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The DiCecco Daily Postgame Show: Takeaways, Locker Room Insights From Eagles 23-19 Loss To 49ers In NFC Wild Card Round · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hey, what's up everybody? Welcome into another edition of the
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Speaker 1: Checko Daily. It's Andrew Decheco here, Eagles beat reporter for
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Speaker 1: insidethebirds dot Com, and the Eagles were not able to
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Speaker 1: pull it off. They lose in the wildcard round twenty
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Speaker 1: three to nineteen to the forty nine Ers. The season
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Speaker 1: is over, a season that's had a lot of peaks
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Speaker 1: and valleys, and it just didn't work out for him today.
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Speaker 2: The offense was not able to meet the moment.
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Speaker 1: The defense, which has carried the team most of the season,
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Speaker 1: was not able to stave off the forty nine Ers offense.
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Speaker 1: Wide receiver DeMarcus Robinson a journeyman if you will, He's
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Speaker 1: been on four teams. I believe had one hundred and
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Speaker 1: eleven yards second play of the game. He has a
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Speaker 1: sixty one yarder and he scores a touchdown in the game.
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Speaker 2: And so it just didn't go right for the Eagles.
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Speaker 1: I thought the forty nine Ers clearly outplayed them, They
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Speaker 1: out coached them on both sides of the ball, and look,
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Speaker 1: it came.
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Speaker 2: Down to the final drive.
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Speaker 1: What more can you ask for for an offense that
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Speaker 1: hasn't had a lot going for them to have the
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Speaker 1: ball in your hands with a chance to go down
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Speaker 1: the field and win the game. You saw Matthew Stafford
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Speaker 1: be able to do it and his group. You saw
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Speaker 1: Josh Allen and his group be able to do that.
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Speaker 1: The Eagles were not able to do it. They looked
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Speaker 1: for a moment like they were generating some momentum on
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Speaker 1: the field, but for the sixth time this season, they
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Speaker 1: were scoreless in the second half.
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Speaker 2: They weren't able to get it done.
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Speaker 1: On that fourth down heave to Dallas Goddard, Jalen Hurts
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Speaker 1: had to throw it somewhere and he threw it over
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Speaker 1: the middle in a double coverage and it was just
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Speaker 1: a low percentage throw that fell in complete. And the
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Speaker 1: season has to be looked at as a disappointment given
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Speaker 1: all of the plethora of playmakers on the offensive side
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Speaker 1: that didn't reach expectations. That group and defensively, that contingent
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Speaker 1: of players. It just worked and I feel like they
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Speaker 1: were really taking shape and could have been a force
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Speaker 1: in the postseason, but a lot was asked of them
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Speaker 1: throughout the season and it just wasn't realistic and it
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Speaker 1: wasn't fair to expect them to carry the Eagles through
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Speaker 1: the postseason.
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Speaker 2: We've seen different teams that have been able to do that.
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Speaker 1: You look at the two thousand Baltimore Ravens and I'm
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Speaker 1: sure there's others, the Legion of Boom, but their offense
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Speaker 1: was able to move the football. But the point is
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Speaker 1: that it's feeling far between and the Eagles needed their
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Speaker 1: offense to be a little bit better than it's been,
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Speaker 1: maybe more akin to what you saw against the Minnesota
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Speaker 1: Vikings and against the Raiders, and they just weren't good enough.
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Speaker 1: A lot of the same issues that we've seen all
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Speaker 1: season long. That the Eagles looked at it and said, well, we.
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Speaker 2: Won the game. We won the game. We won the game, and.
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Speaker 1: It felt like a lot of that stuff was being
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Speaker 1: swept under the rug and not necessarily being rectified. Well,
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Speaker 1: it came back to bite them at the most inopportune time.
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Speaker 2: Obviously, a big talking point in this game.
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Speaker 1: Coming out of this game, I should say, will revolve
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Speaker 1: around the future of offensive coordinator Kevin Bittullo. And look,
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Speaker 1: when you lose a game like that, and it's been
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Speaker 1: a prevailing theme all season, it's tough to see a
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Speaker 1: path where he's able to come back, where the organization
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Speaker 1: would want that to be something that continues down the
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Speaker 1: line when you look at all of the inefficiencies and
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Speaker 1: they just weren't able to put it together. Look, I
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Speaker 1: think Kevin Bittula does a really nice job on the
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Speaker 1: scripted plays. I think he's done a really nice job
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Speaker 1: in the red zone.
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Speaker 2: And yes, I do feel I still feel that a.
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Speaker 1: Lot of the criticism towards him is a little bit unbalanced.
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Speaker 1: I think you need to be able to see the
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Speaker 1: forest through the trees. He is a primary culprit, of course,
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Speaker 1: being the play caller, and you haven't seen any signs
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Speaker 1: of growth from the offense throughout the season, but he
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Speaker 1: really progressed. But I also look at it and I
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Speaker 1: listened to what players had to say in the locker room,
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Speaker 1: and a lot of that had to do with execution.
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Speaker 1: Sa Kwon Barkley accountable talking about execution. Jordanilatt is saying
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Speaker 1: it's unfair to pin it on Kevin Patullo talking about
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Speaker 1: how there's plays on the field that they didn't make.
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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts has been accountable all season talking about execution,
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Speaker 1: and I can go down the line landon Dickerson as well.
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Speaker 1: This isn't a team that was pointing fingers. They put
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Speaker 1: a lot of it on themselves. Obviously, we know that
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Speaker 1: it's a nuanced conversation. It's a layered conversation. It's not
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Speaker 1: just Kevin Petullo. It shouldn't be viewed that way. It
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Speaker 1: wasn't just the offensive line and then being injured. But
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Speaker 1: I will say this, Kevin Patulo is the oly Eagles
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Speaker 1: offensive coordinator under the Knick, in the Knick Siriatti era
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Speaker 1: that hasn't had a dynamic rushing attack to lean on.
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Speaker 2: And when you don't have that, this is what you're
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Speaker 2: going to get.
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Speaker 1: And you look at the offenses in the past, the
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Speaker 1: passing game was more less the same. The difference is
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Speaker 1: is that they had a pretty imposing rushing attack to
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Speaker 1: hang their hat on and be the driving force of
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Speaker 1: the offense. And when you strip the offense of that,
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Speaker 1: this is what it is. This is Nick Sirianni's offense.
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Speaker 1: This is how he envisions it looking. You know, play
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Speaker 1: risk averse, can protect the football at all costs, and this.
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Speaker 2: Is kind of what it's going to be.
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Speaker 1: So really, in my estimation, anyway, no matter who you
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Speaker 1: plug in there as an offensive coordinator, the offense is
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Speaker 1: going to look more or less the same. Now they
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Speaker 1: may try some different things for a few weeks, but
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Speaker 1: ultimately it's going to revert back to the Nick Sirianni offense.
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Speaker 1: This is what he envisions with him at the helm
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Speaker 1: and Jalen Hurts as the quarterback. So take that as
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Speaker 1: you will, but clearly this is a disappointment.
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Speaker 2: When you have this much talent, you can't fall short
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Speaker 2: like this.
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Speaker 1: And I guess it should have been expected because we've
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Speaker 1: seen a lot of this throughout the season, and to
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Speaker 1: expect all of a sudden the Eagles to be able
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Speaker 1: to take advantage of a defense in the forty nine
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Speaker 1: ers that it's not even arguable. I believe they were
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Speaker 1: the most lackluster unit in the n in the NFL playoffs,
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Speaker 1: not just the NFC. But something has to change here.
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Speaker 1: So you look at some of the different things that
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Speaker 1: happened in this game. Lane Johnson didn't play, and Fred
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Speaker 1: Johnson after the game said that he learned that on Saturday.
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Speaker 1: And I think that in of itself is a little
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Speaker 1: bit challenging because you go through the whole week, Lane
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Speaker 1: Johnson practices, he's limited, and you get the sense that
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Speaker 1: he's going to give it a go, and you may
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Speaker 1: not know how long he's going to be able to
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Speaker 1: last in the game, But just being in the locker
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Speaker 1: room all week, how excited the players were knowing that
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Speaker 1: they were going to get their guy back. Right. Cam
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Speaker 1: Jurgens talked about getting the band back together and he said,
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Speaker 1: Lane Johnson is the lead guitarist that everyone goes to see.
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Speaker 1: And I asked him later, I said what league guitarist
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Speaker 1: would he be and he said the guy from Kiss,
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Speaker 1: which would be Ace Freely. So that's the highest compliment
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Speaker 1: you can give because as Freely an all timer and
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Speaker 1: he's since passed. But that's how excited the players were
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Speaker 1: about getting the prospects of getting Lane Johnson back.
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Speaker 2: He was ruled out before the game.
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Speaker 1: Of course, when the inactives came out, Fred Johnson starts
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Speaker 1: in that game. I didn't think he played particularly well.
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Speaker 1: I didn't think Cam Jurgens played particularly well. The offensive
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Speaker 1: line was okay, it was passable. It's better than it
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Speaker 1: has been at points this season, but they weren't the
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Speaker 1: dominant force that they've been all season long. I thought
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Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley did some really good things. Carried the ball,
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Speaker 1: twenty six times. They were kind of ineffective running the
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Speaker 1: ball between the tackles inside, as they have been all season.
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Speaker 1: There were some moments where they're able to find some
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Speaker 1: creases on the outside, which is where the forty nine
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Speaker 1: ers were most vulnerable. Tank Bixby had four carries for
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Speaker 1: nineteen yards. I thought he provided a spark when he
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Speaker 1: was in there on what I believe was the Eagles'
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Speaker 1: best drive of the season, or one of them, where
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Speaker 1: he had three carries for twenty yards. Saquon Barkley had
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Speaker 1: the twenty yard reception. Jalen Hurts made some nice throws
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Speaker 1: and they get that touchdown at Dallas. God but by
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Speaker 1: and large, this is a product what we just saw
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Speaker 1: has been a prevailing theme week after week with this
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Speaker 1: Eagles offense, and it felt like it wasn't a matter
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Speaker 1: of if, but when their shortcomings were going to come
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Speaker 1: back and haunt them. AJ Brown had a number of
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Speaker 1: drops in this game, I believe three, including on that
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Speaker 1: final drive, a really critical pass that he usually comes
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Speaker 1: up with. Aj was in the locker room tapping up
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Speaker 1: teammates giving him hugs. He was already dressed and making
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Speaker 1: his way around the locker room when we walked in
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Speaker 1: and when a couple of reporters asked him, you know,
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Speaker 1: they caught him while he was making his rounds and
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Speaker 1: he said, I'm about to head out. And so we
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Speaker 1: haven't spoken to AJ Brown since I believe December eighth,
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Speaker 1: which was when the Eagles played the Chargers, and he
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Speaker 1: spoke in the locker room after that game. I was
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Speaker 1: there for that. But aside from that, we haven't heard
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Speaker 1: from AJ Brown. So I'm not going to sit here
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Speaker 1: and try to guess what he was thinking or anything
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Speaker 1: like that. We haven't heard from him, so there's nothing
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Speaker 1: really to be able to gauge about his thought process,
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Speaker 1: how the season went, what was going through his mind.
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Speaker 1: You would like to hear him talk, especially after you
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Speaker 1: know he's mentioned at different points this season that he
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Speaker 1: wants that pressure, he wants the ball in critical moments. Well, Jay,
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Speaker 1: when Hurts put it on him and he wasn't able
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Speaker 1: to come up with that play. That's just one of
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Speaker 1: many instances throughout the game that didn't work out in
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Speaker 1: the Eagles favor. Jake Elliott, He's missed an extra point
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Speaker 1: and we're splitting hairs here, but the Eagles were in
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Speaker 1: theory in position late in that game, on that fourth
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Speaker 1: and eleven where they could kick a field goal. Had
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Speaker 1: it been a three point game, you tie the game
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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, it's anyone's game. It's potentially a
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Speaker 1: different outcome. And I mean, these are just things that
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Speaker 1: have happened all season long, and as Jay when Hurst
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Speaker 1: will say, it doesn't get you until it gets you.
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Speaker 1: So I want to go through some of the stats here.
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Speaker 1: Jay when Hurst completed twenty of thirty five pass attempts
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Speaker 1: for one sixty eight and a touchdown. Carried five times
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Speaker 1: for fourteen yards, sa Kwon Barkley twenty six carries one
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Speaker 1: hundred and twenty six yards. Zach Bond and Jordan Davis
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Speaker 1: led the Eagles with six tackles apiece. Inactive for the
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Speaker 1: Eagles outside linebacker Josh Uche, quarterback Sam Howell, cornerback Jacoryan Bennett,
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Speaker 1: running back AJ dill In, offensive lineman Brett Toth, right
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Speaker 1: tackle Lane Johnson, and defensive tackle Ty Robinson. I wrote
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Speaker 1: that it's worth noting that McWilliams was up over Bennett
10:29
Speaker 1: for the first time this season. Jacoreyan Bennett hasn't really
10:33
Speaker 1: given the Eagles much on special teams. He wasn't clearly
10:36
Speaker 1: a trusted option as a depth piece at corner, and
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Speaker 1: I think in this situation, the Eagles may have thought,
10:41
Speaker 1: why not give our rookie corner playoff exposure and maybe
10:45
Speaker 1: he gives you a little bit more. I know he
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Speaker 1: was in on the on the field goal block team,
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Speaker 1: and I'd have to go back and look, I don't
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Speaker 1: think Mac played that much, but I just believe that
10:54
Speaker 1: when it was sort of even, you show a little
10:57
Speaker 1: deference to the draft pick there. But before the game,
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Speaker 1: as I mentioned, they elevated long snapper Charlie how Wood
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Speaker 1: and safe DeAndre sam from the practice squad. But I
11:09
Speaker 1: think in this game it started off a little ominous,
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Speaker 1: right the Eagles won the toss, they elected to de
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Speaker 1: first they typically do to the second half. But in
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Speaker 1: an ironic twist, considering much of the conversation this week
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Speaker 1: centered around the forty nine ers lack of outside weapons,
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Speaker 1: Rock Purty connects with DeMarcus Robinson for sixty one yards
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Speaker 1: on the second play from scrimmage, and then he would
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Speaker 1: go back to the well four plays later, hitting Robinson
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Speaker 1: for the two yard touchdown. What was even stranger was
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Speaker 1: that perty didn't shy away from All Pro cornerback Quinyon Mitchell.
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Speaker 1: I thought the Eagles did a nice job setting the
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Speaker 1: tone offensively on their opening drive, which covered sixty three
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Speaker 1: yards over ten plays five minutes and thirty five seconds.
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Speaker 1: The possession featured a heavy dose of Barkley. He churned
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Speaker 1: out forty five yards on six carries, including a twenty
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Speaker 1: nine yard or on a second and eight. The run
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Speaker 1: formations were varied and the line generated consistent push up front.
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Speaker 1: But I thought what was most notable was the red
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Speaker 1: zone creativity. And it stood out to me because you
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Speaker 1: saw Dallas Goddard have another play in the red zone,
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Speaker 1: and they've done a really good job dialing up creative
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Speaker 1: ways to get the football of Dallas Goddard. He gets
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Speaker 1: in from one yard out, so it was a rush
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Speaker 1: and then that's when jklit missed the extra points. Starts
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Speaker 1: out seven to six. But I thought that that was
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Speaker 1: really good design there from Kevin Pittulo. In the second quarter,
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Speaker 1: the Eagles had an eleven play ninety nine yard scoring drive.
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Speaker 1: I mentioned that Hurts got rid of the ball on time,
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Speaker 1: was decisive on the move.
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Speaker 2: Barkley was heavily involved.
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Speaker 1: He had twenty yards on that second and sixth screen,
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Speaker 1: and then the Eagles worked in Tank Bigsby who had
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Speaker 1: twenty yards on three carries, and he definitely provided some
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Speaker 1: juice sporadic pass rush from the Eagles, which is weird
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Speaker 1: because you know, you saw Jay Looks Hunt have some
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Speaker 1: dominant moments. Jalen and Phillips was really good against the Bills.
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Speaker 1: He was good at different points this season. He didn't
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Speaker 1: do a lot no One. Smith came really close to
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Speaker 1: getting the Brock party on the touchdown that he threw
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Speaker 1: to Christian McCaffrey late in that game, but it was
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Speaker 1: really quiet and it allowed brock Purty plenty of time
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Speaker 1: to scan the field and look for work and work
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Speaker 1: through his progressions and deliver. But I thought Jordan Davis
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Speaker 1: had a really productive adding as a run defender. He
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Speaker 1: bottled up Christian McCaffrey at the line of scrimmage on
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Speaker 1: multiple occasions.
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Speaker 2: I thought the Eagles run defense did a.
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Speaker 1: Really nice job, But where I thought they were vulnerable
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Speaker 1: was over the middle. I thought their linebackers Zach Bond
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Speaker 1: and to Kobe Dean got exploited a little bit in coverage.
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Speaker 1: It's a tall order to be able to keep an
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Speaker 1: eye on, you know, Christian McCaffrey, but even their tight
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Speaker 1: end Jake Tongis. And I should mention that George Kittle
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Speaker 1: left the game a cart came out after he was
13:43
Speaker 1: tackled after a six yard completion along the sideline by
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Speaker 1: Marcus Epps.
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Speaker 2: Didn't look good, was carted off.
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Speaker 1: Credit to the Eagles fans in attendance because they don't
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Speaker 1: pull any punches and they're typically tough on opposing players,
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Speaker 1: but they supported George Kittle.
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Speaker 2: You can see there was a lot of respect there.
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Speaker 1: And what I did here were cheers as he got
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Speaker 1: up and was sort of carting off, and there was
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Speaker 1: just a sign of respect there that I was able
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Speaker 1: to notice anyway. And I just thought that the Egos
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Speaker 1: defense had some moments of lapses, but they played well enough. Look,
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Speaker 1: Quinya Mitchell had two interceptions in that game. The first
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Speaker 1: interception after that he returned possession to the Eagles at
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Speaker 1: their own forty eight.
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Speaker 2: They couldn't do anything.
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Speaker 1: The offense went backwards, and then on the second interception,
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Speaker 1: they alway muster a field goal. Look, I thought that
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Speaker 1: there were plays to be made, and I thought the
14:38
Speaker 1: defense made some stops when they needed to. But you
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Speaker 1: don't often see that defense real as they were a
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Speaker 1: little bit now. It wasn't anything glaring, but like I said,
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Speaker 1: the middle of the field allowing brock Purty to maneuver
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Speaker 1: the pocket, scan, stand and deliver and he's slippery back there.
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Speaker 1: But I thought he did a nice job sort of
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Speaker 1: navigating the pow and finding his receivers and didn't look
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Speaker 1: like I mean, he looked fearless out there. You got
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Speaker 1: to tip your hat to brock Purty and Kyle Shanahan
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Speaker 1: for really getting creative. There was that touchdown from that
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Speaker 1: Juwan Jennings the wide receiver, through to Christian McCaffrey, who
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Speaker 1: looked like he got behind ree blanket ship down the
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Speaker 1: right sideline. Just a lot of creativity that you don't
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Speaker 1: typically see from the Eagles, aside from maybe some red zone.
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Speaker 1: But I thought that this was a game that I
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Speaker 1: didn't think the defense played particularly well, and I certainly
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Speaker 1: didn't think the offense played well enough. The forty nine
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Speaker 1: ers deserved to win that football game, and the Eagles
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Speaker 1: coming out of the first half control the ball for
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Speaker 1: nineteen minutes and six seconds compared to ten fifty four
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Speaker 1: for the forty nine ers.
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Speaker 2: Here's another one.
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Speaker 1: While I didn't take issue with a whole lot from
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Speaker 1: the offensive play calling perspective early in this game, there
15:48
Speaker 1: were times where I thought the Eagles were too bold
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Speaker 1: on some short yarded situations, opting to chuck it deep
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Speaker 1: to no success on a low percentage pass play rather
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Speaker 1: than hand it off to Barkley who had been churning
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Speaker 1: out productive runs. And speaking of runs, the Eagles were
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Speaker 1: committed to running inside when the forty nine ers had
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Speaker 1: done a nice job clogging things up from the interior. Sure,
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Speaker 1: the Eagles don't call a lot of outside runs typically
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Speaker 1: with the exception of Bigsby, who bounces most of his
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Speaker 1: runs to the perimeter. And it's sort of like you
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Speaker 1: never know, it's like a choose your own adventure. But
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Speaker 1: it's usually productive runs. But that's where the forty nine
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Speaker 1: ers were vulnerable. As I mentioned, whenever Bryce Huff, whenever
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Speaker 1: his name was announced by the stadium PA following a tackle,
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Speaker 1: it was met with a smattering of boost from the crowd.
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Speaker 2: So I thought that would be interesting.
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Speaker 1: But I want to take a look at and take
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Speaker 1: you back into the Eagles' locker room where it was
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Speaker 1: very somber as you might expect.
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Speaker 2: Everyone was in.
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Speaker 1: There, injured players, coaches, former players like al Sean Jeffrey
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Speaker 1: was in there, and as an aside, Ben Van Sumer
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Speaker 1: was in there. So those of you may be curious,
16:53
Speaker 1: I was able to catch up with him. He's doing
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Speaker 1: really well in his progress from his injury that he
16:58
Speaker 1: sustained on the first play of the season. Was really
17:00
Speaker 1: great to catch up with him. As you all know,
17:02
Speaker 1: I have a good rapport with him. I've talked to
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Speaker 1: him plenty over the past few seasons. Great guy, and
17:08
Speaker 1: it was really good to see and hear that he's
17:11
Speaker 1: doing well and trending in the right direction from his injury.
17:15
Speaker 1: Saw Brandon Johnson in there, who of course ended the
17:17
Speaker 1: season on the practice quite injury list with the ankle injury.
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Speaker 1: He said it was nothing serious and so that's good.
17:24
Speaker 1: He'll be able to be able to train and get
17:26
Speaker 1: ready for training camp. The Eagles have a lot of
17:29
Speaker 1: They've shown a lot of interest in working with Brandon
17:33
Speaker 1: his development, and a lot, like I said, a lot
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Speaker 1: of former Eagles there, Slay Avonte Maddox, Fletcher Cox, who
17:41
Speaker 1: was an honorary captain, Corey Clement was there and so yeah,
17:46
Speaker 1: I mean, as you might expect, that locker room was
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Speaker 1: really somber, and you saw Dallas Goddard have tears in
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Speaker 1: his eyes, just looked like he was processing the.
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Speaker 2: Moment as many of their as many of his teammates were.
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Speaker 1: Look, you don't know if your Dallas Goddard, if you're
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Speaker 1: going to play with that group again, if you're going
18:02
Speaker 1: to be in that locker room again. That's sort of
18:05
Speaker 1: a heavy subject. Fresh off of a loss. You're trying
18:08
Speaker 1: to process the loss, but then you also don't realize
18:11
Speaker 1: you also are trying to realize that you might not
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Speaker 1: play with these guys again. And I think Jordan Malata
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Speaker 1: said he didn't start crying until he saw Dallas Goddard
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Speaker 1: and how they played together for eight years and the
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Speaker 1: bond and the connection and how many you know, how
18:24
Speaker 1: many moments they've shared together over the years. And that's
18:27
Speaker 1: something that I think may not be fully appreciated from
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Speaker 1: the outside. You may look at this game and say,
18:32
Speaker 1: they lost. I don't care, you know, fire this guy
18:35
Speaker 1: do this, But these are human beings. It's time to
18:38
Speaker 1: put things into perspective here, and these type of things
18:42
Speaker 1: weigh heavily depending on the person and different circumstances.
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Speaker 2: Read Blanken ships another player.
18:47
Speaker 1: You can clearly see the emotion sort of taking over
18:52
Speaker 1: knowing that he may not be playing with these guys again.
18:55
Speaker 1: He saw tears in his eyes. Lennon Dickerson looked very
18:58
Speaker 1: upset from the law and was very short in his answers,
19:02
Speaker 1: but he credit to him for being available and with
19:05
Speaker 1: being willing to speak. DeVante Smith spoke after the game.
19:09
Speaker 1: I didn't get a chance to get in on that,
19:12
Speaker 1: but I was definitely in on Jordan my lot at
19:14
Speaker 1: Landon Dickerson, Saquon Barkley, Dallas Goddard. Just a really really
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Speaker 1: quiet locker room and they'll have locker clean out, so
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Speaker 1: maybe we'll get a chance to hear from some others.
19:27
Speaker 1: I would love to hear from Nakobe Dean. I didn't
19:30
Speaker 1: get a chance to get over there for him. There
19:32
Speaker 1: was just a lot going on in that locker room,
19:34
Speaker 1: as you might imagine, but a lot of ownership, a
19:37
Speaker 1: lot of accountability, and they put the onus on them,
19:41
Speaker 1: which is noble. But Kevin Patulo, Nick Siriani, and even
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Speaker 1: on the defensive side, Vic Fangio and that coaching staff.
19:50
Speaker 1: I mean they didn't have their best games, and so
19:53
Speaker 1: you have to look at everything in its totality. I
19:55
Speaker 1: know everyone wants to point not everyone that's not fair.
19:58
Speaker 1: I know many want to point the finger solely at
20:01
Speaker 1: Kevin Patulo for the demise of the twenty twenty five
20:04
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, if you will.
20:05
Speaker 2: But honestly, that's probably not the best way to go
20:09
Speaker 2: about it.
20:10
Speaker 1: You have to see the forest through the trees and
20:11
Speaker 1: really take a step back and look at a lot
20:14
Speaker 1: of the different reasons why the offense didn't fulfill expectations.
20:18
Speaker 1: You look at the offensive line, that is the key
20:20
Speaker 1: to the Eagles' success. If they're not able to run, block,
20:23
Speaker 1: if they're not able to get the running game going,
20:26
Speaker 1: sort of, it's a trickle down effect.
20:28
Speaker 2: It's a domino effect. And I thought jayalhen.
20:31
Speaker 1: Hurts was really good earlier in the year. He hit
20:33
Speaker 1: a lull a little bit in the middle of the season.
20:36
Speaker 1: I thought he played fine against the forty nine Ers,
20:38
Speaker 1: not his best game. The win certainly was a factor,
20:41
Speaker 1: But Brock Perdy played in that same weather and Brock
20:43
Speaker 1: Purdy made a lot of big time throws in that one,
20:46
Speaker 1: and I thought that there's not much more you can
20:49
Speaker 1: ask for as a quarterback, as an offense that puts
20:52
Speaker 1: takes a lot of pride in, you know, being able
20:55
Speaker 1: to finish off games, and they weren't able to do that.
20:58
Speaker 1: And as I said many times this season, it was
21:01
Speaker 1: only going to be a matter of time before the
21:03
Speaker 1: defense can't pick up the tab, they can't carry you
21:06
Speaker 1: to the finish line, and the offense has to do
21:08
Speaker 1: just enough to hold up the end.
21:09
Speaker 2: Of the bargain. And they were not able to do that.
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Speaker 1: The season ends, and there's going to be a lot
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21:21
Speaker 1: in terms of the free agents, in terms of draft,
21:23
Speaker 1: in terms of coaching, all these different things I should say,
21:26
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21:30
Speaker 1: probably many other things that I'm not thinking right now.
21:33
Speaker 1: But I'm just trying myself to process the loss process.
21:37
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Speaker 1: And with that, I just want to extend my gratitude
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Speaker 1: respected my work and the way that I go about
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Speaker 2: And I can't thank you enough.
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Speaker 1: Well, I've said this many times, but without you guys,
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Speaker 1: were many more stories I wanted to write, and there
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Speaker 1: know owners of the team that I wanted to shine
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Speaker 1: we'll still have plenty of content on the way, just
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Speaker 1: It's just the heartfelt thank you, and we'll we'll keep
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Speaker 1: this thing going. We've got plenty of stuff on the
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Speaker 1: horizon here and I'll bring you all the updates you
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Speaker 1: know from from locker clean out and anything else. As
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Speaker 1: to do it for this edition of the Checko Daily.
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Speaker 1: I'm Andrew to check O and I'll catch you on
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