Speaker 1: And welcome to the postgame show presented by Rico here
Speaker 1: in Philadelphiagle dot Com and the Eagles Mobile. I'm Chris
Speaker 1: McPherson alongside former Eagles linebacker. I agrees a victorious edition
Speaker 1: here as the Eagles knock off the Los Angeles Chargers
Speaker 1: by a score of twenty six to twenty four, and
Speaker 1: I fans are gonna relish the fashion the way they
Speaker 1: finished that game off six minutes and forty four seconds remain.
Speaker 1: Eagles have a two point lead, and what do they do.
Speaker 1: They go to the ground game when Nell Smallwood, Corey
Speaker 1: Clement and the closer like Garret Blunt getting the job
Speaker 1: done as the Eagles move the chains and run out
Speaker 1: the final six forty four to seal the win and
Speaker 1: what basically was a home game for the Eagles with
Speaker 1: the fans taking over the stub Hub Center there in Carson, Yes,
Speaker 1: I said, Carson, California. So Eagles are now three and
Speaker 1: one beating at the Chargers who remain winless. Just another
Speaker 1: gritty effort getting this one done on the road. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna tell you right here, right now, in twenty games
Speaker 1: for Doug Peterson and Carson Wentz in my mind, this
Speaker 1: is their most impressive win. I mean, this was a
Speaker 1: team win, a character win. You're coming off an emotional,
Speaker 1: miraculous victory on a sixty one yard field goal against
Speaker 1: your your hated rival in the New York Giants last week.
Speaker 1: It's difficult to try to get back up and match
Speaker 1: that passion and emotion that you're gonna need to face
Speaker 1: a desperate team in their building like the oh and
Speaker 1: three Charges were today, and the fact that they were
Speaker 1: able to come out and get this victory, I mean,
Speaker 1: I think, I just think it's a huge character win
Speaker 1: for this team. I know a lot of people had
Speaker 1: trepidation about this game leading up to it, but I
Speaker 1: thought this would be a Doug Peterson type of a game,
Speaker 1: meaning the coach had his team ready to play. They
Speaker 1: came out, the offense looked good. We'll talk about the
Speaker 1: ins and out to the game. Should have scored more
Speaker 1: touchdowns instead of field goals. But you mentioned that last drive,
Speaker 1: I mean six minutes plus on the clock Chargers with
Speaker 1: three time outs, they never touched the ball. A great point.
Speaker 1: The two minute awarding included all that the Eagles make
Speaker 1: sure to finish off the clock to get the victory.
Speaker 1: This is a statement game for head coach Doug Petersons.
Speaker 1: As you said, you're coming off that emotional game the Chargers.
Speaker 1: It's a team that you play once every four years.
Speaker 1: It's a team that Okay, he's somewhat familiar with to
Speaker 1: an extent because he faced them. He was an NFCUS
Speaker 1: Frank reich offenser coordinator. He came from the Chargers when
Speaker 1: they were in San Diego before he came to the Eagles. Yeah,
Speaker 1: some familiarity there, But By and Lars, this is a
Speaker 1: team the Eagles players don't really recognize. So it's not
Speaker 1: a division opponent, it's not a conference opponent. You're going
Speaker 1: on the road to a soccer stadium twenty seven thousand
Speaker 1: and again, Eagles fans a phenomenal job. I mean, during
Speaker 1: the Fox broadcast, Dick Stockton was like, I have never
Speaker 1: seen where the home team, what you know, typically fans
Speaker 1: would be cheering for a play, it's being booed or
Speaker 1: the other way where the penalties called to help the
Speaker 1: home team. And you have Jordan Hicks mill linebacker getting
Speaker 1: the crowd fired up there in the second half of
Speaker 1: the game. I mean, what a scene. Great scene that
Speaker 1: Sea of Midnight Green a great West Coast trip. But
Speaker 1: just you just didn't know how the Eagles would respond
Speaker 1: because you look at probably last year, and this is
Speaker 1: something that I think has been a constant theme for
Speaker 1: this Eagles team thus far in two thousand and seventeen.
Speaker 1: Games that they lost last year are now they're now
Speaker 1: winning this year. Okay, last year, Okay, they have to
Speaker 1: rally late after the great start against the Giants and
Speaker 1: they get the miraculous win. This week, you're going on
Speaker 1: the road. They could easily come out flat. They didn't
Speaker 1: have their best player defensive, Fletcher Cox, they didn't have
Speaker 1: one of their playmakers and offense and Darren Sproles. You
Speaker 1: didn't know how the game was going to go. They
Speaker 1: got off to a great start, the Chargers rallied. You figured, okay,
Speaker 1: you know, things might just not go their way. Philip Rivers,
Speaker 1: you know Veterer quarterback, you know, possible Haull of Famer
Speaker 1: down the line. Maybe he's gonna rather the team to
Speaker 1: the win. Chargers haven't won a game yet this year.
Speaker 1: Maybe this is the one for them. Well, Doug Pearson
Speaker 1: and the Eagles offense found a way to shut the
Speaker 1: door when they had to when the game was on
Speaker 1: the line and everything mattered most. Yeah, running backs did
Speaker 1: a great job all day. We knew that this Chargers
Speaker 1: defense thirty first in the league coming into this game.
Speaker 1: Great game plan, great job by the coaches sticking to
Speaker 1: the run, had salt to the offensive line, the big ugly,
Speaker 1: the big uglies up front, they made holes for all
Speaker 1: three of these guys. You know, you got people out
Speaker 1: there clamoring for this guy to run, that guy to run. Well,
Speaker 1: guess what all three running backs have been effected the
Speaker 1: last two weeks. So great job by Jeff Stoutlin's boys
Speaker 1: up front opening up holes and then more importantly, putting
Speaker 1: together a game plan where you feature each running back
Speaker 1: skill set. So they had designed runs to this tailored
Speaker 1: to all three guys. And nevermore wasn't evident than on
Speaker 1: that final drive of the game. I mean that was
Speaker 1: old school NFC East style smash mouth football where you
Speaker 1: just run the ball down your opponent's throat for six
Speaker 1: and a half minutes plus a two minute warning and
Speaker 1: they never touched the ball again. Here's how far the
Speaker 1: Eagles have come in a year's time. Last year, the
Speaker 1: deals were three and no. They went on the road
Speaker 1: to Detroit and had the ball with the chance to
Speaker 1: ice the game in the fourth quarter, running back run
Speaker 1: Matthews fumbles the ball away. Eagles end up losing the
Speaker 1: game and the season kind of went south from there.
Speaker 1: They lost Lane Johnson for the suspension and they were
Speaker 1: just never the same. So the Eagles a year later,
Speaker 1: they're three and one, but it's such a different feeling
Speaker 1: because of how they got there and the teams they've
Speaker 1: beaten to get to this point. Okay, people will probably
Speaker 1: say were over three come into this game, but you
Speaker 1: look at who they played and how tightly they played
Speaker 1: those opponents. Okay, the Chiefs they lost to last week.
Speaker 1: Chiefs might be the best team in football. The Eagles
Speaker 1: one lost so far this year. It was one possession
Speaker 1: game until two man's left. Kareem Hunt breaks off the
Speaker 1: big run, fishes off the game. But weeks one and
Speaker 1: two Dolphins. Okay, in the Denver Broncos, the kicker, the rookie,
Speaker 1: you know, misses one that would have tied it, misses
Speaker 1: another late that would have won the game. Okay, so
Speaker 1: those two big plays, you know, plush again, they lost
Speaker 1: their Chiefs. This was a team that was better much
Speaker 1: better than their record. And you look at the town.
Speaker 1: Start with the offense. They have Philip Rivers, they have
Speaker 1: Melvin Gore running back, they have Keynall and a thorn
Speaker 1: in the Eagle side once again at wide receiver, Travis Benjamin,
Speaker 1: the future Hall of Famer Antonio Gates, Hunter Henry who
Speaker 1: had that nice touchdown late for the Chargers play a
Speaker 1: talent on that side of the ball. And defensively Joey Bosa,
Speaker 1: Melvin Ingram, Casey Hayward, who are the phenomenal game at
Speaker 1: cornerback there, you know, contesting alshon Jeffrey throughout the course
Speaker 1: of the day. I mean by largs. There was so
Speaker 1: much talent on that team right there. It was a
Speaker 1: quot unquote home game for them, but obviously a tough circumstances,
Speaker 1: but the Eagles just hatched off to them for finding
Speaker 1: a way to get the job done. It looked like
Speaker 1: it was gonna be too easy in the first half.
Speaker 1: They jumped out ten nothing lead. They were starting to
Speaker 1: sell for field goals. Like you said, I and you said,
Speaker 1: they're leaving the door a little open. That's your one
Speaker 1: concern is that the doors just being cracked, just open
Speaker 1: where if the charters can make some of these big plays,
Speaker 1: they're gonna be right back in the ball game. Okay,
Speaker 1: they made them, but the Eagles did enough. Every time
Speaker 1: the Chargers in the second half had some way to
Speaker 1: come back, you know, through the punch, to be able
Speaker 1: to get the Eagles off kilter. The Eagles had a
Speaker 1: way to return. They had the CounterPunch here today, no
Speaker 1: better way to finish off that game than a six
Speaker 1: minute and forty four second drive to put the game away,
Speaker 1: to get to Eagles to three and one on the season.
Speaker 1: And it's great because I don't the Giants game. I
Speaker 1: might be a final, but again, at best, they're gonna
Speaker 1: be one to three. They might be owned. Four Cowboys
Speaker 1: lost to its big loss for them today. Okay, so
Speaker 1: they're two and two. Washington plays the Chiefs a money
Speaker 1: in football and Arrowhead in Arrowhead, that's gonna be a
Speaker 1: tough game for them. So the Eagles are sitting pretty
Speaker 1: and now you look at the powers in the conference.
Speaker 1: Atlantic gets knocked off today, the Eagles are right in
Speaker 1: the mix. And at this point of the season, at
Speaker 1: the quarter pole, that's what you want to be. You
Speaker 1: just want to make sure you're in contention, and you
Speaker 1: don't want to be like the Chargers who have talent
Speaker 1: but are owing four. Their season done. Okay, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be tough to come back from. I'll come back from
Speaker 1: owing four. And they listen, they gave their best shot today.
Speaker 1: They did. I mean, they played, They made big plays
Speaker 1: when they needed to. Philip Rivers, we know how good
Speaker 1: he is as a player. That last touchdown the Hunter, Henry,
Speaker 1: I'm sitting there wondering, man, our defense were reeling, you know,
Speaker 1: and we get the ball back here, and I'm saying
Speaker 1: to myself and well, let's at least run three or
Speaker 1: four minutes off this clock so the defense can get
Speaker 1: rested up. And then maybe you forced them to use
Speaker 1: their timeouts and we can see if Cool can kick
Speaker 1: a winning field goal again at the end of this thing.
Speaker 1: But just impressed with the way our offense was able
Speaker 1: to end this football game. And that's a good San
Speaker 1: Diego Chargers team. Chris, you look at you look at
Speaker 1: these first four games, right, you're talking about three road games.
Speaker 1: Out of the first four games. They played one game
Speaker 1: at the Leak and that was gets An, owing to
Speaker 1: desperate divisional opponent in the new York Giants. These haven't
Speaker 1: been easy games for the Eagles, four tough football games,
Speaker 1: and I love the mental makeup of this team. This
Speaker 1: team is growing right before our eyes. I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: get too far ahead of myself and start predicting things
Speaker 1: down the road, but what I will tell you is
Speaker 1: that when you come up against this Eagles team, you
Speaker 1: would better bring your best game. You would better bring
Speaker 1: your a game because this team will fight you tooth
Speaker 1: and nail to the end. Even in the defeat out
Speaker 1: there in Kansas City, that was a hell mary short
Speaker 1: of being a ball game going into overtime. So I
Speaker 1: love the way this team is playing. They're coming together,
Speaker 1: They're starting to believe in themselves. And the best part
Speaker 1: about it is we have so many injuries. Our team
Speaker 1: isn't even at full strength right now. Thankfully, we're going
Speaker 1: to get guys back on the defensive side of the ball,
Speaker 1: and I expect this team just to get better and
Speaker 1: better as we keep going through the season. What does
Speaker 1: it do for a team like to have these kind
Speaker 1: of tight games early in the season. Is there any
Speaker 1: kind of way that pays off later? No doubt about it,
Speaker 1: No doubt about it. It takes me back to the
Speaker 1: two thousand season. You know, we wound up with eleven
Speaker 1: wins that season, but I don't even know if we
Speaker 1: were an eleven win team except for the fact we
Speaker 1: got off to a pretty good start and we started
Speaker 1: believing in ourselves. We fought and stayed in just about
Speaker 1: every game, and then our playmakers late in the game
Speaker 1: found a way to make plays, and low and behold,
Speaker 1: we end up with eleven wins. I can see this
Speaker 1: team sort of having that type of a field this year.
Speaker 1: They're finding way to finding ways to win games, and
Speaker 1: that's all that matters in the NFL. It doesn't matter
Speaker 1: what the final score looks like, as long as you
Speaker 1: have one more point than the other team. To get
Speaker 1: three wins out of the first four games when you've
Speaker 1: played three games on the road, pretty impressive for the
Speaker 1: first quarter of the season. All right, Like we're gonna
Speaker 1: hear from head coach Doug Pierson a quarterback Carson Wentz
Speaker 1: in just a little bit here on the postgame show
Speaker 1: presented by Rico. Let's get into the run game here. Okay, No,
Speaker 1: Dann Sprowls done for the season with a torn acl
Speaker 1: and broken forearm, So you figure it's gonna be the
Speaker 1: running back by committee. Sprowles had been the feature guy
Speaker 1: the first few weeks. You've mentioned earlier how you loved
Speaker 1: how the Eagles Doug Pierce and Frank Wright created a
Speaker 1: game plan for to feature each of the running back strengths.
Speaker 1: Can you go into more detail? What did you like
Speaker 1: about the way the Eagles utilize each one of them
Speaker 1: in the game today? Where's the thing? There were several
Speaker 1: without breaking down every player that day run there were
Speaker 1: several situations where he had la Garrett blund in the
Speaker 1: game and it looked like an obvious rundown and he
Speaker 1: would throw the ball or the touchdown that allowed us
Speaker 1: to extend to lead the nine points to Windale Smallwood.
Speaker 1: We're all thinking that's a pass play right there. He
Speaker 1: hands the ball off the Windale Smallwood. So and you
Speaker 1: see the outside zone. People want Doug and Frank Wright
Speaker 1: to sort of ride the hot hand, and I can
Speaker 1: understand that when you see the running backs having success.
Speaker 1: But I like the way that they have confidence in
Speaker 1: the game plan they put together throughout the week and
Speaker 1: they say to themselves, no, we have specific design plays
Speaker 1: for each guy, whether it's to the outside, whether it's
Speaker 1: to the left side, whether it's running in between the tackles.
Speaker 1: All three of these guys have the ability to do it.
Speaker 1: La Garrett Blunt surprised because he ran towards the tackle
Speaker 1: with Todds a day, But I like the way Corey
Speaker 1: Clement ran through the middle and Windale Smallwood when he
Speaker 1: had to get tough yards. Corey Clement, Okay, he may
Speaker 1: not get a game ball, per se, he might not
Speaker 1: be our Toyota player the game for his effort today,
Speaker 1: But to put him in the situations that he was
Speaker 1: in today, some clutch third downs, to trust him with
Speaker 1: the ball in his hands. Kudos to the coaching staff
Speaker 1: running backs coach through Stale for having him ready for
Speaker 1: the moment, but for him to take advantage of the
Speaker 1: opportunity to take advantage of that moment. Okay, this was
Speaker 1: a guy who bowed his way to get onto the
Speaker 1: fifty three man actor roster. Okay. Then he was out
Speaker 1: there in special teams to start the season. Okay, he
Speaker 1: had the beautiful opening kickoff tackle in Washington to set
Speaker 1: the tone early in that game. But you look here,
Speaker 1: thirty yards on ten carries. Okay, nothing flashy, but you're
Speaker 1: going to the last drive here and third and short.
Speaker 1: He gets the key first down, gets the second first
Speaker 1: down earlier in the drive. I mean, time after time again,
Speaker 1: they did not mind giving him the ball in those situations.
Speaker 1: And that's what I mean by when Doug had him
Speaker 1: in there on third and two or what have you.
Speaker 1: Charges defense may be thinking, Okay, this is a passing.
Speaker 1: They're gonna pass the ball. This is past personnel because
Speaker 1: they don't have mcgarrett blunt in there. And I think that,
Speaker 1: along with three wide receivers, forces the defensive play in
Speaker 1: their nickel package, and you still get a ball to
Speaker 1: Corey Clement through the a gaps and a thing I
Speaker 1: like about him is that there was no indecision. He
Speaker 1: got the ball, got behind his shoulder pads and put
Speaker 1: his head down and got the tough yards that he
Speaker 1: needed to get. It's going to keep all three of
Speaker 1: those guys primed and ready to go when they know
Speaker 1: that the coach trust them, and clutch situations, latent games,
Speaker 1: all three of those guys need to be ready to go,
Speaker 1: and today was a prime example. All three were used
Speaker 1: on that final drive, and like you said, kudos to
Speaker 1: the offensive line. Okay, I think an outstanding game. Once again.
Speaker 1: We saw the rotation at left guard. Okay, Stephan Weisnowski started,
Speaker 1: then Chance Warmack came in. Wisnouski went back out there
Speaker 1: later in the game, but Carson Wentz I thought had
Speaker 1: plenty of time in the pocket. Okay, that did great job. Again,
Speaker 1: we talked about Melvin ingram AFC Defensive Player of the
Speaker 1: Month for September, Joey Bosa phenomenal rookie season two sixteen. Okay,
Speaker 1: he was flying off the edge. But Jason Peters and
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson, to their credit, were amazing. One of the
Speaker 1: players I know was showcase on the on the broadcast
Speaker 1: was it was a corner blitz. Jason Peters recognized it,
Speaker 1: picked it up, and then he showed the footwork to
Speaker 1: be able to keep up with him. That's what that's
Speaker 1: what's just so amazing about Jason Peters is after all
Speaker 1: these years in the league, that not only does he
Speaker 1: have the wisdom to know who to pick up in
Speaker 1: those situations, but he has the athleticism and the wherewithal
Speaker 1: to be able to make that play as well. Man,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. What is it fourteen, fifteenth year
Speaker 1: for him. No, it's the reason why we mentioned him.
Speaker 1: We say future Hall of Fame running and the bodyguard
Speaker 1: out there, and he's still getting done, still playing at
Speaker 1: a high level, having heard many guys that he've had
Speaker 1: to block this season so far, making he plays from
Speaker 1: his side of the offensive line. So I just think
Speaker 1: that the line is starting to get a little bit
Speaker 1: of continuity, a little bit of rhythm. And you've seen
Speaker 1: the last two weeks. Man, they were hungry after those
Speaker 1: first two weeks. They wanted the coach to stick with
Speaker 1: the run and give them the opportunity to show what
Speaker 1: they could do. Until their credit, they rewarded the coach
Speaker 1: with blocking well opening up holes for these three running backs.
Speaker 1: He's talking about two straight weeks over one hundred plush yards.
Speaker 1: I don't know what they totally had today as a
Speaker 1: collective group, the three runner but I know last week
Speaker 1: was one hundred and ninety three yards for the running
Speaker 1: backs last week. You gotta give Jeff Stoutlin a lot
Speaker 1: of credit. Offensive line took some heat. I saw Hallapuli
Speaker 1: volunteer by tie out there today and times certain packages
Speaker 1: they're putting together, and then Doug sticking with the run
Speaker 1: sticking with the run. I mean, there are points in
Speaker 1: that game where you want to sort of get points
Speaker 1: back as fast as you can and you want to
Speaker 1: trust that big arm of your quarterback. But kudos to
Speaker 1: the coaching staff for sticking with the run. And I
Speaker 1: think they wore down that Chargers defense Garrett Blunt in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. I don't know how many of those
Speaker 1: Chargers really wanted to go tackle him, no, no, whatsoever
Speaker 1: at that point in the game. Look for him to
Speaker 1: come out there that sixty eight yard run, yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: which put him in position for when Nell Small was
Speaker 1: final touch that you would have loved to see Blunt
Speaker 1: fish it off. I mean that was his drive right there.
Speaker 1: But still again, the Chargers come up with a score,
Speaker 1: the Eagles have to find a way to answer, and
Speaker 1: what do they do? They just go down the field
Speaker 1: with the big play there, the big run. Were waiting
Speaker 1: for Blunt to have this big breakout game, okay, you know,
Speaker 1: huge contributions last week and to win against the Giants.
Speaker 1: This was coming off that Chiefs game where he didn't
Speaker 1: have a carry. Officially he had one that was wiped
Speaker 1: out due to penalty. But by and large though, you know,
Speaker 1: he wasn't involved in the run game, and maybe that
Speaker 1: was just game specific the way they wanted to attack
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. But I think the Eagles realized they have
Speaker 1: this talent here, they have this weapon here, they have
Speaker 1: to figure out a way to utilize it. I think
Speaker 1: that's the best thing about what we've seen from Doug
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks is he's putting his playmakers
Speaker 1: in the best situations possible to have success. And that's all.
Speaker 1: That's all the coach can do. Okay, the coach can
Speaker 1: prepare him, he can dial up the right plays. The
Speaker 1: guy's got to go execute. But you look at the
Speaker 1: numbers there, he alone blunt one hundred and thirty six yards,
Speaker 1: eight point five yards per carry, sixty eight yards. I mean,
Speaker 1: just for the second straight week, you see defenses struggle
Speaker 1: just having the ability to slow him down and stop him.
Speaker 1: And I can understand fans might say, well, why not
Speaker 1: keep in the hot hand, but you want to keep
Speaker 1: defenses off kilter fresh exactly correct, exactly exactly. So if
Speaker 1: you're not rotating in small well, you're not rotating in Clement,
Speaker 1: you may not be gaining this performance like the game.
Speaker 1: You may not be able to put the Charge away
Speaker 1: today like they did. You know, big kudos to the
Speaker 1: O line, the running back. Skin job done, Carson Wentz. Okay,
Speaker 1: the numbers weren't gaudy for a second straight week. Okay,
Speaker 1: but no turnovers first and foremost, that is the biggest
Speaker 1: thing to say. There, you're on the road again, You're
Speaker 1: facing a desperate team. Two hundred and forty two yards.
Speaker 1: The touchdown pass early to alshon Jeffrey. You know, I
Speaker 1: thought it was a tough day for him because I
Speaker 1: thought the Charger secondary did a great job of taking
Speaker 1: away the wide receivers. Now went to that beautiful pass
Speaker 1: down the scene to Tory Smith which he brings that in.
Speaker 1: That's a big game, didn't happen Alshan Jeffrey. Look, Casey
Speaker 1: Hayward did a phenomenal job clamping him down. Great job
Speaker 1: on him, you know. Zach Erz had a couple of
Speaker 1: big catches that won over the shoulder throwing the second half,
Speaker 1: huge thing right there. Pretty that was a beautiful ball, Okay,
Speaker 1: So the accuracy was there. I don't think there was
Speaker 1: a lot of opportunities for him, but I thought he
Speaker 1: did a great job of taking what was given to him.
Speaker 1: And also every week it seems like he is just
Speaker 1: wowing us with his legs. Okay, the way he can
Speaker 1: get out of pressure, the way he can turn nothing
Speaker 1: into something. It's just every week I feel like you
Speaker 1: sit back and there's one play that makes you just
Speaker 1: be like, I can't believe this guy's our quarterback. He's
Speaker 1: so good, so elusive, the way that he can use
Speaker 1: at six five frame and get away from defensive players.
Speaker 1: Just every week I'm marveling and something different when he
Speaker 1: comes to Carson Wentz. Yeah, no doubt about it. And
Speaker 1: this was a thinking man's game to day. I love
Speaker 1: the way Carson played the day. Listen. He didn't put
Speaker 1: up guardy numbers, but he was out there manipulating the
Speaker 1: defense at times, getting to the line of scrimmage early,
Speaker 1: forcing the Chargers to show their hand, and then checking
Speaker 1: plays at the line of scrimmage. I mean, that's what
Speaker 1: a season veteran quarterback does. And this kid is only
Speaker 1: played twenty games thus far. The ball was never put
Speaker 1: in Harm's way to day. That's another thing that you
Speaker 1: see that he's getting better at. First two games of
Speaker 1: the season had some turnovers. There last two games no turnovers.
Speaker 1: For Carson Wentz. And that's what you want from your quarterback,
Speaker 1: because you don't want to give the team extra possessions.
Speaker 1: Do what needs to be done, don't make unnecessary don't
Speaker 1: take unnecessarily risk with the football. Respect the football. Always
Speaker 1: say that about quarterbacks. Respect the ball. Don't give that
Speaker 1: thing away. And I thought Carson was masterful to day again,
Speaker 1: manipulating the defense, checking out the line of scrimmage, getting
Speaker 1: the offense in and out of certain plays, all the
Speaker 1: things that you need a quarterback to do to sort
Speaker 1: of manage the ball game. To day, the running game
Speaker 1: was working over two hundred yards rushing for this offense.
Speaker 1: You didn't need him to throw the ball a ton
Speaker 1: of the day, but he made the throws when he
Speaker 1: needed to make the throws. That's the same you come
Speaker 1: out that six minute, forty four second drive to finish
Speaker 1: off the game, the first one, you know, it's a
Speaker 1: past house on Jeffrey. Okay, that's the time when you
Speaker 1: need Carson to be aggressive and he can dial up
Speaker 1: at a moment. Yeah, that's why you throw a pass
Speaker 1: on first down and loosens up to defense. All right,
Speaker 1: we're gonna sit it out to the west. Coast, the
Speaker 1: winning coach Doug Peterson speaking out to the media. Yeah,
Speaker 1: six forty four, I believe on the clock. Um just
Speaker 1: shows the resiliency of the team. You know, there's there's uh,
Speaker 1: you know what, I've said it quite a few times.
Speaker 1: You know, there's just no um, no quit in this team. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, they're they're they're learning to play as a unit,
Speaker 1: play together, and that's good to see, um, and just
Speaker 1: a great way to finish the game. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: it's it's game plan specific each week and we have
Speaker 1: design you know, plays for each one of them, and uh, um,
Speaker 1: it's great to get them all, you know, all touches.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, give credit to the offensive
Speaker 1: line tight ends. They did an outstanding job today up front.
Speaker 1: You know, I guess a good a good defensive line
Speaker 1: and and um, you know, try to try to uh
Speaker 1: just get them all involved. Remember it was that loud,
Speaker 1: that dominating the stadium. I can't I can't recall the time,
Speaker 1: but it was great too, great to see our you know,
Speaker 1: the Eagle nation out there, the fans and and uh, um,
Speaker 1: you know, to come support the guy. So it's uh,
Speaker 1: you know, it's a long trip for us obviously. Um,
Speaker 1: great to see the fans out there. They were they
Speaker 1: were huge today. Um, and it was it was a fun,
Speaker 1: fun atmosphere. No you think, Yeah, I mean there's two
Speaker 1: weeks in a row now that he's he's, Um, he's
Speaker 1: done a great job and uh you know, um into
Speaker 1: the game, he saw the big long run. Um, so yeah,
Speaker 1: he's I don't think he has anything approved as the
Speaker 1: guy that we knew that I knew that we were
Speaker 1: getting back back in the spring school. Yeah. Really the
Speaker 1: biggest thing was the backside tight end. Zach Ertz made
Speaker 1: a great block on that to spring him. And then
Speaker 1: you know he's he's so big and powerful late in
Speaker 1: the game, um, when when defenders sometimes can be a
Speaker 1: little more fatigued and tired, and you know he just
Speaker 1: runs through block tackles and uh um it was just
Speaker 1: well blocked, great runs. Last few fields, that record setting won,
Speaker 1: the last weekend years today now one after another. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's he's got playing with a lot of confidence right now.
Speaker 1: And uh, you know he's he's he has confidence and
Speaker 1: that's that's that's uh, that's what you want out of
Speaker 1: your kicker. Um. You know, obviously we got to do
Speaker 1: a better job. You know obviously when we get down
Speaker 1: inside that thirty yard line. But um, you know, three
Speaker 1: points come away with three points with him big leg,
Speaker 1: Uh really have no hesitation putting him out there in
Speaker 1: those in those longer, longer kick situations, breaking those tackles,
Speaker 1: the runs off behind. Yeah, it's it's tremendous, you know.
Speaker 1: And it's really um, not only the runners, but the
Speaker 1: offensive line and and when I can see them and
Speaker 1: they're looking their eyes when they're looking into the sidelines
Speaker 1: for for uh you know, like let's go, let's keep
Speaker 1: that thing rolling. Um, it makes you know, it makes
Speaker 1: my job as a play caller a little bit easier
Speaker 1: just just just feed them again. So it's great for that.
Speaker 1: But you know, again the credit goes the offensive line.
Speaker 1: The tight ends the first half boys. Um again, different game,
Speaker 1: different circumstance. And I was right before the half, um
Speaker 1: just decision to punt bottom line mine. Um, I don't
Speaker 1: think it takes off a mine. But but uh, you know,
Speaker 1: it definitely helps the overall execution of the offense. I
Speaker 1: think it opens up a lot of things. You know, Um,
Speaker 1: in the passing game is well, but uh yeah, the
Speaker 1: running game, you know, is something that uh, um, we
Speaker 1: feel comfortable in doing and uh we just got to
Speaker 1: continue to uh to execute it each week. And this
Speaker 1: year looks like you're winning those games on the road
Speaker 1: where you're winning close games. What does that mean for
Speaker 1: his team? You know, you guys to be able to
Speaker 1: do that. Um, yeah, it's it's they're learning. They're learning
Speaker 1: from from last year, they're learning from the even this year. Um,
Speaker 1: even though we're you know, four games in, Um, this
Speaker 1: team is really beginning to believe in themselves, believe in
Speaker 1: each other. Um. You know, it's never never really one assa.
Speaker 1: I mean it's you know, the offense is bailing out
Speaker 1: the defense. Defense is bailing out the offense, and special
Speaker 1: teams you know, sometimes bails out everybody. And that's what
Speaker 1: they're learning. They're learning to play together and they're coming
Speaker 1: together and and that's exciting and uh it's fun to watch.
Speaker 1: Thought he had an efficient game. Start a little slow, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, a couple of complete I think he was
Speaker 1: one of seven art the game. Um, but but caught fire. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, urs made a couple of big catches in there.
Speaker 1: Nelson was explosive. We had a couple of missuses to Tori.
Speaker 1: But but you know, well we'll make those down the stretch.
Speaker 1: All Sean got involved, you know, and and and really
Speaker 1: he did. He did an outstanding job to throw back
Speaker 1: to twenty nine. You know, in the first half, believe
Speaker 1: it was the first half. What a what a tremendous play,
Speaker 1: you know. And that's the type of guy that that
Speaker 1: Carson is. And and he's tough, stand in the pocket,
Speaker 1: take hits um and uh and and bounce back up
Speaker 1: and had a had another another good game today. But
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter or the first four yeah, um,
Speaker 1: you know, we got eliminate the big play. Defensively, we
Speaker 1: had a couple of penalties, uh in the second half
Speaker 1: today that that that kept kept them on the field.
Speaker 1: And we just got learned to, you know, play play
Speaker 1: a little better. Um, probably a little more discipline in
Speaker 1: those situations, you know, from a defensive standpoint. But listen, overall,
Speaker 1: they they're creating takeaways, you know for our offense. They're
Speaker 1: putting our offense in good situations. Um. And and they're
Speaker 1: gonna have games like that and and that's where, um,
Speaker 1: that's where you want to see your offense take over
Speaker 1: and finish the game like we did today. I think
Speaker 1: the players um really responded well uh in in both
Speaker 1: of their absences and and uh you know, two tremendous
Speaker 1: players obviously to uh to to uh to not have
Speaker 1: out there. But the guys are again, the guys are resilient,
Speaker 1: their their warriors. UM, great win today on the road,
Speaker 1: and UM, you know it's it was. It was a
Speaker 1: tough situation. UM. You know, we struggled to once we
Speaker 1: got down there to really punch it in. We had
Speaker 1: a couple of throws, a couple of runs, UM, and
Speaker 1: they were just in there in their normal you know,
Speaker 1: red zone low red zone defense and it was just
Speaker 1: an inside zone play, um, you know, running it over
Speaker 1: to to lane side and and Jason Peters did a
Speaker 1: great job backside cut off and um you know wind
Speaker 1: del dove and so I just did a well executed play.
Speaker 1: Just that, Um that they're believing, they're beginning to believe
Speaker 1: in one another. Um, the resiliency of the football team.
Speaker 1: They're learning how to finish, uh you know, um to
Speaker 1: be able to win on the road. UM, they're learning
Speaker 1: all of that, and UM you know, uh just just
Speaker 1: the way the way the offense today, you know, I
Speaker 1: was able to finish, I just can congratulated them on
Speaker 1: that last drive and and that's the way to finish
Speaker 1: the game. The Um, what is the benefit of alternating, Well,
Speaker 1: they each have they each kind of compliment each other
Speaker 1: in the sense of, uh, you know, um, whiz whiz
Speaker 1: could be a better you know, pass blocker, Chance could
Speaker 1: be a better run blocker, vice versa. We just we
Speaker 1: just got strengths and weaknesses on both guys, and and
Speaker 1: just want to both to play there. Plus it keeps
Speaker 1: them fresh in there. Um. And uh, I thought both
Speaker 1: of them played. I played well. Obviously you got to
Speaker 1: evaluate the film on the way home and and and
Speaker 1: check that out. But um, the more we keep that
Speaker 1: rotation and keep those guys in there, it didn't it
Speaker 1: didn't seem to uh, to mess up any continuity whatsoever.
Speaker 1: And that offensive line, Yeah, I think so. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: I think you're always learning, you know, each and every week,
Speaker 1: and and uh you know, I'll learn again from from
Speaker 1: this game looking at it on tape and again just situationally,
Speaker 1: you know, putting putting the team in good good spots,
Speaker 1: you know, and and um, but yeah, I think I think, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, you're always learning. Um, and uh something I'll
Speaker 1: continue to do, you know, each week and uh and
Speaker 1: get better and get ready for another another good test
Speaker 1: next week. All right, thanks guys. All right, head coach
Speaker 1: Doug Pears and addressing the media, and he said, what
Speaker 1: we've all seen out there on the field with their
Speaker 1: own eyes, there's no quit in this football team whatsoever.
Speaker 1: They have managed no matter what circumstances, what adversity has
Speaker 1: come their way to this point in the year, they've
Speaker 1: been able to rise to the occasion time after time again.
Speaker 1: Again you're on the road, and we'll say on the road,
Speaker 1: because the fans were phenomenal. Okay, you know you you know,
Speaker 1: so let's take the trip out there. But still, you know,
Speaker 1: pack the stadium there see Midnight Green. I mean, the
Speaker 1: pictures were breathtaking. You can hear it on the broadcast,
Speaker 1: you know, hearing from the guys who were at the stadium.
Speaker 1: It's an open air press box and you can hear
Speaker 1: the noise. So, you know, phenomenal job about Eagles fans.
Speaker 1: But still going out there, you knew the Chargers need
Speaker 1: to get the win. They have a veteran possible Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame quarterback of Philip Rivers they are still able
Speaker 1: to get the job done. When you put the game
Speaker 1: in the hands of the second year quarterback six plus
Speaker 1: minutes left, almost seven minutes on the clock, you'll leave
Speaker 1: it in the hands of the run game and they're
Speaker 1: able to get to be able to run out the
Speaker 1: clock and seal the win. So twenty six to twenty
Speaker 1: four and the Eagles are now three and one on
Speaker 1: the season. Awesome. I mean, I don't know how many
Speaker 1: people had them at three and one at the four games.
Speaker 1: When you looked at this schedule and you knew it
Speaker 1: was going to be difficult, and you say to yourself,
Speaker 1: you got a lot of new players here, it's going
Speaker 1: to take time to jail. How quickly can they start
Speaker 1: to build chemistry and get this thing rolling? Nine seems
Speaker 1: like they've gotten the rolling, you know. And I don't
Speaker 1: even think they're clicking on all cylinders just yet, far
Speaker 1: from you know. And that's what I mean this is
Speaker 1: it's a collective effort. Man. And we haven't mentioned Jake
Speaker 1: Elliot today. I mean, Jake Elliott was big time today.
Speaker 1: What do you have four for four, four for four
Speaker 1: on his field goals. Here's another a rookie who's only
Speaker 1: been in Philadelphia for a few weeks. He's coming off
Speaker 1: the greatest kick of his life, one of the greatest
Speaker 1: kicks and Eagles history. That's sixty one yard against the Giants.
Speaker 1: And to be able to come back the next week
Speaker 1: and have ice waters and his veins are foot ice
Speaker 1: water in his foot, yeah, and able to knock those
Speaker 1: field goals through and crucial field goals. We needed every
Speaker 1: last one of those field goals today. Great job from
Speaker 1: Jake Elliott and the special teams unit there man being
Speaker 1: able to come through and get four field goals. Because again,
Speaker 1: if there's anything I pull away from the game that
Speaker 1: I say, and we need to get better at you
Speaker 1: want you want touchdowns instead of field goals, obviously, but
Speaker 1: the fact that you got a kicker here and it's
Speaker 1: young and its oblivious to how big the moment can
Speaker 1: be at times, that's when they say, you know, being
Speaker 1: young and not knowing it's a good thing. Yes, that's
Speaker 1: a good thing. So I wanted to give Jake some kudos.
Speaker 1: Man coming off last week. Everybody packing him on the back,
Speaker 1: everybody wanted to buy him a drink. He seemed to
Speaker 1: have kept his head down all week, stayed focused, like
Speaker 1: he said he would. His twenty one is a twenty
Speaker 1: four hour rule that he had last week that was
Speaker 1: well served for this team today because, like I said,
Speaker 1: those four field goals were huge and they weren't short. No,
Speaker 1: Chippy's either forty five, forty fifty three and forty seven.
Speaker 1: How about that? Ron him out there? Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: he kicked there. He kicked the sixty one yard Yeah,
Speaker 1: you'll be out there for all fifty plush exactly, So
Speaker 1: you can rely upon him. He's become an automatic. So
Speaker 1: I wonder what Marvin Lewis we'll say about him this week.
Speaker 1: So we let's we haven't talked much about the defense. Okay,
Speaker 1: up front, they're missing Fletcher Cox, best player on the
Speaker 1: defensive line, the entire defense. So bo Allen I thought,
Speaker 1: did a very very very good job subbing in there.
Speaker 1: He even got sacked a right. He even brought the
Speaker 1: brush pressure. Okay, that's the one thing you say about
Speaker 1: bo Allen stout guy hard, you know, the try hard guy.
Speaker 1: But he brought it today. Okay. I thought he stepped
Speaker 1: up in a big way filling those shoes. And I
Speaker 1: also thought Tim jernikin this was the game where I said,
Speaker 1: Tim Jernigan could really, really, really put himself on another level, saying,
Speaker 1: all right, you've been playing alongside Fletcher Cox last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks. Now it's your time to shine. And he's
Speaker 1: help set the tone early on in this football game.
Speaker 1: I tell you, man, they're doing it with patches and
Speaker 1: glue over there. You know, guys, guys are playing more snaps.
Speaker 1: Tim is playing more snaps, and he probably would because
Speaker 1: you need him out there a little more. You got
Speaker 1: the secondary that's patched up a little bit. You got
Speaker 1: you got the cornerback situation that's a little dicey. Rozul
Speaker 1: Douglas had a rough day. That's the NFL one. One
Speaker 1: week you can be on top and the next week
Speaker 1: you know you're facing another Pro Bowl caliber receiver and
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen. But I you know, you gotta get Jim
Speaker 1: Schwartz credit. He is difficult to come up with a
Speaker 1: game plan when you don't have your best players and
Speaker 1: your playing with young players. You're going up against a
Speaker 1: potential Hall of Fame quarterback in Philip Rivers. They got
Speaker 1: some yards, they moved the ball a little bit on us,
Speaker 1: but I thought they fought. They fought. They got the
Speaker 1: early turnover, big sack from Chris Long, so you needed
Speaker 1: help from everyone. But where it's this is gonna be
Speaker 1: a theme for us until we get our guys back.
Speaker 1: You know it maybe a couple of weeks before Darby
Speaker 1: is back, before Letcher is back. You know, hopefully they're
Speaker 1: back sooner rather than later. But you know you're doing
Speaker 1: it with the best you can with the guys that
Speaker 1: you have out there. And that's why this is the
Speaker 1: team game. It's the team game because you need all
Speaker 1: three phases to pick up the slack for each other.
Speaker 1: The plus is going to be down the line. Remember
Speaker 1: earlier asked you what are some of the benefits of
Speaker 1: going through the experience? Okay, so that if you get
Speaker 1: into a week eight, week nine type game and you say,
Speaker 1: I've got to go to the bench, I gotta bring
Speaker 1: it Roussel Douglas. It's not the first time he's going
Speaker 1: out there. Okay, he's already got starts now under his
Speaker 1: belt to be able to you know, rely upon, call
Speaker 1: upon and remember when he has to go back into actions.
Speaker 1: So that's the biggest thing is you're getting the guy's experience,
Speaker 1: but you're still able to win You're still competitive. That's
Speaker 1: the most important thing. It's our situation. Like some teams
Speaker 1: where let's give the guy's experience, you know, they're gonna
Speaker 1: go through the growing pains. We're not competitive right now.
Speaker 1: This Eagles team is right there. Yeah, This Eagles team
Speaker 1: is in the hunt very much so, all right, and
Speaker 1: these guys are contributing and helping them win. And you're
Speaker 1: getting it from all down the depth chart, that's the
Speaker 1: biggest thing. So you're seeing Elijah Qualls out there defend
Speaker 1: to tackle. You know, You're seeing Vinny Curry and Brandon
Speaker 1: Graham moving inside to help the pass rushing there. Okay,
Speaker 1: Derek Barnett had his first career fumble recovery. You mentioned
Speaker 1: Chris Long creating the strip sack there on the first
Speaker 1: drive there, helping set the tone. The linebackers all make
Speaker 1: it plays. You know, it's not the prettiest outing, you know,
Speaker 1: by any stretch of imagination. Sure, you would have loved
Speaker 1: for them to have not allowed that big play to
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen when you knew that's the one thing that
Speaker 1: they had to do, that's the one thing that they
Speaker 1: were trying to avoid there was don't give up the
Speaker 1: big play, make them matriculate the ball down the field.
Speaker 1: You know, fine, let himself for six seven yard games,
Speaker 1: as long as they have to go ten plays to
Speaker 1: reach the end zone. All right, You're not happy with
Speaker 1: the big play allowed there, but you know what, the
Speaker 1: offense was able to bail. Yeah, And that's the biggest
Speaker 1: thing is, you know, some weeks it's gonna be the
Speaker 1: offense that carries away. Some weeks it's gonna be the defense.
Speaker 1: But you've got a good enough team, a balance enough
Speaker 1: team that you can work both ends of the spectrum
Speaker 1: here and to be able to come out on top.
Speaker 1: So I completely agree. And again it's talking about earlier
Speaker 1: in the season, and it's great experience for these guys,
Speaker 1: and they're playing in big games and big moments, close
Speaker 1: games where every play matters, every down matters, And so
Speaker 1: this is the type of stuff that's gonna both well
Speaker 1: for them later in the year. You know, once we
Speaker 1: get the November and December, you're talking about playing playoff
Speaker 1: football or making a playoff push. This is going to
Speaker 1: serve them very well once the second part of the
Speaker 1: season gets here. But again, this is one of this
Speaker 1: is one of those wins where all throughout the week,
Speaker 1: you're saying to yourself, are we going to be able
Speaker 1: to put that win that they had against the Giants
Speaker 1: away and get focused on these Charges. This isn't a
Speaker 1: team that you're familiar with. You don't play them but
Speaker 1: once but every four years. How are we going to
Speaker 1: be able to get back up emotionally to match the
Speaker 1: passion and the energy and the effort that you know
Speaker 1: this Chargers team is gonna play with. And I tell you,
Speaker 1: whether it was the Eagles fans that took over the stadium,
Speaker 1: that stoop up and stuff up stadium got today, or
Speaker 1: the very fact that the coaches just had them ready
Speaker 1: to go when they hit the field. They were ready
Speaker 1: to play today. When they hit the field, you can
Speaker 1: tell they got the big sac early. And I thought
Speaker 1: the Eagles offense just moved up and down the field
Speaker 1: with no problem. We just didn't cash in and get
Speaker 1: touchdowns kicking field goals, which really allowed the Chargers to
Speaker 1: hang around for a while. But the feeling of the
Speaker 1: game was we're in complete control of this game. Like
Speaker 1: it's like we have complete control of this game. And
Speaker 1: when they needed to put their foot on the gas,
Speaker 1: But I mean, look at that time of possession there.
Speaker 1: You're talking my almost forty mills of time of possession there.
Speaker 1: That the Eagles controlled the ball, and that's really what
Speaker 1: it felt like. And I bet you most of the
Speaker 1: minutes to Charges have the ball came in the second half.
Speaker 1: There were a lot of three and ounce in that
Speaker 1: first half. Now, the Eagles defense set the tone early.
Speaker 1: The Beagle's offense was, like you said, like moving the
Speaker 1: ball up and down the field. You wonder how much
Speaker 1: did obviously you know, six minutes over seven minutes at
Speaker 1: the end of the game, contribute to them games four
Speaker 1: minute time possession. But still they already had the clear
Speaker 1: advantage going into that drive. You wonder how much did
Speaker 1: that set the tone for that drive? Basically, how tired
Speaker 1: was that Chargers defense going into them knowing that, all right,
Speaker 1: we're in this game, we gotta make one play. But
Speaker 1: maybe physically they just didn't have it in them. Okay, yeah,
Speaker 1: this was the game. And this is no disrespect to
Speaker 1: the Chargers listening. They're all pros, they all have talent,
Speaker 1: But this was a game of will, and the Eagles
Speaker 1: will was just stronger. I mean, that offensive line leaned
Speaker 1: on that front seven of the San Diego Chargers. You
Speaker 1: know we're gonna run. You know, this is our four
Speaker 1: minute offense. We're not tricking you, We're coming right at you.
Speaker 1: And that's what they did. The offensive line blew those
Speaker 1: guys off the ball. I thought the play calling, whether
Speaker 1: it was north and south or east, east and west,
Speaker 1: it kept the Charges front seven all balanced. And you're
Speaker 1: talking about the worst rushing second to worst rushing defense
Speaker 1: in the NFL. And this is where those runs in
Speaker 1: the first half helped you out because they basically didn't
Speaker 1: have any gas left. And then get the ball to
Speaker 1: twenty nine. Nobody wants to tackle him. Nobody wants to
Speaker 1: tackle that day fella, right, No one tack them in
Speaker 1: the first half. No one to tackle them there when
Speaker 1: they're already tired, sun soaked field. I mean, that was
Speaker 1: five guys on him right there. He's running and just
Speaker 1: mugging guys and stiff warming guys off of him. It
Speaker 1: was it was a beautiful thing to watch. Man. This
Speaker 1: easily was his best game as an Eagle and hopefully,
Speaker 1: you know, we can keep this going again. Look at
Speaker 1: sixteen carries. You know we want to get a guy
Speaker 1: twenty five carries. We got squat. We don't need to
Speaker 1: give him twenty five carries. We got twenty carries. He's
Speaker 1: going to the other two guys and that keeps him fresh.
Speaker 1: So when they're giving the ball to Clement, Clement and
Speaker 1: when they're small Wood, they're they're setting it up for
Speaker 1: him in that fourth quarter. And that's exactly what you
Speaker 1: saw today. La Garrett Blunt in the fourth quarter was
Speaker 1: just too much small Wood. I want to give him
Speaker 1: props because he may not be the Toylet Player of
Speaker 1: the Week nominee this week, but he got the touchdown
Speaker 1: down the red tile, which was huge late the game.
Speaker 1: You need to have that. But he was great on
Speaker 1: third down, not just rushed, catching the ball in the backfield,
Speaker 1: some clutch third down conversions from Smallwood, who is basically
Speaker 1: at this point filling that Darren Sprowles role. Okay, he's
Speaker 1: not Darren Sprowles, no one is. But again you look
Speaker 1: at the numbers there. He had more at receiving yards
Speaker 1: than rushing yards. Okay, and that's something that when he
Speaker 1: was first drafted, the coaches thought that he was, Okay,
Speaker 1: he'll be good on first and second down, but we
Speaker 1: don't know if we can rely on them on third down,
Speaker 1: you know, not just a receiving aspect, the pass protection aspect.
Speaker 1: But last week I thought he made such great strides
Speaker 1: from a pass protection standpoint, showing that he can help
Speaker 1: protect Carson Wentz on third down. But the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks we've seen him make some big receptions out
Speaker 1: of the backfield as well, showcasing why he needs to
Speaker 1: be out in the field in those situations. Yeah, running
Speaker 1: backs catching the ball in this offense is huge. You
Speaker 1: gotta have somebody that can catch the ball out of
Speaker 1: the backfield. It was good to see Windell make his
Speaker 1: four catches today, a more importantly get up the field
Speaker 1: with the football, has some nice runs after he caught it.
Speaker 1: Because here's a thing. You just want to get Windel
Speaker 1: on the perimeter, get him out in the open space
Speaker 1: and let him use that four or five four I
Speaker 1: mean at four or four speed that he was known
Speaker 1: to have coming out of West Virginia. And so they
Speaker 1: were able to do that today. Like you said, it's
Speaker 1: difficult to replace Darren's brows, but you need that pass
Speaker 1: catching element from the running back in order for this
Speaker 1: offense to operate the way that it should. Operate. You
Speaker 1: need it from someone there. Yeah, someone has to step
Speaker 1: up and do it and do it, and Windelle is
Speaker 1: the likely candidate. Yeah, it's a game like this where
Speaker 1: there are a lot of little heroes I wanted saying,
Speaker 1: you know, guys who not everyone had the big game
Speaker 1: that Blunt had per se, but guys who stepped up
Speaker 1: in little ways like Nelson Aglare. Okay, he had two
Speaker 1: really huge receptions, especially the first one. Okay, it's third down,
Speaker 1: opening drive for the Eels offense and he makes a
Speaker 1: beautiful catch down the sideline, tight coverage throw. What a
Speaker 1: throw by Carson Wentz. But so one on one Okay,
Speaker 1: Aglare comes up with the play, gets him down in
Speaker 1: the red zone, almost scores a down there and Eagles
Speaker 1: are able to cash in with the touchdown throw to
Speaker 1: Alshon Jeffrey. Later in the game, he had a beautiful
Speaker 1: catch in the middle of the field to get a
Speaker 1: first down. Okay. You know it's little plays like this.
Speaker 1: You don't need everyone to be the start, Okay, you
Speaker 1: just need everyone to chip in just a little bit. Again, look,
Speaker 1: three catches on four targets, Okay, fifty eight yards are big.
Speaker 1: You know, take Evangelo's opportunities and it'll help go a
Speaker 1: long way. But Agilore, you know, being back on the
Speaker 1: West Coast, Okay, he's Callie Kid. You know, went to
Speaker 1: usc Okay. You know, love being back there. I'm sure
Speaker 1: helped bring some of the best album. He want to
Speaker 1: have a big game out there, show everyone why he
Speaker 1: was a first round pick in twenty fifteen. A couple
Speaker 1: of nice plays there from him today and playing really
Speaker 1: well through the first four games of the season. You know,
Speaker 1: his numbers don't blow you away when you look at him,
Speaker 1: but he's filling that slot role. And Carson seems to
Speaker 1: be gaining a little chemistry would him there and he
Speaker 1: certainly trust him and that wasn't play there where. You
Speaker 1: can tell they've worked on that through out the week,
Speaker 1: because you have to have the perfect throw, the perfect
Speaker 1: touch and drop that over that defenders shoulder, and Carson
Speaker 1: was able to do that. A nice job from Nelson
Speaker 1: being able to basically Willy maze that thing, you know,
Speaker 1: catch it over his shoulder. How about zach Ertz just
Speaker 1: doing what zach Ertz does. Another five catches, another eighty
Speaker 1: one yards. You know, I mean fantasy tight end, I
Speaker 1: mean he's everyone wishes he was their fantasy tight end
Speaker 1: at this point here with the number he's put up,
Speaker 1: you know, coming into the week, you know, I think
Speaker 1: it was fourth in the league and receiving yards among
Speaker 1: all players, not just tight ends. He was first among
Speaker 1: tight ends and catches receiving yards. Got the touchdown last week.
Speaker 1: You know, it's just amazing that he comes up every
Speaker 1: week with a big play. This time it was at
Speaker 1: over the shoulder grab, beautiful touch by Wentz for thirty
Speaker 1: eight yards. But again five catches eighty one yards, just
Speaker 1: you know, the go to guy whenever Carson Wentz needs
Speaker 1: to move the chains get a big play. Urch has
Speaker 1: been mister reliable for this offense this season. So it's
Speaker 1: not just I'm glad that we're finally able to get
Speaker 1: away from the he only plays well in the last
Speaker 1: four games. The season was nonsense, which it was, but
Speaker 1: until he the thing is, every year it was like, oh,
Speaker 1: he finished last season, straw, he should start off the
Speaker 1: next year great, and for one reason or another he didn't. Well,
Speaker 1: he's finally flipped the script. Now, okay, I'll tell you
Speaker 1: if I don't have numbers in front of me, but
Speaker 1: if you look at zach Ertz's numbers from his last
Speaker 1: eight games last year. In these first four games, I
Speaker 1: think he has more catches than anybody in the league.
Speaker 1: I know he has more catches than any other tiny
Speaker 1: end in the league in yards. So it was really
Speaker 1: the second half of the season when he got healthy.
Speaker 1: People forget it. What did he break his collar? Ball
Speaker 1: was rib? It was a displaced rib. This place ribbed
Speaker 1: the first game of the season last year. And so
Speaker 1: those are just like little nagging injuries. Even if he,
Speaker 1: you know, only misses a game or two, he's coming
Speaker 1: back before he's completely healthy, and it takes a few
Speaker 1: it takes a little while for you to feel like
Speaker 1: yourself again. And that's what you saw in the second
Speaker 1: half of last season. He's carried it into this season.
Speaker 1: Speaking with him during training camp, he talked about other
Speaker 1: things he wanted to add to his game and get
Speaker 1: better at. Number one thing was yards after the catch,
Speaker 1: being able to continue taking the ball down the field
Speaker 1: once he catches it, and you're seeing that hard work,
Speaker 1: pan off form. You're seeing it. You're seeing the fruits
Speaker 1: of his labor, and you can tell the quarterback doesn't
Speaker 1: mind giving him the football no, not at all. As
Speaker 1: we go back to the defense, are you are you're
Speaker 1: concerned it all about the pass rush? Now? Last week, okay,
Speaker 1: you know Eli Man got rid of the ball in
Speaker 1: under two seconds almost every time. They pretty much changed
Speaker 1: the game plan. I would say changed the game plan
Speaker 1: because the Giants have had that in their back pocket
Speaker 1: for a while with Ben mcdow's offense. But Eli Man
Speaker 1: has been known to get rid of the ball quickly,
Speaker 1: and they made sure to protect the offensive line to
Speaker 1: all sit Theel's pass rush. We're getting out rid of
Speaker 1: the ball quickly. Okay, today, you knew that the Chargers
Speaker 1: can't really copy and paste that game plan because that's
Speaker 1: not their m O. That's not their stop. You know.
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers is a classic, you know, drop back quarterback.
Speaker 1: Likes to hang in the pocket. He's not mobile. He
Speaker 1: wants to get those intermediate chunk plays. He's gonna go deep.
Speaker 1: He's gonna let those vehicle routs develop. He's gonna be
Speaker 1: back there. Okay for defenders to get him. Offensive line
Speaker 1: a little bang up coming this game. Joe Barksdale is
Speaker 1: starting right tackle. Did play after missing the Chiefs games.
Speaker 1: He did get hurt during the course game. I don't
Speaker 1: remember if he came back or not, but you know,
Speaker 1: an offensive line that's had its issues already coming to
Speaker 1: this game. Were you hoping to see more pressure from
Speaker 1: the front four or did you say you're without Fletcher Cox.
Speaker 1: You know, as long as they're moving him off his
Speaker 1: target every once in a while, they're doing what they can. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you want to see a little more pressure on him,
Speaker 1: even if you're not getting sacks. You want to hit
Speaker 1: him just to affect him so that he's not comfortable
Speaker 1: back there. You know, you want to make him a
Speaker 1: little legittery, make him want to get rid of the
Speaker 1: football sooner than he wants to, or make him holding
Speaker 1: onto it longer than he wants to. That's what the
Speaker 1: hits due to you. So sometimes, yes, sacks are great,
Speaker 1: but the hits on the quarterback is what you really
Speaker 1: want because that messes with his mind. I tell you, whatever,
Speaker 1: it is not having Fletcher Cox in there, some somebody
Speaker 1: that commands a double team draws a lot of attention.
Speaker 1: And also as a great player if you ever decide
Speaker 1: to leave him one on one with a guard or tackle.
Speaker 1: But not only that, our secondary, you know, they work
Speaker 1: hand in hand right. You gotta be if you if
Speaker 1: you force the quarterback to hold onto the ball a
Speaker 1: little longer, then you allow for that pass rush to
Speaker 1: get to him. If if the quarterback is finding open
Speaker 1: men because we can't cover guys, that's gonna be difficult.
Speaker 1: But I tell you, Derek Barnett, it was good to
Speaker 1: see him out there. He was around the quarterback making
Speaker 1: a little bit of noise. You know. Carson Palmer next week,
Speaker 1: another classic quarterback that stays in the pocket. You know
Speaker 1: exactly where he's gonna be. He's another guy who also
Speaker 1: holds onto the football too long a time. So I'm
Speaker 1: not overly concerned about it, but you certainly would like
Speaker 1: to see the pass rush pick up. After the last
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks have thrown for almost three hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: yards apiece. Yeah, I mean, that's a lot of passing
Speaker 1: yards to go against yours the last two weeks. And Palmer, okay,
Speaker 1: getting up there age. He can still sling the ball
Speaker 1: and he still got number eleven. That's the thing. And
Speaker 1: weekend we get talking about him a little bit, a
Speaker 1: little bit later on. We don't want to get into
Speaker 1: him just yet because he is among the all time
Speaker 1: Eagle killers. He might he might be number one of them. Yeah,
Speaker 1: up there on that list. So there you know, he'll
Speaker 1: be at the link next week. So but the thing
Speaker 1: is right now, Eagles fans are celebration going on the
Speaker 1: road against Los Angeles beating them twenty six to twenty
Speaker 1: four and proving the three and one on the season. Again,
Speaker 1: this was a possible trap game, everyone wanting to know
Speaker 1: how would the Eagles rebound, how would they respond after
Speaker 1: come up such an emotional win over the New York Giants.
Speaker 1: And that's why I have to give so many kudos
Speaker 1: to Doug Pearson for not just having this team ready,
Speaker 1: but having the team ready executing early, and in finding
Speaker 1: the strength, the will and the and the offensive play
Speaker 1: calling to put the game away late when you knew
Speaker 1: what you were gonna do and you're still able to
Speaker 1: execute it. Yeah. And in the offensive play calling, can't
Speaker 1: go under you can't. We can't underplay that, right. You
Speaker 1: mentioned this earlier and it dawned on me. I hadn't
Speaker 1: thought about it all week. Doug Peterson was coaching at
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs faced the Chargers twice a year,
Speaker 1: so he knows the offense. He knows even though Anthony
Speaker 1: Lynn's a new coach out there or what have you,
Speaker 1: he knows what gives Philip Rivers trouble. So he's going
Speaker 1: to give that to Jim Schwartz himself. And he's even
Speaker 1: though this is Gus Bradley in here with the defense,
Speaker 1: he still knows the personnel of this team. So that
Speaker 1: certainly had to help this coaching staff out. The familiarity
Speaker 1: that Doug Peterson had and even Frank Wright coaching out
Speaker 1: there with those guys, that certainly had to help them
Speaker 1: put together a game plan that would be successful against
Speaker 1: the team. And it certainly looked like he could because again,
Speaker 1: the offense, it's they seem to move the ball up
Speaker 1: and down the field. It will especially running. It just
Speaker 1: needed to cash a man for more touchdowns instead of field. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's the biggest different because that's the thing early on
Speaker 1: to get out to tend nothing lead. You know, they
Speaker 1: like thirteen nothing and you said to yourself, that's where
Speaker 1: you felt like the Eagles could just break it open
Speaker 1: and just make it a needs to day. Really set
Speaker 1: those Eagles fans ablaze out there the Stubhelb Center, get
Speaker 1: them riled up and say a nice blowout that I
Speaker 1: would just be really one statement. You can make some
Speaker 1: relax in the second hand exactly, you know, you know,
Speaker 1: but they got to make things a little bit interesting.
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry then amazing touchdown grab which you know, credit
Speaker 1: to the charge for for throwing out the challenge flag
Speaker 1: and it gets overturned. Yeah okay, you know looked real close.
Speaker 1: But then when you saw the replay, you like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you got two feet down. You know. That's
Speaker 1: that's always a problem is when you when you know
Speaker 1: that it's going to get overturned. But the Eagles responded
Speaker 1: to the challenge and as they've done they did last
Speaker 1: week against the Giants, they got early and held on,
Speaker 1: get early, hold on this weekends the Chargers. You the
Speaker 1: biggest thing is the Eagles are find ways to finish strong.
Speaker 1: Fourth quarters have been very interesting for this football team.
Speaker 1: Going back to last year. We're last year they're not
Speaker 1: winning the close games. Okay, you go through the litany
Speaker 1: of all the games that were one score games they
Speaker 1: weren't able to pull out. They weren't able to win
Speaker 1: games on the road year games. Yeah, okay, you have
Speaker 1: the games on the road, not able to win. Last year. Okay,
Speaker 1: you know, two and one away from the link so
Speaker 1: far this year, and the Eagles have been very good
Speaker 1: at home, so you get that to look forward to
Speaker 1: with a little bit of a homestand so it's be
Speaker 1: coming up, okay, So they can use it, Yes, they
Speaker 1: can use it, okay, and they can use getting a
Speaker 1: little bit healthy, because like you said, you hope they
Speaker 1: get Fletchercock. Maybe he's back next week for the Cardinals game. Okay.
Speaker 1: Ronald Darby, his return get getting closer. Every week that
Speaker 1: goes by, it's getting a little bit closer. Okay. Jayla Watkins, Cooreygram.
Speaker 1: That's veteran death there that you can utilize. Okay. Those
Speaker 1: are names that you know, training camp against season, you're like,
Speaker 1: you know, you you wouldn't think of guys you need
Speaker 1: them to be relied upon. But what we're gonna do now,
Speaker 1: Carson California to hear from the quarterback, Carson Wentz, let's
Speaker 1: say it over there. Yeah, it felt great. It felt
Speaker 1: great to close the game out like that, you know,
Speaker 1: to stay on the field, Um, to have that chance
Speaker 1: to like you said, to run the four minute offense
Speaker 1: there um just kind of lean and rely on the
Speaker 1: old line and um, the line and La Garrett and
Speaker 1: really the rest of the backs kind of took care
Speaker 1: of the rest. So I'm to finish a game like
Speaker 1: that on the field. You know, the victory formations are favorite,
Speaker 1: so uh, is a well well earned win for us. Okay,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm kind of starting to not be stunned
Speaker 1: by our fans. You know, honestly, it's unbelievable. You know,
Speaker 1: they travel so well there at every game, so um,
Speaker 1: it's it's so enjoyable. They make it so fun. Um.
Speaker 1: But it's starting to be the norm almost so to speak.
Speaker 1: So you know, hats off to them. They bring it
Speaker 1: every game, no matter where we're at. So we're really
Speaker 1: thankful for those guys. But in fact, it is the
Speaker 1: other way around, whether on team how let when the
Speaker 1: fans are laying down on your side, on't help you down.
Speaker 1: I mean it's huge, you know, it's honestly huge. I mean,
Speaker 1: you get to go on regular cadence. You don't have
Speaker 1: to worry about siling cadence, um some things. But you know,
Speaker 1: we just feed off that energy. You know, we feed
Speaker 1: off that energy. We play at home and obviously you
Speaker 1: guys know we love playing at home and we feed
Speaker 1: off that energy. But to go on the road, go
Speaker 1: across the country to la like this and still kind
Speaker 1: of have that that same atmosphere. UM, it makes it
Speaker 1: really enjoyable to play three point games are least so
Speaker 1: far this year. What's the biggest difference do you feel
Speaker 1: it's kind of a character UM. I think it's just
Speaker 1: it's really big for us, you know, without a doubt,
Speaker 1: you know, especially UM, to be where we're at starting
Speaker 1: with three out of four on the road, you know,
Speaker 1: I think that's big for us. UM. You know, last
Speaker 1: year we just we could never find a way to
Speaker 1: win tight ball games. And this year, obviously, we're starting
Speaker 1: to starting to learn that a little bit. And I
Speaker 1: think we're we're turning the corner a little bit. Like
Speaker 1: you said, I think it's it's a big part of
Speaker 1: our character and our makeup up, UM, and we're just
Speaker 1: finding ways to win. So so that's a good sign
Speaker 1: of things to come. The little bit this year. The
Speaker 1: games that much too, And I'm not surprised. That's a
Speaker 1: good football team, you know, that's a good football team.
Speaker 1: Like you said, they've been in pretty much every single
Speaker 1: one of their games, and UM, that offense. You know,
Speaker 1: with Philip behind there, you never know what you're gonna get.
Speaker 1: You know, they can score um quickly whenever you know.
Speaker 1: So um, and that defense is stout. You know, they're
Speaker 1: kind of a bend but don't break defense. So their
Speaker 1: record I don't think indicates, um, their their talent level
Speaker 1: and their skill levels. So um, it was a hard
Speaker 1: fought win for us. Angry, Yeah, have you said some game,
Speaker 1: but then these guys and not want to show that
Speaker 1: you Yeah, I think you can see that on the field,
Speaker 1: you know, like you said with Le Garrett, so exactly
Speaker 1: what I said out on the field, like that, that
Speaker 1: man's angry, you know, feeding the ball and I'm the
Speaker 1: old line I think, you know, going back to the
Speaker 1: Kansas City game, I think everyone kind of fell um
Speaker 1: felt that, you know, felt that and really took it
Speaker 1: upon themselves and um. But at the same time, we
Speaker 1: never doubted them in the first place. But I think
Speaker 1: it kind of just gave them a little extra motivation
Speaker 1: and we knew what they could do all along. And
Speaker 1: to finally see La Garrett, you know, breaking some of
Speaker 1: these runs like you did today. Some of those runs
Speaker 1: were unbelievable. Um, Le Garrett. You know, Corey had some
Speaker 1: nice runs when Dell stepping up. Um, you know, it's
Speaker 1: just it's good to get that run game. Going to
Speaker 1: watch it's awesome. It's awesome. Makes my life easier, honestly. Um.
Speaker 1: Seeing the old line get super excited about him too.
Speaker 1: You know, just we we fuel off that emotion, off
Speaker 1: that energy when when a guy with Garrett's bouncing off
Speaker 1: tackles making guys miss and um, anytime you have those
Speaker 1: big places, we just use that energy and it fuels us.
Speaker 1: I did get to see that one. I had pretty
Speaker 1: good view. Um, I can't wait to see it on
Speaker 1: film too. But from my vantage point, it was one
Speaker 1: of them, one of the most impressive runs I've seen
Speaker 1: live in my life. So I think, um, you know,
Speaker 1: I think again, he kind of came out and just
Speaker 1: was running angry today and it was it was good
Speaker 1: to see. So again, this is an inside zone play
Speaker 1: inside zone though. Line had a there was a huge,
Speaker 1: huge crease in there and he was he was on
Speaker 1: the safety and he did the rest of it to
Speaker 1: be able to do Yeah. Yeah, yeah, Jake was huge
Speaker 1: again today. You know, obviously last week everyone knows what
Speaker 1: what Jake didn't what he accomplished. But um, four for
Speaker 1: four today, two for two on extra points. Um, they
Speaker 1: weren't easy field goals either, you know, I think it
Speaker 1: was a fifty sum yard or in a couple of
Speaker 1: forties or something. Um, but those are those are huge points,
Speaker 1: especially in the two point ball game like that. So
Speaker 1: hats off to Jake again. And UM, you know, we're
Speaker 1: we're stilled about that kid listening. I mean, we're hoping
Speaker 1: we're going to either end in a in a victory
Speaker 1: formation or end in then zone. You know, that's kind
Speaker 1: of the goal. And that's the mindset. And UM, you know,
Speaker 1: we were able to pick up a couple first downs
Speaker 1: there and then it was about the two minute warning
Speaker 1: and we knew we just needed one more at the end,
Speaker 1: one more first down and UM the line and La
Speaker 1: Garrett got that done. Garrets he just you know, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: it was huge. I mean the momentum kind of was
Speaker 1: kind of all over the place. They got the big
Speaker 1: score and UM got it close and La Garrett's run
Speaker 1: um kind of you know, I think was it was
Speaker 1: a huge play. Huge play. I mean I thought he
Speaker 1: was about to score, but you know, we got down
Speaker 1: there and then we finished the drive, and um yeah,
Speaker 1: that run was a big momentum shift for us. On
Speaker 1: the touchdown, UM yeah, I think you know. We were
Speaker 1: back and forth on a couple different past plays and
Speaker 1: then a run play, and UM I think you know
Speaker 1: he just ultimately felt most comfortable with the run play,
Speaker 1: and um I trusted it and we got it done. Thanks,
Speaker 1: thanks guys. All right, The winning quarterback, Carson wentz Okay,
Speaker 1: didn't have to do it all with his arm today,
Speaker 1: deal little bit with his legs and relied upon the
Speaker 1: ground game, but a great feeling as he helped the
Speaker 1: Eagles get to the twenty six twenty four win over
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Speaker 1: we'd like to say that that Wendell Smallwood touchdown came
Speaker 1: relatively quickly after that long run from the Garret blunt.
Speaker 1: The Eagles have a few shots at the end zone,
Speaker 1: unable to get it in, but after a penalty by
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Speaker 1: by this Eagle's offensive line for windows. You're getting a
Speaker 1: little nervous that they went score. A lot of plays
Speaker 1: seem to go by, but this, this at its core,
Speaker 1: is a zone run. But it's really what we call
Speaker 1: duo because there's two double teams on the defensive tackles.
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Speaker 1: you'll see exactly why Fran because what you see here
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Speaker 1: see Bosa gets his head inside. And if it wasn't
Speaker 1: for this double team right here, I mean, look at that.
Speaker 1: Look at Wiznoski and Peters. They are driving back the
Speaker 1: defensive tackle right into the lap of the linebacker. Linebacker
Speaker 1: has no chance to do anything because of the double
Speaker 1: team on the d tackle, So Bosa can't really make
Speaker 1: a play. So Smallwood is able to get in the
Speaker 1: end zone really well too well executed double teams there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: on the front side, he had Brandon Brooks and Jason
Speaker 1: Kelsey moving that defensive tackle out of the way as well,
Speaker 1: really helped widen the lane there for Wendell Smallwood a
Speaker 1: huge touchdown that helped seal this victory for the Eagles.
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Speaker 1: tremendous job by the offensive line getting the job done
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Speaker 1: They got twenty six points there, able to hold on
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Speaker 1: the big run of the day came from a rookie
Speaker 1: free agent. So bo Allen doing a nice job stepping
Speaker 1: in there for Fletcher Cox. That's why he's one of
Speaker 1: our three nominees this week. I liked that, like that
Speaker 1: big fella getting up in there. Um, we're almost a
Speaker 1: forgotten man, right, what do you tears peer towards Peck
Speaker 1: this summer? And so it was almost a forgotten man
Speaker 1: once they brought in journeying in. You know, we got
Speaker 1: Fletcher here, you draft Elijah Quaws. But Boe Allen's doing
Speaker 1: with bo Allen has done for his young career. It's
Speaker 1: being reliable and when they call upon him all our
Speaker 1: second nominee. Okay, coming off the amazing sixty one yard
Speaker 1: record setting field goal, Jake Elliott for an on core
Speaker 1: performance goes four for four, each one of the field
Speaker 1: goals further farther, I should say, than forty yards, including
Speaker 1: a fifty three yarder. Outstanding performance by Jake Elliott, who
Speaker 1: has quickly become mister automatic for this football team. Yeah,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. I mean he's gonna be tough
Speaker 1: to beat. He was tough to beat last week. This
Speaker 1: week to about four for four all important field goals.
Speaker 1: You mentioned it earlier, no chip shots. They needed all
Speaker 1: twelve points that he gave you with those field goals.
Speaker 1: So nice job, young man. I mean he's been here
Speaker 1: just a short period of time. Nice job. This is
Speaker 1: where you have to give props to Harry Roseman Joe
Speaker 1: Douglas in the personnel department, because cabster just goes down.
Speaker 1: You need to find another kicker and you bring in
Speaker 1: a couple of veterans for a tryout. You gotta see
Speaker 1: what's out there at a flink of a hat, drop
Speaker 1: of a hat, and you're able to sign this kid
Speaker 1: off the practice squad okay of the Centena Bengals. Bengals
Speaker 1: don't want to promote them, and obviously they have a
Speaker 1: solid kicker and Rainy Bloke no need for them to,
Speaker 1: but they invested the fifth round pick and the Eagles
Speaker 1: are now reaping the rewards for it by getting him
Speaker 1: here and again won the game against the Giants with
Speaker 1: the sixty one yarder, but comes back in a huge
Speaker 1: way with four field goals, all from long range to
Speaker 1: help get the Eagles over the top when the offense
Speaker 1: was stalling and you're not able to finish off some drive.
Speaker 1: So speaking of finishing things off, how about Lagarret Blunt
Speaker 1: Blunt force trauma. So the Chargers defense one hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty six rushing yards came up with a big sixty
Speaker 1: eight yarder, though when the game was on the line
Speaker 1: there the Eagles needed to answer a Charger score. Well,
Speaker 1: Lagarrett Blunt came up in a huge way with that
Speaker 1: run that set up the Windell Smallwood touchdown which gave
Speaker 1: him their final points of the afternoon. And then on
Speaker 1: the final drive, okay, the first down, second down, third
Speaker 1: down runs all go to Blunt and he gets the
Speaker 1: first down, the Eagles are able to go into victory formation.
Speaker 1: So the closer, Lagarret Blunt, our last nominee, I have
Speaker 1: to give him my pick this week. Yeah, it would
Speaker 1: take a performance like his to knock off Old Jake Elliott. Yes,
Speaker 1: and I think he gets the vote. He gets my
Speaker 1: vote to Yeah. I just think he was just punishing.
Speaker 1: And this is why you brought him here to close
Speaker 1: out football games. I listen, he was good all day long, yes,
Speaker 1: first half and second half, but you primarily brought him
Speaker 1: here score touchdowns in the red zone, but to close
Speaker 1: out the football game when you get in a four
Speaker 1: minute situation like they were there even though it was
Speaker 1: six forty on the clock. But the four minute situation
Speaker 1: for everyone is that's the offense have the ball with
Speaker 1: the lead, and they're gonna lead the clock. You're not
Speaker 1: getting the ball back. That's when they put on their
Speaker 1: big boy pads and say, put the game on our shoulders,
Speaker 1: let's go win it. The offensive line they led the
Speaker 1: way and Lea Garrett Blunt followed. I mean he was
Speaker 1: punishing to day all right, So again go to Philadelphia
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Speaker 1: the Eagles come out of the Quarner Pole three and one,
Speaker 1: and they welcome the two and two Arizona Cardinals to
Speaker 1: the link next Sunday one pm kickoff. The Cardinals escaping
Speaker 1: with the win at home in overtime against the San
Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers, who remain winless. So the Cardinals
Speaker 1: come here, Carson Palmer, we know about Larry Fitzgerald who
Speaker 1: apparently got injured. He scored the game winning touchdown in overtime.
Speaker 1: Apparently got injured. Okay, so Walton, wait and see what
Speaker 1: that diagnosis is. But I would think that he'll be
Speaker 1: ready and available to take on the Eagles, a team
Speaker 1: that he is tormented over. The years. Yeah, it almost
Speaker 1: seems like we played the Cardinals every year. I mean,
Speaker 1: we don't go many years without facing the Cardinals. And
Speaker 1: it's been good matchups in the past. But you're gonna
Speaker 1: get the Cardinals coming out here to the east for
Speaker 1: a one o'clock game. You gotta take advantage of that.
Speaker 1: You know, their studies out there from smarter people, way
Speaker 1: smarter than I am, they tell you it's not as
Speaker 1: much of a disadvantage going east to west. We saw
Speaker 1: the Eagles were ready to play, but it's much more
Speaker 1: of a disadvantage coming west to east, and it's gonna
Speaker 1: be like a ten o'clock game for the Cardinals going
Speaker 1: out there, whereas it was really a one o'clock game
Speaker 1: for the Eagles. To day, they're used to play at
Speaker 1: one o'clock. So this is a team that you're gonna
Speaker 1: want to jump on early and not allow them to
Speaker 1: hang around. They have fault tooth and nail to get
Speaker 1: the two wins that they have both have come in
Speaker 1: overtime against less opponents, the Indianapolis Coats and the San
Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers. Eagles planning home jump on this
Speaker 1: team early, don't give him any life and let's celebrate
Speaker 1: another victory at the link. The link will be fired
Speaker 1: up it we'll be going in three and one. Fans
Speaker 1: will be ready to go. Okay, you thought you saw
Speaker 1: a good show today out in the West Coast, Eagles
Speaker 1: fans gonna be ready to bring it next Sunday at
Speaker 1: the link. Good things coming up this week on the
Speaker 1: Carlin the ri Show. I would imagine looks and I
Speaker 1: wish I can go get on the radio now and
Speaker 1: start working. Man, It's gonna be fun. Carlin and Reese
Speaker 1: two to six pm, ninety four. WIP all right, we
Speaker 1: have played for you. Come up all week long here
Speaker 1: in Philadelphias dot Com. Kicking things off tomorrow at noon
Speaker 1: head coach Doug Pearson day after press conference, and they'll
Speaker 1: have Dave Spanero Eagles Insider, and then Hall of Fame
Speaker 1: running back Brian Westbrook will bring you Eagles three sixty
Speaker 1: tomorrow evening. So make sure you stay tuned for all
Speaker 1: that and so much more so. For ike reason, everyone
Speaker 1: here at the Philadelphia Eagles, I'm Chris McPherson. You've been
Speaker 1: watching the postgame show presented by Rico. The Eagles victorious
Speaker 1: over the Los Angeles Chargers by a score of twenty
Speaker 1: six to twenty four. Everyone have a great Eagles night.
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