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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It was home sweet home for the Birds, a twenty
four to seven victory. Jalen Hurts airs it out fifty
three yards to Quez, walkings to the halfs now Hurts,
he keeps it himself. He starts running. This is when
he does best. Gets that first down. He keeps going.
You think he's stepping out and that he's gonna fight
for it. He goes all the way for a second
rushing touchdown of the night. How about the defense, Kirk Cousins,

(00:23):
He's looking, he's looking. He finds uh Darius Slight. That's
his first interception of two on the night, and again
he throws it a vantage. Naddox comes up with the
eye n T. Welcome Eagles fans for the postgame show,
presented by Rico. I'm Gabriella d Givanni, joined by friend
Duffy and I Greece. Eagles fans, Hold your ears. Ike.

(00:54):
I can't coffee at ten thirty, So this is gonna
be a long night. This is gonna be a fun show.
I am about defense, right, I had two cups. Jalen
Hurts had one of the best games of his career.
I think that was one of best victories of his career. Well,
the has been that type of night. I mean, quite frankly,
the Eagles outstanding big game. I thought it would be

(01:17):
a great not necessarily a measuring stake, but I thought
it would be a great opponent to see exactly where
we were as a football team, seeing if we could
come back and match what we did last week on
the road versus Detroit and the opener and the Eagles.
While the total score wasn't as high as it was
last week, this was a more dominating performance from both
sides of the football. Started off with the opening drive.

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Jalen Hurts flawless put the Eagles up seven to nothing,
and I think the Minnesota Vikings were or their heels
from that point moving forward. I mean, Jalen Hurts goes
ten for ten to start this game right, and then
you look at the defense. I mean four out of
the first five drives go three and out on defense.
Then you come out in the second half three of
the first four drives and the interceptions. You could not
ask for a better defensive performance against Justin Jefferson, Dalvin Cook,

(02:03):
Adam Feeling the rest of that Vikings offense. This defense
came to play. This game was gonna be fun. When
to break down in the Kickoff show, we talked a
lot about and this was the talk around the Novacare
Complex all week was how were the Eagles going to
distribute the football after aj Brown went off last week? Well?
How about this one? Two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Eight different players caught at least one pass from Jalen

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Hurts DeVante Smith seven receptions for eighty yards on the day.
That's what you want to see from this offense. He
has the weapons, that's no secret. But then he was
spreading it out in the air on the ground. They
did it all like they really did. I mean he
and Shane Nike was like handing glove tonight. Great game
plan coming out, gave Jalen Hurts a lot of options

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to be able to attack this Minnesota defense where Green
Bay left a lot of points and plays on the
board last week. Versus this Viking defense, the Eagles were
able to take advantage of that. And I love what
Jalen was doing the night. I mean he spreading the
ball all around this deep pass to Queens Watkins and
then watch this. You watch Jalen get to the outside.
There's a chance to throw the ball and nobody decides

(03:09):
to keep it and listen, We're gonna live with Jalen
being able to do this because he's a tough competitor.
I know he knows how to judge when to go
out of bounds versus staying in bounds. And that's an
opportunity right there where he saw he could get the
football in the end zone. Laures's head gets in there.
Just another great play from Jalen Hurson Knight. But I'll

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tell you, fran and Ella, what I love most about Jalen.
He was able to run the ball when the opportunity
presented itself. But I didn't think, especially in the passing game,
he didn't look to run the ball tonight. He really
stayed back there in the pocket. Minnesota played a little
more zone to night. I thought they would really forces
him to sit back there and read the coverage, and
he did that to perfection. I mean you could see

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him back there in the pockets, scanning the field, sometimes
getting to his third progression even as dump off in
the flats to the running backs. Just a great game
by Jalen. Over three hundred total yards in the first half.
Reminded me what Mike Vick did on a Monday night
down in Washington back in two thousand and ten. I
believe it was yeah, where you just could everything he

(04:15):
did work that night. I thought that's the type of
game Jalen had, particularly in the first half. According to
John Conode from Eagles PR, Jalen Hurts the first quarterback
to have over three hundred yards in a first half
since Michael Vick in that game. I create good java
on your part. To me, what's amazing about this game?
Guys four hundred and eighty six total yards on offense,
but the Eagles did not have a player go from

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more than eighty two yards rushing or receiving. Eighty two
yards for Dallas Goddard, he's the leading yardage getter in
on this offense. Eighty yards from Miles Sanders, eighty yards
for DeVante Smith, sixty nine yards for Dallas Goddard, sixty
nine yards for Quez Watkins. You just spread the ball
around across the board. I think when you look at
the way they were able to diversify, couldn't get that
word out of so excited. Diversify this pass game, diversify

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this rushing attack. Just outstanding stuff from this Eagles offense.
I can't wait to break this film down just because
they did it in so many different ways, play action, screen, game,
empty sets. You saw how many slots or reps with
DeVante Smith in the slot working against linebackers and safeties,
so you get all the different formations. Just so much
fun here from Shane Steike and outstanding game plan, outstanding

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execution seven of nine to start the game on third down.
This is a team that came out, they were prepared,
and they came through with this game plan. Yeah, if
Jalen's gonna play like this from the pocket throwing the football,
gods the limit as far as what this football team
can do. And we've yet to get into the outstanding
performance that the defense had starting really the entire game

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to hold this Vikings offense to seven points. Frand mentioned
it justin Jefferson has he has the argument as the
best wide receiver and all the football, and he was
pretty much quiet tonight. Dalwin Cook easily one of the
top Bob running backs and all the football. You almost
didn't know he was out there on the field tonight.
And Kirk Cousins is better than a serviceable quarterback. And

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fans that were worried about the performance from the defense
last week. I think that was sheer knocking a little
rust off, not playing as much in the preseason. But
once you get one game under your belt, you see
how much of a difference it is. The second week
for this defense much better tackling out there. Tonight. They
got out the Kirk Cousins eventually, and more importantly, the
deepenesse in the passing game showed up tonight. I mean,

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Kirk Cousins has the ability to put up a three
hundred yard passing game on you. We know he's had
success against us in the past. I thought tonight, Darius Slay,
My goodness. I mean, this is why you pay that
guy the big bucks that you pay him. Here's what
I love about Darius Slay Slay, Big place Slay. I'm sorry, Dan,
this is what I love about Big Place Slay. He
wanted number eighteen to night. He wanted to match up

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on number eighteen to night. I didn't see a lot.
I didn't see as much bracket help and double covers
as I thought I was going to see in this game.
Slave did an outstanding job on Justin Jefferson. A night
was fans if you can't tell. Ike's pretty excited. So
we have a new feature for you on the show.
It's called Ask I go to the Facebook comments, ask
him the questions. He's caffeinated, so I'll be ready to

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go throw him his way. All right, God help us,
exactly right. All right, We're gonna go over to the
Lincoln Financial Field where Eagles insider Dave Spidero joins us
live from that electric atmosphere here tonight. Dave, we started
talking about Jalen Hurts in the game he put on
the field tonight. What are your initial thoughts after his performance?
It's just, I mean brilliance. And I want to point

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to a sequence that I thought was really significant. End
of the first half, Eagles pinned down at their five
yard line and Nick Sirianni gives Jalen Hurts the opportunity
to drive the field. He starts to drive with a
nine yard run another Kenny Gainwell gets the first down,
and then he goes to the air and it's sixteen

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yards to Davante Smith, and then it's a couple of
completions to Dallas Goddard, and all of a sudden, the
Eagles are sitting there at the end of the first
half and Jake Elliot nils a thirty eight yard field
goal to end at Eagles go up twenty four seven.
I thought it was so critical because the Eagles were
pinned back there, and I'm thinking to myself, Okay, look
if the Eagles are gonna kneel on the ball here
and Minnesota gets a quick three and out, they've got timeouts,

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they get the ball back at the end of the
first half, they have good field position, then they get
the ball at the beginning of the second half. You
never know how that twenty one seven lead is going
to go. But look, Jalen Hurts, the way he ran
the football, the power that he showed on both of
his touchdown runs, dragging three defensive players into the end
zone as ike and as you know he talked about

(08:39):
like throwing from the pocket, just beautiful fran the way
they Eagles, you know, change the formations and showed such
creativity and spread the football around. I mean, four hundred
and eighty six yards against the defense the last week
flummixed Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. It was
a great performance and I was just about to write

(09:00):
that for the second straight week, No no interceptions, no giveaways,
and then Kenny Gainwell had the ball bounce off his hands.
But that really wasn't on Jalen at all. It's just
a magnificent performance from a quarterback who is clearly, clearly
advanced from where he was last year. It was Gutsie aggressive.
They cut it loose, Daves. Let's go to the defensive

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side of the football. Darius Slay, Avonte mad Maddox, TJ
Edwards with ten total tackles. Would you think of their
performance today? You know, from the very first player I was,
I was in the press box with Ike and I
think the first completion to Jefferson, everybody just swarm to
the football. And that's what you have to do against
an offense like this. You you all have to rally

(09:42):
to the ball. And it sounds like, why wouldn't you
rally to the football? That's what every defense does, but
that it really isn't what every defense is. And I
thought that really was the mindset of this defense tonight.
They rallied to the football. They did a great job
against the Minnesota run game. Dalvin Cook contained Adam Feeling
contained and Darius Slay showed tonight why he is a

(10:05):
premier cornerback because he not only had two picks and
four passes defense, he probably had a chance to get
another one or two interceptions with the football on his hands.
It was a great performance from the defense, and by
the way, they were stung all week. I mean they
they were aware of the criticism from the media, from
the fans of the performance in Detroit at the podium,

(10:41):
screwty questions. I can ask a question, but you see

(11:02):
the private as you delayed everybody but football and all that.
Oh yeah, thank what up? What up? I'm gonna get

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started here. It's like all the presses coming in now.
Do you have more incentive because it was justin Jefferson
on the other side tonight. I mean, I ain't gonna
say it like that, but because I'm always eager to go,
I'm always ready to go at all time, I won't

(11:43):
take no matchup lightly. But he is one of the
best in the world, and I'm one of the best
in the world too, So I was looking forward to
the matchup. Story of giving James heart in the ball again. Well, honestly,
I didn't even know he was then the game until
they put him on a gum or trying and you know,
he one of my favorite players. And you know, but shoot,
I'm like why not. You know what I'm saying, I

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get a chance to meet James Harding with a Hall
of Fame basketball player. If I make a play to night,
definitely a pig. I gotta give me the ball, man,
because he really respecting the league, one of my favorite
Like I said, um so, I was like, hey, it's
a good opportunity that can get you more respect nationally.
I mean I got a lot of respect, but you
know how how I'd always go. Man, the older you get,
they think you can falling out buying one of them. Guys. Man,

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I'm still at a league level. I deserve a lot
of respecting lea. I think the league respect me enough.
It just be the media helping you guys friends from
wrestling and helps you guys. Oh yeah, man, you know
they always be aggressive. You know coach One thing about
coach Man, he he's trying to put up points. Man,
I think we do always. The thing is about us

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if we just trying to stop them from scoring, so
we know our offense is what they're capable of doing.
So with them putting their foot down like that, and going,
you know, putting twenty four points up, we expect to win.
You're very act on social media. Are you aware of
how much like and your defense some types of guests
when when your performances are trying to up in the
points totals. Yeah, I mean understand it. But you know,

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like we was talking about as in the group, man,
we know, h our first game that was us you
know as a unit. You know, we didn't tackle well,
we didn't execute well, and I got a lot to
do with just you know, preseason. But it's still no excuse.
You know, it's not getting that's out there playing a
gatting just giving us the call. So we just got
to execute it. And we was in he was in
a lot of great situation that we just didn't make
the play. But tonight, you know it was on other foot.

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We know we had out in our mind set to
go out here and dominate and play this game with
a lot of effort, a lot of talent, and guys
was out there just executing their job. Man, and um
that's what we do, and man, coach put us in
a great position to win. I would do with it.
You guys just shut down that receiver for they're pretty good,
you're feeling, yeah, and Jefferson, it's a very talented group. Man,
They're very talent. You know. You see what he was,

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what they capable of doing. But uh, you know we
got talented guys too, you know, jb uh Tay. You
know we got great rush. You know myself got helps,
you know we got you know, we got everybody it
know they we got a good group. Man. We could
really be a great group, man, because team to keep working.
You know, CD is just man, he is. You see
him flying around out there to day he's going crazy
and uh like yeah, but we waited for any challenge, man,

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and that's why that's why we all here for it
to be the best. Like what do you think of
I really believe he could don't now usually think he
couldn't dunt, But that vert showed me he might con dunt.
The thing about it is through a can't he palm
the ball? I don't know about that. He might have
to catch Ali or something under the teams in the
NFC right now, I think as good as anybody. Teams

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be feeling you guys right now, No, it's early, you know,
but we got to keep going, man. We were still
left a lot out there, so we gotta forget go
clean up some tape. You know, it's a cute a
lot better and continue to keep moving forward on your
second tech in hand. Zon Zack's coming in to replace
you because of euro real old yeah or whatever? Did

(14:59):
you wave him off their yeah? Wav a mouth. I'm
you know, I'm a tough dude, you know. Uh, I'm
not going to put him in that position right now.
You know, it's a clutch situation. No office just turned
the ball over on it. But a great player's rise
at that time of the moment, and that's what in
my eyes, I just like, all right, so you can't
do that, you know, uh, go out here execute, you know.
And um it was in the red zone thankfully, huh

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not just felt awkward. I'll be all right, you know,
tough dude, he's I may just said, must respect man.
He was shot that I gave it to him too,
But I told him, man, like you one of my favorites,
expect your game. Uh shoot, I'm just looking forward to
seeing him doing the same thing, you know, going crazy
to get three interceptions and deep in your own territory,
have a big of an impact. Of a matter. Do

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you do you guys feel when that happens, great, man,
we believe it. Or we had a great zo plan
and executed, you know, turn over the ball. So what
I start is just not a let him score. So
every time we're out there, they don't get nothing, but
if it is something to gona be three. And they
kept putting the ball in the air in the red
zone and we got great ball home. So we just
attacked the ball. Check. In addition to the text, you

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guys were aggressive, people used that ain't told points ball
the ball. That's always But you know this this office
is a little bit more different than last week or
last week, like a offense that was coundence a lot.
So this game right here, we could have oppressed a
lot more, could have get a little good active. So
that's why we made a lot of plays. I d
Line was making great rushes, you know, making him a
little nervous back there. You know, we're really good at

(16:26):
big and chucking and ducking. I should have had three.
You talked to Jefferson, He talked to you. Uh, I
mean we tried it up doing a game. I just
told him respect, like I really honestly believe he's the
second best receive in this league. He could honestly take
over the first one even know if he continue to
keep doing what he's doing. But uh, Tay Adams pretty good.
That good too, so it'll be harder to to take

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that spot. But he's a really talented guy man like
UH gave him his much respect because I respect every player. Man.
What he done in the past three years is unmatched
and he's very time to do. Man, all he did
it does make me a better player today. Maybe want
to player and uh and um think tap uh you know,
saluted his hat off of him, but uh, yeah it
was good though good bat started with the ball for

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the second or second Ill kept that one. I'll probably
will get it to my son because he jacked his
favorite receiver, so I gotta give it to him. After
the first pass break the first pass break up, it
kind of came over and then celebrated with you guys.
What did he say? And who? Uh Sirianni seemed like
he came over and celebrated with you guys on the

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sideline the first what the first pass break up? Oh? Man,
I mean sho you just ob keep doing what I'm doing.
Go ball out coach coach Hey, Mike, Hey, listen brother

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captal media here. Now, I think what stood out to
you and that about Jails performance? Yeah, big time performance
by him. Um. You know obviously in the run game
and in the past. In the past game he great
run he had hit the both of his touchdown runs
were outstanding runs. Really the one I know it was
only four yards out, but it reminded me of that
New Orleans one he made last year. So big time

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performance in a big time stage. Yeah. Same. I mean
how many yards they have three hund three thirty three
with eighty three percent you know the stats. So that
field goal, that's the that he answered the wild questions,
melting the stades of the pocket. He gets hit by
a big guy, was it? You know inside three guys

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had a part of the field. He is a no
throwing two. What can you say about I guess that
play and what he did. Yeah, that that was a
huge play with you know, we had a time out
and with fifteen seconds left. Um, that was that was
the one that obviously got us in the field goal
to get those three points at the at the end
of the half. So he was in complete control that

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whole drive. Um, and you know, I thought that play
was outstanding. Right if if a guy, when a guy
makes a play with a little bit of presence in
his face and makes that type of throw, I mean,
that's that's a huge play. Read The coverage perfectly went
with the with the plays. You know, we ran that
play earlier in the drive and DeVante, Uh, it was

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slightly different, but the ball went to Davante. Then you
get a different coverage and it goes to Dallas. So
you know, that's just being a complete control and it's
taking what the defense gives you. And it was a
big time play by him that got his points. You
put in the last year, did you say that the
game at this point has caused slowing down for him
when all but compared to last year, he's put in

(19:45):
so much work, and of course you know it has
it's it's slow, it's slowing down, but it should right
for him at this point because you know, he's a
year out, he's a year ahead of you know, he's
a year further into his process and we're talking about
getting better every day and he lives that. He's one
of our captains, he's one of our leaders and he
lives the the the theory of getting better every day
and and that's why you're seeing major improvements because of

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the type of person and the type of the player
he is. How does this advantage of the play calling
that the change wasn't made mid season? I'm sorry? How
much did it benefit the offensive play calling? That shame
was that you guys are don't come in and not
have to change things like you did in the middle.
I know it wasn't a huge ship last year, but
it was still a shifting Yeah, I don't. I don't
think it was all that all that quite that different.
Just let me be in more control as far as

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the situations of the game. UM like he saw us
kind of go down the field and and we're able
to utilize our time the UM in the in the
two minute drill, you bock area. It's a huge play. Yeah.
You know, we obviously talked to our offense a lot

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about you know, we talked to our offense an awful
lot about if there's a turnover, we gotta go and
make that tackle, just like our offense did. And you
know that we have a ton of team meetings about
situational football, and that's a situation within the game that
you got to be able to react and go and
and it's somehow got into Aaron's head too right to
be like, I gotta get this guy down and let

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the defense play defense here. So, um, you know, that's
just all the situational work we've done. Obviously, that's great
speed by by Aaron to track him down, in great
effort by Aaron to track him down, and then our
defense got to turn over with Avanta right after that.
So um, you know, that's just guys, you know, uh,
given of themselves to their teammates too, like to track

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him down like that as a heck of a tackle.
I'm not sure. I'm not sure I knew that. Yeah,
and I don't see we don't his his his jets
are not on display very often, and so I'm not
sure I knew that it was. That was impressive rugby guys.
So you know, I'm sure there's some tape somewhere. We'll
find it. We'll find the tape of what yours. Yeah,

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there was. You know, you can't just go in with
with one plan defensive. First of all, the defensive staff
did an unbelievable job of, um you know, with the plan. Um,
and what the guys did an unbelievable job of executing it. Um.
And you don't just go in with one, you know,
put all your eggs in one basket, right, And so
there was different there was different disguises, there were different coverages.

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But making no mistake about it, it it was it was
too It was a lot of it was to stop
number eighteen. He's a heck of a football player, um,
and so but when Slay had to cover him one
on one, he didn't obviously did an unbelievable job. When
you when you bring all the guys that on Slay's
second interception, really on the one before that too, right, Um,

(22:42):
that that could have been an interception. Um, you can't help.
And there's there's no help when you bring all those guys, right,
you're in cover zero and and Slay got sticky in
the coverage and made an interception. And so and that's
what we see Slay, do you know, over and over again.
He One of the reasons I I always think that
our receivers are taking steps in the right direction and

(23:05):
getting better is because of the work they have to
do to go against Slay and James and practice and
Avante and Zach McPherson and all those guys. So, um, yeah, Slay,
that's why he's one of our captains. The way he plays,
the way he studies, the way he leads for the defense,
and bounce back after the way last weekend. Yeah yeah, obviously, Um,

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it wasn't up to our standard last week. You know,
all the defensive players be the first ones to tell
you that, and our our job as coaches to put
him in the best position we possibly can. Um. And
so that was an important bounce back game for us defensively,
and I think that you know, again, it was a
it was a full team defensive game. And we talked
about Slay, you know, the job he did on Jefferson, Um,

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but the coach is putting the guys in the right
position and the assault of the pocket that that our
our front uh, you know, our front guys in our
front seven really got with some of the pressures. And
then when it was four main rush on the opening
script was focus point. Um. Yeah you know what we
what we did there Obviously you saw we went no huddle, um,

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and we wanted to go get a fast start. That
that that right there, Um, you know there was there
were some things that happened in that drive. It wasn't
exclusively to go no huddle, but the way the drive
was going, UM, we adjusted and we just said, all right,
let's keep going with us. And and Shane did a
great job of calling it. Our guys did a great
job by executing it. UM. And we felt like we
had them on their heels UM in that scenario, and

(24:31):
we felt like they were tired. Now we were tired too,
There's no doubt, right, UM. You know a twelve play
drive I think it was to start to start the game. UM,
And we were tired too. But our guys did a
really nice job of you know, being able to finish
that drive off. And there were penalties and we got
to address the penalties that there was too many of those, UM,
but we were able to you know, we were able
to dig ourselves out of that hole. Uh. Jalen made

(24:53):
a great play to a j um and so it
was executing on third down and then going a little
bit of tempo. UH. Last week that phrase complete control
with jaling Um. He's still a young quarterback. You've been
around with a lot of better on quarterbacks. That's that
quartad surprise you at all how much control he who
you know, I think that it doesn't surprise me in

(25:16):
the sense of that's how practice has looked, right, that
he's went to the right place with the football, you know,
versus different looks. And so a great indicator how we're
going to play in games is how we practice. And
and not just this week, right, not just last week,
but also throughout training, camping and OTAs. And so I
wouldn't say I'm surprised. I've seen the growth of them.
And again that we talk about this so much with Jalen,

(25:37):
like why is Jalen going to continue to reach a ceiling?
Because he's tough, he's got high football character, um, and
he loves football, and so, uh, he's going to reach
a ceiling. And it's it's fun watching him grow. Second quarter,
he made a couple through they're kind of dropping back
in that Zil you know throwing. How big is that? Yeah? Yeah,

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it was huge. Again. Um, it was just again taking
what the defense gave him and and finding you know,
obviously that play has more than you know, just DeVante.
It goes to the next one and he gets to
you know, maybe DeVante was the first read. Maybe it
was the second read, but he was getting to the
where he needed to go, and again he just took
what the what was there for him, right And some
of the some of the coverage they were playing, they
were clouding on the outside. So when you when you

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when you play cover two on the outside, it takes
away some of the outside throws at times, and so
he has to react and take what the defense obviously
gives him, and he did that a good job of
that tonight. I'm sorry, shoot, I mean eighty three percent passing,
you know, with that many attempts when it was the
twenty six thirty three. Yeah, that's pretty daring impressive. Every hey,

(27:18):
y'all doing after a week no catches? There? What was
it like being part the offense early offen the target
of the first playoff game from the Eagles and being
in front the rust of the games. Uh? Like I said,
I mean, when the ball comes to you gotta make
the most of the opportunities. So I mean just going
out there us as an offense, it's cute, and I

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mean everybody got their opportunities and everybody made the most
of them. I mean a call week that play, we're
gonna go to you on the first play. I mean
you always script out your your openers of your place.
I mean every we all knew where the play was
stopping the opener. Yeah, thanks for Brandy. Um, you gotta

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watch the film. I feel like right now I did,
But I mean you gotta watch the film and see
how I look. Oh, I mean him just stacking on
what he did last week. I mean him continue to
come in day in and just doing his job. I
mean going out there making everybody better, holding everybody accountable,
running the offense. Seem to get a lot of separations

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about not just use the offense as the hole. Was
there something about Minnesota's defense that you guys kind of
knew coming in that you could have exported? Oh, I said,
that's all about our preparation. I mean the way we
prepared this week. Everybody came in DoD they're supposed to do,
locked in on small details, put in the second quarter
mile of the think as you guys were driving down,

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can you kind of just talking about, Um, that was
us being on the same page. I mean we went
out there, they called to play, you know. I mean
he made a check and we were on the same page.
So that comes down to the communication part of it,
and him just trusting to me, me trusting him that
we were going to be on the same page and
making it happen as far as just from the first

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um Like like I said last week, I mean, you
never know whose game is going to be. Today, it
just happened to be everybody. Everybody did what they're supposed
to do, and I mean next week you never know.
So just being ready when your number is called and
making the most of the opportunities everybody awash. I mean

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it's it's it's tough for defenses. I mean you can't
key in on one guy. You never know who the
ball is going to. You never know what to expect
a lie. I mean, you always want to go out
there and set the tone. And I mean that's the
main thing, whether it's the offense going out there first,
the defense going out there first, you gotta be the
tone setter. So I mean we were out there first
and that's what we did. Call. What kind of message

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does Shane have for you this week? The leading up
in the game in turns, I mean, nothing was different.
Just making the most of your opportunity. I mean when
the ball comes, so you can catch it and do
what you do we need to come to UM. I
mean we knew what it was. As an offense, we
knew we're gonna do, knew what the game plan was.
I mean we just went out to execute it. Oh.

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I watched the defense a lot. I mean they did
what they had to do. I mean, defense held it down.
I mean that was the message this week. UM, just
going out there, you know, keep stacking. Last week. UM,
as offense and defense, we both felt like we could
have did better. I mean tonight we went out there
and we did that. He was supposed to have three picks. Man.
I told him he gotta get on drugs with me.

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We gotta get got kissed him. Especially when they're giving
them to you. You guys want an offensive. UM. I
mean it confuses the defense because you can't just sit
up there and get the calls that they want to.
So just pushing the tempo, always keeping them on their toes.
I mean it helps us a lot of games with
ling Across grows call and the pros. What's different about

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him now than the guy you played with initially in
Aliba hall Um. I wouldn't say nothing is really different.
It's just a mental approach that he has to the game.
I mean he's mentally sharp and everything that he does,
and I mean that's what separates him. Good. Thanks, thank y'all.
We heard from Slagh Sirianni DeVante Smith. How about that outfit?

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Like the guys were pulling up tonight from Monday and
Night football in some drip. I think we have some
images of them walking into Lincoln Financial Field tonight. Let's
take a look the one thing maybe not there he
goes there he is, that's what he was wearing with
request nationally televised game. I mean, look at this, this
this is uh. First of all, I'm old. I'm too

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old to be wearing any of these types of outfits.
They started making suits with shorts, and that's when I
knew I was too old. Dante considers himself a little
bit of a fashionista, and this way this is probably
a good look for him, probably a good look for him.
I like the color. It's in seasoned little salmon there right,
that's what he's talking with. Who we got here, CJJ? Okay, okay,

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so I got both receivers rolling in here. Listen. I
like the double breast to look right there. From CJ,
I mean from quiz walkings. That's a nice look there,
and devote pretty good. But I couldn't pull that off.
But he's much younger than I am, so he can
pull it off. He's got the nice thin legs. They
look good in a little short suit sets. That's the

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point I'm kind of worried about on the legs. A
little bit too much there, a little bit too much.
All right, I'm just staying out of that conversation. I've
got nothing to at all that one. Let I handle
the fashion analysis. You take care of that. I stay
my lane here. Then I'll get pointed out as being old,
right because because the fashion today is so man, it's

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so out there that that you almost have to be
a little different um as far as what you're putting
on coming to the games. And so you know when
I back when I was playing, it's a suit and tide.
That's how you can't the game. Nowadays, man, it's it's
you don't know if they're going through the game or
they're going to a club. Get off my lawns. A
good look for the young fellows. You can see the

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other looks like the Eagles were sporting on all of
our social platforms, well, we have certain news segment called
ask Ike. So fans have been in the Facebook comments
asking like a bunch of questions. We have our first one.
Let's see what we got. I what surprises you most
about the team in these first two games? That's from
Andre Cruz. What surprises me the most? Um, I gotta

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say how well Jalen hurts and how much he has
developed at the quarterback position. You know, you hear about
it during the off season that he's getting better. Coach
Sirianni talked about this a few months ago when they
first saw him in the OTA's they saw a difference
in his throwing motion, in his mechanics. But as a
as an observer that's not around the team as much.

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Sometimes you don't know until you actually get a chance
to watch him playing the games. And through the first
two games, my goodness, he is operating the quarterback position
with total efficiency, whether he's running the ball or he's
throwing the ball. I'm loving what I'm seeing. And last
week Detroit thought they could speed up his process of
thinking by sending extra blitzes add him, and he was

(34:24):
able to burn them with his legs. Last week. So
I thought Minnesota would come in and try something a
little different, play a little more zone. They did. He
set back there in the pocket, scanned the field, made
it to a second and third progressions that time, and
really through the ball with precision. He was decisive and
where he wanted to go with the football, and when

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he had to extend plays, he was doing it keeping
his eyes down the field. He has really operated the
first two weeks man like one of the best quarterbacks
in football and he is still only twenty four years old.
And what I love about it too, it goes back
to what we talked about the offensive secret seeing from
a play design standpoint, all the different things offensively that
this team did calling play tonight, screen game play action, RPOs,

(35:08):
empty sets, moving guys around. There is nothing wrong with
making it easy for the quarterback. When you go back
and look at some of the best seasons with Patrick
Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers, and you go right down the
list of all the best quarterbacks, Josh Allen, all those
teams were high up, and all of those things I
just brought up. Some of those things really make things
easier for the quarterback, keep things more well defined. And
I thought we saw a lot of that tonight from

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the Eagles offense. Well, real quick, Eagles fans, you can
get to those Facebook comments, ask some questions. We'll keep
answering them as the show goes on. We're still talking
about Jalen Hurts a little bit. I think it's important
to point out too that he wasn't the leading rusher
on this Eagles offense today. Last season, he was the
leading rusher for much of the season, especially while Miles

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Sanders was out. I think that's important to note because
it shows both the development in his passing game but
also shows that they're spreading it out on the ground
as well. Yeah, and that's what you need to do.
We don't mind Jalen using his legs because it's an
asset that he has that a lot of quarterbacks in
this league don't have. But he has the ability to
extend plays, pick up first downs with his legs. But
I love the fact that he was back there throwing

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the ball tonight, and it gave them when they got
to lead, an opportunity to give Miles Sanders an opportunity
to run the football. Kenny Gainwell being involved in the
running game. Boston Scott has some explosive plays there in
the first half. I mean, this Eagles offense is going
to be difficult to contain when they're operating in a
way that they had the first two weeks. Hurst starts
ten for ten for one hundred and fifty three yards,

(36:33):
two total touchdowns. That first in completion was actually a
beautiful throw layering over the defender the right of the
Dallas Good or Tans. It falls incomplete when the defender
makes a nice job, does a nice job poking it out.
I think when you look at Janalen again, the decisiveness,
the ability to spread the ball around to a variety
of different targets, that was what was most impressive from
him for me in this game. I'm excited to go

(36:53):
back and watch the film. I believe we have another
question from Mike, Is that correct? Another asking? Here we go, Hey,
how does this team match up with the four team
in the archives? Like I got a long way back
twenty seventeen team, the O four team. You're coming up
with the twenty year anniversary. Now, oh yeah, will I

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will say I will say this, uh that that team
obviously was a special team. You're talking about ten Pro
Bowlers on that team. This team isn't that far from
that team. There are a lot of similarities. A J.
Brown t o uh, you got Donovan with Jalen over there,
the multiple weapons you know. Obviously Westbrook I thought that

(37:38):
was his first year, is really being a special player
in the NFL. And while we don't necessarily have a
Brian Westbrook on our team, the fact that we have
a collection of running backs that can give us that
production that works just as well. Defensively, I think they're
just as good. I mean, they can be very opportunistic.
I mean we had guys like Jeremiah Trotter and our
secondary was great that year. Obviously, Brian Dawkins was in

(38:01):
that secondary. There isn't another Brian Dawkins. But I think
when you look at the overall unit, I like what
I saw tonight and I expect them to continue to
get better as the season goes along. The one thing
we had at that time was the experience and the
seasoning from the prior years of being a playoff team
every year. So when you added TiO and Javon Curse

(38:24):
to that team, it just took us to a whole
other level confidence wise as well. I think this team
is starting to realize how good they can be. They
didn't come in to the season like we did that year,
feeling like we were the bullies in the NFC East.
They came in saying we got something to prove and
they've shown that the first two weeks. So I would
say by the time this season is over with, they

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could be just as good as that OH four team.
We have. The quarterback himself, Jalen Hurts at the podium, M, Yeah,
do you think that's I think? Thank you? I think

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for us, UM, I think we just came out and
we played very efficient. You know, I talked about last week, UM.
Last week I talked about the inconsistencies and the urgency,
the communication and the operation, and that starts with me
and UM. Obviously we operated at a high level UM
early on in the game, UM, and I think that's

(39:44):
something that we have to be able to sustain throughout
the whole entire game, regardless of the situation. UM. And
that and that's that that starts with everybody. UM. But
I think as a whole, as a team coming out here,
UM playing on Monday night football. I remember what happened
the last time we played on Monday night football. UM,

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han't forgot about that. And to be able to come
out here perform at a high level as a team, UM,
that's big for us to perform at a high level
and still leave so much money on the table. So
I'm sure y'all saw the little video in the locker
room last week. It's exactly exactly the same message this week, UM,
in terms of the standard not being met, you know,

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and I think, UM, like I said, we have a
standard for ourselves and it only rises. UM a hell
of a game tonight, but there's a hell of a
lot to learn from. I mean as a football team, UM,
as a collective group, we got to learn from it.
At playmakers like you spread the ball around kind of

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the way the offenses whatever, whatever whatever's getting as wins. UM.
That that's how it rolls. You know, I've said all
week that I just want to win. I don't I
don't care how it looks. I don't care if that's
me rushing a lot, that's Miles rushing a lot, that
whatever it looks like, whatever it takes, UM, whatever it

(41:08):
takes you guys, Tampa, I just have to help you
and the offense as a whole. UM. I just think
It's something that you have to be able to do sometimes. UM.
You know, we it allows us to play fast, UM,
and and react to what the defense is given us.
You were firing early in that game, when a while

(41:31):
out and they complete past at one point, did you
kind of feel like you run around the UM? You know,
I don't. I guess when you watch the game, you
kind of get a sense of how it's going. I
guess when you're in the midst of the game, I'm
so locked in on just trying to do my job. UM,
execute my assignments, get the ball to where it's supposed

(41:51):
to be, execute the the technique of the play, UM,
And it was. It was very efficient at night, you know.
And I that's the type of footbody we wanted to play.
We want to play consistently. We want to want to
be that way consistently. UM. Like I said, I'm I'm
still thinking about how we finished the game, UM, and

(42:11):
how we finish the game, it's not a reflection of
how we start the game. And that's something that we
have to learn from and build off of and UM
be better at moving forward. You spoke about anything slowing
down a little bit for you the second year and ya,
that's you're unifinding that in the games. Is I think
one of the biggest improvements or things you're seeing here. Um.
I think. I think everything comes with time, you know,

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and I've I mean it's the same things that I've
always said. It all comes with time. UM. And as
time goes you you you find more comfort in what
you're doing, you find more of a niche of what
that looks like for you. UM. And I think as
an offense, UM, as a collective group coach Sirianni Stike, UM,
Brian myself, we put so much, so much work in

(42:55):
UM to trying to make things efficient. I'm trying to
be efficient. UM. You know I said it earlier. No, man,
there's an island. You must draw your strength from others. UM.
I can't perform without the other ten on the field, UM,
and the same on the other side. They need me
to do my job for them to eat. So UM,
it's a collective group. UM. It was a big team win,

(43:17):
a big time team win. UM. There's something that will
definitely enjoy. But we have a short week and we're
headed to DC. UM, so we'll enjoy it for a
little bit and get ready for the next opponent. Rocket
Row teams harder than the whole year after the game. Now,
that's nice, that's nice. That that's that's Philly. You know

(43:41):
what I mean, that's Philly. I know the support I
have for the Sixers, UM, talking to Bryce, UM, meeting
up the process, you know what I'm saying, supporting them, UM,
having that type of environment in the city. UM, that's
a winning culture, you know. And UM, it's great to
see those guys out there and night. UM. That's what

(44:02):
that's what Philly is. That's what Philly is all about. UM.
You mentioned before about being in the second year in
the offense. How much does it benefit you having himaged
your play caller now for the for the second straight
teas Um, Like I said, it's it's it's the first
time it's ever been this way since I was in
high school. UM, And in high school, I saw the
benefits of it. UM, So I guess you can say

(44:27):
you can see the benefits of it now, not just
for me, but as a group. You know, everything in
this game we do. If you want to have success,
you have to number one, be on the same page.
That's the first step. That's the first thing you have
to do, UM, and I think that's something that we've
definitely done a better job of. And if we're not
in the same page, we get there, UM, and we
do it in a productive, productive way. So UM, it's

(44:49):
a it's a collective team effort, UM, coaches and players,
it's a it's a it's a collective effort of us
trying to find the best way to get wins for
this football team and just take a day by day
with it. The last drive for the first half, you
guys got out of that well, I think I think

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I think for us UM, for coach to have the
trust in us, you know, you'd probably see some teams okay,
we gotta lead, let's just bleed it out, you know.
But coach had trust in us UM to go out
there execute, get the ball down the field and ultimately
have one of the best kickers in the game, Jake
go out there and duty does best. And that's great
execution right there. UM. I want to point out how

(45:37):
well the defense played. Um. They have a big time
receiver over there, a great quarterback and UM they played
well all night, played well all night. UM. So it
was it's a great it's a great team win. Um,
you should showed up. I tell you what left me

(45:57):
most unpleased was how we finished the game, my offense,
how we finish the game kind of you know, how
to keep our foot on the gas. What do you
when you start the way your game you started personally
until running touch downs? Get verybody to have that kind
of UM, I don't. I don't think it matters how

(46:21):
we score as long as we're putting points on the board.
And I think that word execution, Um, are we executing execution?
Fuse emotion? You know what I mean? When you do
your job, when you're doing it at a high level,
everybody feeds off of that. Everybody turns up off of that.
It fuse emotion. UM. And we were able to go
out there and play the type of ball we play

(46:43):
early on UM. Every everybody that there's a different type
of belief. UM. So it's it's something to definitely build
off of. I'm I'm pointing out the good in the
path from this game, but it's definitely something to build
off of. UM. Like last week, I feel like, UM,
I feel like from last week, this week we took
we took steps as a football team. UM, A little

(47:07):
more crisp Um, not as many dead plays, and we
just played better as a group. Um, we played together
in both weeks, I think. Um, but now we just
have to take that next step and um that's the
challenge going into this week. Thank Jean. Thanks. I was
quarterback Jalen Hurd saying they're gonna enjoy this win, but

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it's a short week and onto Washington they go. As
for his leading receiver, Dallas Goddard, we have him from
the locker room. What was working for you right out
of the gates today. Yeah, you know, Uh, credit to
coach bet a good game plan coming in. Uh, We're
gonna get to the line, go tempo, try to wear
them out, you know, get them tired, and then go
from there. But you know, we executed. We communicated really well,

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and uh, you know Jane was doing this thing out there.
It was funn to be well doing shoot. Uh, you know,
besides stowing me the ball probably his second touchdown run
where uh I was lead bogging he followed. You know
that gets me going. Uh. You know, you gonna have
a lot of test on this year. If it was fun.
But no, that long twenty six ye out of tess
on run is pretty sets you ahead of him. Ah. Nah,

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It's just more like I played with Jalen enough that
I always I feel like I know what he's thinking,
he knows what I'm thinking, and uh, you know, he
makes plays and it's just fun to be out there
with him. So many questions about Jalen's arm, Jayalen's arm,
Jalen's aren't coming into the season. What do you think
he proved tonight? And how happy we're free for him
to be able to see that? Yeah, I don't know

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who was worried about that, but I know nobody in
the building was worried about his arm. You know, we
got full confidence in the man, and you know he
comes and shows it every week. There was some concerns
last week. You got to win, but you guys were
a little uneasy about everything. Do you think you fixed that? Um?
You know, we definitely weren't perfect today. We left a
lot out on the table. Um, But you know that's
a part of the football. It's still early in the season.

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We'll be back to work on Wednesday trying to all
and get better. I'm twenty six yard room. Are you
surprised that Jalen got to the to the goal in No,
he never surprises me. You know, like I say all
the time, he's an explosive player. You know it doesn't
matter when he starts scrambling people are in trouble. We
started off the show with Jalen hurts is fifty three
yard touchdown pass to Quez Watkins. Earlier tonight, Fran broke

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it all down in this week's Freak Overview. All right,
So for this week's RICO review, I want to take
a look back to the first half touchdown pass from
Jalen Hurts to Quez Watkins. Quez wide open on this play.
This is the longest touchdown for Jalen Hurts's career in
terms of total air yards down the field. Great deep

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ball touchdown. How did Quz get wide open? Let's take
a look at the film and see exactly what they
showed us on the broadcast. What do you see here
from the Eagles? A twelve personnel set. You're gonna see
two tight ends on the field and two ride receivers.
You've got Quez Watkins here at the bottom of the screen,
and you've got Davonte Smith at the top. Now, one
thing I love, You've got a and densed set from
the Eagles. Everybody crunched in in between the numbers here,

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So this is a run look. If you're the Minnesota Vikings,
you could see they've got a little bit of a
crowded box and a soft shell. You've got soft off
coverage on the outside. And what you have here a
split safety look from the Minnesota Vikings. You've got two
safeties playing deep off the ball, and what they're doing
is they're splitting the field up in half. You're gonna
have a cover two look on this side where Harrison Smith,

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he's responsible for that half of the field. The side
of the field where DeVante Smith is playing on that side,
they want to make sure they give some extra safety
help to Devanta Smith on that side. Here, you're gonna
have the defensive backs split the field into quarters. And
what that does is Number One, it gives them extra
run support here because you're gonna have that safety can
buy him. He's gonna be a little bit nosy down

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here against the run. Obviously, you've got your two tight
end looks, so you might think, if they're gonna run
the football, we want to be able to be more
prepared to defend the run on that side of the formation,
So that's what you have pre snap. Let's take a
look now at the route concept because I love this
from the Eagles. It's your classic three level stretch concept.
Quaz Watkins, he's attacking downfield on a deep post. You've

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got Dallas Goddard working the sail route. This is the
same play that he caught a touchdown pass on earlier
this summer in the preseason opener against the New York Jets.
He's running the sail route and then you've got Jack
still working underneath. Now this is a basic read for
Jalen Hurts when he drops back. Really, the big thing
he's looking for this safety. If this safety rushes down

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on the tight ends route on number two's route from
Dallas Goddard, well, now it's gonna be wide open and
all you're gonna see here the corner. He thinks he's
got safety help, so he's gonna pass Quez Watkins off
to that safety and he's gonna try and pick up
Dallas Goddard. Well, Dallas Goddard, he is obviously gonna break
inside the corner, passes the safety off, and the safety

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drives on this ball. So that's why Quez Watkins is
wide open on this deep ball. Nobody is there with them,
and if you just let this run a second, you're
to see Dallas Goddard knows it. He did his job.
He's got both arms up. He's signaling touchdown before Quez
Watkins reaches the fifteen yard line. He was able to
draw two defenders on this play, Dallas Goddard. That allows

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Quez Watkins to be wide open for a deep ball
touchdown over fifty yards in the air. Jalen hurts to
Quez Watkins down the field. Eagles take a commanding lead
in the first half. Just an outstanding offensive performance from
the Eagles to open this game. A lot of different
things on the table for this scheme, run game, pass game.
This is gonna be a fun game to break down.

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Now is your chance to vote for the Toyota Player
of the Week. Go to Philadelphia Eagles dot com slash
Toyota Player of the Week to cast your vote and
get a chance at a brand new Toyota. All Right, fellas,
here we go your three nominees. Starting it off, of course,
with Dallas Goddard five receptions, eighty two yards. He had
a heck of a game, all right. Next up, the
quarterback himself. Jalen Hurts three hundred and thirty three passing yards,

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a passing touchdown, eleven carries for two rushing touchdowns. Big
night for QB one and last but not least, big
play Slay two interceptions. He said he should have had three.
DeVante Smith said he should have had three, but two
on the night for Darius life. What do we think?
I well, I feel bad for a big play slate.

(53:19):
I mean he's first of all, his wife tweeted he
should have four to night. I feel bad for a
big play slate because any other game he would be yes,
your player of the game. But Jalen Hurts is a
no brainer tonight just almost a flawless game. Uh just
spectacler man. Just he did it on the ground, he

(53:40):
did it through the air, three hundred yards passing um.
Just just an awesome game from Jalen Hurts. And that
I don't know how he's not the player of the game.
What's there's nothing left for us to say. I'll be
talking about him all night. Kulb be one's gotta be
the Toyota Player of the week. But we'll find out.
We'll defense aside all right. Time for the Jamison nightcap.
Short week, quick turnaround, and off to Washington. The Eagles.
They're facing former quarterback Carson Wentz down in DC Commanders.

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They had a tough week this week. That score thirty
six to twenty seven loss against the Lions doesn't really
paint the picture of just how rough that game was
for Washington. They finished twenty twenty one seven and ten,
third in the NFC East. They now stand one and one.
The Eagles got to put another win on the board
this week. Yeah, I mean, obviously it's another divisional opponent.

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You go on the road. We know all the popping
circumstances that will be surrounding that game. All with that circus,
but the Eagles can't get caught up in there. They
have to focus on trying to get this divisional win
on the road. So it won't be easy, but I
think our offense should be able to move the ball.
Washington's defense has been pretty terrible, and then if our
defense is gonna play like they played tonight, it'll be

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a long day Number eleven down there in Washington. I
spent the majority of the day watching Washington film on
both sides of the football, so getting ready for this matchup.
The defense, yeah, the Washington says, not played particularly well
up front or on the back end. They're giving up
a lot of a lot of yardage on the ground,
giving up too many big plays through the air. They
still like to bring a lot of pressure, so that'll

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be something to watch here in this game. And then offensively,
this is this team. I think it's a little bit underrated. Guys.
The run game kind of non existent to start, but
that the offensive coordinator down there, Scott Turner, they're drawing
up some really interesting plays. Curtis Samuel a guy will
be talking about all weeks, so some matchups certainly we'll
be talking about, like I think on Eagles game Plan
this week. Stay tuned to all the content all over Philadelphia.

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Eagles dot com and the social platforms will have you
covered for that one o'clock kick on Sunday. We'll also
have you covered on the kickoff show at twelve ten PM.
Myself and friend Duffy will get you started, and then
we will have you covered on the postgame show, the
three of us to break it all down from Washington.
Thanks so much for tuning in and as always, go Birds.