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Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

Rookie Diary With Mac McWilliams: My Family "Didn't Know What Was Going On At First"

Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

Inside The Birds

Football, Sports

4.6910 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Andrew DiCecco's "Rookie Diary" with Eagles CB Mac McWilliams, who talks about how the blocked field goal that led to the game-sealing TD vs. Rams, his family coming to visit, his role on special teams, and preparing for a potentially bigger role Sunday vs. Tampa Bay.

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0:00.0

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Sun Express, non-stop sunshine. Music All right, so first and foremost, I have to ask what your initial reaction was when you saw the final field goal block.

0:52.8

I knew we was going to block it. I knew we had to change to block it.

0:56.0

Just coming from the first time we blocked it, early in the game, excuse me.

1:01.0

But when it comes out and things like that, you know, we got one of the best alignment

1:07.0

group, one of the best alignment group in the league.

1:10.0

You know, them guys, they work hard every day, and they go about their business with a strong attack. You know, every day, they come in working hard, so I ain't expected, nonetheless. What do you think of the resilience of the team that they would have bounced back despite things not going their way in the first half? I really feel like it started in OTAs.

1:27.6

You know, when we first got the team together,

1:29.7

we all had one plan, and I was making sure we win.

1:32.4

At the end of the day, that was the main goal, was to win,

1:35.7

and we came out there and executed.

1:37.5

Have you ever been any part of a game that had two field goal blocks?

1:40.4

No, I ain't never been in the game like that.

1:42.1

It was the first one for me for sure. What's your family think of it? They said that they didn't know what was going on at first. All they seen, because they thought the game was over since they got in the field going, but they said when they had their head on their phones and they were like, you had a game over with and things like that. And once they heard the whole crowd screaming,

2:01.2

they seen Jordan pick up the ball and they just wanted to cheering. How about Fish? Did he make it out? No, he did not make it out. He said he was, but this Temple game, I made sure I got him tickets to this game, so he will be in Temple. Okay, cool. So he missed a good one, though. Yeah, he definitely did. He definitely did, but, you know.

2:18.7

Well, what play, which play were you in on specials? You were on, it was specials, right? Yeah, it was a special team. It was a kickoff return. What did you think? How would you evaluate it? It was all right. I had a bigger guy, so, you know, I was just making sure I got up up on her and got leverage and, you know, stopped his track before he got moving.

2:38.4

What's this week been like for you? Presumably you've had more opportunities and more reps in practice.

2:43.7

Yeah, um, whatever the week comes, you know, whatever the coach has decided to do, I'm just here to, you know, do its best for the team and put my best foot forward.

2:54.0

How do you feel with the additional reps?

2:56.1

Yeah, I feel great, you know.

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