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January 24

Eagles-Cowboys postgame quotes

Philadelphia Eagles

Head Coach Chip Kelly

Q. Chip, what happened to your team today?

COACH KELLY: We didn't play well. I should say that again, we didn't play well at all offensively. Didn't do anything to help us out. I thought our defense did an outstanding job all day. I think our special teams besides the one kickoff did a really good job on a team that was probably the most dangerous return team in the game, but offensively we couldn't get anything going.

Q. Can you talk about QB Nick Foles injury?

COACH KELLY: He got hit in the head and he went to an independent neurologist, so I haven't gotten anything back from that. When he went to the independent, they said he was out.

Q. How would you describe the quality of his Nick Foles throws?

COACH KELLY: He was off. I guess that's what I would say. At times we had guys open and we didn't put the ball on him. But there were other times where we didn't help him either.

Q. Did Dallas do anything that you didn't see a lot of?

COACH KELLY: Not that we didn't prepare for, no. It's the same defense. They are six games in; we're six games in. They obviously executed better than we executed. There were times we couldn't get off coverage and we held on to the ball. There were times we held guys open and just didn't get it to him. I don't have an answer for that.

Q. You obviously ran the ball very well last week with Nick Foles at quarterback. This week there weren't many running lanes. Anything that has to do with zone read and Nick being in there?

COACH KELLY: No, we ran a lot of power, ran a lot of sweeps. Go through the amount of plays we ran, we really didn't run a ton of zone read at all. So I think running power plays and sweep plays, it's just executing your blocks, staying on your blocks and finish things, and we didn't do that.

Q. How do you explain Nick going from a performance last like week where he's the offensive player of the week to the performance he had today?

COACH KELLY: I don't have an answer for it. Again, I think it's everybody on the offensive side of the ball. I don't think we blocked very well, I don't think we caught the ball very well. I don't think we got off routes very well. It was 11 guys on offense. It was all of us on offense, me calling plays, everybody. It's not just one guy.

Q. What did you think of Barkley's performance?

COACH KELLY: Yeah, Matt got put in a tough situation. We were throwing every down. He can get the ball out of his hands quickly. He did some nice things at times, but you've got to understand, he's got to understand, first time playing. Got beat one to man free, linebacker is waiting, play in his eyes. Made the pick down in the corner. That was the corner coming off. We've got to throw the ball down, some experience factor things. But difficult situation for Matt to be in to go into a game for the first time and to be in that situation.

Q. Can you explain the decision to kick the 60 yard field goal?

COACH KELLY: Yeah, Alex Henery hit it really well in warm ups. I asked Fipp what he thought, and he thought he was hitting the ball extremely well. We had the wind at our back and that was a 3 0 ballgame. Just trying to get a score and see what we can do at that point in time.

Q. Why not go for a first down there? What is the thinking there?

COACH KELLY: If we didn't get the first down, we're not going to get the kick.

Q. After three quarters was there frustration or optimism in terms of your defense putting you in position?

COACH KELLY: I think we're really excited how our defense is playing. I just think overall through the course of the game, I thought they played with great effort. I thought they did a really good job against an explosive passing operation. WR Dez Bryant was out there and TE Jason Witten, QB Tony Romo is one of the top quarterbacks in this league. So I think our defense gave us some optimism at that point in time. Could they get a stop and they did. And LB DeMeco Ryans got us a huge play there in the second half, but we've got to capitalize on that and we got a huge interception, get the ball down to us in the red zone, and we need to come away with 7 and make it a different football game.

Q. Why was QB Mike Vick inactive today?

COACH KELLY: We didn't have an emergency quarterback last week when TE James Casey was out. James wasn't here. You want to have three quarterbacks on game day. So when James went through pre game warm ups last week if he had to go in a game, Mike could have played, obviously, we would have had to protect him with our play calls. But Mike's probably at the same status now. He could have played, but we would have had James Casey down. When James was able to go, because he's such a good contributor on special teams, we felt like we had three quarterbacks. Mike wasn't going to start, Nick wasn't going to start obviously, and last week we didn't have an emergency quarterback, that's why Mike dressed.

Q. Any chance that Mike Vick can practice in full on Tuesday?

COACH KELLY: I'm hoping we get them all back on Tuesday. But I won't know until they get into the training room tomorrow.

Q. On Mike working out before the game?


Q. Michael's still your starter no matter what?

COACH KELLY: I can't answer that question because I don't know if he can go. I can say, yeah, he's my starter and then find out he can't play.

Q. How close was he this week? What's he need to prove going forward?

COACH KELLY: I think he needs to prove it to himself. I'm always going to trust Mike. I think Mike understands himself. He felt like he wasn't top end and he couldn't do what he needs to do for him to be effective. I think not a lot of guys do that. Not a lot of guys will tell you exactly where they are. They just say, hey, I'm good. I think Mike understands his body and we're going to listen to him. He's worked extremely hard with our strength and conditioning staff and our trainers in terms of trying to get himself healthy. He had a good workout this morning, so we'll see where he is when we get to Tuesday and we start practicing again.

Q. How good was Nick's decision making on where to go with the football?

COACH KELLY: I think all of us on offense, myself included, our decision making wasn't very good.

Q. What did you think of WR DeSean Jackson today?

COACH KELLY: Hot and cold. You know? Just like everybody. There wasn't anybody on offense that stood out. You score three points and there are not many guys that you can say, hey, they played a really good game.

Q. Did you get a sense in practice this week about how the offense was functioning?

COACH KELLY: Yeah, that's the tough part. I thought we practiced really well this week. I thought our guys did a nice job Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. There was good energy. I think they settled in, they had a good understanding of what was going on. And I thought we executed things during the week and to do what we did is unacceptable.

Q. Does the level of confidence in Foles change after this performance?

COACH KELLY: No, I think you have to look at them through the whole body of work in terms of what he can do and can't do. You hopefully like to chalk it up as just a bad day. But we'll see with all those guys is how do we come back to work on Tuesday? If we're feeling sorry for ourselves, the Giants aren't feeling sorry for us. They're going to be ready and prepared when they come in here next week.

Q. Did you talk to Foles after the first quarter?

COACH KELLY: Yeah, he was good. We talked to him at halftime, and I didn't detect anything from him. But I haven't seen him since the game because he got taken in. I haven't seen him since the game ended.

Q. Any chance Foles cannot go next week?

COACH KELLY: I have no idea. Again, I told you. When they have those situations and rightly so, they're very cautious with it, so they said he was with the independent, and I haven't seen him since he went to the independent.

Q. What was your overall evaluation of the offensive line to this point in the season? It seems they have good games and then something games like today?

COACH KELLY: Yeah, I've been pleased with our offensive line. I wasn't pleased with anybody on offense today. But overall from a season standpoint our guys did a really good job. But nobody today, all of us, everybody that coaches on the offensive side of the ball and everybody that played, we didn't play well enough today and obviously scoring 3 points in this football game is not going to get it done.

Q. Did the Cowboys do anything specifically to stop the run game?

COACH KELLY: No, they weren't loading extra guys in the box. They did exactly what they did coming into the game. They played some two deep schemes, some man three schemes, some three deep schemes. It's just what they've done up until this point. It wasn't anything we looked at and were surprised and said that's a new wrinkle in terms of what they're doing.

Q. How surprised were you to see this happen today?

COACH KELLY: Yeah, I don't know if surprised is the word. I think disappointed is the word. We've got to do a better job. It takes everybody to win a football game. I think a couple aspects of our team played really well today. But one aspect of our team didn't.

Q. Do you think things unraveled when Nick couldn't connect with Avant in the end zone. It seemed like that was your best chance to get back into the game?

COACH KELLY: No, because after that we got the first down and got the ball in tight. We went for it on fourth down and got the first down. Then we've got to come away with a touchdown on that situation. So I don't think we're feeling sorry for ourselves because we didn't hit the open guy. We still executed and got the first down. But we've got to put the ball in the end zone and we didn't.

Q. Do you think the frustration is getting the better of them? Are there players on the offense particularly that saw any of that?

COACH KELLY: I didn't see that, no.

Q. In the past two weeks how much work has Barkley gotten in practice?

COACH KELLY: There are X amount of snaps every day that the number two guy gets, whatever that is. But Matt's gotten some reps in there. Mike's reps came with seven on seven. So any team reps, Matt and Nick were the two quarterbacks in the team reps. Mike hasn't gotten any team reps yet.

Defensive Coordinator Bill Davis

On the secondary's improved coverage:

"I think the guys are tightening down their coverage in the secondary. We are getting familiar with our techniques and our calls."

On the pass rush:

"I think the pass rush is getting there, I really do. We had two sacks today. It felt like we were getting on [Cowboys QB Tony Romo] all day. He was getting the ball away, but at least he felt the pressure, which had an effect on the rest of the passing game."

On the play of LB DeMeco Ryans:

"DeMeco's outstanding. He is the quarterback of our defense. He lines [the defense] up and keeps them steady when things start to go bad. To see him make that interception, which was a great catch, I am just happy for DeMeco. He is having a good season."

On the presence of veteran players on the defense such as DeMeco Ryans and NT Issac Sopoaga:

"It is always good to have leadership like that. You wish you could have come away with a win, but the defense is slowly taking steps forward."

On his message to the defense after today's game:

"There are a lot of positives, but at the end of the day there is going to be a winner and a loser and we lost and that is not good enough. You always have to outplay the opponent's defense and today we didn't."

On players he thought stood out throughout the game on defense:

"I think the corners had a nice game. They all did. They took turns, both the corners going up against [Cowboys WR Dez Bryant]. The pass rush we had inside was putting some pressure on the quarterback. We only two sacks but we had a lot of hits on the quarterback, so we were happy about that."

QB Matt Barkley

On how he thinks he played today:





"I wouldn't say it's tailored to any specific type of quarterback. I think that if you are efficient in everything, both styles of quarterback can run this offense and put points on the board."

RB LeSean McCoy

On the offense's struggles today:

"We just didn't finish any drives. We didn't execute at all. We just didn't play well. Myself, I think that this was one of my worst performances since being a rookie. We have to get better."

On whether he saw anything different from QB Nick Foles today:

"I don't think, as offensive weapons, we gave him much of a chance. There are plays that we should have made, there are plays that I should have made, to help him out. If you look down the line, I bet guys would say the same things about themselves. We just didn't give him a shot. I think that Nick is a heck of a player. He's a good leader. We just let him down."


"Yeah, there was so much to gain from this game. We just didn't get it done today."



WR DeSean Jackson


"I don't know. We just really couldn't get anything going today. It was a tough game on our side. Our defense did a good job of keeping us in the game by stopping Dallas. On the offensive side, we weren't able to get it going today."

On how Dallas was covering him today:

"The same thing everyone else has been doing. There was some man coverage. We are seeing the same stuff. I don't have an answer for you. We have to see the film and see what we are doing wrong."

On whether Dallas played a Cover-2 against them today:

"They did a little Cover-2. It wasn't a lot. We felt like we could go out there and get some looks, but it just didn't fall our way today."


"I just got rolled up. One of their linemen stepped on it."



On how he thought QB Matt Barkley played today:


WR Jason Avant

On why he thinks the offense was not successful today:

"We couldn't complete a ball today and we couldn't run it effectively. We had a couple of penalties, but that was not big. We just couldn't connect when we had opportunities. It was just bad."


"Well, no matter if it's for first place or not, to come out and play the way we did is disappointing. You don't want to go out all week, practice hard, watching extra film and then come out and play like this. It looked like we didn't prepare right, which was not the case. It was certainly sad for us to come out and play like that at home."




"A lot of it. But, we have to watch the film. From the outside in, it's really easy to say that he has to do this or that, but we will see tomorrow when we watch the film. We will see how we can correct this for the future and hopefully this won't happen again. But we didn't play well."





TE Zach Ertz

On if the game was a missed opportunity:

"I do not think we really look at it like that. It is only one game in the season, and luckily we are going to play [the Cowboys] again the last game of the season. It's only week seven and we are 3-4 and we have a chance to get back to .500 after next week. It is only one game, and I think that is what we have to take out of it."

On struggling at home:

"I don't really know what is going on at home. I wasn't here last year. This year's games, we were close against the Chargers. The [Kansas City] Chiefs and this game we really just did not play up to our standard. It's tough we want to put on a good show for the fans and unfortunately we haven't had that."

On the positives from today's game:


C Jason Kelce

On what type of formations the Cowboys lined up in today:


On how many of the run plays were zone reads:

"I would not be able to tell you that. I don't think we changed the percentage up at all."


"I felt like the Giants and Dallas have come in with pretty good game plans against us. It's hard to tell until you watch film, but we just have to do a better job adjusting. That's what it comes down to. You can do as much film study as you want and think you know the opponent. They didn't really change up what they were doing, you just have to adjust in the game. It's always a little different than what you prepared for. If there was two games, that I thought, running wise, that we really struggled to adjust to what the defense was doing, it would be this game and the Giants game."


"It's tough. We pride ourselves in being a good running team. That was embarrassing."



LB DeMeco Ryans

On his takeaways from the defense's performance today:

"I am proud of the effort and the way our defense played. It was probably the best defensive outing we have had all season, and it was against a good football team with a good offense. I am just disappointed we couldn't hold them out of the endzone the couple of times they got in there today. I felt that we had a really good plan and [defensive coordinator Bill Davis] called a really good game. The guys played hard, and it is just unfortunate that it didn't go our way today."

On his interception in the 3rd quarter:


On defending Cowboys WR Dez Bryant:

"He's a strong physical player, good route runner and he's a top player in this league. He is going to make plays."

On the disappointing loss today:


On feeding off the defensive performance going into next week:


On his interception and sack:


On his interception being a momentum changer:






On the intensity level on the team:

"Everything is the same. We just did not make plays today."





LB Connor Barwin

On feeding off the play of LB DeMeco Ryans:


On the blitz scheme for today's game:


On the defense's effort today versus a high-scoring Cowboys offense:

"We did not play good enough to win, so first of all it wasn't good enough. There were some positives to take away from it. We were able to get some pressure on [QB Tony Romo] and get him out of rhythm, which we want to do every week against the opposing quarterback."

Dallas Cowboys

Head Coach Jason Garrett

On the defensive performance and how they were able to contain RB LeSean McCoy:

"Obviously the defense was outstanding today. They did a fantastic job. That offense challenges you in so many different ways. Number one rush football team coming into this ball game today and they have a really good scheme that challenges you with their tempo. LeSean McCoy is a fantastic football player. We have seen that for a number of years now, we see it on tape. I just thought our defense did a really, really good job playing sound defense, playing together, playing what the defensive scheme was. I think we were really, really strong up front and we did a good job setting the edges, and then really running to the football. I thought we were physical and the pursuit was outstanding and I thought our tackling was outstanding. When you watch tape of [McCoy], he makes a lot of people miss. I think setting the edges and everybody getting to the football and making him go down and tackling him, and tackling him hard, I thought that was the difference in the ball game."

On Defensive Coordinator Monte Kiffin handling Kelly's offense:

"Kiff is an outstanding football coach and we have outstanding coaches on our defensive staff. I thought they did a really good job coming up with a plan that was effective against this up-tempo offense. One of the things that they really challenge you with is everyone not playing together on defense because of their tempo. I thought our practice week was good getting ready for it. I thought we were all on the same page and played good sound fundamental defense and it starts with a plan that Kiff and the staff put together, and I thought they did an outstanding job."

On his thoughts on PR Cole Beasley and WR Terrance Williams and if they made a lot of plays today offensively:

"They did. Each of those guys in their role has stepped up over the last few weeks and I think [QB] Tony [Romo] has a real comfort level with them and he is not afraid to go to them at all. In fact, when there is a match up that is favorable for us involving those guys he throws the ball there with confidence. They have made a lot of plays for him and when you add that to the mix of some of the other play-making guys we have on offense it can be challenging for the opposing defense."

On where you are right now being 4-3 in the division and on how important today's game was for you:

"Yeah you know we live in the day by day, week by week world and this was a good win for us to come up here to Philadelphia and get a division win on the road. It's an important win for us. We played well enough on all three phases to win this ball game. We will go back and correct it and look at it over the next couple days and get ready for Detroit, that's really where our focus is."

On the secondary and what they were able to do today and in taking DeSean Jackson out of the game:

"Yeah they have some play-making guys outside as well. DeSean Jackson has been a great player in this league for a long time. He has outstanding speed and those guys outside, whether it's [CB] Brandon Carr or [CB] Mo Claiborne or [CB] Orlando Scandrick we challenge them to play some man coverage on those guys and not have a lot of safety help and they did it throughout the ball game. The key for us to play good run defense is being able to have an extra guy down there in the box but that challenges the outside guys and they stepped up big throughout the ball game."

On your offense responding when they had to today and making big plays especially in the second half:

"Yeah when we had to we did what was necessary to win the ball game. We will go back and look at in all three phases and look for areas to improve and certainly will do that on offense. We did step up with some big drives and on a game like this going down and kicking a field goal or scoring a touchdown and making it a two score game, those are really important things that happened. I thought they stepped up. [RB] Joseph Randle was a guy getting his first start and he did a good job running the football. We made some plays in the passing game. The touchdown to [WR] Terrance was a big play in the game, extending the lead for us."

On QB Tony Romo throwing that interception but then getting a touchdown and responding to that turnover:

"It actually was a pass to Beasley and we had a little miscommunication with where the back needed to go on that particular play. I think it was [Eagles LB] DeMeco Ryans who did a nice job making that play on that ball, he was actually covering [RB] Phillip [Tanner] on that play. That's a big play in the ball game for the defense to get a stop and sudden change there and not allow them to score, there that's really important, and a significant part of the ball game and then we responded back on offense to extend the lead one more time."

On how big the two plays were that SS J.J. Wilcox made for you today (deflecting a pass in the end zone and the interception):

"Yeah [SS] J.J. [Wilcox] has done a nice job for us. He is a rookie and hasn't played a lot of snaps but he is getting better every week. He plays with the right kind of demeanor and has a little bit of a play-making ability about him. He seems to make a lot of plays on the football. Those were two important plays in the ball game, no question about it."

On WR Dez Bryant's demeanor in the ball game today, despite it being very physical outside:

"Yeah Dez has matured in so many different ways, and that is one of the ways he has matured. Just to be able to maintain his focus throughout the ball game. He is one of those players when he breaks the huddle he is going to get a lot of attention from the opposing defense, whether it's with their scheme by doubling him or just maybe it's their best corner or maybe it's just somebody trying to lock him down and talk some smack to him afterwards. I thought he did a really good job making sure he stayed focused throughout this ball game and he made the plays when he needed to."

On his thoughts when watching the first half and it being scoreless most of the time:

"We just gotta keep battling, just gotta keep battling and trying to find some good answers on offense to allow us to move the football and score some points. Keep encouraging the defense to play like they played. And you come up here and play a division game, you know it's going to be this kind of a game. So you just have to keep battling throughout and keep finding some things to get to where our guys can function and make some plays for us. I thought we did that as the game went on."

On not having Ware today and on rotating a lot of guys on the defensive line, on how they played overall today:

"Yeah, losing DeMarcus Ware is a significant figure on our defensive front. I think it was his first game he missed in his career so he has been in here week in and week out but when something like that happens somebody else has to step up. We have a lot of different new defensive linemen here over the last few weeks and they come in with the right attitude and demeanor and try to take advantage of the opportunity. They are well coached. We give them a chance to take full advantage of it. We rotated a lot of different guys and I think they understood the opportunity they had. They played hard and I think they contributed to us slowing down the run game and certainly affected the passer throughout the game.

On playing FS Jeff Heath and whether that was part of the plan to deal with the pace:

"Yeah a little bit, we were going to keep an eye on our players throughout the game and make sure that they were staying fresh and be willing to substitute certainly the defensive line and the linebackers and the guys in the back end as well."

On what he thinks enables Defensive Line Coach Rod Marinelli to get these players ready and play at this high of a level:

"He is just a heck of a football coach. He has been a great football coach for a long time and has coached a lot of different players. As much as anything else it's just the mentality that everyone in our organization has, that when something happens to another player, the next player has to step up and play. And that has to come from the whole organization, from the coaching staff and the players themselves. And again injuries provide opportunity, an individual opportunity for a guy to come in and establish himself in his career but also a chance to help and step up and be counted on a football team. I think our guys understand that and I think they have done a nice job approaching it the right way and taking advantage of the chance they have gotten."

On compensating without having RB DeMarco Murray today:

"Yeah we felt like there were some opportunities we wanted to get after in the passing game and certainly when your starting running back is not available to you, you might be more inclined to do that. So we used some different personnel packages, threw the ball to those guys with some high percentage stuff to help us move the football. We thought [RB] Joseph [Randle] did a nice job, didn't seem like the situation was too big for him. He stepped in there and ran the football, ran hard and protected the ball. When he had chances to block he did that, so I thought it was a good day for him. Again, you try to use all your pieces to attack the defense a lot of different ways."

On whether he was still being cautious with WR Miles Austin today because of his injury:

"Yeah Miles practiced on Wednesday but then didn't practice on Thursday and Friday and we wanted to warm him up, he warmed up well in this ball game. And we felt he could play some, but again we wanted to use the other guys. [WR] Terrance [Williams] played in his spot a couple times, and then we used different personnel groups to take some of the snaps off of him."

Owner Jerry Jones

On the play of the offense without RB Demarco Murray:

"I think we have several different offensive players making plays and it is paying off for us. I think [QB Tony] Romo is really playing well right now and finding different receivers out there. We are deep at receiver now and we use all these guys more without having Murray. I think [RB Joseph] Randle can see really early the openings in the line and he understands his responsibilities more and more every week. I thought he played really well today."

On what his thoughts were of Defensive Coach Monte Kiffin:

"I think all of us have respect for him as a coach. I would like to mention a quote from the late Bum Phillips, who will be dearly missed. Bum mentioned how hard football is at all levels but he said that it can always be really hard when you point fingers at others. That is what football has a tendency to do but Monte never blames anyone but himself. I really respect him so much as a football coach."

On what is slowing down WR Miles Austin at receiver:

"I think people have to realize that certain injuries do take time to heal and he is working himself back to total playing shape. If anything, he is being conservative and making sure that he recovers and feels great again. But for now, other receivers are making the plays that we need to keep the ball moving."

QB Tony Romo


"I think if you play long enough you understand how difficult it is to win on the road, especially in the division. It's gonna be a tough game. They always are. And it's going to come down to a series or two, and we responded. When it got in the critical points of the game I was proud of the guys. We got into some stuff we liked and we executed well and getting that touchdown to go up two scores was real big."

On the drive resulting in the touchdown to WR Terrance Williams:

"It was a mixture of different things, but stuff that you felt comfortable with throughout the game, that you knew some of the stuff that they'd been doing that we were going to have an opportunity to attack them with. It's about execution and we went out there and it felt as if you were behind almost in that football game just the way it was going even though you had the lead and to come out there and kind of put the foot down and go out there and do what we needed to do to win the game—it was important."


"It was a tough day out there. It probably didn't seem like it, but the wind played enough of a factor to where just to complete balls down the field it was going to be a little more difficult. Even when you threw them well, it was swirling. So you're in the middle of the field, you can feel the right to left wind. As it gets down there, I threw one to [WR] Dez [Bryant] on the sideline where it came off my hand nice and it's drifting and then at the end it drifts right. And it's when you get down toward the end zone it switches. It completely goes the other way. So it kind of minimizes sometimes the big play ability in games like this because it's difficult to throw and catch down the field. And it's not the only reason. It's just part of it. The other part of it is that their D-line did a good job putting some pressure and we weren't able to expose some things we thought we could. And some other areas I think we hurt ourselves with penalties so we kind of got behind. And lastly, we had to go the length of the field most of the day. They really were winning the field position battle throughout most of it, but we just keep doing a good job getting ourselves out of the end zone up to, maybe not necessarily scoring, but making them have to drive the whole field too. Overall, it was a good job by our guys to execute and great defensive effort."


"It was tough. They played some single high coverages where it's going to be one of those games where the game is going to be tough if we're throwing the ball [to Bryant] and me and him aren't completing where some of their coverages are and it's one-on-one. And that's just football. If you're throwing to a guy and it's one-on-one and we're not winning in completions then it's going to make for a long day. We started to get it though at some point and then it made it tough on them."

On his comfort level with Terrance Williams and Cole Beasley:



"I like that we compete. Each week is going to present a new challenge and it's almost like each win is a little different and each loss is a little different and it's never easy to go on the road, it's never easy to just come out and execute perfectly even though we all want to. But if you stay together as a team and you go out there and fight and just keep competing, keep getting better, your team has a chance to be the kind of team they want to be."




"I was trying to get the ball, but it wasn't my best chance."


"I think more than anything you just attach the win from today against an opponent that you know has been playing some pretty good football and they're good. They rushed the passer pretty good today, they did a good job on the outside. You gotta give them credit, they played a good football game. We just played a little bit better today."

On the competiveness of his team, and the interception being an example of where they've struggled on the road in the past and how the defense steps us:

"I think that's a great point. I think after interceptions, there's sometimes an 'Okay, let's calm down. Let's just run it three times'. There's that feeling that happens, but give Bill credit. He called an aggressive game, he came right after that, and to me that was fantastic because I understand sometimes it's out of your control. You throw a pick at the end of the half—Hail Mary basically—and those things are just random things that happen but it's about decision making. Over time if you keep making good decisions, whether or not negative things happen every once in a blue moon, it's just part of the game. You'll give your team a chance to succeed and I think they trusted me and they trusted our team to go out there and execute it and put the game away when we had to."


"I think it's really a testament to just how hard and committed those guys take each day and commit to getting better and practicing. They work their butts off on the defense. They're running the ball every day as fast as I've ever seen and it's just neat for them to be able to come out here and have a game like today where they just would of almost won that game regardless by themselves. I don't know if that's happened in my career where you're able to just lean on them. If you're going to do stuff in January you're going to need to lean on them at different times. It happens every year and it's nice to know our defense can do that."


"Absolutely. I've been there. We've all been there. Put in a situation at the end of a game where it's your first time out there and I think the emotions of it—you're excited, a little nervous. There's always things running through you but, you're excited about the opportunity and I just told him, 'You gotta go out and let the ball go'. The young guys who end up being successful are the ones who throw it, they see it, they throw it, and they let it go. And eventually they'll tighten all that stuff up. The guys who just stand there and hold it, they don't last very long. I know he wanted to probably do a little bit better, but I think he's going be fine and he'll come back and get better from the mistakes that he made. I think it's like anybody when you're young. You have to go out there and give 100% and when you see something, let it go."

On whether his 100th regular season start means anything now that he's through it:

"Yeah, I think we're on to 200 here shortly. I think more than anything it hasn't really been something I think about. I know it was talked a little about this week, but when you're playing the game it's hard to reflect when you're still trying to accomplish your goals and what you're set up to do. They'll be a time for it I'm sure when I'll sit back and think of some great things and great memories and great people I've been around, but right now I just don't think it's the time for it."


"Yeah, we did a little bit of things. I think more than anything though it was dictated throughout the game and how they were playing different things. But I thought they did a good job. [RB Phillip] Tanner and [RB Joseph] Randle really played well today. And he's going to help us. I didn't think he was too big for him. I thought he ran hard. And I thought he was pretty good in his blocking assignments. We'll see when we watch the tape, but it was good to see."


"If you work hard, and you get open on one-on-one situations, it's not very hard. I'll help you in certain other situations with my timing, but I just need them to do their job when they're singled up and I think more than anything they do a great job with that-- the effort. Terrance Williams has improved as much as maybe anyone I've seen in the six months that he's been here. It usually takes wide receivers a while to get to that point, but he continually takes coaching and does the things you need to do to improve and it's just a testament to his work ethic and his commitment to the football team. You love having guys like that."


"Yeah, because he cares. If you care and you want to get better and you're committed to going out there and doing it and then you actually show that you're improving that's all you can ask. Guys are going to make mistakes. There were plenty of things out there. We had mistakes out there today. I got on Tanner on one and he came back and did a great job the rest of the game. You just have to put it behind you and figure out how to get better, and the guys do a great job of that."


"When you're young, it is. It's really a feeling that you're only to get one opportunity every opportunity. And the reality of it is no one's guaranteed a lot of them, but I do know that I've just seen it over and over. The guys who come in and don't pull the trigger when they're young, usually if they don't- What's the old Parcell saying? 'If they don't bite as a puppy, usually they don't bite'? I think that's in some cases the same with quarterbacks. If you see it early, see some of the intangibles, see them pulling the triggers and letting it go. They might not always be right, but they'll refine that. It'll get tighter as they get older."

RB Joseph Randle

On what it felt like to get his first start:

"It really felt good and I got more comfortable as the game progressed. First half was a little slow but then we got moving well on offense. I think I ran the ball well North to South down the field but there are always things you would like to do better. I will watch the film this week and make some of the corrections that I need to make."

On his vision of the field in the NFL:

"I think any good back has to have good vision and see things quickly. I think it will even get better as I get more reps out there. It was a great win to get under our belts and I love to carry the ball when my number is called."

On how he is enjoying catching the ball out of the back field:

"I have always enjoyed making the catches out of the backfield as well as running the ball. It is part of my game and something I want to continue to do. But for now, when they call on me, I will do what I need to do to help us win games."

On what it felt like for his first game in Philadelphia:

"I had never been to Philadelphia before, but I heard about it. All the fans were giving it to us as our buses were coming into the stadium and it was interesting. This is definitely a loud place to play at."

WR Dez Bryant

On WR Cole Beasley's performance:

"Man, I love it. We talk about it each and every day, most days in practice, take advantage of all opportunities. We believe in one another and we know that any of the receivers can make a big play."

On the offense's performance in the first half:

"We just had to slow down and get our minds right and we did that. After that things started clicking for us and we got the win."

On what Eagles CB Cary Williams had to say to him:

"It's the beginning of the game, it's our first drive and their defense's first drive and he's just out there trying to set his mark, set his tempo. As the game went on, we just both understood, it's just competition, it's just trying to win. I don't have any hard feelings towards him and I know he doesn't have any hard feelings towards me."

On the first drive of the second half:

"Well, I think in games like this you just have to be patient, and that's what it was. Things had to get rolling and it did. [QB] Tony[Romo] and the coaches made some great adjustments and we came out and got the win."

On getting a tough win in a tough environment:

"It's going to help big time since we didn't have a couple of our key guys in this game. It goes to show you how mentally tough we are. You just have to keep pushing and having the mentally that when one guy goes out, that next guy can step in and do the job."

On missing RB DeMarco Murray:

"Well, like I said, the next guy has to come in and do his job because that's what you are here for. You have to be ready when your number is called no matter how you got here, what round you were drafted in."

On his thoughts of the defensive line performance:

"Missing D-Ware [RDE DeMarcus Ware] and the rest of those key guys, Hatch [DT Jason Hatcher] has done a great job of being a leader and bring those guys together and having them play some tough, physical football. The credit goes to them for getting us this win today."

LB Sean Lee

On shutting down the Eagles' offensive today:

"We just had a really good week of practice and we knew the tempo was going to be an issue. They like to go fast, they like to hand the ball off to [RB] LeSean McCoy and we were able to line up and play football and we were able to stop him. We did a great job of rallying and tackling him because he is one of the best players in the NFL."

On the defense's game plan for RB LeSean McCoy:

"Well we knew that the first thing we wanted to do was shut him down. Then we wanted to get pressure on [QB Nick] Foles and I thought we did a good job combining both during the game."

On the personal challenge of shutting down RB LeSean McCoy:

"I remember the last time I came up here, two years ago, he went for 180 and he ran all over us. I knew that this guy is an unbelievable player and an extreme challenge. So all week during practice, we worked on finding a way to stop him and I think that we did that."

On it being a low scoring game:

"First, you have to give a ton of credit to the guys up front and Coach [Rod] Marinelli, they did a good job. They were able to get pressure up front and those guys in the back end, where the coverage was tight all day. The throws were hard and he had to hold the ball a bunch of times and I think it was a complete team effort and that was fun."

On his interception:

"I was reading the quarterback's eyes. I was able to flow into it and I was able to go get it. He's a young

guy and in his situation, it's tough for him."

DT Jason Hatcher

On holding the Eagles' offensive to three points:

"You know, it shocked me and I'm very proud. We did a great job of running to the ball and containing 25[RB LeSean McCoy]. He's by far the best back shfting in league by far. So we did a great job of that and shrinking the field. Our d-line played a great job, linebackers, and the secondary just played lights out tonight. So I'm very happy to be on a team of no namers."

On his feelings about [DC] Monte Kiffin versus [HC] Chip Kelly storyline:

"It was just another game. We just played well. We played for each other, we played as one. It was a good showing by the defense tonight. This is a tough offensive to go against because they run a lot of plays and we did more than enough. [DC] Coach Kif [Kiffin], prepares us to be our best. If its tempo, he'll run us five times higher than that to get us prepare for the game.

On Coach Rod Marinelli coaching:

"He cares. He has a lot of respect in the league and he's the best defensive line coach in the league. So he's one of the guys you don't want to disappoint him. He's unlike some coaches who don't care about you and just care about their job. He cares about you as an individual and that means a lot."

S Barry Church

On lining up against the Eagles offense today:

"It is always a challenge whether we play here or in Dallas against the Eagles because they are good on both sides of the ball. Today it was the defense of both teams that went head to head and both of us played well, but we were able to get the win. We were switching a lot of guys in and out on defense on defense and were able to hold the Eagles on offense."

On what goes through your mind with DE Demarcus Ware not playing:

"It definitely crosses your mind when he is not playing because he is a future Hall of Famer and does so much out there. But when a guy is down you have to do your job when called upon to hold the offense down and we did that well today. It is very hard to replace a Demarcus Ware though."

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