Speaker 1: Oh he goes fans. I'm Chris McPherson and welcome to
Speaker 1: the Eagles Update. It's a jam packed edition, so let's
Speaker 1: get right into it. The Eagles prepared on Wednesday for
Speaker 1: Sunday's showdown against the Kansas City Chiefs, led by AFC
Speaker 1: Offensive Player of the Week Alex Smith. The Eagles won't
Speaker 1: have Ronald Darby more on him in a little bit,
Speaker 1: so it'll be up to players like rookie Russeul Douglas
Speaker 1: to step up and help fill the void. Nah, I
Speaker 1: have an idea. It's up to the coaches and everybody
Speaker 1: is just working to see who we call, who name
Speaker 1: he called, and when he calls one of our numbers,
Speaker 1: you have confidence, not like guys, so we're our confidence
Speaker 1: on it's next man up. I mean, who whoever's gonna
Speaker 1: be that next guy? You know what I mean? We
Speaker 1: gotta know whoever that is, he's gonna come and play,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And as far as me
Speaker 1: getting pressureds I mean, the guy's trust me. Coachwards trust me,
Speaker 1: because do some trust me? You know, everybody on the
Speaker 1: defense trust me. So as far as that goes, they
Speaker 1: just wanted to go out there and play my bast football.
Speaker 1: I mean, these guys are ready. They're prepared to prepare
Speaker 1: every day to in case they gotta, you know, step
Speaker 1: into a row there one, you know, play one injury
Speaker 1: away from from either moving up or being in the game.
Speaker 1: And so I think they always prepared with that mindset.
Speaker 1: So we don't expect him to approach this week any different.
Speaker 1: The Eagles did get some good news regarding Derby. There
Speaker 1: was no ligament damage in his dislocated right ankle, and
Speaker 1: we'll be back on the field in four to six weeks. No,
Speaker 1: it ain't. I don't have to get surgery or anything,
Speaker 1: so I should be okay. Day was worried about me,
Speaker 1: but everyone happy that, you know, it wasn't that serious.
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna be back. Yeah, I'm gonna be back.
Speaker 1: It's only four to sixty years. Carson Wentz is no
Speaker 1: longer the most famous native of North Dakota. That honor
Speaker 1: belongs to Miss America herself, Kara Mund. In fact, the
Speaker 1: two of them went to Bismarck Century High School together.
Speaker 1: That was pretty cool. Obviously Kara knew her a little
Speaker 1: bit in high school. It's really cool for her, you know,
Speaker 1: it's really cool. I don't really follow up Miss America
Speaker 1: too much, but obviously now I've heard all about it.
Speaker 1: So that's pretty cool for Bismarck for Century High School.
Speaker 1: My buddy was calling me the other night. She wanted
Speaker 1: He's like, yeah, your old news now in business herself.
Speaker 1: That's pretty cool. Two years ago, Cab Sturgis got a
Speaker 1: job with the Eagles when Cody Parkey suffered it injury.
Speaker 1: Now Jake Elliott is in for Sturgis, who is nursing
Speaker 1: a hip injury. Nothing is guaranteed for Elliott, who wants
Speaker 1: to make the most of the opportunity. I'll just come
Speaker 1: in here. We're excited and um, you know, just just
Speaker 1: get ready to your job. Basically, he's coming in here
Speaker 1: and really excited to this opportunity, and you know, I
Speaker 1: don't see what happens. Andy Reid was the Eagles head
Speaker 1: coach for fourteen seasons through the twenty twelve campaign. There
Speaker 1: are still eight Eagles who played for Reid, and they
Speaker 1: share some of their favorite memories of the former coach.
Speaker 1: What I love is if you mess up, he gonna
Speaker 1: yeah let you. But he don't hold on anything. And
Speaker 1: I think that's one thing I learned from coach Read.
Speaker 1: You know, he don't hold on in grudges, and I
Speaker 1: think that's what I like about him. There's a lot
Speaker 1: of great moments. You know, he was, you know, a
Speaker 1: great guy, great coach. And when I first got drafted,
Speaker 1: you know, he was all smiles. I was awesomiles. He
Speaker 1: was happy to have me here, and I was actually
Speaker 1: happy to be a part every this organization. Now. You know,
Speaker 1: he did tell me that, you know, hey, we brought
Speaker 1: you here to play. M you know, we didn't bring
Speaker 1: you here that, you know, to to you know, to
Speaker 1: be just you know, some just a feeling and guy,
Speaker 1: you brought me here to play. One thing. One thing
Speaker 1: about Coach Rue. He can tell you about your family, everybody,
Speaker 1: you know, where you grew up, like everything about you.
Speaker 1: And he did that to all the players, don't matter
Speaker 1: if he was practice squad to all the way up
Speaker 1: to the you know, Michael Vix and everybody. So just
Speaker 1: want to see a coach like that was like, WHOA,
Speaker 1: That'll do it. For today's edition of the Eagles Update,
Speaker 1: make sure to check out Eagles three sixty with Dave
Speaker 1: Spanero and Eagles Hall of Fame wide receiver Mike Quick
Speaker 1: featuring a one on one interview with Lane Johnson. We'll
Speaker 1: be back tomorrow, so until then, I'm Chris mcphearson. Thanks
Speaker 1: for joining us here on the Eagles Update. Have a
Speaker 1: great Eagles Day everyone,