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certain at the time that Minnesota would win. I really wasn't certain at that I thought they gave up frankly too much, and I was shocked the Eagles got as much as they got. So I thought it was kind of a coup for the Eagles to get that kind

of value. If mine Soota has the kind of season that they've had thus far, and it continues and they're a team rattling cages in the playoffs and potentially a Super Bowl threat, which as of right now they appear to be, then obviously you know it'll be worthwhile from Minnesota. But and that's the credit to them, But you know, day from an Eagle standpoint. I don't think anyone's doubting the trade is because Bradford's four and oh and he's

been statistically very good. I mean, it's it was certainly a trade well worth while to get Carson Wentz on the field to get the Eagles value. Eagles, of course, have a lot of positions they want to attack for future years and those picks will help. And I don't think there's any second guests in at all. Yeah, agreed, And that's one of the themes of this week. Of course, the Vikings coming into Lincoln Financial Field undefeated, the Eagles coming in with two straight losses, need to write the

ship against a very tough team. Doug Peterson met the media on this Wednesday and talked about a lot of things. We've got the news of the day for you. It's our Eagles three sixty update with Alex Smith. Hi everyone,

I'm Alex Smith here with your three sixty update. We are one day closer to Sunday's match up with the Minnesota Vikings, and of course, with the Vikings coming to town, that means the number one storyline is the return of quarterback Sam Bradford, who spent twenty fifteen here with the Eagles today, we heard from head coach Doug Peterson as well as from safety Malcolm Jenkins about what the Eagles

defense can expect on Sunday. From their old friend Bradford, I think I think they know that the type of athletes that Sam is, the type of quarterback that he is, and and you know, it's hard to get to a guy like Sam, as I mentioned, because he gets the ball out of his hand so fast, and he utilizes a quick game, and and it's it's tough to it's tough to defend sometimes, you know, from a pass rush standpoint.

Is the one thing we know all two wells that he can sling the ball, especially when he's when he's upright and comfortable, he can make all the throws. He's savvy enough to look off safeties, he knows how to manipulate the coverage with his eyes, and he knows his playbook. He knows where his checkdowns and everything are. So he's a small, our bright quarterback. And finally, will close things out here with an injury update. Four Eagles missing practice

today at the Novicare Complex. That would be Ron Brooks, Jason Kelsey, Benny Logan, and Marcus Smith, Leodis mcclevin, however, did practice and he says that he feels on track to play on Sunday. UM, Sunday, it was it was at that point they feel feel real good. You know. I could have were not there and played. Yeah, most

definitely could have got there played. But do you want to be real one hundred percent or you want to go out there and have something lingering over you for weeks and weeks and then that's what that's what it will say. I mean, I went out there, played prettes a day and if anything we're going on wrong, I would have I would have came out anything like that.

But I went out there practice. I practice fully. UM. Anyway, good for a complete injury update and to catch all of our sound from inside the locker room, stay right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com and the official Eagles Mobile app. Thanks so much, Alex a lot to get to on the show today, Joe, we're gonna take a look at the Minnesota Vikings. Are first look in depth at an unbeaten team that frankly, I'm surprised at how good they are. I am too. I thought they'd be

decent because they were pretty good last year. This level I did not expect, and statistically they're a monster right now. They have really checked a lot of boxes this season. Pretty impressive. Yeah, particularly on the defensive side. They're coming off a bye. They are healthy, they are formidable. We'll talk about that in a bit, but when we return

the Eagles three sixty middle linebacker Jordan Hicks. The defense smarting after an effort last week against Washington two hundred and thirty yards allowed on the ground, four hundred and ninety three total net yards allowed by the defense. What is the mood of the defense? Will find out Jordan Hickson Studio. Next, I sept to Philly. I scept to Philly the bus, the trolley, the trade, Jefferson Station, Airport line, sixty nine Street, Broad Street to the game, Paoli, Sharon Hill,

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Kind of looking at that game and putting it into the review mirror. Yeah, and That's exactly what we have to do is put it in the review mirror, because we have a really good opponent coming into our house, you know, and haven't they haven't lost yet, and they're they're playing some good ball. So we we've got to look forward. We've got to move past it, we've got to learn from it, and you know, you've got to take the mistakes and apply it to what we can

do this week. But ultimately you have to look forward, keep your confidence, keep your swag, and just to do everything to the best of your ability and get back to the basics. What do you think happened on Sunday? I think it was the complete opposite of what I just said. You know, it was it was the fact that we didn't lean on our on the basics. You know, we try to do too much. We weren't disciplined in

our run fits. And once you once you you know, once the offense get the run the run game going and they get that element working for them, you know, that's where the momentum happens. And uh, when they can run the ball, they can also throw the ball. You know, we weren't able to make them one dimension, which we were able to do so well in the first three games. Do you think it's more on the players or the coaches or is it a combination of everybody making adjustments.

From players perspective, I always take the blame. Um. I always think players are out there executing. UM. You know, I trust in in our coaches. I trust in the fact that they're putting us in the best position to to make plays. UM. And you know, then it's on us. You know, we're the ones out there and making the calls. We're the ones out there, UM executing and and and being physical and fitting the gaps right and covering guys, and you know it's on us to actually perform the

game plan. It's really a remarkable game, Jordan, the game of football. And I mean fans don't understand it. You guys have the benefit of playing understanding what your assignments are every play that you can look so dominant for three weeks and then just kind of here and their adjustments are made or tackles, misters, and then it kind of can go the other way on you, right, Is it frustrating? It is? It is, especially when you know you have a defense that is very dominant. When you're

not shooting yourself in the foot. And I think we've done that. I think we've proven we who we can be. We've just got to get back to it and what is that? What is that entail? And entails, like I said, getting back to the basics, leaning on each other, because when we lean on each other and we're all playing as a unit, there's hardly anybody that can that can move the ball on us. What happens after games lay that in the ensuing days. Guys meet a lot together,

huddle up together, team meetings, leaders step up. What kind of stuff goes on. Yeah, I think there's there's a fine line between going too far and panicking because it is ultimately only game five, It's two losses in the season. It's a long season. Um, but yeah, some things have to have to be done and things have to be said, and um, you have to take it for what it is.

And it's gonna be tough to come back here the day after and see the film and watch the film and critique yourself honestly, because if you are being honest, there's a lot of bad football on the field. Um, So you know it is what it is, and you you know you take it as a man and you move forward. Yes, we are moving forward here. I want to talk about your position and and you on the field after missing last year half of last year, how are you feeling, Jordan in the position in the new defense?

Feel healthy? Then that's I think for me that's key. Um. Yeah they're knocking out UM. But yeah, no, I do. I do, and and feel confident and where I'm at physically mentally and you know, right back to where I feel like I picked up, you know, coming into OTAs and and just hit the ball rolling. You know, I like this defense. It's a lot. I like the guys

that we have, UM, and it's a special group. We just you know, it's just pointing the performance as we've played, but we're put on the field the past two games. But again moving forward, UM, and a lot of confidence and the guys we have. How good will it be to get back home and hear the crowd and have the offense dealing with the crowd noise? Yeah, no, it's it's gonna be awesome. There's nothing like playing on the link, especially you know verse an opponent like this and the

circumstances like this. UM, you know it's I'm I was thinking about it all this this whole week. I was like, man, I cannot wait to get back in the link and just hear the crowd rocking. What is the Vikings offense? Like? I mean, they lose they're both backup tackles. They lose Adrian Peterson there, they trade for Sam and they're still rolling. They're still rolling, and uh, they've done a good job putting the pieces together and guys stepping up and making plays. Um,

it's you know they're there. You look at their team, there's they're a really good team. You know, they do what they need to do on offense, defense and special teams to get the job done. And those are the guys that those type of teams are the successful ones in the NFL. So, you know, we've got a big task ahead of us, but it's nothing I don't think we can handle. You know, I know fans can't wait from one Sunday after a tough game to get to

the next Sunday. They want the game to be there Like that is that the way you are exactly, especially after a game like this, you know where you feel like you have so much to prove and you know it leaves a bad taste in your mouth, and nobody wants to keep that taste in their mouth. Well, let's have a good week of practice and go get them on Sunday. Jordan Hicks, thanks so much. You're joining us in studio on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. This portion of

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Eagles three sixty Dave Spendero Joe to camera. Before we talk about the vikings, let's take a look at the Eagles upcoming schedule pretended by NFL Ticket Exchange. Howard buy Ticketmaster were the only one verified way to buy or sell NFL tickets visit NFL ticket exchange dot com. The Eagles sitting at three and two after two consecutive losses following the bye week, and Joe, as we look at the schedule ahead, it's really really hard, really hard. Yes,

it's really fun. That's good. Give it an extra really really really really hard. You look at this schedule. Okay, So first off, you go back in sad Man. That line's game. That's a tough one because of what's up ahead. You wish Eagles could have grabbed one of the last two. It is what it is. So now up ahead, some serious work the Eagles have to do. And as you know, as we look, I mean, we know it starts with this game here versus Minnesota, and of course you know

the Dallas game on the horizon. You see a lot of good quarterbacks here. You see you know, Matt Ryan's gonna be against the Eagles, Russell Wilson, of course, Aaron Rodgers, Andy Dalton. We know the divisions playing above average from an expectation standpoint, the out of division games are tough. So the bottom line, Davis, the Eagles have their work cut out for them. They're in a tough division right now, and they're gonna have to put in some serious work

to you know, to make the playoffs. So it's good stuff. And first up the Minnesota Vikings five and oh coming off the bye week. Our first look at the opponent on Sunday. We begin, of course at the quarterback position. Sam Bradford. It's just so weird to save it. Sam Bradford, the quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings. Carson Wentz one thing in common here, Joe. Both quarterbacks very stingy, and that's a good thing giving the football away. Yeah it is.

And you hope that Jim Schwartz and the defense can get after Bradford this week and change that because to his point, this year, Minnesota has not offensively turned over the ball one time. That's really impressive. And with what their defense is doing creating turnovers, you know, the turnover differential for them has been unbelievable. Look, Minnesota is a problem now offensively, not as much as defensively. So you

hope the Eagles can create something here against Bradford. We know Bradford can pass the ball, he can be very accurate. He's also not the most mobile quarterback. We all know that. So you hope to get him off his spot back there in the pocket. Davis, we know, and you want to see, you know, Fletcher Cox and the the players from the defensive line get after the quarterback more than

last week and try to do that. But to this point this year, Sam Bradford the most accurate of all quarterbacks in football, with that completion percentage leading the NFL. The Vikings thirtieth in the league in yards per play per game. So there is not a lot of explosives, particularly here as we look at the running backs. Not much going on with the Viking says they've lost Adrian Peterson and they are struggling running the football. They've been efficient in many areas. So we say it like we

said it last week. Washington went into that game averaging eighty five yards per game on the ground. The Vikings struggling on the ground. Can the Eagles dominate at the line of scrimmage and then conversely, can they run the football against are really good, really really good Minnesota Vikings. Whole question about it. Let's go inside some of the numbers day because they stand out and boil boy, this is this is where the Eagles really have some issues Minnesota.

First and points allowed in the NFL at only twelve point six yards per game. Second in yards allowed two hundred and eighty seven points a game, tied for the most takeaways. They've got four different players with three or more sacks so far this year, including the emerging Danielle Hunter, now in a second season, really playing some good football in the defensive line. They had eight sacks versus Cam Newton week three. They lead the league in first down

efficiency defensively, giving up only three point five yards per play. Obviously, Doug Peterson, Carson Wentz, they want to see the Eagles get into some manageable second and third downs, not the second and third and longs. Minnesota has done a great job with that. They're fourth against the run defensively, they're sixth against the past defensively. They have simply been an

awesome defense so far. So it poses a great challenge for Carson Wentz, the offensive line, the receivers, running backs, the tight ends in this game for the Eagles. In five games, these forced twelve takeaways, twelve turnovers, and that's kind of the whole idea here for the Philadelphiagles. We've talked about this, don't turn the football over, convert on third downs, and minimize the penalties, and Eagles have not done any of that offensively in the last couple of weeks.

Here wide receivers Jordan Matthews having a good season for the Eagles. He's a he's not a down the field thread of though, he had a big play against the Redskins. Solter Stephan Diggs has been battling some injuries, but you see twenty five catches nearly fifteen yards of catch. He's the go to player in the past game along with Kyle Rudolf their tight end. Yeah, look, they got they got some players that are you know, they're okay, but you can look at again, this is about a pressure

on Bradford. Now, he showed tremendous physical toughness and I guess you know, call it mental toughness hanging in the pocket versus a Green Bay in that game earlier in the season. So he's you know, he's showing more of that, I think than he did, especially early last year with the Eagles. But you want to get after him because his weapons, while okay, they're not great. And I think that's the opportunity, Dave, if they can get to brad It's look, I think it's all been imperative and the

Vikings have backups at both tackle positions. The defensive line angry after the performance last week. No sacks in Washington. That's just something that Jim Schwarz's defense don't do. And for this defense to be outstanding, the front four minus the blitz has to win the battle. Eagles may not have Benny Logan this week, so that's going to be a setback for Wettles. And also the Eagles have got

to tackle better. Linebackers, corners, and safeties clearly missed tackles versus Washington and that was a real, real problem in the game, and that's a huge part of how Washington had so many yards. Obviously running interested to see what what Doug and Frank Reich do. I expect a quick passing game third down, keep it manageable, keep the chains moving, matriculate the ball up the field. But it could be a low scoring game. Say up the field, I say

down the field. Yeah, I don't know. Maybe it's right, Maybe you're right out. It feels like it's been uphill for the Eagles offense the last couple of weeks at least. All right, that's our first look at the unbeaten Minnesota Vikings one o'clock kick off at Lincoln Financial Field, the breast cancer campaign game for the Eagles in South Philadelphia.

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drizzle decorated, and all dressed up for the season. Picked up a box and share the fun America runs. I'm duncan it, spenero Joe to camera time now to take a look at our old school All twenty two. Merrill Reese Mike Quick, Eagles and the Vikings two thousand and eight. I ever won a Merrill Reese Welcome to Old School All twenty two. A unique look at an Eagles play or moment or game for the eyes of coaching staff tape where you see all twenty two players Mike. This

week the Eagles played the Minnesota Vikings. Let's focus on an Eagles playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings January fourth, two thousand and nine. Vikings quarterback by Tavaris Jackson and Eagles broke close in the person of number thirty six Bran Westbrook. I know you always enjoy calling those Westbrook plays, but this one was a real dandy. Westbrook had this knack for the screen pass and able to hide behind those big guys. Because he's not a tall guy, He's

able to hide behind those big guys. But with that birth and that speed, get out into the open and make big plays on the screen pass. Let me show you one of them. With just over six minutes left in the game and the Eagles up by two at their own twenty nine yard line, the Eagles lined up in the I formation with Brian Westbrook in the backfield. McNab would take the snap and after a play action fake, he dropped back to allow the screenplay to set up.

Correll Buckholder would step up to block the mic linebacker, while center Jamal Jackson would block the safety and getting help from Nick Cove along the way, watch as Westbrook's vision in the open field allows him to cut back against the grain, and with help from blocks from Todd Harriman's to Sean Jackson and Jason Vaughan, he was able to sprint the rest of the way for seventy one

yard touchdown to put the Eagles ahead for good. This win helped the Vault Eagles to the next round to take on the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants, and it may not have happened without a huge play from number thirty six Eagles gave to Varus Jackson trouble from the first moment of that game. But what I remember is with that win and that play by Brian Westbrook, it gave them tremendous momentum to go on the following week and beat the Giants and actually get to the

NFC Championship game. I think, out of all of the plays in Brian Westbrook's career, and we've seen many of them, that is in my top three. I still believe the one in the meadowlands down the left side line, and you know, the one the Hunt return, I think that stands out is number one for me, but that one is certainly in the top list. Great player, great man, Thank you Meryll, Thank you Mike Joe. We saw a screen pass to a running back touchdown we saw against Pittsburgh.

Carson wentz By some time, gets the ball to Darren Sprowls. He goes down the field for a touchdown. Getting the ball to Sprowls in the short passing game really seems important for this offense a huge I mean Sprowles. Look, I still think on a play that Darren Sprowls is in the game, which he's not going to be in there all the time, but on a play he's in there. I still think he's the best threat to Eagles have offensively that Carson Wentz can get the ball too. I mean,

I mean he's got that now. He's always been a smaller back. That's not changing, and so he's not gonna be out there and have you know, twenty carries and ten catches and all that. But when they can get him involve Dave. There's no question he's a dynamic player. And even at the age he is, he still brings it. So yeah, getting him going is really important. And the difficult part is that defenses know that, so they cover

sprowls in this week. Eric Kendricks, the brother of Eagles linebacker Michael Kendricks, and the parents will be in the stands. So who they're rooting for, I don't know. We're rooting for Darren Sproles to bust one. Get this offense early, get it going early. All right, one more segment to go here on Eagles three sixty. We've got more to

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studio with me his bold predictions. We've got the coordinators meeting the media, and that's something that is interesting to everybody because Jim Schwarz did not talk to the media, does not talk to the media after games. What has he been thinking all week? You know? Yeah, you wonder right, And we go behind enemy Allians to find out more about the Minnesota Vikings coming off third bye week, coming into Philadelphia at five and Oh, Amirosos the reason Philly

sandwiches are so famous, Joe. The key to beating the Vikings as we sit here on this Wednesday, defense has to play better. I still believe, even early in the season when the offense was playing well, that the Eagles are at their core at this stage a defensive and special teams oriented team. I believe that, and last week the defense let the Eagles down, so I think that's the main thing they've got to re establish that. I'm

confident Carson Wentz can still totally do his thing. Obviously, the offensive line's got to play better in all of that, but I'm going to start with the defense. I think it's the bread and butter the Eagles sair enough, Jodi Camera, David Spadaro, thanks for joining us on Eagles three sixty. I'm back tomorrow with Glenn mcnow. Joe is in on Friday. Until then, have yourself over right. Eagles did