After The Game, Nick Foles Talked Like A Franchise Quarterback

Eagles quarterback Nick Foles has been making his case to be the Birds franchise quarterback.  He’s set records at the quarterback position this year, but he made quite a statement on the field last night with the season on the line and his offensive line getting outplayed.

Foles game last night impressed more than his seven touchdown performance in Oakland because he was battled the shadows of the first Cowboys game.  The offensive line wasn’t at the top of their game versus the Dallas pass rush.  The wide receivers were struggling to get open against man-to-man.

What do you do?  Do you start throwing the ball all over the field as a quarterback or do you keep your composure, take the hits and take care of the football?

Foles did the right thing on the field, then he went into the post game press conference and talked the way a franchise quarterback is supposed to talk.

“We believed in each other the whole time” Foles said last night in response to a question about how the Birds fought from a 3-5 record to a 10-6 record.  “We knew  that it was a process.  When you’re building something, When your’e building a company, when you’re building a team, when you’re building anything, you have to realize that it’s a process.  There’s going to be growing pains.  You’re going to have moments where it’s looking great.  You’re going to have moments when it’s not so good, but it’s during those times that you stick together.”

Foles sounds like Steve Jobs firing up his staff during an Apple meeting.  He doesn’t talk with the same fire, but the conviction is there and his teammates believe in him.

The six-foot-six Texas-native has bought into Chip Kelly’s philosophy of getting in as many reps as possible in every practice to the point where you don’t have to even think about what you’re supposed to do during a game, you do it automatically.  You must try to get better each and every rep, each and every practice, each and every meeting and each every day.

“The guys did a great job coming to work every single day and pushing each other”, Foles continued.  “There wasn’t a day that we sort of sat back and just went through the motions.  We push each other get better and we have to continue to do that.  Just because we won the NFC East title doesn’t mean that we can just coast, we have to keep working and keep progressing everyday.”

Your quarterback has to be a leader.  When he talks the players must respect him to the point that he says and make them want to follow him.  The second-year quarterback has eliminated any talk of the Birds drafting a quarterback with a top pick.

Last night he talked about the changes you have to make from game-to-game to get the train back on the tracks after losses.

“You’re going to have to make adjustments”, Foles said. “Players as well as coaches adjust everyday. If we get beat throughout a game we’re going to make corrections.  We’re going to move forward. make adjustments.  We’re going to make sure we’re better the next week.