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candidates remain, including Tom coffin interview today. Yes, indeed, some internal candidates like Pat Schermer and Duce Daley as you mentioned, Dave, some external candidates like the aforementioned Coughlin. The biggest key will be who will be the leader who could provide that advantage for the Philadelphia Eagles in the short term and hopefully build things for the long term to set the program in place to get them back to their

winning ways. Day. Yeah, so it's a lot going on here, even though the Eagles are not in the playoff mix. We will talk about the playoffs a wild wildcard weekend. Indeed, we've got some reaction for you a little later on. Jordan Matthews on his way out of an overcare complex, stopped by the studio, I had a chance to talk to him. But when we return to Eagles three sixty, we're gonna talk a little bit about these candidates, break

them down, discuss them openly. Not necessarily give you the favorites, because we frankly don't know and we are not officially involved into contract talks and the talks at all. But we're gonna give you some facts and figures about the Eagles candidates to date. Will one of them pilot this team in twenty sixteen. Stay tuned Eagles three sixty returns in just one moment, experience the power of physical therapy and Novocare rehabilitation. We know the importance of an active lifestyle.

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candidates Jeffrey Lourie Howie Rose McDonald Smolinsky. We are not part of it. We are watching, we are wondering, We are asking the same questions that you are. In the meantime, we've compiled some information on the candidates to break them down, give you an apples to apples comparison of all of the men. So let's start with dol Schremer, right, who coached the Eagles in the final game of the regular season against the New York Giants and the Eagles win

that game. Schrmer's been there, He's done that. Chris, he seems on the surface and what we know of him to be a very strong candidate, very very strong candid. I think he offers the best of both worlds in the terms that he has head coaching experience from his

time with the Cleveland Browns. He came up through the Eagles organizations, had two different stints as an assistant coach, and he's also learned the last couple of seasons from Chip Kelly, and I think he can combine some of the elements he's learned in the past and also some

of what's worked when it comes to Chip Kelly. So if you're looking for stability, I think he's the closest who could provide it to kind of carry over what's happened the last couple of years, take the good from that, but kind of changed it and put his own little spin on it, mold it into his own. So from that standpoint, that's why I like Pat Schermer as a potential higher here for the Philadephia. You know the thing

that Pat Schermer has done. He's come from the West Coast tree, the Andy Reid coaching tree, and he understands that offensive scheme, and he also learned a new way of doing things. And obviously what Chip did for the first couple of seasons here ten wins in both two thousand and thirteen and two and fourteen. You take some of that good with some of the things that happened last year. And Pat Shermer is candidate number one, and

he's been there. Of the candidates, he's got two years of coaching experience, knows the Philadelphia market, knows the Philadelphia media, and knows this existing organization and the roster as well. So that is Pat Schremer the candidate internally who's got some head coaching experience. Another internal candidate running backs coach coach, deduced Staley has worked his way up the coaching ranks.

Obviously a great player in Philadelphia, and Duce Staley knows the way it works with a player and the mindset of a player. And that's the advantage that Staley has obviously playing in Philadelphia, being a great running back here. Still a little young in his progression as a coach, but a valuable experience for Deuce. Interviewing for head coaching job Chris, and whether he gets his job or not,

positions himself for some upward mobility, no question. I just love to hear dues coming from all the fans will come to Staley here at the Novercare Complex or at Lincoln Financial Field if he were to get the job. But as you mentioned, Dave, he has the playing experience and he's done well developing the guys on the roster, especially at the running back position. Over the last couple of seasons, we've seen the successful Lashawn McCoy has had

during his tenure with the Philadelphia Eagles. So from that same point, he has the playing experience, he knows how to relate to players, he knows how to develop them, and look back in nineteen nine nine, Andy Reid was the quarterbacks coach, didn't have any coordinator experience. Well, Duce Daley is in that same position. He is a young, up and coming candidate. Is a time now we'll see, but definitely, like you said, if he's positioned himself nicely

for the future here one way or the other. Candidate number three with us here and these are in no particular order, Doug Peterson. Now, the Eagles went out to Kansas City and interviewed Peterson after the Chiefs defeat of the Houston Texans on Saturday in that Wild Card game. Peterson the offensive coordinator underhead coach Andy Reid. In Kansas City. We know Peterson as the quarterback who helped pave the way for Donovan McNabb, the lane duck QB if you will.

Peterson came to the Eagles in nineteen ninety nine with read to teach the Eagles the West Coast offense. It took a beating, but he did his job and then joined a coaching staff here has worked his way up. Chris very highly regarded around the league, has called some plays or least shared some of the duties with Andy Reid out in Kansas City. Calling the plays nosy West coach offense, doesn't have a ton of coaching experience. But

for anyone who's mad, I mean we have. We see a rising star in Doug Peterson, a dynamic personality, no question about it. And again, like you said, Dave looked like with Staley, has the playing experience, has been the leader of teams, has been the quarterback here in Philadelphia, so he understands the market. And it's not just the

West Coast principles. He's learned some different elements of different spread offenses the pistol during his time in Kansas City has adapted those and look, you look at this Chiefs offense. Alex Smith has developed into a nice quarterback. He doesn't turn the ball over very much. This is a run game that has continued to be productive even though they

lost Jamal Charles midway through this season. And if you look at the numbers prior to his arrival in Kansas City and what the Chiefs have done in the last couple of years, Peterson has has put his stamp on this chief success and that's why they're playing in the Divisional round of the postseason. And so the Eagles confirming that they interviewed Peterson on Sunday. Now, obviously Peters and cannot come to terms with any team until after the

Chiefs are finished in the playoffs. The Chiefs play at the New England Patriots on Saturday in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The next candidate, Ben McAdoo, offensive coordinator from the New York Giants. An innovative offensive mind. A former quarterbacks coaching green Fay worked very well with Aaron Rodgers there, has done some great things for Eli Manning the last couple of seasons with the New York Giants. The Eagles interviewed him last week.

An intriguing name from the team up north. Chris, we don't know a whole lot about McAdoo other than what he looks a lot like him. He sounds a lot like him. So seems like it's a mini Andy Reid here. Possibly you look at the progression. Obviously Andy wasn't a coordinator, but still very similar in terms of his development in terms of the coaching ladder. But he's worked with some

dynamic quarterbacks. You mentioned Rogers, you mentioned Manning, but look at the numbers and the success that they had working with macadoo, and that's something that you need in the NFL. You look at eight teams they're still in postseason contention, and they all have outstanding quarterbacks. The Eagles need to find out who their quarterback is going to be in twenty sixteen. With Sam Bradford said, to become a free agent and you want a guy who can be able

to mold and develop that playmaker at that position. So certainly, when you look at the most important position in the game, if you can have someone like a Ben McAdoo who knows how to cultivate great quarterback play, that's definitely an asset to have. Yeah, in his late thirties, has already been with four teams in the league coaching in the

NFL since two thousand and four. So despite the relatively young age by NFL head coaching standards, Ben McAdoo has a lot of experience understanding the league and someday will be a head coach. Could be in twenty sixteen with the Philadelphia Eagles now the Eagles. On Monday confirming their interview and intriguing one with former New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin. Cofflin for twelve years, the head coach

of the New York Giants two Super Bowl victories. He's won three in his nineteen years in the NFL working with Jacksonville. Working with the Giants started way back in the mid eighties with the Philadelphia Eagles as a wide receivers coach, and I mean at age sixty nine, it will be seventy when the season starts. Tom Coughlin brings

instant credibility, instant respect, a lot of energy. If you want to restore order to an organization and set some discipline in place, Tom Cofflin could be the guy certainly brings a lot of attention to Philadelphia should this happen. Trist Tom Cofflin a name that kind of came into unto the forefront late last week, catching a lot of people by surprise. It makes a lot of sense when you understand the entire coaching field out there. Nobody has

the resume of Tom Cofflin, no question about you. Look at the spectrum here of the coaching candidates, and you have the young and up and comers like Douce Daley, like Ben McAdoo. You have coach like Patch Shermer, who has been a head coach in the National Football League, and then you have the experience the veteran leadership the

sea with a resume. Tom Coughlin, who is the winning his head coach in Jacksville Jaguar's history, was the first ever head coach of that franchise, and in the last twelve seasons, we've seen what he's done with the New York Giants, taking them to two Super Bowls. So he can thrive in a tough media market. He'll be able to handle Philadelphia. Like you said, Dave, he has had success here. He's been a coach here in Philadelphis who understands being here. I just think, like you said, if

you're trying to instantly change the culture. You've talked about emotional intelligence, something that Jeffrey Leurier said during his press conference a week ago. That's something that Tom Coughlin will bring to the table with his ability to relate to his players. You've seen all the moving tributes from them from the time that he announced his resignation. No question

that he left a lasting impact on that franchise. The question is with Coughlin, a how long would he want to be the head coach at age seventy when the two and sixteen season begins, and then what happened to the Giants in recent seasons. They won the Super Bowl in two eleven, but this has been a team that has really struggled in the last several seasons. They really did not put much of a great product on the field in two and fifteen. A lack of personnel. Yeah,

that had a lot to do with it. Injuries, no question about it. The defensive side of the ball for the Giants could not keep pace with the prolific offense. So Tom Coughlin the latest candidate the Eagles have interviewed six. There is nothing scheduled as far as we know in the future. The NFL owners meetings this week in Houston. So we're either hitting the pause button, Chris, or maybe the Eagles have something going that they want to get

done very quickly. There's a wait and see approach. Everyone's verying tree to find out what's going to happen here. Is there something beyond Monday's interview with Coughlin, or is it maybe there'll be one of these six guys Adam Gase in Miami. Five candidates so far that the Eagles have interviewed. Who remained candidates for this job in twenty and sixteen So that is our look at the coaching candidates to date for the Eagles vacant head coaching job.

This is Eagles three sixty. When we return, we're going to talk about one of the Eagles young rising stars and wide receiver, Jordan Matthews. Capping off a fine sophomore campaign. He visits the studio to talk about twenty fifteen and beyond. He wants a taste of the NFL playoffs, experience the power of physical therapy and Novocare rehabilitation. We know the importance of an active lifestyle. If you're currently injured, let

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the pain. HI carps electrolytes to replenish everything you need to keep sweating. I got tickets, Metro tickets. You need a Metro ticket? Talk to me, please, I don't even know these real tickets. If you know, just a touch it this leather legit. I mean, how do we really know? It looks good? Right? No, I'm paying myself. I gotta make a prop. Does the baby need a Metro ticket? I'll give her one on me. These tickets. They're not

stealing your soul. You can look at him. May. Nobody wants to buy tickets from a guy on the street. I don't understand. It has been a highly productive two seasons in the NFL for the man to my left. We welcome you into our Extinity studio at the Novercare Complex. I'm Eagles insider Dave Spidero along with wide receiver Jordan Matthews, who is now Jordan. You're an NFL veteran? Now true? How does it feel? How's the body feel after season? I always wanted to understand that from a wide receiver,

you run so much, you get hit so much. How do you feel the day after season? Surprisingly, actually I feel pretty good. I mean I dealt with some energies kind of in between the season, but e finishing off, I actually feel pretty pretty good. I'm excited about all season training. I'm gonna take a couple couple of weeks off just really get the body completely back. But then I think i'll be abready hit training completely healthy one dcent,

So I'm excited about that. Do you just literally lay around for a couple of weeks and just stay away from everything? Um, you know, you definitely want to go see get to see some people, maybe hang out with some family members or some friends that you never get to spend time around. Uh, you know, travel a little bit, but the main thing is you definitely want to rest. I think sometimes I'm so round bunks because I'd like to do a lot of things that I look up

and I'm like, man, I've i even rested. I've been flying everywhere. I've been doing things most of the day. So just actually trying to find a week or two just to actually sit back, chill, maybe go find somewhere to vacation app actually just kind of kick back and

actually relaxed. Jordan, how would you kind of describe your first two seasons from an individual standpoint and other teams first, but from an individual standpoint, Um, I would say for me, I think, um, just stuff to build on is definitely motivation.

I think I've left some meat on the bone. Um. You know, personally, I know that, you know, I could play better, and I think that, you know, when when people come to me with some of the numbers, may show me kind of what I've been able to accomplish, you know, with helping some of my teammates over the first two seasons. It actually just makes me that much hunger because I'm just like, man, like, this is what I've been able to do, and I feel like I'm not even close to my best then, you know, I

feel like this guy's limit. Um. You know, I think a lot of my family members that called me, they were wondering if I would up said that didn't get to be a thousand yard mark. But I was like, you know, I think it's actually very fitting. I think, um, it's the perfect you know things to show that hey, you're not there yet, you can't You're still come up a little bit short. So that might be that extra value and that may be the extra rep that you do, you know, as far as work, and that may be

the extra you know. A couple of minute she put on the judgment see and just really becoming the complete wide receiver I can be so, like I said, for me, I like the sky's modmit. I'm really excited about myself and this team moving forward. Does the game continue to slow down for you? I know it does to one degree, but does it continue as you go along? Yes? Definitely? Um. I mean, I mean I remember my first year. My stance would sometimes to be so tense. Can I be

worried about so many things? I mean half the time I can actually see the check that Kelsey and Sam were gonna make before they even make it, So I'm already like, okay, well this cover is coming. Already know I'm getting the bar here, so I need to be ready. I need to give a good a good move, I think us. So it's crazy because sometimes you gotta wait to like the end of the season or midway through season and see some of these things started coming into fruition.

But I mean even in the Dallas game, you know, we were able to hull up before that last call, and Sam was just like, hey do this, do this. If this guy gets this leverage, hit him with this move. He just does, and I'm like, okay, Well, once he lined up, I was an old game over. Already know it's coming. Just your rookie year, you just thinking about so many things. You rush things, you try too hard, be pressed. Now I really feel like I let the game come to me. Don't get me down by making mistake.

I don't do all on it. I already know that that opportunity is going to come back. So it was just it's really excited for me moving into year three. We have obviously a lot of change coming for the Philadelphia Eagles. You are going to be impacted greatly by it, not only quarterback coach. We don't know what's gonna happen. How do you feel about everything kind of heading into

this thing? You know, at the same time, it's hard to sometimes say like all the time you're excited, because then that might be some people maybe possibly losing jobs. That could be term a hole for other people. You know, I'm in a position where, you know, as a second round pick, you know, I've had a pretty good first two years that you know, maybe have a little bit

more stability. But definitely I'm interested to see what's going to happen as far as the coach, as far as Sam you know, moving forward, Like I said, I've talked about one Sam back. You know, I'm definitely interested to see he's going to be our new coach. I hadn't definite but respect for coach Killing what he was able to do for this program and to do for me.

But at the same time, you know, I think the thing that I'm the most you know, if I would be excited about anything, is just I feel like that competitive spirit is going to get litt you can get inside of everybody. Nobody can look at this off season like, Okay, I can rest, I know my coach is gonna be I can relax. It's a fresh leave for everybody, so people have to have their hard head on. I know there's gonna be a job interview and they come back.

Jordan last one. I know you're super competitive. It's all about the team and you haven't experienced the thrill of the playoffs yet. I've gotta be that taste is there in you right, It definitely is like it's still weirs met. The season's over. You know, if you're a rookie year,

there's nothing you've done so much. You finish college, you went straight to training, you went straight to combine, you went straight to senior ball, you come to commnicamp and you never stop, so by the time the season is you feel like you've been through the playoffs. At the time, especially if you have a productive rookie season, you're just like, man, you know, like if I get to breathe. But when it's over, as a veteran second year player, you're like, no,

we gotta keep playing ball. We gotta win games. I mean, that Redskins game really hurt. You really hurt. And then also being in my second year, you start to actually understand more of what the Philly Devin eats mean to the city. You're not stuck in your own bubble like I'm really You're starting to figure out. Man, this team, you know, means a lot of this city. These people love the Eagles, So we got to start putting a brand of football out there on the field that this

city can be proud of. Because if we do that, I mean, I feel like we're gonna stoppable. When we bring people to the Link, I mean, that place would be rocking. It was rocking versus Redskins game. We should have gotten done. We weren't able to. I tell you what, going forward, I feel like the playoffs that has to be something that's got to be a normality. That's the

second home, you know us. But it's going to start with the guys you know on the field making plays, you know, being focused, understand like this has to be you know this is they need have to be. The ghost is the standard, the standards making the playoffs, but I mean tide has carry into the offseason training too. If they were all like you, we'd be there. Man, have a great to get there. Jordan Matthews, thanks so much for joining me in studio on Philadelphia Eagles dot com.

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Slash Eagles for more info. We welcome you back to Eagles three sixty. Dave Spennarow Chris McPherson here on this Monday from the Novacare Complex, our ex Affinity studio. You know Chris, we have been talking about the quarterback. We've been talking about it for years and years here really since Donovan McNabb. Eagles haven't won a playoff game since McNabb was the quarterback in two thousand and eight. So

you want stability at the position. We see in the playoffs this weekend that generally the best quarterback wins the game. The slop that Brian Horyer was for the Houston Texans. And it brings you back to the Sam Bradford question. Your thoughts on Bradford and all this coaching talk and how this impacts Bradford and his future in Philadelphia. No question that everyone's wondering what's gonna happen at the quarterback

position for the Eagles. Now. When it comes to Sam Bradford, I think one of the things that was enticing for him to possibly stay in Philadelphia beyond twenty fifteen was

the potential of stability. Now, Pat Shermer and Douce Staley might offer the best chance of that, but even still, if either one of those guys gets a head coaching job, they're going to add some tweaks and play around with the offense and bring something new to the table in twenty sixteen, So how different will it be from what Bradford learned in twenty fifteen, learning the Eagle's offense and the scheme for the first time. Now he's going to hit the open market and he'll be one of the

highest prize commodities. So the Eagles have to debate whether or not they want to attach themselves to him for the long term because it's gonna be costly. Bradford proved in the second half of the season that he can be a very good quarterback. He developed as the course of the season went on, and most importantly, he answered a question of whether or not he could stay healthy. Now he did play, he missed two games due to injury, but still he came out relatively healthy from the twenty

fifteen campaign. And I think that's the biggest question for the Eals moving forward, is the price tech factor, what's the new scheme gonna be, Whomever is a head coach and is Bradford the right guy, whether it's short term or long term, Because all you said day, if you want to find the guy who's going to go long term here beyond twenty sixteen, do we know if Sam Bradford's gonna be that guy. We don't at this point. It's gonna be a lot of factors that's going to

weigh into determining what the deals do at the position. Well, the Eagles could franchise him, which would cost in the neighborhood of nineteen to twenty million dollars. Certainly the new head coach will have a huge stay in Sam Bradford's future with Philadelphia. And then there's the idea of the draft. The Eagles have the thirteenth pick in the first round.

There are some candidates in the draft, young quarterbacks who you look at late first round, middle first round into the second around me even the third round or any of those candidates franchise type quarterbacks. And that's what the Eagles want ultimately here to get a long term coach and a long term quarterback and get some of the stability that has been missing with this franchise since the

days of Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb. Now on the defensive side of the ball, Jordan Hicks, rookie linebacker, had a fantastic first half of two thousand and fifteen before tearing his pectrol muscle in the Dallas game. He went to the sidelines lost for the season. But the good news is that Hicks, after that very very up and down rookie season, understands what's ahead and he sees bright

things in his Eagles future. You know. Being able to make a big play, step up for the team, make a big play was huge, you know, huge for me, Huge for confidence, huge for you know, earning the respect of the league, of the team of you know, my

position group. And then yeah, to to really have that defining moment where I get hurt and in that last drive, you know it really it really has been a maturing, a maturing process, you know, looking back and just kind of taking it all in and understanding, you know, what I've accomplished, what I need to work on moving forward. Certainly an impressive young man, Jordan Hicks, one of the big pieces of this Eagles defensive future. We are back

with Eagles three sixty next Monday. Of course, unless the Eagles make a coaching move between now and then, and if they do, we will have you covered from the very instant it is announced through that live press conference of whoever the head coach. Maybe do you think it happens this week? I think the Eagles have a good sense of where they want to go with it. It's a matter now you mentioned the owner's meetings are taking place this week, so obviously would not be until later

on in the week. But I feel like going through this search in twenty thirteen and interviewing the cans they have to this point, they must have a good sense of what they want. Is just making that final decision. So that's a that's a non answer from Chris McPherson. That is what we are trained to do. For Chris McPherson. I'm Dave Spiderow. We thank you for joining us on Eagles three sixty. Have yourselves a great Eagles Day.