Eagles' QB Dilemma: Next Man Up & Running Game Focus

Coach, real quick here on Tanner McKee and what the Eagles have to do. How tough is that situation when you lose your starting quarterback? You can think whatever about Jalen Hurts' skill set, but now you've got a drop-back guy that you've got to, with an offensive line that's really kind of in shambles itself here, too. And now you're getting Barkley back, which is going to be big on Monday night against the Cowboys. If you're Sean Manning and you're Nick Sirianni, how do you go into this game? What are you trying to establish? You've got to let him play. I mean, you really do. Obviously, you're going to have to rely on Barkley to some extent. But that offensive line, I know, is different. You know, there's a big change from last year and years in the past. But you understand the quarterback and what he's capable of doing, and you can't handcuff him. You've just got to let him play. And it goes back to what we said earlier here, and I'm sure you agree with this as a former player, is you've got to trust these guys that they're going to make these plays. You can't assume that they can't make them. When you do that, then you just handcuff the whole team. Yeah, I mean, Coach, that's one thing that they're doing right now. It's next man up, and that's always been a mentality here. Plus, getting Barkley back, Coach, establishing the run as a quarterback's best friend, right? Oh, there's no question about it. You know, just trotting a great back out onto the field, whether it gets a handoff or not, it changes the entire defense and their approach to the game. Yeah, and then, you know, you're starting to talk about getting into play action and getting Barkley back, especially with that run game where it's now the 29th best running attack. Two years ago with Jeff Stoutland, coach, that thing was the best of all time. I mean, one of the greatest offensive running attacks of all time.