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the heck's going on here? Question? There's a lot of questions, but I do think they have recovered nicely. You know, have they lost that game, they could have fallen into the Abyss and would have been a game and a half behind the Giants. Now you are four and four, as you say, the next three games you have against teams that are combined seven and seventeen, so you really have an opportunity to win something, to do something, to

grab the division. And Dave, as we know, we have seen teams win the Super Bowl with a nine and seven record, You win the division, you can do anything. And how about Sam Bradford? Have you has the worm turned on Sam? Bradford, it remains to be seen. I think he had a terrific game. It should be really pleased with that. The pace of the offense was so great. But I think that going only two or three more Sam Bradford performances like that before I can fully invest

in that busy day here at the Novicare Complex. As you know, Jordan Hicks on Monday placed on the injured reserve, that is season ending injured reserve. The Eagles welcoming back and Manuel Ajo for all of your inside linebacker needs. He's healthy now and he knows the system and so he's an emergency player. Time now for Dammiko Ryan's to get healthy, for Keiko Alonso to get healthy, from Michael

Kendricks to knock off some of that rust. Yeah, and you fortunately, you know when they went into the season, we said they have all these inside linebackers. What does he need all these inside linebackers. Well, it's coming to roost for him and it's coming to pay off a little bit. This is why coaches don't like to predict. We like to predict. He certainly likes to predict. But now midway through the season, the offense may be in better shape than the defense and who would have thought

that a couple of weeks ago. Let's get you caught up with everything that is going on with his Philadelphia Eagles team. Alex Smith our Eagles three sixty update. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith and this is your three sixty update. The rain moved the Eagles practice inside the bubble today here at the Novicare Complex. Today we heard from offensive coordinator Pat Schermer and wide receiver Jordan Matthews on Matthew's big bounce back game against Dallas and how it paid

off after a long week of work. It's a long season and you've heard me talk about how Bradfords get better and guys fight through things and they're doing you know, I was impressed with with Jordan's comments. He said, Hey, I was just doing my job, you know, And that's really his mentality. Jordan's a guy that works at things, and if he drops a ball or two, he's gonna come out here and train and get better. And he's

got that mentality and he trained great last week. He knows that if something doesn't go his way, he works hard to do it, and so he's got that process built in That's why it's no mystery that he went out and had success. You know, from the very beginning, I always knew, like, Okay, this is the guy. Now, I just gotta continue to go out there and make plays for him so I can build that trust. And so that's kind of like the process, you know, for me, I think for a lot of guys in the offense.

Because he's played in his league a long time, he's an older guy. You know, I'm still in my second year. So it's not like I'm some ten year vet. You don't. You barely practice and you come out and the guy just knows, Okay, he's gonna be ready. No, I'm still a growing guy in this league. So I gotta go out every single day, whether it's practice, whether it's even walked through, just letting him know, hey, I'm no, I'm

going to be here. I'm going to be in the right fine, I got to make this play for you. So it's still growing. At the same time. I like where we're in. I like where we're hitting. Meanwhile, inside the Eagles locker room, we heard from Lane Johnson and Dennis Kelly as a two offensive lineman spoke about how versatility is the name of the game for the Eagles O line. Yeah, it was just you know, I had three days three days get used to it. So it's been a while since since I got to play it.

But uh uh, in time, I'll get I'll get better and better kind kind of right check on. Um, when when you're looking at all the different spots, it does the little challenging just because there's you know, obviously more information you have to take in. You know, you can't just study one guy, can't to study one side. You pretty much study everything. You know, all the guys, all the different schemes and um, you know, like I said,

it's better to be overprepared than underprepared. After the Eagles plays linebacker Jordan Hicks on injured reserve yesterday, the team resigned linebacker Emmanuel Acho, who had previously been with the club. Today, we heard from defensive coordinator Bill Davis and Acho on how the linebacker has been staying ready for when the opportunity comes. Yeah, you know, it manages extremely football until legend guy and he could run the defense right now. I mean he's missed for six seven weeks. He can

go out there right now and run it. He has that kind of a football like you. So I've got I go way back with us. He's a very intelligent player and very comfortable to have to where you know that you can put him in and trust him to be and get everybody aligned to be our quarterback. But then in Philive been working out and just trying to stay in the game. Standball went to Jacksonville, I went to Atlanta, and I went to Arizona, and so I was constant pretty regularly on the move. But ultimately I'm

glad I want him to back up home. That will wrap things up here from inside the Bubble. Be sure to stay tuned to Philadelphia Eagles dot Com through out the week, as on a Wednesday, we will hear from Sam Bradford and Damiko Ryan's thank you so much, Alex. We will get a look at the NFC East in just a little bit here. We're gonna talk some fantasy football as well. But when we return to Eagles three sixty, we're gonna put a bow on that Sunday win over

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Baba Peedick. We're back if Eagles three sixty become your way. Every Monday through Friday in Philadelphia, Eagles dot Com and the Official Eagles app at five pm. I'm Dave Spiero Eagles insider along with Glenn mac now, and we've been talking about the Dallas Cowboys, no kiddingh final rap Glenn macnow five takeaways. By the way, could there be anything better than beating them in their play yes ever time nineteen eighty one? Well yeah, winning the NFC championship game

in all right? Fine, give them a circuit thing, all right, So here you go takeaway number one, Dave. The running back rotation is working. I always thought if you give DeMarco Murray eighteen twenty carries a game, and that's gonna be the way to do it. And that's what he's done. In the last three game, four games, he's averaged eighty six yards four point five yards a carry, three touchdown. And Ryan Matthews is getting those six yards a carry.

And I think, you know, giving him ten eleven carries a game is going to help him get those six yards of carry. So I like this running back rotation. I'm gonna stick with it. I told you earlier to Marco Murry is gonna get a thousand yards this year. He needs six hundred and eleven and the last eight games he's gonna go past. Interesting that the game on Sunday. The offense really struggled in that first quarter, and then

the Eagles embark on an eighty yard drive. They run the football nine times out of twelve plays, and they just really dominated the line of scrimmage with Murray early, with Matthews late, a little Darren Sproles mixed in there, and when the run game goes everything in this offense absolutely seems to him. Absolutely here you go, number two, Maybe, just maybe we've turned the corner on Sam. Bradford get

had three sterling drives, had no takeovers. The pace was so good that you saw how exhausted the Cowboys were at the end. I am not ready to say, Sam, I am yeah, because I told you earlier I want to see a couple more games. But this was a put up or shut up game for him, and he put up. But what do you want to see from him? Glenn? Is it pocket presence? Is it accuracy? I mean I know that different things. I know the production is the

bottom line. Yeah, what impressed what impressed me the most was the pace of the thing that you know, one of the concerns we had is Bradford wasn't able to get up there move that fast. Get it going, and I thought he did. The offense did, and that was great enough. Of course, zero turnovers is always a great thing. All right, number three, All right, number three, this is the not so good one. We are still at the point now ten total points in the first quarter, and

now we're through eight games. They had the three and out the first time they got the ball, they got it back on a penalty, and then they got six and out and that was no good. Let me give you something that that I've kind of looked at the concerns to. Okay, they have not completed a pass longer than eight yards in their initial drive this year. Eight games, eight possessions, five to three and outs, not one complete

pass over eight yards. Remember when you McNabb used to early in the game, heave that long one to the t o or Pinkston before him. I want to see one of them, even if it's incomplete. Let's get the defense. Yeah, okay, early, let's do it in the first drive. All right, Number four, defensive coordinator. There you go. Yeah, I'll be calling him today. I'm sure he wants to take my call. All right, here you go, number four, And this is a concern,

and you know, we alluded to this. The Eagles really may have lost the guy who, over the course of the last four or five games was their defensive MVP. Jordan Hicks took that interception back for the touchdown early in the game. It was a defining moment in the game. Now he's out, He's out for the rest of the year. The Kiko Alonzo looked pretty rusty. As understood. He the guys only played two games over the course the last two years. But he's gonna have to come in to

Mico Ryans is gonna have to come in. They're gonna have to do what The good news is they both have established track and you know, the guy who really is interesting to watch is Michael Kendricks, who seems to just be running through gaps, playing downhill, and that might be the best situation for him to be in. Go find the football and don't worry about dropping in coverage. If there's a way the Eagles can put him in those kinds of situations, it really may bring back that

big playilment. I mean, the Eagles are really strategizing to get to the quarterback. They've schemed a lot. They had four sacks on Sunday, Night and Michael Kendricks, I think can be such an effective pass rusher, and I think Bill Davids is going to dial him up down the stretch. Would love to see that. All right, here you get

number five, and boy, how much fun was this? Lane Johnson, Jason Kelsey, Brent Selleck really did a number on Greg Hardy And I talked to Raid jer during the week, so I'm gonna tell you I stole this from him. He said, if you run at him so that he can't just run the passer, he's gonna not just get tired, he's gonna lose interests, he's gonna get frustrated. They did. They ran at him, He got tired. By the end of the game. He was a non factor. And how great was that? It was the whole group. I mean.

The Eagles again have faced a lot of criticism for not selecting an offensive lineman other than Lane Johnson in the three Chip Kelly drafts. They didn't sign anybody in free agency. They let Evan Mathis go, they let Todd Harriman's go, and yet the Eagles came up big when they had to against the Cowboys with Dennis Kelly at right tackle, Lane Johnson at left tackle, Matt Tobin, Alan Barber surrounding Jason Kelsey, Josh Andrews the next man in. Didn't come to that, but he was ready to go.

And the Eagles their philosophy, well it paid off in a game they really had to have. Terrific. So those are the winning touchdown. The back end block is Brent Selleck coming in and hitting Hardy and sprung it for the for the touchdown. How great was that? And so wait, Pat Shermer just called, He said, advice earlier. Throw them all there, you go, throw off just deep early. That's all it's gonna take. Well, not all it's gonna take, but they've got ten points. It's games. Good stuff. Glenn

McNown is five takeaways. When we return to Eagles three sixty, we're going to take a look around the NFC East, the Giants and the Eagles. Are they separating themselves from the other two teams. We'll talk about it when we return. When you get away from smartphones and video games and tablets, it's amazing what you can really plug into this season. Shop the brands you love, plus thousands of items on sale. Mount Sports Authority, All Things Sporting Good, I got tickets,

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buy or sell NFL tickets. Visit NFL ticket exchange dot com. Glenn. The second half of the season begins with two home games and then Detroit on Thanksgiving three last placed teams in twelve teams give me three wins the rest of the schedule, though, I mean, how how many wins you see in the final way games? Once shot three? Yep, Buffalo Washington. Okay, that's five, that's five, that's nine. And I think it all comes down to speaking the Giants the last day of the season. Whoa wait, I think

Eagles are gonna be in better shape than that. I just gave him ten wins. You're gonna give more than ten? Nine wins? Well, I gave him nine coming into the Giants. I don't think Arizona on on the East Coast in December, okay, is as formidable. But as I agree, it will take everything has to go right for your prediction to work, and as we know, everything doesn't always. But six and two is that that unrealistic? It's not impossible. I mean, we've seen teams like this catch a win. You and

I've been following the Eagles long and up. There were years where Buddy started out that bad. All right, we're gonna talk a little bit about the NFC East Um, Okay, we talked about it all year, but it's just fascinating to me and I think it's getting very defined now, the Giants and the Eagles, perhaps Glenn separating themselves from the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Covers. Are the Cowboys toasted? Yeah, they're done. They're they're they're they're done. They're irrelevant, they

don't matter, They're not important. They are done. It's over one more game without Tony Romo in Tampa on Sunday. Yeah, that's fine, and they may even win that one. But after that, they're not gonna just kind of run the thing just because Tony Romo's coming back. And I respect them. They are not going to run the table with Tony Romo. They're they're a mess. Okay, Washington has played hard football. We got a lot of injuries, a little bit of intrigue.

This week, DeShawn Jackson be thinking a bit about his lack of production. It certainly seems that that deal did not work out for Washington nor for DeShawn. Now, who I would be surprised to be a Redskin next year. I'm sure he's gonna get cut, take the money, and end up somewhere else, and probably not on a particularly good franchise. Yes, I think the Patriots just kind of toyed with Washington last week, whether they beat him twenty seven to seven or something like that. And here's the

thing about Washington. No sacks last week, just thirteen for the season, so they can't rushing. Here's the STAB stats. Washington has given up in the last four games seven hundred and forty eight rushing yards. That's incredible. At the meantime, they have rushed for one seventy two. They're given up four yards for everyone day game. We don't have to be coaches, you know, you can't win with that, That's right. And then the New York Giants with Jason Pierre Paul

Back hold off Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay's woes in the red zone really came back to haunt them. Mike Evans and absolutely terrible game with six drops at wide receiver. At the Giants this week, Well, they've got New England and then they've got a brutal schedule on the other side they do, so here's what you go. They got New England this week at home. I still think New England's gonna work. Then they go to Washington. They could beat Washington the Jets at home. What do you think?

I think they beat the Jets. For the Jets two at Miami. That will be determining on how hard Miami plays at that point. All right, Panthers at the Vikings two losses, two losses, and then they close with the Eagles. I really think that last game is good, will be huge. So we've got a lot to play for in the

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football world. We're gonna give you a look at maybe some players from the Eagles roster who up and down the first half, who are ready to take off in the season's final eight games. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith, and welcome to another week of Fantasy Spin presented by Bud Light. I am joined as I am every week by Joe Dolan, the managing editor of fantasygrew dot com. Joe, let's jump right into it. Let's start things off by talking about the Eagles running backs. As the Eagles have

really gotten the run game going as of late. How did those two backs fit into the fantasy picture this weekend? Well, I think what you saw against the Cowboys Alex was exactly what the Eagles wanted to do with their running backs. I think that was their plan from the moment they signed DeMarco Murray and Ryan Matthews. The Eagles, after a slow start, have now run over seventy plays and four

straight games. And when they're running that many plays, there's gonna be plenty of touches available for both Murray and Matthews. And I think the plan is for Murray to come in kind of wear down the defense. He can contribute in the passing game a little more than Ryan Matthews Kent and then Matthews with that great burst and that ability to get to the perimeter kind of that one cut action, he's the guy who kind of comes in and throws the haymakers at the defense after Murray wears

him down. Matthews is just too explosive for the defense to really slow down, and I think we saw that against the Cowboys. For as maligned to season as DeMarco Murray has had, he's been really really good for Fantasy of late and out of the first round running backs, it's basically he and Adrian Peterson who are left standing. So DeMarco Murray, if you've had him, if you drafted him, you've actually lucked out compared to what else you could

have had. And his level of play has clearly been improving. So this week against the Miami Dolphins, who have a really low ranked run defense, DeMarco Murray is an easy RB one. He's in your lineup. He's a lock for your lineup. You don't have to make a call on him. I think Ryan Matthews has flex value and Darren Sprowles

he's just kind of a week tweek proposition. He plays a lot of snaps, But I think whether or not Sam Bradford targets him in the passing game or if it gets enough carries is just kind of based on game flow. So he's more of a risky guy, even though he technically plays more than Ryan Matthews does. But I think Murray is a lock for your lineup. I think Matthews is a viable flex, and if you're really hurting, I think Darren Sprowles because of the amount of plays

the Eagles have run recently, his viable as well. Joe looking at a surprise start this week, you're looking in that Tampa Bay Buccaneers backfield, Well, yeah, Doug Martin's a lock for your lineup this week against Dallas with Sean Lee presumably out with the concussion. But Charles Simms has been kind of floating on the perimeter, and I think he's a guy who's almost certainly on your waiver wire.

His fantasy production hasn't been great, but he busted off a couple long runs last week, and he actually out snapped Doug Martin last week. He got more planning time than him. So if you're really hurting for a running back, maybe you lost Dion Lewis this week and you don't want to mess with James White, Brandon Bolden, anybody the

Patriots might sign. Charles Sims could be out there and could be a lower end option for you who could pay off with three or four catches this week, Joe, looking at the quarterback position, Carson Palmer and the Arizona Cardinals had a pretty good start to the season. But you're a little bit hesitant to go with Palmer this weekend. Yeah, he's going to Seattle coming off a bye. Palm's coming off a bye. But so Seattle, and Seattle has been certainly one of the most disappointing teams in the NFL

thus far. They've blown fourth quarter leads defensively, which is a concern. I think they're going to get things kind of stored up coming out of the by now. Carson Palmer hasn't played against Seattle since twenty thirteen because he missed both games with injury last year, but in twenty thirteen, he had two touchdowns against six interceptions in two games against Seattle. He threw four interceptions in Seattle in December

of twenty thirteen. I don't try to look back that far, but I tend to think player history has a little bit more impact in division games. So if there is a viable streaming option out there on the waiver wire, it is fair to sit Carson Palmer this week. I want to hold on to him because I want him for the stretch run, but I think this week might be a little bit shakier than you'd like to see

from your guy who's been really good for you and Joe. Finally, as players are working the waiver wire this weekend, who are a couple running backs who maybe you're not so high on moving forward? Well, if you've been stashing these guys, it's I'm going to get rid of him. Kristin Michael of the Dallas Cowboys see zero snaps against the Eagles. The fake Rod Smith, not the guy who was awesome in Denver like ten years ago. He played ahead of them and then one of the bigger disappointments last week.

I think for players who were stashing this guy, I think anybody would have expected CJ. Spiller snaps to rise after Kyrie Robinson went down for the year. Not the case. He played only six snaps last week for the New Orleans Saints. He had three touches. Mark Ingram dominated the snaps and touches in that backfield. It is time to save yourself a headache. Get rid of CJ. Spiller. He's been useless. Great stuff as always from Joe Dolan, the

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a mess. I know everybody really likes Ryan Tannehill and I think he may be something there, but his offensive line is hurting. He doesn't have a lot of protection, and I know how risky this is. I think the Heils are gonna blow him out. I know, I know it's I know, Hey, I kind of give it to you honestly. And a couple of weeks ago you asked me and I predicted they were gonna lose. Yeah. I

think the Els are gonna blow him out. I'm interested to see Bill Lazer, who was the quarterbacks coach here in twenty thirteen with Nick Foles in the Great Season, Pro Bowl season. He's now the offensive coordinator in Miami. How closely is what he do what he does offensively? What does does it resemble what Ship Kelly does? Is it a mirror of this up tempo short routes, shallow crosses and the If that's the case, should certainly have

a handle on what Miami does offense. Yeah, you should know how to do it absolutely, And I think you're right because if you look at it, their wide receivers averaged like ten yards to catch eleven yards a catch. They catch a lot of volume, but it's a lot of short, quick passes. That's what they do. Buffo screens. Cornerbacks Nolan Carol and Byron Maxwell will have to tackle on Sunday. What's ahead? Well, our Emrosa is on the

menu segment. Well there is. Chick Kelly comes into studio on Wednesday and we're gonna talk about the Miami Dolphins. Joe to Camera will be in studio with me as well Chris McPherson with Covered two and some Eagles Dolphins connections. There are more than you think, correct, all right, Glenn Macnow, thanks so much. Bleash day, good Senior, Be good, Glenn Macnow. Dave Spedaro, thank you for joining us here on Eagles three sixty. Have yourselves a great Eagles Day. Catt