WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:00.760 Front of the show. 2 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:02.680 Joined us last week prior to the Super Bowl, and 3 00:00:02.680 --> 00:00:06.559 now I'm bringing them on to brag. Sean Sayadsumer sports Sean, 4 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:07.919 Happy Wednesday, buddy, how are you? 5 00:00:09.199 --> 00:00:11.800 It feels good. You know, it's not just about being right, 6 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:14.439 it's about the process, It's about the analysis. I do 7 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:16.320 feel good about you having to come on the show. 8 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:18.960 Predicted that Eagles win. Certainly I think a little bit 9 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:21.600 different and then most people would have expected in terms 10 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:23.399 of how it looked. But for me, it was still 11 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:24.839 a fun game. I'm not sure if it was for you. 12 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:28.160 Well, certainly you called it, and I wanted to bring 13 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:31.160 you on to kind of reflect on exactly what you 14 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.920 saw and then talk about the game, how it unfolded, 15 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:36.799 and whether or not it kind of went into lockstep 16 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:37.840 with what you were expecting. 17 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:41.640 You know, it did in terms of the way that 18 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:44.359 the Eagles defense approached the Kansas City Chiefs. Where the 19 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:47.799 Eagles defensive plans, it was not particularly complicated. We're going 20 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:49.640 to play a bunch of zone coverage. We're going to 21 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:52.359 make you make the right decision over and over again. 22 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:55.399 Just rush four guys, send zero total blitz is an 23 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:57.479 entire game. I mean that is Vic Banje the defensive 24 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:00.640 coordinators approach two games in general, So I could you 25 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.200 know how that was? What I didn't expect was you know, 26 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:06.319 really Zach Bond interception that pick six from Cooper Degene 27 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:09.000 where you're making the play that I mean, Mahomes is 28 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:11.159 throwing that ball because you have no business being in 29 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:13.439 that spot, just based on how everything played out. So 30 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:16.000 I thought it was an excellent example of the Eagles 31 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:18.920 really really just hitting the highest level of their people. 32 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:21.680 Where I think of our best defensive line play this 33 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:24.200 entire season, I mean, Josh what may have played the 34 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:25.640 best game of this career. So I'm not going to 35 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:27.719 pretend like I would have predicted all of that. I'm 36 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:29.840 not gonna depend like I would have predicted the final 37 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:32.599 score in that game. But the way the Eagles came in, 38 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:34.400 I mean, it is what we talked about last week 39 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:36.079 in kind of how they approached the Chiefs. 40 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:38.599 At what point I've been asking all of my NFL 41 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:41.120 guests so far this week the same question. When did 42 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:44.640 you and again I know you predicted Philly was going 43 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:47.200 to win the thing, but while you were watching the 44 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:48.400 game out, what point did you. 45 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:50.480 Say, Okay, that's a wrap, they're not coming back. 46 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:55.079 So I think that when I started to get the thoughts. 47 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:58.120 I mean, honestly, it wasn't until after the like kind 48 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:00.519 of middle east of the third quarter, because you go 49 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:03.599 into the half twenty four or nothing, and I mean, 50 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:06.480 it's really really hard to come back from that. But 51 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:09.240 Mahomes has literally done that before against the texting the 52 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:11.000 fears out, so I didn't want to count it out. 53 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:13.800 But you could start to feel it pretty early on 54 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:15.879 just I mean the first third down right, the Eagles 55 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:18.599 are making it really hard on the Chiefs. Cooper degen 56 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:21.680 is being super physical, kind of pushing around Travis Kelcey 57 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:23.120 a little bit. You can start to feel it. You 58 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:25.960 can start to see it. You see even when Sae 59 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:28.759 Kwon Barkley is not brising off big runs, Jalen Hurts 60 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:31.599 just getting rid of the ball, playing super comfortable, playing 61 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:34.000 on time. Start to feel but look, I'm back in 62 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:36.120 the back of my mind, I need I need to 63 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:39.039 see double zero, you know, to coulet Patrick Mahomes out. 64 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:41.319 So really it was once you got in that middle 65 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:43.879 of the third quarter, I've had Devonda Smith touchdown. I 66 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:45.639 was like, all right, I don't need to be silly anymore. 67 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:47.000 There's no way these guys are going to be able 68 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:47.520 to come back. 69 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:50.280 So I know you've already touched on the defensive game 70 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:53.560 plans schematically from Vic Fangio prior to Sunday, as you 71 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:56.159 and I talked about last week, Patrick Mahomes eight and 72 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:58.199 oh against Vic Fangio. 73 00:02:58.360 --> 00:02:59.719 So let's dig a little bit deeper. 74 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:03.919 Did did Vic Fangio do anything different this time around? 75 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:07.159 Or was it just kind of the classic schematic attack 76 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:09.199 that he always likes to implement. But he has the 77 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:13.319 horses now and Kansas City couldn't keep up, So it 78 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:13.639 was a. 79 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:15.520 Little bit of you know, some stuff was the same, 80 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:17.360 some stuff was different. They play a little bit of 81 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:21.240 a different coverage. They really, you know, prioritized having multiple 82 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:24.159 people watching Travis Pelsey, even if they're not in a 83 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:27.120 dedicated kind of bracket or a double team. And the 84 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:30.039 way that the pass rush was working, where instead of 85 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:33.039 you know, being the fast guy running outside that offensive tackle, 86 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:35.840 they were running straight through those guys, and that you know, 87 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:38.879 closes the areas for Mahomes to be able to scramble 88 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:41.159 a little bit. So I really enjoyed seeing that just 89 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:43.759 from an overall pass rushing plan for the Eagles. I 90 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:45.879 thought that was a good job. I mean, I actually 91 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.039 I felt like any Reid didn't do the best job 92 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:49.719 in the game where we can think of maybe an 93 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:51.960 example or two where they're getting the ball a little 94 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:54.159 bit further down the field. Obviously we have that drop 95 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:56.879 to Hopkins. Of course some of those touchdowns coming later 96 00:03:56.919 --> 00:03:58.680 in the game. I would have really liked to see 97 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:01.639 him just literally the fact, throw the balls the outside, 98 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:04.719 make those cornerbacks tackle over and over because the way 99 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:07.199 that Fandia was playing, it would have required that. And 100 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:09.719 we saw I think the future down thirty four nothing 101 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:11.639 by this time. But you know, zabywhere that you catch 102 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:14.039 a quick throw when on Mitchell Tantathle you you able 103 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:15.879 to get yards. I think, you know, maybe turning that 104 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:18.600 a little bit earlier would have not won the game, 105 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:20.160 but I think it would have made it a bit closer. 106 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:22.720 I want to follow up, even though you just alluded 107 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:25.959 to my follow up question, did you see because one 108 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:28.079 of the reasons why I picked Kansas City in a 109 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:33.160 close one like most of America, is Andy and Mahomes. 110 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:33.519 Typically figured out. 111 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:36.240 Andy Reid makes the adjustments, Mahomes finds a way to win, 112 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:39.480 did at any point outside of what you just alluded to, 113 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:41.720 because look, you know a lot of people say, well they. 114 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:42.439 Didn't run the football. 115 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:44.920 Well, you're down big, so you've got to get chunk 116 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:48.079 plays and you have to rely on a generational talent 117 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:51.720 in Patrick Mahomes. But was there anything specifically, Sean that 118 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:54.360 you saw Kansas City tried to do that simply just 119 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:54.959 didn't work. 120 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:58.319 You know, it felt like every single thing that they 121 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:00.399 were really trying to do didn't work. Where you can't 122 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:03.040 throw the ball picked because the defensive is really good 123 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:04.600 and coverage, you can't throw the ball in your immediate 124 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:06.639 because guys are dropping passes. You can't throw the ball 125 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:09.680 deep because your offensive line is not holding up enough 126 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:11.279 from a home to be able to take that extra 127 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:13.920 step and let that thing flock. So it really felt 128 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:16.319 like none of that was able to work at all. 129 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:17.959 And you mentioned, yeah, it would be nice if you 130 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:20.199 could run the ball. You know, there's a clip of 131 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:22.800 Nolan Smith putting Tray Smith like on his are really 132 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:24.839 pushing him far back. I mean, the Eagles were more 133 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:27.560 physical than the Chiefs were upfront. They really were able 134 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:29.560 to push them around. I'm not really sure if any 135 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:32.040 plan would have worked on that day, it felt like 136 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:35.160 the Eagles really came in so lost into every single 137 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:38.040 thing that the Chiefs were doing. So I'm not even 138 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:40.120 sure like you see some of those kind of second 139 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:41.879 a half adjustments. I guess you call them that for 140 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:44.240 the Chiefs, but I mean, when you're down that big, 141 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:46.240 it's such a big hell of the climb, and it 142 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:48.800 just felt like, you know, the team or the better 143 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:50.920 aster than top to bottom ended up winning. Here. 144 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:52.519 Let's move over to the other side. 145 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:56.680 What did Steve Spagnolo tried to do defensively? Because look, 146 00:05:56.879 --> 00:06:00.839 Kansas City, over the course of their recalibration of just 147 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:03.040 kind of changing their approach A lot of it probably 148 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:06.040 based off personnel one a lot of games this year 149 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:08.759 based off of Steve Spagnolo in that defense, it just 150 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:12.439 did not do much of anything to provide pushback against Philly. 151 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:15.399 What did Spagnolo try to do and how did Philly 152 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:17.079 counter that to make it ineffective? 153 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:21.199 Spagnola, I thought, really approached this game in the exact 154 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:24.720 right way. Sakuon Barkley was largely shut down. I think 155 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:26.439 when you look at the Eagles how he's played the 156 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:29.399 entire season, that is what you want to start with, 157 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:31.839 and so for them to have that success is a 158 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:34.519 really good thing. Now, the problem is that Jalen Hurts 159 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:36.600 has had the best game of his career where the 160 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:39.000 best two games, or maybe two of three games in 161 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:41.360 his career have been this game and then the NFC 162 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:43.759 Championship game. So when you look at how the Eagles 163 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:46.439 looked in week eight, in week ten, you know it 164 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:48.079 didn't feel a Kirts was going to be able to 165 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:50.480 do this. So I think the approach was really exactly correct. 166 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:53.279 And as you got later and later you are able 167 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.000 to get a blitz that ends up getting a sack. 168 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:57.199 But for Hurts to play at that high of a 169 00:06:57.279 --> 00:06:59.800 level and really take everything that Stags is trying to 170 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:01.800 do and throw it right back in his face by 171 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:04.600 making those cliff throws, by turning some of those escapes 172 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:07.120 into throws to receivers instead of just you know, you're 173 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:09.360 spinning around in a circle, you end up sack. And 174 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:11.759 for him to be confident and quickness process I thought 175 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:14.759 was super impressive. So I was, overall, you know, pretty fine. 176 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:17.639 It's back as the approach. I think the bigger takeaway 177 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:20.879 its Hurts really really stepping up to the moment, what sort. 178 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:23.680 Of because a lot of the conversations, certainly around prior 179 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.160 to the game was the questions that a lot of 180 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:29.040 people had about Jalen and the questions that a lot 181 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:30.560 of people out about Nick Sirianni. 182 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.319 So I already asked you about the Jaalen portion of this? 183 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:37.560 What sort of questions did Nick Sirianni answer as a 184 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:38.879 Super Bowl winning head coach? 185 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:39.120 Now? 186 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:42.240 I mean it is it's so fun to think about 187 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:44.279 just his story. Fun for me to think about it 188 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:46.120 from the outset. I can't imagine it was as fun 189 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:49.759 for him going through it. There was like legitimate, totally 190 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:52.360 like reasonable calls at the beginning of this year, like 191 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:54.279 are they going to bring Sirianni back? What does he 192 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:56.279 do for this team? After a week four, going to 193 00:07:56.360 --> 00:07:58.120 the bye week, you know thoughts of all, right, well, 194 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:00.959 this guy's gonna get fired and being offensive assistance somewhere 195 00:08:00.959 --> 00:08:02.360 next year where he's never going to be able to 196 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:04.879 get this chance again. I just think that there are 197 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.879 things that happen in an NFL locker room, in the 198 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:10.759 NFL building that a head coach is responsible for that 199 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:13.639 it is unquantifiable. And you start to hear some of 200 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:16.519 the stories come out, whether it's where I writing his 201 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:18.879 handwritten note size Rodgers who mixed the season for a 202 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:21.480 gambling suspension, whether it's you know, talking to m Kobe 203 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:24.240 Dan after his injury and figuring out different things to 204 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:26.079 get him in the best spot. And I mean that 205 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:29.000 you think about the locker room overall. Obviously these are 206 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:32.799 incredibly talented players. There's still personalities right where Ajo Brown 207 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:34.639 had early in the game or earlier in the season, 208 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:36.679 he had said out loud and he said the correct thing, 209 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:38.879 like what's not working. It's the passing game. And so 210 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:41.440 for him to be able to navigate all that, for 211 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.720 him to be able to navigate his relationship with Jalea 212 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:46.159 hurts where you know sometimes in the media it hurts. 213 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:49.399 Is like not that he is unfriendly to the media, 214 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:50.879 but I think he's trying to, you know, get through 215 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:52.720 his day and he's trying to get back to the real 216 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:54.519 hard work of it all. So you think Syrin he 217 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:57.320 does deserve credit. Now what is it exactly for? I 218 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:59.559 think it is some of those kind of human human 219 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:02.159 assets that we just don't get to see unless, like 220 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:04.039 you see that the way that he high fives his 221 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:06.039 players on on the sidelines, or you see the way 222 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:08.879 that the players do take on that personality a little 223 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:13.799 bit where Suriani is gonna like almost like you have 224 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:16.480 a shield for other players. Where there was a game 225 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:19.000 last year against the Seahawks where Hurts and ager Brown 226 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:22.360 make this kind of odd decision for a specific player 227 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:24.360 ends up as an interception and SERIALI just goes up 228 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:26.039 to the media. It's like, look, that was my call, 229 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:29.039 and now do I want people to lie to the media. No, 230 00:09:29.159 --> 00:09:31.919 not necessarily, but for him to take the fall on 231 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:33.960 that and to kind of make himself look like a 232 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:36.120 little bit of a fool in that situation for his 233 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:38.600 players to be able to, you know, just continue to 234 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:41.320 work on what they need to work on. So seeing 235 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:44.559 that for Sirianny, it's got to feel awesome, because no 236 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:47.320 one can ever remove Super Bowl champion head coach from 237 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:47.840 his resume. 238 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:51.440 So when you win, you're gonna lose coaches and you're 239 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:53.639 gonna lose probably players and want to get paid. So 240 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:58.120 Kellen Moore bounces to take the Saints job. What sort 241 00:09:58.120 --> 00:09:59.720 of hole does that leave and who do you think? 242 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:02.000 Do you just give me some candidates to take that gig? 243 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:05.720 Yeah? And more leaving well, when Johns and Gannon had 244 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:08.440 left over their last Super Bowl, if the Eagles were 245 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:10.399 like kind of unprepared for it, just based on a 246 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:13.480 communication with Gannon for what they thought was going to happen. 247 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:17.440 So they've been ready for this eventuality. So Kevin Patula 248 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:20.360 is one guy in house that they certainly like. He'll 249 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.200 get some sort of look. I think Dradd Johnson quarterbacks 250 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:25.320 coach or Texan is a guy who will end up 251 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:27.279 getting an interview if they're doing a full interview. I 252 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:29.720 assume they have to do in the interview process Jess 253 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:32.080 because he was someone that also an interviewed with them previously, 254 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:36.240 a few other internal candidates, you know. For the situation overall, 255 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:38.480 it's it's kind of a dream job. You have the 256 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:40.559 best offensive line in the league, you have a Super 257 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:43.320 Bowl VT quarterback, you have a very good running back, 258 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:45.480 you have really good receivers. So all the things are 259 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:49.279 there that I hope that they go outside the building. 260 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:51.919 I think that's my initial leading just so you can 261 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:53.840 get a little bit more creative. You can move that 262 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:56.960 offense forward where look the way that Sayklon Barkley ran 263 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:59.559 this year, I think he's going to be fantastic. It's 264 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:01.399 not like he's old or he's not going to be 265 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:03.720 able to do it. There is a chance. So just 266 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:05.720 based on variant think you're not able to hit all 267 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:08.200 this home runs. So I would love to see even 268 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:10.559 like a guy like Key Martin, the quarterbacks coach in Baltimore, 269 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:13.840 who we've seen Lamar Jackson continue to evolve as a 270 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:16.320 passer really and to bring in a guy like that, 271 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:17.799 I think could be a lot of fun. 272 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.080 So one more thing on the Eagles, And I've got 273 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:24.039 a couple of other big picture NFL questions, and I've asked, 274 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:26.000 you know, the NFL guys who have stopped by this 275 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:29.399 week kind of this similar question, because when you look 276 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:32.240 at the landscape of the league, we often talk about, 277 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:35.159 you know, guys like Lamar and Josh Allen and Patrick 278 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:39.559 Mahomes in their late twenties. Jalen's twenty six and Saquon's 279 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:42.879 twenty eight. AJ Brown is twenty seven, DeVante Smith is 280 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:45.279 twenty six, And yes, they have some decisions to make 281 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:49.159 on other pieces, but the main portion of this roster 282 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:52.480 is either in or entering their prime. And I'm not 283 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:54.960 a hyperbolic radio host, but what are you willing to 284 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:59.120 say about potentially the type of I don't know, era 285 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:01.720 of Eagles football that we're in for. Should they be 286 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:03.360 able to keep the bulk of this team together for 287 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:04.399 a number of years. 288 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.919 I mean, it really is looking pretty good, and I 289 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:09.759 think that is for a few reasons. Then you look 290 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:13.399 at the way that Howard Rosenan that justin Laurie as 291 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.840 the owner, the way that they handle contracts is so 292 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:19.200 so smart. They do pay guys a little early. I'm like, 293 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:21.000 you have to hit on some of those, right because 294 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:22.720 you know, you can pay a receiver ask for one 295 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:25.000 good year. If they're not good in that second and 296 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:27.000 third year, it really comes back to bite you. But 297 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:30.440 you know, Devonte Smith Adrian Brown are already under contract, 298 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:32.600 Jalen Hurt already under contract. So to be able to 299 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:35.360 take care of those guys already and then pay Dickerson 300 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:38.559 Jurgens like, you're taking care of really really core aspects 301 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:41.399 of your team pretty early. Their defense is spending is 302 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:43.679 not that high. So I'm actually very interested to see 303 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:45.919 what this offseason looks like for that where they're going 304 00:12:46.000 --> 00:12:48.120 to probably lose mill and Williams. There's a good chance 305 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:50.399 they lose that bond. Darius Slave is getting a little 306 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:52.679 bit older. I think when I look ahead to next year, 307 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:56.159 I always think, well what about You know, a specific 308 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:59.000 team is more likely to look a little bit closer 309 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:01.000 to average, whether that's something that's not good or something 310 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:04.879 that's very good. It's so hard to repeat as a 311 00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:09.080 top defense by statistics year after year. I love it Fandrio, 312 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:11.679 you know so much and watching this defense, I really 313 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:14.240 enjoy going through this roster. You still have Dylan Carter, 314 00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:15.799 you have the gene in year two, you have Mitchell 315 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:18.440 in year two. You have so much talent on that team. 316 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:21.679 Sometimes fifty fifty balls just end up at touchdowns instead 317 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:24.440 of interceptions or incompletion. So, you know, I just worry 318 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:27.120 about this the coin flip, and just appreciating how many 319 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:28.919 things have to happen for you to be able to, 320 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:30.480 you know, climb that top of them mount. And of 321 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:32.759 course you know the commanders and Jayden Daniels, they're they're 322 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:35.759 really going to be pushing. But this team is in 323 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:38.759 like a good financial health situation where you will see 324 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:40.919 things about people saying, oh, you know, like the bill's 325 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:42.720 gonna come due eventually, and you know that can be true. 326 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:44.679 Like player, they're gonna get a little bit older. It's 327 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:46.440 not gonna happen for a little bit now. They're gonna 328 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:48.519 keep you know, you push that, you kick the cand 329 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:50.559 down the road. In terms of having to you know, 330 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:52.919 have this kind of salary count blow up, you're able 331 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:54.759 to kind of manipulate it in a few different ways 332 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:56.559 that I just wish other teams would do that in 333 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:58.759 the same way. You know, teams just should, Like if 334 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:01.240 you learn anything from the Eagles model, it should be 335 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:03.799 that because you're going to have to pay multiple players 336 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:05.320 a lot of money, it's not a league where you 337 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:07.799 can afford to not do that. So I'm excited to 338 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:09.639 see what the Eagles look like going forward. I really 339 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:12.360 just want to see gillen Hurt continue to grow. You know, 340 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:14.799 he unfortunately is going to have another new offensive cornator 341 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:17.080 as we just mentioned. I want to see him as 342 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:20.200 a really, really positive passer going into next season. 343 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:22.879 Certainly, it would be a fools out Aaron to believe 344 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:25.879 the Kansas City is done, you know, with their quarterback 345 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:30.039 in his twenties and a transcendent generational head coach Kelsey 346 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:32.240 thirty five, maybe it's it for you know, you know, 347 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:35.039 maybe that's it for him. What does the offseason look 348 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:37.879 like in Kansas City to ensure that they continue to 349 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:40.360 capitalize on a generational talent under center. 350 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.759 Well, a big thing is going to be what you 351 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:45.639 do with that offensive lot where you had problems that 352 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:49.200 both tackle stops the entire season. Your star right guard 353 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:50.519 is going to be a free agent and is going 354 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:52.480 to get paid a lot of money by someone that 355 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:55.399 maybe someone other than you. And as you mentioned, you know, 356 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:58.000 Kelsey whatever, even if he does come back, he's not 357 00:14:58.159 --> 00:14:59.919 a player that is going to be, you know, look 358 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:01.919 the same early in the season as he is later 359 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:04.080 in the season. So even if pure tart, I mean 360 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:06.000 to talk about what's gonna happen with Chris Jones, I 361 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:07.960 do think Chris Jones still has a lot of good 362 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:10.120 football played. And as you mentioned, it's so hard to 363 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:12.120 like bet against Patrick Mahomes, But what are we doing here? 364 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:15.279 We got luck, not lucky or unlucky, but yeah, it 365 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:17.080 happened in the Super Bowl. I do think they're going 366 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:18.960 to come back. I want to see this team though, 367 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:21.879 like get to kind of another iteration of their offense. 368 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:25.279 I really like watching Xavier Worthy grow over the last 369 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:26.960 few weeks we saw it, you know, in kind of 370 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:29.399 garbage time in that Super Bowl. This guy can run 371 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:32.759 by every single player on every single team, and Patrick 372 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:35.360 Maholmes can throw it exactly where it needs to be 373 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:37.080 in those situations. So I actually want to see this 374 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:39.519 offense get back to a little bit more of that 375 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:42.240 downfield attack as opposed to like, you know, we're just 376 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:44.919 gonna get five yards on the inside runs. We're gonna 377 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:46.639 throw the ball quick and that, and you know it 378 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:48.000 really starts with that offensive block. 379 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:51.039 So I will take advantage of having a smart football 380 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:52.960 guy in the show to ask you about my Jets 381 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:54.919 who it looks like they're going to move on from 382 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:58.519 Aaron Rodgers and thank goodness, he's a locker room cancer 383 00:15:58.559 --> 00:15:59.559 and he's bad at football. 384 00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:01.480 So what's next for my guys? 385 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:03.879 Give me a little hope, and not even hope for 386 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:05.480 next year because they're not going to be in it 387 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:07.799 next year, but maybe hope that there's a plan in 388 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:10.919 place that at some point they'll be a competitive NFL 389 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.639 football team. 390 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:14.320 Yeah, I mean, I mean even on the just at 391 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:16.639 the high level. I enjoy, you know, the hires that 392 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:18.919 they were able to make. I think Aaron Glennons desically 393 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:20.440 have the right kind of person that you want to bring. 394 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:23.799 I really really like pen Rank from the offensive coordinator 395 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:25.720 they have there, the work that he did in a 396 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:27.919 trot with Ben Jonson. I think that's the right direction. 397 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:30.840 You have a very talented roster, like I don't want 398 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:34.000 us to forget that where guys Aina Williams Saft Gardner 399 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:36.120 on defense, of course, I think the offensive line, you know, 400 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:39.200 but there are some positive spots on there. I think 401 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:42.759