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locked in. But they still wear the star, and they still wear that blue and silver, and it's still a regular season game, So Dave, I'm into it. Are they the best team in the NFC? In the NF see, Well, the record is the best. I do not think they will get to the super Bowl though. I think their defense is flawed. I think their pass rush isn't there. I think they're playing with a rookie quarterback. I'll say they don't go to the super Bowl. Green Bay's the

hottest team right right. Green Bay's right. They're not even in the playoffs yet they have to win. Green Bay kind of. They got their defense back together after they were so horrible, kind of got it together against the Eagles and then kept it running. I had to pick one team, I'll take Greendown. It is amazing Glen how teams at times in years past have gotten better at the expensive Eagles And Aaron Rodgers is certifiably on by Yeah, he's great. Jordy Nelson, their defense worked out. Oh yeah.

Are we wait for the day when the Eagles are in that position and won't be long busy day of the Novicare Complex on Thursday, the players in the locker room talking about the finale. Let's get your caught up with everything happening with the Philadelphia Eagles. Today are three six the Update with Alex Smith. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith here with your three sixty update. Well, the playoffs maybe out of reach for the Eagles, but there is still plenty to play for in Sunday's regular season finale

against the Dallas Cowboys. Today inside the locker room, we heard from Nelson, Agilor, Lane Johnson, and Benny Logan on what they're playing for in this final game. Well, it's what's in front of us right now. So that's the most important thing. And you know, some people can use that because it's another opportunity to put some on film. You know, we might do some really special things offensively,

some guys might really show their strengths. And at the end of the day, my responsibilities myself and I plan on going out there and just trying to execute what comes my way and just play hard. Well, I don't play excellent from from here on out. So if we just getna win, if we you know, put a dent in their ribs for they hit the hit playoffs, that'd be a good thing. But you know, I don't know if they're gonna play their starters. I mean, nobody really knows.

But if they do, I want them to go, you know, full till I want to win. That's the most thing we gotta win, you know, last Thursday night, just the finds of the season. You know, two wins at home is a great thing, a great thing for the is and a great thing for us, just building twilves. You know what the next season is going to be in the OTA's in all season things like that. So the most important thing you want to do is wins Sunday

and just go from there. Speaking of Nelson Agloor, He's had his struggles this year in his third NFL season, but he did bounce back with a forty yard touchdown against the New York Giants last Thursday, and he's hoping

to build some momentum off of that into next season. Well, every opportunity I capitalize on, it's something to grow from and to use to you know, as you know, as an example of how to execute or you know how to make plays, and you know, just point about it is you make those plays, know that you're capable and continue to grow and finally will close things out with an injury update. No, Jordan Matthews again at practice for

the Eagles as he deals with an ankle injury. Meanwhile, Alan Barber with his injured hamstring and Jordan Hicks with his injured ankle were both limited in today's practice. For anything you may have missed from today inside the Locker Room, stay right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com and the official Eagles mobile app. Thanks so much, Alex. We will find out more about the Dallas Cowboys a bit later in the show when we go behind enemy lines. Glenn

will have his bold predictions still. Okay, one more why not right? Coming up next on Eagles three sixty defensive end Brandon Graham has had himself a hack of his season. He'll be in studio to talk about it. Their legend is legendary. They've seen the end zone more often than any other duo in history. They are professional football player watchers. Become a pro fan only with Xfinity X one caller click today. We'd simply right checking from Sun time their bank.

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we're done for the season. But overall, we got another opportunity to go out, Dren, show what we can do. How close brand You've been here long enough to know a playoff team from a non playoff team. How close are the Philadelphia Oh? We are very close? And I'm excited to see what how we know those guys do this offseason and you know, just just to help this team win because we want one play away from you know, winning all those games, because you know most of them

are self inflict into. Tell me a little bit about the defense. I've talked to you so many times in the preseason training camp, and the idea was that the Eagles We're gonna just wreak havoc. NonStop offenses have changed the way they've played to get the football out. Has that kind of been the biggest deterrent to you Having more than five and a half sacks and fletch, we all fought double digit sacks for everybody on the front line.

And I think, um, disrupting was the biggest thing for us too, because we know if you disrupt the quarterback that's just as good. But I think, um, yes, we we would love double digits. But at the same time, we won games because we was disruptive out there and we stopped a run and we we played together. And all all you really want is eleven guys going out

there playing together, communicating. And I think that's where we shot ourselves in the foot a lot, was the communication sometimes, because it's not that we're not playing hard, it's just really you know, communications off of one or two plays, and that's could change the game, you know sometimes. And for us, I think you know the numbers down, but yes they do. You know, just kind of game planners, which is which is a good thing, and we just all just need to, you know, make our players when

they come. You are a fourth three defensive end, you want to stay a fourth three defensive end forever. Now, I would love it. I would love to, but I understand this the game and you never know what might happen. But I'm just happy that I adjusted well in the

three four. But I'm we're not gonna talk about that because we're gonna stay in the four and three right now, four three, because you know, coming out of my coming from a three point stands is a lot better than and you're more ready or than standing up because you see too much. When you stand up, you're locked on the ball when you're in the three point. So I think that's a good strength of mine. I see you

at times cheating inside. It's like you are reading a play and then you stand up and kind of start cheating inside and then you run down the line. You're making a grip. Is that something that you have seen on film that you're cheating? Explaining? Or am making this something in my brain? Coach Soortz dials in, you know some of the you know plays and you know during the week you kind of learn what they like to do. And m he tells me, you know, it's on you to have a tak it call if you want to.

And all I gotta do is communicated with the linebacker because it switches his gap to outside, and you know, I feel the gap that's inside. So I think I've been doing a good job as far as knowing exactly when to do it. And then um, you know, it's just certain times when you see certain things that you kind of went through and film and talk to the coach about and they felt comfortable and I did, so they kind of give me the leadway if we see it, take it, you know, because if we all on the

same page. He covered me just I mean, you know, when I take the inside, I just got to communicate it. Brandon, what will be the thing that you most associate with the Philadelphia Eagles in twenty sixteen when the season is done and you're sitting there, going, well, this is the season that was What were you think about? H This was the season that I learned how to be more of a leader, more of a vocal leader. I learned, um, you know, like what a family I mean, man, because

our backs was up against the war. For when we went on that two and seven stretch and we all got you know, got tight, and you know, we all stayed together as family and we and we went through it together. And I think that showed me a lot, because you know, I grew up. I'm the oldest and I don't have no brothers. In this year, I felt like I filed off and people helped me, you know, become a good leader. And even though we didn't get the results we wanted, we understand that we was in

all those games. And really it's just the thanks that we have to clean up going into next year. And I think we did did that this last game. We we finished the game when it was on our backs as a defense, and I think it all catapulled us next year if we if we do the same thing in this game, what will the level of intensity be like in the locker room on Sunday? Will it be as it is for every regular season game? Will it be something special because it's the last game. What's it

gonna be like. It's going to be intense. It's the Cowboys, you know. If you can't get jacked up for this one, even I don't care who's not playing or anything. We just want to go out there and send a message, you know, for next year. And I think it's always good when you can end well. Would a win and you are a first alternate to the Pro Bowl, Congratulations on that. Thank you. What will it means to you to be in Orlando? It means so much to me

because I've been through a lot here. I've been through the lows and now the high high part of being here and hopefully, you know, it can stay in the highs. I think it's just the perseverance that I kind of, you know, pushed myself to go through, especially during the hard times, like not really why and about all things ain't the way it's supposed to be. Just keep working.

And I think that it's that much more to me now because I got a baby girl and a wife, and I think that's was a big part on why, you know what helped me focus more in football. And I think it's showing it. Man. I'm just I'm just so thankful that that this day is here. Yeah, and and the rest of the league shows you some respect. That's cool. Yeah, it's pretty. It's pretty. It's pretty cool, man, because you know, I was the guy with the short arms and all that. You know, I couldn't play d

N in this league. And I'm just happy that it was. It was the years of of our of us being short with the short arms. But you just gotta have the motor. You gotta have something that you could bring to the table. And I think my effort is what I pride myself on the most. Brandon finally as a Michigan man, will you root for a Her States in the BOWLD Championship Series player, No, Clemson about to win?

You know I already talked to Jenkins already were good, right, he got me once, but he know they stole one. I give it to him. A win is a win because I would have get to exactly right. Thanks, good luck on Sunday beat the Cowboys. Thank you, Randy Grahmin Studio. This portion of Eagles three sixty was presented by Rico. Rico makes information work for the Philadelphia Eagles. He's good, dad,

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to book your trip today. He's good, dad, I'm telling you, he's lit, okay, laying on me. You can't choose someone's taste in music, but at least you can choose two of your favorites from McDonald's mckpick two minis who sir, We are back, Dave Spinnaro, Glenn mcnow. Time now for Glenn to give us his final Bowl predictions of two thousands. And this one's tougher than ever because we don't know who's gonna play, what it's gonna mean, how it's gonna play out, but we'll do it anyway. Dave. Maybe my

I'll do better than my average. You can never know. H Doug Peterson is going to want to win this game. It's going to be an important thing for him to try to finish well. He's down to two running backs right Byron Marshall and Darren Sprowls. What that tells me is that Darren Sprowls is gonna get it over trusting a rookie. So it's going to be Darren Sprowls. He is going to have his most touches of the season,

which would be twenty one. He's going to have his most yards total yards of the season, which will be passing one hundred and twenty eight. He's gonna have him both, Darren Sprowls And talked about this with Frank Reich this week. What a remarkable athlete who has seemingly shown no slow down, no lack of quickness, no loss of burst. How long can he go? Glenn? One more year? Okay, there go, and that's what you do. I think you'd take him

one more His salary is pretty affordable. He brings so much to the team in terms of catching passes, running when you need him to run. He's a good blocker, punt returns, leadership. His contract is not outrageous. One more year, okay, all right, number you have a bold prediction number two. There are lots of NFL rookie records up for grabs on Sunday. One's going to happen. One is not going

to happen. The easiest and most obvious is that Carson Wentz needs three more completions to set the all time rookie record. That's not so bold, but that's going to happen in the first quarter. The second is that Zeke Elliott needs one hundred and seventy eight yards to break Eric Dickerson's all time rookie rushing record. Now, Jerry Jones has been very coy about whether they're going to go for this. He said, and you intern for this stage today. So he will certainly play and play a lot, and

you can never tell. He might find a good running situation up there. I think he'll approach that record. Wowsy impersonation, Hey, terrible Texas twining. I think if if Jerry Jones and Jason Garrett play Ezekiel Elliott more than two seconds, it's a complete waste of time. It's nothing, it benefits nobody, it's it's not a game of individual records. And as much as we hate to say it and dread the thought, the Cowboys are a Super Bowl contender and that guy

is one of them, prime prime reasons. So playing Prescott playing Elliott makes no sense. Well, I think I'm playing both like the first quarter or whatever, which is which happens, and it doesn't make any sense. Prescott, excuse me. Elliot's going to get like fifty yards forty yards and then he's going to be out of the game. All right, So here's the last record and here's the last Bowld prediction.

Dak Prescott is going for a huge record. Both the Cowboys record wins regular season, They've never had fourteen by a quarterback, and the rookie record for wins thirteen now is tied by he and Ben Roethlisberger. He's going for fourteen. He's not going to get it. He will start, he will play, and then they're going to go to Mark sanche Is and the Eagles will win the game. Okay,

that's the bold prediction. That is bold. And we've got two more bold predictions from glenmac now coming up on the Kickoff Show presented by Exalta, and that airs at noon on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com on Sunday. We've got you covered all day into the night as the Eagles conclude sadly this two thousand and sixteen season. When we return to Eagles three sixty, we go behind enemy lines. What a season for the Dallas Cowboys thirteen and two coming into this game. We'll talk about it as much

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only with Xfinity h one caller click today. We are back here. It's Eagles three sixty. Time for Glenn and I to step aside. Chris McPherson Behind Enemy Lines David Hellman, Dallas Cowboys dot Com. Hello Eagles Fans, I'm Chris McPherson and Yes, it is the final edition of Behind Enemy Lines for the twenty sixteen season, presented by Gayade and to preview the season finale against the Yes NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys. We welcome back David Hellman, staff writer

for Dallas Cowboys dot Com. And David, my first question for you is this, Jerry Joe has said that there's no reason to change the game plan from a playing time standpoint for Sunday's matchup. Is he throwing a curveball? Or do you think that we could see the starters for Dallas for all four quarters even though everything for them is already clinched. I certainly think you're gonna see

some starters in this game. But I think that was Jerry maybe a little bit of gamesmanship on Jerry Jones's part, you know, like you said, not a whole lot to gain, win or lose in this ballgame. I can't imagine guys like Dak Prescott, Ezekiel, Elliott, Dez Bryant or playing all four quarters. Obviously talking about a forty six man roster, so there's no way you can sit every single player on this team. But I'm talking about your starting quarterback,

you're starting running back. I expect to see some backups take the field at some point in this game, maybe second, third quarter, after halftime. Certainly, I can't see everybody going all sixty minutes. Though David Jerry left out the possibility that Zeke Elliot will have a chance to get the

rookie rushing record would need a huge performance, obviously. Do you think that he'll actually have an a shot at it or is it one of those things where we'll see how the first quarter goes and then it's like, all right, Zeke will pushing bubble wrap and make sure you're good for two weeks in the divisional round. I gotta think that's wishful thing. And I made the joke earlier today. I mean, if by some chance, as Eigil Elliott popped off two eighty yard touchdowns, he would still

be short of the record. So you're talking about if he was gonna do it, he would first of all need to set a career high. He's about one hundred and seventy eight yards away. I believe he would need to set a career high. He'd probably need, you know, upward of twenty twenty five carries to get it done. Against the defense like this, I don't see the point if he was going to have a shot at the record.

I think he needed to have a better night against Detroit. Obviously, he kind of sat out of the fourth quarter of that one with the score being the way it was, and I just I just don't see the point. I think he probably gets, you know, a quarter or two of work just to stay fresh. But I think Dickerson's going to keep the record, David Tyrn Smith, you know, so for the knee injury against Detroit, we'll be back for the playoffs. Doesn't look like the Hill play Sunday

against the Eagles. Do you think that impact the decision where if Dak Prescott does come out of the game, that we may see Mark Sanchez over Tony Romo to give Sanchez the reps and also a chance to face his former team in the Eagles. Absolutely, yeah, I'm you know, if we're being honest here, still a couple days to go before the game, but I expect it to be Sanchez going against his old team if Dak does in fact come out. I just don't see a whole lot

of reward in putting Tony Romo into this game. And I don't think the Cowboys do either, Like you said, Tyrn smiths not expected to play. Ronald Leary showed up on the injury report today the starting left guard. So you're talking about putting, you know, thirty six year old Tony Romo who's had injury issues into a game with you know, second and third string type of players, and for what, really, I mean maybe twenty twenty five snaps in a game that doesn't mean a whole lot for

either team. I think they would rather have him one hundred percent healthy for a potential playoff run than worry about getting him those snaps. So, like I said, if Dak comes out or when he comes out, I would imagine it'll be Sanchez David. The last time the Eagles of the Cowboys, it was a Sunday night thriller back in Week eight. The Cowboys rallied from a ten point deficit and won the game in overtime. The Eagles have only won two games since that point, so certainly it

was a turning point for them. Was a similar moment for the Cowboys in terms of keeping them on track, keeping them on pace to get home field advantage throughout the playoffs. I think the thing that stands out for me from that game is that, you know, we'd already seen the Cowboys win some big games. They beat the Packers at lambeau Field a couple weeks before that, they beat a good Cincinnati team at the time. The thing that stands out for me is that was one of

the worst games of Dak Prescott's season. He had a passer rating of seventy nine. I think that's his second worst of the season, right up there with his performances against the Giants, which were obviously losses, but it was probably his worst performance where he still managed to get

it together and pull together a win. You know, they were down by ten in the fourth quarter, he'd been inaccurate, he'd thrown an interception, just hadn't looked like, you know, the uncharacteristic guy that he had been all this year, still managed to piece at thegether and bring them back for an overtime win. Obviously, you know that that drive in overtime where they didn't give the ball back to the Eagles and went down and found Jason Witten in the end zone as one of the two or three

biggest moments of the year. So, like I said, I guess it was we already knew the Cowboys were good by then, but that was when I think I learned that they could play poorly and still managed to come out with a win. It was really impressive performance. David A. Year ago. At this time, the Eagles and the Cowboys

both were getting ready for the offseason. Neither team made the playoffs, but the Cowboys were in last place in the division and all of a sudden, now, you know, chance to win fourteen games, potentially they have the number one seed in the NFC. Was changing things around as simple as drafting Zeke Elliott and Dak Prescott or what do you think? It was the biggest key to the team's turnaround in just one year, going from worst to first. You know, and I don't mean this as any disrespect

to Ezekiel Elliott, He's been incredible. I fully expect him to win Offensive Rookie of the Year or you know, at least contend with Dak for one way or the other. I think it all comes down play. You go back to twenty fourteen, Tony Romo had the year, the best season of his career, Cowboys won the division, got into the second round of the playoffs. He gets hurt last year obviously in Week two in a win against Philadelphia, and everything kind of fell apart because the Cowboys didn't

have an answer at quarterback. It's not like the running game dropped off. Darren McFadden was an eleven hundred yard rusher. I don't think he's quite as good as Elliot. I think pretty much anybody would agree with that. But they were still running the ball successfully. The defense was keeping them in games. They lost I believe seven games by a touchdown or less. Last year. That was a competitive team. I know the record didn't look like it, but they

weren't getting their doors blown off hardly. I think they lost maybe two games by double digit points or more. So. What changes you draft a quarterback? Obviously nobody could have predicted Dak Prescott would be as amazing as he has been. But the difference for this team is just having a competent quarterback who can move the offense, keep things ahead of the chains, find the open receiver, and open up

the passing game for the running game. Obviously, Dak's been able to do that, and you know, having a competent, confident quarterback has made all the difference for this team, just like it did two years ago. David Hellman from Dallas Cowboys dot com thank you for taking us behind enemy lines one final time this year, presented by Gatorade. Here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. Glenn you know, I

wrote about this the other day. That game in Arlington, Texas, Eagles ten point lead fourth quarter, to me, was a real pivot point in the season for Philadelphia. Then Eagles lose to the Giants and from that point on, second half of the season has been very difficult to get victories. Do you agree with that point that that loss in Dallas was so critical? Yeah, the loss in Dallas was terrible because you had the ten point lead, You had every opportunity to win that game. That should have won

that game. You can question some of the coach's decisions, some of the plays. Yeah, they should have that one to me. And the other big turning point of the season was the Ryan Matthews fumble on a game that they had iced and you can't have him back. We all say, your record is what you are. You are what your record is. But yeah, I'd love I'd love to takeover. It really is amazing for the Brian for the Ryan Matthews fumble, for the ten point loss in Dallas.

In Arlington, Texas specifically, that's two wins, that's a that's a eight eight, eight and seventeen going into the Finally, Yeah, I know, but you can't do that. You can. You can do it every year, and you can also do it with games that they won. The other team can say the same thing. But yeah, in in our fantasy world that we'd love to have, want those two back, and really the game is about a play here, a play there in the NFL. So there you have it.

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it's got a busy day for you on Friday. Let's take a look our Emuroso's on the menu segment Howard Eskin my co host, We've got an old school all twenty two look back at a great Eagles Cowboys moment, and Doug Peterson meets the media for the final time before the final game of the season. Amarroso's the reason Philly sandwiches are so famous? Glenn? Instead of asking you about the game, what would you like to see happen

in the off season? Well, I think the Eagles are gonna have to retool a couple of units cornerback, wide receiver and running back, and they're not going to have a ton of money under the cap to do it. They're gonna have to draft very well, and they're gonna have to sign free agents wisely, and that that's it. They're gonna be names that come in that we may not know, but they're gonna have to score with. Well. The good news is the draft is loaded with running backs. Yeah.

And there are good cornerbacks yeah. And there are some very good wide receivers. Yeah. And I think that's your first three rounds certainly. Yeah, whatever order you take it. Yeah, we'll see what we'll talk about as the off season goes along here. But let's finish to push for an edge rusher. Let's yeah, that's exactly right. Let's finish the season strong here. Why not? Yeah, you want the win. Yeah, we've harkened back to how Andy Reid was three and eleven.

Is first year won the last two second year they make the playoffs. That's a good template. That's a good template. Glennmac now, Dave Spidero, we thank you for joining us here on Eagles three sixty. Have yourselves a great Eagles Day.