00:00But there was real buzz in the matter with which they played defense.
00:04They got after the opposition.
00:07They took the fight to Philly.
00:09Yeah, true.
00:10Saquon went for 83 yards, I think.
00:1243 of them came on one run.
00:14Like, they set the edge defensively.
00:16They had big hits that seemed like from sustainable forces.
00:21So I think going to Dallas this week,
00:25it is a remarkable opportunity for them
00:29in a game in which they absolutely got worked last year.
00:34Dallas could have put up 70 on them.
00:37And unlike Ben Johnson, they called the dogs off.
00:39That's fine.
00:39Ben Johnson wants to set records.
00:40We'll see how that goes.
00:43Dallas called the dogs off, I believe, at 44.
00:46I don't have a computer, so all my numbers are guesstimations today.
00:51This is an opportunity for them to show how different it is, I think.
00:56Because it was just last year.
00:58It was the beginning of that four-game slide that was god-awful.
01:00Yeah, but I think the whole thing about it, Jay,
01:01they can't worry about what happened last year.
01:03Sure.
01:03They can't worry about none of that.
01:04I'm not saying them, but for us to see that it's consistently different.
01:07The defense came out and played a totally different brand of football
01:10than we've seen in the last four or five years.
01:14Offensively, they started slow.
01:15Yeah, but the thing about it is, listen, I like to see what's there,
01:20and then when you show me what you're capable of,
01:22I start judging you based off of that.
01:23And you've got to repeat it.
01:24Next week, I need to see it repeated and see a step farther.
01:28Offense, I need them to get in the gear quicker.
01:31If they go out there and handle their business, they can be in the game
01:34because, you know, I know Dallas was handling them last year.
01:38Get back now.
01:39Just get them this year.
01:40You beat them by one point, you won the damn game.
01:42That's all that matters.
01:43I think, too, I agree with you offensively.
01:46They've got to get going earlier.
01:47I almost expect that.
01:49I think there was some obvious rustiness for the quarterback,
01:52and it's a new offense and a new coordinator.
01:56I did really like the commitment to the run game.
01:58I think you'll see that again this week.
02:00I think for all the talk and consternation all summer
02:04about the offensive line, listen, man,
02:08I know people are going to dig deep into the pressures surrendered
02:10and all of these things.
02:12I thought as a collective group, one, I thought Cosby was a monster.
02:16I said that Sunday night, like just watching the game live,
02:19not even going back and watching all 22 and everything.
02:21I thought you could see that live.
02:23I thought Cosby was really good.
02:25I think collectively as a group, they were fine.
02:28They were good enough to win the game.
02:29And that's what it takes.
02:30That's what you've got to have.
02:31I think more than having like one dominant offensive lineman,
02:36if you have one dominant offensive lineman and four other stiffs,
02:40you're not going to have a good offensive line.
02:42But if you have guys that can play well together,
02:44you can go out there and do the things they did.
02:47As you look at that whole game, I think everybody had a damn passing grade.
02:52You know, you got a couple plays here and there that you saw some stuff happen,
02:56but that one play at the end, I'm being honest with you,
02:59I am still amazed that that dude spent out that way
03:02and was able to end up back in that spot.
03:04Because normally when you spin here, you drop in depth.
03:07He didn't.
03:08It was just something weird to me at that point.
03:11The Ajomo play was phenomenal.
03:12I also think, and I said this yesterday,
03:15I think Jihad Campbell, because Chris Paul got nothing on Campbell either.
03:19Everybody's focused on Allegretti.
03:20I think Jihad Campbell might have made the tackle before the goal line,
03:23even if Ajomo doesn't make that two-point move.
03:26But I said this yesterday on television.
03:29I said it yesterday here.
03:30The ball game did not come.
03:32The point total came down to the two-point conversion.
03:35There were a series of other things that happened.
03:38It was not a one-play thing.
03:39It's never one play at the end that cost the game.
03:41My biggest takeaway from Sunday is the explosive plays.
03:46I think that's the biggest problem in that game.
03:48If you look at just the yardage totals Philly was able to acquire
03:53versus how they got them,
03:55Philadelphia had 10 first downs in the entire ballgame.
03:58They could not sustain drives.
04:00Totally.
04:00But they were able to hit explosives.
04:02And I think I was surprised by Dan Quinn yesterday.
04:07Dan Quinn spoke to the media yesterday.
04:08I think there were some encouraging parts.
04:11I was surprised.
04:13Dan Quinn is a guy that generally protects his players.
04:17Quinn got asked.
04:19Forgive me.
04:19I don't remember which reporter asked,
04:21or I would give you credit.
04:22But it was Ben Stanek.
04:23Okay.
04:24He got asked specifically about Mikey Sammer still in coverage.
04:28The touchdown play definitely felt like as the motion got over,
04:32it made like you have to go get set.
04:33And like those are things that like we have to get corrected.
04:36We've definitely identified a few things that like,
04:38hey, man, these are the things that we have to get corrected.
04:40Mike's a very good competitor.
04:42I'm certain that we will.
04:44But to have that type of play and just not have the right focus at the right time,
04:48like completely not acceptable.
04:49On the second play, the deep pass play that I think you're referring to,
04:54kind of the same thing as you lost track of the ball, like finish it out, man.
04:57And so I think that's the lesson in the game.
04:59It wasn't schematically related to him or something that communication error,
05:04or some, you know, normal things that go into like a big play to go.
05:07So that's definitely the things we will identify with him.
05:10And I'm certain that he'll work on that.
05:12We definitely need to.
05:16B, Quinn generally protects his guys.
05:20Were you a little surprised by the level of criticism there?
05:23No, I don't think it was criticism.
05:26I think he was factual.
05:27Yeah.
05:27And nothing he said was nothing mean.
05:29He lost track of the ball.
05:31That's a fact.
05:32And on the other one, he got to get set.
05:33If you don't get set, you're behind the ball.
05:36The things he said is direct.
05:38That's how Quinn always is.
05:39I don't think he went like, hey, look, Mikey better get off his ass.
05:43That would have been criticism to me.
05:45But he was factual in everything that he said.
05:48And I agree with him because when you have some things, you can't lie.
05:52You can't say anything else.
05:54You know, what could he have said about the play?
05:56He stopped.
05:57So he lost track.
05:59The other one, he wasn't set.
06:01That's all you can say.
06:03And those are things that you have to work on.
06:05But I will go back to what I said yesterday.
06:08It's a confidence thing.
06:10We saw this kid play with extreme confidence two years ago.
06:14At moments last year, he did.
06:16In those games, those two plays looked like he was not confident.
06:20You know, I don't know if somebody said he was doing a macaroni in the end zone.
06:24That was funny as hell.
06:26But he never got close to the guy.
06:28When all your help is inside, why are you protecting the inside?
06:32You could have been crowding him and more or less playing the outside, which would have made a hell of
06:37a difficult throw for him.
06:38And which can float the ball out there.
06:40If you crowd him a bit, I don't think he catches the ball.
06:43But all your help is inside.
06:45How are you having your back to the inside as if you're trying to protect anything else?
06:50Play the sideline's your friend there.
06:51Yes.
06:51Like, play it to the sideline.
06:53You have outside contain on that.
06:56I think it is overly simplistic to try to make this entirely about Mikey Sammer still.
07:01I think that's unfair.
07:02But I think going to Dallas and knowing there's Pickens and Lamb, you need your corners to be ready.
07:09And Dan Quinn says he remains confident that Mikey will get this stuff corrected.
07:14How confident are you?
07:15Ulysses Culpepper has called in before I've even asked.
07:18Ulysses, how confident are you?
07:21I'm very confident.
07:23Super confident.
07:24I mean, we're talking about professionals here.
07:27I mean, this is what they get paid to do.
07:29For the most part, last week was a bad week.
07:31And, you know, like, I'm not saying that I'm on the level of B, Mitch, or playing pro or anything
07:39like that.
07:40But playing football, sometimes some people, it takes a little bit of, you know, time for Russ to be knocked
07:45off.
07:46I think that what will happen is that the coaches will go ahead and take a look at this.
07:50This is where you went wrong.
07:51This is what you need to correct.
07:53You know, Mikey will go ahead and correct it.
07:55And I think that going into this week, he's going to have a point to prove.
07:58He's going to, you know, he's going to be that dog.
08:01Appreciate the call, brother.
08:03Thanks, man.
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