{"id":187749,"date":"2025-08-30T18:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T18:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/187749\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T18:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T18:44:10","slug":"kenny-clark-expected-to-take-on-eagles-i-can-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/187749\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenny Clark expected to take on Eagles: &#8216;I can play&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s been playing in similar systems and has had some exposure to [Matt] Eberflus&#8217; system,&#8221; said head coach Brian Schottenheimer. &#8220;He&#8217;s a pro, and he&#8217;ll have no problem getting up to speed. So you should expect to see him out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His pre-existing bond with fellow defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa, the two having a personal relationship stemming from their UCLA ties and the fact Clark played alongside Odighizuwa&#8217;s older brother, Owa, for the Bruins, could play well towards the swiftness in which they establish chemistry on the field together in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Better still is the fact that, just last season, Clark was part of a Packers&#8217; unit that played the Eagles on two separate occasions, bookending Green Bay&#8217;s season; and while the defense as a whole had trouble containing Saquon Barkley, what Clark put on tape with his individual work was extremely pleasing to the eye.<\/p>\n<p>  <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VoiceOfTheStar\/status\/1961459577049756062\" rel=\"nofollow\">**You can view the full breakdown here**<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We played a little bit of an attacking scheme last year,&#8221; Clark said. &#8220;I&#8217;m pretty much caught up on it a little bit \u2014 a lot of the same principles, and stuff like that. Once I&#8217;m done with this [interview], I&#8217;m going to the meeting rooms and get with the coaches and try to learn the playbook as fast as possible, so I can hit the ground running against the Eagles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke to what type of shape he&#8217;s in, confirming the aforementioned state of health, and how he&#8217;ll be ready for however many reps Eberflus and the Cowboys demand of him at Lincoln Financial Field.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s exactly what the Cowboys need, and for a lot of very glaring and obvious reasons, the primary running a bit deeper than simply seeing Clark tied to one of the most jaw-dropping trade decisions in NFL history, but also because he joins a defense that, in previous years, has struggled mightily against the run, and whose season begins by trying to stop Saquon Barkley and the defending champion Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>Barkley rushed for more than 2,000 yards and 125 yards per game with 18 total touchdowns, so to say he&#8217;ll be a handful is akin to saying the moon is somehow right down the street.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m in shape,&#8221; Clark said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been practicing in Green Bay [and] training camp. I ain&#8217;t missing no time.\u2029So whether it&#8217;s 30 plays, 50 plays, 20 plays, whatever it is, I&#8217;m going to be able to play.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;He&#8217;s been playing in similar systems and has had some exposure to [Matt] Eberflus&#8217; system,&#8221; said head coach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":187750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[99506,103011,1292,24192,1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-187749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-featured-dalvsphi-2025","9":"tag-kenny-clark","10":"tag-news-all-news","11":"tag-news-patrik-walker","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}