Speaker 1: Where was that, Doug or honestly, but we were both
Speaker 1: thinking the same thing at the same time. Um, I
Speaker 1: went over there to talk to him and say this
Speaker 1: might be a good time and he pointed to the
Speaker 1: call sheet and I was like, That's what I was
Speaker 1: coming over here for. So it, uh, yeah worked again.
Speaker 1: What's going through your mind as you guys make that
Speaker 1: play call to kind of ignite the offense? You know,
Speaker 1: in games like this, Atlanta is a tremendous team. M
Speaker 1: their defense did an amazing job tonight. Mixed sense to coverage.
Speaker 1: They did really good job in their man coverage tonight. Um,
Speaker 1: But like in the in the game, right there where
Speaker 1: it's third down, you need it, you need a big conversion,
Speaker 1: but you also want to get some momentum going. So
Speaker 1: we knew that we could probably get him a man
Speaker 1: coverage at that time. So, um, they don't really account
Speaker 1: for me and they dropped me, gave me a little
Speaker 1: bit of time. Nelly got on the edge and made
Speaker 1: a great throw um. But yeah, I think that was
Speaker 1: just a huge momentum boost for us during the game
Speaker 1: when when you guys are having kidding it were rhythm offensively,
Speaker 1: what's the key to kind of battling through it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it's never fun. Um, that's a like I
Speaker 1: said that defense they played ice out tonight. They did
Speaker 1: a great job, and I think the big thing is
Speaker 1: just continue to communicate on the lines, Um, just continue
Speaker 1: to keep working one play at a time. Um, this
Speaker 1: game's not easy. Winning in the NFL is not easy,
Speaker 1: especially against a team like Atlanta. So it's just no
Speaker 1: one freaked out. Everyone take it easy. Like we keep
Speaker 1: looking at the pictures, we keep talking about the plays.
Speaker 1: We go out there and we execute. We stay calm
Speaker 1: in the huddle, and the guys did a great job
Speaker 1: all night of staying calm in the huddle. Just continue
Speaker 1: to work. When when we get behind the change, just
Speaker 1: continue to work. And you know, it was a dogfight
Speaker 1: all night. Our defense did a great job. When Atlanta
Speaker 1: got in the red zone, really helped us out. And
Speaker 1: you know it was it was a really great team winning.
Speaker 1: I do you feel like you're really starting to get
Speaker 1: in the rhythm when did? I? Personally, those are one
Speaker 1: of those unique games where, um, you know, it's not
Speaker 1: really a rhythm thing. It's just you're gonna fight all game. Um,
Speaker 1: they did a great job of you know, playing us,
Speaker 1: playing you know, covering us, doing zone, doing man, going
Speaker 1: to high safeties. They don't do that a lot, you know.
Speaker 1: And it's just one of those things where it wasn't
Speaker 1: a rhythmic game. But I thought our guys fought hard,
Speaker 1: and I thought we you know, we made some big
Speaker 1: plays when we needed to. Our defense did a great
Speaker 1: job special teams. But it's just it was a very
Speaker 1: unique game, you know. But the next team you played
Speaker 1: was you know, ectomized by a quarterback catch as well.
Speaker 1: I mean not really. I mean, if you can get
Speaker 1: a team at the right time, Um, sometimes it's great
Speaker 1: to have it, you know in there. Um you also need,
Speaker 1: you know, to be able to catch it and everything.
Speaker 1: But I love having plays like that. Our team loves,
Speaker 1: I mean everyone loves a good trick play. You know,
Speaker 1: you were catching pass that you were running patterns and
Speaker 1: the and the warm ups wasn't was it? Especially because
Speaker 1: this play was Actually I do that every warm up,
Speaker 1: and I just it's a way for me to go
Speaker 1: out there and be a kid for a little bit
Speaker 1: warm with a body catch. I've I've done it my
Speaker 1: entire life and something that I still do. I think
Speaker 1: some coaches probably think I'm crazy doing it, but it's
Speaker 1: something I enjoy doing. Not very similar to last year,
Speaker 1: this team just seems to find a way to get
Speaker 1: a win no matter what the circumstances are. The defensible
Speaker 1: line stand. What does it say about the character of
Speaker 1: this team to make up a very similar group to
Speaker 1: be able to do this again. I mean it's the NFL.
Speaker 1: Winning games is so tough, and I'd say the big
Speaker 1: thing with our team is we never turn on each other.
Speaker 1: You know, on the sidelines, if you know the offense
Speaker 1: is struggling, we're not. You know, the defense is they're
Speaker 1: going out there and they're gonna get the ball back
Speaker 1: for us. That's their mindset. They have our backs vice versa.
Speaker 1: If the defense, you know, gives up a couple of plays,
Speaker 1: hey we're gonna go out there. We're gonna help you.
Speaker 1: Special teams is, you know, the center of everything. So
Speaker 1: I think when you have a team like that, you know,
Speaker 1: through out a tough game like this where there's not
Speaker 1: a lot of rhythm, I mean that's you know, that's
Speaker 1: how you have to win games. You lean on each other,
Speaker 1: you never turn on each other, and that's what's built here.
Speaker 1: That's the character of this team. Nelson a lot early
Speaker 1: and then throughout the game. Was that just what they
Speaker 1: were giving you defensively? Was that a point of emphasis?
Speaker 1: How did that kind of play out? Yeah? A lot
Speaker 1: of times. You know, I mean, Nelson's a great receiver
Speaker 1: as a guy I have a lot of trust in
Speaker 1: he does a great job of getting open. And a
Speaker 1: lot of times too, it's just going through my progressions
Speaker 1: and just getting the ball to him, get into him. Um.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think it was more just going through
Speaker 1: my plays and you know, he finds a way to
Speaker 1: get open. Well, I low to get on the gadget
Speaker 1: play Malcolm Jenkins that he hadn't he didn't know that
Speaker 1: was in the playbook. He hadn't seen it at practice. Went,
Speaker 1: when's the last time you guys practice that the Philly Philly. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know if we're still calling this version. Well,
Speaker 1: the first version was the Philly Special. This is actually
Speaker 1: Philly Philly. I miscalled it, I guess in the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: So it got both so now we have a Philly Philly. Um. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we did it one time in practice and uh, he
Speaker 1: was probably watching film, you know, his offense defense. But yeah,
Speaker 1: we got one good rep. So I was Carson on
Speaker 1: the sideline helping you. Obviously he he wanted to be
Speaker 1: out there started starting this game. How did he you know,
Speaker 1: take that? I mean just like he always does. You know,
Speaker 1: we we sit over there as a quarterback group, we
Speaker 1: go through the pictures, we talk about what you know,
Speaker 1: I they asked me what I'm seeing. I asked them
Speaker 1: what they're seeing. And it's a group effort um. That's
Speaker 1: how it was at the end of the season. That's
Speaker 1: how it is now. And you know, we have a
Speaker 1: really great quarterback room. It's fun to go work with
Speaker 1: him because you know, they're guys that you know, we
Speaker 1: can talk about those situations and help you help each
Speaker 1: other out what do the offense? Which just getting just
Speaker 1: getting Darren out there is awesome. You know, he's such
Speaker 1: a tremendous player. He's an amazing teammate, one of my
Speaker 1: favorite teammates of all time. So just to have him
Speaker 1: out there, it means a lot. He's so dynamic, he
Speaker 1: can do you know, so many different things. But I
Speaker 1: think just who he is and what he represents and
Speaker 1: his work ethic. I mean, you know, he just brings
Speaker 1: everyone together, which is really special. How does how does
Speaker 1: already burdens as a passer? I mean there are different players.
Speaker 1: I mean Trey was like a tight end um, I
Speaker 1: was a passer. Sorry, I thought you were going, My bad.
Speaker 1: It's what time is it? One twenty? They're both they
Speaker 1: both put the ball on the money, so they're they're
Speaker 1: both two for you know, one for one on one
Speaker 1: for one. So you know, hats off to that have
Speaker 1: to do to get better with before do you feel
Speaker 1: like this? I think we just keep working. You know,
Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna watch this film, We're gonna be critical,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna keep working, you know, one day at
Speaker 1: a time. That's what we always do. I mean, we've
Speaker 1: we've played a lot of football. Football is not this
Speaker 1: in the NFL is not easy. Win these games isn't easy.
Speaker 1: I think that's what we lean on. But there's a
Speaker 1: lot of stuff we have to clean up, and you know,
Speaker 1: we have the guys that are going to be critical
Speaker 1: of one another to do that. So when we get
Speaker 1: back into the facility, we'll go about it like we
Speaker 1: always do and get better. Philly Philly is different than
Speaker 1: the Philly Special. It's just almost exactly like the play
Speaker 1: the Patriots ran against you guys, what are your thoughts
Speaker 1: on that that you end up stealing the play that
Speaker 1: failed in the last game you play. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: a good play, um, I think you know, it's just
Speaker 1: one of those things where there's a lot of you know,
Speaker 1: even the Philly Special it have been ran on different
Speaker 1: levels of football, is just not at that certain time
Speaker 1: in a super Bowl in that situation. That's what made
Speaker 1: it so unique. And the name of the play, I
Speaker 1: think that you know, this league, there's a lot of
Speaker 1: great plays, there's a lot of great minds. So when
Speaker 1: you see something like that that's unique and it works well,
Speaker 1: you know, you try to execute it like they do. So,
Speaker 1: I mean it's a good play, A kind of game
Speaker 1: on the way now with the batter man of the
Speaker 1: Burl and now you have one win and on the
Speaker 1: focus so pretty much for the most of the team
Speaker 1: on the season and now officially the focus was big
Speaker 1: on the season, alleys, Data sevente is all over pretty much. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, obviously it's a great honor at night. Um.
Speaker 1: I know, this city and Philadelphia Eagle fans all around,
Speaker 1: and us as players, you know this is an exciting momentum,
Speaker 1: but yes, it's it's really great to you know, get
Speaker 1: a win in week one, especially on this stage with
Speaker 1: everything going around. There's a lot going around the city today.
Speaker 1: It felt honestly like it was like a playoff game
Speaker 1: sort of atmosphere. You know, our crowd was so loud.
Speaker 1: There's a lot going on. I mean, trying to get
Speaker 1: to the game was hard to shoot. I had to
Speaker 1: get try to get here really early because I was
Speaker 1: in traffic. Um. But you know, it is nice to
Speaker 1: move on and you know, improve and now get the
Speaker 1: season going. All. I know, you guys didn't watch the ceremonies.
Speaker 1: I mean, you guys in the locker room during the ceremonies,
Speaker 1: did you at all catch yourself looking up at that
Speaker 1: banner at all? During the game. I saw when I
Speaker 1: ran out there and I started waring. I glanced uff once.
Speaker 1: But you know, I was so focused on just playing
Speaker 1: this game, playing against the Falcons. I know, I've watched
Speaker 1: them on film. I played against them last year. I
Speaker 1: knew it was gonna take every ounce of energy I
Speaker 1: had to, you know, just focus in and not pay
Speaker 1: attention to everything else going on. But yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: it's great, it's a great honor having that banner up there.
Speaker 1: It'll be there forever um and I know that all
Speaker 1: the fans and everyone are super proud of it. And
Speaker 1: you know, not knowing just how much longer you may
Speaker 1: or may not start with Wentz a situation, how important
Speaker 1: for you not to kind of let your mind wander
Speaker 1: and just stay locked in as if you're going to start,
Speaker 1: no matter what the circumstances. Yeah, I mean I think
Speaker 1: that's where, you know, I just take it one day
Speaker 1: at a time. And I've said it all along. You
Speaker 1: try to prepare as a starter, but there is you know,
Speaker 1: it's a unique situation. But um, that's the where I
Speaker 1: just you know, stay in the momentum, the everything I
Speaker 1: have to my teammates, Um, prepare like I always do,
Speaker 1: and then we'll see what happens. To take one more
Speaker 1: from Zach and your time in here both stants. The
Speaker 1: games haven't always been pretty, but you tend to win
Speaker 1: much more than you lose. Why is that? Is there
Speaker 1: something to that? It's just people I work with. I've
Speaker 1: always said, you know this, you know this team, the
Speaker 1: people that work at you know the novercare facility. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, the care of everyone there doesn't matter who
Speaker 1: you are, not just the football players. You know, it's
Speaker 1: a special place to work. It's a camaraderie. Um, it's
Speaker 1: a family. And you know, it's not just about excess
Speaker 1: and o's in this game. We always try to make
Speaker 1: it excess and nose, but it's not. It's it's not
Speaker 1: turning on one another. It's going to work every day
Speaker 1: and enjoying where you work and staying longer because you
Speaker 1: just enjoy being there. So I've been fortunate, you know,
Speaker 1: in my stints in Philly to you know, work in
Speaker 1: a great environment, at a great facility with great people,
Speaker 1: and I really you know, pay tribute to them for
Speaker 1: us being able to pull out these tough wins. Okay,
Speaker 1: thank you for