Exploring the Philadelphia Eagles' Receiver Frustrations

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00:00Well, we got to talk a little Philadelphia Eagles.

00:02You and I were able to talk a little during the week

00:03about everything surrounding Philly.

00:05More comes out over the weekend that apparently A.J. Brown,

00:08not the only frustrated wide receiver,

00:11maybe Devonta Smith is a little frustrated as well.

00:15Can you give us the latest around this Eagles group?

00:18Yeah, so here's the reality and the truth.

00:21So last year, Kevin, you know as being an Eagles fan,

00:23they were super high run centric, and it worked.

00:24It got them to a Super Bowl.

00:26Jalen Hurts was wildly inconsistent last season.

00:28Well, you fast forward to this season,

00:31and their passing game has been mostly disappointing, right?

00:34They've had, Hurts has had a couple halves of football,

00:37particularly last week you were at that game in Tampa

00:39where you go, wow, this is amazing.

00:40He's never looked this good against the Blitz,

00:42and then he was 0 for 8 for 0 yards in the second half.

00:44So the word around the team is the receivers are frustrated,

00:47just like they were last year, but it was similar to,

00:51because the passing game was not very good.

00:53And now you have yet another offensive coordinator change, Kevin.

00:56This is Jalen Hurts' sixth different play caller in his career.

01:00He had Doug Peterson, people forget, in his rookie season.

01:02That's Shane Steichen after Nick Sirianni handed the play calling over to him.

01:07Brian Johnson, who Brian Johnson had known Jalen Hurts,

01:10going back to Hurts' childhood.

01:12Brian Johnson was fired.

01:13Kellen Moore gets it, right?

01:15Their passing game was inconsistent.

01:16He gets the New Orleans Saints job.

01:18Then Kevin Petula, the passing game coordinator,

01:20they wanted to stay in the house, I'm told,

01:22because they did not want to give him yet another voice he was not familiar with.

01:25And it hasn't worked out yet.

01:27So on your question about, well, why are the players piping off or not happy?

01:32Kevin, if you look at what the players said, we're talking about A.J. Brown,

01:36you know what he put in social media, which was a little different.

01:39He had a very cryptic response to what's going on.

01:44He talked last year about the passing game.

01:46He went on the record, on the record,

01:48and saying that's the issue with their offense.

01:50He didn't sing out the O.C. or the quarterback.

01:52Now, Devontae Smith, if you watch his interview, which is definitely out there,

01:57he's not happy.

01:59So, yeah, one source that is saying what's really going on there.

02:04Look, the reason why we're talking about this, Kevin,

02:07is they're a 4-0 team, yet players are not happy with certain things.

02:12But yet they have a really good locker room.

02:14It's very unique, though.

02:15Covering this business, you don't usually see this stuff,

02:17or players talking on the record about what they don't like.

02:21I mean, Kevin, you know they were talking about the need to be aggressive.

02:25Even Hurts said that about them needing to be aggressive.

02:29It's kind of strange.

02:31But you know what?

02:32I give him credit for going on the record and saying it.

02:35Cap, I just want to ask,

02:36because Sirianni dealt with this a couple of years ago

02:39when they got knocked out of the playoffs by Tampa

02:42and there's a body of work there,

02:44do you feel like Sirianni is sort of feeling this process out

02:49and sort of like just get this team progressing week to week to week

02:53where I've said it, they're winning games

02:56and they're winning against top-ranked competition right now?

02:58I know.

02:59Joe, that's a great question.

03:00Let me go back to 2023 when the team imploded both sides of the football.

03:05When he – I guess they reorganized the defense.

03:08When Sean decided, the defense coordinator, was –

03:11he lost the responsibilities, right?

03:13They handed off to Matt Patricia.

03:15That was an absolute disaster.

03:16Offensively, Brian Johnson, the offense really regressed in the second half.

03:21Now, he learned a lot, okay?

03:22And what happened was he had to get things rated.

03:26He did, and they wound up winning the Super Bowl last season,

03:28and he got his contract extension.

03:30So, Joe, he knows how to deal with turmoil.

03:33This is minor comparative to what happened in 2023.

03:36I think, to be honest with you, Joe,

03:37I think Sirianni became a better head coach.

03:39I mean, that's – I know people around him have thought the same way.

03:42So, he's become a better head coach.

03:43Now, this one, to move this forward, Joe,

03:47they've got to get Hurts righted.

03:48He can't just play one great half.

03:50Now, Kevin, you were at that game.

03:52Hurts took a big hit in the second quarter.

03:55Yeah.

03:55Now, he was not diagnosed with anything during the game or after the game.

03:59He took all the reps this week as a starting quarterback.

04:01But you have to wonder, 0 for 8 for 0 yards.

04:05I know they didn't have to throw it much because they had a big lead,

04:07and you saw what happened to the Bucs.

04:08Made the game closer than it should have been.

04:10But it's something to watch today.

04:12One more thing before we move on is,

04:14how aggressive are they against a very good defense in the Broncos?

04:18The Eagles have passing personnel.

04:19They can't run it, Joe.

04:20They can't run it, guys, to save their life.

04:23At some point, they've got to be able to throw the ball better.

04:26All right.

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