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that you're really in contention for this division. And I know after two weeks. And now I'll tell you why, Dave, because we've watched the whole division. There's nobody's going to run away with this thing. If you can make this win, if you can win three or four of the six division games, if you can sneak in another couple of wins, get to eight, maybe get to nine, I think you are legitimate chance for this division. But this is one of those games spars, Aren't it terrible? But then that

that good? This is one of those games you can win and legitimize yourself we're watching the standings already. I am either the Redskins or the Cowboys will be in two. That's correct, after this weekend. That'll be nice. So all right, well, we're gonna get some of these more bold predictions from Glenn mcnow a bit later in the show. We've also got a bit of a progress report on who else

Carson Wentz. First things first, though, we're gonna throw it out and get your caught up on everything happening today. A busy day for the Eagles and some injury concerns creeping in for this football team. Let's get your caught up on everything of the Eagles three sixty update with Alex Smith. Hi everyone, I'm Alex Smith here with your three sixty update. The Eagles continue their preparation here at the Novacare Complex as they get set for week two's

Monday night matchup with the Chicago Bears. But the Eagles also welcomed back to one of their own today as long snapper John Durham Boss returned from out West where he was part of the America's Got Talent finale, where he finished in third place. Talking in the locker room today, Durham Boss said that Win or Lose. He enjoyed the experience that he got to put forward on the show

Win or Lose. I kind of look back on it, and I don't think I would have changed one thing about what I did, what I said, any of my acts. I'm proud of it. And you know they said it came down to one percent, so we were all on the running there and it was unbelievable experience. I'm glad I did it, and I'm glad the city loved it. And we see what's next. Looking ahead to Monday night, perhaps the biggest threat on the Chicago Bears offense is

wide receiver Alshon Jeffrey. Inside the Eagles locker room, we caught up with Ron Brooks and Leotis McKelvin to get their thoughts on slowing down the Bears receiver. I can't take anything away from Alsh and he's a great athlete, very long guy. He has a big catching radius, and you just gotta go out and didn't play hard and make sure you are try to strip him down as much as you can. You know you're not gonna make

every play, but try to limit his place. Being able to understanding, standing toughing in the pocket, you know, being able to throw it to a spot well and you'd be canted. And I mean he does a great job before us, like going up and get the ball. So I mean that's that's one of his big assets of the game. And finally, it's not every day that the President of the United States of America gives a shout

out to your quarterback. But that's exactly what happened earlier this week when President Obama mentioned that he may have to get on the one swagon after the rookie stellar debut against the Cleveland Browns, we caught up with Brandon Graham to get his thoughts on what that presidential shout out means to him. Rookies getting shout out from the president, you know, good or bad, don't matter. You know that

you on his mind. And so it was kind of cool, you know, because there's a lot of guys that would probably never get a shout out from the president of less some draft to happen on the field. But I'm happy for him because you know, as a rookie, you want to come in and improve and improve and get better, and you obviously you want to catch him eyes. And he caught the president even though he's a Chicago fan. I mean, you know, we gotta go out there and do what we do against him, and maybe he might

say something back. Who knows, you know, have a little fun. It's all fun game. I guess we'll find out after Monday Night's game whether or not the President does indeed join in on that wentzwagon. You can hear from Wentz himself. You can catch the entirety of his press conference from earlier today along with all of our locker rooms sound right here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com and the Official

Eagle's mobile app. Thank you so much, Alex, Now Glenn, if Zackers doesn't play and if Leodis McKelvin doesn't two starters down, Yeah, what's the impact. Well, the impact I think in the secondary is a little more troublesome because you're not that deep there. You're gonna really be relying on a seventh round draft pick to come in and

play very well, and that's a little bit sketchy. I feel better about tight end because you've got a lot of depth there and I do trust the veteran very very much, and so I think they'll be okay there. You saw Doug Peterson really distribute the ball a lot. Last week, Bret Sellek just becomes part of that mix and they'll be okay there. A bit later in the show, Glenn will offer some more of his bold predictions. We go behind enemy lines to find out more about the

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to replenige. Please now to welcome and Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz coming off a terrific performance against the Cleveland Browns. Congratulations on that. I know we're all onto the Chicago Bears. Carson kind of put into perspective what it's been like these last couple of weeks. Yeah, you know, it was kind of a whirlwind. You know, obviously here in the

news and then being named the starter and everything. A lot of preparation went into the week, you know, not only just in the film room, which was normal, but you know, getting some timing down that I had lost with guys for the first or excuse me, the last couple of weeks of the preseason. But it was a lot of fun. You know, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the process. Went out on Sunday and you know, we

played well and we got the win. I know you are completely focused on Chicago, but if I could just ask you what you saw on film when you were watching it, what you liked and things that you maybe want to work on. Yeah, you know, we had guys making plays. You know, that was good to see. We had some receiver step up. You know, Nelson made the really good play on the touchdown. And we had guys

making plays. But you know, we still left some plays out. There, still some things left that we got to just correct and some issues. But you know we're we're ironing that out and we you know, it's it's a process. It's a long season. So it's a long career too. Yeah, it's a long week to week. Yeah. But for you though, this week has been pretty extraordinary. I mean, the jersey sales go to number one. President Obama gives you a shout out to everybody to get on the Wentz wagon.

What do you think about all that? You know, it's just it kind of is what it is it's cool, it's exciting. I know a lot of people back home we're kind of hitting me up and be like, wow, that's pretty cool, and I'm just like, it's it's cool. But at the same time, you know, we're so wrapped up and preparing for Chicago, so um, yeah, it's just kind of you gotta get used to some of that stuff. I know you've talked about blocking out all the noise. How hard is that in today's day and age where

there is so much information available to you. Yeah, you know, I've I've gotten pretty good at it. You know, you're so busy, you're so consumed with with preparing and getting ready that you know, you don't read a lot of the stuff. You don't hear a lot of stuff, and if you do, you just, um, it's kind of relevant whether it's good or bad, you know, because your sole focus is the next week, and all that really matters is the opinions of the guys in this locker room

and in this organization and the coaches. You know, Carson, we talked about in the summer having Doug Peterson who played quarterback, and Frank Wright who played quarterback, and Flip who played quarterback. How has that benefited your your rise here? It's been unbelievable, you know, coming in and like you just mentioned, those three with the knowledge they have at

the quarterback position, has helped me tremendously to grow. And um, ever since day one when I when I got here in the spring, you know, and then you know, Sam was very helpful, Chase has been very helpful, you know, UM learning the offense. It's really just helped my help me speed along this process pretty quickly. Have you ever thought about that being a big part of your development back when you were kind of, you know, preparing for the draft, how vital it would be to have a

coaching staff that really understood this position. Yeah, you know, everyone talks about the development of young quarterbacks. And I knew when I had met the Eagles organization and this staff, I knew this would be a great fit. I knew it'd be a great place for young quarterback to come in and learn and um get some really good mentors and coaching and UM and that's what what I've gotten so far. You've also got your brother here, his wife, got a couple of former teammates here with CJ. And

Andrew has that helped. Yeah, you know, especially having my brother and his wife here, just you know, some familiar faces helped me out with family things and just you know, help me out with some off the field things. Um, obviously having Andrew Bonnet and c. J. Smith here has been really cool. You know. Um, it's all it's different, but it's all there's still some familiar faces, which which

definitely helps. Carson. How critical is it that you know you're you're spending time in the film room and do you enjoy it? Number one? How much time do you put into Fans have no idea what goes on between you know, Monday in the next week. Yeah, there's a lot. You know, there's a lot of time in the film room early morning, some late nights. Um, it's just part

of it. You know, it's part of being a student of the game and preparing and um, and I love it, you know, like I said, it's it's being a student of the game. It's understanding you know, you want to be out there on Sundays, Um, being able to dissect things that you've already seen and so so it's just all part of it. You know, you put in your time, but um, it's definitely worth it, and I enjoy it. Were you a kid who watched Monday night football a lot? Yeah? Always, yeah,

Monday night football was was always exciting. And I know that you were Brett Farve fan right like growing up. I know, so people have said you they remind you of Brett Farve or you remind them of Brett Farve. So it's got to feel kind of cool to hear that. I mean, it's cool. Yeah, but I still got a lot, I still got a logic, I still got a lot to prove, you know, I got a long way. So it's cool. I mean, it is what it is, but you know, I got a lot, a lot of work

to do. It's so impressive that you really are. And I talked to Flip about it yesterday, and we talked to Doug about it earlier week. You really literally you really do block it out. It's not just chit chat. I mean you really believe in it. Yeah, I mean, you got it. You can't get too consumed, you know, like you mentioned earlier, Hopefully it's a long career, god willing, and um, you know, it's a it's a long journey,

it's a long process. So it's just you gotta take it one day at a time and keep getting better. Chicago Bears on Monday Night, What do you see from that defense? Um, you know, I I see some some good things. Um, I see some things where we can areas we can attack. But you know it'll be interesting. You know, we're just in the beginning of the prepperration. So, um,

we got to dive into it some more. But you know, they'll they'll create some some issues, I think, and um, we just gotta be ready for of corson What what did Sunday do in terms of just you go out there and you won an NFL game? What does that do for you? Just from a mental standpoint? It was it a big deal? Yeah, you know, I mean it gave me a lot of confidence, especially you know that first drive going down and scoring right away. Um, gave me a lot of confidence. Having coach Peterson, you know,

call that that fourth and four, having the confidence in me. Um, it's just really going to just help me just be more and more confident as the season goes. Was there a favorite throw that you had when you watch the film? Um, I mean the first touchdown pass, just getting that one out of the way and hooking up with with Jordan was was pretty exciting. I know that place was rock and I was pretty exciting. I was a little nervous.

I thought he was about to throw the ball into the stands, but um, you know that it was Yeah, that was made me a little nervous. But uh no, that that one was pretty exciting. And the way the team has responded to you. And do you feel that that kind of game really Hey, maybe maybe they were taking a peek and seeing what the rookie could do that kind of day. Wow, this guy can play. Well, we've seen it at first time you're in a regular side. He can really play. Has that you've gotten that sense

from the rest of the guys. Yeah, you know, I think the guys have had confidence in me, you know, even going back for a while now. So I felt very comfortable with that. But I think obviously anytime you can go out on a Sunday and kind of prove yourself and show what you can do, I think just only instills more more and more confidence from your teammates. Having fun, having a lot of fun. Great, well that's a good deal. That's what we want to hear, Carson Wentz.

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bold predictions looking ahead toward the entire twenty sixteenth season. Today, for the first time, we're going to do it on a game by game basis. I enjoy it because I think Glenn's wrong most of the time. But we sure have a lot of thing bolts, the Eagles and the Bears. What do you got here? You got number one. You're gonna like most of these Number one. Nelson agol I had a very good open or four catch of sixty four yards. Maybe discovered himself, maybe found something with a quarterback.

I think he's going to have a bigger game. Five catches one hundred yards day, and let's put him down for another touchdown. That one two move he put on on that thirty five yard touchdown pass was really impressive. He's got the speed. I think he needs the confidence. Maybe we saw some of that and that was Joe Hayden. He beat. That was no bum. He beat for that touchdown.

That was an all Pro defensive backs. I think your keyword there was confidence and that kind of game and that kind of catch and that big play at that moment really can help a young player like Nelson Agilore, who, let's face it, struggled so much in the preseason, a lot of fans wondering about Aglare and his role on his football team. Will Nelson bows back with game number one. The key to a really good player, though in the NFL is doing it on a week by week basis.

So up next for Nelson the Chicago Bears secondary, which we'll find out is not all that strong. Is not all that strong? No, all right, here you go number two. You know the Bears are going to try to pressure Wentz a lot, he's a rookie quarterback and try to send people at him from all angles. He doesn't have, course, he doesn't have zach Ertz. As we discussed, he's gonna be looking for a safety valbum maybe maybe this week at Darren Sprowles. Sprowles had kind of a mixed game

last week. Was good on the punt returns, blocked really well and pass coverage, but he dropped a few passes. He rushed five times for twelve yards. I think he's going to have a big game, and part of it is this. One of the Bears linebackers is a gentleman named Jarrell Freeman. He used to play for the Colts. Remember the Monday Night game. Seven catches one hundred and fifty two yards that night for Darren Sprowles, mostly against Gerald Freeman. If the Eagles can match him up, that's

a very favorable matchup. I see Sprowles stats rebounding this week for a good week, and I agree with you on that, Glenn, and I think this week is a telling game for Doug Peterson and for Frank Reich. As you mix up your game plan, as you find favorable matchups, and you possibly don't have Zach Ertz, well, who do you turn to. Darren Sproles may have had his worst game as an Eagle from the line of scrimmage on

Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. That's not going to happen two weeks in a role, two weeks in a row. I'm with you. I think the role increases for Sprowles this week. It likes to disagree with your auditions. These are shake check. Yeah, number three. SAT Day, Baby, It's gonna be sack day. Chicago Bears gave up five sacks last week to Houston. Huson's got a nice defensive line, but they gave up five sacks. The Bears middle of the line looks pretty good, their tackles are very weak.

Three sacks or more from the Eagles defensive ends this week. I told you one of my bold predictions to start the season is you're going to get a combination of a minimum of thirty from the defensive ends this year. You got two week one. I'm off to a good star. You are, They're off to a good start. Yeah, I'm just watching it. And now now they'll have three this week. Yeah. And I think the flow of the game will dictate that.

The Bears obviously don't want Jay Cutler in trouble. They know that he can be a turnover machine when he has pressured. The Eagles know that they have to pressure because the secondary faces a really difficult matchup Al Shan Jeffrey and Kevin White and Eddie Royal and if if Color has time to throw the football could be really tough for the Eagles in the secondary. So I agree with you in a sense of a lot of pressures. I just think that hang on, I just saying color.

I think I think the eating for Cutler this week is to get rid of the football and avoid the sax. Yeah, we got hit thirteen times last week. He doesn't only get hit thirteen times on Monday night. Good luck, good good stuff, Glenn. Predictions from Glenn Mcnow we'll do it every Thursday. Here on Eagles three sixty. We've got a lot more to get to here on Eagles three sixty. Up next, a look at the Chicago Bears behind enemy lines. They are the enemies. It's gonna be a beautiful night

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presented by Datorade Here on Philadelphi Eagles dot com. The Eagles travel to the Windy City for a Monday night matchup with the Bears, and the breakdown the matchup we bring in Jeff Dickerson ESPN, NFL Nature, where you can fomb on Twitter at Dickerson ESPN. Jeff Person, I want to ask you, is this Carson when Mania has taken over Philadelphia. What do the Bears have in store for the rookie quarterback? You know, Chris, I think it'll be

a step up in competition for Wentz. I watched, you know, the game after we got back from Houston the other night, and Wentz looked great. But it was against the Browns, and you have to preface that. At against the brown the Bears are not an elite team by any means, but defensively, they think that's going to be the strength this year. They've got a really good defensive coordinator in Vic Fangio. He's been around forever, so scheme wise, they're

always prepared. They got a little bit of a pass rush on brock Osweiler from guys like Leonard Floyd and Akiem Hicks and Eddie Goldman and Danny Trevathan. So my assumption will be they will try to pressure Wentz in the pocket on Monday Night. But you know, the Bears weakness is that secondary. They had some young guys step up and play okay in Week one, Jacobe Glenn, Bryce Kella Hand. One of their starting cornerbacks, Kyle Fuller's been out with the knee injury. He had a scope a

couple of weeks ago. He's not ready to come back yet. They've had some real underwhelming play from their safeties Adrian Amos, Harold Jones, Quartees. They're strong safety. He's actually been the best defensive back in my opinion this summer. The physical guy, he loves the hit. He plays downhill. But if Wins can get some time in the pocket, he could probably

make some things happen down the field. But I know the Bears will try to be relentless, you know, with the pressure and try to lean on the fact that they're at home, it's the primetime game, and the Bears Chris will have a desperation about them. I know that you know, going oh and two doesn't mean your seasons over, but we all know the numbers. If you start oh in two, it's very hard to come back and win

a playoff spot. The Bears probably aren't a playoff team, but they don't want to begin owen two, especially with the rookie quarterback on the schedule coming up now. On the outside of the Bears offense, jeff Alshon Jeffrey was tremendous. Four catches, one hundred and five yards. You know, jumpball. Get help out Jay Color in any sort of circumstance. Will any of the other Bears receivers be available to

help him out? Well? Eddie Royal had a pretty good game actually in Week one, and that's the first time that Bears fans have ever seen Eddie Royal to anything in a Bears uniform. He was hurt almost all of last season, missed the whole preseason because of a concussion. But keep in mind, this guy in twenty fourteen in San Diego had over sixty catches and seven hundred some odd receiving yards, so he's he's had a very good career. And he played with Cutler in Denver's rookie season in

two thousand and eight and he caught. So, I mean the track record is there for Eddie Royal, but Bears fans just haven't seen him do it on a consistent basis. I would think that he'll garner more attention this week from the Eagles, so it might be more difficult for Cutler to get him the football. Al Sean Jeffrey is the equalizer. I mean, really, he's a tough cover. His catch radius is so large that if the Bears put it up anywhere around him, he's probably going to make

the play. And he's playing to get paid too, I mean, unless the Bears put the tag on him for a second straight year. You know, he wants to hit the market in the off season, so he's got every motivation to stay healthy and play well. The real wildcard is Kevin White, seventh overall pick in twenty fifteen, did not have a good NFL debut. He had a hamstring problem last week, so he was limited in practice. That did

not help. Being a terrible miscommunication with Cutler on an interception and that was kind of the game right there. The Texans never looked back after that play. So does Cutler trust White yet? That remains to be seen. I mean, Kevin White's the number two receiver, so you would think that he'd get a lot of targets, but it didn't really happen in week number one. And we'll see with a full week of practice and now a healthy week of practice if him and Cutler can get on the

same page. Because for the Bears offense to go where it needs to go, Kevin White's gonna be a big part of this. Jeff, My last question for you is this. You talked a lot about Cutler there. What have you seen from him this offseason in the beginning of twenty sixteen without Adam case there as the offensive coordinator helping him out. Yeah, I mean that's the question everyone has. He was Gaze the reason that Cutler played the way he played last year, and we just won't know. I

thought he was okay on Sunday. I mean in the first half he was. He was very good. Then they started losing it and the protection broke down and it was just a free for all. I've covered Cutler every step of the way since two thousand and nine. I mean, as a guy, he's never going to change. But I think as a player he has matured. The older he's gotten, he has gotten a little smarter. But with Cutler, it's always about the buy in factor. Is he buying into

what the offensive coordinator is doing. There was no doubt he brought into Adam Gates And why wouldn't you mean Adam Gase coach eight manning in Denver. I mean, Cutler would have been crazy not to listen to Adam Gate into his credit. He did, and he had a very good year. Dal OGINs is a little different. Doesn't have the kind of resume that Adam Gays has. You know, he called plays in Tennessee for like a year and

a half. He was the quarterbacks coach last year. He does no color pretty well, they go back a lot of years. But does he had the same type of presence that Adam Gas and the same type of you know, experience and what Gays did so well as when Caylor would get himself in trouble during games last season, Gas was good enough to coach him out of it. So

that remains to be seen. I thought Color for the most part, you know, looked good when he wasn't on his back, you know, in week one, and if the protection is better, he always plays well on Monday night, and he usually plays pretty well against the Eagles, so that the coaching staff is looking for a pretty big game from their quarterback. Jeff Dickerson, ESPN, NFL Nation reporter covers the Bears again. You can fall on Twitter at Dickerson ESPN. Thank you very much for taking us behind

enemy alliance here on Philadelphia Eagles dot com. Thanks so much, Chris, Thanks so much, Jeff. One more segment to go here on Eagles three sixty, and we're gonna talk about who else.

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to this week. We've got a long way to go before. I love Monday nights. I just don't like waiting for too long. It really, it really is. You gotta although it gives you the freedom and watch all the other games that's true. That's true. All right, So well, we know who we're watching this weekend. He is number eleven. His name is Carson Wentz, and he is the topic of this week's Progress Report with Ike Greece and Make Quick right. The Progress Report brings us to the rookie

sensation Carson Wentz in his debut. Let's talk about a lot of nice things from the young guy. Let's take a look at his first touchdown here pre snap read. Here's what I'm thinking he's seeing. He's seeing this safety here locked up one Dorio greenbackham on the outside. So what an empty backs Bill said. He knows that he's going to get a single high safety, so he's going to decide where he wants to go with this ball. Well in this safety is gonna tell him a whole lot.

But I think already he sees this tight coverage right here between these two, and that's really an indicator that he's gonna be able to get on top of that defender. And boy, oh boy, I don't know if you can place a ball any better than that over the outside shoulder, outstretched arms by Jordan Matthews. And what a great catch, What a great throw. What I love about this throw is that he throws it to a spot and allows Jordan Matthews to basically run out of there and make

the catch. He knows where he wants to throw this ball. He's just throwing it to the back of the end zone and Jordan's able to run right up on him and make the catch. Watch him here. I believe his best throw of the game by far. He's gonna get covered too here, so I believe this pre snap ring is once he sees his covered two, he knows he's not gonna come to this bunch set over here. He's looking at this backside again, Jordan Matthews, who's gonna be off here with a hard with a hard corner, and

he's looking for this dig rob coming in behind. What's nice about this. In practice he was throwing the ball to this side, but he told Jordan during the game, if they take this away, I'm coming to you on the backside dig. He threw it to the front side in practice, but game time he wentn't right to Matthews on the dig route. Very successful. And you watch this from behind the line of scrimmers, I think you get a better appreciation of the throw and the catch. First

of all, is good protection upfront. Gonna watch Darren spros here. It picks up the rusher coming off the edge. Now here's where Carson gonna take the next step in his progression. We'll see at some point he's gonna climb this pocket to get away from this rush. Make sure he doesn't take an unnecessary hit. But he sticks in there and makes the throw. Matt, that is a dime in between

two defenders. And you're exactly right. The protection, especially from this angle, you can see it's so solid, and all he has to do on that first bounce step is just move a little bit forward and it makes it an easier, cleaner pocket. Yeah, and that's gonna come with more and more playing time. He only had thirty nine snaps in the preseason. This is his first game. He'll get ahold of that. Now, all right, take a little here in the red zone. Again, we're talking about the

magic ration process of Carson Wentz. Not a ton of snaps in the preseason. These are things that he's gonna get a better field for the more and more that he plays. We got a combination route here on the backside between Josh Huff and Darren Spros coming out of the backfield. Ye. Now, if Carson is a little more patience, he's gonna see Huff beats his man on the seven route there. But more importantly, he's gonna get darren Spros coming in running the angle route. Both guys are wide open.

I just think he didn't trust what he was saying and he sort of wanted to play before he needed to. Yeah, but this is gonna come in time. He's got You're right, he's got first of all, Huff right away, and you just let it go. Or if you're gonna wait because you won't do you like the matchup with Spros, You're still you've got to be ready and you gotta let it go. In time, all of these little things will work their way out. And here's the most important thing.

Here is one thing to miss these open receivers. We can live with that. When he's escaping right here, we gotta throw this ball away. Thrown away. He basically puts himself in harm's way and takes a big unnecessary hit there. Again, Mike, with more rets, he'll become more comfortable and aware in that pocket, and no to get rid of football, great progress report on Wentz. We look forward to seeing him obviously on Monday night, his second test in his NFL career.

So what's ahead for us? Let's take a look our Amrosso's on the Menu report. We've got the coordinator speaking tomorrow to the media. We've got a whole lot of things going on here. We've got crunch time with bo Allen, the hashtag athlete, the fullback. He is the fullback I know. And we've got some key matchups coming up from Monday night's football game. That's our am Rossos on the menu. Look,

Amrosso's the reason Philly sandwiches are so famous. Some final thoughts, Glenn, since you're not gonna be around the rest of the weekend, you'll be hobnobbing with the elite. Nobody tell me that I really like their chances, And I think this seems got a very good opportunity to get off to two and oh. You're playing a team that I think fits the Eagles strengths. And if they start two and oh, they're in the division. And that's a lot more than

people maybe we're thinking about for this season started. Is that more than what you were thinking about before the season started to be honest, Dave, my prediction was six wins. Yeah yeah, I mean you can't just move off it after one win. But if they win this week, I'm moving off a lot of us, a lot of downs in an NFL season, Glenn mcnow, Dave Spidero, we thank you for joining us here on Eagles three sixty. Everyone have yourselves, are great. Eagles Day.