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conversation about the game in Washington. And yes, my thoughts, David worried about it, like the Atlanta game, it was a game that they really had the opportunity to win. They had the ball at the fifty yard line with what seven minutes to go to the Eagles. They had Washington deep in its own zone with a couple of minutes to go. The Eagles had every chance to win this thing and they should have. And we've said that more than once. And what does it sigling about a

team that does not finish off games? Okay, the playoff teams, you know, you look back, I would have loved to have had that game in October. Yeah, these are the games you put away, right, Yeah they are. And there the Eagles have really had kind of fortunate scheduling so far.

They played teams with a lot of injuries. They played the Listen, Washington is not a high caliber team, Kirk Cousins at their quarterback, you had every opportunity to win that There will be tougher games down the road against much better quarterbacks. And Dave you really hope that you don't regret this. The one good side is again and I know we say this every week, but it's true. The division is so poor. The Cowboys are now more banged up. It's still kind ye there, Yeah, no, it's

very much there. The Eagles have everything to play for and they start on Sunday against a Saints team that comes off a stirring victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Will take our first look at New Orleans and just a little bit, but let's get you started on the day that was for the Philadelphia Eagles. It's our Eagles three sixty update with Alex Smith. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith

with your three sixty update. The Eagles are at one and three, and while it's not quite the record that they had hoped for four games into the season, we're able to catch up with some of the veterans inside the locker room who are with this team in twenty thirteen when the team also started one in three, but we're able to turn things around and win the NFC East.

If you go back to the first year we were here, we started off one and three and we had a couple of games in there where we were really really porous at running the ball. So, you know, I think this is something that we can get corrected. That we will get corrected, and by no means as to say, you know, an end of the season type deal, which is put us kind of being portrayed out to be. But you know, I still think we have a lot of room for improvement. We have players, and once we

get this thing going, we'll have it. Right. Everyone kind of just jailed at the same time. Um, Obviously we had a new scheme going in and that we never run. UM. A lot of guys were new UM and there, I mean, there are some similarities that we have the same record,

but we're a very different team as well. Another veteran that we caught up with inside the locker room on the subject is linebacker Brandon Graham, who is very honest about how the team gets sick of talking to the media about the losses and how that gives them extra motivation to hit the practice field to turn things around. Everybody asking these same questions. You know, we just got tired of it, and then I think that's what we're

feeling right now. We don't want to We hate to come in here after a loss and have to talk to the media. Here are these questions. I know it's y'all job, but you know, I think that's what give us that spark too, because a lot of guys we don't. We hate coming in here after a loss because we got to hear it outside when I'm going to the store stuff like that. I know, we know, trust me, we want to get it fixed. It's like everybody else. And I'm telling you it's I I'm not even gonna

talk no more. I'm just I'm just working. We just we're just going to work and we see y'all. Sunday, before today's Eagles practice began, we heard from offensive coordinator Pat Shermer, who spoke about how quarterback Sam Bradford is getting more comfortable both in the system and with the weapons around him. I think he's more and more comfortable. He's becoming more and more comfortable with not only the concepts,

but who's running the concepts. And I think there's been times throughout the season, and then there's been times when he was off the mark. And I think you saw, you know, periods within the game last week where we were on the mark and we caught the ball, and so I think that's what we're shooting for. But I think he's getting more and more comfortable with how we run our offense and then the guys he's thrown to.

To hear all of Shermer's press conference, along with all of defensive coordinator Bill Davis's press conference, be sure to keep it right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com for all the latest Eagles news. Thanks so much, Alex At Eagles three sixty and when we return, we're going to talk about the New Orleans Saints, big win for them on Sunday night. But next up, Glenn and I are going to talk about some adjustments that we think the Eagles should make, might make, maybe consider, get this team

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do what's working well for you. And I think what's working well for them is hitting the backs out of the backfield. Short passes to the backs is working much better than running game. I think they've got to do that, Dave. I know, I said a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to see kind of some trick plays, and well, it wouldn't worked great the man he had a whole sideline to go to if he had held the ball. But I think what they need to do is kind

of at least disguise more what they're gonna do. I heard Seth Joyner this morning talk about how he knows, based on how the Eagles line up, how they're going to run. I think the coach really has to try to get more diversion and one more thing I really think would help. Right now, zach Ertz has ten catches at the quarter poll, he's on pace for forty receptions.

It's not going to do. You know, the best play they had last week was that touchdown pass that got called back for the illegal formation YE got against zach ERTs more involved, I'll say offensively. I hate to use the cliche, and we've heard it from the coaching staff, we've heard it from the players. The word is execute. You are not going to be able to reinvent this offense. Yes,

you can simplify things, you can refine things. I am more a favor if you want to do something a little bit crazy, a little bit nutty, spreading the field and throwing the football. Working it that way, it seemed to be effective for the Eagles in the second half against the Redskins. I'm maybe considering this as a pass first offense if your line is healthy enough to help you do it. You know, they lost a lot of guys. Get the ball out quick, three step drops, get it

out quickly. Give Sam Bradford some kind of pocket to throw from, okay, and then we're holding the ball would be nice as well. And what about defensively? All right, defensively, to me, it's kind of a week to week and against Drew Brees, the best thing you can do. He is really smart. Drew Brees is throwing four under touchdown passes for a reason, and he can read your defense. But Drew Brees is five ft eleven this week. What you really have to do is get the pressure up

the middle. So really, if I'm Billy Davis, I'm kind of stacking the whole thing to come right up the middle on Drew brees. They can't run the ball very well, and he's and his arm is kind of her his shoulders hurting. So that's my planis to just pressure us. I think it's a really interesting challenge for the defense. I believe that the Saints are going to throw the football short intermediate. A lot of the running backs tight end here and there, throw not much down the field

of Marcus Colston. So how will the Eagles cover. We've heard all summer about up at the line of scrimmage, in your face, pressure man press combinations in the secondary, and yet we really haven't seen a lot of that. We saw Washington absolutely destroy this defense. Cross routes, the shallow crosses, the screens, stuff in the flats. I expect that from New Orleans this week. And I think it might be time for Bill Davis to be really, really aggressive. Now.

He blitzed on the final play the touchdown passed to Pierre our Song and Kirk Cousins executed, but it took a perfect pass to do so it might be time to unleash a little bit more. Okay, Eagles have to get more of a pass rush. Well, I understand the concept to keep your hands up, yeah, which is great, but Eagles need a little bit more in the kicka and yes they do, and stunt and again stunt up the middle because that's the best place if you're going to stop your reason. He's a Hall of Famer, but

you gotta get in his face up the middle. And let's make sure everybody is clear about this. This is absolute gibberish. I was just envisioning coaches actually watching this segment. Yeah, and how Billy Davis has taken notes right now. We're just trying to find solutions just like everyone else. We want the Eagles to get back on track and get a big win on Sunday against those New Orleans Saints. Speaking of the Saints, we take our first look at New Orleans, a one in three football team coming to

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to Eagles three sixty. Eagles insider Dave Spidero Glen mcnow with me here, and before we get into the Saints, let's take a look at the Eagles upcoming schedule. It is not an easy one for the Eagles. The upcoming schedule presented by NFL Ticket Exchange power by Ticketmaster, or the only one hundred percent verified way to buy or sell NFL tickets visit NFL ticket exchange dot com. Well, Glenn, it's the same. And then as the Giants both at Lincoln Financial Field, a chance, a chance to start the

second quarter off the season really the right way? Well, yeah, you're one game behind in the division. Shockingly, at one in three, the Saints are one in three. Also, you know, I watched the Saints be Dallas the other night. They look pretty good, but the Saints are not off to a good start. They're beatable, and a lot of it is Drew Brees is not he and potentially the Giants the best team in the division. And then at Carolina undefeated. Tough game, but let's focus on the New Orleans Saints.

On Sunday, Drew Breese comes marching to town and we begin at the quarterback position, Breeze and Sam Bradford. Bradford finally getting that passing game on track down the field. On Sunday, Drew Brees finally getting back on the field and leading New Orleans to the victory. Look, we've seen Drew Brees many times. Smart, accurate, good timing, doesn't make a lot of mistakes. But he has slowed down in his career. He is not the same Drew Brees we

saw win a Super Bowl a few years ago. He's slowed down, and I gotta tell you he's much more prone to turnovers than he used to be. I think he had seventeen or nineteen last year. He's thrown a couple of this year. Drew Brees does that more, and probably because the rotator cough, he's lost some zip on the ball, so he's not gonna beat you on that deep out pattern. But the Eagles don't anticipate a lot of fun in games with the defensive coverages because Drew

Brees knows what you're doing. It's going to come down to basic, fundamental good technique. When you have an opportunity to pick off the football, you do. So Eagles need to take advantage of some of those flutterballs that might come out of Drew Brees's hands at the running back position. Really, it's a battle of two teams with three headed monsters. We know DeMarco Murray who had the big run on Sunday,

and not much more. We know Ryan Matthews didn't get a lot of touches on Sunday after the big game against the Jets, and then Darren Sproles has done a little bit of everything for this football team. With New Orleans. It's mark Ingram, it's Kerry Robinson, it's c J. Spiller who had the big catching run against Dallas. It's a kind of an interesting combination of what the Eagles do and what the Saints do. A good backfield for both teams.

A good backfield. All those Saints, like Eagles, haven't run the ball. They're averaging just three point four yards a run, which is just about worse than the league. Of course, the Eagles no better. Right now, Spiller's the big play guy. He was injured, he's back. You're right. He made that big play to beat Dallas last week. He's a very dangerous guy out of the backfield. Ingram is better on catching passes than he is on running the ball, and I think that's what Breeze wants to do. They don't

have much of a running game like the Eagles. They throw effectively to their back and that hurt the Eagles against Washington. That quick release, the quick throw into the flat,

the shallow crosses. Linebackers, safety's huge assignment on Sunday. Now, a wide receiver for the Eagles, Jordan Matthews leads the way, but there have been some drops this season through the first quarter of the season that really has plagued the Eagles wide receivers, a group that Chip Kelly lauded entering the season depth talent, size, good group, deep group, over the boards, depth wear down. The defense really hasn't happened.

Although for the Eagles on Sunday, good to see Riley Cooper go for the top, good to see Miles Austin go for the top right and Nelson Aguilar get involved on a deep play, and that's really what they gotta do. It was shocking how well they threw the deep ball last week after not being to do it all year. And I've said this every week. I want to see agwall are much more involved, and maybe that's going to happen. And for the Saints, Marcus Colston still the big threat,

big body, not real fast before. He's had a great NFL career. He's had a great career. They keep thinking Brandon Cooks is gonna be their guy. He was the rookie last year. He's averaging just ten pointy eight yards a catch. They've also got Willie Sneety's a possession receiver. The Saints, other than their running backs, really don't have that deep threat that's going to kill you. They're more

about short possession than they used to. And defensively, the staff that really jumps out at you with two teams whore statistically pretty even. The Saints without an interception in four games and that's kind of shocking. Now they've had some players injured. Jerryus Bird back on the field. Keenan Lewis, they're really good cornerback who back in twenty and thirteen shutdown to Seawan Jackson in the playoff win. He is back in the lineup. So the Saints a lot healthier

than they were in September. Glenn, And you know, they played a good game against the Cowboys. They played a good game against the Cowboys. The Cowboys are missing a lot of guys. You can run on the Saints now. And I think we said this probably last week against Washington, but the Saints are given up four point three yards it carry. It's more than a full yard than the

Eagles are giving up. We talked how much about the passing game and how that might be the future, but I really believe this is a week you can run on the Saints. And boy, wouldn't it be nice to see the Eagles get that. To see DeMarco Murray get unleashed. Yeah, early and often would be a great theme for the Eagles fans who will be in South Philadelphia on Sunday. So that's our first look at the New Orleans Saints.

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to replenish everything you need to keep sweating. I sept to Philly. I sept the Philly, the bus, the trolley, regional rail. I sept to Philly, the seventeen to training roadstreet line to my part boy Margaret frankfort Line all night time for a little fantasy football here on Eagles three sixty, and that means it's time for Alex Smith and the Guru Joe Dolan. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith, and welcome to another edition of Fantasy Spin, presented by Bud Light. I am joined as always by Joe Dolan,

the managing editor over at Fantasy Guru dot com. Joe. Last week, the Eagles really opened things up in the passing game against Washington, showing off that vertical threat. How does that affect things in your fantasy lineup this week? Well, I'm starting to consider Sam Bradford again, Alex. To be quite honest with you, Sam Bradford said after the game against Washington that it was just kind of a look. It was a good matchup for them to attack down

the field and lo and behold they did it. So far this year, the Eagles have had the misfortune of facing some pretty darn good defenses, either defenses that are better than people expected or defenses that people knew were going to be good. I don't think that's the case this week. The Saints are going to have a lot of problems defensively this year. They've already had them. I think the Eagles can get the run game going a little bit better than they have and that will of

course open up things down the field. I think Sam Bradford, with four teams on by this week, is going to be a guy who's going to be in consideration for lineups, and frankly, I don't think Sam Bradford was the main reason the Eagles dropped the game against Washington last week. His level of play is getting incrementally better. I would expect to see Sam Bradford have a nice game at home against the Saints and Joe fear surprise start this week.

You're going with a guy who's a little bit under the radar, but we saw him have a very nice game against the Eagles on Sunday. Yeah, it's Chris Thompson, the running back from Washington. Now, I I've been pushing Matt Jones on this program on this segment, and for the most part, I'm still pretty happy about that. But Matt Jones took a back seat against the Eagles last week because the Eagles and one of the best run defenses in the NFL. Instead, Washington deployed Chris Thompson, who's

kind of their third down scatback. Receiving option. I think he's got a shot to have a nice game this week against Atlanta alex As you know, Darren Sproles and DeMarco Murray had big games as receivers against the Atlanta Falcons. They gave up a lot of catches to Shane Vereen a couple of weeks ago. So I think Chris Thompson's the type of running back who can really come through for you in one of the heavier buy weeks early

in the season. If you are desperate for a running back in the PPR League, I think Chris Thompson could come through for you. As for your surprise fit this week, or going with the guy who's coming off a three touchdown performance, you have to explain this one, Timmy Joe. Well, it's Jeremy Hill the Cincinnati Bengals. And here's what I

want people to be aware of. I'm not saying that Jeremy Hill is a guy you absolutely must bench, but if you've got some options on your bench, maybe you stash Todd Gurley and you're really excited to get Todd Gurley going. I would rather do that than play Jeremy Hill this week against Seattle, the Bengal offense has been great, but I want to point one thing out. In a three touchdown game, Jeremy Hill had only nine carries, so it's not like he was the lead back. It's not

like he was the foundation of the Bengal offense. I just want people to be careful with chasing points in a bad matchup. So Jeremy Hill, I'm not saying he's worthless this week, just that you have to downgrade him and understand that even though we scored three touchdowns only nine carries last week, Giovanni Bernard still had more touches than he did and Joe last, but certainly not least give us one running back and one wide receiver. Who you're keeping an eye on this week. Well, one guy's

still a free agent. That's a Mod Bradshaw, but the reports had him working out for the Colts on Monday. If Mod Bradshaw signs with the Colts, I'm very intrigued to see what this does to the value of Frank Gore. Gore has been playing in almost exclusive snap share in that backfield. They do need somebody else, and the fact that Bradshaw's really good in pass protection could mean Frank or comes off the field at third down situations, which

would hurt his fantasy value. And another guy that I'm looking at this week we're actually going to see in Philadelphia is Willie Sneed, the wide receiver of the New Orleans Saints, a guy who was getting a lot of hype preseason as a receiver for the Saints with Brandon Coleman. While Coleman's snap share was higher earlier in the season, he's been gradually losing snaps and Sneed's been getting them. Sneed provides a little bit of a vertical element to

the Saint passing game. And while Drew Brees isn't throwing the ball down the field, well, it looks like he trusts Sneeds. So Willie Sneed, you might not have heard of him, but he's becoming a fantasy option. That will wrap things up for this week's edition of Fantasy Spin, presented by bud light Our thanks to Joe Dolan, the managing editor of Fantasy Guru dot com. Be sure to follow Joe on Twitter at fg Underscore Dolan and listen

to him on Serious XM Fantasy Sports Radio. We'll see you back here next week on Philadelphia Eagles dot com Thanks so much, guys. When we return to Eagles three sixty, Glenn and I gonna wrap things up in a nice little bow. We're gonna talk about some injuries. The Eagles are banged up. How much does that impact them? On Sunday With Extra twenty checking from sant Andrei, you can get paid twenty dollars a month. Just direct deposit fifteen hundred dollars or more and pay two bills a month

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I'm loving it. Dave Spidero Glenn mcnowat Eagles three sixty on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com. Let's talk a little Eagles injuries. No Jason Peters out there, No Michael Kendrick's out there a lot, and the biggest one, Alonzo's still out right, the one that they will have a tough time stop for. God's the ones that are gonna be really tough. Are gonna be the offensive line, because that's if you don't have an offensive line. We know this, you can't run anything.

So those subs are gonna have to step in the Tobin's, they're gonna have to step in. Those guys are gonna have to do a good job. Because I think you can overcome the defensive injuries. I do. I don't think you can overcome a bad offensive line. So this is really where the guys who spend their whole life clinging to the bottom of a roster playing two or three positions in practice, this is the week where those guys actually have to be stars. Yeah, and we'll find out

later in the week. Of course, the injury updates as practice training gets a little closer to game time. On Sunday, am Arolso's on the menu. Here's what we have in store for you, of course, Chip Kelly coming into studio tomorrow. That's our exclusive interview with the head coach, Chris McPherson. Our cover two segment with a couple of beat writers talking about the Philadelphia Eagles, and we're gonna find out

on the website from a text format. Little Caleb Sturgis still with the team at placekicker House's confidence level, and how the Eagles just block out all this negativity and focus on winning a football game on Sunday, to keep their ear plugs in and keep their ears glow. One thing I haven't heard to must win, Glenn. Yeah, it's a must It's been a must Winston's week one. Actually, you know what it's Here's why it's not a must win because the rest of the division is so awful

and Dallas loses Dunbar and they lose Sean Lee. I know this week the Giants looked the best, David. I told you earlier. Somebody's got to win this division at nine and seven. Somebody might win this division at eight and eight. And it really still could be the EU and the in the NFC, the Packers, the Cardinals and one other Seahawks, Seahawks or the Falcons and the and the Carolina Panthers. You're not making it, and nobody else is. Yeah, you're not gonna make it. You're not gonna make it

as a wildcard, but you could. You could win this division. Hashtag NFC mediocrity works in our favor. In early October, for Glenn mc now, I'm Dave SPIDERO. We thank you for joining us on Eagles three sixty. We're back tomorrow at five pm. In the meantime, have you yourselves a great Eagles Day.