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Ask Greg Cosell On Patreon: Are The Eagles Really Running The West Coast Offense? · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 2: We will get started with Dan first. Dan, you're our
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  Speaker 2: little fatter.
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  Speaker 1: How about that?
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  Speaker 3: Go ahead, Dan. Oh, exciting. I don't know if I
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  Speaker 3: can handle this. My question, Greg, is, you know, we're here,
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  Speaker 3: you know, post week five. Besides the drama, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we know we're instilling a new offensive system. We know
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  Speaker 3: there is going to be some growing pains. Unfortunately, I'm
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  Speaker 3: not really aware what to look for as a novice
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  Speaker 3: in terms of what a West Coast offense look like.
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  Speaker 3: And I was wondering if maybe you could expound on
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  Speaker 3: if you're seeing that the West Coast offense transition is
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  Speaker 3: actually happening. You're seeing West Coast concepts in the offense
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  Speaker 3: this year?
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  Speaker 2: Well, West Coast has evolved over time to where that's
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  Speaker 2: a term more than, let's say, what Bill Walsh did
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  Speaker 2: years and years ago. So no offense is specifically one
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  Speaker 2: thing now. They use that term because for, I don't
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  Speaker 2: want to say for only one reason, but In this
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  Speaker 2: style of offense, everything is precisely choreographed.
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  Speaker 4: So I wanted to ask you if you're seeing anything
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  Speaker 4: that they're doing with their condensed formations that is just
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  Speaker 4: leading them to be so much less successful than the
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  Speaker 4: rest of the league.
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  Speaker 2: Now, a couple of things. If you're going to run
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  Speaker 2: condensed formations, which is now a big trend in the league,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, it's not just the Eagles. Everybody runs
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  Speaker 2: condensed formations. So you know how defenses are now responding
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  Speaker 2: to that? They're blitzing more with their corners because the
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  Speaker 2: corners are a lot closer to the quarterback. So now
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  Speaker 2: you get the chess match between condensed formations and teams
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  Speaker 2: blitzing and, you know, everything gets sped up. But if
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  Speaker 2: you're going to run a lot of condensed formations, think
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  Speaker 2: of teams that are really good at it and where
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  Speaker 2: they throw the ball.
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  Speaker 1: I guess the other thing was about Jalen Carter.
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  Speaker 2: Like, did he finally look healthy to you? Did they
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  Speaker 2: deploy him better? Well, in the first half, he had
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  Speaker 2: dominant snaps for sure. Absolutely dominant snaps in the first half.
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  Speaker 2: um and he looked great um you know didn't didn't
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  Speaker 2: do that in the second half but you know again
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  Speaker 2: there's sometimes that happens with the tackles.
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  Speaker 5: Hey greg just a real quick one it looked like
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  Speaker 5: to me the offensive line did a lot better job
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  Speaker 5: of handling stunts and it looked like they finally had
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  Speaker 5: some answers when facing some blitzes did you see anything
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  Speaker 5: different on their end oh i don't know maybe a
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  Speaker 5: communication maybe with the backups having that uh familiarity with
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  Speaker 5: each other.
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  Speaker 2: Well the uh Jaguars are a high percentage stunt defense. So,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this was a game where they had to
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  Speaker 2: deal with that. I would say, uh, for the most
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  Speaker 2: part that, you know, they did. Okay. I, I didn't,
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  Speaker 2: you know, watching the tape, I didn't feel like, man,
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  Speaker 2: they're just not picking people up.
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  Speaker 6: Greg, just in your film study, um, quarter point in
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  Speaker 6: the season, uh, could you give me a unit that
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  Speaker 6: you're surprised in how well they're playing and vice versa,
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  Speaker 6: one that you think is playing poorly, just any team
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  Speaker 6: in the league?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, um, Well, I think even though they lost this week,
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  Speaker 2: I think the Browns defense is a really, really good unit.
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  Speaker 2: They play a really high percentage of man coverage. They
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  Speaker 2: play a ton of single high. They play a ton
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  Speaker 2: of man coverage. But they are really, they're a fast defense.
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  Speaker 2: They're actually a fun defense to watch. They didn't lose
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  Speaker 2: the game this week because of their defense.
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  Speaker 7: I want to take you to the last offensive possession
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  Speaker 7: for the Eagles when it was first and 10 at
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  Speaker 7: the 34 with 25 seconds left. And it was something
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  Speaker 7: Sirianni said during his press conference about And I know
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  Speaker 7: you can only take it for what it is because
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  Speaker 7: it's just a press conference. He's just saying stuff. But
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  Speaker 7: he said, first and 10, yeah, you could have run it.
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  Speaker 7: But what Jacksonville was doing, running wasn't going to be
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  Speaker 7: an option. So I want to know what Jacksonville was doing.
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  Speaker 2: So you're talking about the last possession?
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  Speaker 7: Yes, their final offensive possession, 25 seconds, first and 10
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  Speaker 7: at the 34.
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  Speaker 1: Of the Jags.
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  Speaker 7: And I want to know, what was Jacksonville doing that
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  Speaker 7: running wasn't going to be an option? Because I feel
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  Speaker 7: like you could have answers to that.
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  Speaker 2: They lined up in a one, two, three, four, seven-man front.
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  Speaker 2: So right on the first level of the defense, there's
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  Speaker 2: no gaps. So, you know, it's really difficult to run
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  Speaker 2: against that. There's no gaps.
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  Speaker 8: Greg.
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  Speaker 4: Since, obviously, Vic has told us now that there's the
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  Speaker 4: belief that those two guys were going to split reps,
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  Speaker 4: him and Jeremiah were going to split reps during the
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  Speaker 4: game on Sunday. Right there, that starts making me believe that, like,
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  Speaker 4: he's telling you without telling you that, hey, we're kind
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  Speaker 4: of losing faith in this guy. And I get it.
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  Speaker 4: He's only a second-year player. No question. Things can change.
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  Speaker 2: We don't have to guess now. They just told us.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. Like, you know what I mean?
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  Speaker 4: They're not doing this if they feel like this is
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  Speaker 4: going to be something that could work long term. So
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  Speaker 4: my question to you is then remember when he was drafted,
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  Speaker 4: there was this belief that, Hey, he could still be
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  Speaker 4: an edge rusher potentially. And with the Eagles, you know,
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  Speaker 4: obviously fight and injuries and whatnot down there. Do you
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  Speaker 4: think that there's, I know it's harder in season, but
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  Speaker 4: can that be something they try to explore to try
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  Speaker 4: to see if they can work him to get reps
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  Speaker 4: on the edge?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the guy, look, the guy is an explosive
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  Speaker 2: moving athlete. He just doesn't see the game well from
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  Speaker 2: a stacked position. And, you know, maybe he can be
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  Speaker 2: an edge player or, you know, and if he would,
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  Speaker 2: he wouldn't be a full time player. But then maybe
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  Speaker 2: he can be, you know, a sort of a designated
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  Speaker 2: edge rusher. I don't know. I don't know if they're
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  Speaker 2: cross training him in that area. I don't know the
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  Speaker 2: answer to that.
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  Speaker 8: My last question is, I've listened to you a lot
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  Speaker 8: talk about Tua, and you talk about the physical limitations
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  Speaker 8: that he has have limited success in the NFL. And
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  Speaker 8: a guy that is, to me, a carbon copy is
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  Speaker 8: Bryce Young. And Bryce Young seems like he's having a
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  Speaker 8: lot more success. And I would like to know, what
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  Speaker 8: is the difference between the two? Is there a stylistic difference?
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  Speaker 8: Does Bryce Young have a stronger arm? Why is he
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  Speaker 8: able to find success where Tua's not?
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  Speaker 2: I think Bryce Young sees it overall better than Tua.
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  Speaker 2: Tua was all rhythm. Tua had to hit his back foot,
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  Speaker 2: the ball had to come out. If it didn't happen,
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  Speaker 2: he got stuck. And Young is just a way better athlete.
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  Speaker 2: Young is deceptively slippery. He's not explosive. And obviously the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles play them next week. And boy, if they lose
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  Speaker 2: at home to Carolina, the shit will probably hit the
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  Speaker 2: fan big time. But the point is, is that Young
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  Speaker 2: is deceptively slippery. And that's a big deal.
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  Speaker 4: All right, guys.
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  Speaker 1: Good stuff.
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  Speaker 4: See you. All right.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, guys. Really appreciate it.