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Eagles Players Talk For Final Time About Disappointing Finish To Season

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Eagles Players Talk For Final Time About Disappointing Finish To Season
Eagles Players Talk For Final Time About Disappointing Finish To Season
Dan Koob reports.

I'M MATT PETRILLO WITH THEIRTOP PRIORITIES IN THEIR FIRSTTERM.BUT FIRST CLEANING OUT ANDHEADING HOME.EAGLES PACK UP AFTER ANUNCEREMONIOUS END TO THEIRSEASON AND BIG CHANGES COULDBE ON THE HORIZON FOR THISTEAM.BUT WITH THEIR BACKS AGAINSTTHE WALL TEAM COUNTED ONBACKUPS BUT JUST COULD NOTPULL OFF MIRACLE AGAINSTSEATTLE AND DIDN'T HELP THEIRSTARTING QUARTERBACK HAD TOLEAVE DURING THE FIRSTQUARTER.GOOD EVENING, I'M UKEEWASHINGTON.I'M NATASHA BROWN IN FORGUESS CONTACT PLAYERS TALKEDFOR THE FINAL TIME ABOUT THEDIFFICULTIES A INTEREST 30INGFINISH TO THEIR SEASON.SPORT DIRECTOR DON BELLIESREPORTING FROM THE LOCKERROOM.IT ALWAYS LOOKS SAD.I THINK A LOT OF US ARE SADPARTICULARLY NINE MINUTES INTHE FIRST QUARTER LAST NIGHT.I HEAR YOU.IT WAS A TOUGH ONE TO TAKE.FORTY YEAR-OLD JOSH MCCOWNBECAME OLDEST PLAYER TO MAKEAN NFL POST SEASON DEBUT.OF COURSE, THAT WASN'T BYDESIGN.CARSON WENTZ GOT KNOCK OUT OFTHE GAME IN THE FIRST QUARTERAND THE WAS NEXT MAN UP WHICHWAS THEME OF THE 2019 SEASON.DAN KOOB JOINING US LIVE FROMTHE NOVACARE COMPLEX WITH MOREREACTION TO LAST NIGHT'SPLAYOFF LOSS TO SEATTLE.DAN?REPORTER: WELL, YEAH DONNEXT MAN UP MAY BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT, THE 2019 EAGLESWHEN WE TALKED TO THE GUYS INTHE LOCKER ROOM THEYCONSIDERED THIS SEASON ASUCCESS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUTALL OF THE TIME STARTERS,BACKUPS, THIRD STRING GUYS,MISSED ON THIS TEAM.BUT THE SEASON'S OVER.THE TRASH BAGS AND TRASH CANSCAME OUT.PLAYERS MADE THEMSELVESAVAILABLE TO THE MEDIA THISMORNING.IT IS THE LAST TIME THISVERSION OF THE BIRDS WILL EVERBE TOGETHER AS A TEAM, ANDTHEY HAVE DECISION TOSS MAKEIN FREE AGENCY AS UKEE ALLUDETODD ON SEVERAL GUYS.ZACH ERTZ WAS DEFINITELYFEELING IT EMOTIONALLY CALLEDTHE TEAM A FAMILY AND THATTHIS DAY IS NEVER ONE HE LOOKSFORWARD TO.OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED.THIS IS MY SEVENTH YEAR.YEAH, SEVENTH YEAR NOWFINISHING MY SEVENTH YEAR ANDTHIS IS SEVENTH LOCKER ROOMCLEAN OUT.ONLY ONE THAT FELT GOOD WAS AFEW YEARS AGO AFTER WE WON THESUPER BOWL.EVERY OTHER YEAR SUCKS.WE WANTED TO WIN THE SUPERBOWL.IT IS THAT PART OF IT.ONLY ONE TEAM WILL FEEL LIKETHEY HAVE HAD A SUCCESSFULSEASON BUT IT IS ONE TO BEREMEMBERED.LIKE I SAID, YESTERDAY, ALLTHINGS CONSIDERED IT IS STILLGOING TO HANG A BANNER FORTHIS TEAM.AS UGLY AS IT WAS, AS UP ANDDOWN AS IT WAS.REPORTER: MALCOLM JENKINSIS AN INTERESTING CASE.NOT A FREE AGENT.ONE YEAR LEFT ON HIS DEAL.HE SAID HE WILL IN THE COMEBACK ON THAT DEAL, DON.WE WILL HAVE MORE ABOUTJENKINS AND HIS CONTRACTSITUATION COMING UP AT 5:00.BACK TO YOU.DAN, THANK YOU.MALCOLM JENKINS HAS BEEN IRONMAN OF THIS TEAM, AND IT ISNOT ENCLOSE.WE WILL HEAR FROM DAN LATER ONIN THIS SHOW.THANKS, VERY MUCH.THIS WAS IN THE WAY CARSONWENTZ WANT TODD END HIS FIRSTPLAYOFF APPEARANCE GETTINGKNOCKED OUT OF THE GAME WITHTHAT CONCUSSION.I WOULD IMAGINE HE HAS SEENVIDEO BY NOW BUT HAS NOT SAIDIF HE THINKS HELMET TO HELMETHIT WAS A DIRTY PLAY BUT DIDHE SPEAK OUT ON INSTAGRAM.HE WROTE I'M FEELING GOODTODAY AND WILL BE JUST FINE,HEAD INJURIES ARE A SCARYTHING SO I APPRECIATEEVERYBODY THOUGHTS ANDPRAYERS.HATE NOT BEING OUT THERE TOFINISH IT OUT WITH MY GUYSBECAUSE OF A PLAY LIKE THATBUT IT IS UNFORTUNATE PART OFTHIS GAME.WHAT DOES WENTZ HEAD INJURY

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