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You can get ready for this big week that’s coming I think this is the Eagles regular season Super Bowl and I’ll explain it to you because first off the Eagles are perennially doubted and it seems like right now they are it is Chic to say that the Eagles well well
They’re about to get theirs it’s coming it’s coming we’ve been hearing it for weeks now but if you win this game on Sunday the last five games become absolutely secondary concerns you win this game against the 49ers you not you open up a three-game lead on them at that point and you have
The tiebreaker it’s three and a half it’s over the 49ers can’t catch you plus you’ve got another Conference win you got another win in the books that’s going to put you at a Dallas that you have two win you go into the Dallas game the Dallas game will mean almost
Absolutely nothing because Dallas has the tougher schedule even after that game and we know what happens to Dallas in December win this game and you got it the NFC is going to be yours you’re going to be able to comfortably get to the Finish Line take care of the Giants
On Christmas take care of Arizona on H New Year’s Day no one is going to catch you then you have that flexibility to give yourself two rest before you play the playoff game and last year all that rest down the stretch for some of the players and not having to stret yourself
Out I believe helped them out when they got to the playoffs they were fresh they were fired up and they were ready to go and you’re facing a 49ers team that is flat out challenging you verbally they’re going to challenge you physically but verbally they’re all over
It the 49ers can’t stop talking about the eagles they didn’t all off seon and I get guess when you lose you’re more apt to be the team that would talk you’re more apt to say we weren’t at our best whatever what B what baffles me is
The amount of players on the 49ers that say well we didn’t have our quarterbacks really you touted before the NFC title game that Brock pie was the second coming of Joe Montana and Brock pie didn’t get hurt in the game he got taken out of the game completely different because Kyle
Shanahan could wouldn’t protect his first string quarterback this year that past year his second his third and his fourth in the NFC title game they couldn’t protect and Hassan reik made sure that one of the quarterbacks was knocked down to me this is your Super Bowl because one thing is
You have somebody who’s been chirping about you all year long that you didn’t belong that you didn’t deserve it I’m so looking forward to Sunday afternoon but the Eagles are the ones I think as much as the 49ers that have to make a statement even though they’re the ones
That are two games up I think this is them that has to make a statement B at home with the 49ers you know go on out there and show what you’re about show what you show who you are and make the statement to the rest of the NFL we’re for real and by
The way the NFC is over on December 3rd you you think it’s still there that they have to do that they have to make a statement I do really I really because here’s why I say it is first of all lose this game and the stress pours in next
Week because then the Dallas game means something because you could have you could have the 49ers tying you the next week in the standings and they would hold the tiebreaker and they would have a Cardinals Ravens commanders Rams to get the number one seed Cardinals Ravens commanders Rams you feel comfortable
With that folks I don’t I think they could run that table easily yeah I I be interested to see you know we’re going to hear all the coach speak probably as the week goes on from players and coaches and assistant coaches and coordinators and all that about every
Game means the same they all mean a lot every game’s you know no game’s more valuable than another yes it’s an NFC game and all of that all the things that you laid out John are correct for a fan from a fans point of view okay I wonder
What it if it does mean more for the players if if the chirping that you’re talking about Deo Samuel coming out and saying that James Bradberry is still trash trash uh you those type of things is that extra motivational I don’t know this team goes about things in such a businesslike
Aspect and we’ll get into it a little more Nick serani and some of the stuff that he said yesterday what time is that 7:30 today yeah 7:30 we speak for yourself but it’s you know we see it in Jaylen Herz where he never seems to last
Night at the Sixers game I think it was the first time I saw him smile at a at a sporting event uh so you know we just know he’s the even Keel guy I think this is just such a veteran team and all it’s just a team of business and that’s the
Business the business is to win football games it could be the New York Giants the Washington commanders the San Francisco 49ers I don’t think we’re going to see much difference I think we’re just going to see a team go in Play Hard Play physical play tough and
You know let the chips fall where they may I I I think it’s a hype game for us yeah it’s great this is the one we’ve had circled all year but I wonder what this team takes it as I I believe if you lose this then the Cowboys game becomes a
Must-win because I don’t see if if if if you go if You Were Somehow to lose to the 49ers in the Cowboys and the Cowboys game is very much a risky proposition they’ve won I believe 12 or 13 in a row at home they are a dominant team in that
Building and the Eagles have not handled them well over the past few years if they were to lose to the 49ers the Cowboys game becomes a must-win and the 49ers are just at that point they’re they’re they’re just waiting for you to trip up one more time they trip you trip
Up one more time I don’t believe you’re getting the number one seed and then you run the risk of having an NFC title game in San Francisco I don’t like I don’t like the proposition chances for that Pat it seems like Darius Slay is the only one who wants to
Sort of give him a little bit of a chirp back he’s suris he’s looking forward to the matchup on Sunday but it’s the 49ers they can’t get the Eagles out of their head and I wonder if that potentially can work against them oh I think it absolutely could work against them yeah
I how do you think because I was talk I was wondering about this yesterday how how would it work against them when you when you go out there and you call a player trash the players going to want to prove you wrong and it’s not like I don’t think James Bradberry would be
Motivated anyway but now it’s like oh okay so now I’m in your crosshairs oh okay you know it used to be the team but now you’re singling out me you’re probably going to be matched up against them a little bit Yeah I think there’s probably little added
Motivation to shut him up I mean dbo Samuel has had this I can’t quit you mentality with the Eagles all off season oh yes he’s obsessed I don’t know if they live in a bubble in San Fran where you know they don’t realize that their quarterback actually did start the game
Quack got knocked out of the game because their boy wonder coach decided to put a backup tight end on you know a defensive player of the year uh candidate yeah it was it was an idiotic move um but I yeah the the the the obsession over the birds all offseason
And circle in the game they they they better win it they better they better because if they don’t man I I I mean I I feel like boom boom and Squiggy out there in San Fran are uh probably their their whole Tuesday show is going to be
Let’s think of an excuse to make just in case because that’s all that this team makes is excuses the San Francisco 49ers have made excuses all offseason their fan base excuses all offseason um you name it when they lose a game it’s an excuse It’s never like they they just
Don’t look Inward and I think they really need to look in the mirror and realize you lost the NFC championship game because of something that your coach did not because of a fluke injury not because of a Turf monster no no no like your coach made this dumb decision
Your your quarterback got knocked out of the game it it was you you did it so yeah I think there’s a little probably added motivation I don’t know how there couldn’t be boom boom andig oh yeah boom boom and Squiggy out there 95 they are great I saw I saw Matt and
Hagen’s video yesterday from the corner office yeah okay is he now An Enemy of the State uh he was always a gun for hire you have somebody has to know you to be an enemy that has to be an that has to be an Enemy of the State no he
Just look he sent his little boys out there uh to to to Philly and N championship game and from the reports that I got back they uh they were the biggest whiny group of when it came to the day after oh my gosh I I mean I I got multiple reports of people
Saying like you know they were legit like just not real great guys so um so boom boom and Squiggy are not art you know not the friends no no boom boom and Squiggy came here thinking they were going to go to a trip to the Super Bowl
And they were real real real depressed and mad so um you know they can they can talk their game and it’ll end the same way you know 10 games so far have ended for the Eagles it’s going to end with a win uh the 6 a.m. hour is brought to you by Bradford
White Water Heaters Bradford White is here for the pro and uh Bob it’s interesting what Pat was saying there about the idea that you know I mean first of all I don’t remember ever and this may be wrong I may be wrong an eagles player like going out of their
Way to call somebody trash I don’t remember a player in all of professional sports really that’s a bad locker room to me that’s a bad locker room it’s not something you do in professional sports you know as much as you’re competive it’s also a Brotherhood you know that
You all know that you’re throwing your bodies out there on the line for 17 weeks every year uh as much as you want to beat the next guy you also know that he’s part of the fraternity so to to have a guy do that to go go for we’re
Talking what five months now for five months going around talking about uh uh an Eagles team and now a player uh that he’s trash like what what what did he do to you what did he do to you exactly I don’t get it yeah I I don’t get it I I’m
Making the case right now though but I I truly believe I think this is just as important to the Eagles as it is to the 49ers you Pat says it though 49ers better win you go you better go win after all the Talking you’ve done after
All the posturing I better see that that that first of all Brock py outplays jayen Herz because that seems to be the talking point too that Brock p is the new Joe Montana and that Jay Herz is getting all the Press but 27-2 speaks for itself 17-1 speaks for itself and
Bob will speak for himself by the way at 7:30 uh with everything Eagles that you need to know but to me I think this is just as important for the Eagles to make a statement as it is for the 49ers because they have to be tired of hearing
All the crap yeah you know at the end of the day and it doesn’t like talking isn’t going to make Debo Samuel faster and and talking isn’t going to make Brock p tougher or a better quarterback or it’s not going to make Jaylen Herz not play as well the talk doesn’t matter
At the end of it and the players I’m sure and and you’re have the luxury of being the Eagles at 10 and one sitting at home having the number one spot basically in your suitcase and you’re about to to close it up like you you have the luxury of sitting back and just
Saying yeah go ahead and talk I mean all we do is play football the talk won’t change anything that comes about like is all of a sudden Debo Samuel be to going to become a better football player because he thinks James Brad B’s trash no no you’re probably not going to
Notice much difference as far as Football goes when it comes Sunday that’s a luxury the Eagles have we’re the best team in football you’re coming to our place you can talk all the all the smack you want what was that yeah but it it it doesn’t matter it it just
Matter it just it really doesn’t and to me as a competitor when I heard somebody else chirping and kept going on got you done game over somebody talks to me like well on a courtet talking to me what why why am I bothering you so I’m in your
Head great I like being there oh I mean the the the Eagles have put up condos in the San francisco9 it like you know the the beautiful thing about this is John I think you’re right like if the Eagles win this game it’s over the nfc’s over
The Cowboys aren’t catching you the the Niners aren’t catch and they’re the only two you’re worried about but if the Eagles do lose this game it’s it’s not over for them it’s no okay you’re I mean look the road is harder I’m not saying it’s not but that like the 49ers need
This game yes they need this game to stay alive for a number one SE one SE the Eagles don’t need this game they they could win out easily let’s not forget the last three games are theboys well no I’m saying the last three games are cake I got but like look the
Standings are the standings yeah but I mean you lose do not this game the 49ers do I got but I’m going to disagree with you completely because then you’re wrong at the Cowboys at the Cowboys is not an easy game no no no we’re not going to sit here and
Play this game you lose to the 49ers you got to beat the Cowboys in Dallas or San Francisco is going to end up winning the top well okay this game who’s more important for the Eagles or the cow or the 49ers well absolutely for the 49ers because it’s their one it’s their one
Shot but for the Eagles you open up the door for all hell to Break by the way all hell could break loose in the division well you open up the door but things have to go bad for you and really well for other teams like San Francisco
Is going to have to beat the Ravens San Francisco’s going to have to win every other game the Eagles are going to have to lose to Dallas the Eagles lose to San Francisco and Dallas and that’s it they want up with three losses Dallas San Francisco Detroit they all have to win
Out yes I me you have that luxury it’s okay I got I look at their schedule and I say yeah can they win out can they beat the Seahawks at home who they just trounced in their building Cardinals Ravens is a tough one on Christmas but
It’s at home at the commanders and the Rams yeah I think San think San Francisco can e well as much as we’re assuming that the Eagles can win out they the 49ers have an easier path I think to winning out Eagles have the luxury of they can win two they can lose
Two games they have that luxury I can lose these I do not believe he can lose these two the MTH doesn’t work Dallas and San Fran have to win every game from here on out yes and I think they both I think they both could I don’t think
Dallas can win every game no questions asked because at the bills at the Dolphins there’s a loss there’s a loss in one of those games I don’t know which one it’ll be probably dolphins on Christmas Eve what do you what do you think about this I say it’s the the
Regular season Super Bowl because you can really close the door on everybody in the NFC but if you somehow would lose San Francisco then has not only all the momentum but they talk the talk and then they walk the walk time for the Eagles to put up or San Francisco to put up
What’s your thought 610 632 0975 you want to get in early with us plus there was a great night down at the Wells Fargo Center last tonight we’ll give you a little bit of an update on that johy cage show here on 975 the fanatic I know that pro and
College hoops if you want some Fly Guys hockey you want some uh little Jacky kage 975 The Fanatic thanks for getting in with us this morning I think it’s Eagle Super Bowl week in the regular season because it can just put it away you can have five games to go and as long as you win three of them you’re going to be fine you’re
Going to be home free you’re going to have a home field advantage you can take care of everything uh if you want to share a thought on that you can at 6106 32975 Sixers made a impact last night you heard it right here on the fanatic Bob that was a blowout of Epic
Proportions 44 I think 44 points that’s pretty wild worst regular season loss in LeBron james’ career yes yeah that’s that’s pretty wild yeah they they’re they’re looking good they’re they’re playing very well they shot very well last night especially from three uh everybody was hitting three-point shots
You know the people they expect even some of the people you don’t expect uh Marcus Mars gave you some really good minutes off the bench last night uh I I talked about it before and and I’ve had back and forth with people that I was worried about their depth and people are
Like what are you talking about they’re they’re throwing in four or five guys off the bench okay that’s fine and back a couple weeks ago when I was saying it you can bring 10 guys off the bench but if they’re not quality guys it really doesn’t matter now I said at the time
Marcus Mars intrigued me keep an eye on him because that could be a piece that might turn into something that I really like I don’t know yet uh I liked what I saw from him last night Patrick Beverly’s giving you the minutes that you wanted um Covington’s doing what he
Does is that good enough what is it that he tell me what he does uh he get He Flops a lot does like yeah he gets touched and it’s ajj I see I don’t see it the way some people see it no he gets his hands on balls he’s
Very uh anticipatory defensively as soon as the other team gets a rebound he’s looking to deflect the ball he’s looking to get his hand on the ball he’s very very good at that active yeah the activity level fits likes to do deflections all of that
Stuff his hands are are some of the most active in all the NBA uh so he gives you that offensively you need him to hit some threes he’s not good at finishing at the basket he’ll get you some hustle like you know offensive rebounds putbacks real quick stuff like that is
It good enough uh I want to see this team at full strength to me this team is at its best at full strength with a uh an UB coming off the bench uh Nick patum to me has become the glue of this team it’s wild that’s wild because I knew I
Knew really about his game completely I told you when I when I watched him you know years ago when we were down in Charlotte and talking to a friend of mine at the time who who you know followed Batum and said yeah this guy’s he’s very diversive really good player
Said from then on I kept watching him and he was he was that with a bad team now he’s just that kg veteran that can do a little bit of everything and he seems to be a perfect fit with Joel embiid and of course the way Maxi’s
Playing and their defense and it it’s it’s fun to watch right now it’s it’d be great to talk to Nick nurse about this how about today at 9:05 what 9:05 today yeah we efforted that last night great job Nick Nur is gonna give us a phone call around 9:05 this that’ll be
Fantastic see that’s that’s fantastic stuff I saw where the dynamic duo of uh you know Joel embiid and Tyrese Maxi the most combined both guys getting 30o games in the NBA this season now we’re only around a quarter of the way into the season but still really got to be
Pleased with that yeah and be didn’t have to play the fourth quarter last night gets a triple double in just 30 minutes of play uh those are the nights you really like you go out you shoot the ball well you execute well you play you play very good defense uh th those are
The types of night where Nick nurse Midway through the third quarter might even find him himself saying wow all right this is an easy one tonight I love how uh nurse gets nurse seems to get players the the rest pet sometimes he gets the players rest in games though
Where I’m going hey coach would you put Joel back in he’s been out a little too long like his substitution patterns completely different than what we knew under Doc and I’m not trashing doc with that I’m just saying they they’re very but they’re completely different yeah um
You kind of knew exactly what the sub patterns are going to be with Doc pretty early on he didn’t really really change that up but um no I mean I’m liking what I’m seeing it’s not like I disliked what I saw from Doc by the way right we
Weren’t we weren’t doc Bashers yeah it’s just it’s it’s it’s different uh it seems to working players seem to respond to it well and hopefully it continues now Bob you’re as we go back to the Eagles a little bit here the to me the idea about Brian Johnson has been one
That you wanted to talk about today and Brian Johnson has either been I think Brian Johnson has and I and at this point I really believe he has truthers and he has detractors because there are people who will just die on the mountain of Brian Johnson’s doing a
Great job and I and I will continue to insist he’s not doing a great job well where’s the evidence Li Mo towards great job or not great job you were bringing up yesterday about how the numbers are early similar last year completely similar um you know last year they were
One of the best offenses in the League last year they went to the Super Bowl uh they’re scoring more points this year they’re like top 10 in rushing top 10 in passing top 10 in total offense I mean a lot of the evidence sways towards him
Like what are you looking at why are we complaining about him well I’d say is that the first thing I’d say about that is if you have the number one stack deck in the NFL which was accepted before the season began offensive line skill position players an MVP caliber
Quarterback I expect you to do all these things I expect it to be penciled in I didn’t expect when when Brady and Manning and all them had those good offense had those great offenses I didn’t expect to be like well let’s look I mean it’s amazing what they’re doing
With that he’s he has got the best talent in the NFL and unfortunately why are you trailing constantly why are you constantly digging out of it and one of the things I looked at yesterday with this is the fact is what happens when Brian Johnson and The Eagles fall behind
When they dig themselves these holes with their game plan from the first half they go back to the Run well they go back to the run which they ignore in the first half like like you said they’re playing from behind well they’re not giving up the points no but they also
They don’t they haven’t scored enough their offense isn’t as good third highest scoring team in the in the no I’m playing first I’m saying first half they are not they’re diing holes are we nitpicking I don’t believe so no because he’s got the best offense in the best
Tools to play with in the NFL and the numbers show it but he’s not no it it doesn’t when you’re watching when you’re watching these games absolutely they do not yeah like I said I’m playing Devil’s Advocate I got you uh yeah I don’t like the slow starts I saw some all 22
Yesterday that they in the first six plays of the game yesterday they tried to run the same thing twice and it wasn’t open either their time uh three and out to start the game uh coming out in the second half the first play is is
You lose four yards o on a sack uh yeah they kind of get back to the run and then but the thing is that’s countered to being down by 10 in the NFL the the the counter to being down by 10 would be to throw the ball but they’ve thrown the
Ball and then in the second half they go oh wait we forgot we’re like great with the run the run really is what our bread and butter should be but we don’t want to do that in the first half well yeah I I mean obviously it’s it’s probably not
That dumbed down like they forget or I don’t know are they are they trying to do things to set up other things and there’s a quote in the in the speak for yourself later on that we’re we’re going to do at 7:30 that really perked my ears
That really makes me wonder is there a more of a major plan here than we’re than we know what’s going on because we saw the other day in the first half what Boston Scott canny gainwell like why are they in the game so much and DeAndre Swift they’re like sharing time when
DeAndre Swift is your number one back and then second half boom 12 carries for DeAndre Swift looks great the offense starts opening up everything gets better okay is that a microcosm and maybe what their season is that they don’t want to burn out DeAndre Swift before these
Playoffs starts that they don’t want to maybe show everything before these playoffs start they had a great play where they had Kenny gainwell in the back field you had DeAndre Swift Out wide in and as a slot receiver you bring him on the on the uh um Whatchamacallit
He comes in motion you snap the ball handed to him and he gets you like 20 yards that was three games ago we haven’t seen it since I do think there might be a bigger picture here you you allow yourselves to fall behind maybe they I don’t think you
Allow yourselves but I I think they just have the utmost confidence in whatever they’re going to do is going to work and some of the things don’t look it’s professional football not everything is going to work you’re not going to score in every possession session you’re not
Going to start the game with a touchdown every time it’s not going to work but you did last year wow like this like you did your offensive coordinator your defensive coordinator it did you did last year you did what last year you’re scoring come out but you came out but
You’re scoring more this year than you were last year but you came out and had fourth quarter laughers where Pat was playing with Legos it’s a it’s a you don’t want to fall behind by 10 in the NFL nobody wants to fall behind no not
At all uh I want my best players on the field I want my best plays to be used I want to get the lead and then let this defense Munch because that’s what they did last year that’s why they got 70 sacks because the offense set them up
For a two-score lead and then the defense just feasted and Pat played a lot of Legos which really I think helped Pat’s mental it helped your mental life I know Bob is Playing devil’s advocate here he can stop uh this is ridiculous they they don’t they they don’t look the
Same they don’t not at all Bob you can stick that in a sack well he’s playing Advocate I don’t like the fact after last week and I know there were some complaints after last week I mean I don’t know than you did last year take off your Utah Brian Johnson Jersey all right
And and go dump it right in the trash wearing my Nick serani Mount un I like I like The Devil’s Advocate stuff though I think because it does challenge you to go okay but it needs to be said because this this is just a battle of numbers
Versus eye test like do does your eyes tell you that it is the same because the numbers do say hey yeah this team’s doing about as well as last year but when you watch the games it’s two different games and the biggest example of that is the fact that you were having
Too many Lego games last year you were kicking back in at halftime and I brought it up yesterday you’d be up by by 10 at the half you’d be getting the ball to start the second half and then they’d immediately score and in a blink
Of an eye you’re you’re up 17 you know by 17 points you could just kick back and enjoy it this team it’s it’s a it’s more of a struggle and a big part of that is the play calling you know I tweeted about it like two games ago but
It seems like this guy’s calling like he’s he’s playing Madden you know it’s like oh well it didn’t work on the left side let’s try it on the right side okay well that didn’t that play didn’t work here well let’s try it again I’m sure it’ll work again like he just doesn’t
Seem to have a great feel for play calling in my opinion and I I I think this team scores a lot of points because they’re just that damn good just that talented I think that’s what it is I mean you know how people would say and
It’s a slant it away but they would say uh Bill pel’s good because he had Tom Brady uh Phil Jackson’s good because he had sha and Kobe and Michael Jordan and Steve Kerr and everybody uh if you can’t win with this offense you can’t win if
You can’t be successful and be one of the best offenses in the NFL with this Talent then you’re doing something wrong but they are but it’s not but it doesn’t they’re going to be like you talked about expectations oh we expect this and and then you described what this team
Does this year so they’re they’re doing what you expect no they’re not I never expected this team to be continually having to play fourth quarter tight rope Anything Could Happen you could you look at the defensive coordinator for that too you can absolutely no no no question both coordinators absolutely but last
Year you did the offense set up the defense last year because the offense is far more talented sha Desi doesn’t have the stack deck that Brian Johnson does not even close does he have the same kind of level of talent across every single unit that he’s got uh you want to
Get in with a 610 632 0975 Julius and Delco Julius you bat lead off today how are you brother hey guys doing well doing well can you hear me yes we can hear you thanks for calling Hey man first time caller super excited to be on a little
Nervous um oh man loving my Eagles um you guys mentioned you know that hey they seen the lag in the first half all that good stuff man forget that my thoughts we are like the Strategic boxer and and you got to remember that guys know what we’re doing now they they
Got all last year’s game film they know what we’re doing so now we got to sit back and we gotta watch and we gotta see okay the guy you know moving he tends to move this way so if I come with this counter boom and so you know what I
Think is that Brian Johnson he’s play he plays he calls it timid in the first half I will say that he calls the game very timid um those first three possessions of the game obviously shows you that like you know they’re not going to start off aggressive but I think is
Strategy I think they’re doing it because they want to find the weakness and then we see in that second half boom they explode they explode I mean how can we be mad at that guys because because why why when you have the best offensive Talent do you not want to you just said
It to yourself they don’t he doesn’t seem to want to come out aggressive why do you not want to when you are better than everybody or arguably everybody in the NFL offensive Talent hey better is is truly relative because I mean they’re all Prof professional they’re all
Professionals all of these guys are in the NFL for a reason my thoughts are that these guys you know understand what our offense can do I mean every team understands what our offense can do and Brian Johnson knows that he knows that and so don’t give him everything you
Know at at upfront you know what I mean uh tease them a little bit or or you know kind of draw them in with certain things and then you know like I said find that weakness find what we can find you know get in there and just explode
And that’s what we’ve been doing haven’t we been doing that I mean I want to fall behind I appreciate you I don’t want to fall behind by 10 points in in games week after week after week I I would love to hear other other cities listening to this right now are
You serious they’re complaining about 10 and one and how they’re winning really now here’s something on Brian Johnson side okay maybe they do start slower and he had a good point there maybe other teams are prepared really well for the Eagles because they saw what they did
Last year they know their personnel a little bit better last year you have a whole two years of Jaylen Herz in the book maybe we need to give praise to Brian Johnson for making halftime adjustments and scoring all those points in the second half or what are you doing
All week long to prepare for the game so’s the other team John but why don’t you have a better plan you’re you got all the talent you have you should have the you should have the too like I I you know you’re just saying you can roll out
There and go ahead guys go out there and score 40 points like that’s how easy it should be but I mean it’s not that easy it’s just not so other teams this is the this is the defending NFC champion you don’t think time everything is put in to
Try to beat them because every team wants to get there yeah so you’re going to come out with your best effort and every team does every week and all of that and if you see some things aren’t working and you make the adjustments and you’re still averaging more points than
You were last year 28 points a game and you’re 10 and one I I can kind of live with it okay if one team is leading at halftime the I understand it isn’t but what team had the better game plan most likely that do nothing what does that do
You you can game plan all you want John if Jaylen hurts throws an interception a stupid interception or canny gain while fumbles a ball that has nothing to do with preparation you surpris you think Sports is all about preparation you can be as prepared as you want you go out
There and your your players can poop the bed and they’re just not executing so you’re putting it on the players now I’m not putting anything on anybody you are that was the ex you just said the players no you just said the players like the players can go you said it’s
Preparedness I’m saying preparedness doesn’t all the time guarantee that something going happen I I don’t think it says all the time it does but I think that more often than not when you have the best offensive talent in the NFL you shouldn’t be trailing by 10 points constantly you shouldn’t be having to
Play like walk the tight RPP in the fourth quarter to try to win let’s see Ike seems to be on your side here with this Ike in Southwest Philly how are you brother I’m all right great hear great to hear from yall uh this the thing I
Was looking at NFL live yesterday in oransi was breaking down Brian Johnson and I was thinking about because John you always talk about how you look at those shows I do we were watching I was talking to Bob about this before the show like it’s strange you brought this
Up yeah and and he was calling showing like the sequence of how they ran the three receivers on one side with the back in the and they called it three times in a row which set up the touchdown to Devonte Smith and and that’s what I’m saying like as much as
The fans and people on radio complain about Brian Johnson like Bob said it’s a balance yeah they coming out like Bob said this yesterday and I heard him he was like maybe they came out throwing yesterday because majority of the bills backfield was was uh hurt their
Defensive backf was hurt and that that makes sense and Tony Romo showed during the play they were playing some kind of umbrella defense or whatever that the that the Eagles had to figure out and and the point is hey the the grass head full is they figured it out I think that
Sometimes we just when to complain they want to bring back Frank White I’m all these people Frank Frank rice stunk in Indiana stunk in in Carolina and sometimes we no it’s an offensive coordinator didn’t stink well Frank W St yeah but no he didn’t stink as an offensive coordinator here and that’s
Why I think people are like that Ike but we but I think sometime you live in the past all time you keep talking about last year this not the last year team this is this year team and they got to find their own way to win this year and
It’s going to be different and the and the opponents are harder and like Bob said they got more motivation because they going against the NFC champion and not the team that got blown out by Tampa Bay the year before so got it take it easy I think that I think you make some
Good points there EG and I I was telling Bob about orlovski before the show today because he really is he he he now is doubling down on like he goes well he needs to stop go ahead finish your he’s doubling down on Jaylen Herz he’s doubling down on Brian Johnson he is
Like the last time he doubled down on an eagles player it was Carson Wentz so so keep Jaylen Hur out your mouth there Dan orlovski all right just let him be let it go you want to get in with this seriously is this is this like we were
Discussing this Brian Johnson and having this debate I I think that when you don’t when you’re constantly trailing at half that means the opposition had a better game plan than you did and it just is is where I’m looking at but is it nitpicking as Bob’s pointed look
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Always awesome free booze free food some of the best food you’re ever going to get I mean it is just awesome watching p down probably pounds of mac and cheese is really cool I know it’s not it’s that’s not accurate I have a normal
Amount for a a boy my size a boy your size I think a normal amount is probably about a pound or so I don’t think I don’t think I have nearly that much I make I make my little sandwich and and then you go back I I might go
Back if if the mood if the mood strikes Liv is very excited to attend her first Philly sports trips tailgate on Sunday as as our dad daughter day I don’t think she’s ready for continues so no Pat just be like you though tell you know the the
Booze is not you know for for her she’s too young so be sure to tell her that you’re you’re the role model for that I pound COK at that well she can join you then hey uh Ken wants to join in our earlier conversation about Brian Johnson
Which is really generating a lot of traction here and Bob I don’t know where you went from playing this is what I where you went from Playing devil’s advocate to really believe in what you’re saying because Pat and I don’t see I just dis believe what you’re
Saying is that that what yeah like like yeah you can we can you know make the argument nobody frustrates me more than probably Brian Johnson on this Eagles team however the numers show what is but the preparation thing it shows are not prepared because they’re down at
Halftime I I that’s not sports like that it’s that’s just a that statement doesn’t you mean you mean when the the the better game plan doesn’t usually win you said that they’re beh they’re 10 points four games in a row it doesn’t mean they’re not prepared it no what it
Means is I think their game plan isn’t working offensively they they didn’t that what they’re scoring and what they’re doing what is your job to do as a coach it’s to stop the other team to do what they do best so if I come out
And I try to run my stuff and they’re they’re doing a good job of stopping it my job to me the best part of a coach is to make the adjustments that I now can do things that are going to work Brian Johnson’s done a great job that the last
Two games that you’re referring to that they were down 10 at halftime four games but they do not go here’s what they don’t do though is they don’t go to their bread and butter they do that as the as the fallback position what team does that nobody does that you could if
You have a bread and butter if you have something that’s great something you do better than other teams in the NFL why do you not do it in the first half why do you resist so they should throw the ball to AJ Brown every time no no no
Their their bread and butter has been running the football which sets up the passes say that’s the best of the Eagles though I don’t think the best part of the Eagles offense is they’re running see I think it’s Fant I think it’s what ex might be one of the best wide
Receivers in the league de DeAndre Swift although the numbers are good he’s not one of the best running backs in the league I think he’s third in numbers but he’s not one of the best running backs in the league okay but I mean third in the NFL and he’s getting part-time he’s
Getting parttime car I thought he was third the other day but whatever I you know like you don’t do what you do best every time that’s just not Sports hey kenon Philadelphia where you fall on this Ken good morning Welcome to The Fanatic good morning John good morning
Fellas hey buddy hey John you have to figure out what’s going on as far as the Swift thing his history is telling you that he’s kind of injury prone and he’s already had more carries this year than he’s ever had in his career so you have
To preserve him if you want to go far in the playoffs so you use them when you’re down you don’t use them to get up in a game no not when you so if he he does well in the second half and you burn him
Out or the first half of the game then what do you do in the second half when you know this guy is not going to make it through the season well I think what you do is what you do what you do is what you did with my sanders last year
You you got what happened with Miles Sanders last year he was burnt out but you got out to the lead and then and then other teams didn’t catch you but also you got have to remember that there’s more turnovers this year by Jaylen and the Eagles than it was so for
Instance with the with the bills if you look at it we got the ball back and L than two minutes left or what have you and we fumbled the ball we it was a 10 to seven game we weren’t playing that great but when you give the ball away
And now you give them the ball on our side of the field what happens there so now that’s why you’re down again in the game before with the Chiefs the same thing happen gamewell doesn’t go out of bounds when it’s second and 15 well he goes out of bounds instead of making a
Use a timeout so it’s smart play by the players that’s not happening and the turnovers make a big difference they do they do so by your logic though then an injury Pro then Christian mcaffrey should play the second half for 49ers on Sunday well well Chris he’s injury he’s
Injury prone very injury prone and you you’ll see that and without him where will they go well I’m saying that’s I’m saying they they have if Christian gets hurt where is the 49ers going to go they can throw the ball all over the field we’re gonna find out on Sunday they’ve
Been doing that real well I mean I I don’t I don’t understand the logic in that but again as Bob points out and we talked about yesterday the numbers are almost exactly the same as last they played six of the top 12 defenses this year the didn’t last year like let’s not
Forget there are defenses that are looking to take away what the Eagles are doing trying to do offensively and they didn’t do that last year by the way in support of what Bob’s saying there hey Terrell what’s up Terell what’s up buddy how’s everybody doing this morning hear from you man what’s going
On uh and I’m I’m before I say this I want to say that we are Super Bowl favorites we are probably going to win this not win the Super Bowl but at least make it to the Super Bowl we could beat any team Any Given Sunday but I listen
To you guys a lot I listen last year and I remember you know I I keep saying this every time I call I remember Pat last year every week was saying anybody can get it he was playing his paray he was winning he was happy he those the days
And he doesn’t have that same feeling this year and he’s just like a lot of us like we like I don’t know if Jaylen Herz turnovers but there’s something about this team that is keeping us from being as confident as we was last year yeah I
Mean I I I think anybody who’s watching this year that tells you yeah I’m just as confident as last year they’re playing really well and look they’re not it’s not the same but the results is what matters right bottom line isn’t that what everyone’s going to tell you
Yeah and the results do matter but like like like I was saying earlier like we are excusing a turnover every game from Jaylen Herz or somebody on his team and some of these turnovers might not work the same way in the playoffs like like we like we’ve seen teams with pton
Manning you know he was cruising during the play uh season and got to the playoffs and you know stuff started you know detailed started adding up and like we seen this before many times with too too many teams and they get to the playoffs and they’re not perfect yeah
Like the the Packers to 15 and one Packers reminds me of that sometimes is that you know you can get exposed by the the one team can expose you like the Giants did to them I think when they were 15 and one the one team that you
Match up with can expose you I think the biggest dangerous team that they’re going to face in the playoffs Bob is this Sunday and so we’re getting like a playoff preview I think they’re the best team that they’re going to face yeah I I I have no problem saying that yeah 49ers
Are going to scare you a little bit but and they’re coming off you know they haven’t played they won’t have played since Thanksgiving uh when the Eagles play Dallas I think they’re coming off of a do does Dallas have the Bas plays no they play Thursday Night Football oh th they’re going to
Have a long yeah so uh that’s a big Advantage also but the bigger Advantage is where’s the game being played and that’s here and and that you know that’s that’s where you want to be when you’re playing San Francisco whether it be regular season or the playoffs you mean
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Holding on you’re on the fanatic how are you buddy what’s going on PHS good man yes sir John you play to win the game is this you sound like Herm Edwards can can I now like Bob says we played six of the top 12 defenses and we live in a city
Where our never adjust we adjust at halftime we and when Jaylen Herz runs the ball this team is dangerous this man has lost two games in his last 27 and you’re still doubting us about whoa whoa whoa whoa I’m not doubting Jaylen herdz I’m doubting trank I’m doubting coaching Frank Frank I have
Said nothing about doubting jayen Herz I doubt the coaching philosophy of how they’re running this offense it doesn’t matter other teams are out to get us this is the NFL okay it’s not easy last year we were dominating Pat was on the show saying man I can’t watch the Eagles
It’s not even a game no more because we were D now we get some competition we fall down the first half we come back in the second half and dominate we dominate and we’re getting like oh my it’s just always nitpicking like I don’t think it’s nitpicking Frank he never win now
We’re winning with all three friends you sound Frank you sound like the Phillies fans all summer long it won’t matter that we don’t run the bases well it won’t matter that you know we strike out a lot it doesn’t matter we’re winning we’re going to make the playoffs who
Cares it mattered for the second consecutive year it mattered because when you play great teams they can exploit what you do crappily and you got to and you gotta you got to figure an out you got to be better they they talk about it serani talks about it coach
Serani he talks about it Brian Johnson talks about it you got to be they got to be better and they still and we’re in we’re going to be in December and they’re saying we still haven’t played our best game yet I’m hoping hopeing it’s coming around Bob one time soon
That we’re gonna see that we’re gonna see that best game it’s only one team wins a championship in each sport so you can you know we can be right 31 out of 32 times yeah I mean you know we we can say all we want and I told you so see
They didn’t improve that they didn’t improve this that’s who they are that’s the makeup of the team that’s what they are but if and it’s good enough to get you to a World Series to to a nationally League Championship Series to a Super Bowl you just didn’t get over to hump
Yeah you’re always looking to get better um but if it’s why you’re going to lose if it’s a spinpoint why you’re you fall behind I I’m gonna tell you right now you don’t come back 10 points down from the 49ers I’ll say right now if they’re
Down 10 points to the 49ers I don’t think they’re coming back because then their defense gets to do with the Eagles defense did last year they tee off on people and that and then it becomes really really difficult uh and hopefully we’re getting laye Johnson back
Hopefully it seems like that seems to be the talk Jimmy kmky was on yesterday and he had an interesting thought uh as far as discussing he thinks things are going to get fixed with this offense I can’t answer that question I really don’t know but you’re right that they’ve experience
That and they’ve done a great job I mean on both sides of the ball really sha Desai on the defensive side you know Nick serani and Brian if they both both sides of B done a great job of adjusting uh at halftime and coming out with a
Plan that works in the second half they can put it all together they’ll kind of be like a little bit like they were last year where as you mentioned when they were blowing teams out early and then they could just kind of Lean On The Run
Game and choke teams out that way but it’s been a different season they have not been as good to start games they’re built in a way where they should be able to come out and you know put it on teams early but for whatever reason it just hasn’t happened obviously in football
Everything’s kind of a small sample size they’ve only played 11 games so I don’t know that it’s a it’s a theme we can expect to continue like I think at some point they’re going to come out and and start playing better in my opinion the
Most talented team in the NFL so at some point you know you’d think that they put it together a little bit better than they have in the first half yeah and Jimmy ksky do a great job there I I just I expect the best team in the NFL best
Roster in the NFL to not be constantly having to pull a tight RPP at act in order to win games and it say because because if you got the best team in the NFL then these other team they should win every game 40 to 10 no not 40 to 10
I just don’t expect it to be I don’t I think the best part of coaching is making adjustments just like Jimmy said to me that’s the best part of coaching you come in you might have a game plan and you and you say wow they’re stopping that or they’re doing something on
Defense I didn’t expect all right let me change that when you change it and it means winning and outscoring teams in the second half I think that’s good coaching is the team that makes the adjustments to the game plan usually the team that had the better plan to start
Uh I I don’t know there’s no way of of finding that out I don’t know well if your plan works you had a great game plan if you execute a game plan and it just you’re tearing up many teams go against better teams or whatever and have terrific game plans and pull out
Upsets I’ve seen teams that are better have really good game plans and the lesser team takes it away for some reason I mean that you can’t justify like preparedness like the Washington games they make no sense everybody else in the NFL blows them out beats them swamps them and for two different times
The Eagles gave him 31 points and that’s on Shawn Desai by the way a lot of that on the defense too Chris in West Philly joins us Chris good morning you’re on the fanatic how are you Chris turn down your radio buddy Chris turn it down buddy where are you
CR come on we got to turn down your radio the uh it’s it’s Pat it is it is different because you’re the numbers work against us the numbers work against you’re you’re being you’re being critical they’re 10 And1 they’re being 10 And1 10 and one teams can lose in the
Postseason to because of things that they don’t do well that they just are so talented but like to Bob’s Point there’s one team that wins a championship and every other team is looking at what they could have done right I mean if the Eagles are putting up you know 35 points
And then next thing you know the playoffs come around and you know they start having turnovers left and right and I’m not talking about you know the turnover that happened about the unforced you mean ones yeah like you know the the Jaylen Herz fumble in the
Super Bowl it’s a good example of that you know it’s just you don’t see that uh every week I mean um it it’s it’s one of those fluke turnovers it’s just the NFL’s a a weird sport uh it’s it’s a week- toe league for sure and uh you
Know it’s Any Given Sunday is that I buy into that but it’s I I I just don’t think he has a good feel for for play calling at the end of the day like I don’t know if he’s a good coach but I definitely don’t think he has a good
Feel for play calling um um the team is really talented they should be putting up points but the one caller brought it up and I I he was about me I didn’t even think about it and it’s a good point you know last year my confidence level could not have been
Higher I mean I I don’t care if you were the 72 Dolphins coming in here like anyone could have gotten it you kep you kept saying that week after week I don’t I don’t have that confidence this year because of the fact that they do have a
Lot of these um I don’t want to say mistakes but it’s it goes back to just the execution maybe or the play calling one of the two but it smelled into me not having that confidence that I did have last year with all that being said I have confidence this Sunday like I
Have confidence they’ll win the games I just don’t have the level of confidence that I had last year about like I don’t care who you are you can come in here you can get it confidence will win the games but not liking the way they win
Them I think that’s fair yeah not not feeling chesty about how it gets done now with that said like when they beat the Chiefs I don’t care how it happens you beat the chief Chiefs on the road whatever just take the win but this I mean this goes back to like the famous
Mike schmi quote of of uh you guys uh probably know word for word but the you know agony of the the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next day because that is me I’m hand up I’m you know the guy that’s sitting here
10 at one going like what could have been better yeah this this this this this wasn’t good enough but I I do try to remind myself to Bob’s Point earlier there’s how many teams that would kill to be in my position bitching and moaning about a 10-1 offensive
Coordinator you know I mean the next closest team is N9 and oh 9-2 eight three eight and three yeah okay there you go um yeah there’s every every team in the league would like to be in our spot yeah and and and another like the number I point pointed out
Yesterday 10 for 10 in the Red Zone over the last three weeks like there has been Improvement there yeah that’s a really good that’s a really good St spring the ball around maybe a little bit more and and you talk about preparedness or whatever let’s not forget the Eagles
Were up 10 points at halftime of the Super Bowl last year it it it didn’t mean anything to me it’s kind of like uh Jeff bezos’s complaining about taxes like all right dude you’re still a millionaire I don’t know what to tell you I’m really sorry you have to pay
Those uh but I would love to be in your position to pay those and that’s us complaining about Brian Johnson yeah it could end up cosing them it could um but I would never have thought turnovers and you know Jonathan Ganon not being able to adjust in the second half I didn’t
Think that was going to cost him the Super Bowl it did it does hey yeah we a good conversation there and we’ll have plenty more of it at 610 6320 975 Pat’s going to ask you what matters more to you coming up before Bob has to speak
For yourself where he reads between the lines and tells us what did they really say at the Eagles press conference stay tuned hope you’re a Tuesday Morning this giving Tuesday is going well benefiting the aacr John King K show on 975 the fanatic I know good Tuesday morning to
You Eagles getting ready for a huge game this weekend Bob’s got speak for yourself con up in like 8 minutes so he’ll decipher for you what was actually said at the Eagles press conference yesterday if you missed it but as big as this game is this weekend Pat you believe that potentially it’s
Not yes thank you for joining me did I surprise you there a little bit yes there we go it’s right there you go this is Pat’s point of view here’s Pat I thought I had that you know what we were like we were like Herz and gainwell on
Sitting there know you take it you take it I I guess I’ll take it there you go um fumble yeah I’m I’m wondering though look you’ve got 49ers at home and you’ve got Dallas next week on the road yes what game do you think is more important
Is it is it this week or is it next week now you talked about John that if you win if you win this week yeah it’s over but if you lose this week it’s not necessarily over no it’s not but but the game that you’d Circle as that could be
The hiccup game probably would be Dallas and that’s a divisional game so do you look at Dallas Road that’s tougher or do you look at Sam Fran coming into Philly as that game being tougher like what game is more important is it this week or is it next week in your opinion
I really do believe it’s this week because I think it’s over and I think that that also too if you lose to San Francisco and then you beat Dallas and San Francisco has already had the taste of coming in in here into our building and winning I believe they’re going to
Be the NFC title game opponent that concerns me that to me seems like it would be a little bit of a problem as far as just I I I I wouldn’t like that scenario and Bobby I I know you whatever your thoughts are going to be I don’t
Like I to me that would be a problem I have more confidence I don’t know if this is exactly answering the question but I have more confidence the Eagles playing Sam Fran here this week Than I Do by far the Eagles going into Dallas next week I don’t know why there’s just
Some maybe it’s past history that’s in my head or whatever uh I I don’t have a lot of confidence going to Dallas and if you had like a I’m not going to call it a must-win but if you had a game that you really wanted as far as getting the
Number one seed I I just don’t I just don’t have that confidence down there for some reason uh I I think the Eagles do win this weekend I I I I think they keep riding this thing whatever it is of goodness uh I think this this weekend’s
Going to be a really tough game does that mean you go down to Dallas and you’re kind of like well we don’t really need this one nah you can’t do that um so it’s it’s going to be interesting these these next two games I think we
Brought it up on the pregame show um uh last week looking past the Buffalo game saying you know the the San Francisco and the Dallas game are really probably going to Define you and Define the NFC so I I do I have confidence this weekend though I I it’s weird Pat cuz of
What Bob’s saying there I feel the same way I have I have I have very good confidence that this team is going to go out and play a really really good game on Sunday but I don’t have the same thing about I don’t have the same thing about playing Dallas that’s and
That’s kind of why I bring it up like going to Dallas and playing a team that their quarterback elevates his game every time he plays you it seems like I I feel like they are the tougher game to look at like that’s that’s the tougher matchup s Frank coming in here
I’m I’m not all that concerned about it um but you’re not that concerned about it I’m concerned I’m concerned why you not tell us that’s Pat man look at him you you had a great read last year so keep get out it I don’t think that they’re this world beater dominating
Team that Vegas likes to prop them up to be okay uh I’m not sold on Brock I think Brock P’s a good quarterback I think he turn he turns his back to the defense far too often I don’t think that will work against
Um against this team I I no I I like we talk about in Philly how much the uh how how much the the loss of coordinators have mattered and we forget that demo Ryan left San Fran like their defense coordinator left they’re dealing with some injuries on the secondary they’re
Starting safeties out for the season I don’t know I’m just I’m not worried about them having to travel all the way across country as they stew about last year’s game I think they could come out more so like they’re so much more amped that it actually ends up being a
Detriment I don’t know I just not a l concerned about and part of it might be because last season I know we had a call earlier said like you got to get get over last season and I probably do but last season I watched this Eagles
Offense put up like 30 what 30 31 31 points whatever they crashed they trashed them on on this on this I mean vaunted San Francisco 49ers defense uh okay so I’m I’m not all that concerned and the Eagles offense put up 37 last week so and that was against a good
Defense so I’m not overly concerned about the 49ers coming in here but a big part of it is the fact that they have to travel here whereas the Eagles were have to travel to Dallas that’s you know that’s a different situation well then that’s why you need what what you just
Said is why you need to change your thought process I think because because the because of the San Fran if you’re saying it’s about here and Bob says like the biggest Advantage is knowing the game is here then you need this win this week to go up by three and a half and
Guaranteed that the game will not be in San Francisco you will not have to travel to you’re not going to have to travel anywhere you’re going to have two home games to get to the Super Bowl I think it’s got to I think it’s got to
Change you pet I got to convert you it won’t I mean because while I’ll be I’m more nervous about the Dallas game that I am San Fran but the Dallas game I will still go into going like yeah they can win right it’s not like I’m terrified
And they need you know you have some of these games well I mean the Eagles don’t but some teams go like well we need we need things to break our way I’m probably never going to go into an Eagles game this season going you need things to break your way because the
Team is Uber talented and for the Dallas game I’ll be going into it going yeah they can win like if they play their their game they can win but I’ll be more nervous for that matchup than San Fran how about that so this game doesn’t like it’s like anybody coming in
Come and get it I mean personally I’m more AED for this game than any other game on the schedule because I have grown to absolutely despise San Fran their fans uh boom boom and Squiggy like that dude’s face bothers me and this is coming from a guy that has a punchable
Face but uh yeah I everything about well thanks uh Twitter would disagree everything about that Squad I absolutely loathe uh Debo Samuel George KD stupid hair uh the name py I don’t like any of it even Matt and Hagen are for program director he can come in here and get it
Oh it’s great no it’s bad Matt um Enemy of the State Matt like I I can’t wait to prove not only s Fran wrong but also Vegas wrong because i’ I’ve taken it as a personal attack that the Eagles are not the favorite to win the Super Bowl I
Don’t know why but I just have so it’s just it’s it’s been it’s been a boiling up to me to to just no I don’t want to see stupid 49ers colors and whatnot I don’t like them that’s going to be that’s it is going to make for a really
Really great Sunday afternoon which starts at Live casino with the pregame show yeah with Bob and Andrew and Pat that’s right me Andrew and Pat will’ll be down there at one o00 right outside Live casino we’re right on the corner of Daren and Packer Avenue uh it’s awesome
Check it out on phillysports.com uh had a sellout again last week a sellout the week before that it the food is awesome the booze flows I mean unbelievably so you’re warm you’re underneath there’s no elements to that you have to overcome that’s nice and and you don’t have to
Pack up you don’t have to clean up you don’t have to sell all you have to do is throw out your last drink and leave I like it and walk over to the stadium en good music and friends and fun it’ll be fun uh looking forward to getting to my
First Eagles game this year and not going to Press Box just going for our daddaughter date on H Sunday and now they’re saying like sporadic showers it looks like now sporadic showers so that’s fine find some way you know find some way to uh put you know get yourself
Ready for it uh by the way Pat I told you earlier and Bob uh Minnesota losing last night I’m now down to the final two now Pat you said I’m in the final two in my Eliminator pool around 3,000 bucks on the line 3,000 total if you win total if
You win or or if you do the dirty thing and you say you want to take 1450 each or something like that you you you say make the offer or not I mean I would make the offer and if I don’t make the offer are you able to see before the
Game start like who who he picked no you can’t see until the the game they picked you can’t see until that game starts oh I don’t like that so when that game yeah I don’t know you shouldn’t be able to see what your opponent well here’s the thing
So you have two options this is what I would do you either offer him a split or you I mean have to look at that that thing like a hawk he’s probably going to be picking favorites at this point he’s probably saved a few I know
He’s probably saved a few so I would be looking at it like a hawk and then if he doesn’t accept the favorite and our our match our games don’t match up then I’m probably hopping on the live line and betting uh you know the other team
You’re trying try to ah trying to hedge look at you Pat’s always got a smart he’s a step ahead usually or half a step ahead I should say I was surprised yesterday my wife said uhuh if it comes down to the final two she goes don’t
Don’t take half he for her to say where was she picking through the last 12 weeks she said go for it all I think to pick 12 winners in a row I’m pretty impressed so see what see how it all shakes out all right let’s find out yesterday the Eagles had a press
Conference now what we found out over the years on this show is what is said at the press conference isn’t always what is meant let’s get to speak for yourself and now it’s time for Bob Cooney speak for yourself here’s Bob yeah so Nick serani took the de
Yesterday and a lot of questions to be answered and one of the first ones that I wanted to get to was and I think it answers a lot of questions about last year also but it was about the workload of one Jordan Davis and what he did on
Sunday hold on Jordan’s a little Frozen he’s worked really hard you know we’ve been on him about his weight and his conditioning and he’s been on himself about his weight and conditioning he’s worked really hard at getting his weight of what it needs to be his body fat what
It needs to be his conditioning of what it needs to be and he’s always in a work in progress but he’s really worked his butt off and so that’s a product of how hard he’s worked and he’s had to work really hard at maintaining his shape and
We’ll continue to expect him to do so and I know he’ll continue to do so because he doesn’t want to let his teammates down there’s the answer to last season isn’t it and we never got that candid answer last year no last year we didn’t at all it was different
Things there was an injury there you know it was talked about scheme and and all of that we speculated yes there specul okay I don’t mind that the that the uh organization protected him and didn’t say nah he’s too out of shape to be out there because that’s pretty
Damning you know especially to a guy that maybe has battled weight issues in the past but that that’s damning and that’s that’s you know somewhat personal uh so I I commend the organization for not bringing it up and now Nick siani praising him and the fact that Jordan
Davis can go out there and play 60 plus plays simply amazing and and good on him for young player to be able to do that this quickly all right another question he was talking about Devonte Smith has quietly I think at least been on fire over these last five weeks had over a
100 yards this past weekend against Buffalo and Nick Shani was asked how do you handle the targets when they have to be spread around obviously Devonte has to share Target counts with AJ with Dallas we’re we’re still going to always run it through those guys and now there’s some things that are planned
With DeAndre as well but he’s always going to be a focal point on our offense cuz we know how good of a football player he is and the his playmaking abilities so I think right now that we have the target share the way we envision it is that going to be a
Perfect science every time no there’s going to be sometimes that he has more targets than AJ and there’s going to be sometimes AJ has more targets than him all right I don’t know if you heard it now all the stuff that he said about about uh about Smith Devonte Smith I
Love I God I love watching that guy play football I heard one thing but you you might have heard the one thing and he and now there are some things that are planned with DeAndre as well so there like that just bleeds to me that and and
I hear what everybody’s saying yeah of course they’re holding DeAndre Swift back because he’s had a lot of carries and it’s more than always and he is susceptible to injury but I I it’s kind of the thing I’ve been looking for all year are they holding some things back
That answer kind of tells me that they are that there’s some planning going on that they haven’t showed yet we probably learned from last year I I would think they learned from from last year and they want to try some different stuff yeah oh no question about it and then
The caller early had a good you know my sanders couldn’t be counted on in the playoffs last year you had to go to Kenny gainwell because he may have been burnt out so that’s maybe why we’re seeing what we see and it looks like they have a bigger game plan than any of
Us know but uh that’ll be seen in the future but I like the way he worded that all right the next thing we were talking about I wanted to hear this answered yesterday and I said it to you on the show that I couldn’t wait for it
Describe to me Nick serani the walk-off that won you the game on Sunday it takes everybody it takes all 11 guys working in unison and it takes Devonte running off on the opposite side and getting number 31’s back turned to the play where he can’t react back out to make a
Play it takes the down block by Jordan Milada to to take his guy and physically put him on the other side of the hole it takes the down block by Landon it takes not only the motion timing by Jaylen to snap it at the right time but also the
Threat that DeAndre is on that motion right it’s like who is that guy on motion oh there better be attention going over there to zero cuz he just made a huge play of the play before and I didn’t even mention Jason and Jaylen obviously had two of the most important
Parts Jaylen had to get skinny through the hole and Jason had to wrap around and kick out block which he does so unbelievably well I I got to tell you watching that play over and over and over that walk-off play it was a thing of beauty absolutely so many different
Things as he points out yeah the way Kelsey came out and picked up on a a corner or safety whatever 31 I believe he was when he came over and he picks him up so well by leaving his Center Spot and coming out and Milada and and yeah Jaylen Herz making the read
And there was something beforehand because if you like I said yesterday if you watch that buff that Buffalo defense they were all shifting over to the other side of the line you had a safety and a linebacker rushing over to the right side look all the talent that was on
That side on the right side of the Eagles line and then boom they make the call to go to the left side on the quarterback draw it was it was really a perfect play that they ran to win that game all right the last thing was uh the
Diversity of the of the back field of the defensive backfield of of slle of Bradberry and how exactly he uses that during a game do Sean the side yeah I thought our Corners played an outstanding game you don’t want to give a beat to the defense same way you don’t
Want to put AJ in the exact same spot every single time so a defense can take him away or Devonte but I think that that we showed that slay and James particularly showed that they can go different spots and play different roles you know and that’s what makes them good
Players and that’s what’s made them good players in the NFL for a long time now yeah for a long time now that’s exactly right and and specifically what they were talking about was early on slates seemed to be shadowing Stefan Diggs and then they got away from it a little bit
And Bradberry was on them and then they went back to it so they switched it around back and forth we saw some numbers come out yesterday of coverage by slay by Bradberry slays were really good bradberries didn’t appear to be all that great I think it was specifically
On Stefan Diggs but it’s the div diversity of it all and if you watch that I don’t know if you guys saw this on Twitter if you saw the interception by Bradberry I think it might have been a BAL really great play so before the play before the snap you see the whole
Defensive secondary looking at each other talking to each other I’m off on this you’re on on that Bradberry starts out with somebody gives them off to the safety and then comes up in a slot POS you in the slot where a guy that was is covered for Buffalo and steps through
And steps in front of the pass and makes the interception again a thing of beauty like when you execute right it’s amazing what can happen and those were two plays in particular that happened on Sunday that serani talked about absolutely a uh a huge win huge huge win I I could watch
That game-winning play that was incred a million times because I think there was so much into it and everything executed perfectly you see that all 22 the NFL plus and they actually point out out every single you don’t like it’s there’s no way I watch that play and see
Well this and this and unless you’re just watching it you know you’re you’re trying to look at it it was unbelievable and uh yes credit to Brian Johnson for a spectacular final play call because that was a great play it was not a uh it was
Not an audible it was not a but they put so much talent on the right side of the field it had to freak out the bills yeah because there were there were three people he could throw to and and at that point you’re figuring if you’re if
You’re Buffalo right now you got to figure jaylen’s been throwing the ball great in the second half and I don’t think first and 12 of you know first first from the 12 I don’t think you’re actually thinking a quarterback draw to me that it just shows how many different things can hurt
You if you’re trying to stop the Eagles offense all right I gotta count for uh oh there goes DeAndre Swift in motion oh don’t forget you have Devonte Smith you have uh AJ Brown over here uh Jaylen Herz as your quarterback uh oh my God look at
The size of that left side of the offensive line how do we get through them and you know what amazes me still about this offensive line is the quickness and the speed especially when you go from the center to the left you see Jason Kelce get out there as well as
Anybody you know and and I love when announcers come in here and they’re like my God look at this guy at 36 years old he’s still running yeah he’s still running with running backs Jason don’t leave Landon Dickerson might be the toughest SOB on that whole offensive
Line I mean if you key in on him and that’s what I love to do I’ll just pick a guy and I’ll key in on on on a game Landon Dickerson abuses people I mean it’s it’s funny to watch it’s funny to watch this guy throw people around and
Then of course you got 68 360 PB Jordan milot over there who also can pancake you and then go out and dance and find a a linebacker or or God forbid a corner cuz I do I feel sorry for those guys I feel sorry for those corners and
Safeties when when the Eagles have their guards or Center pulling because they’re looking to just truck you and they do all the time how much do you think Dallas GD coming back would if he did come back for this game changes the offensive attack because I never I I I
Don’t think Dallas the last two years has made the impact that I thought he would like he just but it appears that the coaches are always saying the threat of Dallas makes everybody else great I think it’s the threat but also the blocking that we probably don’t
Necessarily notice in the moment cuz I’m not watching it you know what I mean I’m not watching block right exactly yeah you’re not I mean it’s normally you’ll notice the blocking and stuff on the replays I I I don’t think there was a ton of people that on that on that
Jaylen Herz winning touchdown run initially noticed that Kelsey got that block down and then when you see the replay you’re like holy crap yeah he made up for the mistakes and uh for the two penalties so um yeah just don’t think that you notice what he does but
It’s the threat and it’s something that Andrew too talked about something that Tim mcmanis talked about pretty much every beat writer it’s the you don’t know what you’re doing when Dallas C’s out there are they running or they throwing Grant calcatera okay he’s out there so they throwing Jack stole okay
They’re blocking it just adds that element of surprise that um he’s just kind of that wild card threat I’ll make this prediction real quick if Dallas Goddard does play on Sunday I’ll predict that one of the first five passes three passes maybe of the
Game go to him goes to him I do I just think the Eagles are like that when you get a guy back oh we we’ll show you he’s okay or will’ll prove to himself that he’s okay and boom get him a pass quickly I thought it was a uh very good
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The latest I’ve not been done because I’ve had a little little stuff going on but uh I’ll be I’ll be done by the weekend everything will be wrapped done ready by the weekend and Sunday it’ll be the Eagles and the 49ers and I’ve NE I a regular season
Matchup that I think makes such a statement and one of the big storylines around this has been the 49ers trash talking and Bob as a reporter you had to ask players I I I’m sure from time to time about you know other teams trash talking or things like that does it matter
Because it seems like if the Eagles needed any extra motivation the 49ers have given them all they ever could need just from everything they’ve said since last year’s NFC title game where they completely devalued the Eagles and went out of their way including Christian mcaffrey at the Super Bowl
Uh with other players to me that’s that’s I’ve never seen anything like this honestly as far as where one team just targeting another with a lot of trash talk and the Eagles for the most part kept their mouth shut for the most part yeah uh does it matter um not as
Much as it does to players as it does to us I don’t think so here’s the thing we go we talk about this game and we’re in the business we talk about this past game until today uh and then move on to the 49ers today and all that uh fans
They went to the game last week they’re gearing up to go again next week oh I hate that Debo Samuel I can’t believe you called him trash I hate the 49ers blah blah blah players have game plans players have schemes players have assignments players have health to worry
About to get better from there is so much going on in a player’s mind to get ready for a game that yes I think all that crap is secondary when you’re on the field and you make a hit or something you look down you say oh yeah
You’re the guy that talked crap right then maybe it comes up and you remember it or you might have his number in your head a little bit but I don’t think to athletes as far as the times that I’ve talked to them about extra motivation and all that stuff those kind of things
Are way on a back burner if you like I mean serious you’re more saying that if they’re asked about it they may have something to say about it sure but they’re not probably offering up it yeah the 49ers talked a lot I thought slay the other day made it I was a little
Surprised he sort of went all in on this pet as far as is embracing this and I think he feels bad for his counterpart James Bradbery who they I think yeah probably absolutely I mean he he because they seem like they are like are real brothers yeah and you know he remember
He wanted he wanted him back badly yes he talked about it um I think the trash talk does matter with athletes now Bob you would know better than me um it’s interesting because I saw this video circula on Twitter last week from this former know bench player uh for the for
The in the NBA name Archie Goodwin who was yeah he came and went uh he’s Jarvis VN but in Phoenix but he was talking about he was on a podcast he was talking about how they were playing the Heat when LeBron was with the heat and LeBron
Is having a pretty quiet night and it’s isn’t really doing much I think he had like 12 points or something and you know he’s he’s on the wing and he’s backing down PJ Tucker and of all people Deontay Christmas like Temple Zone Temple great Deontay Christmas who was on the Suns
And he yells like yo we’re living with that let him have it and LeBron looked back and proceeded to then make it a make it a point to go after PJ Tucker and finish with 38 points on the night like he went off after this throwaway
Comment now all all the Suns players to to Goodwin story all the Suns players like dude why why are you poking the bear LeBron kidding me he’s quiet tonight why you poking the bear and LeBron decided you know what screw it I’ll go up some players I think it does
Matter you know Kobe was another guy oh yeah yeah K was a guy that was like he would just you know he would use any motivation MJ but I think it is rare you know and I don’t know how many guys in the Eagles locker room are built like
That uh I don’t know how many guys are sitting there going like damn all right but I think there are a few for sure and I think there are a few that like Brandon Graham I get I bet you is going to be is going to be talking sh all day
Long yeah well first of all he talks matter who it is right but I’m sure he’ll be saying something at the coin toss about it you know jarus slay got you know we know the talkers and then we know the guy that kind of just go about
Their business um but it’s hard for me to imagine that there’s 53 guys in a locker room and nobody nobody’s pissed off about these com the commonality of the players you just said is what they’re all basketball players yeah I think in that sport it’s so much easier
To do that and that sport it’s like give me the ball I’m taking over you can’t do that in football you can’t do it you know like hockey and baseball it it it it basketball lends itself to saying all right if one guy wants to use that and
He’s that good the players that you named he’s that good and wants to take over yeah but when it’s a team sport like football and you have so many different assignments and all I I I I just think it is on the back burner I no
And I I I hear what you’re saying I don’t think though that it doesn’t mean they don’t want to oh sure have that LeBron esque impact right like there’s going to be I think an extra added motivation every time either Bradberry or Slayer matched up against Debo Samuel
Oh you you don’t think they want to pick off with him God they want to let him know about right I mean it’s going to be way more than Brandon iok who I haven’t heard of he put a nice season no yeah he’s decent wide receiv there uh but you know
You haven’t heard from him there’s going to be way more motivation for that guy than for the other ones gotcha I think it’s fair Rick and Easton wants to get in on this game a little bit 49ers in Dallas now Pat was making the case earlier about which one do you want so
Rick what do you think case I was making the case the last two years s San Fran it’s all about San Fran Dallas is insignificant the first tiebreaker head-to head end the story that’s what I’ve said division record second common opponents third Conference record is fourth it’s all about San Fran you
Dallas haters have to stop it’s all about the ring it’s not about the Cowboys here’s a couple questions that I have where is AJ Brown why is it when AJ Brown was Captain America Devonte Smith knows how to keep his mouth shut and be a team player now that Devonte is the
Man AJ pouts looks like Rick Rick Rick you’re absolutely F Rick false false what do you mean be pting he looks like he’s losing concentration he’s Rick real quick give me an example of where he looks like he’s losing concentration last game when he almost fumbled the
Ball away caught the ball when we when when when we shouldn’t have when we should when he should have had Ave cu the clock would have kept right no shouldn’t have had a that’s because he’s not getting Target we’re talking about almost he scored a touchdown listen
Sometimes you guys when we call in you go all the way to the underand Spectrum I didn’t say he sucks we got to we didn’t say we didn’t say that okay we got to get him back in the game plan Devonte is like a maxi player he’s a
Team player here’s my bottom line the RPO we got to ni it Herz looks confused with it that’s where most of the tourament I’d like to see less of that myself also run or pass and then give Herz the ability to change the play and
The story I I I like I like a little less of the RPO be great uh the RPO was one of the reasons why they fumbled the ball they were doing two week in a row yeah that was on J Herz um I didn’t
Think we’re were G to get an an anti- uh AJ Brown called that I’m I’m sure by the way AJ Brown is not talked about in any way of being a problem in the locker room of being a guy who sulks a guy who he’s passionate and he’ll let his voice
In and he did in that one game was the I forget what game it was it was uh Kansas City where he put his hand up to go deep and no no no the other one remember the one on the sidelines where it looked like it was early in the season but it
Was like nothing it meant nothing and and AJ Brown is is looked upon as a great teammate and a great example of work ethic and otherwise yeah I uh I I mean that’s ridiculous he’s like oh he’s pouting I think it’s easy to say when I
Think I think in in a situation it’s easy to go oh was not focused cuz he he dropped the ball I I’m not ready to talk about almost almost fumbles here he had a had a great touchdown reception that’s all I cared about that he that his great
Route running created him to be wide open on yeah and I think the bigger story isn’t necessarily the the you know whatever that was um that that Rick was talking about it’s more the fact that they’ve won back-to-back weeks with AJ Brown going for I I don’t know 40 yards
He went for eight against k City 1 for eight right 1 for eight and like the the other night was like five for like 30 30 maybe and he’s not5 you don’t see him complaining so two games in a row you know combined they’ve kept them under 50
Yards and they’ve been able to win those games and that speaks to the weapons I.E Devonte Smith that this team has okay if you want to take away him good luck we got Devonte Smith if you want to take away Devonte Smith well good luck you’ve
Got a one-onone match up with AJ Brown and him and Devonte Smith all you have to do is watch them anytime they’re off the field they are side by side they’re in conversation I’d say 80% of the time you’re not doing that he’s not doing
That if he has a a problem with with Devonte eating right now in fact AJ Brown has commented before that well sometimes he’ll eat sometimes I eat yeah you know and they’re doing great one of the points that Rick did make that I do agree with is that I don’t like the
Reads that Jaylen Herz is is getting off of the RPO there was a couple of times on not only the fumble which was odd but there was two other times where he did an RPO and he made the wrong decision held it one time and lost a yard where
If he would have handed it off and I think I don’t think it was Swift it was one of the other guys had he handed it off there was a wide open Lane to run and it probably would have got you four or five yards but he didn’t he lost a
Yard by holding on to it I I I’m seeing that too much on the rpos maybe it’s because they haven’t done it a lot this year and is he’s he’s a little rusty there on his reads but yeah the RPL hasn’t hasn’t been terrif I don’t think it’s been good this
Year yeah overall it hasn’t been good and people are blaming it on his knee like oh it’s his knee I think it’s the reads I think it’s honestly it’s the reads that he’s making yeah and that’s that’s a key you know when you talk about a quarterback and you say reads
You’re always thinking throw throw throw but that’s not he’s reading defenses with this RPO and I don’t think it’s been A+ this year for Jaylen Hurst I don’t understand another thing too is that like the other night and look it’s it’s just a mistake but he he he tried
To give the ball to gainwell then he keeps it and then he goes back to give it to gainwell there there’s no RPO where you’re you’re faking it then taking yourself then giving it back G gainwell has no idea that’s going on Pat like he had no idea that that was you
Know was coming his way no trust me uh nobody wanted to pop off on on Twitter with my thumbs more than me about Kenny gainwell but uh couldn’t really blame him on that one cuz the replay clearly shows exactly what you described he he gives it and then pulls it back and then
Tries to give it he just he just seems like he just read the wrong read initially and then recognized it halfway through and went oh crap here here is the ball and then ends up on the ground like yeah the whatever it is the RPO hasn’t been great this season and it was
A strength last year maybe it’s one of the reasons why the it test doesn’t match up with the numbers because the team was so deadly last year and maybe it was the RPO maybe I no I think the RP last great no I think was great last year up until
The Bears game I mean when he got hurt and when the guy falls on him and and literally puts all his weight on him I can still see that hit oh my gosh ouch and it was cold that day in Chicago like cement yeah they were playing on
Concrete oh oh my gosh sucks let’s see what uh Dory and Drexel what’s going on Dory hey how are you guys doing well what’s going on I just wanted to talk about a a statement that Devonte made on uh Sunday I don’t know if anybody nobody’s really talked about it but one
Of the things that he said was you know if we just go out and play the first half we shouldn’t have to be that stressed on the second half because when you fall behind and then you got to come back up you it is a stressful time
Because now you you’re forced to make these plays maybe Jaylen Herz likes to play Under Pressure I don’t know some people do better under pressure but I feel like if we get the lead we need to stay in the lead don’t you know once we start scoring stay in the lead don’t get
Laxed um just keep playing play until the clock runs out if we play every game like we are looking to get that super bowl ring just play until the clock runs out so if you you up at 14 points you play like you at seven points you know
And just keep going but that was the formula last year doryan get out you know get out to a lead and pour it on yep it’s just just just I don’t think you need to be stressed for the second half I hate that we we still are behind 10
Points it it makes it all stressful even for the people who are watching just just keep swimming out there Dory keep swimming love you thanks uh they they want to be ahead uh you know they want to get that lead I don’t think like Dory saying that uh uh
I think Jaylen Herz likes to play Under Pressure no I think he likes to play with a 21 nothing lead just well to yes yeah they want to other teams are doing some good things against them later in this season you know early in the season
Eagles had the lead at halftime I want to say six out of seven games uh you know it’s it’s just something that’s football like they people are doing stuff to try to stop the best team in the league right now and in some cases they’re get they’re being successful now
Why are you the best team in the NFL well obviously it’s talent but then some of it has to do with the adjustments that you make with that Talent hey Marcus joins us from Atlantic City Marcus you’re on the fanatic gentlemen it’s been a week how y’all feel man
Thank you but feel well 10 and one feels pretty good I think you can clinch it all this weekend if you beat saman Fran that that would be uh that would be awesome I was telling your producers just cold man but you know after after watching that game warming up you know
I’m in my 40s so I’m watching those older jerseys and I’m remembering sitting on my uh edge of the couch or the chair back in the day and usually that would be a game the Eagles would lose in those Jersey and I’m not saying that Kelly Green in jail I’m just saying
Where they had him all the time and I’m like oh this is such a reminder man you get hyped up you’re ready and then now we’re down 177 now we’re down 247 like it was just it was back and forth but uh what I told a friend of mine was that
Freaking jayen Herz is so stoic man it’s it’s amazing to me to watch him on the sideline even when the 59 yard field goal was made listen I don’t even wear jerseys like that but I would go get an Elliot Jersey after 59 y bro and he’s sitting there just stoic like shaking
His head I can’t believe it now your last caller said something about not getting down and all of that and I think that part is true and I don’t know if it’s the adjustments that they’re making in the beginning of the game kind of like those scripted plays and all that
Stuff but I’ll give credit to the offensive coordinator and defensive coordinators for what they’re doing at halftime because I don’t know how many times we said last year with the others and even some degree this year that they just not making the proper adjustments for these teams and you cost yourself a
Game here there but if you’re realizing what you asked about Dallas and San Fran it’s too tight right now I mean Detroit helped us out losing to Green Bay last week but it’s too tight to just give up a game and I I think all these competitors I mean these athletes they
Don’t want to lose but I don’t want to hear this well you lost one it’s good character that that’s BS man you know you go out there and the game in front of you that’s who you worry about and you take that one down and then at the
End of the season you look back and say how did we get better I like that Marcus I think that’s I think good you look back you you’re constantly making adjustments on what you do I just look at it when you’re the most talented team that you should be dictating that your
That your plan should be so good that you’re dictating and your talent is so good that you find ways to put them in a position that you’re not playing comeback against teams that have inferior Talent That’s Sports man people people look to stop you if you’re the best and
Then still Pro Sports it’s just been weird the last two weeks that that’s happened that they’ve been down by 10 it’s just been the last two weeks at I thought it was three I thought it was three going on now they’ve been behind at halftime in the last four games but
Not by that 10-point def it’s unbelievable to me like that’s that’s just I I don’t see it I I don’t like the Washington games I’m never going to sport doesn’t like that like you can’t just look at it and say well they should be this it it doesn’t happen that way
Like it doesn’t if if it did then qual of a season and Eagles are Super Bowl champions no I mean because you can because you’re saying the best team because you I would love that I’m all four second we could you could lose the Eagles could lose to the 49ers on any
Given week eag could lose to the Cowboys on any given week I don’t expect the eagle staff to go to overtime and squeak past a terrible Washington team twice that everybody else in the league dominates like that that kind of stuff doesn’t make sense to me how that happen
It’s it is yeah but I that’s what I love about sports it’s it’s so not making sense part yeah I mean you know that’s that’s why you play you don’t that’s exactly why you play you don’t here’s Nick serani yesterday talking about somebody and tell me who the person is
He’s just C in all scenarios whether things are going really well or things are going aren’t aren’t going so well he just stays in the moment he’s very steady you can tell that he’s played quarterback at a very high level who do you think he’s talking about
There I hope he’s not talking about Brock pie Josh Allen how about Brian Johnson your offensive coordinator what what it sound I thought you guys were gonna say well obviously he’s talking about um obviously he talking about Jaylen Herz right but no the way he describes and it
It’s a long answer of of it uh the way he describes Brian Johnson you you could just take away the name and put in Jaylen hers so I I thought you were trying to trick us so that’s why yeah right because I thought you were trying
To trick us I’m like wait a minute here he’s pulling a fast one Pat he’s been known to do that Bob’s been known to it’s behavior and Bob’s been known to do it absolutely Brian and Dallas joins us good morning Brian hey guys how’s it goinging we’re
Doing well buddy we’re ready for a big weekend with the 49ers getting started talking about it yeah they they’re talking about that down here but I I want to ask you guys a real quick question right and I I I G start off saying I don’t want to pile on Brian
Johnson but I want to ask you were talking earlier about um J I’m sorry uh Herz uh issues read the RPO which we ran real successful last year right yes um and you guys were having the discussion yesterday in regards some of the experts talking about hey Brian Johnson takes
Too much heed and this the thirdd right um but uh Pat said something that was really interesting about the the scores don’t quite go with the eye test so here’s my question do you guys obviously we’ve seen some questionable calls by Brian Johnson more than we would like to
As a player do you think at some point you get to a point of frustration of like although winning qus it but when plays are coming in you know like the infamous uh uh wide receiver screen that your your focus just kind of goes in a different direction because you’re just
Not happy with it yeah you know I don’t think I don’t think this team I gotta tell you Brian I don’t think gotta get gotta run I don’t think this team is lack of focus no I’ve never watched an Eagles game and said man they just look like
They’re unfocused there’s times and and you know this John from coaching a team will go out on the field and you’re just like who are these guys like what happened here and it could be in a good way or a bad way it could be in a way
That you you say wow look at how I didn’t think he had that in him uh but sometimes you can be as prepared as you want you can dial up everything that looks as perfect as you wanted it to be and it just doesn’t happen sometimes
It’s it that those those are just the way things go you know but you’re right it is a it is a good coaching Mark to say you know you don’t really see that that much with this Eagles team uh EJ in southwest Philadelphia joins us on the
Fanatic good morning EJ hey what’s going on Fell how you doing today what’s going on nothing much I just wanted to talk well you guys remember me because I called back way back when the Eagles played the Jets and they lost but you guys left me on pause for a little bit
Long just to uh recollect and everything like that I just want to talk about the Eagles and how they play well together as a team and what I noticed um that’s what you need in the NFL to win uh it’s not a star that plays it’s when it’s
Time to play everyone plays collectively as a good unit and that’s what they got going on right now and that’s why I think they’re winning and that’s why I the when they lost the Jets game it really hurts right now because we was all focused on Phillies mode and we just
Tuned them off and was happy with the Phillies and I think that they could have went actually undefeated this season yeah well I mean well the Jet game they absolutely I mean losing to the Jets still drives me crazy that they lost that game but they could have lost any
One of these games they could have lost to the bills they could have lost to the Cowboys they could have and I would and those those losses would have bothered me worse well it’s f i I like what Pat said and I think he said it all fair I
Don’t know if he said it on air today say the good stuff on air Pat if the Eagles were eight and three and in first place we’d be like oh all right good eight and three first place be stressing this game more but yeah we would but yeah I brought up
Yesterday with that with that point of you know that would be the talking point okay they’re eight and three not the end of the world they’re still you know in first place or contention for the number one seed Life’s good and they’re not 8 and3 they’re 10 and one you know it’s
It’s such a luxury that we’re just not used to in this city now maybe we’re getting used to it maybe this is that new Norm that Doug Peterson talked about years ago because this is back-to-back Seasons now but I I don’t I’m 10 and one like that’s that’s crazy to me that that
I’m sitting here the the fan of a football team walking into work and they’re they’re 10 and one because you just don’t see it every season and this season it’s us I it’s really interesting that uh I don’t know if you watched last night uh the TJ Edwards being talked
About for a pro bowl no I I that bothers me a little bit and I’ll tell Nick nurse this when we have him on at 9:05 today he kind of pissed me off last night Nick nurse how’d Nick nurse piss you off I mean that was a nothing game going into
The fourth quarter so it ruined my attention span of of what I you had to watch so then I’m like oh good I guess I’ll turn on Monday Night Football and talk about crap uh the only reason I even kept a semi-in in that was because I was going against the Viking
Quarterback last night who threw four interceptions thank you and I was hoping that the Bears would would win because I wanted three guys out of my Eliminator now I’m in the final two so you know what I did as opposed to watch that football game was I cracked open Nick
Nurse’s book and started to read that that’s good yeah learn a little bit Nick nurse will be with us coming up at 9:05 right 905 we’ll talk to Nick nurse uh we have so much coming your way lots more on the Eagles and the 49ers uh including some interesting talk as uh
There’s I Bob had a a thing he brought up yesterday that I thought was the best way I if Bob was coaching with Nick serani I think we’d be worried about him getting a head coaching job elsewhere John K Kon 975 the fanatic I love the cancer researchers that help saved my
Life three times and I know that their work is continually supported by the aacr and today’s the national day of you’re 40 minutes from here in Nick ner talk Sixers basketball with us here on the fanatic a huge win last night and of course you get people on social media I
Said huge win last night it’s like no huge wins can’t be a huge win till the playoffs I can’t take any huge wins no such thing I’m like oh my gosh I I honestly want to beat my head against the wall with people who are you can’t
If you don’t want to wa then don’t watch the regular season or done but don’t take away other people’s Joy of enjoying a huge regular season win and the worst loss of LeBron ‘s career because I’m wondering is there any chance Bob that that’s his last that that was his last
Visit or do you think because to me Lebron always seems like the kind of guy that is going to want the farewell tour there are players who don’t want it I think he’s the kind of guy who will want it he’ll want every single City you
Think showing yeah I do I think he’s going to enjoy it I think he enjoy because I think he handles himself well I agree I think he handles himself well with uh the media and things like that so I think he’ll enjoy the agulation I think he enjoys the agulation and by the
Way he deserves every and he deserves every bit of it he deserves it all yeah who doesn’t like it you know you have to who doesn’t like it everybody likes to be cheered everybody likes to be told you know congratulations or good job or whatever uh uh I don’t think it’s the
Last time he played here no see you don’t you you know it’s funny I love this and and it happened when I was coming so last night he makes a three-pointer and the crowd’s like ah because they’re watching one of the best ever and they have that reaction of oh my God
He’s here that that really is LeBron he just hit a three he’s the all-time leading scorer in the NBA one of the top three players of all time maybe top two maybe number one whatever but they get enamored with it and then as the game goes on it’s like stop like stop scoring
On us you know then then the then the hate comes in the real competitiveness of fan fans come in I’ve never seen anything like it in the NBA in my life well well Jordan was the same way when he would when they comes out onto a court for warm-ups to watch the fan
Reaction just to watch him coming out of the tunnel is unbelievable no matter where you are when LeBron James comes running out onto a basketball floor basketball fans are enamored I am not I’ve never rooted for him but he’s made me a bigger basketball fan whereas like
I was a Tiger Woods made me a golf fan LeBron didn’t make me a basketball fan but LeBron made me a bigger basketball fan and I’ve never rooted for him in my life have I rooted for him and he is he’s such a spectacular talent and Pat
You and I have talked about it to be in the public eye since you were 15 and to honestly have nothing you’ve never done anything to embarrass to embarrass your family to embarrass your children to embarrass your spouse to embarrass the league nothing that’s so un it’s
Honestly it’s unheard of you I mean because because people make stupid mistakes you know I mean you’ve got Bryce har too in baseball but not to the extent right that LeBron and the impact that LeBron has had you know baseball’s a global game but I don’t think it’s AS
Global as as as basketball uh in today’s day and age and you you make the K you know it’s like Otani and trout and Harper like Harper’s in the conversation LeBron has been that guy for 25 years a decade plus yeah serious and for him to
Do what he like he’s just a he’s a good dude you know he’s he’s he’s the ultimate role model that as a father of a of of a young you know four-year-old I can point to him and be like yeah like act like him did you watch the barber
Shop show I did not no I AB Pat I I’m telling you as somebody who you you appreciate things I would go and watch that now some of them are very topical so I but I would go back and watch them some of them will be maybe a little aged
And uh Lebron Lebron and I probably agree on 50% of things but I I I find he’s a guy that I could really enjoy having discourse with or debate with he’s like a really he’s a really smart guy he’s a he’s a great Ambassador for
His sport I just that’s a big one for me he’s a good ambassador of the sport of basketball I mean he’s he’s a dream scenario for for Adam Silver you know coming in the way he did with the hype you’ve got you got MJ kind of ushering
Out so it’s like you kind of need that new guy well he was the guy he’s the guy and he lives up to exactly what they want for a poster boy for a league I wanted him postered last night though yeah if if you were to put together a
Mentality for a basketball player to last this long be that good there are maybe a handful of guys that we can give out and Pat mentioned their names earlier in the Jordans in the Kobes LeBron’s right there and the best story I can tell is is the one I’ve told
Before where uh you know he he gets a teammate that he finds out is getting to the arena earlier than him and it pisses him off so much that he makes arrangements that they both can get a bus together to go to the arena even earlier than normal you know it’s just that
That’s just LeBron James is yeah hey uh Stan and drexo Hill 44o win though I love LeBron having to get that taste out of his mouth this morning hey what’s up guys hey buddy it was beautiful to watch you know LeBron hasn’t beaten the Sixers since 2018 oh that’s good like he good
Like ever since the Sixers became like a you know substantial type of Team it seems like Joel embiid has had his number uh whether it was an a Cav’s Jersey or or a Lakers jersey and uh I just I I loved what I saw listen it
Seemed you know Joel embi got his you know triple double first of the season and and I think he’s going to get a few more this season I think playing in Nick nurse’s offense you’re going to start to see that playmaking Joe and beid make more of those plays and have those eight
Seven 10 assist games uh more regularly um this year and and potentially have you know more more he has he has six career triple doubles he might get eight triple doubles this year you know still plenty of time left but a real quick with the LeBron thing I just wanted to
Say this uh let me prev you this I don’t dislike LeBron however I will say this I don’t know how familiar you guys with or with the terminology cap right capap okay LeBron James is one of the biggest cappers in the league because what he does and part of the reason I stopped
Watching his show that barber shop show is because he’s always Mr me too and it’s always oh yeah yeah yeah I know about that I know about that and it’s just like brother you you the same guy that’s talk about reading all these books but yet every picture we see you
It’s on the it’s on the first page yeah I I gotta tell you this Stan I walked away Stan St I walked away listening watching that show and as I said I probably disagree with him at least half the time on his stances on things but I
Found him to be I found him to be very very eloquent very very informed no he’s very he’s very listen he’s a he’s a good dude what you guys are saying the TR complete Ambassador for the game role model type of guy like you look at no
Types of issues you you got to love that and appreciate about him it just always makes me laugh because he’s the guy that tells you he can see the future apparently too yeah I knew this guy was yeah St I know exactly what you’re talking about because that that video
Has circulated a lot on on H Twitter and I was actually talking to a cooworker here about it you know you can go on and find the lies that LeBron has told but they’re they’re like there’s stuff like that it’s like oh I was reading this
Book and then some media member will be like oh what’s your favorite part of the book and he’s like all all of it oh all of it I love I love all I can’t pick one thing you know it’s so it’s it’s such minor stuff when compared to some lies
That will be told you know I.E like yeah like the big stuff you know like I wasn’t out late partying it’s like or Josh G that’s a good one right like that’s you know why is that creep why is that creep around uh I don’t know like
Why I was surprised you started the other night like I mean Bob with League I mean wouldn’t the league have something that they could go best interest in the league we’re not putting they’re probably just doing the innoc I guess for the proof yeah of it all but
Yeah it’s it’s a it’s a disgusting Josh GID and 15-year-old girls is the if you’d haven’t followed the story you can go read it yeah the one thing that Stan said is really interesting about Joel and Beach triple doubles he had 11 assists last night through three
Quarters and 30 minutes of play and I think the best pass that he threw wasn’t an assist where he had a they were playing a high low game and he got the ball up at the high post and uh Maxi came off of him didn’t get get the ball
Then Maxi went back door embiid threw just a one-handed bounce pass to Maxi Maxi kind of got tied up with people somebody kind of pulled his arm and he missed the lab there wasn’t a call but Joel embiid’s passing this year watch his assist numbers I agree with you
Predicted this by his assist numbers are going to be really high and if the Sixers keep shooting the way they were shooting last night they’re going to go through the roof but he has become such a better passer in this offense when Bob says something really highly intelligent
I write it down I always will write it down now I don’t write down a ton but I do I did write it down yesterday because Bob said something that I thought was genius you had the Buffalo game and you had the San Francisco game and Bob in
Just a throwaway yesterday said if you know if I’m the coach I’m telling them Let’s Pretend these are the two home games that you need to win to get to the Super Bowl two really tough opponents at home win these two games I hope Nick serani used I hope he listens or he
Heard cuz I think this is a I think that in in retrospect Bob is absolutely that would be the most brilliant way to approach these last two games that we’re talking about um because I think the Eagles have this game circled as much as the 49ers did I really do the 49ers are
Talking yep yep yep yep yep and they continue to talk The Eagles I think have got this game quietly circled yeah and and the the bravado way of coming out of it if you’re the Eagles is what what what what we we crushed them last year
What does it why does it mean more to us than anything else they they were barely an opponent to us last year uh yeah you’re always looking for some kind of you know I’ve been through coaches who have uh gone through a season usually 82 game Seasons with basketball 10 game
Increments or you break the seasons in thirds or they go from week to week but uh you know stretches of quarter like these next 10 games I want you guys to do this this is our goal so there’s different ways football it’s harder because it’s only 17 every game is an
Event but there probably are times where a coach might find himself having to get his team up a little bit more uh maybe he’s feeling it like they’re just getting in maybe a little Malay I’m not saying the Eagles are that but yeah I did think it that maybe Nick serani did
After they beat who was it the Cowboys maybe you come in and say okay listen next two home games really good teams two teams that you know were predicted by many to be in the Super Bowl let’s look at this like it’s January and these
Are two home games that we have to win to get to the Super Bowl I I think that’s cool get yourself in the right mindset you win one game and you have to get ready for that next game both physically mentally everything you need to do let’s look at these two games like
That I think I think that’s brilliant I I just I just think that’s a brilliant strategy for to be able to say that’s something you want to do that’s that’s a mindset that you want to have and uh it’s I as I look forward to this game
This weekend I just get more and more jacked for it which by the way we’ll have the Eagles pregame will come your way on Sunday at 1:00 and uh it’ll be great a Philly sports trips tailgate is always the spot for these home games that a live casino you guys are going to
Be going having a good time yep me Andrew and Pat will be down there like we always are we start at one I think the tailgate those starts at 12 it goes for 4 hours oh that sounds good it is so much fun and and such a great crowd like
I said you got the heaters there there’s no elements you’re undercover you you’re you’re perfectly warm dry healthy uh food booze everything’s there when you when you want to leave when you go to go into want to go into the game all you do
Is say all right see you and you walk to the game no cleaning up you said throw away your drink throw away well yeah make sure it’s empty as long as it’s empty yeah throw throw that away throw your plate away clean up nicely after yourself give Hollis Thomas give Hol a
High five as you walk out and you walk over to the game it’s what oning way to start the day I can’t wait I’m so excited for this game it is going to be amazing Pat you’re still trying to figure out and I don’t know if it’s just
A gambling thing or otherwise is why the Eagles aren’t are are are the Niners are favored in this game and honestly I think it’s a question that like involves CSI trying to figure it out this is Pat’s point of view here’s Pat yes thank you for joining me I am
Still trying to figure this out I don’t know why all season long the the 49ers albeit an 8 and3 record and uh they just it Vegas has had them as this as the favorites and even in this game you got to travel across the country to the link
A place where they got hammered last season and yet they’re still the favorite so I just dived in the numbers just to try to figure it out a little bit and I just looked at the the opponent’s schedule because I figured okay well it must be that the 49ers have
Had such a harder schedule than the Eagles that’s that’s got to be the explanation right it’s not the 49ers combined opponents records 62 and 62 the Eagles combined opponents records 59 and 66 like it’s not that much of a drastic difference um the Eagles best wins obviously are the Chiefs and the Cowboys
At an 8 and3 record and then the Dolphins at 8 and3 those are the the three winning teams that they’ve faced they’ve all beaten them um the 49ers have uh faced the Cowboys Jags and uh Seahawks those are the uh and the Browns I’m sorry those are the the four games
Uh oh and the um four games that they’ve they’ve placed of a of a winning team um they’ve won just about all of them except the Browns they lost that game I but I still can’t figure out exactly why why it is and maybe you guys
Have a reason the only thing I can think of is when you look at the stretch of three games that the 49ers lost they were extremely banged up Trent Williams was out Brock py was dealing with concussion I think Debo was out for one or two of those games so that’s the only
Only thing I can think of and the logic from Vegas is if they were completely healthy then they they might be 10 And1 11-0 whatever it may be but but they’re not and I yeah it’s weird I’m just I’m I’m having like I’m literally having trouble figuring out the logic of is it
The is it the time off of all of it and and that’s and that’s another thing like it legitimately might be because that’s such a big and the Eagles playing overtime such a big Advantage right like you you have rest Friday Saturday Sunday I mean that’s 3 days right there that
You have off that the Eagles don’t um but still I mean there are like we’ve all been on planes and I know it’s a charter jet and I know it’s bigger but we’ve all been on planes and you know yes it’ll be more spacious for them but because they’re such larger human beings
It’s probably very similar to the size that you have to deal with and this the cramp confinements traveling four and a half five hours man that’s got a suck I I I used to travel was uh to be the Platinum a medallion I would travel minimum 50
Round trips a year on planes I never ever have suffered from jet lag I never no like I just don’t so you don’t buy into it you don’t buy into jet lag cuz I’ve suffered through I I I have not like it’s just maybe it’s just as me I
Just don’t I haven’t I haven’t been affected by it but I can tell you it’s a drag it’s a drag mentally packing unpacking Che airport rental cars well they’re not doing rental cars but that kind of stuff it definitely tires me like that tires you out mentally yeah
It’s a pain in the ass It’s a Grind it’s but you just get into it like mentally you just get into it and the players I remember getting into a a loud discussion with one of the players one time fun discussion H uh cuz he was complaining that they were getting Ruth
Chris Steakhouse on the plane again uh on the on the chartered flight home from the West Coast Pat wants to work for the they didn’t have that in college huh and and that’s what I said I said well you know what my biggest decision on my flight home tomorrow it’s
Going to be whether to get the salted peanuts or unsalted peanuts you know so we we started going back for what did he say it was funny it’s a player that I absolutely adore and we we got really loud in the locker room and the players
Were loving it it was all in fun uh but it is Pat’s right I mean that that sucks the players are used to it like I said you get in that grind you’re thinking about the game you’re watching probably film or doing whatever and you’re comfortable and you go straight into a
Comfortable Hotel uh but I’ve never traveled as a 65 36 man either I would imag a little bit more they they tear out rows of seats yeah but still I mean it’s oh Pat it’s luxurious I know it is I I know it’s still the hassle and I’m not saying that
That’ll be the reason why the 49ers were to lose a game okay I’m not but when you look at you know the situation I’m sure if the 49ers had uh their choice they’d be playing in San Fran and not having to get on a flight it’s just another inconvenience that they have
I I like the fact too that that’s why you got to win this game because you got to have the tiebreaker you got to have s Fran coming here on January the 28th well I want that just because of the the crowd that’s a late Championship
Like I want the crowd frothing at the mouth as they go I want I want uh you know Joey Bosa just getting into it with fans outside as some the ugliest shoes I’ve ever seen now Joy Bosa hurt again and out so he’ll he’ll plenty of time to get
Himself lubed up to come and then harass fans wait that didn’t you see the video yeah I saw it I don’t understand engaging I don’t understand engaging with hecklers like I don’t get it like the bills you you if you’re walking somewhere and somebody was heckling you you would hold your
Tongue I’d SM absolutely smile and laugh I like it’s and and I’ve absolutely experienced it in my life and I don’t if you guys see John out in the streets just start giving it to him it’s like it’s it’s like look at this is It’s I don’t like the Bills players during the
Game engaging with fans and thankfully now I don’t know if you’ve seen it all Pat the videos come out from the guy that was two seats away from the incident and Shaq Lawson and then oh yeah well he has video of the interactions and no they weren’t threatening his anybody’s family no they
Were calling him they now they were being now they were being I think they were being a-holes yeah they were doing something that I would never do no I wouldn’t do it EI I think being Eagles fans no no no because there’s Eagle fans like Bob and I would
Never do that hey man if you’re sitting behind if you’re sitting behind I understand you won’t if you’re sitting behind there you’ve lived for that moment I am going to make my impact on that game well the thing is you can make your impact on the game I thought they
Were being a little over the top but the reaction from the Bills players they weren’t even focused on the game they’re like in the middle of the game they’re coming over to Heckle the the Philly fans and to get into it with them I don’t understand it and to me that’s
Shawn McDermot with a bad bench that’s sha M that’s not that’s not happening with Andy Reid Andy Reid’s players are not going over there and doing that I don’t believe nick sani’s players are going over and doing that during a game that to me is a coach that I think maybe
Has sort of lost lost the room a little bit well at least serani holds on to it till after the game yeah and then he runs up on the bench and then celebrate I love the fact that serani coach serani uh interacts with the fans like that
After games like I think that’s that’s absolutely awesome now taunting opposing fans I’m not into but the idea of interacting with your own fans and a lot of those Philly sports trips groups are right there in front and he says to all of them uh the divisional tiebreakers
May leave Pat feeling better about why you need to win this week we’ll look at those plus uh Pat wonders whether the standard has been set and they just haven’t gotten there yet scares me hey Nick nurse is coming up at 905 don’t miss it it’s a very busy giving Tuesday
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It’s going crazy out here now that’s awesome little early snow you like the snow or not I mean you like Friday snows Bob you always say you want yeah give me a snowstorm at Friday at 5 o’clock it is snowing it’s good for everybody just be careful if you’re out there driving and
Everything thanks for listening to us we appreciate it thanks for picking up the app maybe when you go to the office or logging on at 975th fanatic.com and listening there which you can do but uh I love the I love seeing the snow and my Jamaican bride is uh very intrigued that
She’s really never lived with it and last year we had nothing her first winner here we had nothing first time in like 50 years she’s out there doing snow angel she’s no she’s excited to see it she likes seeing it I’m not sure she’s gonna like living in it when she has to
Really deal with it it’s going to be a totally different thing Pat do you know the the NFC the uh divisional tiebreakers in the NFL no but I know you do so why would I look it up well I don’t want to steal your thunder man I only steal Bob’s
Topics I’m not stealing yours okay come on man I’m not that big of a scumbag well this is a nerd boy thing but I think it’s another one that I wanted to bring up because I think it plays to your question earlier on in the show as to what’s the bigger like what
Game do you want more or what’s the bigger game is it beating the 49ers or beating Dallas so this is easy the head-to-head record is number one so if the Eagles were to lose to Dallas we move past that because nobody will be
Two and 0 if it was one and one so let’s say Dallas wins head-to-head is thrown out so you go to the next one with his best winning percentage in divisional games Dallas is going to most likely end up five And1 in their division if they
Would beat the Eagles in that game and we’re and I’m just assuming that for the topic of discussion the Eagles are as long as they beat the Giants twice will also be able to end up five- one so we throw that out best win percentage versus common opponents aha it makes the
New Year’s Eve game really really big because they’ve already already lost to San Francisco you beat San Francisco this weekend the common opponents is going to screw them because if you beat San Fran and then you beat Arizona you got him you got two games right there
The Dallas lost that you won so I get it Pat I know where you’re coming from and I know you’re not one of those Eagles fans who’s just obsessed on it’s got to be Dallas it’s got to be Dallas no not at all it’s this you aren’t that guy
You’re not that guy if if this Dallas game were at home i’ s Fran oh absolutely you’d be You’ be you’d be switching it up yeah it just it just has to do with the the away factor of it if the Eagles lose to Dallas it’s going to
Come down to Common opponents if they’re tied and common opponents is where if you take care of business against San Fran and you take or San Fran or Arizona you’re going to be able to take care of business there because you got to watch out that Jets win because Dallas beat
The Jets and you lost to the Jets so you go you go two you win San Fran and you win Arizona you’re going to have him in common opponents you’re going to beat the Cowboys in the division so that’s what it’s going it’s going to be that
Convoluted what it comes down to because it once it splits once you split a season series it comes down to all these other things so it’s all about it’s all about I and I again and it’s where we started the show today I do believe this is the Eagles regular season Super Bowl
On Sunday and I think it’s just as important for them to make a statement Bob as it is for the 49ers even though the win for the Eagles I think seals up the NFC so Monday morning we’d be talking about you got five games left to navigate win three of them you’re home
Free so how do you handle it do you get guys some rest what do you do sort of like last year but last year jayen was hurt and you want to make sure that doesn’t happen this year uh yeah the byproducts of of a win this week is is
Fine and dandy and you save that for Monday right I mean that’s I I guess that would be the message nick sani’s uh speaking to his team like I said if if he maybe looked at it as these two games being a playoff game similar to that
Saying all right put yourself in that mindset of what it takes to win two tough home games in order to get to a Super Bowl look at these two as such uh the byproducts of a win this weekend I I I he’s probably if any ounce of that
Talk is creeping in he’s getting rid of it right away he probably hired somebody to keep that talk out of there don’t talk about what the benefits of the win are just worry about the win next step go one and0 this week can’t climb the mountain all at once don’t look at the
Top of the mountain all of those things the seed has planted whatever uh I think all of those things are what Nick serani is preaching knowing full well the ramifications of a win this week do you think his players though Pat believe him because here’s a guy at all here’s a guy
Who says oh it’s just every game like this canas CI game Kanas City game just like every other game just like every other game doesn’t mean more and it’s obvious the way he celebrated afterwards and the way he was taunting the fans that were taunting him no he cares more
About that win so our buddy Zach bman uh usually will tweet out the press conference like many media members or they’ll tweet at the press conference and uh yesterday Nick serani was asked about Frank Reich and he goes yeah you know it’s it’s early and I haven’t even
Thought about it and I just chuckled to myself and I I tweeted back at Zach and said like does this guy ever tell the truth in a press conference he hasn’t thought about it please this guy has a Frank Reich Fathead in his office do they sell those that’s amazing well
He got it personally made and that’s one of the luxuries of being the head coach of the Eagles like he really dude you saw Frank re got fired you haven’t thought about bring him on and I’ve seen it and it’s it’s weird though cuz he’s shirtless in it I don’t
Know how it is congrats on your six-pack Bob but like come on man no every press conference I go into with Nick serani I I get ready to just be fed a plate of BS yeah and I expect that by the way I’m not mad about I expect it it’s a head
Coach I was surprised he answered as much as he did on the Jordan Davis one on no on the uh on the um Shane not chain Sten Brian Johnson no on um I don’t know who you’re talking about who is it who the hell just got fired on um
Brad Chris no Jim Frank Reich I’m surprised that he talked as much as he did on that even though he didn’t say much I I I you know if I was him I’d have been like look that just happened I can’t talk about it right now not him I
Don’t yeah I don’t want to I I don’t think he can put his name out there all that much that quickly with a guy that just I don’t know what the rules of the NFL are the other day I was surprised that he talked about sha
Leonard as much as he did yeah but can you really do that you can because they’re free because yeah they fire fire coach and a free agent like why can’t you com nobody has the control by the way sha Leonard is uh our man Adam shefer who joins us tomorrow morning at
8: reporting he’ll visit with Dallas today he’s expected to visit with Philly later in the week and make a choice could he use sha Leonard could use sha Leonard as soon as possible if you don’t think that Nick stani is blowing up sha Leonard’s phone on a daily basis because
I mean he talked about like they have a relationship together uh he coached against them uh because he was the offensive coordinator in Indie so he’s very familiar with him so why you just come here then I mean I think you want to probably look guys got to eat right
And if Jerry Jones going to buy you a meal I mean I’m going there and then I’m saying thanks and I’m getting on a plane and heading to Philly and they’re both going to get though from what the reports are yesterday on NFL live he’s going to get
Comparable type money it’s not like he’s going to break the bank for a couple months of work there Dallas and Philadelphia be comparable I’m surprised Bob that he’s not just if it is there is that tie that he wouldn’t just choose the Eagles maybe I mean you just got
Done a job you just got fired from a job all your energy has been sapped 11 games he was given that that’s that’s pretty harsh you know you know 11 games and you take him out so making a quick move to say yeah Philly here I come I I I
Understand if he doesn’t I I want him here though if he’s going to make an impact we need him to make an impact the next two weeks yeah but he also probably needs to to just like gather his thoughts before he’s running over and throwing on the midnight green you know
I I I would assume the Kelly Green Bob can’t use it again both yeah I would I would assume that was a pretty swift kick in the nuts that he got after probably 11 games he’s probably want to assess what team he thinks is a better chance of win obviously I’m biased I
Think it’s the Eagles but he probably wants to address it and also what situation is going to best suit him to set him up for another contract now I would say once again it’s the Eagles I mean you saw what TJ Edwards got paid uh
Way TJ Edwards is earning it and he and he is 100% but I I can’t believe they let him go I’m not I’m pretty confident in in sha Leonard eventually ending up end up here and it’s probably because Howie has had a history of of getting the ring chasing veteran I don’t
Necessarily know that that’s Shaq Leonard I don’t think he’s like all right I’m at the end of my career but yeah I mean everybody likes winning right especially if you’ve been in Indie the last couple years where you haven’t done much of it as long as you’re not
Committing to anything real long term you’re just getting him in here and hopefully exposing him and if you really like him then you would offerit sure I mean he’s only 28 years old still right and any right now linebacker play has not been a string and again last night
Here ing the broadcast and hearing Monday Night Football and Troy Aman talking about the fact that wow TJ Edwards playing it everybody you talk to around the league he’s been playing at a pro bowl level I’m like oh gosh he traded away a guy who last year had a
Great year and was part of you making the Super Bowl and you you got rid of him I mean you let him walk excuse me but he went to his hometown team and maybe that’s where he wanted to be maybe maybe he wanted to be a bear he grew up
He grew up within supposedly like a bike ride they were saying last night tonight of Soldier Field maybe that’s that’s where he wanted to be you know that’s that could that could be it and he has that luxury uh and he deserved the ear you know yeah you’re going to make money
No matter where you go uh I find it home is great I mean I’ve never left I’ve stayed here all my life so I understand that feeling uh but winning is also pretty cool I would think so too yeah and I I I I you know I I don’t think
Many people had it written on the on the tea leaves that Chicago was anywhere near a Super Bowl I no no no I I can tell you right now though I would absolutely uh I would I to me I would absolutely think about finding a way to
Go to a team that had a chance to win the best chance to win a ring and I wouldn’t think that Dallas would be that chance I just wouldn’t think that would be the move that you want to make that wouldn’t that wouldn’t seem that wouldn’t seem smart to me because Dallas
Is not they’ve shown you that there’s nothing about Dallas that says they’re going to win that they’re going to go out there and that this is going to be a team that is going to win so uh you know if you if you decide to go to Dallas
Good luck with it good luck with it because you you’re you’re you’re bucking the trend let’s put it that way you are bucking a trend of saying this is the year it’s all going to come together for the Dallas Cowboys I just don’t know that I could could ever see that
Happening we’re going to talk to Nick nurse coming up head coach of your Philadelphia 76ers he joins us on the Comcast business hotline where every day in business is a big day uh coach nurse that was a great great Monday night and I’m sure LeBron James will never forget
This game in Philadelphia we appreciate you making time for us today hey no problem good morning how’s everybody doing we’re doing good and after last night’s win we’re absolutely doing really really good that’s a nice one yeah it was a good one you don’t expect them like that you know was uh
They just had a really good win in Cleveland um you know against a good Cavaliers team so you don’t expect a an easy one like that but I’m glad we came ready to play and shot the ball well and a lot of guys got involved a lot of guys
Contributed Nick the the common uh conversation on this station around people that that watch the team is how much fun it is to watch and you and I sat down a couple weeks ago and I asked you about the offensive philosophy has it been easy to integrate it with the
Talent that you have here or have they grown into what you’re trying to do at a good rate um yeah I think probably the latter that I think that um you know there’s just uh little nuances you know they’re not they’re not big big changes but they’re little things of just uh you
Know quicker Outlet passes running up the floor you know sooner just just reactionary things that you know like if you wait a a count or two counts the moment’s gone and we’re just trying to we’re trying to get some of that we’re certainly trying to do a lot more um
Cutting you probably hear me talk about that a lot but uh just just when things are happening we’re just trying to move the defense a little bit we’re trying to get it off the backboard get it up a little you know a little little quicker let a variety of people bring the ball
Because that is a lot of times the fastest way to get it up the floor so it’s been it’s been kind of medium right in the middle I think I think they they are interested in doing it and they want to do it just trying to get out of some
You know just get out of some things that that they were doing a little bit maybe and and we continue to learn you know more things we can do in transition and cutting and movement and things like yeah coach what was the what’s the hardest thing about taking over this
Opportunity after you’re run in Toronto uh obviously we heard a lot from Doc Rivers over the years he was frequent with us on the show and we appreciated that what’s the most difficult part of taking this situation over um I think the difficult part is just getting to learn them you know
When I when I interviewed or took the job you know I said I know this team really well because we played against them so so much but you know you don’t really know them until you until you get inside the locker room and get on the
Practice FL and I you know I still sat in early stages of that most of the stuff is positive like I’m learning a lot about um things we can do things we should take away things we should polish up things we should completely you know
Like throw in the throw in the the the garbage can you know just just little things that I need to learn them and that’s all I’m trying you know that’s all our staff’s trying to do is to try to figure out you know who these guys
Are are what their best version of this you know we’re still tinkering with rotations we’re you know we’re just trying to continue to to maneuver things around to learn what’s best for them and how they can play to their their best potential Nick you make the trade you
Know after the season started so you get a a slew of new players in on mostly on your bench or all on your bench except for Nick fatum but are you still trying to figure that out more than the starting lineup the starting lineup seems to me really good now I know Kelly
Ub’s out what whether you start him again or or have him on the bench but is it still kind of an audition with your bench players right now to you um just about done with it you know I think I think we finally have got enough minutes
With all these guys the only one is KJ Martin who’s like he’s he’s he’s a good young player with a ton of talent but just just probably right now there hasn’t been an opportunity to look at him but finally got a couple three good games look at Marcus Morris um CUV is is
We got from getting to know him as well and obviously batum’s given us incredible versatility defensively because he can guard so many positions um the only thing on that question is we’re still you know still tinkering with rotations a bit you know trying to figure out who
Ends the first who starts the second who ends the third who starts the fourth all those kind of things that that we’ve adjusted the last couple games that seem to be pretty good and and I’m sure that’ll continue to you know continue to Tinker with that just a bit till we till
We think we got it right right coach Nick nurse joining us here John King K on 975 The Fanatic coach what’s the biggest difference between coaching in Philadelphia and coaching in Toronto uh I just think that um the intensity of the you know people are really switched on you know I always say
That you know I’d be moving around Toronto and people would say uh you know hey coach and and down here they say hey coach can you you know post up and be more you know they throw on a little coaching tip here you know little glad they’re helping you though it’s it’s
See ingrained and and uh that’s about it but it’s it’s good I I I I love it I love our our family’s adjusted well and we love the the vibe of the city and and we’re really enjoying it Nick what is one thing when you came in when you
Surveyed the team that you have and you see the talent up close like you just talked about was there something that maybe made you change or build on your your philosophy of how you want this team to go because you saw an extra Talent maybe here or there
Well I think the biggest difference for me is is you know just Joel and how to use him defensively I think that um you know in Toronto I didn’t really for a long time I just had a lot of wing players you know good side you know 610
69 guys that that just they were kind of interchangeable and we you know so we did a lot of different things it didn’t really matter who was doing what but but Joel we’re trying to again learn him but I think his you know when he when he is
Like amped up on defense man there’s not many people better because he can cover out on the floor and he’ll he’s starting to come in a race a lot of mistakes late which is what I kind of envisioned you know that that he’s he should be a a
Shot blocking Rim threat and and and I know I know people say this all the time too but you know when he erases one or two like that that that changes about 12 other possessions there’s guys that start going down there and say wait a minute I’m I’m just going to flip it
Back out or they go in and stop short or they put a little a little more Arcon than they wanted to so just learning exactly how to use him um is has been a lot different for me and I’m still I’m still learning but his I just think his
Um his just buy in to what we’re trying to do just that side taking it to the rim offensive rebounding passing all those things have been have been really good coach what is your philosophy and you tend to play your starters a lot which is good but uh the idea of uh load
Management because Doc Rivers on this show told us you know he he he wasn’t really a big fan of being told you know with load management how much is it your choice how much is it your voice and what do you think about it yeah so uh My
Philosophy to answer the first part of that is to keep my best players on the floor and that that differs night to night like you know you’ll see I mean I I I’ll say like sometimes guys come off the bench and you know sometimes they’ll have a six minute sent and sometimes
They have a 16 minute sent like if they’re going and they’re in a rhythm like like there’s no data to prove that like eight minutes or 11 minutes or 12 minutes is is way too many and and in fact it it slightly goes the other way
That guys are guys are playing good and they’re feeling okay that having a longer stin makes more sense um and listen I’m I’m like super happy with how um these guys are handling everything here I think I think Simon uh rice has really got a good grip on what we’re
Doing I think um the guys are out there playing you know we haven’t had a whole lot of guys missing or resting or any of that kind of stuff and that’s I think we’re both on the same page there well Nick we appreciate you joining us we
Know you have a 9:15 meeting that you have to run to so want to say thank you continued good luck and uh we don’t like to look too far ahead but there is that Boston team coming up and we don’t like them here in Philadelphia so like take
Care of business right when do we play them when do we play them yeah exactly good job coming up next week yeah good man tomorrow we’ll get there thanks guys you got it thanks Nick thank you okay I love the coach Nick nurse joining us in the com business hotline where every day
In business is a big day I Like It where he just says there on the way out yeah I’m just concentrating on tomorrow yeah exactly he’s doing the Nick Nick serti and Nick nurse yeah well we as a fan base like to you know we see that green
At the end of the week or at the you know uh we we can look past games coaches can’t but we as a fan base here we have to so we just had to put that in his head just remind him how much we hate Boston here in
Philadelphia I’ll tell you though it is hatred of Boston is real they are they are fun to watch and and what he was talking about with embiid I think most of us um and I you know I you know you guys know how much I love basketball
When you’re talking about dwell and beid my first thoughts go to offense I think mostly everybody does but but Nick nurse came in here and and one of his things was yeah he’s a great defender and we have to build upon that and what he’s talking about cleaning up mistakes you
Can go 20 seconds 21 seconds and all the SE all of a sudden the team’s driving in for a layup and there’s your negation there’s where there’s where uh uh Joel embiid comes and wipes it away and makes a key block there late a possession that
That as he said that affects the rest of the game he did it last night on Anthony Davis I mean made him and he always outplays Anthony Davis he does TH this guy’s philosophy and the way he looks at the game and the way he’s using these players it’s it’s pretty interesting to
Watch so far completely different and to me that’s what has intrigued me the most is that it looks so different than what we’ve seen for Sixers basketball for the last few years I love the pacing yeah and I love the speed yeah and when they’re shooting well my God like they
Were last night they’re a really fun team to watch now the I I don’t know if you remember this John I think it was two weeks ago I said to you I said Marcus moris that he intrigues me I don’t I don’t know if you remember me
Saying this I said it on air I I wonder how they’re going to use him I’m wondering what they could what he could give this team he’s a guy I want to keep an eye on now Nick Nick just said now the audition is pretty much done and
We’ve got to see Marcus over the last three games he’s played really well so I wonder if he’s he’s a regular guy in this rotation now hey there are so many ways to look at Sunday’s game Accord according to Bob Cooney but how do you look at Sunday’s
Game and I know we’ve had a lot of debates about this we’ll have that look forward to having you hang out with us uh Andrew cunis will come up at 10: and of course the best show ever today at two John King kage show on 975 The
Fanatic it’s the national day of giving so on the national day of giving I want you to check out the American Philadelphia JY Kate Shan The Fanatic interesting question Michael I can’t pronounce your last name Michael but Michael ask the question does Frank re’s two failures as a head coach finally put an
End to the Frank Reich was the genius and that Doug was along for the ride talking points which so many continue to perpetrate on Doug Peterson I asked too does his does his failures there tell you that Shane Sten has come in and done an amazing job and if you’re watching
And he’s doing it with uh well gosh um Mania uh minu Mania he’s doing it with he’s doing it with him and he’s winning games he’s got them six and five and potentially in the playoffs I mean Shane sten’s done an amazing job he’s been without his quarterback since week three or
Four and he’s got a team at six and five maybe Frank Reich is just a good coordinator there’s many guys who are like that they’re really good coordinators but when you ask them to be head coaches it’s not necessarily their fastball is that a talking point of who
Was in charge more back then who was wor of the success I’ve heard that about that I’ve no but I’ve heard that yeah I mean I’ve heard that ever since that when Frank was here that it was when he left oh everything sort of started to fall apart once he left because Frank
Rake was the genius it obviously didn’t work out I still think that is a huge story that that just hasn’t really all been told yet and I’ve said it over and over again how did you go from Super Bowl champions to losing your head coach all coordinators quarterback so many
Different things happened and it just poof went away who’s got it I don’t know nobody obviously but somebody’s got to have that story right or is it just have to be the principles involved uh maybe somebody has a lot of the story but they’re not ready to go with it yet
Maybe I’m wrong I could be wrong I maybe there isn’t more than just uh Doug Peterson wanted his coordinators here uh the organization didn’t and there was a parting of the ways I don’t know but I just think it’s awfully strange that you won a Super Bowl with a head coach in
Just his what was he a second or third year second year and everything was blown up within 3 years that’s that’s I mean everything coordin ators head coaches your your franchise quarterback everything gone and and and you recovered from it that’s that’s incredible that’s the story too another
Thing too Doug eight and three right now with the Jags in first place in their division they’d be the three seed right now no wild card this time around and the Indianapolis Colts are trailing them by two games I mean Doug Peterson’s doing a fantastic job and he’s four- one
In his division so I mean he Doug is Doug’s showing it again he won this world Super Bowl in his second year he’s the second year in Jacksonville yeah that ain’t happening this year you’re not a big you’re not a big believer in that or just you don’t
Think J you think it’s not this year I I just don’t think it’s this year yeah I think they’re a little bit no they’re not ready yet I don’t think to win a to win I don’t think they’re ready to win the AFC let alone win a Super Bowl yeah
But he is he’s doing a great job I could see them being Baltimore I could but I I don’t see them going I don’t see them going into Kansas City and beating the chiefs no I I don’t see that either I’m not sure that’s going to happen I don’t
Think they go to Baltimore and beat Baltimore either Baltimore’s good yeah they’re good I’d love to get baltim I’d love to get a Baltimore Philadelphia Super Bowl I i’ I’d love it Tad for for different reasons I think the Eagles would beat Baltimore oh I think they
Crush him yeah I don’t know I think they crush him really that defense is pretty great okay cool think they crush him yeah I ain’t scared of Baltimore you’re really no Mark Andrews no running game yeah yeah I’m good that changes a lot and uh the Steelers are just two
Games behind them but uh one thing with the with the with the Eagles Bob we look it’s it’s usually it’s like this is usually Tuesdays is usually like the last time we look at last week’s game yeah it’s like Tuesdays with Mory it is but instead of Mory it’s great well we
Had Tuesdays with we had Tuesdays with nurse yeah instead of Tuesdays with myy and Tuesday with nurse is more fun I love it was a lot of fun a little depressing Tuesdays of mar now well the ending uh so when you look at Sunday’s game and you look back at it Bob you
Still think there’s multiple ways to look at it well and I think we’ve expressed them and and we talked about it earlier today are you frustrated in that you know like you you’ve talked about the last four games they’ve been trailing at halftime uh by two scores in
Each of the last two games uh are you winning games in a way that’s not conducive to advancing in a playoff by getting behind uh uh do you look at it that way do you spin a I don’t want to say a negative it’s okay to question
It’s okay to wonder about a team that is 10 in one all of that there’s no doubt about it but is that the way you lean towards man it’s got to get better I I’m just not positive about this going into a playoff further on down the road or do
You lean towards man this team cuz I was talking to somebody yesterday man this team just knows how to win they just know know how to win and we’ve seen other teams like that throughout Sports before but this one just seems different so where do you lean after watching that
Game on Sunday what a great game it was overtime but you had to come back and and all of the ins and outs of it do you lean more towards man this team just knows how to win or ding more towards man you can’t keep having this happen to
You if you if you really are going to win a Super Bowl I’ll go 640 you can’t do you can’t do this again you can’t keep doing this but what I watched the 15-minute game yesterday my jaw dropped at some of the amazing plays and I still say the zakas
Touchdown and that throw by Jaylen Herz being flushed out of the pocket rolling to his left and Jaylen is there takes the time plants his feet delivers the ball perfectly to where only zakas was going to catch it and that catch that’s to me that’s the biggest play of that
Game I really do believe everyone’s going to say Jake Elliot field goal but you guys were all like yeah I think he’s going to make it I think he’s going to make it I saw a video um yesterday of like three different sections as they were videotaping
Getting ready for Jake’s kick and they sounded like you and Pat he’s got this he’s got this everybody now I’m sure it’s wishful thinking when you’re sitting in the rain all day you want to see it go to overtime but everybody was like got this the the confidence with
Jake Elliott I think the zakus touchdown could end up being what ends up giving the Eagles you know that that extra win that gets them the number one seed I I forget the Twitter handle and I apologize it might have been Eagles Nation or something like that where the
The person taking the film was right behind zakas in the end zone unbelievable and the way he held off Defender like he kind of stopped kept them at Bay knowing he was going to have to go back an extra yard or two to make the catch it was almost like a box out
In basketball it was really impressive the catch was just as impressive unbelievable catch yeah so uh that was a huge play and the fact that while he was rolling as he’s getting ready to set up Jaylen Herz waves to a case he’s like go go go because because he was he was
Probably about the 10 yard line on and out and then he turned it up and went to the back of the end zone and threw it so that that was a fun fun play I think that was a play that shows the Poise confidence the confidence in his own arm
The confidence he had in zakus to make the catch the confidence that the cool confidence that he had to just he was he he did everything fundamentally right on that play on the roll out planting his feet getting set directing the wide receiver I mean jayen did it all and I
Wonder if it’s something that I it was weird because I was just reading a little bit of Gretzky one a Gretzky book again that I’d read like 25 years ago and grety said when he’s on the ice the game moves slower for him Pat that he he
He just is it everything he sees he sees it slower and he he said it wasn’t in real life in real life it wasn’t like like that but on a hockey rink he thinks everything moves slower and I just think with Jaylen Herz he may have that same
Attribute oh I think absolutely the the the best players in the world it just it moves at at at a slower speed than than most people uh and I know grety was one of those I’m sure Jordan was the same way I can’t fathom it no but me there’s
Reason why we talk about it and we weren’t doing it so exactly I can’t fathom what it even means you and especially last year like Jaylen Herz was playing a level last year where just it seemed like the game was moving in slow motion for him and and he was doing
Everything correct um this season it hasn’t been as easy but he’s still playing I think at a very elite level to the point where he’s he’s a favored to win the MVP award and he said too Gretzky had said a thing where uh like playing on the road how tough it is to
Play on the road and he’s like his games in his head don’t have any soundtrack that noise is noise ambient noise is ambient noise it’s about the stick the puck and the opponent well there’s that uh that that clip from the movie uh uh for Love of the Game with
Kevin cner where he plays like the Aging Detroit Tigers pitcher and he gets on the mound he’s at Yankee Stadium they’re all yelling and he’s able to Zone in and kind of tune it all out it was interesting looking into probably what a lot of athletes have to do of just
Zoning in and and tuning out all of that noise that you hear all that ambient you know crowds crap which we think which which obviously in Philadelphia like for the Eagles on Sunday Bob makes a big difference I mean opposing players talk about playing in Philly all the time uh
Coaches talk about playing in Philly all the time how difficult it is Andy Reid said you know glad the games at Arrowhead with our fans with our fans yelling at us yeah I some some let it get to them as we saw with the Buffalo
Bills last week some let the fans get in your head uh you hear it the great ones I would say the majority of of athletes they’re able to Zone in on what’s going on because think about what you’re doing you’re like Gretzky how do you go through life you’re everyday life you
React right uh a car’s coming at you you move out of the way if you’re driving or if you’re a pedestrian whatever it may be but a as a as a great great athlete you anticipate more than react like you anti all right I see that car he’s not
Paying attention yeah there’s so he goes through Sports in a different way than everybody else goes through life uh as far as the the fandom thing maybe I downplay it and maybe it’s because players have downplayed it to me throughout the years when talking to
Them about this uh the noise is noise do you have to make the adjustments yeah is it harder to call out plays do you go to different ways of making sure plays are relayed but I I don’t think professional athletes after what all that they’ve been through college and pro that yeah
The fandom really really gets to them all that much in in a uh Liv and I were at game six of the Celtics series and we were probably like I’d say 15 rows off the court up in a in a corner the noise in that that building that night
Sometimes I could feel it and I’ve felt noise before which is weird like you you feel noise oh God you I wonder if players feel it I like do they feel it because they’re in the epicenter of it all and they’ve got it coming from all
Angles but they’re also used to it you know I I I you know I don’t relate to anything but I remember the first time playing that we were in a place that was deafening and I remember the first time I experienced that I still remember it
Now what did it do to you it not shocked me but it was like whoo this is the first time I’ve been playing where I really can’t hear anything uh but then after that you get used to it like you just I don’t remember the second time I
Don’t remember the third time and it it sure as hell happened cuz that’s just how basketball was when I played in high school was we were packed every night uh you just I don’t like I said I don’t remember second and third time these guys have been through it hundreds if
Not thousands of times I I think they get used to it I really do Sunday afternoon Pat it’s got to be like that I don’t think anyone’s going to need any prompting the 49ers coming in I don’t think we need to do any hey sports radio thing like everybody like chant this hey
Get together um don’t think so either I think I think there’s a lot of people like me that um that are like frothing at the mouth for Sunday’s game because that that team is talk so much crap Debo Samuel especially that I they they better back it up like they better win I
Don’t want to hear any excuses I don’t want to hear field conditions I don’t want to hear weather reports I don’t want to hear backup quarterback no no no no no no no no you’re right like you talked and made it out to be like your
Quarterback you know was was thrown by a stiff gust of wind and was was out of the game and you guys were dealt a bad hand like no your your stupid coach with his flatbrim hat decided to put a a backup tight end on a defensive player
Of the year candidate because you know Kyle Shanahan knows better than everybody else I’m I’m going to be and you know it cost you like it’s the definition of of messing around and finding out and that’s what happened so you know all right we’re both teams are healthy we’ll see what
Happens this is a chest out game for Pat oh yeah absolutely Pat I love I love your confidence in it and honestly I’m feeling the same way but I’ve made the mistake of saying before this season a couple times I think they’re going to go play their best game today and I haven’t
Seen it yet I haven’t seen it yet the the the I think they’re going to play their best game I have a weird feeling that we’re going to say where has this we’re going to be watching the Eagles on Sunday and we’re going to go where has
This been all year long I just hav I I something something in my bones tells me this team is going to take this Challenge on head on and really answer it well that’d be cool oh be spectacular that’d be cool it’s maybe the only thing that’s missing from this season and a 10
In one record maybe the only thing missing is coming out of a game as a fan as a follower and saying oh my God they dominated and that don’t mean it has to be 317 no but that it could it could be a it would be it could be a 31-21 v win
And we could feel great about it because there were so many times last year where Pat would come in and go I had no I had no concerns they were only up by 10 but I had no concerns yeah nobody was coming back the team gave me that much
Confidence last season they don’t they haven’t done that this season yet but I’ve you know I have the faith that they could get there obviously um but last season and it wasn’t it wasn’t anyone can get it experience the 49ers don’t really worry me at home if this game was
Played in San Francisco I’d probably have a different feeling on it but you know part of my big my big confidence is you have to come into the link like you have to come into a fan base that knows how much you’ve been talking and wants to see your quarterback get broken again
I like oh good luck good good luck it’s going to be fun we’re going to have fun on Sunday oh it’s I’m going to be at the tailgate you you had Deo Samuel talking about we cirle this game on the calendar well guess what so do we and I’m not talking
About the team but I’m talking about like the fan base does he yeah we Circle the game on the calendar too bud doesn’t he have less than like 400 yards like receiving he was out he was out for a while had a pretty good injury um he’s still threat they still they
Still give the ball T of respect for they give they still give him the ball hand off to him you know three four times a day a game um I I I I would love to if you’re an opponent okay say you’re on Debo Sam team or you’re Debo Samuel
And you’re saying all this crap talk to the Eagles and then you want to take a look to see what the Eagles have to say what would piss you off more if the Eagles came back and said uh yeah we we’ve circled this game on the calendar too we really want them
Or why why is it so big for us we we crushed them last year that’s just another opponent I almost want to hear Nick serani say that I’m interested in that not that you’re going to say we crushed them but you’re going to say yeah we we we faced them in a really
Tough situation last year and handled business like kind of just brush it off like we know what it takes to beat them we already crushed them last year I got I’m going to tell you right now that I the the one thing I would say as far as
This matchup is if they lose this game to if they lose this game to San Fran and then you have to go to San Fran in the NFC title game because you’ve opened the door step Barry’s saying to me it’s not a must- wiwin on Sunday no it sure
As hell is because you got to go to Dallas the next week you don’t want to you do not want to lose this game because then you can’t can’t lose the Dallas game you would leave Dallas tied for first place and also you would open up the door where you may leave Dallas
If you would lose to San Fran and then potential and and losing to Dallas is not a foregone conclusion but it absolutely is by history it would be likely at Dallas you could walk out a Dallas tied for the division lead and you can walk out tied with the 49ers
They have the tiebreaker they’re the number one seed they’re driving the bus the rest of the way this is a must-win you got to go out there and control things and it’ll be over you put a you put a lock on the NFC with a win this
Weekend a three and a half game lead on San Francisco good night you’re done Eagles aren’t losing four games you’re done so then you just have to just finish it out you can even lose to Dallas it doesn’t matter Dallas isn’t going to catch it uh I wouldn’t put it
As a must-win but if they lose I think Dallas probably does become a must-win no they lose Dallas is a must win yeah so absolutely the stress level they have to win one of these two games do you think that the Eagles hit a two game losing streak I mean I think it
Comes down to that I think the Eagles two tough opponents I think the Eagles lose one of the next two games and I don’t think it’s going to be Sunday I am not confident about that Dallas game at all absolutely not they don’t play they for whatever reason Dallas has and
Whether we like it or not Dallas has played us really really well and Dallas has beaten us more than we’re beating them and Dak looks like a you know Dak looks like uh the like like an absolute assassin when he plays the Eagles and I
Don’t know what it is he just he he ra his level of his game is really good and he’s pretty good too I’m I’m a Dak Prescott fan not of not a fan of his being a cowboy but I’m a Dak Prescott fan I don’t I don’t I I think the people
Who say dak’s trash and everything I think it’s absolutely ridiculous I wouldn’t go as far as to say I’m a fan but I’ll say I appreciate his work if if D I’m not a fan but if Dak Scott played his career behind this offensive line I think it would be a different
Career I think it’ be a different about most any uh quarterbacks in the league right yeah but the but the ones who are already statistically really really good well let’s not would take it to a whole another level the Dallas offensive line wasn’t pretty damn good during dak’s
Career like it years ago was one of the best it was one of the best and he was Dak is what he is he’s a top 10 quarterback he’s probably not a guy that you’re ever going to be terrified of but he can tell me who he is trying to think
Give me a historical fig is are you saying he’s Eli Manning um it’s that’s how you and I both think about Eli Manning never scared he never scared weird because Eli never scared me even though he won two Super Bowls Eli never scared me no e go
Had great success but that’s the thing it’s yeah it’s based on the success like Dak Dak worries me coming into Dak worries me when he plays the Eagles Dak does not worry me if he were to play the 49ers okay what would be the uh his game against the birds for whatever reason
Good for him yeah I know I don’t like I don’t like it but no like he’s he’s a good quarterback you know he can make plays and he’s got good weapons but um I yeah I I’m kind of with you John I expect the Eagles to lose at Dallas the
Dallas game but that’s a tough matchup as we said but if they won it’s not like I mean I expect a hard a hard fought game no matter what you know I expect a close game I don’t think you’re going to get a blood either way no I don’t expect
That either I expect that just like last year where mchu was Trading score for score uh with Dallas on Christmas Eve I expect a game like that highly entertaining you know hangs in the balance in the fourth quarter you get a chance to win but uh this is the one you
Don’t want to lose because if you lose this game at home you’re gonna there’s going to be a lot of false bravado if the Eagles have to go to San Francisco to try to get to the Super Bowl if San Fran uses this win and then the Eagles
Were to trip up in Dallas and they’re the number one seed they’ve got in control of that they’re the number one seed I would have very I would have a real crisis of Faith they to go if they had to go to San France my head’s spinning I’d be shocked you hate looking
Ahead you just threw out so many scenarios my mind is like wait aren’t wait San Francisco’s next right like I’m trying to no but I mean no it’s very simple you lose to San Fran and then if you were to lose to Dallas San Fran’s in
Total control yeah okay I mean I don’t think it’s going to happen I mean I don’t believe it will either that’s like saying let’s wake up tomorrow and talk about it you know if Pat’s going to be 6′ five like it’s see you think it’s that unlikely that San Fran wins here
Though I I think it’s that unlikely they lose the next two games okay so you’re looking at it that way yeah I think it’s very unlikely that this team goes on a two game losing streak now if you were to lose one of those games yes I would
Expect it to be Dallas on the road um you’re talking about the Eagles playing at home it’s it’s a huge Advantage but uh I it’s I like that I’d be blown away if the Eagles have to go on the road for uh the playoffs and they don’t get the
Number one seed at this point I like your answer though all right how about this if the Eagles just lose three games for this year are they the NFC champions not necessarily because I think I feel pretty comfortable that they would be I think San Frank can
Easily run that table and last year they had won how many games going into the NFC title game I think they’d won 12 in a row or something like that they were on this incredible streak now they ended up losing that day knock out Brock P
It’s over uh I could easily see San Fran running that table Kyle Shanahan I just can’t wait I love the flat brim hat Pat because even going to the pool even going to the pool when he would you know grab seats and then go home uh very
Similar he’d wear the flat brimmed hat he’s just got a dag face just see him and think like that guy how you look Pat huh you can’t help how you look no you can’t but he’s got that but he’s got the money to do surgery he can fix it oh no
He he’s oh no his look is like P he doesn’t pass a mirror with he doesn’t pass a mirror without going back and taking a second check he’s not probably not the thirst trap that he thinks he is Matt lefur I mean Matt right you know andur yeah he’s just kle Shanahan’s got
That you know punchable face but part of it probably is the fact that it’s the 49ers and you know it’s it’s been the amount of talking that they’ve done that boom boom and Squiggy out in 957 the game have done and uh their fan base have done it’s just they they literally
It’s like they’re living in a bubble and Enemy of the State Matt Haagen yeah well that dude that dude’s a Hired Gun so Hired Gun he’s just minimum you whatever wherever he is he can a he connects to the community if he was programming some you know sports radio station in in like
Beay oh we got great Bay blasters here oh it’s great we’re home of the beay blasters like he’s just a Hired Gun Man he’s just he’s doing it he’s good to cheer and I I get that like I understand you know that’s very good at what he
Does no he’s very good and he’s of my favorite bosses I’ve ever had let’s run him out of let R he can absolutely pound S I wish him nothing but the worst uh after this those who don’t know he’s our former program director yeah he hired me
Hired Bob yeah well then he hired yeah he hired you right well then there are some great yeah so he’s known for some questionable decisions very questionable decisions yeah you can blame him send all your ha mail in hey support life saving cancer research especially on this national day of giving we’ve been
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