HEAD COACH TODD BOWLES

(On having a number of players leave due to injury in Week 4, and if there are any updates on those players)
"Quite a few [players left]. We're still processing the information and a couple of them have got to get MRIs. So, it's going to be probably not until later on this afternoon."

(On which players are getting MRIs)
"Quite a few. I can't even name them all."

(On if RB Bucky Irving is among the players that he's concerned about, health-wise)
"Yeah, he's one of them."

(On what happened on the blocked punt attempt against Philadelphia)
"It wasn't really a stunt. We didn't help out like we should have and it shouldn't have happened. It was a very routine play."

(On if blocking was mainly the issue on the blocked punt)
"Yeah."

(On if blocking was also the issue on the team's first blocked punt versus Houston)
"It really doesn't matter. They're all bad. Whether they block it from the outside or the inside, it can't happen. Those are things that cannot happen for us to have guys on our punt team that are here strictly for special teams."

(On what his solution for the special teams woes are)
"We're working on it. We've got solutions."

(On if the special teams breakdowns are a lack of attention to detail or if it's something different each time)
"[It's] something different, but it's all bad, and we've got to correct that."

(On if P Riley Dixon is punting the ball fast enough)
"He can speed it up too."

(On if he can clarify how they're looking to improve the special teams performance)
"Right now, we're looking at all avenues to improve our special teams."

(On if Bowles is looking at personnel or at coaching for how to improve the special teams unit)
"All inclusive. It's coaching. It's personnel. It's all inclusive. It's never just one."

(On the defense's second half performance against Philadelphia, and if any adjustments were made at halftime)
"We didn't really adjust, we just stopped making the mistakes that we made in the first drive and. Those were day one things that we can't have that have probably started the last four games for us on defense and then we start playing after that. After that, we were fine and they settled down and played ball. We've got to start the game like that. We can't just pick it up as it goes."

(On the defensive approach against Jalen Hurts in second half compared to the first half, specifically in terms of blitz rate)
"There were different blitzes, but it was the same in the second half. I mean, he's a good runner. He's a good football player. He made some plays and he outran some of our bigger guys and we couldn't catch him. We misfit one or two spy plays and you got to give him credit for that."

(On the team's slow starts defensively this season)
"We come out well, it's just a different guy here or there that busts an assignment that causes a play to get going. Then, it's another guy the next play, and another guy the next play, and before you know it they've got seven points."

(On if he's concerned about depth at cornerback with injuries to Jamel Dean and Benjamin Morrison
"I'm a little concerned. I mean, they both went down and didn't come back. So, those are two [players] also getting MRIs."

(On how concerning it is that DL Greg Gaines left with a pectoral injury)
"It's concerning. I mean, we're running out of bodies, but we'll find somebody to play."

(On if the long flight to Seattle this week impacts injury decisions)
"I mean, we'll see as the week goes. We'll see who comes back, we'll see who's minor, we'll see who's major, and we'll adjust accordingly. That'll adjust practice accordingly, as well as flying."

(On if CB Jacob Parrish might start at outside cornerback if both Jamel Dean and Benjamin Morrison can't play)
"That's an option. We're still early in the process on that. We're going to wait till everything comes back and then we'll start moving pieces around."

(On the uncertainty of the kickoff time against Seattle and if that changes things for him in terms of the team's practice schedule and travel logistics)
"It's more of a logistic thing."

(On NT Vita Vea recording 2.0 sacks)
"We had the spy guy in the right place and made [Jalen Hurts] hold on to the ball a little bit longer, so they were more coverage sacks because they were covered in the back end. We knew Vita could press the pocket. They didn't let [Hurts] outside the pocket so [Vea] made some plays there."

(On Vea's effort level when he chased Philadelphia QB Jalen Hurts on Hurts' long run in the first quarter)
"I saw a smaller, faster guy outrun a bigger, slower guy and we need to have more guys rallying to the football. It's an athletic thing – he's a good athlete and he's a good quarterback. You're not going to catch him with the interior [linemen] if he gets outside."

(On addressing the team's slow starts to games)
"It's accountability. I mean, it takes coaches and players. The leaders have got to step up, the coaches have got to step up, and each player within themselves has to step up."

(On WR Kameron Johnson's success the punt returner this season)
"The holdups have been good on the outside and they've been doing a good job in the interior."

(On DL Elijah Roberts and Elijah Simmons stepping up)
"Elijah [Roberts] is coming on – he's coming on [really] well. Obviously, with the pass rush he's coming along, but he's coming along in the run game and he's playing fast. [Elijah] Simmons is a powerful guy. We thought he did some really good things in the game yesterday and, we've got to give him some more time. As he gets the system down, you'll probably see more of them."

(On seeing the Eagles score off of variations of the tush push formation, and how much the team was preparing to see the tush push in Week 4)
"No more than our normal short yardage Friday that we go over. We didn't spend extra time on it, if that's what you're asking me. We didn't spend extra time on it. We knew what we had to do, we knew what they were going to do. It just didn't come up."

(On if the team will devote more time to special teams in practice)
"It's not a time thing. It's definitely not a time thing. It's attention to detail."

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