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ITB Week 4 Postgame Show: Eagles Blow Chance To Put Rams Away, Suffer Consequence In Loss

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ITB Week 4 Postgame Show: Eagles Blow Chance To Put Rams Away, Suffer Consequence In Loss

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Hello, everybody. Welcome to the inside the birds post game show. I'm Jeff Mosher I'm here of course with Adam Kaplan. It is a week four let down for the Eagles man so many injuries pile up They play the Rams they lose more players in the game Adam and they fall 2420 Despite the fact that they held a double digit lead a 20 to 10 lead in the second half and we see the Rams go down the field and score two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to Edge it out. Let's just get this over over with Adam because we're recording this like within I don't know let a half hour before the end of the game still is fresh I'm getting text messages after the game yet getting text message. We're getting social media tweets about it the decision of Nick Sireani on fourth and two to go for the touchdown to go up 17 points there Instead of taking the field goal go for three is the absolute correct decision and everything the Rams did validated it Because he was trying to end the game at 17 now if you go up 13 points there because you took the field goal then you just lose by

The one instead of four right I mean like that's it's the math tells you That he did the right thing and that the Rams scoring two touchdowns including going 98 yards on the first one right I was the reason why I'm like I get why they did it because the defense is playing so well But because they're on the field for so long as the the the offense discontinued the spotter I don't know what their record is for the fourth four games, but the not score point the second half is hard to do But I would tell you that I understand Both sides of the argument. I was you and I were texting. I was sort of agreeing with you I don't think I understand the others how mathematically does it make sense you you would have lost by one instead of Again, it's how they would have the Rams would have done a touchdown to field goals instead of 10 points But you're saying Okay, yeah, you're saying as long as these games are your absolute correct If they go score the games absolute over there's no way they're choking. Yep. There's no way they're choking and when you're that close

Um, it's the argument against it is okay. It's just the execution You've got Mark Helbell who you knew was going to be challenged. He was well. We'll get into that We'll also talk more about it with Greco cell on the inside the tape show so we'll know exactly how we really play it But you know you're down at receiver. You don't have Lane Johnson I mean give uh Give Cooper credit Daris Cooper is just I mean it He's having to play because they they're they're running out of players And good for him to show up is the fact He caught his first two passes for touchdowns and his third when he slipped But overall the fight was there injuries caught up to him lacks of execution I'm not letting Manning off the hook. Yeah, I'm gonna tell you why Okay, this is something I talked about in our pregame show with Greco cell And Greco's point was it's also the coaches his his assistance as well, which is a fair point But you have to do all you can to help My point was stack releases bunches They did reduce the receivers and tight ends, which means you're not playing him out wide. You're cutting it tighter

And it's hard to play man coverage like that. It's a little bit harder to do it John to John John D. Flipo told me that in fact he actually explained it to me It's much harder Water splits. It's so much easier to press When you make them tighter. It's harder because you know it when you when crystal the decordator sees what he's going up against Okay, no gotter no smitty. Okay, no lane Johnson. Hello I think we're gonna make life really hard for jailer hurts any any did Yeah, but I give them credit for going up 2010 that they deserve credit for that. It's not sure I know that I know people who who can't who hates irionny are gonna blame him. That's you that's your deal go ahead and blame He stinks. He's a bad coach. Okay, whatever you want to call him That's fine, but manion deserves a chunk of this Well, I will here's where I will agree with you Which folds the last cop topic point into this one. I have I still Think they should have gone for it on fourth down. I have no because because of everything I laid out mathematically I did not love and I know this is retrospect and judging play calling is an issue

But there was a mess up on that fourth and goal play that they ran it looked to me like hurts Who was under center rolling out ran into the motion? Oh, real quick real quick. Yeah, you know, serionny try to call time out. I forgot to mention that In fact, they showed it on the box. You couldn't see it in the press box. Okay. Yeah Serionny he went down and he went like this and either he didn't hear him and he didn't see it So that might be on your point. That's obviously and we think we're welcome my notes and I forgot to mention that But finish your thought. I just want to make you in that situation You know four weeks into the season You got to run a play that you're really comfortable with not a play that's gonna have your quarterback get obstructed by Somebody it was a discombobulated play that did I think it was more of that than the Rams snipped it out I was in the locker room. I asked some guys about it Unfortunately like when you're talking to guys who were right after that They need to watch it on tape themselves. They know that they messed out on an opportunity In fact a lot of them were talking about that was the game right there that fourth and and two play call was absolutely The game Like you said if they go up 17. There's no way the Rams win. They know it. They know they blew it

But it sort of goes back to what we said again I guess it's the Bears game when Dalton came in and you allowed you called a play that yes Andy Dalton should have never ever thrown it. It's 90 80 whatever percentage you want to put on Dalton from Turn not seeing the deep safety But I loved your point like don't even let him have to make that decision coming in called off They can sprint right option with one one guy open or throw it away right and I would have probably had rather seen something a little bit more effective where you don't have guys running into each other Then they miss the the the tish push from a yard and a half. It was not a yard of this yard and a half was a little longer They still missed it. I was like wow. They didn't get it. It was kind of obvious. You could see it Through uh with with the video feed he he didn't get it and I was like oh boy. This is not good. They're they're starting a They're starting to break down on offense and honestly their offense did Did next to nothing on the first half, but hurts didn't turn it over I just was I've just been a little bit underwhelmed with man. You know, I'm expecting more he doesn't control the injuries

I understand that I know they didn't know until this morning that they were not going to have or potentially have Not have and they want to not having Lane Johnson they don't control that But the players you do have You need to take more better advantage of it. Okay, you I know it's tough for him He's a rookie play caller. He's dealt a very tough hand But you can do more we exactly what we talked about in our pregame show. He did not do Nuffo I like stack releases because the defense is no exactly where you're going I like that bunches Uh the motions very simple Now they had a great motion play for one of the runs which I liked But you saw hurts was part of the run game finally. Mm-hmm. We're part of the run game But yeah, some of us more scrambling Yes, there were yeah, but they had a couple they had at least one or two designs, but yeah overall I want to see more out of man. Yeah So you're making a really good point that I wanted to talk about here But I also want to be fair. I mean like we're trying to judge this guy in his fourth game when A one or two injuries is okay. I don't you know, but losing two

Starting lineman one of them right before the game with Lane Johnson and we hope everything's all right with him And then obviously losing Barclay in the middle of the game no smitty like I get he had both hands Tied behind his back, but there are two things that stick out to me here Adam that you are hitting on and that I you know As the eagles get healthier. We're really gonna have to keep on is as they are Hopefully yeah, they can't get it. They can't get anymore unhealthy But as they get healthier like Yes, they are doing the concepts that we talk about with Sean men It's hard to under center and play action, but when they're under center they're running when they're in shotgun They're passing to your point like you're not seeing The you're not seeing anything that's giving the defense that much guesswork Okay, and I get it again. This is a bigger discussion for down the line But it was also not just this game. It was weeks one two and three We've seen the offense struggle. We know they're in an adaptation mode We know that there's growing pains we talked about in nausea, but I was Hoping by this point we would start to see better examples of hey that was a good under center play action pass

Right where you explore the middle of the floor or you went shotgun and you whipped out one of those either hurts runs or Inside zones that surprised them because they thought you were gonna pass. It's it's a little predictable right now Um, I don't think the route concepts look all that different every once in a while you see something nice But right now to either stuck in the old offense first the new off trying to run the old offense in new offenses close if that makes sense Meaning like you're running when you're under you're running running running and then you're passing when you when you should be passing Greta coastal had the stats and one of the shows last week It's it's crazy like We've outlined for like three years how much Better conceptual and how under center play action works, okay? They rarely do it like he's under center He's under center. They throw the football I don't understand I just don't understand that's the thing I don't get and this is where seriani I you don't want to be overbearing as a head coach But you have to see these things To put these things out these are the corrections that you can make there. They're things they don't control

You mentioned barkley obviously that was a major thing and then his backup gets hurt The end of the game with one running back now they they do a three running backs on the practice squad Geodon blue from the formerly the cabalys is explosive, but they were done with him for just lack of discipline and Carson steel I was an interesting player who catch the football if you remember what he did in the preseason And and and Damian pierces once a starting running back for the Texan so they have some guys They're obviously gonna have to add one if not two next week But can you imagine if the Eagles have to fly to London with Carson steel and jade on blue as their healthiest Or pierce I mean pierce has been here, you know for a while you've been here the longest of that room either way Yeah, he's got the most most looks in in practice and training camp. So Yeah, it's a tough deal. There's no question banyan is dealt with a tough deal As a coach you want to control the things that you know how to control you can't control Lime and you're you're top true running backs being out It limits what you can do, but there's something you could do with any amount of players that you have and that that's my

One pet peeve, but when they had a full deck he wasn't really doing it very much. So you want to see that um The tight end thing is like they're See the thing is when you when you make trades whether it's receiver or tight end We're doing something When you make trades you're not doing it for three weeks. Is they're going to get these guys back Because you're not going to make up trades and the guys don't play anymore like they don't work that way If you're going to make a trade it's a guy's going to have a role here like the guy's going to play a lot That's the push pull with Smitty might not play next week Because he's had the same injuries had for nearly three months now You're now into the third month early august all sub all august almost all September now we're dropped over okay? Yeah um It's just it in the running game It's tough you can't get anything going it it's it's people want to blame hurts that's fine It's hard. It's it's you're limited. You just limit to what you can do Which you want to take advantage of what you have? Yeah, I think you you hit a point on the head I mean you can't watch this game and say hey jay on hurts played great

Yeah, obviously didn't play great. He couldn't play great. I mean it was you know the The overloads on the right side of the line made it very difficult for them so many to even get a pass off The the one touchdown of the two that he threw was a terrible pass that Darius Cooper saved them with an unbelievable finger. That's got you. It took it out of leaks finger tips. That was amazing right Right um, but to your point the reason why They're going for it on fourth and two with a real chance to win that game if they go up 17 is because hurts did not turn the ball over and On a day like today with no personnel around you and the hits you is taking I thought that was very admirable That's the only thing I could say about the offense that was admirable, but that was Very admirable and we say that quite a bit about hurts his ability to Face a lot of adversity and limit turnovers even though the last few weeks he's had some this this game was about Ball protection being the utmost security because you can't give that other team extra possession We need to talk about we need to talk about I had mentioned the pregame I had no idea what the rain was going to be like you were at the game

But Brady kept talking about the slick ball like you it's funny the fox cameras were covered in rain But it didn't rain hard right right was a misty Slip like it just you know, I was looking at the hourbrowers like point one point one rain point one rain I'm like, oh not the damn missed right and then Brady was talking about how tough it is Even it doesn't rain hard, but if it gets slick and You just darius Cooper fell Slipping a little bit the ball wasn't coming out of staffer's hands quick a well enough and also he he played like crap You know the Eagles defense was really good for two and a half quarters now the run defense Um, which is really good for a while in the game then they started It started diving missing tackles Caron Williams got shut down for a while then He got the game. He got done. He was really great in the end Yeah, and I mean I give finally Finally showing me pay beat the seriani But it wasn't easy the Eagles kind of gave it to him, but we understand why because they didn't they didn't control a lot of it

injuries I think Adam when I look at this game knowing what they were up against One loss week four. I get it. It's two straight losses for them and they're two and two and it's still so early in the season They were two and two the Super Bowl year, but I have so I have less concern about this actual loss and some of the elements of it that we're talking about and more about Holy cow how are the next few weeks going to be looking like? I mean we have no idea what's going to be the status of Lane Johnson again. We hope everything is okay with them That obviously hurt them to not have him at the last minute like that and now you've got guys Dropping like flies both on offense and defense who knows what it's gonna look like And then this team has kind of been hit with the pop-up injuries throughout the week for the last few weeks too So you're you're trying to get as many wins you're trying to as a team come together You're trying to learn your new offense improve on defense and yet it's always like a couple of steps backward with all these injuries So I have major concern there and I do you and I'm sure you're gonna agree with me because we already talked about this

The Eagles are skating on thin ice with their bottom roster management and their elevations They did not elevate an offensive tackle knowing Fred Johnson was gonna be out They didn't know about Lane Johnson, but they knew Fred Johnson was already out So that means you only have one backup tackle who's the rookie Mark Helbell right who was really just the right tackle What do you if imagine if Jordan Milada or if Bell Had gotten hurt in this game where everybody was getting hurt and the rain Well, they would have had they would have had to move Tyler Steen the only guy who's probably played tackle before yeah And then really lamping at the other guy. I mean it would have been even more of a disaster than it was They've got to figure something out. They cannot continue to skate by this way without a really backfiring on them Yeah, so On your point about that Let's just kind of reveal where they're at on both sides of the football With the injury situation and what has to happen remember they're playing in London next week our time 9 30 a.m. Eastern Oh boy, this is it's a tough deal. So

Smitty with a hamstring. I'd be surprised if you played This is the same injury again as we outlined freeze had for over eight weeks Yes, and get better by playing on it. Okay. Yeah, nothing like sitting on a 12 hour flight eight to 12 hour flight with a bum hamstring That's not easy tough deal tough deal. Hollywood Brown Who got hurt last in less weeks practice With the ankle injury so we don't know if it's high ankle or not, but they could have used him He kind of he probably because they don't have anyone could run really downfield. That's 10 yards Wix is sort of like an intermediate area run-in for the catch guy, but they need they need a verticality and he's really not that guy Right He's they look good, but it's getting harder and harder because these have been more for more of a role Uh, and then you mentioned Lane Johnson is personal issue Well, you know, we'll we'll see about next week Fred Johnson who got hurt Last week's practice with the knee injury. We don't know exactly what it is That's concerning Let me see defensively granard with ankle did not return it for getting hurt

He did start for the first time by the way. He did start the game A couple quality rushes. Is that wrong with the concussion? He needs to get cleared. Quinney. I'm mitching with the knee injury, which was Which is kind of odd. Oh, of course barkley excuse me barkley and barkley and uh barkley with the the right hamster injury And he didn't return and then tank bigsby It looked growing, but I didn't they didn't list it. So I don't know what it is. Yeah, it didn't look it didn't look easy I didn't look like something he could shake off easily. I mean, I don't want speculate, but it's I mean just from You know live viewpoint. It did not look great. So so often through thawing we we mentioned a cue with the knee injury Uh-huh. We hope it's no more than a hyper extension He when he hit the ground on the sideline. He like his Legs are spread a little bit and it might have a hyper extended his knee will see See what the evaluation is So right now by the way, did TV note the fact that for a real brief moment Drew Kendall was in the medical tent

I didn't have a sound up all the time. Okay, so I don't know what that would also been another I was there. One was he there. It was early in that it was not too long after Sequan went out now He came right but he came back again. Yeah, but I mean just think of like what you'd have to do on your own line I mean lampkin would have had to come in and Then you got lampkin playing next to or jerk ins maybe moves back and lampkin goes to guard I don't know and Marquell Bell starting on the right side. It would have been would have been tough would have been So right now here that here you're starting the depending on what happens with Lane Johnson whether Lane's able to be back next week or not We don't know yet. So right now It's wicks lemon and Cooper or the three receivers and Elijah Moore's the fourth you saw him running motion, but they don't throw it to him Yeah, okay The so Marquell Bell's your right tackle The tight ends they dressed for they elevated earth so as month earths They just went with a committee Jenkins and DeGuara. I saw who's 45 I saw him in the game Right now will shiply would be starting running back against Jacksonville till we get more information

About the other two guys If if the other two guys are not available that both they're gonna have they'll obviously have to elevate to running backs next week Sign them off of it elevate either way, but they may be you can't go in a game with two running backs that cannot happen It's not like the Eagles don't use a fullback they didn't do any practicing with it There were some stuff that out that was out there that was completely false. I So when put it out there that they had they were playing they had place with a fullback and trying to get that that's not true They would have their they would have the F tight end offset and it looked like yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm tight in that's not a time no no You're just you're just taking them putting them in a different like yeah, yeah, that's that's called the F position In fact, earths did a lot with Goddard when they played together Um alright, so defensively now by the way real quick. I just I just wanted to say I the Eagles played with 47 players today Okay, yeah, I know why yeah one extra spot like you could have signed irts if you wanted to your 53. I mean, he's probably going to get there eventually uh and Then elevate used an elevation on the offensive. They didn't know about late right, but they didn't know they're still even if it's 48 you got your lot 49 right

Um, you could have Well, the terms of how many guys could you have active on game day? 47. Yeah, 40 set right right 47 active, but Cole Peyton was one of their inactive's correct No, they couldn't have a fourth they couldn't have an extra inactive because they ran out of They ran out right right yeah, I don't know Cole Peyton were in one active he was definitely inactive Yeah, nobody's not but he wasn't the inactive for a quarterback. They didn't have a so they didn't need to do that right Because oh then anfl network reported that on the key now over Dalton. That's funny Yeah, this is funny how that works out that's another one. What's going on? What are you know, what kind of The decision making you know, that that to me is Yeah, just a sign of an organization that's normally typically pretty buttoned down kind of like Taking advantage of that football is finally back and price picks is bringing out their best offer yet new users who sign up We'll get a hundred and fifty dollars in lineups if you win your first five dollar lineup That's right if you win your first five dollar lineup you get a hundred and fifty dollars in lineups

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Strike to was it Devote Adams deep on Jonathan Jones about four plays in when you on that third down and he just over through it by Little mighty at the top of fingers. Yeah, it's tough. They had beaten Jones Valley on that. Yeah, yeah But again the defense did its job like date Sure, I don't know about you, but I expected in the rebound. They really did, but then It caught up with them with Grenard out Mitchell out. Okay. Oh, and then of course, Bonout being a who's one of the best Coverage linebackers the National Football League so that that crushed him um So right now linebacker you've got Trot Jr. Until bonds. We'll see if bonkets clear. It's very rare for a I mean it happens, but it's it's rare for a part of be out two week that concussion Um it but anyway, we'll see what we'll see You know, well, there was a short week anyway. You wouldn't could be available We'll see how he's doing Can he he needs to be able to travel? So we'll see it's not a lot that'll be available Uh, so Trot Jr. starting for him at a corner now. We mentioned Jones

Carter for EPS And now the backups now, okay, the key backups Kenny Moore was active. Was he not for the game? He was I believe he was yeah, because that's why they sent him off there So so right now the fourth corner I saw I saw it's I totally forgot Johnny Johnny McMillan Mac McWilliams is 22. I'm like who's 22 is that a Sunday's game? Oh no, it's Mac McWilliams Yep, he was in there. Oh, that's Mac this happened seeing him a while. So he he he He seemed to be the fourth corner Yeah, so they're running they're running really low in depth right now. It's getting to the point where You know, you see who's available. He's it's really odd. I how he for several years has not like the working out players They're they're jelly They're down near the end on the work player workouts in season Uh, so they're not really gonna have to have a choice you they're gonna have to start working out Players a lot. Yeah, and then they got to look at the trade market. They've got to look at the trade market It's yeah, but again, it's for you're not bringing someone here as a fifth like a fifth receiver

You need someone here if you're gonna make a trade for receiver Or tie it in tight ends way more important is they're getting smitties Smitties how can bail that much longer? Okay? Knock on wood yeah, well if he hasn't or setback. Yeah, that's the problem. You can't keep playing this guy, but You just I just want people to understand I think sometimes we're short-sighted with these trades just make a trade just make a trade Well, what what type of play you're trading for right starter? Where you back up does you know the terminology here? This is this thing that's plagued how we a little bit with trades over the years They bring guys in here don't know the terminology or don't understand Like to to create Bennett didn't understand the defense You just did okay? You can't buy her just about as smart as it gets Was a non-factor in 23, okay? In season trading for safety doesn't work right you should you have to be careful They have to understand the west coast terminology if you're gonna do that. So we'll see what happens We'll try to put together a list of Realistic trade targets that you don't have to give a ton for

I was laughing it like Jerry Jerry Judy is so Jerry Judy's basically a glorat glorified slot receiver the bronze would die to give him away. Okay Yeah He's no role. It's like Why would you trade for this guy? I mean he I I wouldn't want him but yeah Good luck. That's the problem is that some of the areas where the Eagles really use a Like an offensive like a guard to play left guard right no, it's trading a good left guard in the middle of the year You're not gonna you know that's not gonna happen Um, and there are certain spots like cornerback. It's hard to find a really good corner. We get that good sauce So our skardner is is a once in a lifetime thing because it's even get how he's not given up to first round fix for it Net net but what I would say was depending on the severity of these injuries that changes everything If these are serious Okay, if these guys can be at long term then then then you have to throw a little bit of caution to win go Hey listen, we're gonna need a pretty good player here. Yeah, that's what I'm trying to say is depends on The type of player looking for the position

Cat do you think they fit? What's the cost that's always number one? What is the cost? And what will the role be here? Right you need this is where pro personal departments are so important because they know these players back It's their job to know who's available They know by snap counts By their own sources they kind of know Because remember they get to try they're allowed to go to games. They can't go to practice, but they go to games They see they watch warmups They kind of know body language they kind of know what's going on so that the Eagles are not interesting thing the situation But as we mentioned the other day Okay, the Jaguars game which should be extremely tough can be hard to win, but their schedule eases up big time after that big time Absolutely now you just have to hope the injuries ease up on them as they get into that easier part of their schedule Is there anything I mean look a special teams was great Britain cover had an awesome return that helps set up a touchdown Jake Elliott made a about 58 56 yard fuel goal If you're going to look for one area of the team that really came through and gave them a shot

It was that because those were two really really big plays in the game that helped them build that 10 point lead But other than that I mean it's hard to get to nitpicky on things when The situation was what it is and we'll have a lot of coverage this week on inside the birds Breaking down some of the things that happened obviously Greg will go into the table I really want to go On that fourth and two play with Greg and see what the breakdown was that led to them not even being able to get a positive play On it and then we'll check take a look at how the Rams were able to go down the field pretty easily there In the fourth quarter and where the breakdowns were one thing I did notice and look at my notes here is that and this is where Greg comes in because we'll have to ask if he noticed it Sometimes when quarterbacks know that they're playing with backup lineman like CJ Stroud one of his regression is He's he's perceiving or feeling pressure before it happens Greg was telling me that when he was watching tape Although he was great sunny against Dallas But there were three or four plays where I saw this like why is hurts keeper treating like why is he keep doing this One of them was the touchdown to Cooper

We're clearly he throughout he kept dropping back like what stand there and throw the You're not gonna get attacked like what what's why you moving but we want to we want Greg to confirm that or say And maybe maybe wasn't Sometimes he doesn't quite agree with it depending what the tape looks like where this is the all 22 not the TV copy For people that don't seem to understand that It's actually kind of funny still there's some people still don't get that like the watch the show They're watching the show with Greg and they still don't understand like wait. What is he talking about Like they're because they're watching fans some of the fans or watching TV copy Like you can't only get one angle we get three or four of all 22 There you go there you go good stuff. Hey real quick. Just want to thank a couple inside the birds listeners That I met over the weekend at my daughter softball tournament The if you know south philly if you're in the familiar with that area They have a great baseball softball youth program EOM and we're no mally We played them saturday the coaching staff said that they love inside the birds So very classy team great well coach team awesome the whole organization is awesome So we thank them for listening. There was another coach. He said JB was his name. This is from a different team

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