WEBVTT - Eagles Win 24 - 8! 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:27.400 That makes it three and oh for the Birds after 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:31.440 twenty four to eight win. Bombs away, Jalen hurts forty 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:34.080 five yards of DeVante Smith and this is how it 0:00:34.120 --> 0:00:37.479 went on the defensive side of the ball. Nine sacks today, 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:41.520 one after another after another. It was a long day 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:47.480 for Carson Wentz. Welcome to the postgame show, presented by Rico. 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:50.159 I'm Gabriella de Givanni, joined by fran Duffy and I 0:00:50.320 --> 0:01:02.920 grace like, oh boy, oh boy, you can't see it. 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:05.280 There's an IFB in my ear right. That's for like 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:07.520 the studio to be able to communicate with me. No, 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:09.520 it's an ear plug because I knew that this was 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:13.000 coming after this game. Nine sacks, nine Just a ridiculous 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:15.720 performance from this Eagles defense. DeVante Smith goes off the 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:18.880 offense very efficient. Just what a win, huge win. The 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:23.399 Birds are undefeated and victory work. Just an awesome job 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:26.280 by his team. You know, on a short week, going 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:29.000 to play a divisional opponent that's coming off the loss. 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:30.840 I thought this will be a little bit of a 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:34.640 tougher game. The final score doesn't really tell you the 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.560 story of today's game. I thought the offense was just 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:40.760 dominant and flawless in that first half, and the defense 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:43.600 really for four quarters. I mean, the defense just really 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:46.160 had their hand on the pulse of this game from 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:48.440 the jump. I think it was two or three sacks 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:51.440 in the first series against Washington or og the game, 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:53.680 so they let you know what the tone and how 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:55.480 the temple at this game was going to play out. 0:01:55.720 --> 0:02:00.720 Just an outstanding job from this Eagles offense. Defense, just 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:02.880 a just a total effort today. They had five sacks 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:05.760 in the first eight dropbacks for Washington, just got after 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:08.679 Carson wentz from the jump. And it wasn't a ton 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:10.519 of blitzing. I'm excited to go back and watch and 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:13.200 just see exactly how many blitzes the Eagles sent. But 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:16.000 it was mainly the four man rush and everybody was 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:19.120 involved with this one. We saw Hassan Reddick called that one. 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:23.240 We saw Hassan Reddick, we saw Josh Sweat, Brandon Graham, 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:25.480 Fletcher Cox, the guys came in waves. It was a 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:27.359 it was a party at the quarterback. We're gonna keep 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.360 digging into the exes and o's here. But if you 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:32.560 haven't noticed me, Brandon Ike, we match today. I know 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.720 ever everyone's clicking on all the Winders, not just the Eagles. Well, 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:37.519 this is how it went down today. Frann and I 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:39.520 showed up to the kickoff show. We did not plan 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:41.720 to match. We said, let's see if Ike we'll pick 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:43.480 up on this. So we tweeted at him. He said, 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:46.720 well he get the memo. Ike got the memo. This 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.720 is how he responded to me on Twitter. And then 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:57.560 he showed up with a matching tie and pocket swear. Awesome, 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:01.000 awesome job by us. We listen, we're in, um, we're 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.520 in uh what is it called concert? We're in together 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:07.120 mid season mideason form. Yeah, and you said you're gonna 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:09.400 wear that anyway. Yeah. I was kind of already in 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:11.959 my sort of pink form this teague, as I did 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:15.560 with the game day show over the peak on. So, um, 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:19.239 it's great that we all thinking alike. The synergy. That's 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:22.240 the one. You go, there, you go. That's my Ohio 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:26.680 State degree as opposed by Michigan State. How long is 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:32.160 the show? Five minutes? In tough weekends. Okay, all right, 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:34.200 we're gonna get things back on track here. Let's go 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:36.280 to the offense. First twenty four points. They were all 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:38.520 put up in the second quarter. What I liked about 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:41.040 this game is that first quarter was a little slow. 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:44.400 Jalen Hurst was challenged a little bit, but he responded. 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:46.920 The whole offense adjusted and they just kept putting points 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:48.840 up on the board. Here's the thing that I noticed 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:52.560 about Jalen to date Washington at times weren't in bad 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:57.120 coverage situations. Jalen gave his guys the opportunity to go 0:03:57.280 --> 0:03:59.160 up and make plays. You look at this screen here 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:01.560 from Dallas Goddard. This is a nice job by Dallas 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:03.880 avoiding tackles and getting in the end zone. But there 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:06.520 were a lot of one on one situations, whether it's 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:09.880 with a J. Brown or DeVante Smith, where Jalen said, 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:12.160 I'm gonna trust my receivers and I'm gonna give them 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:14.600 an opportunity to go up and make a play, and 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:18.039 his receivers rewarded him with coming down with the catch. 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:20.640 Looking at the right bro, I mean DeVante Smith today 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.120 it may have been his best game as a pro 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:26.760 the way he looked out there today, very dominant again. 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:29.839 Jalen giving his guys the opportunity to make plays in 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:33.440 the passing game, and when your receivers go up and 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:36.359 reward you with getting a reception. Man, he's gonna have 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:39.559 that trust and confidence to go back to them even 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:42.160 when there seems to be tight coverage. There five catches 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:44.520 eighty five yards for a J. Brown. You got DeVante 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:47.320 Smith going off nearly one hundred and seventy yards receiving 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:49.680 for him. Quiz Watkins didn't have a catch in this game, 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:51.760 but he had two big plays that were drawing past 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:55.440 interference flags. So this receiving corps just ridiculous. I'm gonna 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:57.680 break down Dallas Goddard's touchdown catch a little bit later 0:04:57.680 --> 0:05:00.360 from the first half. The list of the verses, tility 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.080 of this receiving corps, it's gonna make this offense really 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:05.280 tough to stop on a weekly basis. Well after week one, 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:07.200 there was so much panic. Oh no, it's the AJ 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:10.240 Brown show. What about Davante Smith? What about the other receivers. 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:12.680 This is what's going to happen in this offense. It's 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:15.400 going to look different every single week. There's gonna be 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:16.960 a different way to get it done, and today was 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.200 a perfect example of that. Yeah, when you have the 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.920 multiple weapons that this offense has, you know, it basically 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.000 boils down to Shane steike In finding a way to 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:28.119 get different guys involved, and Jalen Hurts is his point 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:31.200 guard out there on the field to where he's gonna dishball, 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:34.040 dishball to his receivers and let them go out there 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:36.760 and make plays. So whether you're getting shortyards, players with 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.640 three staff drop in a quick throw, or when they 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:42.120 decided to take a shot deep down the field, offensive 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:45.080 line doing a great job of protecting. And Jalen really 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:48.080 his ball placement I saw really the last three weeks. 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.600 I mean these three games, he hasn't put the ball 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:53.360 in harm's way yet he has one interception on the season. 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.960 Wasn't his fault with receivers hands. I love the fact 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.760 that Jalen Hurts. I mean he is night and day 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:02.440 as far as a passer watching him this year, And 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:05.279 I'm just talking about the confidence standing back there in 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.320 the pocket and as he's going through his progressions and 0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:11.840 then delivering the ball with accuracy. You could really see 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:14.080 that the hard work that he's put in this off 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:16.839 season paying off the first three games. And that's the 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.039 thing is that he had a huge day Jalen Hurts. 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:20.960 But it's not like, oh, well, he threw for one 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:23.440 eighty and he ran for ninety a touchdown. No, he 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:25.680 only ran for twenty yards in the day. This team 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:28.039 as a whole only ran for seventy two. And again, 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:30.480 that's the big thing that I keep harping on with 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:32.960 this offense is that they've got answers for whatever the 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.600 defense is gonna throw at them on any given Sunday. 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:37.840 Because hey, one day they're gonna try and take a J. 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:39.800 Brown away. Okay, that's fine, We're gonna go to some 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:42.240 of these other pass catchers. Sometimes the pass game might 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.280 not be clicking in general, let's rely on the run 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:47.040 game today. Only seventy two yards rushing, all right, Well, 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.120 now it's gonna be a throw day. And that's exactly 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.040 what the Eagles did to beat up on this Washington 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.080 Commander secondary. As to keep breaking things down here, Eagles fans, 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:57.440 be sure to go to the Facebook comments on the show. Askike. 0:06:57.480 --> 0:06:59.120 You can ask him anything. Will wear them on the 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:02.279 show here, and I will answer them with all the 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:04.920 caffeine and a system. Yeah, well, here's what I loved 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.680 about today. You know, forhand, sometimes we look at matchups 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.720 going into games and we feel like, okay, the Eagles 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.320 were having advantage in this area or that area, and 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:13.800 then you don't know if they're going to actually go 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:16.440 out there and try to exploit that. This week, you 0:07:16.520 --> 0:07:20.160 knew that the Washington secondary couldn't hold up in coverage, 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:22.360 and if you gave Jalen Hurts time, he would have 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.840 played down the field. The Eagles made sure they took 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:29.120 advantage of that. Defensively. This Washington offensive line coming in 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:31.760 here banged up, you knew there would be some opportunities 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:33.920 Detroit last week. I think they got five or six 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:37.200 sacks against this offensive line, So you knew that the 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:40.480 Eagles defense wouldn't necessarily have to bring extra pressure. Our 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:42.880 guys up front, the front four would have to do 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:45.520 their job beating one on one blocks, and that's exactly 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:48.440 what they did today. They exploited the weaknesses of this 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:52.240 Washington offense with the fact that they attacked the offensive 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:56.040 line and they attacked downfield against this Washington secondary. We 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:59.160 talked about that guard center guard combination coming into this game. 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:01.960 Was that didn't three for Washington could be had, and 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.360 early on we talked about five sacks in the first 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:07.760 fifteen plays for Washington's offense. You could just go back 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:09.200 and forth. It was like a ping pong. The center 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:11.239 would slide to the right. All right, Well, now Javon 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:13.040 Hargray is gonna get the pressure right, we gotta slide 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:14.840 back the other way. Well, here comes Fletcher Cocks for 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.200 a sack. So really, you gotta pick your poison. If 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.760 you're an opposing offensive line. When the defensive front is 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:21.840 humming like it was today, they are tough to block. 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:26.120 Nine sacks the most times that Wentz has gotten sacked 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:29.480 in his career. Entering this game, Brandon Graham and Fletcher 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:32.360 Cocks were tied for most career sacks, and then they 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:34.760 were going back and forth. Fletcher surpassed him in the game, 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.880 then BG got to him, then Flesh past him. I 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:39.760 think Big wanted today. He had two and a half 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.040 sacks on the day. But Brandon Graham, guys, we said 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:44.320 this when we were all watching the game, thirteen years 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:47.080 in the NFL. He's out there flying around like he's 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:50.160 like a three year dude. Those old dogs can steal 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:54.200 hun Fletcher and BG best of friends. They won a 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:57.520 championship here together. I'll never forget, you know, those two 0:08:57.520 --> 0:08:59.960 guys breaking down that play were branding out the strip 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:02.440 sack against Tom Brady in the Super Bowl, and how 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.040 they had been setting up that guard tackle combination over 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:07.120 there and they were switching in and out. These two 0:09:07.160 --> 0:09:10.559 guys are best of friends and they're out there competing 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:12.480 against each other. So when you're bringing that up, Ellen, 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:17.440 when Fletcher gets a set, yeah, Brandon is so great competition. 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:20.240 Those old dogs can still hunt and doing it from 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:22.480 a number of different techniques. In front. We've seen Brandon 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:25.440 Graham lineup inside and outside. Two and a half sacks today, 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:28.800 five hits on quarterback Carson Wentz and also active in 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:31.199 the run game as well. Fletcher Cox was really strong 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:33.800 against the Washington run game. So again, just looking at 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:36.000 this defensive front, all the different ways that they can 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:39.120 attack opposing offenses. It's just a fun team. This is 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:40.880 a fun team for three weeks and they're having fun. 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:42.439 You can tell they're having fun. But when you talk 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:46.080 about tackling, I your boys, the linebackers, they're leaving the way. 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:48.640 T J. Edwards had ten again the leading tackler two 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:50.679 weeks in a row. Kaiser White right behind them with 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:53.760 nine total tackles seven forty three. I love both of them, man, 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:56.679 They usually find their way to the big skin, and 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:58.800 if you're defensive coordinated, that's what you want out of 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:01.959 your linebackers. Get to the football, and these guys make 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:04.840 plays in the run game and in the passing game. 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:06.959 And I like the fact that both of them they 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:10.840 rarely miss tackles in the open field. Very good shore tacklers. 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:12.840 They don't get panicked when they see a running back 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.240 or a tight end catch the ball in the open field. 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.320 They usually know how to break down and secure it 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:20.520 a tackle. Love with t J. Edwards and Kaiser Whine 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:22.559 is doing it that linebacker position. You know, one thing 0:10:22.559 --> 0:10:24.720 that both guys are doing really really well is something 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:27.760 that linebackers coach Nick Rallis he really harped on when 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.200 I had him one on one last summer going into 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:33.480 that first season. Block attention. So no matter who they're 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:35.520 trying to take on, if it's an offensive lineman, if 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:37.880 it's a tight end, a full back, you see them 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:41.160 square up to that blocker full extension, both hands right 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:43.120 into the opponent's chest and then you go stack and 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:45.480 shed immediately. But it's not like they're ever getting ear 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.880 hold everything that they see. You're able to get square, 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:50.800 stack and shed time after time after time. T J. 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:54.040 Edwards ten tackles, two TFLs. He gets the sack in 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:56.160 the fourth quarter. This guy has been playing so so 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:59.600 well through three weeks. Plays down heel. Yes, the attacks. 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.719 You know, you could play the linebacker position tentatively and 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:05.800 you allow you catch blocks or you allowed blockers to 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:08.800 get into your chest, and it's a difficult time shedding 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.600 the blocks and then making the tackles. Our linebackers do 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.960 a great job of coming downhill. They strike, they delivered 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.160 the blow, and then like Fran was just saying, they 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:19.880 do a great job of shedding the blocks and getting 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:22.960 to the ball carrier. Great job by these guys being 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:26.040 able to play a physical brand of football, which really 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:28.840 isn't allowed very much in the NFL to day at 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.160 that position. They do a great job of being able 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.640 to play physical even though their their best attributes are 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:38.640 probably their athleticism and their speed, particularly in the passing game. 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.880 They are showing that they will show up in the 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:44.120 run game as well. All Right, we talked about DeVante 0:11:44.120 --> 0:11:48.439 Smiths having such a big day. He's now at the podium. Good, 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:50.840 I can't go flow. Are you feeling after what happened 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:55.000 for the forty four yard man, I recommend don't know 0:11:55.040 --> 0:12:02.160 abody to do that? Where right? Everything? Yuh, we'll be 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.120 talking before in the off season though getting stronger. Um. 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:06.720 But it seem like also we saw on the pre 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:08.800 Hurn train kit which you're starting to win all the 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:10.599 balls in the air. How did you go about that? 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.319 That's got I mean as a receiver and that's what 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:15.439 it comes down to, fifty fifty balls, you gotta win it. 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:17.439 I mean the trust that Jayalen has and all the 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.079 receivers just I mean it's our ball, no nobody's ball. 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:23.079 So um, just being there with him, Um, just being 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:24.880 able to make sure that if we don't come down, 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:27.760 we didn't nobody comes down with it. What's your mindset? Man, 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:29.439 when you see the ball coming your way and you 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:32.280 know it's gonna be like a fifty fifty type nobody? 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:36.000 Could you could you take us through the last play 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.000 of the first half? Um, you know when you saw 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:41.199 their specifically win the ball is coming along my ball 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:44.120 to nobody? How much was that gonna get back out 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:46.160 there because you had to get a playoff the bield? 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:47.640 How much where you kind of pushing and get back 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:49.240 on the bield? I mean, I just I just had 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:50.959 to catch my breath. You not have to win out myself. 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:52.559 I just need to catch my breath, that's all. What 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:54.600 was that sequence like for you? Because you made the catch, 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:56.480 you went off, Then there was the run on third down. 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:58.000 You guys had to scramble to the line. What was 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.160 what was that? Lef was a chaot um? Yeah, just 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:02.600 because I mean the play that was called, I mean, 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:04.760 we didn't necessarily didn't happen in the game plan. So 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:06.560 you just gotta be riddy. You never know what's gonna 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:08.320 come up. And I mean everybody was on the same page, 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.880 and I feel we executed it well. I didn't take 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:15.520 it the call for you, I mean, how does that feel? 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:17.880 I mean, I know you're a team guy, but you know, 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.679 putting up numbers and stuff like that, the records that 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.360 come with it, how do you feel about that? I mean, 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:26.240 trust my training, preparation, to way prepare. I mean that's 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:28.520 what it comes down to, not just me, but the team. Um, 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:30.000 the way we prepare, the way we go out there 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.120 and tack every practice. I feel like that's what's god 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:37.319 of what we are now. Always you said that the 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.440 play to you touchdown wasn't in the game plan. Yeah, 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:42.240 I mean it was a play that said we haven't 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:44.199 talked about in the minute, but everybody's just been on 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.240 the same page. I mean it's in. We didn't ran 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:47.959 it before, but it wasn't necessary in the game plan. 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:49.840 But that comes down to our coaches trusting to school. 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:55.240 I think it's cute whatever they call um. It kind 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:56.760 of came out of nowhere. I didn't even know they 0:13:56.840 --> 0:14:00.440 had it. What you gets say, who's John called week 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:02.640 doing that? You know, obviously he wasn't gonna face the 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:05.000 Carson wa is certainly something that I was going to 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:06.199 do to talk about how did you how did you 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:09.160 can keep personal? Um, it's never about nobody else, always 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:11.400 about him, how he can, how he control the things 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:13.840 that he can control. So it's never about the opponent, 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:15.719 never about nobody else, Always about us and how we 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:17.599 approach the game and how we attack the day. I 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:19.280 know you were asked a lot about not having a 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.440 catch in week one, but but when that was going on, 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:24.360 did you have the confidence underneath that like this day 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:26.200 was going to come with a day like this, Like 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:28.320 I always tell y'all, you gotta make the most opportunities 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:29.840 you know. I mean, you might have a game like 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:31.600 that where you don't get the ball, you don't you know, 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:33.240 get your opportunities, but when they come, you got to 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:53.560 make most of them. Good. Thanks about good You said 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:56.400 that you guys kind of do the strengths of weaknesses 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.920 and Carson in that. But you guys really got after it. 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.480 Can you talk about that? I just think we just 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.720 made it about us. We knew what we knew about Carson, 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:06.640 but I mean we knew it was a new day. 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:08.880 He's with a new team, and he knows his issues too. 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:11.120 But we just wanted to go out there and play 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:13.080 as a team and you know, just keep getting better 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.120 our standard and our is our standard. And I'm just 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:17.920 happy that, you know, we finally got one of them 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.200 games where we got a nine SA game. We was 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:22.560 out there having fun, and you know, we just want 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:23.880 to win because we know how hard it is in 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:27.960 this league. Told me, you told Carson that you were 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.440 going to get free on him, but good luck after that. 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:33.280 Did you say anything to him after your sacked him? 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:35.640 I was just we I didn't say nothing to him 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:37.880 after the after the sacks, but before the game, we 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:39.800 had a little fun. He was just like no, I 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:42.040 know what it feels like the uh you know, the 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:44.200 here BG on the other side of it. So I 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:45.800 just told him, I hope you have a great year, 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:52.680 but just not today we're able to apply kind of him. So, um, 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:56.800 just I mean just knowing knowing Carson. I mean, I 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:58.760 felt like we just had to make sure with any 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:01.800 quarterback that you get pressure on when when you can, 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:04.400 and make sure that you keep them containing the pocket 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:06.600 because we know when you get outside the pocket. Um, 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:08.680 you know, he was a great quarterback. And so I 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.200 just felt like, you know, we just played together, um, 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:13.560 and the biggest thing for us was just making sure 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:16.640 that we do what we do and not worry about 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:18.640 nothing else. And so I think that we played together 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.720 whale to day. The defense said together even when we 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:23.160 was up, we just tried to make sure we never 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:25.880 let let off the gas. And I'm probably the boys 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:27.240 on how we fought all the way through the game 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:31.920 start fast like we did, Like, I mean, it was 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:36.240 too right off the rip boy fletched sweaty uh Javan. 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:38.920 I mean, we all was out there trying to get 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:40.760 after him, you know, and it just kind of opened 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:43.040 up for us as the game kept going uh, and 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:45.200 then you know, Carson started getting it out a little quicker. 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:47.760 But I just felt like at that point, we were 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:49.720 just making sure that we we just was putting that 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:52.320 pressure in his face, making sure that we tackle whale 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:55.200 um and yeah, just had fun with it. Man, We're 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:58.920 just having fun out there. You kind of noticed that 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:00.680 he was getting around with it, and you guys, you know, 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:04.439 I probably the first half special first half. I mean, 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:06.399 we was hitting them, and that's that's the number one 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:07.920 thing as a D lineman. You just want to hit them. 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.040 I mean, of course we was getting sacks too, but 0:17:10.160 --> 0:17:12.000 you know, them hits them hits at up and I 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:14.640 felt like we were starting where we wanted to start. 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:18.080 And I think that it was more about just making 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:20.160 sure that we didn't let up, because we know we've 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:22.399 been in this situation before. We was up and they 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:23.960 came back and beat us. So we just had to 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.400 make sure that we stayed kept our foot on the gas. 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:30.560 How much defense the office kind of started slogan, but 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.840 it seem like more than more Saxon. Guys got just 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.240 got into year after the Wall. You know, I told 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:40.000 you our year, Uh, it's gonna be games where offense carriers, 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:43.200 defense carriers, UM special teams sometimes make a play to 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:46.119 put us back in the game. But I just think that, uh, 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:48.760 you know, the guys just we just didn't matter. It 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:50.560 didn't matter what the offense did. We just know if 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:52.080 we got three points, we was gonna make sure we 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:54.440 kept my design. That was the goal. And so I 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:57.320 felt like the defense today, we just want to make 0:17:57.359 --> 0:17:59.320 sure we just keep getting better because like the first 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:01.560 game we played the Troy, we kind of let it 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:03.400 off a little bit, and I was happy it kind 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:05.560 of happened, because you know that let us know that 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:07.720 we that, yeah, we got a good team, but you see, 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:09.880 if we don't stay put with our foot on the gas, 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:11.920 that we um we just an average team if we 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.280 if we don't take care of what we gotta do, 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:17.080 and that's our responsibilities and you know, trusting one another. 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:19.440 And so I'm just happy how we just keep getting 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:21.800 better every weekend. Yeah, I just want to make sure 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:24.000 that we just keep keep our foot on the gas 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:30.120 in practice and to show up in the game. Before 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:31.960 the game, well, I was playing with I was playing 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:33.960 with it. We we had all little stuff. I didn't 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:36.840 tell him that, but yeah, I just told him you know, 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:38.880 I hope we have a great year and except today 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:40.200 that was the only thing I said. But were just 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:43.119 having having our fun with it. But uh yeah, I mean, 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:44.800