Speaker 1: The Eagles come up oh just so short of having
Speaker 1: a perfect pre season, falling twenty four to eighteen at
Speaker 1: the hands of the New York Jets in the process,
Speaker 1: though quarterback Tim Tebow throwing two touchdowns, going eleven of
Speaker 1: seventeen for one hundred and eighty nine yards. However, the
Speaker 1: Eagles will now turn their attention to the regular season
Speaker 1: as they get ready to face the Atlanta Falcons on Monday,
Speaker 1: September fourteen. Welcome to the postgame Show presented by Rico.
Speaker 1: I'm Chris McPherson alongside former Eagles linebacker Ike Reese. Ike.
Speaker 1: The big story of the night the third quarterback position,
Speaker 1: Matt Barkley Tim Tebow. Who will emerge victorious? I think
Speaker 1: we had some different results to night. Matt Barkley got
Speaker 1: to start, but to me, Tebow was clearly, at least
Speaker 1: on this night, the better of the two quarterbacks. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, this was Tim Tebow's best game as
Speaker 1: an Eagle so far this preseason and a little bit
Speaker 1: unfair for Matt Barkley. When you think about the competition,
Speaker 1: you're trying to divide up the amount of plays and
Speaker 1: time out there on the field. Matt Barkley. Because the
Speaker 1: New York Jets did a great job of a time
Speaker 1: of possession doing the first and the third periods, Matt
Speaker 1: Barkley didn't get a whole lot of time out there,
Speaker 1: whereas Tim Tebow was able to sustain some dribs, he
Speaker 1: was able to get in the red zone and therefore
Speaker 1: he spent more time out there on the field. Part
Speaker 1: of it is the Eagles defense is not helping Matt
Speaker 1: Barkley out, but a bigger part of it is is
Speaker 1: Tim Tebow and how much rhythm he was in to
Speaker 1: night and being able to move the ball down the field.
Speaker 1: You control time of possession by picking up first downs.
Speaker 1: When you don't complete passes, when you don't pick up
Speaker 1: first downs, you're gonna be on the sideline watching. Credit
Speaker 1: to Tim Tebow in the unit. When he was out there,
Speaker 1: he was able to move the ball, got in scoring
Speaker 1: position several times, and one interception in the red zone
Speaker 1: where he sort of forced the ball on the fourth
Speaker 1: and fifth team, But for the most part, that wasn't
Speaker 1: much negative to Tim Tebow's play tonight. No. I thought
Speaker 1: we saw a live growth from Tebow throughout the course
Speaker 1: of the preseason, and it all came to a head tonight.
Speaker 1: Very accurate. He was quick in terms get round of
Speaker 1: the football. He was able to dump off and make
Speaker 1: those short passes to be able to get some extra yards.
Speaker 1: He yes, you mentioned the interception ike where he forced
Speaker 1: the ball maybe at the one time him have to,
Speaker 1: but I thought he was trying to get in some
Speaker 1: of those tight windows. And that second touchdown passed the
Speaker 1: one in the fourth quarter to Freddie Martino. It was
Speaker 1: a situation where I think the old Tebow would have
Speaker 1: ran with the football open lane, you know, you have
Speaker 1: a chance to go for the goal line. That's the
Speaker 1: type of situation where I think Tebow usually in the
Speaker 1: past would have been like, I'm gonna bring it down
Speaker 1: and go after it. Whereas here he flings it to
Speaker 1: the sideline. It's a perfect pass, but an outstanding catch,
Speaker 1: standing catch. It gets lost in the whole Tebow may yeah,
Speaker 1: and it was Tebow's second touchdown, but yeah, that was
Speaker 1: an outstanding catch from Martino. But the one thing you
Speaker 1: see about Tim Tebow to night, you brought up the
Speaker 1: fact just a couple of weeks ago against the Baltimore Ravens,
Speaker 1: it may have been with Tibo had that same opportunity
Speaker 1: to either run it in or throw it and hit
Speaker 1: Rashid Bailey in the back of the end zone. He
Speaker 1: chose to run it and he did not get in
Speaker 1: where there's the growth. In just a couple of weeks
Speaker 1: with Tim Tebow, same sort of option for him there
Speaker 1: to run the ball or either throw it, and he
Speaker 1: did a great job of sort of feathering baiting the
Speaker 1: defensive back making him think he was going to run
Speaker 1: the ball, created another space between he and the receiver Martino,
Speaker 1: and he was able to dip it over and with
Speaker 1: nice touch. The one thing people tended to get about
Speaker 1: Tim Tebow and his early struggles, his early struggles here
Speaker 1: in the preseason is that Tim Tebow has been away
Speaker 1: from football for two years, so it takes a little
Speaker 1: while to sort of getting your rhythm, get a field
Speaker 1: for the game. What you saw tonight was the complete
Speaker 1: package of Tim Tebow running the ball when he needed
Speaker 1: to run the ball, picking up huge games a seventeen
Speaker 1: yard run early in the I believe it was the
Speaker 1: second quarter to sustain a drive, you know, picking up
Speaker 1: tough yards inside running the ball. Also because he was
Speaker 1: a threat running the ball as well as throwing it.
Speaker 1: You saw when right when most was in there with him,
Speaker 1: he was able to get bigger running lanes because there's
Speaker 1: a dual threat at the running position with the quarterback
Speaker 1: and a running back. That's the type of threat Tim
Speaker 1: Tebow opposes for defenses. So I guess it comes to
Speaker 1: the very end here. What did the Eagles want at
Speaker 1: that third quarterback position. You have quarterback Sam Branford. You
Speaker 1: know what brings to the table was the perfect ten
Speaker 1: for ten against the Green Bay Packers, marvelous in every
Speaker 1: asset from timing to accuracy, to touch to command of
Speaker 1: the offense. You have Mark Sanchez, a veteran who has
Speaker 1: the experience, who can run the offense. He can bring
Speaker 1: the tempo. Chip Kelly has a lot of faith in him.
Speaker 1: What do you want for that number three guy? Do
Speaker 1: you want someone like Matt Barkley, who I think it
Speaker 1: is very similar to Mark Sanchez in terms of his
Speaker 1: playing style, can run the offense efficiently. I think his
Speaker 1: arm has gotten stronger. Or do you want someone like
Speaker 1: Tebo who, as you mentioned Ike, brings that dual threat
Speaker 1: that brings the ability to run on the ground, who maybe,
Speaker 1: as we saw in Green Bay, could be put in
Speaker 1: for the two point conversion. Who maybe could be a
Speaker 1: red zone weapon, something that's a little bit different than
Speaker 1: what you have with Bradford and Sanchez. That's what I like.
Speaker 1: But ultimately the head coach is going to decide where
Speaker 1: he wants in that third string quarterback. I think he's
Speaker 1: had an extended period of time to look at Matt
Speaker 1: Barkley and see what he brings to the table. There
Speaker 1: is a certain amount of intrigue with Tim Tebow that
Speaker 1: Chip Kellys seems to have. I think Tim Kelly likes
Speaker 1: the fact that Tim Tebow has sort of improved as
Speaker 1: a quarterback, not just from where he was the last
Speaker 1: time he was in the National Football League, but also
Speaker 1: from when they worked him out in the spring. And again,
Speaker 1: you're talking about knocking rustoff from a guy who hasn't
Speaker 1: played in two years. I would put it to you
Speaker 1: this way. If this were Sam Bradford and he struggled
Speaker 1: the way Tim Tebow struggled through the preseason, most people
Speaker 1: would say he's knocking off the rust. He's been out
Speaker 1: of football for a year, he hasn't played in the year.
Speaker 1: I think the same sort of explanation applies when it
Speaker 1: comes to evaluating Tim Tebow as a quarterback, is that
Speaker 1: you watch him get better. All right, let's get to
Speaker 1: MetLife Sam and here from head coach Chip Kelly. Up
Speaker 1: and down with both, So we'll take a look at
Speaker 1: the film and go from there. Probably a little bit more,
Speaker 1: you know, had a little bit more successful. I think
Speaker 1: he gotta look at the film before you make any
Speaker 1: of those decisions. So to make a quick come out
Speaker 1: after a game isn't doesn't help anybody, hurt anybody. So
Speaker 1: he did a nice shop on those. I just thought
Speaker 1: fairest way to do it, you know, one, two, three, four,
Speaker 1: so pressions of Monsters Office. Yeah, he did. You know,
Speaker 1: obviously we wanted to keep Kevin, but just because of
Speaker 1: what we're keeping Cody Parkey out, we didn't have a
Speaker 1: chance to keep Kevin. So, um, you know, Raheim got
Speaker 1: the bulk of carries. You know, I thought he again,
Speaker 1: he was up and down. So you know, we'll take
Speaker 1: a look at it, tpe and see. Um, you know
Speaker 1: how how it how it plans out. Sometimes it's blocking,
Speaker 1: sometimes it's the back. But I thought he was up
Speaker 1: and down. It seems like it. Yeah, I don't think
Speaker 1: there was anything pressing. I mean one series is enough
Speaker 1: for Keigo. Seemed like he was in a couple of tackles,
Speaker 1: got you know, yeah, we just want to get him
Speaker 1: on the field. Last time was on the field was
Speaker 1: against the Patriots and I think thirteen or whatever it was.
Speaker 1: So just to get him out there and make some plays.
Speaker 1: And obviously he did. You know, he flashed really quickly
Speaker 1: on that first drive and then um, you know we
Speaker 1: got a mountain because you see it right now, do
Speaker 1: you feel that in your mind you know what you
Speaker 1: need to do formulate the sifty three man roster for
Speaker 1: Because there's so much depth to certain area, it makes
Speaker 1: it that much more difficult. Now, it's just like anything.
Speaker 1: We have a lot of film to watch. We'll watch
Speaker 1: it on the bus ride home, and then we'll meet
Speaker 1: again tomorrow morning. So we've got all three phases to
Speaker 1: look at and then meet us the staff, so we
Speaker 1: don't have anything preconceived notions before we look at it.
Speaker 1: We always have to evaluate the last game. Do you
Speaker 1: hope to make the decisions tomorrow? Now? We're gonna make
Speaker 1: the decisions when they have to be made, So we're
Speaker 1: going to feel anything to get clarified on those backup
Speaker 1: safety jobs now again out looking at you gotta look
Speaker 1: at the tap to see all that stuff. So it's
Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot that goes into it you
Speaker 1: can't really come out of. I mean, it's not fair
Speaker 1: to the players either to say, hey, oh staying on
Speaker 1: the sideline, I saw this. We're gonna take this guy.
Speaker 1: You know. That's that's Uh, we'll do a thorough a
Speaker 1: film evaluation of everything, wat and of everything, and then uh,
Speaker 1: we're gonna have everything done by Saturday at four, play
Speaker 1: to night. How much goes into making the decision based
Speaker 1: on the entire cancame, It goes into everything goes into
Speaker 1: the decision. It's it's just can't be a one game.
Speaker 1: You know, this is this is it, you know, make
Speaker 1: or break. You know, this is an American idol. This
Speaker 1: is you get a whole compilation of time to to
Speaker 1: what we're doing, and you know, we'll go back through
Speaker 1: everything we have and then you'll try to pick the
Speaker 1: best fifty three. I feel like Cody Parking, Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: comfortable with Cody Parking. Yeah. Yeah, we don't play the
Speaker 1: Falcons for two weeks, but you know, we're really excited
Speaker 1: that we have a Pro Bowl kicker on our side,
Speaker 1: and any would have kicked twenty field goals twenty if
Speaker 1: it was a real game. If we can go hypothetical,
Speaker 1: I can say the hypothetical outcome, Yeah, he's healthy enough
Speaker 1: on this particular game. But the totality of the preseason,
Speaker 1: I don't know what I thought he was gonna be.
Speaker 1: I don't have any preconceived notions of what guys are
Speaker 1: going to be or not going to be. We let
Speaker 1: it all just express itself. So Sason, not until I
Speaker 1: get my final game watched, what did you think of
Speaker 1: I thought he threw a nice ball, you know, I
Speaker 1: think that that was a proper read and put it
Speaker 1: up there and gave gave Freddy a chance to get
Speaker 1: underneath it make catch. It's really hard for cornerbacks in
Speaker 1: this league and play from from day one. Um, Eric Brow,
Speaker 1: what have you seen out of him in terms of
Speaker 1: money outside play through the preseason? And I think, just
Speaker 1: like most of those young guys, I've just seen some
Speaker 1: ups and downs. They've seen him make some big time
Speaker 1: plays and then I've seen him, you know, get beat
Speaker 1: in certain situations. But that's going to happen, especially you
Speaker 1: know in this league where every receiver is good, every
Speaker 1: quarterback's accurate. So I've seen up and down from Eric,
Speaker 1: but I see him improving. And make a decision with Tim,
Speaker 1: and you make a decision with mad or if their
Speaker 1: quarterback job. But what are some of the prosest times?
Speaker 1: And you're gonna look at when you can evaluate this
Speaker 1: entire thing over the next couple of days. Also for
Speaker 1: me to list them, and we're gonna look at everything
Speaker 1: that they've done, every snap they've taken since they've had
Speaker 1: both of them here. So you play these guys in
Speaker 1: three weeks, I guess sort of all and just as
Speaker 1: EPs playing it tonight and then again turning around and playing,
Speaker 1: at least we know the route will take to the stadium.
Speaker 1: So I don't think there are many challenges on challenges,
Speaker 1: I don't think. I mean, Todd was pretty vanilla tonight
Speaker 1: and we were. They were very vanilla and we were
Speaker 1: very vanilla. So and a lot of guys that played
Speaker 1: tonight won't be the group that's playing when we play
Speaker 1: them in three weeks. I thought I made nice catch
Speaker 1: on the on the on the ball at Timmy threw
Speaker 1: him in the corner. He had to drop on their sidelines.
Speaker 1: So again, a lot of those guys, you know, good plays,
Speaker 1: some ups and some downs. Sometimes takes time, but just
Speaker 1: the totality, what has been really positive or stood out
Speaker 1: to you overall this whole preseason about Tim our quarterback.
Speaker 1: We continue to talk about the quarterback. I thought Tim's
Speaker 1: had a good camp. You had Miles awesome dressed me.
Speaker 1: You didn't play any more. So he agrees to be
Speaker 1: on that now he couldn't go tonight. Coach Chip Kelly
Speaker 1: not giving any clues as who's gonna win any of
Speaker 1: the jobs. Again, the Eagles have to get to the
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster limit by Saturday at four pm.
Speaker 1: Now we want to hear your thoughts on who shine tonight,
Speaker 1: Who earned themselves a roster job? You can call on
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Speaker 1: We're gonna get to the phone calls a little bit later.
Speaker 1: We're also a welcome in NFL film Sire producer Great Cosell,
Speaker 1: who's gonna break down some of the all twenty and two,
Speaker 1: including Tim Tebow's touchdown pass two Rashid Bailey, So all
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Speaker 1: I we were talking there during a break off camera.
Speaker 1: You're a little upset of the fact that the postgame
Speaker 1: meals the players get downadays with Chip Kelly. You know, well,
Speaker 1: it may not just be with Jim Kelly. It may
Speaker 1: just be the NFL nowadays. That could be right, yes
Speaker 1: back when I had back when I played, and they
Speaker 1: went we were on the row, and whether we were
Speaker 1: coming back from Washington, d C. On the train or
Speaker 1: we were coming from New York on the Turnpike box lunch,
Speaker 1: lunch meat, soundwich, apple and a bag of chip. That's
Speaker 1: a hard fuck game. Nothing like that to sink your teething.
Speaker 1: I must tell you though we were excited to get
Speaker 1: those boxes. You know, we're hungry at their game. Did
Speaker 1: Andy ever hold it out if something happened? No comment.
Speaker 1: What's like from the player's mindset? What is it like
Speaker 1: for the guys Rashid Bailey's the raheem mosters, the guys
Speaker 1: who are on that bubble, not sure if they're going
Speaker 1: to get a call in the next you know, twenty
Speaker 1: four or forty eight hours. What is that time period like? Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's this. It's not an easy night to get through
Speaker 1: when you play that final game, that final preseason game.
Speaker 1: And I've been there for my first few years in
Speaker 1: this league. I wasn't guaranteed to spot on this roster.
Speaker 1: I entered every training campus if I had to make
Speaker 1: the team, and I played in every preseason game as
Speaker 1: if I was trying to make the team. So I
Speaker 1: often played in the fourth preseason game, like a lot
Speaker 1: of these guys have tonight. You hope you've done everything
Speaker 1: possible to give yourself the best opportunity to make the team.
Speaker 1: In the case of a guy like Rashid Bailey, I
Speaker 1: don't know if he could have done anything more, you know, Yeah,
Speaker 1: would you like to catch every pass throwing your way?
Speaker 1: Of course you will. But I think it was at
Speaker 1: least the second leading receiver on the team this preseason,
Speaker 1: if not the leading receiver this preseason. And a guy
Speaker 1: like Raheem Mosters, I mean, he done everything he could
Speaker 1: do tonight. He had to be the bail cow. He
Speaker 1: had to carry the load plus player a little some teams. Again,
Speaker 1: I don't know if he could do anything more. So
Speaker 1: those guys will sleep easy tonight, But there are a
Speaker 1: lot of guys they won't. They won't want to answer
Speaker 1: their phone tomorrow until after four or Saturday until after
Speaker 1: four or five o'clock. Most are gonna sleep easy after
Speaker 1: all that worked. They had to say the very least.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna go to the phone lights. Now we're
Speaker 1: gonna welcome in Carl from Washington, DC. Carl, Welcome to
Speaker 1: the Postgame Show present any boy RICO. Hey, guys, how's
Speaker 1: it going? Great show? Can't wait for the season. H
Speaker 1: As far as who makes it, I'm with I'm hoping
Speaker 1: daily does. I think he's shown a lot, especially coming
Speaker 1: from a Division three schools. I was rooting for a
Speaker 1: moffin on the offensive line. Yes, I'm not sure, although
Speaker 1: I got to give him a lot of credit. One
Speaker 1: question I wanted to ask, just a pure curiosity, the
Speaker 1: guys when they are signed to the practice squad. Are
Speaker 1: they paid per game like everybody else? Do they mate
Speaker 1: the lead minimum? Do they have contracts? I never knew
Speaker 1: how that practice squad works. I know their account team. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but as far as quarterbacks, I'm sorry. I'd still rather
Speaker 1: stick with Barkley than t Boat. I understandable. I appreciate
Speaker 1: the call, Carl. Yeah, you know call your question on
Speaker 1: the practice squad players. Yes, they are paid every week.
Speaker 1: They do receive a salary, but it is week to
Speaker 1: week as long as you remain on the practice squad.
Speaker 1: And no, it's not a whether it's a rookie minimum
Speaker 1: or whatever year minimum they're in, it's not the same
Speaker 1: in the NFL salary. It's a set wage for all
Speaker 1: practice squad players. I'm not sure what that is at
Speaker 1: this moment, so but I tell you this, it beats
Speaker 1: working a nine to five somewhere whatever it is they're making,
Speaker 1: and it gives them an opportunity to keep fighting for
Speaker 1: their their dream to someday possibly make it in the
Speaker 1: National Football League. So what will happen now is the
Speaker 1: Eagles have to get from seventy five to fifty three.
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to waive the players. So what happens,
Speaker 1: they'll go. They'll be subject to waivers until Sunday, I
Speaker 1: think at noon, and that one pm, teams will be
Speaker 1: notified if those plays have been claimed, and if they
Speaker 1: haven't been claimed, then they can have them on the
Speaker 1: practice squad and sign him. Now, the practice squad there's
Speaker 1: eight players that you're allowed, along with two veteran exemptions.
Speaker 1: They players have, it's a certain amount of experience that
Speaker 1: you're allowed to have. You can't have a ton of
Speaker 1: NFL experience. Again, you want to get guys who mostly rookies,
Speaker 1: first year players, guys who have not been in the
Speaker 1: league very long, to give them a chance to grow
Speaker 1: and develop. So certainly they're gonna be some guys who
Speaker 1: the Eagles have to say, hey, maybe he's good enough
Speaker 1: to be on the roster, but maybe we get him
Speaker 1: to the practice squad. Do you risk exposing him to
Speaker 1: waivers where another team could claim them or all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, you know, maybe you want to keep around
Speaker 1: and develop them. But if he escapes, then you lose
Speaker 1: the opportunity. Well, and that's that's the tough balancing act
Speaker 1: that Chip Kelly has to try to sort of perform here,
Speaker 1: because there are players you don't want to put out
Speaker 1: there that I'm protected, that you like, that you want
Speaker 1: to keep on his team, but you can't keep everybody.
Speaker 1: There are certain guys you need to be ready for
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons, and you need fifty three guys that
Speaker 1: you can whos from that will be a part of
Speaker 1: your active roster. And let me just say real quick,
Speaker 1: I wish the NFL could find a way, whether it's
Speaker 1: financially or what have you, to keep all fifty three
Speaker 1: players active. Do away with the practice squad. These guys
Speaker 1: work all week. They do the same amount of work
Speaker 1: that the guys who play on Sunday do. The only
Speaker 1: thing they don't do is play on Sunday and be
Speaker 1: paid like an NFL player, but they prepare like an
Speaker 1: NFL player every week. I wish there was some sort
Speaker 1: of way they could find a way to just make
Speaker 1: all fifty three guys active. I so I agree with that.
Speaker 1: So now what we do is bring in the third
Speaker 1: member of our crew, NFL Film Senior producer Greg Coseell.
Speaker 1: He's gonna break down Tim Tebow's second quarter touchdown pass
Speaker 1: to one of those players who's on the roster bubble,
Speaker 1: Rashid Bailey. Let's take it away the eighteen yards score.
Speaker 1: Let's continue the theme of players who needed to perform
Speaker 1: well tonight for the Eagles in the final preseason game.
Speaker 1: One of those players is Jalen Watkins. Now, Watkins did
Speaker 1: some good things in the first half, and he also
Speaker 1: struggled on a touchdown pass. Let's show that play first.
Speaker 1: Here you see Watkins right here. Now he's in man
Speaker 1: to man coverage, you can see by his technique and positioning.
Speaker 1: Now the safety here, there's a single high safety is
Speaker 1: all the way over here on the edge of the screen,
Speaker 1: almost on the opposite hash. That tells you that Watkins
Speaker 1: needs to play man to man. He does not have
Speaker 1: safety help in the middle of the field. So let's
Speaker 1: clear the screen and let this go a little bit.
Speaker 1: He cannot get beat to the inside. Boom right there.
Speaker 1: What happens right there? He gets beat to the inside
Speaker 1: and he's in a trail position, so he lost right here.
Speaker 1: You clear the screen, Matt Flynn makes a perfect throw
Speaker 1: Watkins is beat for a touchdown. But I said he
Speaker 1: also did something really good. He made an interception, and
Speaker 1: it was on this play. And here you see Watkins
Speaker 1: right here at the top of the screen. Now he's
Speaker 1: playing off coverage here, not press man. So what you
Speaker 1: do an off coverage like this is you do what
Speaker 1: we call read the triangle. You read through from the
Speaker 1: receiver to the quarterback. Here he does this about as
Speaker 1: well as you can do it. Let's clear the screen
Speaker 1: and watch the play. Notice his positioning. He's reading inside,
Speaker 1: but he's seeing both and as soon as the ball
Speaker 1: is thrown, he jumps the throw, jumps the route and
Speaker 1: makes the interception. A beautiful play by Watkins. Thank you
Speaker 1: very much. Greg. Now let's go back to the phone
Speaker 1: lines and we're gonna go all the way out to Alaska.
Speaker 1: John joins us from Morrisville, Alaska. John, Welcome to the
Speaker 1: postgame Show presented by Rico Hi. Um. Actually it's marshful Pennsylvania.
Speaker 1: You said, Alaska. It's all good, John, Okay, I just
Speaker 1: knew what I'm told into hear here, So all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, if I'm fed bad information the bus on
Speaker 1: this one. So I'm just wanted to say tonight, I was,
Speaker 1: you know, watching the game. I kind of just look
Speaker 1: at this as watching an audition. I think Tibo's giving
Speaker 1: a number three guy, and I think Barkeley's gonna be caught.
Speaker 1: And here I was saying all along, did Tebow probably
Speaker 1: be the one? But I think that'd be cut. But
Speaker 1: I think I kind of changed my opinion tonight. That's
Speaker 1: the biggest thing is how much weight did this one
Speaker 1: game have? Now? Chip Kelly said during the week that
Speaker 1: he was going to put a lot of emphasis on
Speaker 1: this fourth preseason game. So if you're looking at this
Speaker 1: game in a vacuum, I think Tibo would win the job. Now,
Speaker 1: I agree with your point that you said earlier, Ike,
Speaker 1: where Matt Barkley look had to struggle in the first quarter.
Speaker 1: Maybe he's a little bit of nerves, a little bit jitters,
Speaker 1: a little excited. You know that Josh hoff pass should
Speaker 1: have been a big completion. Under threw the ball, so
Speaker 1: you figure he sells down. He gets to the game
Speaker 1: in the third quarter, hit the ball for one possession,
Speaker 1: yea for he Mosa ran for a first down and
Speaker 1: that was that was it. Yeah, just about a minute
Speaker 1: and a half the time of possession a third quarter
Speaker 1: and Tim had two full quarters. Now, I like, let
Speaker 1: go back to what you said earlier on the flip side,
Speaker 1: you gotta give to you you have tbo crap. Because
Speaker 1: of the fact that he was able to sustain drives,
Speaker 1: he was able to keep you know, the change moving.
Speaker 1: He was able to make some plays with both his
Speaker 1: legs his arm as well. So it's gonna be tough
Speaker 1: to see how you wait there because yes, Craig t
Speaker 1: before he did tonight, but Matt didn't have that much
Speaker 1: of a chance to shine. I believe here's what it
Speaker 1: boils down too. If you want to look at their
Speaker 1: performance in the preseason as a whole, Matt Barkley's best game,
Speaker 1: you would say, was the Indianapolis coach game. That was
Speaker 1: his best game. So the second and third game they played,
Speaker 1: but they didn't play as much, they didn't get equal
Speaker 1: playing time. So the first and the fourth game are
Speaker 1: the two games that I would look at when I'm
Speaker 1: trying to evaluate both of these guys, and I would
Speaker 1: you know, you gotta you gotta look at it and say, Okay,
Speaker 1: what are the plays that you like? What are the
Speaker 1: plays you don't like? And then the coach is gonna
Speaker 1: have a tough decision. To me, it's really gonna boil
Speaker 1: down to what are you looking for from your third
Speaker 1: stream quarterback? Do you want somebody that can come in
Speaker 1: and just, you know, really run the offense steady, or
Speaker 1: do you want a guy that can bring a different
Speaker 1: dynamic to your offense like a Tim Tebow. They can
Speaker 1: be a little erratic at times with this play, but
Speaker 1: we see when he's in the crunch periods, crunch time,
Speaker 1: two minute drive right before the half, they could be
Speaker 1: It rises to the occasion he's a game. Something to
Speaker 1: be said about that. Yeah, so it is. Now the
Speaker 1: whole thing is how much will we see the third
Speaker 1: quarterback during the regular season. Well, that's the other thing.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't expect to see him very much at all,
Speaker 1: unless it's a guy like Tim Tebow. That if the
Speaker 1: Eagles were to get in a position where they wanted
Speaker 1: to either run a two point conversion or they wanted
Speaker 1: to give you different options on a short yard and situation,
Speaker 1: I could see sort of a guy like Tim Tebow
Speaker 1: being used. But if you're talking about Matt Barkley being
Speaker 1: the third stream quarterback, the only way I see him
Speaker 1: playing is if there's a disaster at the first and
Speaker 1: second quarterback position. Tim Tebow is a guy who could
Speaker 1: play based on a specialty of play. All right, So
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Speaker 1: is no such place as Morrisville, Alaska, So at least
Speaker 1: I can add that to my geographic knowledge. Yeah, but
Speaker 1: there is a Georgia and Lewis from Georgia is now
Speaker 1: calling the show. Lewis, Welcome to the Postgame Show. What
Speaker 1: are your thoughts on tonight's game? Hey, what's up, guys. Hey,
Speaker 1: I go to talk to you. I appreciate you guys.
Speaker 1: Get get in my call. Hey, Well, you know, saw
Speaker 1: the game to night, and you know you always think
Speaker 1: to see players getting caught and um, you know, they're
Speaker 1: human beings, you know, they they work to get a
Speaker 1: job and stuff. You know, you know, Timpe was a
Speaker 1: great person, and you know everybody and there's probably a
Speaker 1: great person. But you know, uh, you know, football wise,
Speaker 1: you know, you know, you don't even know if the
Speaker 1: Eagles we'll even keep you know, four quarterbacks or three quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, they might just keep two. You mean, you
Speaker 1: do need depth for the end of the season for
Speaker 1: like the long you know, but teams and all that.
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be interesting to see what Chip Philly does.
Speaker 1: But uh, I am, I am excited about the Eagles
Speaker 1: this season. I've been Eagles fans since uh since I
Speaker 1: can remember a little boy. So I mean, hopefully, you know,
Speaker 1: this will be a great year and you know, hopefully
Speaker 1: does does a good decisions and you know, just so
Speaker 1: I wish the all the players, you know, not the
Speaker 1: ones that don't don't even make the team, you know,
Speaker 1: to make other teams you know, and you know a
Speaker 1: room from Chad Bailey, you know, get from Philadelphia stuff.
Speaker 1: But yeah, that's it's all about it. I gotta say. So.
Speaker 1: I appreciate you. Gotta kicking my car. Hopefully we'll see
Speaker 1: you down there in Atlanta. Yeah, the season opener in
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. I guess I never thought about
Speaker 1: the fact that the Eagles could possibly just go with
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks and then maybe look for someone on the outside.
Speaker 1: I don't I feel like one of them has played
Speaker 1: well enough. Yeah, there's me either case. I think one
Speaker 1: of them is going to be the guy in that position. So,
Speaker 1: I mean, quarterback play, it's so tough to fund good
Speaker 1: quality of it at any level that you know, it's
Speaker 1: you gotta be happy what you have here. Yeah, I agree,
Speaker 1: And I think obviously Chip has the option of going
Speaker 1: into the season with just two quarterbacks if that's what
Speaker 1: he choose to do. There are some teams that will
Speaker 1: do that because they need the extra roster spot at
Speaker 1: another position of need due to injury or what have you.
Speaker 1: The Eagles will look at their roster and totality and
Speaker 1: decide whether or not they want to do that, whether
Speaker 1: or not a fifth safety or a sixth safety or
Speaker 1: a seventh corner is worth keeping on a team, or
Speaker 1: an extra linebacker because of Marcus Smith's situation and possibly
Speaker 1: Demiko's situation, is a necessity as opposed to a third
Speaker 1: string quarterback who more than likely will not dress on Sunday.
Speaker 1: So that's a difficult position as GM and head coach
Speaker 1: that Chip Kelly has or Ed Menowiz has when you're
Speaker 1: trying to put together a final put together a final
Speaker 1: roster to get you ready to go to Atlanta, and again,
Speaker 1: you got to think about the best fifty three guys
Speaker 1: that are going to give you an opportunity to win,
Speaker 1: and it's really all about how the coaching staff, in
Speaker 1: particular Chip Kelly envisions using those third string guys. Again,
Speaker 1: if you're only planning to use Matt Barkley in case
Speaker 1: of an emergency when you if you lose your first
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks, well that makes him less valuable to the team. Now,
Speaker 1: Tim Tebow, if he's a guy that you're planning to
Speaker 1: use here and there and you want to use him
Speaker 1: as a sort of way to switch up and get
Speaker 1: a deepens a different look, well he's going to be
Speaker 1: a value to Chip Kelly because he doesn't have to
Speaker 1: wait until the first two quarterbacks get injured in order
Speaker 1: to use him the way he sees fit to use him.
Speaker 1: And we know anything about this coach, he loves diversity
Speaker 1: and versatility in his players. That's where he wants guys
Speaker 1: that can feel multiple roles. The more you can do,
Speaker 1: the more likely you'll be around. And just based on
Speaker 1: those premises and what Chip Kelly has done in the past,
Speaker 1: it'sn't no brainer to me. And I've been saying that
Speaker 1: since they signed a guy Tim Tebows should be an
Speaker 1: Eagle this year. Here's the thing. If you keep all
Speaker 1: three and assuming that Tebow is the third quarterback, do
Speaker 1: you make all three active on game day? And that's
Speaker 1: a position that the Eagles didn't have last year. Last
Speaker 1: year they activated Nick Foles and Mark Sanchez, and then
Speaker 1: when it wasn't Folds, it was Matt Barkley. So obviously
Speaker 1: you're gonna want Mark Sanchez just in case something happens
Speaker 1: to Sam Bradford. But in the third if you have
Speaker 1: the third quarterback active, that's gonna take away from maybe
Speaker 1: it's aligneman, maybe it's a receiver, maybe it's someone on defense,
Speaker 1: or maybe more important, it's special teams. You know, there
Speaker 1: are a lot of special team snaps that the Eagles
Speaker 1: have to replace from last season. And I think the
Speaker 1: Eagles have ads some players guys I shaded here two
Speaker 1: two who are up to the task of doing that.
Speaker 1: But still, if you're gonna now have a third quarterback
Speaker 1: active on game day, that's gonna take away from somewhere else.
Speaker 1: So that's something that the Eagles will have to consider
Speaker 1: in there. So we're gonna go now it's an enemies territory.
Speaker 1: I don't know which team he is a fan of.
Speaker 1: Lorenzo from Dallas. Welcome to the post game show for
Speaker 1: san Rico. Yess how y'all doing. I'm coming from Dallas. Um,
Speaker 1: I do not like the Cowboys. I just want to say,
Speaker 1: first and foremost, thank you very much. This conversation off. Yeah, yes, sir, so,
Speaker 1: I feel like we do need three quarterbacks on our
Speaker 1: depth chart due to Sam Bradford's history, uh, injury history
Speaker 1: and uh, I mean, I have high hopes for Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford and I believe in them, but I'm just you
Speaker 1: that always gotta have a precautionary and with Mark Sanchez,
Speaker 1: you know he's had his ups and downs, and I
Speaker 1: think Tim Tebow brings another dynamic to the field. Um
Speaker 1: that you know, Matt Barkson can't really match, but Matt
Speaker 1: Barkley does has it has his upside as well. But
Speaker 1: I just and I'm te believer as well. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: get that in the question whatsoever. Thank you very much
Speaker 1: for the phone call, so deep throw my man Tebow
Speaker 1: through that very nice. Nice How about Freddie Martino? Yeah,
Speaker 1: the guy who look he's in a tough roster spot
Speaker 1: because you already have I think six guys pretty much
Speaker 1: set in there. I know Rashie Bailey was knocking on
Speaker 1: the door, but Freddie Martino made a couple of nice plays.
Speaker 1: He's been in the league for a couple of years.
Speaker 1: You know what, maybe he can land a job somewhere else.
Speaker 1: And here's the only thing. Let me just make this
Speaker 1: clear about Matt Barkley and his situation. If he so
Speaker 1: happens to not be here after the final cuts, that
Speaker 1: may also be a good thing for Matt Barkley to get.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, fresh start, a fresh start somewhere.
Speaker 1: So he's been here three years, that's a possibility either way.
Speaker 1: You're gonna have a good football team with good players.
Speaker 1: So this is a good issue to half a Jim
Speaker 1: Kelly when you're trying to decide between several good players
Speaker 1: to make your final three roster. Hopefully we're not talking
Speaker 1: much about the third quarterback exactly. That's the biggest thing,
Speaker 1: and that's what this point we will that's true. Understand
Speaker 1: that is true. Yes, we will build into that. You know,
Speaker 1: most talked about third stream quarterback in the league. So
Speaker 1: the Eagles open up the regular season Monday Night Football,
Speaker 1: September fourteenth against the Atlanta Falcons. I believe it was
Speaker 1: ten years ago Eagles opened up against the Atlanta Falcons.
Speaker 1: I don't remember that game. The Eagles were defending Nancy champions.
Speaker 1: This gentleman next to me was on that Eagles team.
Speaker 1: Then he became a member of the Falcons in free agency,
Speaker 1: cashing rightfully. So after a great season and start a
Speaker 1: little little brew haha so to speak. I did not
Speaker 1: start this brew haha, but for some reason I cannot
Speaker 1: shake the label of starting this. So I can't wait
Speaker 1: till this Atlanta Falcons game is over with, so I
Speaker 1: don't have to relive this moment anymore. We'll move on
Speaker 1: from it. So again the Eagles, he didn't from Yes,
Speaker 1: I believe it just had to bring up one last time,
Speaker 1: so he again from seventy five to fifty three by
Speaker 1: Saturday at four pm. If it happens any sooner, head
Speaker 1: coach Chip Kelly, imagine we'll host a press conference. We
Speaker 1: will carry that live right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com.
Speaker 1: I believe the Eagles are gonna be back on Tuesday
Speaker 1: for their next round of practice as they begin training
Speaker 1: for the Monday and they show down with the Falcons.
Speaker 1: Eagles three to sixty. This season debut kicks off at
Speaker 1: five PM, so make sure you're tune in for that,
Speaker 1: so we have complete coverage throughout the weekend of all
Speaker 1: the roster moves. Again, the Eagles had to get to
Speaker 1: fifty three. They're gonna have to form a practice squad,
Speaker 1: and there could be some other moves depending on what
Speaker 1: other teams around the league do. So definitely stay tuned
Speaker 1: here all weekend long. He's like frees, I'm Chris McPherson,
Speaker 1: thank you very much for joining us here on the
Speaker 1: preseason finale of the Postgame Show Prison by Rico