Eagles CLINCH! 1st back-to-back NFC East titles since 2004 | Eagles Postgame Live

Eagles CLINCH! 1st back-to-back NFC East titles since 2004 | Eagles Postgame Live

For the first time in 21 years, there is a back-to- back NFC East champion. And it is your Philadelphia Eagles. Yes. 2919. Most of what Ruben Frank said. Excuse me. 2918. I was I tried, Ruben. I tried to change the score. 2918 as the Eagles beat the Washington Commanders. They are the backto back NFC East champions. We go. Nice job. And don’t get me wrong as we welcome you to Eagles Postgame Live presented by Cure Auto Insurance. These are games that try fans souls. These are games that try all of our souls because there were issues to no doubt. We’re going to get into those, but you got to give them major props. 10 and five record. They’re still alive for everything they hope to accomplish, which is another repeat down the road. Barrett, >> I don’t want to talk about anything negative. They won the game, and that’s all we want to do. They locked up uh at least the NFC East. They locked up a position in the playoffs. So, they’re good. We’re good. We qualify for the playoffs. Let’s keep moving forward. >> Gazy, it it’s hard to win a game in the National Football League. Not at all. It it it’s hard to get a first down sometimes. It’s sometimes hard to get open and catch a ball. It’s sometimes hard to block somebody. The fact that it took 21 years before a team became backto back NFC champions, I applaud this football team in this organization. It is a great great job. Well done. >> That’s a great point. That’s well said. How difficult that is. >> Jason Avant, your thoughts as the Eagles are backto back division winners. >> Thoughts overall is that the offense is coming together. They were able to do some things under center, but they were also to run an empty set that was successful getting AJ Brown, Devonte Smith on linebackers, Wagner making some explosive plays there. And then you’ve seen the offensive line execute some double team blocks to get up to the second level. And therefore, you know, Saquon goes for 130 yards and has touchdowns. And I know Rub is excited about his bold playing hitting today of being over 200 yards. that goes with the offensive line and the marrying of using Herz in the in the run game, but but the but the receivers in different spots. I love that AJ Browns that second and a third inside receiver at times um you know making it off balance. >> Ruben, >> yeah, I just think a resilience with this team. You know, they they lost back-to-back games in ugly fashion early with the Giants game, Denver and the Giants, and then won four in a row. And then they had those three losses that were all in just kind of nightmare fashion, blowing a 21-point lead, giving up all those rushing yards of the Bears. Uh, and then they won the next two, and they these aren’t great teams that they beat, but they beat them. They did what they had to do. They took care of business. And, uh, this team really responds to adversity. And I think it’s something Nick is very, very good at is is guiding him through that and navigating when things aren’t going well. And they wouldn’t be here at 10 and five if they hadn’t responded in a positive way. >> This team responds to adversity. You know, that’s >> I bottom line. >> Yeah, that that is the bottom line. But I like the way they responded to the physicality that the Washington Commanders tried to go to them. You know, they they wanted to come out and try to out physical out push those guys around, but then you turn around, they did the same to them. I mean, Jordan Davis, if he didn’t win a Pro Bowl in this game today, there shouldn’t be another tackle right now that you say playing better than Jordan Davis. He is balling right now. He should be in the Pro Bowl this year. >> Jordan Davis, four tackles, two assists. Uh he and and then the getting to the quarterback. He was a beast this afternoon and tonight. He really was. >> Jaylen Herz, another rock solid game. Jason alluded to the fact they came out that spread style off in the back field. Spread it out five wide. I thought it really impacted the Washington defense. They didn’t know what the heck to do. They were playing base defense against a five wide look and they just got shredded. Once again, Jaylen has a solid game. no interceptions, doesn’t turn the football over. I thought it was outstanding. >> All right, here’s a look at the playoff picture as the Eagles clinch the NFC East. They’re they clinch a playoff birth. Obviously, with that, the Dallas Cowboys are out. There’s no They’re nowhere on the map right there. I’m sorry, Dallas. You’ll have to try another 20 years. >> So, they’re not going to they’re not going to lose their annual wildcard game this year. >> They’re not going to do it. So, the division leaders right now, the division winners, uh, the Eagles clinch and the Seahawks are there, the Bears and Packers playing later. And then Tampa Bay and the wildard teams are the Rams, the Giants, and the Packers currently. Uh, I’m sorry, did I say P? I meant NerS. And then in the hunt, the Lions, and the Panthers. You look at that. who’s uh the the Eagles could very well end up playing the Rams in that first round, right? >> It’s possible. >> I mean, anything’s over. >> He’s still got two games left, John. So, let’s not look ahead. >> I’m not looking ahead. >> I’m trying not to. >> And Nicki, the fifth coach in history to take his first five teams to the playoffs. >> That’s remarkable. >> Unbelievable. I mean, that kind of consistency to do it year in and year out. And obviously, they weren’t all successful, but uh you’re talking about elite company. Paul Brown, Chuck Knox, John Harbaugh, and who’s the fourth one? >> Paul Brown, Chuck Knox, >> and Bill Cower. Who? Barry, >> my guy played under Cower. He played under Harbaugh and Jaws played under Paul Brown. >> No, I played with Bill Cower. He was our special teams. >> I’ll help I’ll help you out. >> Yeah, he’ll play with >> But no, that’s I mean, we’re talking about two slide one by me, you know. >> I mean, Harbs will probably be a Hall of Famer. That’s three Hall of Famers. and and Chuck Knox. Uh it’s incredible company to do it year after year after year. And look, there was a lot of people looking at Jeff Lur scants when they hired Nick Sriani. It was a guy who nobody knew about him. He had that first press conference. Everybody’s laughing at him. The proof is in the pudding. Five years in a row. That just doesn’t happen. >> No, it it doesn’t happen. And I think you mentioned Jeffrey Lurri with regard to ownership and he once referred to his franchise as the gold standard and then it took a dip after that and some people were laughing down their sleeves at it. But the fact is the Eagles are the gold standard in >> just took a while. >> Well, you know what? It took a while but it stuck and they’re here and still when you look at 20 years which just passed now we’re in the 21st. 20 years the Eagles won eight NFC East championships. And when you look and I know the Giants, we were talking pregame got the two Super Bowls. Birds have the two Super Bowls as well. Washington, Dallas, the Giants, they’re they’re not in there the way the Eagles are in there. And now the repeat for the first time in 21 years. That says something very special. Uh and and >> and they’re not going away. They are not going anywhere. >> Well, the Miss Lawyers made the Philadelphia Eagles like brand and the team a destination for players. Players look at it. You hear Max Crosby interview on his podcast this week talking about he can feel the energy of Philadelphia and how he respects the fans and how it was like a pleasure to play with that type of fan base. And you see Micah Parsons talking about those types of things just around the league’s league. The other players want to play here and I think that goes to what Mr. Louie has built in the brand of the Philadelphia Eagles and also just over the last two months the most searched for team in the NFL Philadelphia Eagles. Right. The c the culture is phenomenal. And also throwing Holly Rosen. Holly Rosen knows how to build a football team. And I I’ve said it for years that have watched this team and you guys probably feel the same way. You build your football team at the line of scrimmage >> in the in the pitch down the trenches where the big boys play. Yep. >> And that’s always been loves that kind of talk. >> No. No. That’s that’s where you win football games down there with the big uglies, whatever you want to call them fancy games, the line of scrimmage on offense and defense. Those two those two lines, you win championships by winning those. If you have the best owner in football, the best GM in football, a head coach who’s won 70% of his games, been in two Super Bowls, won one, and a Super Bowl MVP caliber quarterback. If you have those four things in place, you’re going to win most of your games. >> Yeah. Look at Jaylen Herz leaving the field in Landover, Maryland, heading to the playoffs for the fifth time in a 5-year career. Of course, you couldn’t tell if he won or if he lost. He’s stoic as always, going off the field. And this guy has led this franchise and he has suffered the slings and arrows of what the fans have said, what the media has Shakespeare. Uh >> well, you know what? I’m very Shakespeare tonight, man. I mean that. And and to watch what he has done by any means necessary. He will do what it takes to win a game. >> I mean, just like I say, same thing make you laugh, make you cry. You’re going to get all the, you know, the the rahrrah and you knew you did a great job, but you’re also going to get, hey, you killing this team. We need to cut. opportunity to trade you. You know, where’s the backup quarterback? He has had all that. He had a full gambit this entire year of the ups and downs of how this Eagles organization is going. And he’s took it upon himself and and and push forward and put him on his back and say, “Hey, we just going to keep riding. We’re going to cut out all the noise we’re seeing here on, you know, on our show pre and postgame live. We’re going to take all that and still go forward to win games.” >> As a quarterback, you get too much credit when you win and too much to blame when you lose. I lived that for 10 years. It’s it’s just the way it is. It’s not going to change. And J Jason knows how to and Jaylen knows how to handle it. No matter what comes his way, >> I think he deserved a lot of that CRITICISM ACTUALLY. >> I think it’s more of the applause. I deserve more. >> Just kidding. >> I think he deserves Don’t make him come over. So bring Barrett in two games. >> I got Barrett with me. >> In two games since that Chargers, it was probably the worst game of his career, right? He’s got five touchdowns, no interceptions, no turnovers, completed 78% of his passes. >> Yeah, he he’s he’s been efficient with the ball and putting the ball on the money. That touchdown to Dallas got it. you couldn’t have put that ball in a better position there. Um, stepped up into the pocket, got it over, you know, Mikey Samill and the safety there. So, that was awesome that the the dime to Devonte Smith on the drop touchdown. Um, you know, so Jaylen is putting the ball in these last two weeks in in a perfect position and not put in harm’s way. That’s the only thing you ask from a quarterback. And he’s decisive, Jaylen. You don’t see him just holding the ball. He has a plan. The ball is coming out. And so that’s a good job between him and Kevin Mulo, whoever is in the offensive meeting room with us. We don’t know. We don’t know. But it looks a little bit different. Um, we called it out upstairs. Me and Mo watches the game together. That’s our producer. And and we we were just talking about AJ in different positions and coming in motion. Similar plays. They’re just adding little wrinkles to make the second. >> We don’t know. We got no problem right there. We don’t know who’s somebody is. said it’s working. >> Well, I mean, look at it. You know, we went into this last game, the game before this, we had 13 personnel, you know, going down the entire drive. We go in and score the first drive. That’s last week. This week, we’re coming out, we’re going, you know, uh, empty back field. I mean, we didn’t do that, you know, how do we do that successfully? That’s them putting variations in the offense. So, now, you know, for the next two games, they like, man, what are we going to stop now? They’re going to come out with this this formation. And then they turn around and they move and these guys are now in the empty. Well, you know, they might have to call timeout now. That’s just putting a lot of stuff out there, flooding everybody, all these defensive coordinators. Now, you have to sit back and all right, what are we going to evaluate? How we going to do this? How we going to guard that? You know, and I love that aspect of the game. Now, >> handshakes at the end of the game, AJ Brown and his nine catches for 95 yards, uh, shaking hands with their commanders counterparts, Mikey Sanill, who was in there, uh, on every play it seemed like for Washington. He’s a Michigan guy, Mr. as you know and uh look this is a rivalry and you saw at the end of the game when Steam got Tyler Ste got thrown out of the game and two Washington players >> Tyler Ste wanted to take on the entire state of Maryland. I love it. Looked like >> he went right after the little guy. >> He went right to Mikey Sandra still. He avoided all the 90 numbers. >> Wait, he’s not in Michigan anymore. You know that, right? >> All the big guys moved away. He went to the little guy. >> Why go against the big guy? Fight the guy. Also, >> he took on. He had six guys around. >> No, it was after he punched the little guy. The big guy. >> Oh, he’s a feisty little He’s a feisty guy. fight little guy. >> But but here here’s the thing and we’ve been we’ve been positive on this team all season long. Of course, and certain Well, >> we lost three in a row. We won. >> I I think I think we’ve assessed them accurately and and I do think that I know Barrett doesn’t want to hear anything negative. They are the two-time reigning NFC East champions, and that’s all well and good. They may still well become Super Bowl champions for the second consecutive year. That possibility eminently exists. But the fact is that first half was a horror show. >> Okay. >> Hey, put the phone down. How Howie Where is Where’s the next kicker coming? >> I need Don’t give me that because that’s some that’s some >> He said you were going to be positive. >> BECAUSE THREE THREE TIMES three three field goals. You cannot win with that in the playoffs. you can’t do it. >> Well, in the playoffs, he’s been money though. >> I’m not trying to hit money. He can’t get to the playoffs. But here’s the thing, and it’s not it’s not just Jake Elliot, who is a fan favorite, who is one of the few Eagles players that has two rings. So, he’s done it along with Brandon Graham. So, so this guy, when you talk about him, people usually smile. Not so much tonight. And what happens, you know, because you got to make the kicks when you’re called upon to do it. And he didn’t do that three times tonight, including an immediate doover. And we were watching together. Oh, he’s gonna make this. I thought he was too. >> Seven field goals in his last nine games. >> Seven in the last nine games. >> First Eagle kicker to do that since Chris Bonial. >> Whoa. >> 1996. >> I played with Yeah, that’s I played 90. I played with Chris and it was times, you know, he didn’t want to come in into the locker room and take a shower, especially when he was down there in Dallas. And it wasn’t even his fault. But I mean, you just can’t do that. From a kicker, you get paid to kick. You should be kicking all day long. Kicking in your sleep. Kicking mean you. That’s what you get paid to do. So I mean you I I don’t understand this. >> For Mr. Positivity, you’ve turned around. >> Oh my goodness. >> You’re a positivity buddy there for a while. >> You think we’re not being negative. >> No. Whenever whenever there’s a ball position, whether you’re a kicker and you’re out there by yourself or you’re a receiver where people can see where the ball is going, quarterback, wherever it is, you’re going to have times where it’s Jaylen Hurst and you have a game where you have four interceptions. You have a game like this where you miss three field goals or two field goals. One didn’t count. You’re going to have times like this as a receiver, AJ Brown last game or a couple games ago against the Chargers or you dropped balls. You’re going to have them. It’s all about can he respond. The one thing I will say about Jake is that in the playoffs and when there’s been money, Jake has always responded. So, I’m not overly concerned about him just because of his history of being there when it counts. >> But he’s made those after seasons when he’s been a 90% kicker. >> How I’m sorry, Howie. >> You track that. Let’s give him another chance. Okay. I’m I’m going with you on that because he he has a history and it’s it’s been >> it’s been two years now. He’s the worst kicker in the NFL over the last two years. >> Okay. So, are they going to bring some In all seriousness, >> I think it’s a valid question. >> Bring somebody in to the practice. >> I would take I would bring some guys in for workouts at least, see how they kick. I would I don’t want to go into the postseason with a guy who can’t make a kick. >> Yeah. >> Oh, you’re saying bring them in now? >> Yeah. Try give some trials. >> They’re still alive and everything or >> I don’t know if now is right. >> Bring in some of them Zena Dejas brothers or something. >> If I if I had gave up a sack, >> three sacks in one game. If I gave up three sacks in one game, >> the week before I gave up two sacks, they’d have somebody meeting me at the door. I mean, like they’d have they they I’d be sharing a locker with somebody as he’s working out to replace me. You know what I’m saying? I’m just how the NFL is. What have you done for me lately? >> What if it was Lane though? >> What if it was Lane? >> Lane don’t do stuff like that. No, what I’m saying I’m just saying what if Lane had a position? But last time we saw Lane, Aiden Hudson Lane to work, right? So, no, I’m just saying what if it was though it that’s what I’m saying. Jake has Jake has earned the ability to to be able to to have some ups and some downs and we stick with them. That’s we >> and in philosophy I I agree with that. But if it c it could cost us and you know we don’t have to make that decision. We have our opinion, but you know how he’s going to make a very difficult decision because you can’t quer literally every game is, you know, three a three-point game. So, you got to have your kicker that you can count on every single time. >> What it cost him Chargers game. Yeah, >> he makes that field goal in the Chargers game doesn’t go overtime, >> right? And kickers are kicking five turnovers. >> That that would have helped that would help. >> Also, there’s there’s Will I got to take a break, but Will Shipley didn’t help the start of the game either. So, and then I’m thinking about Mike Clay, who’s the special teams coach, and I’m just asking, you know, >> and the in the in the in the Rams the Rams special teams coordinator just got fired. Chase Blackber. >> Michael Clay’s a heck of a coach, though. >> Okay. Yeah. There you go. Very good. Uh, we got to take a quick time out. We’ve got all your interviews coming for you. You know that. Nick Serriani and Jaylen Herz and Saquon Barkley and Jordan Davis and Cooper Deene. Everybody in this big win for the Eagles. And they are twotime reigning NFC East champions with everything ahead of them.

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