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while here in studio. Glenn mcnow joins me in a moment here we'll talk about his takeaways from the game. But first we go back to Sunday's game and talk about one of the key plays and one of the key plays from a defensive line position that really dominated and that we'll have to dominate moving forward. Fletcher Cox the big move to get to Kirk Cousins for the sack and the forced fumble. We break it down than our tape study with Ike Grease and defensive line coach

Chris Wilson. It sturns down on the six for the Ruskin shut gun again, Christ comps up to the light of Cousins. Spruick he's in football and loose and I think the Eagles haven't they do? Comes on slack my funker tucks and the Eagles have the ball during the tarn On Eagles game plan for another edition of Tape Study is defensive Wine coach coach Chris Wilson, coach, welcome to the show. Well, big week for the defensive line this last week really said the tone, came up with

big plays all throughout the game. Let's take a look at the first sack of the game. You're gonna get a nice job here, Fletcher Cox. Everybody wants Fletcher make it more plays. No better way to do it in the first game here, Well, the first thing we did, we came out believe this was a second down call for us. And what we're doing right now is we're gonna take Timmy here and let him have a two way go here on the guard and let Fletcher become

a contained Russia. Brandon now becomes a dropper for And what we always teach these guys on the position is to do a great job once you clear to become a Russia, which Fletcher did great finish mind with that outside hand getting the ball out. Last thing I love about it. You know, he's going for the big play, not just a sack. He wants that ball out. Great recognition there by Fletcher. Time now to welcome in Glenn mac Now to our studio on this Tuesday at th

an Overcare Complex. Who's still trembling a bit from Sunday win over the Washington Risks. What was it like for you to watch that game? Was the demeanor? It was a nail fighter. It was tense. You know, they started out so well, I'm thinking, wow, could the Eagles blow them out? Yeah? Right, the first game of the season, and then Washington comes back. Momentum back and forth, really dave up until the strip sack, fumble recovery and instant replay.

That's the first time I felt confident. And did you feel that that play, the Fletcher Cox return would be overturned? Yeah? I think Fletcher Cox, the whole defense was out on the field. I know they showed it on replay a couple of times. Initially I'm thinking, no, no, look he hit his arm, and then from a different angle, maybe it's going forward. There are a lot of times when we've thought, you know, the referees didn't do the Eagles

a favor there. I'm not saying they did him a favor, but in a fifty fifty it was nice to go their way. Well, now we're gonna take a look back at the game with Glenn mcnow's takeaways, but hopefully during the course of these takeaways we will discuss some of the current situations with the Eagles as they pertain to Kansas City and beyond. Well, you're beat okay, and so let's go with the first one, which is I thought

the secondary did a very nice job of surviving. After Ronald Darby went down in the second quarter, Washington gained some momentum. They looked like they were scrambling out there, but they really got it together and did a nice job. Jalen Mills had a great game, not just the interception, but overall the coverage. Patrick Robinson, who had a rough preseason, was outside, went inside Hall Jamison predator three catches, fourteen yards. Malcolm Jenkins did a usual good job on Jordan Read.

The secondary is going to be challenged if you want to talk about moving forward, But this day they did a very nice job. They did a great job in coverage, They tackled well, they were very secure in that, and I think Glenn look at with Ronald Darby out for however long he's going to be out, it will take a village. Jalen Watkins and Corey Graham will have to play the safety position. Jaylen Wayne's to play some cornerback who knows what. So it's gonna take a group effort.

Kansas City has obviously been watching this film. They're gonna try to dissect every weakness. The front seven will have to contribute with a great pass rush to help the back end. But it's a week by week proposition. Now that you've lost your most athletic and your fastest cornerback. With players like Tyreek Hill, Odell Beckham, Junior Keenan Allen some really good receivers on the way, I was feeling pretty good about that up until that moment. It's just

reality going. We are we are in the It's not going to be easy ato And by the way, speaking of Washington, they took a step back without Pierre Garson and DeShawn Jackson. Man, you are so right now. Pierre Garson DeShawn Jackson just burnt the Eagles all the time. Didn't see that, we know and without that, without that threat of speed. Without that threat of speed, it just changes everything. All right, here you go number two. It looks like it's gonna take a while for Carson Wentz

to develop chemistry with the new guys. I heard this stat today The eleven starters on Eagles offense on Sunday had played together a total of eighteen plays all of pre seasons. So it showed to me when you had four catches sixty eight yards combined for Tory Smith, all Shan Jeffrey, there's not that comfort level there. There is with Zach Ertz eight for eight, eight attempts, eight completions. It was with Nelson Agila who had his best days

appro six catches. But the new guys. The good news is I think a month from now it's going to be a lot better. But it was. It wasn't quite there. I'm not sure that I would attribute it to a lack of chemistry. I just thought Carson missed down the field a couple of times, a little late with Dory threw one over. But yeah, I mean so it maybe it's chemistry. But the point is yes, and that will grow and that will build and in the meantime, Ertz and Agilus stepped up and we talked about Urge last week.

A full season from zach Ertz. He certainly started it off the right way. Oh, he's beats Washington, but usually in December. Yeah, he beating him earlely, he beat him early. I here you go at number three because it needs to be said. Donnie Jones is a stud man. I wondered during preseason if the Eagles were gonna go with the younger, less expensive punter. They stuck with Donnie Jones.

It certainly paid off Week one. He planted that fifty yard or at the one yard line when they needed when momentum was an issue in that game, he had the big hand time on that forty yarder that led to the fumble. Overall, I thought special teams were terrific. Caleb Sturgis missed the extra point but hit the long field goals played hurt. We'll see how that plays out this week. Coverage was good special team Dave fifth Man.

He started the season well and by the way, Corey Clement goes right down the field, makes the play on the first kickoff and showed that he can play at an NFL speed. I still think you're Glenn at some point he will be, maybe sooner rather than later, a factor in the Eagles running game. Nice, how about that night. I like to hear that. Yeah, I'd like to hear. Let me rate that to him right there. I like

to see special teams contributing early. I remember sometimes when Harbaugh was here, because in special teams you have a lot of guys during the preseason in and out of no idea, Right, it was great to see that early special teams play that well. Well that Those are the takeaways from Glenn Mcnow. We'll talk a little bit more about the Kansas City Chiefs later in the show. And obviously the injury factor is important with Darby and Sturgis

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kind of a distant memory. We talk about this before, Doug, But how quickly do your process wins and losses fast? Um? You know you spend a little bit on on a Monday morning going back and recapping and uh, you know the beauty of having iPads and things now is we can watch these games on the train, on the plane wherever it is, on the way back, so we get

a lot of the grades in already. So we spend most of the time on Monday game planning and looking forward to putting the putting the plans together for the next week. Does it take young players time to process things so quickly? Do you find? Um? I think so I do. I think I think it's uh, you know, they they're going to hang onto things a little bit

longer than coaches do. Um, we try to. You know, we obviously move on a lot faster, a lot quicker because we're we're in we're in game mode really on Monday, and then Tuesdays are you know, are really our big day. And then and then we go practice on Wednesday. But I think players can kind of hang on to it a little bit. Um. But you know, it's a long season. Um, you enjoy the you enjoy the wins. You spit them out as fast as you can. You get ready for

the next week. What did you learn about the team on Sunday? Resiliency? Um, you know, I knew I knew that going in, and you know, I wanted to see how we were going to respond to And that was my message to the team was how how well are we going to respond when adversity hits? And and we had adversity in that game, and you know, they they responded well, like like I, like I knew they could and knew they would, and um that that's the best

thing about this football team. And they play so hard and so so passionate about the game that, uh, I think we can be faced with just about anything and these guys will battle through it. Still many chapters to go in this season, Doug. But you know last year one and seven on the road, lost some games in the fourth quarter, and then on Sunday you win eleven nothing in the fourth quarter, really the big difference in that game. Why why this team shows such maturity one

year to the next. I just think we learned from our our previous previous year, previous mistakes and and and there was things that that I talked to the team about all spring long and all summer and training camp was you know, we gotta learn to finish better and make plays down the stretch. And uh, what a great

defensive play. Obviously the sack fumble and and to get in the end zone to really you know, stretch our lead, and you know, and then offensively to go out and you know, you'd love for the offense to finish that four minute drive and stay on the field and not give the ball back to Washington. But but overall, I just think it was a great team effort late in the game. What did the offense show you what how

they play a little up and down. Um, you know, had some consistency early and then and then got away from that. We made some made some just some some dumb mistakes, really bonehead mistakes. Things that we've repped, you know, all the way back to OTAs and you know, those are the things that we've got to fix, got to correct. Uh. And then and then we picked out I thought the passing game, you know, Carson was very efficient to spread

the ball around. You know, you look at uh, you know, several guys with eight targets and one with alerts and those guys and Tory had eight targets, all Shaan was seven. So the guys that we want to target the ball too, we were able to do that and spread it around. Um, we had opportunities down the field, which which is which is a bright spot. You know, we didn't hit on uh but one, but uh you know, took some took some opportunities, some shots, and those are those are some

bright spots we can we can build off of. You did not hesitate Doug to come out of the gates fast and aggressively with the big ball. To Tory, why that call first play of the game, Well, just kind of going back and and and and study in Washington and uh Monusky over the years and just understanding how they how he starts games. And you know, and I just wanted to come out and be aggressive early with with our play call and with our guys and just

show the confidence that I have in them. And um, we just missed, you know, slightly under thrown ball, but we came back and missed again, and you know, but those are things that we're capable of doing now, and we want to be able to back defenses up and and h to come out and do that first play the game just shows that that we'll have more of

those opportunities in these next next few games. Thirteen nothing leading you try that kind of that lateral to Nelson, can you explain what that play was supposed to be supposed to be a run, supposed to be a run, um and as designed as a run, and that's just an advantage throw for the quarterback. And and really based on a man's own man's own indicator, and they gave his own and so it was as an opportunity. Um.

You know, it wasn't perfect. Obviously, it was a lateral and it's even in practice we always practice it downhill, throw it downhill. Um, and it was. It was a mistake offensively. Um, So we'll learn from it. We'll move on from it and uh correct it moving moving forward. What you need to do really to get that run game where you want it to be, Dug, it's close, it's close. You know, we just got a sustained blox. Uh,

you know, just gotta no leverage. Understand fronts, understand you know where the backers are, make those necessary adjustments in game, and and and just keep keep fighting, keep plugging. The run game was there. We had some potentially big runs in this game, but we just came up a little bit short on some execution and just just finishing the block, Doug. This game, this win, this first one was it's clearly a three phase win. Special teams came up huge defense dominance.

This is you come back on Monday and Tuesday here and the locker room, there's just a vibe here. Everybody really feels like they can contribute, which is, I guess exactly the feeling you want, exactly what you want. And it's got to be three phases. You know, we talk about it all the time, but now we know too that sometimes it's got to be the defense stepping up. Maybe that's the offense one week, and you know, we know that the special teams. You know, I talk about

field position all the time. And Donnie Jones had a punt to the one yard line and you know the defense took the ball away four times, and you know things like that. So you know, we we we You never know which unit's gonna step up. It was just this past week it was great to see all three Kansas City Chiefs. Special spot for you going back to Arrowhead as a head coach, what does it mean to you? Oh, it's a special place obviously, and then spent three years

and it's a it's a loud place. Um. I still think they hold the world record for the for the loudest outdoor stadium. So we gotta we gotta work cut out for us. This is uh, as we know, an Andy Reid coach team, and they're gonna be well disciplined, well prepared, uh, and we gotta be likewise. Were they for real on Thursday against the Patriots? They were, Uh, that's the that's the Kansas City good. Um. You know what. Um, I've seen it. You know, I've been there, I've seen it.

When they can play like that. And Alex Smith was very efficient. He's not going to make the big mistake. He's not gonna you know, turn the ball over. Um. And and they've got some speed at the at the skill spot. So Tyreek Hill is somebody that we got to be accounted for. You know, Kelsey is a tight end that's very athletic, can run, good route runner and you know, so they got weapons on offense and that

run game can can really feed and get going. So and then defensively, you know, a Coach Sutton team is again a well disciplined team. They're They're not going to present a lot of things to you. It's going to be a very simple game plan. But at the same time, they get after the quarterback man, it would be so huge two straight games in hostile environments. Go out and win those two games and come back to Philly would

be a gigantic way to start the season. It'd be a great way, you know, to two road uh, two road wins hopefully. Um. Like you said, in hostile loud stadiums. Um, and we just gotta you know, stay, keep stay the course, keep our poise, and we'll see what happens. Do you ever worry about Carson not being poised? Has he ever shown you that he's not poised? No? No, he's so, he's so under under control. Every everything is is very

he's in command of everything. Um. And and that's for a second year player, a young quarterback in this league. That's a very special special trade to have. Big week ahead. Doug, good luck, Thank you, beat the Chiefs. Doug Peterson in studio. Here our exclusive one on one weekly presented by wahwah. Thanks for joining us. This portion of Eagles three sixty

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to our Santandre legend of the week. And nobody fits that description better I think than I greased, former Eagles linebacker, former Eagles Pro Bowl linebacker, now a staple in the sports media community here in Philadelphia. I guess let's start there, the transition from player to media member. Now you hear the fans. What has that experience been like for you?

It's been everything I thought it would be. When I know years ago I thought about getting into this business when I first seven love with listening to sports radio on w I t uh. It's it's been Uh. I think it's a it's a great emotional ride for people like myself. I consider myself to be a fan as well, and I've always enjoyed the the interaction between uh quote unquote analysts and the fans. I think that you get a raw, honest, uh emotional field reaction from this fan base.

It's the reason why I love the fan base so much, and it makes the job fun to do. Now. We obviously have tough times when the teams aren't doing very well, and you gotta got a lot of criticism being heaped upon players and coaches and fun offices in this town. But I've always felt that that's just displays the level of passionate fan base has for its sports team in

this in this town. I know it's the Northeast thing Boston, New York, uh disphiliarium, but I take no one doesn't like we do it here uh in the Delaware Valley. And given the first week you've been well, I you've been part either as a player or as a broadcast room was twenty of these opening days? What does it mean just when the team wins the first game of the year here as opposed that we're all going for this week with a loss. It's huge. I mean it's huge.

Psychologically for everyone. I mean Gland days of guys, I've been around your long time days. You're from this area. So the difference between this city's emotionals and this mental state on Monday or Tuesday based on whenever that team playing them, whether they want to lose. I mean, it's one hundred and eighty degrees away from each other. And so to get a win the opening week of the Eagle season, it's big time. It allows us to continue to believe that this is going to be our year.

And every team in every NFL city feels that way at the beginning of the year. But I tell you there are sixteen cities that aren't very happy at the results of Week one in the NFL, and there are sixteen cities with we are part of where we are elated about where our team is that and we're happy to get off on a good start this week. It's it's Andy Reid on the other sideline once again, and we all know that you have a great relationship with Andy.

The Chiefs opened the season in spectacular fashion, beating the New England Patriots. Typical of an Andy Reid team to come out of the gates smoking. Now he's got a mini bye week. We all know how good he is after a bye week, big deal for you. I Number one to play Andy Reid is that's still a big story here. And then number two, how real are the Kansas City Chiefs? Oh yeah, and that's why's still a

real story now. The Andy was out there losing every game and it was on a hot seat partial It may not mean as much to us, but obviously having the winning this coach in team history over there doing well with another team and not surprised at all, we know how fair that a coach he is, that he had the Kansas City chief in contingent year in the year out and didn't get off to the to the old season opener against New England. I think that surprised

everyone just how explosive Kansas City was. So we had a chance to watch that. Everyone did around the league. They looked like a different team. Alex Smith certainly looked like he's willing to put the ball down the field. Tyrek Hill one of the most electrifying players in the league. H they got our attention, They got our attention, and uh yeah, I think it makes the games that much more meaningful because, uh we here field that Andy has

a good team out there. We know he's a good coach, and you know, it's like you want to do well when you're going up against one of your extions and that's our ex coach and we're bringing our team into town. There are a lot of storylines that connect each other. We did with the complization and the coaching staff m and coming out of there with a victory in a

place that is very tough to get a win. Although correct me if I'm wrong, guys, I think at the time we've been out there, we won those games, right, Yeah, only one loss out there in four games. This is the fifth time they've played an Arrowhead. Yeah, so you know, it's a tough place to get a win, and hopefully we can ten year old over winning ways that we've had out there recently. But yeah, I had no doubt about it, Dave. It's it's a big game for us

for several reasons. And having Andy as the coach over there and his team looking like one of the feather teams in the league right now, I think that makes it an even bigger game because then we're gonna get a portion of a fan base that said poll, would you rather have Andy Reid is the head coach here still, so you know that's gonna be a show top. Yeah, So so let's stay with that just a little bit. Doug knows Andy played for him, coach for him. You know,

both of these guys very well. Given that two part question, what is something that as Doug develops as a coach you really think he has or should take from Andy Reid? And maybe I can area where you think Doug should

differentiate himself from Andy. First thing I've noticed that he's taken from Andy Reid, and that's the personable relationships with the players, you know, and Andy found a way to build those sort of bridges with his players without being a summer player or coming in with a impeccable resume,

so to speak. He was looted of an unknown. But I think the way that he brought us together and the way that he lands and he's eventually became one of those players coaches where players just love to play for him, and he understands the importance of having those relationships with his players. You know, there's a fine line that between coach and player, but he still puts an emphasis on having that trust amongst his players and giving

his players ownership up the team. So I recognized that early in dust coaching career, and I think that's going to carry him a long way. And then the things that you, I guess you would maybe want to see him sort of separate himself Tom with coach Frees, I guess it would be, uh, thanks, thanks for the health days. Obviously you wanted to go ahead and be the one

who leads us to winning the Super Bowl. But but but I would even say this, I would say being a little flexible, being being a little flexible in the way that you do things, and the willingness to incorporate others with what you're doing. I think that's gonna carry does a long way as well. I mean, you're talking about a little bit of different eras of coaching for when Handy started with us to even where Handy is

at right now he and Doug. In this era of football, I think coaches approach to the game has to change a little bit. Players are certainly a lot more knowledgeable about the game of football, and not only that, they're also knowledgeable as to what they mean to the game of football. And so it's not like you know twenty thirty years ago, winning was pretty much you do it

because I said do it. Nowadays, players want to know why you want me to do it that way, and coaches had to be willing to be able to explain themselves to a degree. Grease, we thank you for joining us so much. On Eagles three sixty, I Grease our santandair legend of the week. Time now Glenn to take a look at our Amirossos on the menu. Take a look here what's ahead for the Philadelphia Eagles fans as

we move into the rest of the week. Here right tackle Lane Johnson will be in studio with me a little bit later on here and this week, and he'll talk about the matchup against another group of great pass rushers. It doesn't end for Lane Johnson is as week ahead. There is no easy week ahead. We also have an exclusive miking with Lane Johnson. And then on Wednesday, our first look at the Kansas City Chiefs. My Quick in studio as my co host. That is our Amirossos on

the menu. Look, Glen, the Eagles on the road again here what we'll take to win this game? I know there are many many storylines that will be explored throughout the week here. I think it's a fun week of football. Yeah, it's a fun weekend. It's a real challenging week. I did not know that Andy Reid's team was going to be that good opening week going. Are they England? Well that's a great point and we will find out. Andy off the bye is always a thing. We saw how

good he was there. He got up from the Thursday this Sunday. The flip side of that is I believe in the eb and flow. Maybe after week they're smelling themselves a little bit. Gives the Eagles the opportunity Eagles will This is the most obvious thing I'll ever say, Tod, but it's really true. Have to play flawless, right, no turnovers, no breakdowns. You do that. You got the talent to beat him. But it's a tough tax. No false starts, get a lead, rush the quarterback, protect Carson Wentz, and

get the running game going something we haven't seen nice. Right. Yeah, so it's a tough one. And listen, both teams have injuries. How will the coaching staffs exploit those injuries? All Right, it's only Tuesday. Get a long way to go. A lot of talking to do between now and Sunday, and you're just the guy to do it. Thanks man, I'll see you on Sunday. We'll talk then, Glenn mcdown Studio. We thank you for joining us. We thank you for joining us here on Eagles three sixty. I'm back tomorrow

with Mike Quick. In the meantime, have yourselves a great Eagles Day.