Postgame Show: Eagles Lose 17-9 vs the Seahawks

Josh McCown makes his playoff debut, but this team just unable to really get in the end zone on offense there with Carson missing from the lineup. There's of course a big difference between your franchise QUB and a solid backup. Yeah, And I think the difference was where it showed up was in the red zone. We know how effect that this offense has been when they're down in the red zone. We know how Carson how effective he's been down there

in the red zone. Nineteen touchdowns, no interceptions. And when they look back at this game, there were opportunities they moved the ball late, even with Josh McCowen in there, but the big difference was obviously not being able to get touchdowns and having to settle for field goals when you got down there near the scoring area. And then defensively, the big plays given up, that really was the difference

in the game today. I thought the defense did a nice job of keeping them in the game, but the big plays they couldn't overcome. And then the fact that we didn't get touchdowns in the red zone is really the difference. Yeah, I think really the two things that we saw. You know, Josh McCown obviously doesn't have that athletic ability that Carson Wentz has that ability to create. So you know, six sacks, I believe on the night

you might have been seven with that final one. A couple of those the ball has got to come out, and you know he's trying to create, he's trying to avoid some of that defensive pressure. Doesn't have that same athleticis and that Carson Wentz has. Honestly, one of my big takeaway is coming from this game and as I'm sitting and watching it unfold, this was the same offense that we had watched over the last five weeks. But

I think that's what we saw was the difference. And when you have a Carson Wentz in the lineup versus when you don't have a Carson Wentzon the lineup. Nine points to show for it against the Seahawks defense. All right, Dave spannarrow standing by at Lincoln Financial Field. Dave, you're there. You're soaking in the atmosphere. What do you guys? What is the temperature of the space right now? I mean

you can hear a pin drop basically on that. A couple of big plays here and there, and when Carson went out, a lot of the energy went out of the building. And like you all said, the Eagles so prolific in the red zone all season, third in the NFL. Carson Wentz in the red zone this year, nineteen touchdown passes, zero interceptions, and tonight Eagles z of three. They couldn't get off the field third downs. The Seahawks seven to fourteen on third downs. And that's the difference in your game.

Russell Wilson made just enough magic for the Eagles miss a tackle on a third down catch. They have the delay of game at first and goal from the five.

Derek Barnett has the roughing the quarterback penalty. No matter what you think of it, had no reason touching the quarterback there and shades of Ricky Manning junior ike in two thousand and three NFC Championship game, Ricky Manning Junior takes out Donovan McNabb and the Eagles Following that game, tonight to Davey and Clowney takes out Carson wins on what most people believe was a dirty play, dirty hit, late hit not penalized, and there go the Eagles chances

to advance in the playoffs. Yeah, no doubt in my mind, day that that was a late hit that should have been flagged for fifteen yard penalty. And it's funny that you bring up that Carolina Championship game because the moment Carson left that game and he stayed out long for a long stretch, That's what it felt like to me. It felt like that Carolina Championship game where the offense, no matter what they did, they couldn't get anything going

in the defense was just holding oning. You brought up the red zone, and I'm wondering, Day, I don't even even recall us throwing the ball into the red zone this evening, and I'm just wondering what you may have seen from the Seahawks and what they were doing to our right hands down in that area, whereas normally our main targets when we get into rids on. Yeah, they were certainly paying a lot of attention to the targets

in the middle of the field. And then you know, Josh, not having the experience this season working with any of these players in game situations, try to make plays with his legs, which is not the most advisable thing to do for a forty year old quarterback to pocket closed very quickly around him. But certainly the Patriots well aware of the packages the Eagles ran, understanding that they look to get the ball to the tight ends in those situations. I think the only real throw into their red zone

was the long pass down the field. It was called pass interference when they were in the red zone. Eagles just didn't get anything, literally anything going in the passing game other than a swing pass to Miles Sanders here and there. But you know, like in these games, everything is magnified, and you've get that penalty on the goal line, you have the bad pass drop on fourth down, the Miles Sanders catches at the first down, third down opportunities,

the defense had to get off the field. Those things add up and you can kind of feel it. At the very beginning of the game, Carson calls an audible and he pitches it back and there's no Miles Sanders there. So, I mean, just plays like that kind of indicated that the Eagles just didn't have that really laser sharp focus early in this game. They just can't make mistakes and playoff opportunities. Dave, we'll all be tuned into the Eagles

Insider podcast later this evening. Can you tell us as there's something that you haven't brought up yet that you feel like you'll definitely hit on the show. Well, yeah, for sure. It's all about the player's reaction in the

locker room, and I'm sure it's extreme disappointment. Very Look, everybody's very proud of this football team for getting to this point, but today was a winnable football game, and in the locker room you will hear that emotion from a team that believes just another one just got away here to a Seattle Seahawks team that again made just enough plays to win seventeen to nine at Lincoln Financial Field. All right, Dave, we will let you get to that

locker room. Thanks so much for the insight. We'll catch up with you later. Yeah, I think I totally agree. It was a winnable football game, and that's why I think it hurts, especially and especially after the narrative with Carson. He finally gets his chance for a playoff game. He has four attempts, one completion before going out with that concussion. I can't even imagine how frustrated disappointed he must be, especially thinking, man, maybe things would have been different if

I would have been out there. McCown's number is pretty good, completed seventy five percent of his passes one hundred and seventy four yards, but again no touchdowns, and you could see that he was kind of hobbled there at the end, possibly, you know, kind of grabbing the hamstring a little bit. As Dave alluded to, you can't really get things done with your legs when you get to be forty years old.

Let's get to your takeaways. Yeah, from the season, you look at the Eagles, and obviously this ended in a disappointing fashion, but let's not overlook the fact that they are in the playoffs, and when you think about what this team had to persevere through in the injuries that they overcame. When I look back at this season, that's the biggest thing to me is the fact that again this team was able to overcome some major injuries to key contributors on both sides of the ball, particularly on

the offensive side of the ball. Well documented about the practice squad players, guys that have come in off the streets and had to contribute to this playoff run. So when I look back at the twenty nineteen season, it's almost to tell of two seasons, And the biggest thing to me is how they were able to overcome those injuries and still salvage the season and make something out of this season where when they were five and seven coming off that loss to Miami, that appeared to be

the end of the season right there. But this team, credit to them, they were able to pick themselves up and had that next man up mentality once again for the third year in a row, and find themselves in the playoffs. It's just a shame that the quarterback couldn't participate a lot more in today's game. Most to me, like, exactly, you're exactly right when you look at the full season and all the players as we went from start to finish and We've talked about the names so right, We've

talked about DeShawn Jackson and al Sean Jeffrey. You lose Lane Johnson for periods of time. We lose Jason Peters for periods of time. We lose Brandon Brooks at the end of the year. Nelson Agiler hasn't played since you know, Week eleven. We've had all these guys that have been out of the line up, Jordan Howard out of the line up for six weeks. Yeah, they're missing all these players. Carson Wentz held it all together, you know. He kept those guys going and got them to the end of

the regular season, got them here to the postseason. Losing him with all the other pieces already out, it was it was a stack of card so you pulled him out from the bottom of it, and everything else falls out. That's kind of where we were at today. If everything else was intact, I feel like Josh McCown, Doug Peterson, they could have figured it out. They could have gotten enough. You know, if the right side of the old line's healthy, maybe that run game is getting is going a little

bit harder. Maybe some of those receivers are making some plays on the other side, they just couldn't get it going. Today wasn't enough. Yeah, I mean, I think when we watched this team all season and we saw all these guys go down with injury one at a time and pulling up another practice squad guy and it's a different guy making plays every week, you kind of asked yourself, how long is this really going to work? And what Doug Peterson and these guys have done is incredible, But

like you said, how many, how many more? How much more weight can this team carry when it comes to those injuries, And at one point tonight, I think on offense there were only four starters that were that were original like day one starter it was three offensive linemen and zach Ertz but the only people still starting. And so just how much of that can you overcome? And the fact that they overcame so much of that to this point is such a testament to the coaching staff

and to these players just stepping up in big ways. Yeah, no doubt about it. It's unfortunate that the biggest domino failed today to the injury bug and the fact that he's able to get through the entire season and only able to make it through a series or two of his first ever playoff game. They it was just too much. It was just too much to overcome. Let's get to

your next takeaway, Yeah, Carson. I think when it season started, it was all about Carson Wentz and you know he was finally going to be healthy and everyone that was excited to see what he could do and could he return to an MVP form. It didn't go necessarily how we planned for his season ago, but you watched the way he finished the season. I think he erased any doubt that was out there in the Delaware Valley about his potential to be a franchise quarterback that you can

win with, that can get you to the postseason. He basically put this team on his back the last four weeks of the season. They aren't in the playoffs if Carson Wentz isn't playing at the MVP level the last four weeks of the season. That's my other takeaway from the season is that he was able to go out there and play sixteen games and then sort of return to his form at the end of the season the way he was in twenty seventeen, and I think that

bodes well for the future moving forward. I know it's unfortunately he got injured today, but I'd rather have that type of an injury as opposed to an injury that's going to require a surgery this alf season that could linger into his ability to get prepared for next year. So that's the other takeaway I look at from this season is the playoff Carson Wentz, how he re established himself as the leader of this team, as one of

the top young quarterbacks in this league. And if you're an Eagles fan, you gotta feel good moving forward with number eleven as our quarterback. Yeah, and this wasn't an injury where you say, like, oh man, you're bringing the injury prone questions right, Yeah, this for it was a dirty hit, like unquestionably, like uncalled for. It is what it is, so to me, like that whole discussion kind of goes out the window. Unfortunately. It's just it's terrible

to see you end this way. But it's remarkable that people are bringing that up on Twitter still because in the narrative world that we live in, and that's yeah, I completely agree. Well, we've seen him do this season, and I think back to that moment where we were sitting here, like after the Giants game, the first Giants game, and you said this a defining moment in Carson Wentz his career and the best performance that he has had so far. And I was like, whoa, but that really

was the turning point for me. And seeing that belief start to come for him and for everyone around him. I agree. I agree, And they were able to grab a hold of at and rode it for the next four weeks, got them into the playoffs. Big win versus the Dallas Cowboys at home and then having to go on the road and beat the Giants mixed in there with a couple of comeback wins, including that first Giants game.

I think he re established himself as a guy that when the ball is in his hands late in the game, you have full confidence that he's going to find a way to go down there and make a play. And I know hindsight is twenty twenty, but the way the defense played today, I can't help but believe of number eleven is out there for four quarters, we find a way to win this football game today. Yeah, completely agree. Just to be able to get a touchdown, yeah, I

think it probably would have made all the difference. Let's get to your third takeaway, and then my third takeaway, probably it should. It should It's the most important one and that's the way this team continues to play for Doug Peterson, the head coach here. I think he deserves

votes for Coach of the Year. Probably won't win it, but he deserves votes for a Coach of the year considering the adversity his team went through, considering how he continues to get them to play for him when it seems to be nothing to play for, and for them to find themselves in the playoffs as NFC East Divisional champs.

That's a direct reflection of his ability to get his players to buy in and continue to play hard and knowing which buttons to push and at the right time, and believe it or not, the fact that he had to coach a guy who hadn't played all year long in the most pivotal game of the season and had them on the doorsteps of at least being able to possibly tie this game up a couple of times late in this game. That's another testament to him as a head coach, his coaching staff and how they're able to

adjust and adapt on the fly. Yeah, to me, if they won the game like rename the trophy. Oh yeah right, like this coach of the year. Yeah, no question, absolutely, and not only a guy who hadn't played all year, but a guy who had never played in the playoffs. An besides the fact that he's been in the league seventeen years, Josh McCown has played for nine teams. This was his playoff debut, the oldest quarterback in NFL history

at forty years old to make his playoff debut. I think one of the things Doug Peterson does so well is adapt to what he has. There are not that many coaches that can continue to put every player in a situation where they can be successful. So many coaches come in and say, here's my system, let's get the guys that are going to fit my system, and they kind of like to always say, oh, I'm going to work with what I got. Will put everyone in a

situation for success. But the way Doug Peterson has adapted to whoever is on the field and like you said, giving them always they always have a chance to win when he's calling the place. Now, unfortunately, this team has a lot of practice at having the next man up right and the coaches having to adjust, especially on that offensive side of the ball, and like like you said, Amy, it's just a testament to their ability to bend and have flexibility and not be stubborn, and to do it

on the fly. You know, Josh McCown needed time to get warmed up, to get comfortable. If you think you look back at that offense in the first half, it's a little more conservative. He's getting the ball out of his hands quick, they're running in it a little bit more, and in the second half they started to open it up a little bit, let him throw the ball down

the field as he got more and more comfortable. Friend mentioned, it's the same offense from the scheme wise, but you can just tell the difference at the quarterback position from a young athletic Carson wentz to a guy like Josh McCown who's coming in cold off the bench. Yeah, to me, I think you're right, because they came out. Remember they came out in the third quarter and it was it was a rough ending to that to that first half, right,

the first half, kind of an ugly ending. They give up a score, then they come out, Miles Sanders got hurting the final play and then the clock runs out. They come out at halftime. Big play to Zach Ertz, big play to Dallas Goddard, you got a big run. They start chunking plays up and then you know, the drive kind of stalls. They kick a field goal. But I think that that kind of speaks to Doug Peterson, get going into the locker room, rallying those guys and there, guys,

this is what we've got. We're gonna unload the barrel here, give him everything we've got here. Unfortunately, just unable to execute in key opportunities that inside the twenty yard line.

One thing I thought was really interesting, not interesting, but the PI calls Shelton Gibson did the PI call that he drew the fact that it was Shelton Gibson that was the one right, A guy who was signed to this team on New Year's Day, I believe, or New Year's Eve from the practice squad, making him the fifteenth practice squad player on this team's factive masters. Now, not all of them spent time made the immediate transition from

the Eagles practice squads. Some of them were from other practice squads, but obviously Shelton Gibson has been in the Eagle system for a little while what can we say about just the coaching staffability did Peterson's ability to get these practice squad guys playing in NFL playoff games and making an impact. He said it last week. It goes to the position coaches as well, because you know, also the veterans on this team and the guys themselves. So

it's really like a trifold effort there. But I think when you talk about all those guys, it's not easy if you were our Boston Scott to say, all right, well, I'm gonna sit here and I'm gonna go through practice and I'm gonna pretend you know this week that I am say Kuon Barkley. Next week I'm Ezekiel Elliott and then oh, by the way, I'm getting called up and I have to be ready to be the change of

pace back in week thirteen. Like, that's not easy. Duce Stalley has to get credit for that, The coaches have to get credit for getting him into the scheme, and you gotta get credit as well. Boston Scott from making sure that he was always ready, making sure that he was always attentive, that he was always you know, doing what he needed to do away from the field, and that goes across the board to all those guys Boston Scott, Greg Wore, Josh Perkins, up and down the line offense

and defense. Those guys that were able to get the job done. Are other teams this good at developing the

practice squad, I honestly don't know across the NFL. I wish I can give you an honest answ I not having paying close attention to other teams, But it's rare for any team to have used this many practice squad players exactly so the fact that the Eagles have used as many as they have, because you'll get some teams that may feel like their practice squad players aren't ready to go in, are still underdeveloped, and they'll try to sign guys off the streets, old veteran guys that are

sitting at home and try to plug those guys in. Yeah, give the Eagles a lot of credit for trying to stick with guys that are at least somewhat familiar with

their system. And I'll tell you another thing. It also handicaps coaches from the offensive side and defensive side as to what they can call, because if you're calling guys off the practice squad, they don't have all of the intricacies of the offense and the defense down, so you know, like an Harry up offense, it kind of hamstrings a quarterback as to what he can call if these guys they need to take time to figure out I line up here, I line up there, so it slows down

what you can do a little bit. These guys, it doesn't seem like it happened with them, especially on the offensive side of the ball. When you look at this offense and the way they've run it four hundred yards for four straight games. With these same guys, We've watched up tempo offense, We've watched them late in the game and a two minute drill, and they don't seem as if they are limited and what you can run on the offensive side of the ball, it's certainly been effective.

I think today was more or less. Seattle has seen some of the schemes for the second time, so they're a little more familiar with what the Eagles wanted to do. And the fact that you know you're not dealing with Carson Wentz back there that can check some of the

things you do defensively. Yeah, it did kind of seem like that and I think Dave mentioned that as well, especially in the red zone, that they seemed like they kind of knew what the Eagles would want to do and kind of took away maybe some of their priority options. It's not something you're going to be looking at the well, we'll keep an eye off of that. When I watched the film, it was tough to be able to tell

watching off TV copy it. Certainly, I think when you look at what they were able to do schematically, like's exactly right when you have those guys come in. That's why, Honestly, if you watched, you know, offensively, with what those guys have had to have to do over the last few weeks.

You bring in Josh Perkins and JJ and Deontay Burnett and all these othererent receivers, you can't just say, okay, we're gonna go eleven personnel with three receivers and all three of these guys are gonna play, and then go two tight ends with two receivers. They're doing hockey line changes and everybody's out, everybody's in because all right, JJR Thig WHITEID You're gonna learn the twelve personnel package and that's it. You're not gonna worry about anything else. Here's

your list of plays, your short menu. Deontay Burnette, you're gonna learn this package. Greg Ward, you're gonna learn this package. You're Robert Davis. You're gonna learn this package. And we're just gonna try and make it work like That's again attestaments to the coaches. Gibson, Shelton, Gibson, You've got this. Let's look back on the journey a little bit, just

kind of putting this season in perspective. This is a team that had a five and seven record, finished nine and seven, go on a four game winning streak after a loss to Miami, which could have been an emotional death blow to this team. And losing to Miami, a team that was very beatable, a team that nobody took very seriously from the outside looking in, they go on to win four games and win the division. How do

you build on this moving forward? Well, that's going to be interesting because I think some of these young guys opened up some coaches eyes, and so we'll see what they're able to contribute next year. I think when you look at the offense, there are some young pieces there that are encouraging. You still need to add young players. I think at the wide receiver position. Obviously, when you go in the off season, because you had so many injuries on that offensive line, some of the players are

getting a little long in the tooth. You obviously want to shore up that offensive line by adding depth there as well. The running back position, I think Boston Scott has found a nice little role on this team. You know, the Jordan Howard thing, I'm not sure how healthy he was. He wasn't used over the last two weeks, even though he was active, may have been sort of a break

in case of an emergency type of a situation. So the running back position, you may still look to add something there or retainer Jordan Howard because I like Sanders and Scott in there, but I still like having a big back guys that can run in between the tackles when you're down there at the gold line or a short yard of situations. And on the defensive side of the ball. There are some pieces there you there you're encouraged by, but they're they're also with those same pieces

you're saying I'm not sold on just exactly yet. So the secondary, you're gonna bring in talent there. The linebacker position. I like some of the guys there. When mine adding another guy the defensive line, you gotta get another d tackle in there so that Fletcher doesn't have to play

as much as he played this year. And then while I like what Josh Sweat was able to do this year as an extra defensive man, I still like to see another one added to Brandon Graham, who I think will be in what is twelfth year next year, and Derek Bartnett show flashes. I still like that. You can

never have too many pass rushers. So I don't think the organization from a front office standpoint, when they look at the personnel, I don't think they will allow the late season run to cloud their judgment as to where there needs to be improvement on the roster. Yeah. I think ultimately we're gonna go into this offseason and next year twenty twenty, this team's gonna look different than this team right now. That's just that's the nature of football.

That's the NFL. So trades, waivers, free agency, the draft, right after the draft, the June first cuts, all the way up through training camp, they're gonna be mixing and matching, acquiring pieces to try and make this team better. It's gonna look a lot different well, and we are going to be breaking down some of that stuff. Key dates coming up, free agents to put on everybody's radar. Coach jug Peterson about to take the podium, so we'll be breaking all that stuff down after we hear from coach.

I told them that I really appreciate everybody in that room, um, for how they handled this season, for how they handled themselves. Um, you know during this game, even as much adversity as we faced all year, uh, to put ourselves in this position to win the NFC East, to have a home playoff game, that I was really proud of the effort all season, even tonight. Um, and uh, you know, we'll move on from here. I didn't. I didn't see it. I didn't say anything, no comment. I didn't really see it.

I was looking to call the next play, actually, so I didn't really I didn't see from the team. In terms, there's nothing I can do about it. It's out of my hand. I mean, it's it's got to be called on the field. So uh, you know they didn't call it, so obviously they didn't. You know, they didn't think it was Did you have any discussions with the officials about how they we were appreciating the games there. Now you know, I'm worried about coaching the team and trying to win

the game. The offensive challenge, UM a little bit. We we eliminated some of the motions. We just kind of got back to some of the core plays, some of the things that Josh was comfortable with in the run game and the past game. UM, and and just uh, you know, we did some good things. We just kind of stalled out in the red zone a little bit

tonight and um had opportunities, you know. Um, but I just got back to some of the core stuff with Josh, thing about being able to be with us who were very good playoff team, the person uppocied with the offense of person els, you had all the build at the

end of the game. Just uh, for me, it's about just how how brazilient our team is and and giving ourselves an opportunity like like that to be, you know, to be down one score against a really good football team and in a playoff game, and you know, it's just, um, it's remarkable for me to see our guys battle, how the defense kept us in this football game. You know, and and um offense, you know, uh, move the ball,

but just we just you know, failed to score. But uh to still be within a within a within a score of you know, at least in a two point conversion to tie the game just shows a lot of you know, character and resiliency. This to this team disappointing for everybody in that road. Let Carson particular four years and at last eight plays in the postseason as as an awfully disappointing a blow for him. Yes, and how would I feel for him? I feel bad for him.

I mean I have spoken to me. I just I just briefly saw him in the in the dress room after the game. Was yeah, I mean, you know, obviously you know, I'll let him, I'll let him speak for it. But um, I'm disappointed, you know, for him, you know, because I wanted this for him, you know obviously, and I think a lot of a lot of his teammates did too, and the team, the organization did. I mean, he needs he's battled through a lot and and uh, but um, we'll learn from it. We'll move on to

a different game. I don't know, it's hard to say. I would say, I would say, yes, you know, if he's healthy, you know, with the game plan that we had, I think so. Um, but you know it's hard to speculate the Mexicans forgetting he didn't come out right away. What was the Do you get a call from upstair? No, I just had Joe Pella, one of my trainers came up and said they were just gonna evaluate Carson and uh, you know, defense was on the field and that was

that was it. And then you know, they came to me later on and said that they were gonna, you know, uh take him into the locker room and evaluate him further. The spoder independent NFL spodder that. I don't know all of that. I mean, it was just I just know because I'm in the game, I'm coaching the football game, so you know, I just have the trainers are communicating with me, and they just said they're just they're just

evaluating Carson. At the time on the fourth the second to last fourth down in the fourth pool, did you just interrogating goble there? What are you thinking needed touchdown? The parties? I was, but I was I was also maintaining trying to maintain the aggressive us there, trying to get the first down and stay on the field and

score the third down issue. Yeah, just um, you know, I obviously Russell had had breaken you know, broken some some runs there too, and you know, so we're trying to keep him in the pocket at the same time, you know, when he's when he's holding out of the ball, it's kind of hard to you know, hang on to the coverage a little bit. But uh, just guys got some separation and they made some place and and you know, credit them there. I think they had a really good

percentage on third down. I think eight or fifteen something like that on third down, and um, probably the story of the game really, Miles Sanders played random brand came back. You have the same thing happened I think a couple of weeks ago, where guys might have stayed out and came baverything to play. To say about the the level of committed you know from some of your market players, and how does that Yeah, I mean these guys, Um,

they're tough guys. They do everything they can to get themselves back on the football field, and and they want to play and they want to help, you know, help

help their teammates win. And it just shows I think the character of each each individual, the type of people and the type of men that we have in that locker room and on this team, and um, it's a credit to them to to do everything they can during the week to you know, prepare themselves more mentally than physically obviously, and then and then put themselves in a

position to h to play in this game. So it's a hats off to those guys that you know, battled through some injury this week and got themselves ready to play the final play. Josh and Town always to play ball there and your avantage point player and he had there. We had two plays, um called and uh we alerted,

you know, we got to the second play. Actually he alerted to the second play and at the line and UM, you know, I guess not everybody got the alert and so we had a couple of busted assignments on the play. And it's just unfortunate, Um, you know, especially on a fourth down call uh to uh to try to take advantage of the get the first down. So something we'll learn from and you know, get better. There was an alert earlier in the game, Carson, we pitched back the

miles and it went by him. Was that was that another one that wasn't pick up. Yeah, that was again a miscommunication. Miles. Uh either didn't hear or see the the signal for the check and uh just missed it. Just made it made a mistake. If you're on the sideline it you find out Carson's not coming back, what's going through your mind? What's your message to Josh. My message to Josh is, um, you know, uh, we're gonna We're gonna still maintain our aggressiveness, you know best we can.

And I just told him, I says, well, as we look at the call sheet, I'm gonna eliminate some of the motions and shifts and just try to line up and let him see the defense. Felt like we had to utilize the run game a little bit, you know, for him and help him out and then get to some of the play action stuff, which we did and it was successful. And and really trying to get him

into a flow, get him into the rhythm. It's been a while since he's been out there, and um, you know, just try to get him into that rhythm with with Kelsey obviously, um, and then and then the flow of the game for himself, and just trying to get back to some of the core stuff that we that we uh, you know that he was comfortable with. Excuse me your first thoughts that Carson. You know I was listening, you know,

I was into the game. I was getting Josh ready to go, and and uh, you know, I felt for Carson, but at the same time, we still playing in football. Left three and a half quarters. Thank you. Okay. I'm thinking about last year the loss to the Saints, and the guys are coming into the Walker room, and I was standing right there, and I watched coach hug every single one of those players, and so no surprise to hear him start this press conference saying I told them

how I was so proud of them. These are players that play hard for this coach. They feel loved and they play hard for him. Really cool to hear that emphasized even there. What else stood out to me was how we talked about the resilience of this team to be down. The defense kept us in it, The offense moved the ball, just couldn't get into the end zone.

Let's talk about the defense a little bit, though, because I think what we all can point out is, are those third down numbers really killed this Eagles defense today? Seattle eight of fifteen on third down fifty three. A lot of those were third and very long where you had back them up, back them up, and then they would break loose for a big play. It's a shame because Fletcher Cox was dominant in this game, you know, without Brandon Braham for a good chunk of it. Number

ninety one was unblockable for most of the night. So to have that effort almost wasted by some of the big plays that they were able to have offensively, again, you mentioned eight to fifteen. This was a team that, especially over the stretch, we had just you know, bragged about their you know, their prowess in situational football, red zone offense, red zone defense, third down offense, third down defense. You know, the Eagles were top five in third down offensive,

red zone offense on the season. Today they go over two in the red zone. They go three for eleven on third down, and the Seahawks were eight to fifteen on third down, one for two in the red zone. I mean, when you're talking situational football, I mean that doesn't we saw that field goal block. I'm gone to go from Vinny Curry. That's the closest we got to a turnover for the Eagles defense, certainly a big play, but they were over two on fourth down offensively in

their own right. Yeah, yeah, I look at the big plays, right, the big plays I think really hurt them obviously on third down. You can't give up almost fifty well over fifty percent, yeah, on third down. But this team had done a nice job of keeping the ball in front of them. They hadn't had the ball thrown over their

heads in a few weeks. Seattle obviously missed on some opportunities the first game they played against the Eagles, so they knew that those things will be available if they got those same looks, and they were able to capitalize today. As bad as dk Metcalf played in that first game, and he had a few drops in that first game, he was outstanding the day when the ball was in the air and he made the big plays. And so when I look at the defense, that's what I think

about when I think about what hurt them today. Fran brought up how dominant Fletcher was, and I thought Malcolm was right there with him with the way that he played today. And when you're down some of your best players, the ones that you have available to you. They have to take up they have to take their game to the next level. And I thought ninety one and twenty seven on the defensive side of the ball did everything they could today to keep this team in the game.

And they did because Seattle struggled getting the ball in the end zone. They got the big play to dk Metcalf for that touchdown to give him seventeen. But other than that, they didn't necessarily get in a lot of in scoring range, and the deepest was the reason why we were still in this game late in the game. Yeah, absolutely crediting the veterans there. As we are waiting to hear from Josh McCown. We will be having him in a few minutes here, whenever he's ready to take the podium.

Let's look at some of the unrestricted free agents on this current Eagles roster, of course, long list of guys. You know they always say about a third of the roster is different from year to year. Some of these guys veterans, anything really jumping out to any of you here, Yeah, good, You've got three quarters of the starting secondary there, like Taylor Mills, Rodney McLeod, Ronald Darby. You've got one starting

linebacker and common Gruge Hill. You've got a couple of running backs obviously, we know Darren Sprowles announced that he will retire, but Jordan Howard obviously, um no, it's I mean, every position looks like it's it's touched on there, from quarterback all the way back out the secondary. Every position is touched on. Both of Carson Wentz's backups Josh McCown and Nate Sudfeld. You've got backup offensive lineman there. Obviously, the bodyguard Jason Peters as well. It's a there's a

lot of names. The list going to be interesting, going to be an interesting offseason. Of course, you know some of these guys you can't imagine them anywhere else. But that's always you know, a part of it as well. Interesting. I'm interested to see what happens with the quarterback situation, especially with Nate Sudfeld, you know, having some options there. I'm interested to see, especially what might happen with him.

Funny thing when I look at that list of fifteen players, and obviously we don't know what the Eagles are going to decide to do as far as who they're going to bring back or not. I mean Jalen Mills may be the only player on that list that I saw it in Big V. Because Big V has been probably your top backup tackle left and right side, so losing

him isn't some small thing, you know. He and Jalen Mills are the guys that I think probably have the best chance of possibly being retained, although Big V may see a market out there for him since he has so many starts under his belt, so the Eagles may not be looking to pay that price tag for a

guy like Hallapuli vot Vitium. But that's what happens in the NFL every year, and this team coming into the season was the third oldest team in the league on average when you looked at their roster in the last three years, they played a lot of football games, and because they've been a postseason participant, what you typically do

is you try to keep that window open. That window is probably closer to closing with this group of guys than it is a window that you're going to remain open and try to retain as many of those guys as you can. So it'll be business as usual in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles. When the free agency market hits because guys they they tend to find new addresses. The Eagles can't pay everybody, and these guys are going to be looking for an opportunity to cash in as

big as they can. And like I said, the Eagles can't pay any everybody, and they're also guys on their roster right now, I wouldn't be surprised if they're looking to try to extend, so you could see that as well. When does that typically start to happen when it's kind of the beginning of that process, the extensions, Yeah, yeah,

it's I mean, as far as I know it. I mean it's been happening throughout the time, and with several guys dock ERTs, we've seen the offensive line or we've seen the offensive lineman rather, yeah, you know, we've we've seen them extend some of these guys. But certainly, I mean there's decisions up and down the depth chart that they're going to have to try and make some of those decisions on, you know, and some guys that we

haven't even mentioned yet. But obviously the key dates starting just in a couple weeks here, Yeah, friend, this is your draft season beginning January eighteenth, The Shrine Bowl, the Senior Bowl, the Pro Bowl of course not a scouting event, but then we get into the combine, we get into free agency of course, and wrapping things up there with the draft April twenty fifth, when you talk about all the changes coming to the roster, I love this time of year because I'm a huge nerd about the next

guys coming in, and I know you guys are right there with me. Yeah, we'll be heading down to the Shrine Bowl in January a couple of weeks now, a week from tomorrow is January. A week from tomorrow, we'll head down there. We'll be doing all that coverage for Philadelphiagles dot Com for the Journey to the Draft podcast, So if you're not already subscribe, you can go subscribe to that podcast. Now. We'll be doing all the live action for Shrine Bowl, Senior Bowl, combine all those events.

But look, in the meantime, this hurts if we're there all right days away from that. So I think ultimately, when you look at this team, I think some of the things that we've already touched on. We talked about the resiliency, We've talked about how there's gonna be decisions to be made. There are players now that we could say, like, you know, we feel good. You know, I talked about it. There should be no question about Carson Wentz, there should be no question about some of the other key players

on this team. We saw Fletcher Cox go all out after he got hurt a year ago in the divisional round and it took him some time to get back. You know, I know the sack numbers were not super high, but what I thought, I think what we saw was a dominant force upfront, especially in the second half of the year down the stretch. Thankfully they put it on display tonight because there are a lot of game where he plays like this and you see it on film and it doesn't always you know, get talked about because

it's not talked about. One of the things that Chris Collinsworth did in this broadcast that was good was highlight the play of Fletcher Cox. Yeah. I think it was really fun to watch him play tonight, especially with Seattle. We talked about they have some backup offensive lineman at backup center there that Fletcher Cox just absolutely took advantage of.

And you saw Jim Schwartz really scheming to give him that matchup one on once because you could just see that the Joey Hunt, the backup center for Seattle, could not handle it. Fletcher Cox and strength and the weight of that. It was a lot of fun to watch him. Is that something that you're going to be able to break down a little bit more moving forward, No question. We talked about it this week. Actually an Eagles game plan.

A lot of the things they did this week were the things that they did last time that these two teams played back in Week twelve. So getting Fletcher isolated on the center, Joey Hunt, using Nigel Brad, I'm using Malcolm Jenkins, those guys up close to the line of scrimmage. Malcolm had another sack in this game where it was a similar kind of scheme. So everything that they're doing with those guys, look and you know, those are the things that you're hoping to be able to continue to do.

You're always going to kind of tinker with the scheme and make some changes. You don't want to carry too much over from year to year. But that was one of the big things that we saw this year is I thought they did a really good job defensively of creating those one on ones in passing situations didn't always result in sacks, but those guys were able to get home. I thought they did some good things schematically, not just today, but this year as well. Yeah, and let's not forget

you're gonna get Malie Jackson back, no doubt next year. Right, So you add him in Arratill Fletcher Cox, obviously you hope that he can get through the season. He's a year older. But you know, Malie Jackson is a guy who's been a former Pro Bowl he's a Super Bowl champion, So we were looking forward to seeing what he and Fletcher Cox could do pair it up. That was supposed to be this defensive one. That was what this team had been planning for bringing him in here. Yeah, and

you're going to need that. And when I look at what the guys were able to do upfront with just the guys they had available, I mean Fletcher Cox not to say that he needs some type of help in order for him to be a All Pro Pro Bowl caliber player. He's typically the one who draws the attention and allows his teammates to shine, but he's also a guy that if you put a player who also you have to pay attention to Now, Fletcher's gonna get those one on one matchups. Now, He's going to get freed

up from time to time. And if nothing else, today showed you that there's a lot of football left in Fletcher Cox. You started hearing a little rumblings as to whether or not is his best days behind him? Will he be able to come back from the injury. Is closer to thirty than he is twenty five. I think the last couple of weeks shows you that, you know, when he's healthy, you know, Fletcher Cox still has a lot of good football left in him. Yeah, no question.

I think when you look at, you know, some of the key players on this team, guys that they were able to extend. You look at Brandon Brooks and Lane Johnson, the right side of the offensive line, you bring bring back a first round pick in Andre Dillard, a guy that you can now you know, build this offensive line around the extended Isaac say am All the last offseason,

Jason Kelsey obviously still there at the pivot. That offensive line is a strength through this team moving not just you know what they saw this year, but moving forward. That's something to be excited about. When you pair that with what we saw from Miles Sanders, you'd have number eleven back there. You can continue to add more weapons,

we'll continue to see that. But when you have that core, all best, all the best teams are built trenches and quarterback right up the middle, so you know, start inside and build your way out. That's the building block. Those

are the building blocks for this team. Well, let's not forget Matt Pryor getting some meaningful experience this season as well, maybe possibly having Jordan my Laudaback next year as he was on injured reserve, and then a couple other young guys Nate Herbig, Sua Opetta, also guys who are being developed by this team and by just Allen. They're always going to be adding offensive linemen because they know that there's not a lot of talent at the offensive line

position in the NFL. Those guys are seen as very, very valuable. So while you can people you said about quarterback all the time, right, you know, order Dandy Reid always say we want to draft a quarterback, if not every year, every other year. It's the same thought process now today's league with offensive line, because you don't have a whole lot of talent with that around the course the NFL. I know the Eagles fans get a little bit,

you know, frustrated with the offensive line of times. I'm telling you, like you watch around the league, it gets a lot worse. It's not in the league. This Eagles of offensive line looking forward is one of the best in the league, without questions deepest as well. And the other thing I hear from covering the college game so much and from the draft process is coaches are saying guys, especially on the offensive line, are less and less NFL

ready coming out of college. A lot of that is because of the college offenses with the spread and the you know, different types of schemes there that don't necessarily prepare offensive lineman. And because it's such a developmental position, it takes so many years to really build that technique. I think you have to give a lot of credit to the offensive line staff here, especially Jeff Stoutlin, who is one of the best developers in the league. It's the opposite of what it used to be when when

you came out offensive line, they're safe. If you take that guy in the first round, I'll start for fifteen years. Not not the case anymore, but no, I think when you look at how this team is built, there's a lot to be excited about. There will continue to be changes that as there is with every single team, but excited. I mean, this is it's a fun time of year. This is the time now where we say, okay, we sit back, we reflect. Obviously, we live with this loss.

You take the team rule. He's all right, we live with this for twenty four hours. We've take this through Monday. Now let's take a look and how how does this team improve moving forward? How can they get better across the board? That I'll be discussion over the next you know, a few months, not just in this in this building, but in all thirty two other buildings as they try and get better throughout all the different phases of the off season. And we have one more big college game

coming up next to Monday Day as well. It should be pretty good. A lot of a lot of pro prospects going to be in in that matchup as well. I think we're about a minute away from Josh McCown where you going to add something onto that about the

draft conversation. Well, I just think you know, the draft is always huge around here, and fans get excited about the draft because you're bringing in young talent and we all think we're scouts and gems, and you know, we spend the next ten weeks looking at these guys and going over tape and trying to figure out where we could sort of implement guys that we like to try to improve this team. But they have to hit on this draft, right. I think there's been some nice young

players they've taken over the last couple of years. They got to continue to do that. You got to continue to replenish the talent on this team. Those are what the good football teams do. You know, Carson's salary will be a difference maker as you move forward, so you have to get younger, cheaper guys that you can continue to develop and have them play to surround him with because it becomes harder to build a roster full of free agents when your quarterback is one of the highest

paying quarterbacks in the league. I think that's a good point, and there is. We've seen a lot of teams go really far with a quarterback on a rookie deal because they're able to spend a lot of money on the pieces around. So that changes kind of how you would build a roster. Yeah. Yeah, when you look at some of the best teams in the league, they have found ways. So okay, if we're gonna give the quarterback a lot of money, look at the team that's all the other sideline, right,

that's team we just played and we just lost to. Yeah, a lot of money. Put it to Rush. I mean, did he did he win a super Bowl on a rookie deal? He won the super Bowl on the rookie deal. They had to reach shuffle the deck a little bit and then all you look at the success they have and continue to have. Tom Brady in New England another example. All right, I believe we are getting close to hearing from quarterback Josh McCown as he made his playoff debut today.

Let's hear from Josh. Yeah, just just um, you know, the finality of of you know, playoff football and just you know, being done and uh and you know, not not getting it done and you know, just those things hurt. And you know a lot of people put a lot of time energy into this game and uh and uh just hurts when you don't get it done. And I want to be there and and uh help you know, rallied the team even get going, and we just didn't get doing. So it's just you know, just hurt, hurt

for that, you say, Oh, it's just me. I just gotta make a better throw. You know, Miles the heck of a player, and it's gonna be He's gonna be a special player in this league. I love that kid. And uh just uh just gotta get my better ball, you know, and then give a chance to run. And uh I didn't do that. We nailed, we nailed the protection call and everything about it, and just uh just

didn't get the ball on him, you know. And uh that's uh, that's how mesh a big point and sometimes unince you were out there, I mean, how did you feel when you you know, you finally put the field? I felt good, you know, I felt good. I think, you know, procedurally some of the things you know, um, in a in you know a little bit more of a of an advanced uh game week you know, different than the preseason. I think some of those things. Um, you know, I was trying to get up to speed

and and and handle a little bit better. Uh but uh but you know I felt good. Um, you know, Doug's always you know, excellent on in the headset with with just helping with different things. So um, so I felt good. It was just uh just you know, you just when that when those things happen, you're you're kind of flooded with a lot of different emotions. You know, obviously you don't want to be on the field under those circumstances and um and uh but then it's like, okay,

here we go. We gotta go, and we gotta get going, and so um, you know kind of started a little slow. We should have got you know, going a little bit faster. But uh, but you know, the guys around me and Doug and the coaches and you know, helped me settle in. Something was up with the Carson he was at the

rough time right. Well, we talked on the bench and uh, you know and and obviously you expressed concern and told me to stay ready and then um and then uh, you know, you when when you're dealing with these things as a player, Uh, you know, it's it's tough, and it's tough. You know, Carson Wentz has put a ton into the season and to get to this moment, and

especially you know the things that he's gone through. Uh, and it's a tough call and he's you know, but he's sitting there, you know, not feeling right, and obviously, uh, you know, knew he needed to get checked and uh. And so uh, I think for the state of our game and and and the questions that that come around those type of injuries, I think it's it's it's a step forward in this progress because it's the right thing.

And um and uh and you know he was he was smart by getting checked and and and doing those things and making sure he was all right. And uh. So you go through that and then you just you know, you you you turn the page and and you know, as bummed as I am for him, and then you got to go do do your job and and go try to you know, move the team well perspective that you have Carson, Yeah, I mean, you know, it's a it's a it's a fast game. Guys are playing hard. Um,

you know, Uh. Always you hate to see guys when when a guy's going down to add on to finish on on top. But but those guys are playing hard and uh and you know without seeing it on on uh on video. Yet you know, it's hard to it's hard to make a full comment about it. But um, but you always hope there's there's no you know, ill intent on those stuff and and and I don't you know, I don't believe that to be the case. Um, it's just it's just unfortunately the delay of game always it's

just a matter of the guys being lined up along. Yeah, I just I'll take that one on on me again and just um getting getting in and out the huddle better. And that's what I mean, some of the some of the stuff you know in a in a in and again at avance advanced game plan, you know, in this time type of week, you know, the management and of the huddle and getting in and out a little faster, you know, we could have done a better job of.

And and uh so I'll put that on me. Play a support down playing dug in Manchion, you got a couple of shoots. Check the one tabe nervous and bustle assignment s order look like yeah, well he's exactly right. We had an alert on the play and we alerted it and uh and and again if it didn't get communicated clear enough, then I saw me you know, and we didn't get that done. But they did a good

job of covering. Uh, the the part that we wanted to get alerted and the guys that that we were the intention of the play, they did a good job of covering those guys, you know. And so try to step up and buy a little time and hopefully get some you know, some moten and uh and we just didn't didn't get that done. Josh, I saw you after the game. Can you explain your emotions if you come off the field in a situation is obviously just incredible

for you. Yeah, Like I said earlier, I mean, you just there's there's a lot that goes into this and uh. And you know, everybody that that sets foot in that building over there and overcare um puts a lot into getting this getting this thing done. And uh. And when you come into that game and and put everything you can into trying to you know, win the game and then it doesn't doesn't get done, you just that's it's

just painful. It just hurts, you know, it just sucks and and uh and you you know, from my standpoint, it just it feels like as a quarterback, you want to do more and you feel like you can do more, and you start with playing these these plays in your mind of where maybe you could have been better and and um, and so I just always have that perspective of of I could have been better and and you feel like you let a group down, You let those people down there come to that building and uh, and

that's a sick feeling. It's a hurt, hurt feeling and um, and you don't want to have that. And so it's just a reflection to that. Josh Woods is you're a been lifel you kind of coming out of do you want to keep playing after? Uh? Man, I've had to tell my life. I told told those guys in there, I'm so thankful. I'm so thankful that they that they called me and uh and and al Sean and and the guys that hit me up and and you know coaxed me to come out. You know, just uh, you know,

I've chased this my whole career. Um. And have have been in moments where you know, we were five weeks ago where where you're coming home on a plane ride from Miami and you feel like all is lost and man, this thing so it's a dark place and and then you're talking and you're gonna can we can we win all these games? And get in, you know. And I've been in those moments a few times in my career, and we don't get it done, you know, and it

goes the other way. And uh man, what an honor it was to be in that group and watch Doug lead this team, watch the veterans in this locker room lead this team, watch Carson play a way to play the way he did down the stretch. Um, that's special and more than anything, solidifies what I've thought and all those moments of just if the collective, if the if the belief of the group can can rise to a certain level, we can we can run the table. And uh and we did that, we got in, you know,

And unfortunately at the end of the day. But um, but this year has been short of special for me. I've really enjoyed it. I've learned so much from so many people and um and just thankful to be a part of it. And as far as the future goals, we'll see, you know. And made any decisions yet and get with my fan family and um, you know, talk with him obviously if retired once so I know how

to do that. UM. So uh so we'll just see, you know, I don't know yet you have any moment during the game or in the shower right now that you has played your first playoffs snaps seventeen years. Yeah, you know, I'll probably reflect on that later. Um and again you know, probably with a sour taste. Uh but

but thankful, um yeah, thankful. Just you know, UM, my wife and my family moved around a lot and been been a lot, been there for me and so um my mom and dad and and uh so to go out there and get to play in a playoff game with special and uh and I can't think them enough for the support and uh it was it was a rod. I left it all out there. I know that much. Um. Uh it's different playing at forty now, so your body

talks to you a lot. And uh and um you know, I think I think more than anything it was that was. I think I'll reflect on that later. But it was fun to be out there for sure. Thanks, thank you. Okay, if there are any dry eyes out there, I don't

know what to tell you. Um. An emotional Josh McCown reflecting on his journey, saying, I've had the time of my life and really tearing up there when thinking about his family and the support and just how much they've moved around again, seventeen years in the NFL, I believe, nine different teams, first playoff game. But you also can sense the disappointment that they didn't get the win today and that that was more important to him than his

own experience. Fran Let's just reflect on this amazing player and the year and what he's meant to this team this year. Well, I think just like the last couple of minutes there that we just saw, to me, it kind of encapsulates that. You know, for a lot of fans, these guys are maybe lines on a on a TV screen when they're playing Madden, like a first name, last name, ovar rating, or you know, they're on your fantasy football team,

but they're people. I mean, they're humans. They're people. They've got families, they've got friends, they've got issues, they've got highs and lows. And to me, you know that that showed the human element of the sport. Yeah. I've been in that position, and it wasn't at the seventeen years,

it was at the nine years. But I knew I didn't have much left in me, and it's ironic that had happened right in that stadium the final game of the season back in two thousand and six, as I was with the Falcons and we lost to the Eagles. You sit in that locker room and you reflect after that game is over with, when you know your season is ended. And watching Josh up there talking, I'm sure

today was bitter sweet for him. He's a competitor, He's been in this league a long time, but you know, playing that position, he does not want to come in and play under those circumstances. You know, he's been here as a tutor, as a mentor for Carson, someone for Carson to lean on when he comes to the sideline, almost like an extended coach, and to have to go out there knowing that was Carson's first playoff game as well, and for him to only play a short period of time.

Josh as a fellow quarterback, feels for Carson also, but at the same time, he knows that he may have just finished his last game in the NFL, playing in his first ever playoff game, and so there's a lot of emotions going through him right now because he may not put that uniform on again. So as a player, when you know you're at the end and you may have just left it all out there on the field. It's kind of hard to find the words to put

it in the right words. And I can only imagine Josh been in the situation that he's in as a backup quarterback at forty years old after seventeen years. You know, he can't stand up there and talk about a funny head out there playing to day, just getting an opportunity to play in his first ever playoff game because he's so locked into the team oriented goals and so man, that was you could feel it. Yeah, I'm standing there talking.

You could feel it absolutely. And he's only been here one year, right, Well, he left you know, the future open ended, kind of jokingly saying I've already retired one so I know how to do that. But it's different playing at forty. Your body kind of talks to you a little differently. I would like to point out also that Josh McCown was the last forty year old quarterback alive in the postseason this year. Who saw that one coming?

All right, we are going to now check in with Mike Quick, who went one on one with head coach Doug Peterson to reflect on this game. Let's take a look Coacy. Obvious thing todays you lost your quarterback early in the football game. But aside from that, give me your impressions up today's game. I think today's game kind

of sums up our season. Yeah, with all the adversity that we faced in this game with losing Carson, Brandon ram came out, you know, Miles got nicked up, even backup quarterback got heard, Josh got a little banged up in the second half. It just kind of sort of symbolizes how our season went. And but also what I look at is how how these guys hung together. Our defense battled kept us in this football game. Uh, special teams, and the guys just you know, continued to be resilient

time and time again. And and you know, we just came up a little bit short obviously with some four thounds the red zone, but all things that we'll look at and uh, you know, obviously move forward to get better. You've lost a lot of guys, as you said, throughout the season. But how difficult is it when you lose a Carson and what are the adjustments that need to

be made. Well, you know, you plan all week obviously for your starter and the whole game plan is as kind of at your disposal with Carson, but you know, with Josh and there, he's a veteran guy, he's played,

he hasn't played in a while. But at the same time, we had to kind of eliminate some of the some of the moving parts a little bit that we had the motions and shifts and just kind of line up the offense and just let him see the defense, utilize the run game, let him feel comfortable with that, and then just mixing some of the play action as we win. And um, you know, it worked for us. We moved the ball, but we just failed to score. It's a

defense that familiar with your offense. Did that make it even more difficult because especially in the red zone where they were able to shut you down on a lot of places. Yeah, you know, and and a lot of it was just our failed execution down there. But at the same time, they understood probably what we were doing. And um, and it's a credit to them. I mean, that's that's a good defense and uh, you know, rightfully,

so they're in the postseason as well. So, um, just something we gotta we gotta look at as we move forward this offseason. We'll study the whole thing and um, you know, get ready for next year. You mentioned your defense holding them again to just nineteen points and giving you a chance to win this football game. Over the last few games, and especially at home, they've been really good. Tell me why, I just think they won. The crowd

has been unbelievable. Our fans have been unbelievable during this stretch, during this whole season. And then and then our defense, I mean, you know, um, I don't know, playing in the league, playing at home, playing together when it's loud like that, communication is obviously a premium for the offense. And when they can't communicate it, it helps us get off the ball and and uh and do some things.

And um, and our defense has played lights out really at at home, and um, you know, we just gotta be able to put it all together though, and try to figure out where to win. Do you take a little break now or do you go right into scouting?

How do you handle this? Yeah, I mean we'll wrap up the season and everything tomorrow, and um, and then and then we're right back into you know, evaluations, and you know that obviously that it just it just starts over again, you know, And build to the draft, build you know, and plan for OTAs and then uh, you don't get ready for twenty twenty. Thanks coach, Thanks quick, all right, thanks Mike. As coach reflects on today's game and on the season, we're taking a quick ninety second break.

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official supermarket of the Philadelphia Eagles. Thanks for watching the postgame show presented by RICO. Today's Rico review features Fletcher Cox and man him just showing how absolutely disruptive he was on the Seattle Seahawks opening drive. Fran Duffy has more and we're gonna start things off by looking at the dominant performance from Fletcher Cox. This guy could not be blocked in the first half. Really kept the Eagles in this football game. That play of that defensive front seven.

Really the guys in the back end as well in the secondary making some plays. But let's look at what Fletcher Cox did on this opening drive, and we're gonna see here they nearly come up with a huge play on the second play of the game. Here's number ninety one. Fletcher Cox line up in the B gap between the right guard and the right tackle. He's gonna explode up field with a quick first step and beat the block

from the right tackle Jermada Fetty. He's gonna eventually get to the running back here, Travis Homer, but the guy who helps set him up is his counterpart here on the other side, Tim Jernigan, who's gonna be really stout on contact. And we'll let this play run, and you're gonna see him take on the double team right there. So he gives up no ground. He does not give up any space here on the double team. That causes Travis Homer, the rookie, to kind of chatter his feet

just a little bit. Now you can see here Fletcher Cox, he's already well on his way to defeating that block from the right tackle of Fetty. That explosive first step brought him into the backfield. Now he's gonna take this, put his foot in the ground and explode to the ball carrier. Let this play run. You're gonna see Fletcher

Cox get the ball on the ground here. Unfortunately, bad bounce lands right and back into the hands off Travis Homer doesn't erase the fact that Fletcher Cox dominated there on that play really kind of a sign of things to come for number ninety one. I could watch that play again and again and again. All right, we are taking one more quick break. Stay with us for sixty more seconds. You on the road, and night the road one was Rocky ain't gonna us. Sometimes we prosper most

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all season long. What a wild ride it has been, um Ike, what has been your favorite part about working with me? Well, well, the fact that we added another knowledge voice to the table. I've had fun all year with you. You've been sory to work with, honestly, and if you've done a great job as the quarterback on the show. Oh, thank you. You've got to have somebody to keep myself and friend in line. Look, you make it easy. I just got to serve it up to you, and uh, let's just let you go. Um it has

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