. 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:05.199 But just impressed with the way our offense was able 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:08.480 to end this football game. And that's a good San 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:11.280 Diego Chargers team. Chris, you look at you look at 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.360 these first four games, right, you're talking about three road games. 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:16.880 Out of the first four games. They played one game 0:09:16.920 --> 0:09:19.000 at the Leak and that was gets An, owing to 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:23.000 desperate divisional opponent in the new York Giants. These haven't 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:26.440 been easy games for the Eagles, four tough football games, 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:29.640 and I love the mental makeup of this team. This 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:32.360 team is growing right before our eyes. I'm not gonna 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:35.400 get too far ahead of myself and start predicting things 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:37.520 down the road, but what I will tell you is 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.560 that when you come up against this Eagles team, you 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:43.400 would better bring your best game. You would better bring 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:46.199 your a game because this team will fight you tooth 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:50.319 and nail to the end. Even in the defeat out 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.840 there in Kansas City, that was a hell mary short 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:56.160 of being a ball game going into overtime. So I 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:58.480 love the way this team is playing. They're coming together, 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:01.160 They're starting to believe in themselves. And the best part 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:03.840 about it is we have so many injuries. Our team 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:06.520 isn't even at full strength right now. Thankfully, we're going 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.040 to get guys back on the defensive side of the ball, 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.080 and I expect this team just to get better and 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.319 better as we keep going through the season. What does 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:15.600 it do for a team like to have these kind 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:18.480 of tight games early in the season. Is there any 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:21.080 kind of way that pays off later? No doubt about it, 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:22.840 No doubt about it. It takes me back to the 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.280 two thousand season. You know, we wound up with eleven 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:27.440 wins that season, but I don't even know if we 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:30.360 were an eleven win team except for the fact we 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:32.520 got off to a pretty good start and we started 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:36.000 believing in ourselves. We fought and stayed in just about 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.720 every game, and then our playmakers late in the game 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.200 found a way to make plays, and low and behold, 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:43.440 we end up with eleven wins. I can see this 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:46.559 team sort of having that type of a field this year. 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:50.000 They're finding way to finding ways to win games, and 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.240 that's all that matters in the NFL. It doesn't matter 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:54.080 what the final score looks like, as long as you 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:57.000 have one more point than the other team. To get 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:59.439 three wins out of the first four games when you've 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:03.280 played three games on the road, pretty impressive for the 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:05.680 first quarter of the season. All right, Like we're gonna 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.959 hear from head coach Doug Pierson a quarterback Carson Wentz 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:09.880 in just a little bit here on the postgame show 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:13.760 presented by Rico. Let's get into the run game here. Okay, No, 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:16.240 Dann Sprowls done for the season with a torn acl 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:19.160 and broken forearm, So you figure it's gonna be the 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:21.600 running back by committee. Sprowles had been the feature guy 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.800 the first few weeks. You've mentioned earlier how you loved 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:27.199 how the Eagles Doug Pierce and Frank Wright created a 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:30.439 game plan for to feature each of the running back strengths. 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:32.600 Can you go into more detail? What did you like 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:35.920 about the way the Eagles utilize each one of them 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:37.960 in the game today? Where's the thing? There were several 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:41.959 without breaking down every player that day run there were 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:45.240 several situations where he had la Garrett blund in the 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:47.440 game and it looked like an obvious rundown and he 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:50.960 would throw the ball or the touchdown that allowed us 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.600 to extend to lead the nine points to Windale Smallwood. 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:55.920 We're all thinking that's a pass play right there. He 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.720 hands the ball off the Windale Smallwood. So and you 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:02.720 see the outside zone. People want Doug and Frank Wright 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:05.000 to sort of ride the hot hand, and I can 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:07.400 understand that when you see the running backs having success. 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.080 But I like the way that they have confidence in 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:12.240 the game plan they put together throughout the week and 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:15.800 they say to themselves, no, we have specific design plays 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.480 for each guy, whether it's to the outside, whether it's 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:21.120 to the left side, whether it's running in between the tackles. 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:23.920 All three of these guys have the ability to do it. 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:27.640 La Garrett Blunt surprised because he ran towards the tackle 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.120 with Todds a day, But I like the way Corey 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:33.000 Clement ran through the middle and Windale Smallwood when he 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.120 had to get tough yards. Corey Clement, Okay, he may 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.000 not get a game ball, per se, he might not 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.520 be our Toyota player the game for his effort today, 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.280 But to put him in the situations that he was 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.920 in today, some clutch third downs, to trust him with 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.800 the ball in his hands. Kudos to the coaching staff 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:52.720 running backs coach through Stale for having him ready for 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.360 the moment, but for him to take advantage of the 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:58.360 opportunity to take advantage of that moment. Okay, this was 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:00.720 a guy who bowed his way to get onto the 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:03.360 fifty three man actor roster. Okay. Then he was out 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:05.760 there in special teams to start the season. Okay, he 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:09.640 had the beautiful opening kickoff tackle in Washington to set 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.040 the tone early in that game. But you look here, 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:15.400 thirty yards on ten carries. Okay, nothing flashy, but you're 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:19.040 going to the last drive here and third and short. 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.480 He gets the key first down, gets the second first 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:24.720 down earlier in the drive. I mean, time after time again, 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:27.959 they did not mind giving him the ball in those situations. 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:30.800 And that's what I mean by when Doug had him 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:32.960 in there on third and two or what have you. 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:35.959 Charges defense may be thinking, Okay, this is a passing. 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:38.840 They're gonna pass the ball. This is past personnel because 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:42.080 they don't have mcgarrett blunt in there. And I think that, 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:45.040 along with three wide receivers, forces the defensive play in 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:47.319 their nickel package, and you still get a ball to 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:50.000 Corey Clement through the a gaps and a thing I 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.839 like about him is that there was no indecision. He 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:55.680 got the ball, got behind his shoulder pads and put 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:57.440 his head down and got the tough yards that he 0:13:57.480 --> 0:13:59.400 needed to get. It's going to keep all three of 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:02.000 those guys primed and ready to go when they know 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:05.920 that the coach trust them, and clutch situations, latent games, 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:08.040 all three of those guys need to be ready to go, 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:11.040 and today was a prime example. All three were used 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.320 on that final drive, and like you said, kudos to 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:16.440 the offensive line. Okay, I think an outstanding game. Once again. 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:20.160 We saw the rotation at left guard. Okay, Stephan Weisnowski started, 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:23.320 then Chance Warmack came in. Wisnouski went back out there 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:26.440 later in the game, but Carson Wentz I thought had 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:30.000 plenty of time in the pocket. Okay, that did great job. Again, 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.800 we talked about Melvin ingram AFC Defensive Player of the 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:39.520 Month for September, Joey Bosa phenomenal rookie season two sixteen. Okay, 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.360 he was flying off the edge. But Jason Peters and 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:45.720 Lane Johnson, to their credit, were amazing. One of the 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:49.880 players I know was showcase on the on the broadcast 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:54.040 was it was a corner blitz. Jason Peters recognized it, 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:56.880 picked it up, and then he showed the footwork to 0:14:56.880 --> 0:14:58.720 be able to keep up with him. That's what that's 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.640 what's just so amazing about Jason Peters is after all 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.280 these years in the league, that not only does he 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:06.680 have the wisdom to know who to pick up in 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:10.080 those situations, but he has the athleticism and the wherewithal 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.240 to be able to make that play as well. Man, 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:14.720 no doubt about it. What is it fourteen, fifteenth year 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:18.240 for him. No, it's the reason why we mentioned him. 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:21.359 We say future Hall of Fame running and the bodyguard 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:23.680 out there, and he's still getting done, still playing at 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:27.080 a high level, having heard many guys that he've had 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:30.760 to block this season so far, making he plays from 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:33.800 his side of the offensive line. So I just think 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:35.920 that the line is starting to get a little bit 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:38.680 of continuity, a little bit of rhythm. And you've seen 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:41.800 the last two weeks. Man, they were hungry after those 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:43.720 first two weeks. They wanted the coach to stick with 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:45.920 the run and give them the opportunity to show what 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:49.800 they could do. Until their credit, they rewarded the coach 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.920 with blocking well opening up holes for these three running backs. 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.680 He's talking about two straight weeks over one hundred plush yards. 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:58.360 I don't know what they totally had today as a 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:00.760 collective group, the three runner but I know last week 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:04.040 was one hundred and ninety three yards for the running 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:08.040 backs last week. You gotta give Jeff Stoutlin a lot 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:11.640 of credit. Offensive line took some heat. I saw Hallapuli 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:16.040 volunteer by tie out there today and times certain packages 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:18.400 they're putting together, and then Doug sticking with the run 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:20.520 sticking with the run. I mean, there are points in 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:22.280 that game where you want to sort of get points 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:24.200 back as fast as you can and you want to 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:27.240 trust that big arm of your quarterback. But kudos to 0:16:27.320 --> 0:16:30.000 the coaching staff for sticking with the run. And I 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:32.960 think they wore down that Chargers defense Garrett Blunt in 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:34.920 the fourth quarter. I don't know how many of those 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:38.320 Chargers really wanted to go tackle him, no, no, whatsoever 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:40.520 at that point in the game. Look for him to 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:43.680 come out there that sixty eight yard run, yeah, okay, 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:45.840 which put him in position for when Nell Small was 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:48.160 final touch that you would have loved to see Blunt 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.760 fish it off. I mean that was his drive right there. 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:53.800 But still again, the Chargers come up with a score, 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.160 the Eagles have to find a way to answer, and 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:57.800 what do they do? They just go down the field 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:00.520 with the big play there, the big run. Were waiting 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:03.520 for Blunt to have this big breakout game, okay, you know, 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.119 huge contributions last week and to win against the Giants. 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:07.960 This was coming off that Chiefs game where he didn't 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:09.960 have a carry. Officially he had one that was wiped 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:13.159 out due to penalty. But by and large though, you know, 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:15.679 he wasn't involved in the run game, and maybe that 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:17.840 was just game specific the way they wanted to attack 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:20.639 the Chiefs. But I think the Eagles realized they have 0:17:20.800 --> 0:17:23.359 this talent here, they have this weapon here, they have 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:25.560 to figure out a way to utilize it. I think 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:29.359 that's the best thing about what we've seen from Doug 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:31.760 the last couple of weeks is he's putting his playmakers 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:36.000 in the best situations possible to have success. And that's all. 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:38.800 That's all the coach can do. Okay, the coach can 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:41.119 prepare him, he can dial up the right plays. The 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:43.200 guy's got to go execute. But you look at the 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:47.440 numbers there, he alone blunt one hundred and thirty six yards, 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:50.720 eight point five yards per carry, sixty eight yards. I mean, 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:54.520 just for the second straight week, you see defenses struggle 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.480 just having the ability to slow him down and stop him. 0:17:57.640 --> 0:17:59.520 And I can understand fans might say, well, why not 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.040 keep in the hot hand, but you want to keep 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:09.679 defenses off kilter fresh exactly correct, exactly exactly. So if 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:12.000 you're not rotating in small well, you're not rotating in Clement, 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:14.200 you may not be gaining this performance like the game. 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:16.320 You may not be able to put the Charge away 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:19.480 today like they did. You know, big kudos to the 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:23.679 O line, the running back. Skin job done, Carson Wentz. Okay, 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:27.200 the numbers weren't gaudy for a second straight week. Okay, 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:30.639 but no turnovers first and foremost, that is the biggest 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:33.720 thing to say. There, you're on the road again, You're 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:36.240 facing a desperate team. Two hundred and forty two yards. 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:39.520 The touchdown pass early to alshon Jeffrey. You know, I 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:41.240 thought it was a tough day for him because I 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:44.040 thought the Charger secondary did a great job of taking 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:46.840 away the wide receivers. Now went to that beautiful pass 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:49.399 down the scene to Tory Smith which he brings that in. 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:53.119 That's a big game, didn't happen Alshan Jeffrey. Look, Casey 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:58.240 Hayward did a phenomenal job clamping him down. Great job 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:00.280 on him, you know. Zach Erz had a couple of 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:02.600 big catches that won over the shoulder throwing the second half, 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:06.240 huge thing right there. Pretty that was a beautiful ball, Okay, 0:19:06.280 --> 0:19:10.040 So the accuracy was there. I don't think there was 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:11.720 a lot of opportunities for him, but I thought he 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:13.920 did a great job of taking what was given to him. 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:16.959 And also every week it seems like he is just 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:19.680 wowing us with his legs. Okay, the way he can 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:22.760 get out of pressure, the way he can turn nothing 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:24.960 into something. It's just every week I feel like you 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:27.040 sit back and there's one play that makes you just 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:30.000 be like, I can't believe this guy's our quarterback. He's 0:19:30.040 --> 0:19:32.760 so good, so elusive, the way that he can use 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:35.920 at six five frame and get away from defensive players. 0:19:35.960 --> 0:19:38.399 Just every week I'm marveling and something different when he 0:19:38.440 --> 0:19:40.320