Eagles 360: November 22

You didn't get through it unblemished, clearly. You started out three and oh and now you're five and five. But you do look at the last six games and there's some very winnable opportunities this week against the Packers, next week at Cincinnati, got the whole division coming up. Yeah, there's still live day. Yeah. And to get there. To get to the postseason, obviously, Eagles have to win four five to the last six probably five maybe four, Okay. To do that, the Eagles are going to have to

rely on some young players. Here is Abby Atwater getting to know Wendale Smallwood and the newest Eagle on the fifty three man roster wide receiver Paul Turner. Hey Eagles fans, I'm Abby Atwater and this is your three sixty update. Born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware and childhood Eagles fan, Wendelle Smallwood has fifty seven carries, two hundred and fifty three yards and one touchdown this season. With both Ryan Matthews and Darren Sproles questionable for Monday, Smallwood has the

opportunity to earn the starting spot against the Packers. We caught up with Smallwood where he reveals his journey as an Eagle. I just love the journey, just from when I left college and going through the combine process and then eventually ended up here and being in the best place. I felt as though I could be playing for my childhood team. So it's been fun. Been working around Deuce and the running backs and just the whole ego staff. I've been loving it. Just to be in this building.

It's kind of gets me excited a little bit. So just though Duce has been telling me a weekend and weekend out, he's going to work me in slowly, and the more he believes in me, and more confidence the offense believes in me, I'm going to get the ball more. I'm going to play more. So I think it's just been picking up. Noticed the first game I had one carried, the second game I had two. I mean that's that went up a little bit. But kind of got with

me before the game. It was like, let's get in this game, play and go over one more time because I'm gonna call on your name today. And they ended up calling on me and I started getting comfortable and I felt this though. I just went out there and I played football like I've been doing since I was young. Signed to the Eagles in the twenty sixteen off season as a rookie free agent, Paul Turner has been promoted to the active roster after having spent the first eleven

weeks of the regular season on the practice squad. Turner has been vocal about season any opportunity that comes his way. I just feel like, I mean, I've always felt like I've had the ability to play, and I do feel like that I could play at this level. But it's just all about making the best of whatever opportunity that you get and just going out there and playing and executing. And I just feel like if I can just continue to keep doing I'm doing. I can only control my destiny.

Keep it right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot Com to hear more from Wendell Smallwood and Paul Turner as the week progresses. Four your three sixty update, I'm Abbie Atwater. Thanks so much, Abby. Now, Glenn, we've got to project if you will. Paul Turner, we don't know if he'll be active on Monday night. He's not going to change the dynamic of this offense. But he did look in preseason, different ball game in the regular season. What kind of things do you expect from him? And then Wendell we've

talked about all year. Well, he's going to get a big reception when he comes in. I know that much because the fans are looking for some change and think he may be the guy to get. What do I think he's gonna do? You know, he's a small guy, maybe he's a guy. Maybe he contributes with a couple of catches. I don't certainly think he's a game changer, or he would have likely been here. But Dave, we

never know. Curious things can happen, right new face. Maybe he and Wentz get a chemistry, okay, And then Wendell Smallwood ready to carry things down the stretch. If and we're still very big if at this point, Ryan Matthews, Darren Sproles can't go or can't play a lot, Well, let me let me get my five bold predictions here. Ah wait, it says, I'm thinking I'm seeing big game from Wendell Smallwood. We'll hear from you later in the week on that big guy. Got a lot to get

to here on the show. Well, we want to hear from the head coach, Doug Peterson. He'll be in studio. We want to go around the NFC beast once again. This week it is win, win, win, and then the Eagles losing Seattle. And then when we return though we got to look back at Seattle. It's Glenn's time to look back with some takeaways from the loss at Century Link Field. What can the Eagles learn from that defeat? We'll talk about it when we come back on Eagles

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here you go, David. Look, they were they were stepping up in class to play a team like Seattle, maybe the best team in the NFC. So if you have any chance to win that game, you can't have sloppy and undisciplined moments, and the Eagles did, and that really will kill you. It wasn't a lack of effort, but it was sometimes a lack of smarts. We all know, and everybody's discussed the aguilar penalty and had that cost him, you know that one, but there were other ones as well.

Brandon Graham got an offside on a third and sixteam that really cost him. He's been around this league long enough to know not to do that kind of thing. The Eagles are one of the most penalized team in the league. They are the most penalized team in the league before the snap, and that you cannot afford if you're a building team. Yeah, agreed, agreed, Agreed. It's on Doug Peterson and the coaching staff. Yeah, absolutely, all right, Number two, given what he's got to work with. Carson

Wentz did just fine. It was not a great game for him. Maybe it was his worst game as a rookie so far, but he doesn't have a lot to work with. He made some poor decisions, there were some unforced errors. I think maybe there's a little desperation getting in there at the end. But you see what he's got. And I heard Pete Carroll on Seattle radio on Monday just effusively praising went saying the number of times he looked off with the receivers, got us going the wrong way,

how he changes snap counts. Pete Carroll said he's going to be a great quarterback. If he saw that in that game, I'm not going to argue with him. Yea, And we all know that in the big picture, the Eagles must build around Carson Wentz, starting with the offensive line and moving out all right. Number three defensive line was really a letdown. When you and I talked last week, I thought, if there's a pathway to victory, it's that the Eagles defensive line could exploit a weak offensive line,

particularly the tackles of Seattle. That didn't happen. They didn't get much pressure on Russell Wilson at all. When they did, he was able to get away from it. I know he's hard to corral. But the Eagles had nineteen sacks in their first six games. They've only got six in the last four games. They need that pressure from those guys. I thought, particularly Graham Connor bar When didn't really give you what you need this game to beat Seattle. You

gotta add Vinnie Curry, Fletcher Cox, all of them. I mean, it was a if they got close once or twice, but Mike Mulla got close a lot to him seventy two yard touchdown run really hurt the Eagles early. And then listen, Russell Wilson's terrific now this week against the Green Bay Packers, and we'll talk about them later in the week. That is an offensive line that is just

beaten to submission. Aaron Rodgers doesn't have a running game to rely upon, and while he is mobile and crafty back there, he's more of a sitting duck than Russell Wilson. Monday Night, the Eagles defense, particularly that front seven, must show up big time. All right, number four ERTs in the red zone. We've been We've been talking about it all gear. We knew that's something they have to do

to be able to score. They did it. It was a really nice effort by Arts who catches it and reaches gets the I mean yard a ca only got two, but that's all you needed on that gets himself into the ends and it was a good play. Of course, we know the other touchdown he had that got called back. All in all, it was a nice receiving day four ERTs and I think moving forward, if he and Wentz we talked about chemistry, can get the chemistry in the

red zone. That'll really help this team score. Agreed. I think that Zach has come a long way since that early season injury and he's a big big part of things the rest of the season. Number Five, the offensive line, particularly the offensive line depth was tested and I think it held up pretty well. Jason Peters went out for a while, Vitai got hurt. We're gonna have to see what happens with him. But when Alan Barber moved over to left tackle did a pretty good job. Wiznowski came

in at left guard. They held up pretty well. I thought the run game average four point four yards to carry. Carson Wentz was not under consistent pressure. I'll give in a day where the Eagles didn't do too well, I'll give the offensive line, particularly since it had to go seven men deep. I'll give them a lot of credit. And moving forward with Vitai's status for Monday night very questionable. Alan Barber looks to be the right tackle, Wiznowski at

left guard, Sayamalo the first guard off the bench. Matt Tobin the first tackle off the bench. Yeah, you know, if you have depth, you can survive in the NFL. Good job, Glenn, Geez, thanks, Dave, got Dave seal of approved, you get that. Glenn mcnow's five takeaways from the loss to the Seattle Seahawks. When we return to Eagles three to sixty, let's hear from somebody who well, he's got the pulse of this team right there. He's the head coach. And Doug Peterson in for his weekly one on one

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Eagles VIPs. Go to Apple Vacations dot com, slash Eagles to book your trip. Today were welcome you to our weekly exclusive one on one with head coach Doug Peterson, presented by Wah Wah and coach, thanks for joining us again. It's Tuesday, and know your mind is on the Green Bay Packers. Just give us a little what you took from Sunday in Green in Seattle. Well, obviously a great

place to play. Number one, great great crowd. You know, the noise is always a factor when you go up there, and I really felt like, you know, we we did handle the noise. There were a couple of things offensively, but overall I felt like we handled the noise noise well, you know. And the thing is too you come away from these games. It's never as bad as you think, and it's never really as good as you think. And and when you watch the tape on Monday, you go, wow,

we were we were we were close. And then you look at the stat book and you go, we were really close. And it just comes down to eliminating big plays defensively against a very athletic quarterback, and then offensively, we can't continue to shoot ourselves on the foot with penalties and and uh, you know, negative negative plays let's start on the defensive side, big plays, something the Eagles

haven't really given up a lot of this year. What happened on Sunday, well, a lot of it is um a little bit of iye discipline, meaning you know, whether it being the run game, filling a lane, your eyes are in the right spot, you know, and against when you when you're playing a mobile quarterback like Russell Wilson. The other thing is how how you got to contain him with your pass rush lanes and then on top of that when he scrambles, you just got to glue

yourself to your receivers. And you know that he was able to make some plays out of the pocket. A lot of the you know, big plays that came in the game were from him, you know, using and extending the plays with his legs. So you know those were those were the big factors in the game, you know, on the defensive side. So was the pressure upfront there. It's just that Russell's ability to escape kind of made

it look like it wasn't. The pressure was there, and and you know Saddle did a good job with some of their protection schemes and and and sliding protection to Fletcher and understanding some of that, but the rush was there and and it just, uh, you know, we're we're we're we're protecting in the back end too, So there's gonna be a little bit of space for him to

to escape. And once he gets out of the pocket, he's a very accurate thrower on the run, big arm and obviously has the ability to to to run as well. When you play a team like that, one that is clearly an elite NFL team, do you come away thinking that we're this far away, this far away, this far away? What do you how do you feel? Well? Games like that are definitely a benchmark, you know, for your for

your team, for your season where you are. But you come away feeling a little bit better about yourself and that you know you're heading in the right direction. Um, are we there yet? No, We're not there yet. And and you know, Seattle's been doing this with Pete Carroll now for about seven years or so, and and um, you know, they they've got that thing. It's it's a well oiled machine now. And they got their quarterback a couple of years ago, and they put some pieces around him.

They've built that defense the right way. And resigning some of their guys. They're also doing it with some undrafted players too. You know, they're they're finding some diamonds in the rough and they're doing a nice job there. So you know, though, and those are the things that we're doing, and we're doing that here in Philadelphia, and we're definitely heading in the right direction. And I can see ourselves, you know, you kind of using that same model to

pattern what we're doing here in Philadelphia. You mentioned in your Monday press conference Carson lost five games this year. That's the most he's lost in his career. How has he handled all that? I think I think externally he's handled it fine. He's saying all the right things, he's doing all the right things. I know inside knowing him personally, it bothers him. He gets frustrated with it. And uh,

he doesn't like to lose. And that's that's obviously a sign of a good quarterback and who someoney could be a great quarterback in this league. And we just got to find find ways to win. And uh, you know, I don't I don't necessarily care how we do it, whether we run the ball thirty five times a game or we throw it thirty five times a game or we played great defense, special teams. We just got to figure out in this last you know, these last six games, Uh,

figure out ways to win football games. And um, I definitely like the fact that we're going to be at home now, you know for for a good portion of this stretch. How do you see the opportunity for these final six games? The opportunities there, The opportunity is great. You know, we're sitting at five and five. We're still really sort of in the in the mix, in the you know, in the talk, let's say, um, and and these next six games are favorable. I love where we're

where we're sitting. I like, I like where we're at. There's we got a little chip on our shoulder now, and and we got to use that as momentum going into obviously the Green Bay game. And what is green Bay all about? I mean, they got walloped on Sunday night by Washington. They are banged up, Aaron Rodgers really having trouble having enough people around him to line up. It's it seems like a really tough spot for a

team that's made the playoffs seven straight years. Yeah, and and they have fallen on tough times obviously, and anytime though, you got Aaron Rodgers at quarterback, they have a chance to win a lot of football games. And and we approach it the same way. Um. You know, we're also banged up, and everybody's banged up this time of year, and you know, we just have to go in and figure out a way to win, win this this next game, this is the one we got. It's a national spotlight again,

it's Monday night football, and it's at our place. The crowd, the energy, I mean, we love playing at home obviously, um this year and looking forward to that that opportunity, Doug. When things go poorly, you are asked a million questions about player X. When things turn around and go well, not as many questions. So I want to ask a question about a player's got a lot of questions this year, and that's Zach Ertz, who has continued to work hard.

He's been productive, he's really come on in the last month. Had the red zone touchdown on Sunday, had the other one called back. What can you say about the way he's developed in the offense. He's he's really developed extremely well. And uh, you know, he's he's embraced his role there, and we're trying to get him and I'm trying to

get him more involved in the passing game. And obviously he had a hit another good performance the other the other day, and you know, he's a guy that we're gonna we're gonna have to count on, you know, going down the stretch and and uh as all our tight ends. You know, Brent Selik had had another big catch in the game, and you know, Trey had to start the game, had a nice little slat route. So these guys are our pieces to to you know, putting this thing together.

Zach is a big part of that. And we'll continue to find ways to give them the ball. How is the extra day this week? I benefit to benefit? Number One, we can rest and get some guys healthy. We'll still work and take advantage of the day, um, you know, and and and keep it keep it light for the players. But it's a chance to sort of really kind of step away from it for a little bit and kind of catch our breath. We're not in the hustle and

bustle the whole week. It's a Thanksgiving week and and we get a chance to be thankful obviously on Thursday, for for for everything in our lives. But um, just a chance to kind of get rest and be ready for Monday night, Monday Night Football Hall of Fame Night for the Eagles. Trot goes in Merril, Risk goes in.

Not a bad class, not a bad class. We're we're so we're so happy for both those guys and big part of the Eagles organization obviously, and and um, it'll be great to see them, you know, on Monday Night, and I'll congratulate them. Then I'll celebrate with a win against the Packers. Doug Peterson in Studio one on one presented by Wah Wah Celebrate the holidays with delicious Duncan coffee. Stop by Dunkin Donuts for two k cup boxes for fifteen ninety nine or three pounds of package coffee for

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helps the Philadelphia Eagles until that last game. Of course, Glenn mcnow wins. My stomach kurdels, you perhaps are losing it wherever you're losing it, but yes, it's the truth. They have NFC NFC opponents for the rest of the way, as we talk about the NFC East and our look around the division presented by Bob's Discount Furniture, and we started the top where the Cowboys continue to win nine consecutive victories. On Sunday, they beat the Baltimore Ravens and

they did it in pretty gritty, impressive physical fashion. They did By the way, I got a great stat about the Cowboys that you'll love, give you some hope for the year they did. And I know everybody's all on Dak Prescott this week is what a great superstar and he's fine and their line is terrific. I still think it's all about Ezekiel Elliott. In his last five games, he's got three one hundred yard games and the others

he's got two. He's really the guys. He's the one I think makes that team succeed more than anything, and he's playing great. Yeah. So if the Cowboys doing a good job, They've got the Thursday game against Washington. We'll talk about the Redskins in a moment. First, the New York Giants. I gotta give him my stand. Three times in their history the Cowboys have been nine and one

each of those three times first round playoff exit. Okay, that trend means nothing, but I'm going to be clinging to it all right, but they are certainly a playoff bound, no doubt about it. You're done with the Cowboys, now done? Okay? Good talk about the New York Giants, who eked out in victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday, it was not pretty for the Giants who have been winning football games. They're seven and three now with a point differential cumulative

of plus four, so they're not whipping anybody. But on Sunday they made a defensive stand. They got in Jay Cutler's face, They took the Bears out of scoring and threatening position to hold on for the victory. And the New York Giants winning games that they lost a year ago. Glen, so from their standpoint, they have improved greatly in the fourth quarter of games. Yeah, that's the difference as they close. Last year they blew games they were up, they would

blow games. This year they win games where it appears to be iffy. A couple of reasons. Landon Collins, who talked about that they're great young safety. Five interceptions in the last four games, and all those investments they made in the offseason on defense, Olivia Vernon, Olivia, Vernon, Snacks Harrison, they are paying off. They're closing it down at the end.

I still think they're a bit of a fraud. Yeah, well, we'll say they've They've got at Cleveland this week, which is a victory, and then at Pittsburgh and Steelers certainly not very good either. Washington is getting rooked by the NFL. Now, we want the Redskins, of course to lose on Thursday, but imagine a Sunday night game at home against the Green Bay Packers and then a Thursday road trip to Dallas. How fair is that? I mean, that is ridiculous scheduling.

And the Redskins the unfortunate team that has to make that trip. But they are playing outstanding football. They whipped up on the Packers on Sunday night. The offense is dynamic, terrific offensive line. They've withstood the loss of Pro Bowl left tackle Trent Williams, and they're still scoring points in the forties. And Kirk Cousins Glenn mc now, maybe for real, Nanna. You know I always tell you every week, hasn't proving it to me, hasn't proven it to me. He's certainly

in the process of proving it right now. And I will also tell you that I really like that young running back Rob Kelly. We saw him at the end of that Eagles game, ran off a forty five yard or thereabouts. He looked terrific against the Packers. I think

three touchdowns looked terrific. The week before. They found something there in an undrafted free agent that gives them a running back to build them, which, as we close the segment here, gives you some food for thought as the Eagles look to improve perhaps in the backfield next year. Do you spend a high draft pick on a running back or do you try to get a Robert Kelly after the draft? It works both ways in the NFL. Is it possible you drafted somebody in the middle rounds

this year who could be there? I don't see Wendell as a as a fifteen to twenty carry a game player. I don't fifteen to twenty carries now maybe nah, I've twelve to fifteen. Okay, I seem as a guy who can share that responsibility. Oh, absolutely, all right, Well that's a conversation there will have many times in the off season. That's our look around the NFC East, presented by Bob's Discount Furniture. We've got one segment to go here on Eagles three sixty. We'll be back in just one moment

to set up a very busy Wednesday. All right, fellas, let's go out there and give them back. Let's go out there and give them the ones out there, We're gonna really give them the business. Oh my god, let's sock it to him. Yeah, fair and square, all right, Holy slokes. The old game just can't compete, especially when it comes to innovative energy solutions like the ones NRG uses to power the Eagles. Visit pick nrg dot com today. Remarkable things are happening at your local ACMET. We're making

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Just take one deposit, withdraw, transfer or payment each month to wait the monthly fee and there's no minimum balance. You're all right, simply right checking from Santime Deir Bank. We're welcome you back, Dave Spidero Glen Mac Now time now for our Amoroso's on the Menu segment for Wednesday we've got press passed and a lot of players lined up for their weekly press briefings, including, of course, the

quarterback Carson Wentz. Mike quicked studio with me our first look at the Green Bay Packers, and Dave Phipp, special Teams coordinator extraordinaire. He will be with me in studio. Let's take a little listen in a view of what Dave Phipp has to say about his special teams group that once again leads the NFL in total performance. Yeah, I think it's changed the way the kickoffs has been played out. I think you're seeing teams can kick the

ball higher and shorter a little bit. But I don't think it's like everybody said before going into the season it was going to be all the kicks were going to be high and short, and that obviously has not happened. I don't think that's the right formula. I think it's a combination of both. And I think there's a lot of variables that effect that. What's the score of the game, who's the other return team, who's your cover group, do

you have injuries in the course of the game. There's just there's a lot of things that go into it. So there you have it, am Arose souls, the reason Philly sandwiches are so famous. Glenn mac now, how are you on this Tuesday, buddy, thinking about Green Bay? I am? Is it a tough one for you to get to get the Seattle game that you're not really because you know, I didn't think that we're going to beat Seattle. There

are aspects of that game that bother you. But it was one that I think at the beginning of the year, when everybody writes down the ws and l's, everybody put that as an ell. Now, Green Bay looked at the start of the season to be a very tough game. I think the Eagles have a great opportunity here. I think for Cincinnati, I'm fortunate for the Bengals that they've got those injuries aj Green, but good for the Eagles going in. Eagles could be seven and five in two weeks.

We'll find out and stuff. Glenn mac Now, thanks so much for coming in today being a great co host. Happy Thanksgiving to you all right as well, you and your family and everybody. Yeah, all right, thanks to Glenn. Thanks to you for watching. It's Eagles three sixty. I'm back tomorrow with Mike Rick. In the meantime, yourselves a great Eagles Day.