- 2 days ago
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00Previously on Hard Knocks.
00:11So Mike Kafka gets his first win as the interim head coach.
00:15And the Cowboys are going to win on Christmas.
00:18The Philadelphia Eagles, not to be denied, are champions of the NFC East.
00:27So now there's a giant fight in the middle of the field.
00:31That's things tonight. Keep your receipts.
00:33All right, two weeks is coming.
00:36Another NFC East showdown.
00:40NFC East, nothing like it.
00:42One of the greatest rivalries in sports.
00:44It's an old NFC East rivalry and here we go.
00:50Now we bring those damn Cowboys next.
00:54They call this the city of brotherly life,
00:56but it's really a banana recovery.
00:58This is our division.
00:59It ain't a revenge game.
01:01This is about to be 60 minutes of ass-whooping.
01:04The sun won't be up for hours, but there's work to be done.
01:11It's the last week of the regular season.
01:18Hey, good morning.
01:19The four teams of the NFC East will play each other on Sunday.
01:25For some, career arcs will be altered.
01:32For others, it's a chance to reach a milestone.
01:33But for all, it's the home stretch of a grueling year.
01:39This week is a double-edged sword.
01:40Both a time to reflect on what's occurred and an opportunity to shape what's to come.
01:43Here's what matters to us.
01:44Here's what matters to us.
01:45Write it down.
01:46Playing the Giants.
01:47Right?
01:48This is the last Wednesday of this special group of young men.
01:53For others, it's a chance to reach a milestone.
01:57But for all, it's the home stretch of a grueling year.
02:02This week is a double-edged sword, both a time
02:05to reflect on what's occurred and an opportunity
02:08to shape what's to come.
02:10Here's what matters to us.
02:11Write it down.
02:12Playing the Giants, right?
02:14This is the last Wednesday of this special group
02:17of young men.
02:18It's the last Wednesday of this group being together.
02:21Be grateful for it.
02:24Finish strong.
02:26And as we begin and continue to grow into a championship team,
02:31the way to do that is to do what?
02:34Dominate your division.
02:35We have a chance, when we win this football game,
02:38to get in 5-1 and get out of seeds.
02:40That's pretty fucking good.
02:41That deserves child benefit.
02:47Right?
02:47Now, we've got a great challenge this week.
02:50Division game, Dallas Cowboys at home.
02:53There's going to be a lot of talk on the outside of,
02:56yeah, it's the last game.
02:58It is.
02:59It is.
03:00But in my mind, how I'm approaching it,
03:02is this is the first fucking game of the 2026 season.
03:05And you have a chance, as a group,
03:07to make a statement for the future.
03:11As a team, that's when you become special.
03:21Before we close this chapter, there's
03:23much things to get done this week.
03:25I want to make sure that when we're walking off that game
03:27after the win, the connection, the battle for one another,
03:30you feel that in your heart, in your soul,
03:32knowing, like, when it got the toughest,
03:34I thought I'd ride with it due to any day of the week, 10 out of 10.
03:37So let's make sure we do that.
03:40The vibe is a little different in Philly.
03:48The Birds have already won the division.
03:50So Nick Sirianni will use this week to best position his team
03:53for the playoffs, starting with a decision,
03:58whether to rest his starters or play them
04:00in the hopes of moving up to the number two
04:02seat in the conference, the slot they held last year
04:05on their way to winning the Super Bowl.
04:11I know you guys are wondering what we're doing.
04:13All right.
04:13So there are going to be some guys that
04:17are going to be ready to play and dressed, but may not go in.
04:21There are going to be some guys that are playing, but very limited.
04:25Then there are some guys that are out, whether it's from an injury,
04:28right, or Jalen Phillips hasn't had a bye week yet.
04:31He's played 17 games already, right?
04:34Some of you guys are going to have a great opportunity
04:37to play more than you have.
04:38And make no mistake about it, we're going out there
04:40to win this fucking game.
04:42We are going out there to win this fucking game.
04:44Good?
04:45Break.
04:50Many starters will indeed sit out.
04:54But not one of them has checked out.
04:58Look at all our guys that are on the scout team.
05:01I know.
05:02I love it.
05:03I love it.
05:03And it's helping us open around defense.
05:05It's good for them to move around, too.
05:07Mm-hmm.
05:07The wrestling.
05:08Look at the whole defense is doing it.
05:11Sign up a good team.
05:12Good teammates.
05:13It is.
05:14Started the last game against the Giants.
05:16You have those same feelings, same emotions, same preparation?
05:19Yeah.
05:19Obviously, there's excitement, you know,
05:21when you haven't gotten meaningful snaps in a while.
05:24And so, you know, I am excited.
05:26Coach was saying it before when we were talking about ball
05:27security.
05:28He's like, you know, some of us haven't gotten hit in a while.
05:30And he turned right towards me.
05:31I'm like, dude, it's actually been a while since I've gotten hit.
05:33So yeah, I'm excited to go out and play the game.
05:36Tanner McKee will start on Sunday against the Commanders.
05:41That's not capitulation.
05:43It's confidence that the third-year quarterback will keep momentum
05:47going into the postseason.
05:49It would be dope to get a home playoff game.
05:51Yeah.
05:52I think sometimes we take that for granted.
05:57We've had, this will be our sixth home game, playoff game in my five years.
06:05Since you've been here?
06:07Since I've been here.
06:08This will be our sixth home game.
06:11It will be our 10th playoff game.
06:13That's when the 22 was the other home game.
06:14There were two home games in 22-3 last year.
06:16That's clutch.
06:17Yeah.
06:19I'm like anti-superstitious.
06:21But I find myself like, sometimes during the game, I'm like,
06:25they've made a couple of plays when I've been on this side.
06:26I'm going to go on here.
06:28And then I'm telling you, the last time I was superstitious
06:32was in the fucking Rams game.
06:35I go, Clay, can we block?
06:36And that was actually the first time we blocked the kick.
06:39I go, Clay, can we?
06:40Yeah, I go, Clay, can we block?
06:41Remember, I got on.
06:41I'm like, can we block this?
06:42He goes, yeah.
06:43Because we needed a big play right there.
06:47This is for the game.
06:51The kick is away.
06:52It's blocked.
06:53It's blocked.
06:55It's picked up by the Eagles.
06:57Jordan Davis, the big man, looks for the icing on one big cake.
07:05Have you ever seen anything like this?
07:07I did it again.
07:09I did it again.
07:11I've done it.
07:12I did it again in the Buffalo game.
07:14Can we block this?
07:15Damn.
07:16Damn.
07:17For the extra point.
07:19Spot a kick.
07:20Oh, it blocked!
07:21Jalen Carter.
07:22It was Carter.
07:23It was Jalen Carter who blocked it with his left hand.
07:27Left hand.
07:28And that's why superstitions is stupid, because it had nothing to do with why we blocked a kick.
07:34True.
07:35Blocked field goals are usually the result of your defensive line getting a big push.
07:41That's where Jordan Davis comes in, a giant talent with a personality to match.
07:49My role is just to keep people upbeat, keep people happy, crack a joke here and there,
07:55and also lead by example.
07:57Going out there, being a hard worker, and also keeping things like, I think that's a beautiful
08:00combination to have.
08:03J.D.'s bigger than life, man.
08:06I call him the giant dancing bell.
08:08J.D.'s just amazing.
08:10He's fun.
08:11He's energetic.
08:12He'll always make you laugh, man.
08:13He's one of those guys that just has a big presence.
08:15I was born into it.
08:16Molded by it.
08:17I didn't see the light until I was a man, and by that time it was blinding.
08:22A lot of people don't know, but J.D. can sing, man.
08:24J.D. got great vocals.
08:25They do crash and burn on the same room.
08:28Street runner, gotta stop running sometimes.
08:32I'm in the city tonight, and these lights make me feel so inspired.
08:38Take me higher, and higher, and higher, and higher, and take me higher, and get me higher.
08:53Davis has hit the high notes all year.
08:59He's been on the field for nearly twice the number of snaps as last season, the result
09:04of improved conditioning and deep focus to harness his potential.
09:08You can't be entitled.
09:14Entitlement is like going through life and thinking that you can do no wrong.
09:19Not that I was ever entitled, but it's definitely traits that I kind of reflected and looked
09:24upon myself, and I was like, damn, that kind of sounds entitled.
09:27You know what I'm saying?
09:28It's just like little subtle stuff like that I want to change.
09:32He really started this in the middle of last season of our Super Bowl run, and you saw
09:38it in his production, and I believe that was like the cherry on top for him, like, oh my
09:42goodness, I've kind of figured this out.
09:43Because now you're getting ready to be officially an OG status.
09:46You're not allowed to fuck up.
09:48You're right.
09:49It's my last year, man.
09:51I handled everything else outside of the, what's it called, the exits of old shit.
09:56Didn't that make life so much easier?
09:58It did, bro.
09:59Some guys mature and figure things out a little later than others, but the whole key
10:02is you figure it out, and you've done that.
10:05To see his commitment to how he eats, how he sleeps, how he trains, how he works out,
10:09the extra conditioning that he puts in and things of that nature, it's a tough commitment.
10:13And I'm a firm believer that when things are in order in your personal life, away from
10:17the football field, it makes the game that much easier.
10:22I want to be who I am.
10:24I want to genuinely be the best person I can be.
10:26And that's why I'm so hard, like, going so hard in terms of, like, how my body's changing
10:31and my weight lifting and my conditioning and stuff like that, because I want to do this
10:35for me.
10:36I want to look sexy.
10:37I want to be skinny.
10:38I want to, like, you know what I'm saying?
10:39Like, selfishly.
10:40But, like, at the same time, like, the more that I do that and the more that I see progress
10:44and I see results, I'm even more motivated.
10:46And it's at the point where it's, like, consistent now, so it's not even, like, it's, like, second nature.
10:50I'm going to have to, like, what's it called?
10:52It doesn't take much.
10:53It took cutting out the sweets.
10:55I only eat sweets.
10:56I eat, like, a couple cookies, but I don't see it on my face.
10:59I don't see it on my body.
11:00Like, even if I eat a lot, it's not, like, showing up anywhere.
11:04Like, you know, I like that.
11:06Like, I went down to a restaurant a couple days ago and I took a picture with a waiter.
11:11And he showed me.
11:12He was like, this is from 2023.
11:13He showed me.
11:14I was like, ugh.
11:15I was like, yo, I can't believe, like, bro, like, it was, I had my locks.
11:21I was just like, wow, like, bro, like, it's crazy what a difference in two years can do.
11:25Like, I look like a completely different person.
11:27And I tell everybody, I said, the biggest difference from that player and this player is just saying no, bruh.
11:32Learning how to say no.
11:33That's been the biggest thing.
11:36Still, a guy's got to eat.
11:40So why not gather some teammates, grab a bite, and ring in the new year?
11:46I want a dog for real.
11:48You got a dog, don't you?
11:49Y'all got to get some cats, man.
11:51Fuck the dogs, man.
11:52Look at them, bruh.
11:55Tell me he's not cute as fuck, bruh.
11:57You got a cat?
11:58He's my cat, bro.
11:59JP, do you love dogs, man?
12:01Yeah, I love dogs.
12:02I just, there's too much work.
12:04Yeah.
12:05Cats are easy, bro.
12:06You just clean their litter and feed them.
12:09Soulless, bruh.
12:10They have personalities, bruh.
12:11We got some new stuff, y'all.
12:12They have more soul than you.
12:14I kind of regret sitting on this side.
12:17I should have said where BG is.
12:18Your energy was meant to be here.
12:20You're right.
12:21Except your position.
12:23To whom much is given, much is required.
12:25Shout out to Uncle Ben.
12:27Is that the Uncle Ben quote?
12:31Damn near it.
12:32I thought Jesus said that shit, bruh.
12:35I've been telling my girl, I swear to God, bruh.
12:39I thought the Bible said that shit.
12:41I thought the Bible said that shit.
12:42I've been telling my girl, I said, it's my destiny.
12:45Like God said, to whom much is given, much is required.
12:48That's Spider-Man's uncle.
12:50What?
12:51That shit come from Marvel?
12:53Hey, Stan Lee, Stan Lee was dropping bombs on his ass, bruh.
12:57Hey, cheers to the great people of Philadelphia.
13:05Cheers to 2026, man.
13:07May this be the best year ever.
13:08May this be the best year yet.
13:09For our brothers, we do it together.
13:11And we wouldn't want it anywhere else.
13:13We thank y'all, we love y'all.
13:14Cheers, man.
13:15Cheers, man.
13:16Cheers!
13:17Hey, cheers, man.
13:18That's very cute.
13:19Off the top.
13:20Off the top.
13:21The thought of the day, what is one lesson you've learned this year?
13:34Josh?
13:35The biggest thing for me was gratitude is more powerful than control.
13:39Come on.
13:40We are highly driven people here, and it just puts your heart in the right place to be able
13:45to take on what you need to take on to continue to grow.
13:48Gratitude for every op.
13:50So good.
13:52Marcus?
13:53For me personally, it's like how much I love playing.
13:56Like, getting the chance to play a bunch this year.
13:59Whenever you get the chance to be out there, you're just grateful for it,
14:01because it's not always promised.
14:03Number five.
14:04I guess applying to my life that all the great ones, successful ones,
14:08have been through some type of adversity in their life,
14:11and everybody has to go through it.
14:13Right on.
14:14Jaden Daniels' season hasn't gone as he'd hoped.
14:18It has to be good effort.
14:20It has to be good effort.
14:23He won't play in the season finale on Sunday,
14:26but he's already working on making next year more successful.
14:31Regaining the form that made him the Offensive Rookie of the Year.
14:35Nice job.
14:36Good ball.
14:37Nice ball, Pop.
14:41I think I was fucking born to do it.
14:43Dan Quinn hasn't quit working either.
14:46He's leading by example, demanding his team plays hard through every whistle,
14:52every rep, no matter what the standings say.
14:58That was all I had.
15:01If I got a lot loaded up onto this foot...
15:03I had always known I'd love to teach.
15:05And I think that's what coaching is.
15:07And learning never stops, so...
15:09I want you to win.
15:11Our true north is building a championship program,
15:13not for one season where you're up and down.
15:15So I just want to make sure, man, I'm consistent with them.
15:18And when you go through the tough shit,
15:20which we're all going to go through,
15:22whether it's football, life,
15:24you find out a lot about people.
15:26And so I found out a lot about people during this time too.
15:30And it sucks when you're going through it.
15:32Sometimes the lessons don't get applied for a while,
15:35but I sure don't want to miss them after the season.
15:40Going to Hawaii is like a recharging space.
15:43You know, like the aloha spirit.
15:45I felt that, you know, from being as a kid,
15:47going to see my grandparents there.
15:50You know, 50 years later, that same spirit, you can feel it.
15:54Like our phones get back in the green.
15:56Like, that's where I go to get, like,
15:59my body back in the green, my head space.
16:01And it helps a lot.
16:03But, yeah, I'm not there yet.
16:06I am not in reflection mode.
16:09I'm heavily still in fix-it mode.
16:12The reflection mode's coming after we're done with this week.
16:15But what I want to make sure,
16:16as much as we don't ever want this to ever happen again, ever,
16:20like, I also don't want to waste the lessons that are here.
16:22We compete in a profession that is about battling and fighting
16:25and, like, giving what best you have and having resiliency.
16:29And so that is a big piece of it for me as well.
16:31Let's get rolling.
16:34An old coach years ago told me this quote said,
16:37two jobs, man, for the players, two jobs for the coaches.
16:40Players' jobs, prepare and perform.
16:42Coaches' jobs, teach it and demand it.
16:44That's true 50 years ago, true today.
16:47This game is about our locker room.
16:49All right?
16:50How hard everybody's playing for one another.
16:51And our commander brotherhood definitely hits different.
16:55This game ain't about a record.
16:56We're going to pass that off to me.
16:58All right?
16:59We can be pissed about it or do something about it.
17:00And I recommend we do something about it together.
17:02Know my fits and make my hits.
17:04All right?
17:05We're going to win the physical battle.
17:06That will be the A number one top of the pile thing in the game.
17:09Everybody here in this room, man, for one purpose.
17:11All right?
17:12Kick some ass.
17:13All right?
17:14And go play our best.
17:15And we'll do that for all four quarters.
17:16Man, let's have a blast or a great fucking week.
17:18All right?
17:19All of us together doing our thing and absolutely going for us.
17:25You seen The Martian where he gets stuck in space?
17:29You know, that's the only movie I've watched with no sound.
17:34And I watched the whole movie.
17:36You just have stuff like that?
17:38I didn't have nothing, bro.
17:40What?
17:41I made up my own, like, just what I thought was going on.
17:45Was there a reason why you did that?
17:47No.
17:48I was on an airplane.
17:49And you know how they...
17:50I missed the part where they said...
17:52That makes sense when you watched.
17:53Passed you out the headphones.
17:55So I don't have the headphones that stick into the thing.
17:58So the lady next to me was, like, had just started the movie.
18:02So I was watching it and I just saw crazy shit going on.
18:04And so I just...
18:05Started watching her shit.
18:06Started watching her shit.
18:07And I low-key watched the whole movie.
18:10And it was interesting.
18:12So in the two hours that you watched that movie, did no flight attendant come and ask you
18:17on some headphones?
18:18Well, I don't know if she...
18:19I don't even think I was supposed to be watching the movie.
18:21It wasn't on my screen.
18:22It was somebody else's screen.
18:23So I didn't want her to know that I was looking at her screen.
18:27So I was just kind of, like, looking like this.
18:30But it was a good movie.
18:31And I've always said to myself, man, I need to watch that movie with Sam.
18:34But then I was like, I don't want to ruin it because it's a movie good to me without Sam.
18:37Gotta be a good-ass movie like him.
18:39You know what I'm saying?
18:40Y'all gotta come!
18:42If that sounds a little off, maybe it's because Bobby Wagner isn't like everyone else.
18:53But he goes his own way.
18:55He's open to guidance.
18:56Everybody is here to see this man.
18:59The one and only, the great Kobe Bryant.
19:02Kobe, thank you for joining us.
19:03Thank you for having me.
19:04How's your first week of retirement?
19:06It's been good.
19:09It's been good.
19:10Y'all see me in there.
19:11I'm watching film.
19:12When I'm in the mood, I listen to, like, people that inspire me.
19:17There's always a point where I'm listening to a Kobe interview.
19:20I consider myself very lucky because it's...
19:23I didn't stop playing the game because I didn't feel like I could play at a certain level anymore.
19:27You know, I stopped playing because I just didn't want to do it anymore.
19:30My passion and my focus started shifting towards what comes next
19:35versus being completely obsessed with the game itself.
19:39So I had that...
19:40Just listening to his mindset, where he was at.
19:43I don't know, I just, I like...
19:45I like how he think because I'm trying to make the same moves that he made.
19:49These are choices, like, I made a conscious choice to go after my passion obsessively.
19:57He put in so much work doing so many things behind closed doors that people didn't realize.
20:03And when he was done, he was done.
20:06But I'm not where he was at.
20:08Here we go!
20:10And then as you sit there and really appreciate the game, you start looking at other people.
20:15Here's a handoff to Williams and he is hit behind the line by future Hall of Famer Bobby Wagner.
20:20You pray and you hope that your name is mentioned with some of those greats.
20:24Hey, it's an honor playing against you, bro.
20:27Huh?
20:28It's an honor playing against you, bro.
20:30Thanks to his ten tackles last week, he's on the verge of joining an NFL club with only two other members.
20:38Okay, I see you.
20:39I see you 54.
20:41How many more tackles you need, Bobby, for 2,000?
20:43That's because I put one foot in front of the other.
20:46One foot in front of the other?
20:48What does that mean?
20:50He needs five tackles to make sure when we're in Philly, after that fifth tackle, you know they're not going to stop the game.
20:57We've got to go out there and celebrate with our LB 100.
21:01Only how many people in the history of the ball have made it to 2,000?
21:04Two others?
21:05So you'll be the third one in the history of the ball.
21:08We can't just overlook that.
21:10Okay?
21:11So we've got to make sure you get your five, LB 100 is out there celebrating.
21:16Okay?
21:17We've got to celebrate with you.
21:18And we're going to take the ball, too.
21:19We're going to take the ball, too.
21:21The cold reality is the Giants have to get some things cleaned up.
21:29But Mike Kafka believes he's up to it.
21:32Coaching is so much a part of him that even his kids recognize it.
21:37That was my daughter, Ashton.
21:40That was probably like a year ago I've kept it up there.
21:43And then if you look behind the door, it's like all the kids' heights over the years.
21:49I've tracked it.
21:53They've been on the football field and all these sports arenas for their whole lives.
21:57It's really all they know.
21:58But, you know, they'll call me, you're the head coach.
22:01Like, it's just funny to have them call me that.
22:04I've always kind of envisioned myself as a head coach and aspire to be a head coach.
22:09And I think when you go through these head coaching interviews and you have several of them
22:14and maybe you get passed up by a couple of them and, you know, you're kind of sitting back like,
22:18you know, can I do this?
22:20Like, there's a little bit of just like that, that I don't want to call it doubt,
22:24but just maybe uncertainty.
22:26I'm now getting that opportunity.
22:28It felt, it felt natural.
22:30It felt, you know, it was just being me.
22:34Mike Capcom gets his first win as the interim head coach.
22:37That one moment in the locker room post-game after a win, that's what it feels like.
22:42That's what it looks like.
22:44We gotta start doing this more.
22:46I'd help.
22:47And certainly when they give me a game ball for my first win,
22:50what a cool experience, something I'll never forget.
22:53Hey, Capcom number one, baby!
22:59I appreciate you.
23:00I appreciate you guys.
23:02Together on three.
23:03One, two, three.
23:04Together!
23:05This overall was great because you saw the joy on the faces of the players just after the win.
23:10I think for those guys to recognize that and feel that, I think is cool.
23:16That's what we're trying to build.
23:18When you get to a season like this where it doesn't necessarily go your way,
23:22you're out of the playoffs, people are going to ask you,
23:24what are you going to play for?
23:25We're playing for each other.
23:26We're playing for the guys in the room that have put a lot of time in this.
23:29And this is our last opportunity that we'll be together to do that.
23:32And that's what we have to play for, and that's what we're going to play for.
23:35One thing I definitely learned that I definitely can do,
23:39a head football coach.
23:41And I will be a head football coach.
23:43It's just when that opportunity arises, when it pops up,
23:46and when I can grasp that.
23:57Birds on my turn.
23:58Last practice of the year, man.
24:00Yeah.
24:01That's crazy.
24:02There's a web of intrigue before practice this morning.
24:06Some of the players plan to swap jerseys, including all-pro Brian Burns,
24:13a.k.a. Spider-Man.
24:15Hey, I'm Brian Burns. Y'all need a pass rush?
24:21Hold up. How I look, though? How I look, though?
24:22How I look, though?
24:23How I look, though?
24:24How I look, though?
24:25Hell, that's just sad.
24:26You got it. It's your leg out of the street.
24:27His leg, too.
24:28Like this?
24:29Yeah, man.
24:30You also got to lean into that down leg.
24:31You got to lean into that.
24:32Hell, yeah.
24:33Hell, yeah.
24:34This is a crazy day.
24:35Cats ain't gonna know who, uh, who on what side, man.
24:38Everybody got all type of different shit.
24:40They're gonna be throwing picks left and right.
24:42Don't touch me. I got red on.
24:44Hell, no.
24:45Oh, it's just in back.
24:46Everybody's in back?
24:47Yeah.
24:48Yeah.
24:49Yeah.
24:50Yeah.
24:51Yeah.
24:52Yeah.
24:53Yeah.
24:54Yeah.
24:55Yeah.
24:56Yeah.
24:57Yeah.
24:58Yeah.
24:59Yeah.
25:00Yeah.
25:01Yeah.
25:02Yeah.
25:03Yeah.
25:04Yeah.
25:05Yeah.
25:06Yeah.
25:07Yeah.
25:08Yeah.
25:09Yeah.
25:10And we're back.
25:11Yeah.
25:12For practice itself, everyone goes back to his old number.
25:18Brian Burns goes back to doing things only he can.
25:24He's second in the NFL in sacks, and it's easy to see why.
25:29Yeah.
25:30Yeah.
25:32Yeah.
25:33Yeah.
25:34Yeah.
25:35Yeah.
25:36Yeah.
25:37Yeah.
25:38Yeah.
25:39Yeah.
25:40Yeah.
25:41No.
25:42Yeah.
25:43Yeah.
25:44Yeah.
25:45Yeah.
25:46Yeah.
25:47Yeah.
25:49That's awesome.
25:50Hey, man.
25:51Hey, buddy.
25:52Hey, boy.
25:53Good morning.
25:54You're meter.
25:55it's good to feel the shit sometimes man remind you that you're human i could remind you of that
26:01in his seven seasons burns has yet to be on a squad with a winning record but that could change
26:07next year these giants are young and talented it's kind of tough throughout my career the qb
26:14position that's always been like a big question mark on all the teams i've been with but i feel
26:19like dart is the guy jet jet jet green eight ticker set i'm really excited for next year and seeing what
26:25we can do number six alert alert easy alert alert alert green eight ticker set
26:37nice ball nice ball six good good green eight ticker set it's definitely been probably the most
26:43exciting year of my life geez i feel like i've grown like three years in one in one year
26:49i've really just tried to do my best to take advantage of of the opportunity that i've had
26:53good job have a great day gotta have a great day there's not a place that i'd rather be than here
27:00let's go pick it up pick it up pick it up pick it up pick it up i know going forward in the future
27:05here it is very bright and i'm excited
27:11you're swinging over there come on man
27:13there you go yes sir thank god yes sir yes sir
27:22without a steady hand a team will grow in fits and starts
27:27it's a head coach's job to keep things smooth and consistent
27:33there were some great moments there were some low moments but uh at the end of the day i think we find
27:38ourselves in this situation because we were inconsistent what's rough about this game is
27:45we know the season's going to end in new york and uh there's a lot of highlights from the year a lot of
27:51things that we wish we would have done better but you know when i say the word inconsistent i think
27:57it's also encouraging because when we fix some of that inconsistency i know how good we can be
28:02because of the type of young men we have down in that locker room my dad didn't want me to get into
28:08coaching he wanted me to be a golfer grew up playing golf with him and he's like hey we got enough
28:13coaches in the family my freshman year of college football i realized that i wasn't good enough to
28:20play at this level but i knew i wanted to help other people become great and realize their dreams and
28:26so that's kind of why i transferred to university of florida is i want to go spend some time with steve
28:30spurrier and he allowed me to wear a headset on game day and almost become a coach coaching is a
28:37schottenheimer family tradition brian's father marty was an nfl head coach for 21 years
28:53he succeeded just about everywhere he went racking up 205 wins
29:00ninth best in nfl history i miss him every day and i feel him on game day usually before the national
29:09anthem i feel him i talk to him before the national anthem i talk to god and i talk to him before every
29:14game while kind of the anthem's going on during the game i carry this it says marty schottenheimer patriots
29:25middle linebacker 1971 and what it talks about on the back it says uh marty has the longest name in
29:35the afc during the course of the game i would just kind of put my hand in my in my middle pocket and
29:42just kind of hold it and uh and that kind of helps you know comfort me i have a hat that he used to wear
29:51when he was in hospice and after he passed that was the one thing i made sure i asked my mom for
29:55i just kind of keep it keep it close man and uh there'll be some times i pull it out and other
30:02times i um just hold it or i'll leave it here on the desk some and uh
30:08and uh yeah i know he's proud and uh like i said i miss him like crazy what would you say to him
30:21right now um i'll tell him i learned a lot uh i would tell him i felt like i impacted a lot of people
30:29in a positive way i would tell him that uh we've got the culture piece right which he was a big culture
30:36guy as well and that uh we're uh working on the the the ball security uh that portion of it but uh
30:45i know he's proud man i know he um he's looking down he's proud because i'm doing it the way that
30:53i want to do it i'm staying true to my convictions and i'm leading from the front but i'm also leading
30:59um through a selfless and humble spirit and that would make him proud
31:10what's up gang happy new year guys everybody good happy new year guys go both
31:17hey great day man january 1st how you do this is how you gonna do everything right
31:39how you do anything is how you do everything start your year off the right way man it's gonna be a
31:42great year why not have a great practice right let's go control you control effort effort effort
31:47intentionality intentionality great day one of a great 2026. good snap great snap
32:00dak prescott is all positive energy and why not he has a real chance to become the first cowboy ever
32:07to lead the nfl in passing yards that's a dot from personal standpoint challenging season um one of
32:17the first times in my career in my life my play wasn't always a direct correlation with the wins and
32:22losses what's important to me is pride and making sure we finish this season 8-1 good response good
32:30response and not only that just momentum for not only myself this offense this team just moving forward
32:35to the off season and just taking anything positive we can into the next how you feeling how you feeling
32:44good thank you go get 100 and get on down let's do that let's get you 100 and get out of there
32:53with a win run in the win and get out of it
32:55quarterbacks don't succeed without a lot of help from the big men in front of them
33:05as a small token of appreciation prescott takes his offensive line out for a treat
33:11stafford hopefully they rest him he's like 40 yards behind me 40 yeah so are they playing
33:17oh yeah i think they're playing they are playing for the number one season and they play after us
33:21so they actually might be playing that's what will shaking his head they might be playing to like
33:25actually break to beat mine depending on how it is that's how he feels well no we're just saying is
33:29they play after us they're the three o'clock so when we play at one my number will be done
33:33hey we just gotta get we just gotta start slinging it right yeah we gotta put that picture up
33:38i mean you have a chance i mean you lead the league in passing like what does that mean
33:42yeah it'd be uh it'd be cool honestly it would be um it's not just my record though like and that's
33:48that's why i'd be cool but that's why it's not a lot of weight held into it because like i'm not
33:51doing unless you guys are blocking right i'm not doing unless we got the two freaks outside and those
33:56receivers that like it's a lot that goes into it we just got to continue to push each other man like
34:01let's not get complacent i don't know if we're average of 30 whatever but why not 40 next year so
34:06like let's put it on us to just get better man hey buck how was your rookie season
34:12bro it was a lot of fun bro you know what i mean it was like a lot more fun than i expected
34:16i get to play football every day i don't got to go to class i had to take care of my body it's a lot
34:21more fun than what i thought it was going to be what was the biggest surprise if you if there was one
34:27shit that check y'all handed me after the rookie did
34:32no i'm playing but um the biggest surprise
34:36yes i mean how close we are that's love like that's not given that's not every locker room
34:43that they're this close so like don't lose for a second like this was a success this was a good
34:47fucking year you got a wedding coming up i do i have a wedding in italy oh yeah so uh i'll be going
34:55to italy at some point which probably also like just go over a week early and experience just
35:00some of europe some of all that over there do that beef's getting married i'm not the only one
35:06i'm getting married i mean it ain't quite uh good old madhack kansas but yeah it'll be cool i don't
35:12know if everybody eliminated or whatever but i'll cheers to that one right there and simply cheers
35:16y'all man love y'all boys
35:20week 18 is like no other in the nfl when backups and young players take the field for extended playing
35:28time it's the kind of week that can springboard a no name into a player whose picture makes the wall
35:35so you know the deal okay coach already gave you the deal in the big meeting he talked to you i
35:41always say this especially to the young players okay i say what do i say true prepare how do you
35:49prepare how do you go about your business every day like you're going to be the one playing in the
35:53game like you're the starter you got to be delusional you got to be literally delusional
35:59no i mean you really got to be that way you can't talk about it you can't pretend you got to really
36:04apply yourself like that and then when your opportunity and chance comes bingo don't be
36:10surprised when players play their balls off and they play really well because they prepare for that
36:16i've seen players grow and develop into all pro players based on repetitions how they go about it
36:26in their mindset now we're rolling now we're rolling let's hit the gas let's hit the gas
36:33good catch good catch what i want to remind you guys is number one own your role are you guys with me
36:41own your role and that goes for every single guy and go out and put a showcase on
36:51and this week dog it's empty the tank chasing improvement we've been doing it it's empty the
36:56tank it's over after this there's one left you get 17 guaranteed and this is the last one the secret is
37:03always in the investment and on sunday we withdraw the investment you put that on tape as a unit as a
37:09group carry that into the future everybody in here got an eye you know what i'm saying whatever your
37:18opportunity is run with that take advantage of it some of us gonna be here some of us not gonna be
37:23here like we got one more all together y'all know what this league about your tape is your resume
37:31what's the first take that everybody's gonna watch if you're a free agent was this dude
37:35bullshitting out here um in the third quarter when they're down by 42 that's what they're gonna go
37:40watch immediately immediately every time you step on that field you're putting your resume out there
37:46step across those white lines it's there forever so i'm i'm telling you right now prepare as such
37:51prepare as such to go play your last your could be your last game could be the beginning of 10 more
37:56years you never know you play fast you play hard and you play together we're gonna win the game one
38:03more opportunity to put your brand of football on tape one more opportunity it's the only case
38:08guaranteed we'll take advantage of it what were you saying something about what jackson dart what
38:14jackson dart gave you a football oh yeah they gave me a football last game why yeah they gave me
38:21they gave me a game all because we got our win they got a win opportunity day another opportunity
38:26be thankful for the man you get to do it with be thankful you get to play this game give this game
38:30everything you got today hello buddy love you good love you too buddy love you too
38:39don't tell the coaches and the players that this game doesn't matter everybody's playing for something
38:44or someone let's go turpin one time big daddy oh six to three and here is sauls kicking it off to
38:59turpin at the five coming left up to the 20 looking for a hole 30 found a hole 40.
39:08keep running turpin left sideline 25 20 15 oh they caught it
39:15turn time you're about to have a day two three hear me you're about to have a day
39:212-3 is rookie running back jayden blue one of those who's that guy players looking to get noticed
39:28trap looks good here we go
39:32handoff inside blue pops it to the five streaking into the end zone first professional touchdown
39:39for jayden blue and the cowboys have their first lead of the game
39:44this is week 18. a first career start first td and first nfl football for the trophy case
39:57once again
40:03grab the ball hey dac dac grab the ball dac grab the ball from blue there you go blue
40:14Brian Schottenheimer keeps his dad's football card in his pocket
40:22and his offense on the field for a critical fourth down.
40:27Fourth and two at the Giant four.
40:31With 2.54 to go here in the half.
40:33Dallas up 10-9.
40:35Prescott in a shotgun set.
40:38Two receivers left. Pickets to the right.
40:41Prescott's back. Flushed out of the pocket.
40:43Lobs it to the front pylon, batted away, and incomplete.
40:47There's a flag down. It's going to be against Dallas.
40:50Yeah, that'll be a hold on the Cowboys.
40:53That's how you run.
40:54What's up, boy?
40:56Holding offense, number 78.
40:58That penalty supply, first down New York.
41:02That's five straight games in a holding call, by the way.
41:05I told y'all, when I change the jersey, I'm going to get more holding calls.
41:08That's five straight. Come on, bro.
41:10Yes, I did.
41:11You told Tim's that.
41:12When I change my jersey to the classic fit, I'm going to get more holding calls.
41:17That's five straight games.
41:20It doesn't matter.
41:21It doesn't matter.
41:26We're going to see a quarterback change.
41:30Dak Prescott's day and season is done.
41:33Dak Prescott's day and season has had everything from soup to nuts, but it hasn't had enough reps.
41:46Dak Prescott's day and season has had everything from soup to nuts, but it hasn't had enough reps.
41:59He's playing every last snap.
42:00Dak Prescott has had enough reps to bounce and at all.
42:02Don't get down.
42:07You know I have plenty of time.
42:11He's going to run and he steps out of bounds.
42:13He steps out of bounds.
42:17Earlier in the season, he would've took that guy on.
42:17Now he's got smart.
42:19Steps out of bounds.
42:19Yeah.
42:20Growth.
42:21Being great right now.
42:22I need everybody's best right now.
42:24Yeah.
42:25Green eight to your set.
42:26Dart's maturation is obvious.
42:29No matter who we talked to this week on that Giants team, they said, we feel very confident
42:34we've got the guy for the future.
42:36He makes people want to follow him.
42:38You know that Patrick Mahomes has it, and you can see that in Jackson Dart right now
42:41at this early stage.
42:42Green eight to your set.
42:43Third and 16.
42:44He wanted the screen and now flips it out to Bellinger.
42:48Daniel Bellinger on the run.
42:51How about this one?
42:53Touchdown Giants.
43:03Mike Kafka used to be Patrick Mahomes' quarterback coach.
43:06You think maybe he brought some of Patrick Mahomes' weird arm angles and strange passing
43:13decisions to his young quarterback in New York, Jackson Dart.
43:17He's got Dart enjoying this one.
43:18That was fucking sick.
43:19That was fucking sick.
43:20It was crappy, but it worked out.
43:21It was so cool.
43:22Good job, buddy.
43:23Green eight to your set.
43:24Dart back to throw.
43:25Wires one into the end zone for a touchdown to Tyrone Tracy.
43:26Yeah!
43:27All right, six.
43:28We're going for two.
43:29Two, two, two.
43:30Hey, alert.
43:31Two point play, eh, Doug?
43:32The Giants are going to go for two.
43:33Shift!
43:34Dart now motions out.
43:35Singletary lines up as the quarterback.
43:37If they can end a round to Dart, Singletary wants to throw it.
43:38Throws it back into the end zone, and Slink makes the catch for the two-point conversion.
43:42Mike Kefka is not leaving anything in the playbook today.
43:49And the Giants beat the Cowboys to close the regular season.
44:18And now the questions begin for both of these franchises as to what happens next.
44:28Best of luck.
44:29Hey, my dog.
44:30What's up, brother?
44:31Good to see you.
44:32Love the way you play, brother.
44:33Appreciate you, too.
44:34Absolutely.
44:35I'll see you in this house soon.
44:36For sure.
44:37What's connected?
44:38What's up, baby?
44:39You good, man?
44:40Good, brother.
44:41Happy New Year.
44:42Happy New Year.
44:43Merry Christmas.
44:44Merry Christmas.
44:45Happy Thanksgiving.
44:46Happy Easter.
44:47Happy New Year.
44:48Happy New Year.
44:49Happy New Year.
44:50Happy New Year.
44:51Happy New Year.
44:52Happy New Year.
44:53Happy New Year.
44:54Happy New Year.
44:55Happy New Year.
44:56Happy New Year.
44:57And then there was one.
44:58The last game in the NFC East regular season.
45:01Here we go from the link.
45:06Division rivals get set for the final chapter of the 20-25 regular season.
45:11If the Eagles win and Chicago loses, then the Eagles are the second seed.
45:17If Chicago wins, it doesn't matter. The Eagles will be the third seed.
45:22For Philadelphia, we really don't expect to see much of their primary starters.
45:27I love this approach. You're 100% that your starters are going to get rest this week,
45:32and you don't know what's going to happen in the other games.
45:35You're not going to stand for no reason. So are you belong.
45:38Every fucking hustle, every fucking second, from first play to the 100, we want to fuck out.
45:44Today is potentially a historic day on the field as Bobby Wagner is just five tackles away from 2,000 career tackles.
45:52Let's go with you, all right? Let's go with you.
45:55Take the left.
45:58Don't respect it, bro. And where I'm from, bro, you can't make a fucking respect you.
46:02But you for sure can kick they fucking ass, man. That's it. This is our last off, bro.
46:08This is the last time in this team we're going to take the field together.
46:12This game is about one thing. It's about our brotherhood. That's all we got.
46:1660 minutes of raising hell.
46:18Yes, sir.
46:18Don't take what we want, man, because it's our time. Our time, man.
46:25Okay, here we go.
46:26A good backup quarterback is invaluable.
46:29Here we go.
46:29But it helps to have at least one star on the field, especially one nearing a milestone.
46:36So Philadelphia resting starters, except Devontae Smith.
46:43McKee starts out in the gun, but takes me to his left.
46:47On first down, he fakes. He looks. He fires.
46:49And he completes it to Devontae Smith.
46:52Get out of bounds!
46:54McKee.
46:55He loads up. He fires. He completes it to Devontae Smith.
46:59All right, Smitty, another nine.
47:00For eight.
47:02He needs 19 more yards to hit 1,000.
47:07McKee back. McKee looking for Smith, who leaps up and comes down with the football.
47:13There it is.
47:14He has gone over the 1,000-yard mark.
47:18He is so graceful when he's in the air.
47:22Reminds me of those old NFL films videos of Lin Swan.
47:29That's it. They're not going to take any chance putting him out there again.
47:34You didn't run out of bounds.
47:35You took a hit, and you didn't run out of bounds.
47:37Wait!
47:38Oh, the first one.
47:39First one, you lied something dead.
47:41Go ahead and go to that sideline, Smitty.
47:42Hey, congrats.
47:461,000, 1,000, 1,000. That's impressive.
47:50Bobby Wagner is ready to one-up that by reaching 2,000.
47:54180, 180!
48:00180, 180!
48:02One tackle shy of going over 2,000.
48:05They give the draw to Bigsby, and driven back by Bobby Wagner.
48:09He is now the third player ever to record 2,000 tackles in their career.
48:16Come on, come on, come on, come on!
48:18Journeyman Josh Johnson can't boast numbers like Wagner.
48:23He's looking for just his second career win as an NFL starter.
48:26First and 10 at the 42-yard line.
48:30You're just out.
48:30Oh, it slipped through the hands of Johnson, who has to pick up.
48:32No, he fumbled it again.
48:33It's down on the ground, and the Eagles have it.
48:36And the Eagles get their second turnover.
48:37They're going to take over at the Washington 28.
48:39Hey, so look, I get it, right?
48:44I dropped the fucking snap.
48:46You feel me?
48:46However the fuck that happened.
48:48But we wavering on the fucking details, bruh.
48:50Like, I get it.
48:51It's week 17.
48:52We ain't playing for shit.
48:53And if you don't want to play, that's cool.
48:55But I'm going to be fucking out here until it's fucking over.
48:57That's all the fuck I got, bruh.
48:59That's all I ask.
48:59And let's just do our fucking job.
49:01And then wherever the fuck happens, it's going to happen.
49:02This game is not over.
49:0517-10, early moments of the fourth quarter.
49:08Hey, it's out!
49:11Johnson floating to the back of the end zone.
49:13It's caught by John Bates.
49:15J.B.Z!
49:16Good throw, Josh.
49:17Game on in Philly.
49:19My boy got it for a flash.
49:20Oh, my boy.
49:23Nice job.
49:24Nice job.
49:25Let's go, guys.
49:26Let's go.
49:27Anyway, Josh.
49:29That's it.
49:30It's awesome, isn't it?
49:30Yes, sir.
49:31Fucking right.
49:32Fourth quarter.
49:32Great decisions.
49:34We'll go down and score, all right?
49:35Let's get to it.
49:36Third and goal at the two in a tie game.
49:39Johnson, the fake.
49:42He'll run.
49:43He'll want to throw.
49:44He's going to get a touchdown.
49:46Nice fucking goal!
49:49The second win in an 18-year career for backup quarterback Josh Johnson.
49:54Let's fucking go!
49:56Let's fucking go!
49:57Hey, Uso!
49:59Good job, dude.
50:01How about that?
50:01How about it, man?
50:02You all right?
50:02Yeah.
50:03Awesome, man.
50:04Nice fucking play your ass off.
50:07The Eagles will be the third seed.
50:09They will be playing the 49ers.
50:11Good luck, Nick.
50:12Congrats, coach.
50:13Take some ass, man.
50:14I appreciate it.
50:14See you, Dabit.
50:15Got to make this run now.
50:19Yeah, fine.
50:19It's crush time, boy.
50:21We would have the two seed.
50:22As long as we get in and win every single one, but that's all that matters, bro.
50:26Don't matter if that be at home or away.
50:31Bobby Wagner gets 2,000 career tackles.
50:34He's had the kind of career that would take him to Canton someday.
50:47There's only one game ball to go out tonight, and I brought one of the old heads in, so Fletch.
50:51Hey, listen, in the history of the National Football League that's been played over 100 years,
50:59there have been three players to eclipse the 2,000 tackle mark.
51:03Three players.
51:05So Ray Lewis, myself, and today, Bobby Wagner.
51:10Thank you, guys.
51:22I appreciate you, man.
51:23Ever since I got out here, man, the love of the game, you guys helped bring that back to me.
51:28This group is special.
51:29It means something to me.
51:30It's something I will always remember.
51:32I'm so grateful for you guys, and let's keep pushing.
51:34Yeah, man.
51:40Congrats, fellas.
51:43You are two of the baddest fuckers you ever do it, so don't stand too close then.
51:47They might tack your ass.
51:49Release!
51:52Staying committed to your work, staying committed to your craft, you just keep going.
51:59Whatever's going to happen is going to happen.
52:04I am disappointed for us as a football team that it comes to a close.
52:08The victories, I don't know.
52:10But the memories and the things that we did, the things that we overcame, I will cherish that for the rest of my life.
52:18This hasn't been an easy season for anybody.
52:21For anybody.
52:22I appreciate the support through top to bottom.
52:25Celebrate this one, man.
52:26Y'all earned it.
52:27Y'all earned this one.
52:28I could be better.
52:29We all could be better.
52:29But let's make sure next year, whoever here, that's not where folks are supposed to be.
52:34Mr. Mayor, right here.
52:35Ball, he ain't ball.
52:36When it all breaks down in the runaway, standing in the wake of my pain, better come around to the new way.
52:50I'm with you behind you.
52:51I know.
52:51Watch as it all breaks down here, under the pressure.
52:55For three of the NFC East teams, the season is over.
53:00But for these men, football is their wellspring.
53:04They'll be back.
53:10Which leaves the Eagles, who start a second season one week from tonight in the playoffs.
53:15Just the way they want it.
53:18Just the way they want it.
Be the first to comment