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Eagles vs. Cowboys Postgame Show, Week 17 · The Philadelphia Sports Table | Philly Sports News & Views

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Speaker 1: You are listening to Eagles postgame analysis here at the
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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Sports Stable podcast show, the longest running weekly Philly
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Speaker 1: sports podcast show in the world, over eleven and a
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Speaker 1: half years strong, and week seventeen here of this Philadelphia
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Speaker 1: Eagles twenty twenty four twenty twenty five season now in
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Speaker 1: the Bugs. Boy they be actually they steamrolled the Dallas
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Speaker 1: Cowboys down at the Link by a score of forty
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Speaker 1: one to seventeen. This Philadelphia Eagles team have officially clinched
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Speaker 1: the NFC East and there have been no repeat winners
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Speaker 1: in the division the last twenty seasons. It's the longest
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Speaker 1: streak of any division in NFL history. Eagles are heading
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Speaker 1: to the playoffs, as we know, but still have the
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Speaker 1: opportunity to potentially get that number one seed. It's gonna
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Speaker 1: be interesting to follow these this next week, for sure.
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Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Warren and I am here with our good
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Speaker 1: friend from Philadelphia soccernow dot com and he helps us
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Speaker 1: out with some Eagles analysis here at the PST podcast
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Speaker 1: show as well. Mister Josh Schuster, buddy Man, thanks so
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Speaker 1: much for joining us, and it's nice to see that
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Speaker 1: this Philadelphi Eagles team has finally clinched the division and
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Speaker 1: they're thirteen and three on this season. It's great to
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Speaker 1: talk to you, my friend, and go Birds as we're
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Speaker 1: looking toward the last game of the season and then
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Speaker 1: the postseason.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, go Birds, for sure. It was Today was really
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Speaker 2: nice game in the sense of I can't remember the
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Speaker 2: last time we're basically, from beginning to end, it was
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Speaker 2: pretty relaxed. I had my brother in law and sister
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Speaker 2: over for the game. We watched it, and we were
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Speaker 2: just able to have fun dialogue in between because I
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Speaker 2: don't even really know that the score. As much as
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Speaker 2: I think they won by like thirty five, I don't
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Speaker 2: even think it was that close, to be perfectly honest. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: so really, and I had said this before we had started.
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Speaker 2: My only complaint from the game is I would have
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Speaker 2: liked to see Saquon get some more yards, just because
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Speaker 2: if they're going to go for the record next week,
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Speaker 2: one hundred and one yards is a lot to try
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Speaker 2: to get. I know they're playing against the Giants, but
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Speaker 2: I'm hoping they'll still try to go for it because
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Speaker 2: it would be it'd be really nice to be able
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Speaker 2: to witness history next week. But yeah, overall, there's really
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Speaker 2: no complaints.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean history was definitely made in this game.
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Speaker 1: Of course, you mentioned Saquon Barkley. He came into this
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Speaker 1: game needing two hundred and sixty eight yards to surpass
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Speaker 1: Eric Dickerson's all time season rushing record. He had one
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Speaker 1: hundred and sixty seven yards rushing in this game, which
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Speaker 1: put him over two thousand yards rushing. In fact, two
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Speaker 1: thousand and three yards was or is the official yardage
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Speaker 1: that he's rushed this season. Now he only needs one
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Speaker 1: hundred and one, one hundred and one. Yeah, like you're
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Speaker 1: mentioning next week against the Giants to break Dickerson's all
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Speaker 1: time rushing records. And speaking of really quick and you
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Speaker 1: kind of mentioned this before we hit the record button.
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Speaker 1: You were texting some of your friends who were Giants fans.
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Speaker 1: I would like to thank the New York Giants for
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Speaker 1: their incompetence and their complete ineptitude during this past off season,
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Speaker 1: during this holiday season. Here, Josh, what a holiday gift
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Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley has been for this entire Eagle season. I'd
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Speaker 1: like to thank the New York Giants for that.
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Speaker 2: My friend, yeah, me as well, you know. I Before
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Speaker 2: moving back down to South Jersey. I lived up just
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Speaker 2: outside of New York City, and I can't tell you
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Speaker 2: the number of people that were relentless with me, oh
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Speaker 2: in terms of knowing where I was from, and relentless
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Speaker 2: this offseason when they said Saquan's wash, so on and
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Speaker 2: so forth. So now they want sympathy, you know. I
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Speaker 2: text them a picture of him reaching two thousand yards
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Speaker 2: and they said, you know, enough is enough. I said no, No.
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Speaker 2: All offseason I heard that this man was overrated. So yes,
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Speaker 2: you know, I know that you didn't necessarily want him
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Speaker 2: to go, but you were burning his jersey and you
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Speaker 2: also said he was washed. So it's time to pay
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Speaker 2: the piper, yea. And I will gladly be the piper
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Speaker 2: and just remind you of all the wonderful things that
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Speaker 2: you said about Saquon Barkley. Yes, thank you to the
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Speaker 2: incompetence that is the New York Giants front off.
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Speaker 1: I love it. I love their incompetence. And you know what,
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Speaker 1: it was great that this Eagles team completely dominated the
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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys this season. How dominant have the Eagles been
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Speaker 1: against the Cowboys this year? They forced eight turnovers, four
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Speaker 1: in each of the two games and outscored them seventy
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Speaker 1: five to thirteen during each of those two games. I
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Speaker 1: love being able to face a Dallas Cowboys team where
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Speaker 1: you can absolutely obliterate them, steamroll them. That's what the
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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles did in the not just this game, but
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Speaker 1: the game earlier in the season down in Texas. So
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Speaker 1: let's get into some of our themes of the game here,
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Speaker 1: because I really feel Josh as though like it didn't
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Speaker 1: feel like at times like it was as strong of
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Speaker 1: an opening half for Kenny Pickett, even though he went
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Speaker 1: nine to fourteen for one hundred and thirty three yards
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Speaker 1: one touchdown. He added a rushing touchdown right before the half,
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Speaker 1: and came out of the third quarter we saw Tanner McKee.
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Speaker 1: Then I really didn't think Kenny Pickett had quote a great,
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Speaker 1: great day. But you look at those stats and you say,
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Speaker 1: you know what, that's not too bad, I guess for
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Speaker 1: a backup quarterback. And it just it just some of
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Speaker 1: those I mean, the first drive of the game, the
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Speaker 1: second drive of the game, absolutely horrendous by the offense.
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Speaker 1: They only had nine total yards in their first two drives.
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Speaker 1: Their very first play of the game was a false
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Speaker 1: start penalty and you're thinking, oh, my gosh, the trains
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Speaker 1: are gonna cut or the Yeah, the train's gonna come
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Speaker 1: right off the track. Not happened, But Kenny Pickett did
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Speaker 1: what he needed to do. And then subsequently when he
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Speaker 1: went out with an injury, apparently with regard to his
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Speaker 1: ribs because he's been nursing rib injury, Tanner m Key
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Speaker 1: comes in. His first completion in the NFL was to
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Speaker 1: DeVante Smith for nine yards. Then his second completed ball
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Speaker 1: was a twenty yard touchdown past aj Brown. God, he
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Speaker 1: just throws one hell of a back shoulder ball for sure.
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Speaker 1: Then he hit his second touchdown of his career to
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Speaker 1: DeVante Smith in the fourth court or wait, no, did
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Speaker 1: he to yes to DeVante Smith in the fourth quarter? There? Yes,
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Speaker 1: So anyway, a great day for the Eagles backup quarterbacks
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Speaker 1: quite frankly, and you know they were able to get
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Speaker 1: it done against the lesser Dallas Cowboys team.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: You know.
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Speaker 2: For me, Jeff, this is one of the major themes
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Speaker 2: now having seen an entire week of preparation without Hurts.
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Speaker 2: As I say this, Hurts is the better quarterback. I'm
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Speaker 2: not even going to go down. There's a QB controversy.
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Speaker 2: We're we're not doing no no, But what I will
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Speaker 2: say is this goes to show my point of what
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Speaker 2: I've said all along. I judge a quarterback based off
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Speaker 2: their contract, meaning that Hurts has a middle third of
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Speaker 2: the NFL contract for quarterbacks. Fifty million dollars is a
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Speaker 2: lot of money to you and me, but by NFL standards,
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Speaker 2: by quarterbacks, it's not. It's middle of the road. All
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Speaker 2: they need is average to above average pay play, and
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Speaker 2: with the amount of players that they have paid on
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Speaker 2: defense and at the skill positions, it goes to show
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Speaker 2: that when Hurts was out, there wasn't much of a
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Speaker 2: drop ball. Hurts doesn't need to play hero ball. He
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Speaker 2: just needs to play ball where he is average to
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Speaker 2: above average and he's going to be fine. And that's
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Speaker 2: pretty much what you've gotten all season. You mentioned about
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Speaker 2: Kenny Pickett. Kenny Pickett's game today to me was very
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Speaker 2: similar in terms of Hurts. A really rough start right
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Speaker 2: where we're scratching our heads, we're frustrated, we're wondering how
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Speaker 2: things are going to turn around.
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Speaker 1: Tops. Yeah, tough first quarter is always yep.
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Speaker 2: The one thing I will say is there's two things
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Speaker 2: that really stood out about the quarterback play today. The
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Speaker 2: first is Hurts can make things happen when things break down,
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Speaker 2: and neither of the other two are able to do this.
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Speaker 2: And that's fine, that's what makes Hurts special. But the
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Speaker 2: other thing is it also highlighted a major deficit that
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Speaker 2: Hurts has. Both Picket and Tanner McKee get the ball
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Speaker 2: out fast and they use the middle of the field.
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Speaker 2: And that to me was I'm a pocket QB kind
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Speaker 2: of guy. That's just who I am. That's my preferred passer,
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Speaker 2: that's what I want. So it was very refreshing for
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Speaker 2: me today to see a quarterback get the ball out
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Speaker 2: in less than three seconds to wide open players over
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Speaker 2: the middle of the field that if Hurts were in there,
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Speaker 2: we would have been circling that second DeVante Smith touchdown,
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Speaker 2: he literally runs over the middle of the field and
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Speaker 2: all the way up the middle of the field because
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Speaker 2: he's wide open. Yeah, that happens every play when Hurts
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Speaker 2: is in there. But Hurts doesn't pull the trigger. It's
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Speaker 2: nice to have a quarterback that pulls the trigger. I
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Speaker 2: still want Hurts in my quarterback. I still think Hurts
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Speaker 2: is the better quarterback, but it did give me an
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Speaker 2: appreciation today for just how special Jalen Hurts can make
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Speaker 2: things while also making them a little frustrating, but how
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Speaker 2: special he can make things.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, no, I absolutely agree with you, and I think
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Speaker 1: the other part of it, too is how the offense
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Speaker 1: and I talked. We talked about it last week on
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Speaker 1: the postgame show, our buddy Matt Rodgers and myself talked
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Speaker 1: about specifically how the offense had to adapt without Hurts
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Speaker 1: being under center, and we saw that. I think again today,
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Speaker 1: because when Hurts is not there, what it does to
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Speaker 1: the RPO game, what it does to the opposing defense.
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Speaker 1: They know Kenny Pickett is not going to necessarily be
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Speaker 1: a rushing threat. Tanner McKee not necessarily going to be
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Speaker 1: a rushing threat in terms of the RPO matchup in
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Speaker 1: the zone reads. So because of that, yes, there has
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Speaker 1: to be some alteration to the game plan, and I
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Speaker 1: was obviously because of what the result of this game was.
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Speaker 1: I'm absolutely fine with that. You had two quarterbacks throwing
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Speaker 1: a combined three touchdowns and ended with a combined quarterback
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Speaker 1: rating of one forty one point nine. Not too bad
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Speaker 1: ten point four yards per attempt. With regard to both
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks combined. But yes, you're You're absolutely right. You know,
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Speaker 1: I want Jalen Hurts to be the starter because there
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Speaker 1: are other intangibles that the other two quarterbacks don't have.
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Speaker 1: But and we'll get to it when we could get
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Speaker 1: to the grating Kellen Moore, Nick Sirianni having to alter
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Speaker 1: the offensive game plan based on the quarterback play of
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Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett and then in game alterations with regard to
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Speaker 1: Tanner McKee too. I thought it was it was just
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Speaker 1: incredible to watch what this team was able to do
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Speaker 1: given the challenges they had last week, especially from a
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Speaker 1: defensive point. Let's move over to the defense and the
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Speaker 1: one guy in this game that was on fire, and
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Speaker 1: he's been on fire the past few weeks quite frankly,
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Speaker 1: but CJ. Gardner Johnson, he oh boy, that pick six
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Speaker 1: that he had to start the game. He ended up
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Speaker 1: very promising opening drive by the Cowboys with that great
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Speaker 1: interception in pick six, he read Cooper Rush's eyes beautifully,
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Speaker 1: great interception, And it was at that moment I felt
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Speaker 1: as though the Eagles defense was back. They were back
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Speaker 1: after a tough last week outing against the Commanders. It
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Speaker 1: was their first pick six this year their first pick
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Speaker 1: six of this season. And while CJ. Gardner Johnson certainly
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Speaker 1: has not been perfect by any stretch of the imagination,
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Speaker 1: in his last twenty eight games with the Eagles, he
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Speaker 1: has had eleven interceptions. Today's pick six gave him at
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Speaker 1: the time, his second five interception season, both of those
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Speaker 1: seasons with the Eagles. Then he had another interception, his
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Speaker 1: second one right before the half that put him at
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Speaker 1: six interception this season. Again, defense having four takeaways in
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Speaker 1: this game. The defense is back and that and that's
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Speaker 1: huge in terms of where the team is going to
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Speaker 1: potentially go during the playoffs because, as we know, we
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Speaker 1: see it time and time again year after year. You
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Speaker 1: can have a high powered offense, you can have great
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Speaker 1: offensive productivity, but if you do not have a defense
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Speaker 1: to stop that high powered offense that you see during
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Speaker 1: the playoffs with any team, it's going to be a
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Speaker 1: rough go throughout the playoffs. So I think the defense
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Speaker 1: is back, Josh.
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Speaker 2: For sure. Jeff, did you know that it's possible for
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Speaker 2: the top defense in the NFL to have one bad week? No,
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Speaker 2: that doesn't mean that the sky is falling or that
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Speaker 2: the season is over right exactly. I'll start first with CJGJ. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: the only issue I have is the second interception Mitchell
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Speaker 2: was going to get. Yeah, I really would have liked
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Speaker 2: for him to get his first, but that's if we're
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Speaker 2: talking about, you know, things like we want Saquan to
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Speaker 2: run more so he's closer to a record and our
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Speaker 2: other My other big complaint is it would have been
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Speaker 2: nice for CJGJ did not walk away with two interceptions
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Speaker 2: and just one so somebody else can have one. I
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Speaker 2: think that means it was a pretty good week. Yes,
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Speaker 2: Fanjo knows what he's doing right. I don't want to
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Speaker 2: hear anything about they were playing a backup quarterback. You
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Speaker 2: know who also is playing a backup quarterback, the Dallas Cowboys.
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Speaker 2: In fact, the Dallas Cowboys were facing the third string
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Speaker 2: quarterback at one point, So like I don't, I don't
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Speaker 2: want to hear about the fact that it was a
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Speaker 2: backup quarterback because the Eagles hung seven touchdowns with a
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Speaker 2: backup quarterback on the Dallas defense. That from what I
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Speaker 2: had heard from Cowboys fans and all the pundits is
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Speaker 2: that their defense is playing much better, that their defense
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Speaker 2: has really turned things around. It's got to go both ways, right, like,
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Speaker 2: you can't say, well, Cooper Rush, who's been in the
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Speaker 2: Cowboys system for years now, you know you can't give
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Speaker 2: the defense a pass because he's in there. Kenny Pickett
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Speaker 2: has been in the Eagles system for months yep. So
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Speaker 2: like I don't want to hear and Tanner McKee started
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Speaker 2: as a practice squad player. I don't want to hear
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Speaker 2: the backup quarterback Nonsenseles. The Eagles did their job today, Jeff.
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Speaker 2: The Eagles defense did their job. We would have been
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Speaker 2: upset if they gave up thirty points again. I put
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Speaker 2: last week's game on the defense. The Eagles did enough offensively.
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Speaker 2: When you score thirty plus points in a game in
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Speaker 2: the NFL, that's enough to win. Your defense, especially the
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Speaker 2: number one defense, needs to be able to hold. It
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Speaker 2: was nice to see. Actually, I'm just gonna put this
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Speaker 2: for the whole team. It was so wonderful to see
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Speaker 2: the complete joy that they had while playing today. I mean,
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Speaker 2: they just looked like they were having so much fun.
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Speaker 2: The defense was just yeah, Jalen Carter at the end
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Speaker 2: of the game, that's like laughing at the Cowboys. Yes,
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Speaker 2: and it's fantastic. And Micah Parsons Man after he got
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Speaker 2: called for one of his penalties. That man looks like
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Speaker 2: he wants out of Dallas so bad, deflating, just so
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Speaker 2: he is so done with this.
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Speaker 1: Game season, completely deflated, completely done. Who knows, maybe it
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Speaker 1: was the Kelly Green game, you know, going back, you
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Speaker 1: know how many years, and and just you know, everybody
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Speaker 1: into wearing their Kelly Green. Look what we're doing our
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Speaker 1: postgame show. You've got your Jason Kelsey, Kelly Green, Jersey on,
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Speaker 1: I've got my new Merril Reese shirt forty eight at
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Speaker 1: the anniversary shirt and Kelly Green. It was just this
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Speaker 1: was the special game the nail and the coffin for
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Speaker 1: with regard to the NFC East, of course, but you
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Speaker 1: look again with the defense and talking about the defense.
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Speaker 1: Next man up. Oran Burks the top tackler in today's game,
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Speaker 1: filling in for Nakobe Dean. It was amazing to see
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Speaker 1: him and Zach Bond working together. Oran Burks eight total
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Speaker 1: tackles on the day. Zach Bond had seven total tackles
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Speaker 1: on the day. He also had a pass defended. You know,
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Speaker 1: Zach Bonn should be up for Defensive Player of the Year,
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Speaker 1: but he is. His name is Zach Bond and he
16:08
Speaker 1: does not get the name recognition that a lot of
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Speaker 1: other defensive players get. Probably why he won't get it,
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Speaker 1: but Zack Bond. And this is not being biased, folks,
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Speaker 1: Zach Bond should be the defensive player of the Year
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Speaker 1: for sure in the NFL.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, And to me, Jeff, this isn't one player having
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Speaker 2: a good season. To me, the reason why the Eagles
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Speaker 2: linebackers were as good as they were today is because
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Speaker 2: of Zach Bond. I saw Howie on his phone. They
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Speaker 2: had one scene where he's like, you know, pecking at
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Speaker 2: his phone, and I had said to my brother in law,
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Speaker 2: I said, I really hope that that's how he get
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Speaker 2: in the contract on because today showed the value that
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Speaker 2: Zach Baughan has. Yes, that even when you move pieces around,
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Speaker 2: it doesn't matter as long as he's in. And you
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Speaker 2: could see him today. He was pointing, he was directing,
16:52
Speaker 2: he was doing everything that you're inside linebacker needs to do.
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Speaker 2: And he did exactly what he needs to do and
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Speaker 2: the defense didn't skip and beat even with one of
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Speaker 2: their biggest playmakers this season out.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. I also love the fact that you can look
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Speaker 1: at this defensive unit stat sheet here and when you
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Speaker 1: look at it, You're like, boy, how did this Eagles
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Speaker 1: defense do what they did today? They only had one sack,
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Speaker 1: they only had two tackles for a loss, They had
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Speaker 1: five passes defended, and they only had three quarterback hits
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Speaker 1: on this Dallas Cowboys offense. But it was the pressure.
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Speaker 1: It was the pressure that was being put on, not
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Speaker 1: just by Zach Bonn or in Burgs. All those those
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Speaker 1: passes defended that were fantastic. I mean you had time
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Speaker 1: and time again, you had balls being batted at the
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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. You just had pressure in front of
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Speaker 1: Cooper Rush's face all day. The stat sheet really didn't
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Speaker 1: matter in this game, as it hasn't mattered in a
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Speaker 1: lot of these games where this Eagles defense and the
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Speaker 1: pressure is constantly there. May not show up as sacks
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Speaker 1: all the time, may not show up as quarterback hits
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Speaker 1: all the time, but the pressure that this defense puts
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Speaker 1: on opposing quarterbacks, and it's going to be really interesting
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Speaker 1: to see what the stat sheet is going to be
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Speaker 1: if the Eagles were to win any of those games
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Speaker 1: in the future and the playoffs, because they're just bringing
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Speaker 1: tons of pressure. As I've just mentioned a number of times,
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Speaker 1: doesn't have to be a huge stat sheet for this
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Speaker 1: Eagles defense to be absolutely dominant.
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Speaker 2: Josh, Yeah, I think there's one word that can describe
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Speaker 2: the Eagles defense outside of last week. Fundamental.
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Speaker 1: There you go.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, fundamentals don't show up on the stat sheet, Jeff,
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Speaker 2: you just don't. Yeah, but if you go back and
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Speaker 2: you watch now. I had to go back and watch
18:41
Speaker 2: the game because my wife and I were at the
18:42
Speaker 2: Trans Hiberian Orchestra concert last week, so I missed it live.
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Speaker 2: But I had to go back and watch because I
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Speaker 2: like to be up to date as we're doing these
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Speaker 2: post games. They had a hard time tackling last week,
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Speaker 2: they had a really hard time tackling, but today, lopped up,
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Speaker 2: they tackled, and the fundamentals were there. And I have
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Speaker 2: a feeling that Vic Dangio probably put together a loop
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Speaker 2: of miss tackles and just let every player on the
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Speaker 2: defense have it and just said this is unacceptable because really,
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Speaker 2: if you look at what the last I would say,
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Speaker 2: twelve weeks, eleven of the last twelve games they played,
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Speaker 2: the fundamentals have been there. Like you would alluded to
19:24
Speaker 2: the statu sheets, pop, they don't need a pop, right,
19:28
Speaker 2: because They're doing their job and so really fun to watch.
19:32
Speaker 2: I think we kind of forgot, especially after last year,
19:36
Speaker 2: we really forgot what fundamental defense looks like. Seth Joyner
19:41
Speaker 2: has to be very happy. I imagine he's in his
19:44
Speaker 2: mansion wherever he is, licking his chops and just so excited.
19:49
Speaker 2: But it's amazing what fundamental defense looks like.
19:52
Speaker 1: Absolutely, I think that's a great way to end the
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Speaker 1: theme segment here, unless you got something else, buddy, before
19:58
Speaker 1: we head to our grades. No, all right, sounds good. Well,
20:02
Speaker 1: we actually are gonna take a little ad break here, folks.
20:06
Speaker 1: We're gonna take a break, pay some bills. We're gonna
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Speaker 1: be back in just a bit where we're gonna get
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Speaker 1: grade the units and the coaching stick with us. We'll
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Speaker 1: be back in just a bit. All right, we are back,
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Speaker 1: and we are still with our good buddy Josh Shuster
20:19
Speaker 1: from Philadelphia Soccer now dot com helps us out with
20:21
Speaker 1: some Eagles analysis here on our postgame podcast every now
20:24
Speaker 1: and again, Let's get into the grading of the Philadelphia
20:28
Speaker 1: Eagles quarterbacks. To start Kenny Pickett, who went ten to
20:31
Speaker 1: fifteen four, one hundred and forty three yards nine point
20:33
Speaker 1: five yards per attempt one touchdown. He ended with a
20:37
Speaker 1: rating of one nineteen point six. Tanner McKee then came
20:40
Speaker 1: in only through the ball four times. He completed three
20:44
Speaker 1: of those passes, two of them were for a touchdown
20:48
Speaker 1: fifty four yards. On the day, he averaged thirteen point
20:51
Speaker 1: five yards per attempt. He ended with a rating of
20:54
Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty six point two. I am giving
20:57
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks and a plus this week. I
21:01
Speaker 1: can't believe I'm saying that with backups, but yes, folks,
21:04
Speaker 1: that's where we're at, at least from my opinion, A
21:06
Speaker 1: plus for me. Josh, what do you give them?
21:09
Speaker 2: Two questions, Jeff, Yes, did the backups cause any turnovers? No?
21:14
Speaker 2: Did the backups? Were they able to move the ball?
21:17
Speaker 1: Yes? A plus for me. Yep.
21:21
Speaker 2: My standard is based off of their contracts, which are
21:24
Speaker 2: basically minimum contracts. I feel like they played well above
21:27
Speaker 2: that they get an A plus.
21:29
Speaker 1: All right, sounds good running backs on the day. Well,
21:32
Speaker 1: we got Kenneth Gainwell rushing the ball for three three
21:35
Speaker 1: times for four yards, averaged one point three yards per carry.
21:40
Speaker 1: Tyron David Davis Pierre A price, sorry got in at
21:44
Speaker 1: the end of the game. He carried the ball three
21:45
Speaker 1: times for seven yards averaged two point three yards per carry,
21:48
Speaker 1: and then Saquon Barkley thirty one carries on the day
21:52
Speaker 1: for one hundred and sixty seven yards five point four
21:55
Speaker 1: yards per carry, and as long was twenty three because
22:00
Speaker 1: he went over two thousand yards. Man, I am giving
22:02
Speaker 1: him an A plus this week. And by the way,
22:05
Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty seven yards rushing five point four
22:07
Speaker 1: yards per carry not too shabby in this game. What
22:10
Speaker 1: do you give him, Josh?
22:12
Speaker 2: Is this is this the Davis Price game? This is
22:14
Speaker 2: two weeks ago Kenny Gamewell averaged like three yards of
22:17
Speaker 2: carry and it was the Canny Gamewell game. I know
22:19
Speaker 2: it was the Kenny Gamebow show. Yes, is this the
22:21
Speaker 2: Davis Price game? Yeah? Okay, oh no, they get they
22:25
Speaker 2: get into a for me simply because Saquon just every
22:29
Speaker 2: week it starts out slow, it does You're like, I
22:34
Speaker 2: really need to do more, and then you get to
22:36
Speaker 2: the second half and the switch flips.
22:39
Speaker 1: Yeah.
22:39
Speaker 2: And anyway, he.
22:40
Speaker 1: Only had twenty five yards in the first half.
22:43
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, okay, and he had I think he had
22:46
Speaker 2: negative receiving yards too. I was like, this is not good.
22:48
Speaker 1: Yes, exactly as sounds good. All right, Well, let's get
22:53
Speaker 1: to receiving and tight ends. Yes, Grant Calcatara, while his
22:57
Speaker 1: blocking has been absolutely horrible over the past few games,
23:01
Speaker 1: blocking was still not very good in this game. But
23:03
Speaker 1: he caught one ball for thirty four yards, a key,
23:07
Speaker 1: key play. It was a great, great catch. But you
23:10
Speaker 1: had aj Brown who is just dominant in terms of
23:14
Speaker 1: that touchdown catch and he, oh boy, he just missed
23:16
Speaker 1: another touchdown catch with a one arm or a one
23:21
Speaker 1: hand grab grabbing that ball rate out of the air.
23:23
Speaker 1: He caught three balls for thirty six yards on the day.
23:26
Speaker 1: Davante Smith, though targeted seven times, came down with six
23:29
Speaker 1: balls for one hundred and twenty yards and two touchdowns.
23:32
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give the receivers this week an A minus.
23:35
Speaker 1: I thought they did what they needed to do in
23:38
Speaker 1: this game. I really did. Ball was only thrown to
23:40
Speaker 1: aj Brown five times, came down with three balls for
23:43
Speaker 1: thirty six yards. But the receivers just haven't been asked
23:46
Speaker 1: to do too too much over the course of the
23:49
Speaker 1: past few weeks. But I'm gonna I'm gonna give him
23:51
Speaker 1: a minus. What do you give him?
23:53
Speaker 2: I mean, they get an a plus from me. The
23:55
Speaker 2: ball was thrown nineteen times today between two quarterbacks. I mean,
24:00
Speaker 2: at some point you have to look at the number
24:01
Speaker 2: of you have to look at the play calling, and
24:05
Speaker 2: there weren't really any drops. There weren't any turnovers, and
24:09
Speaker 2: I would argue that they made plays when they needed to,
24:12
Speaker 2: So they get an A plus for me.
24:14
Speaker 1: All right, very good. All right, Let's move the offensive line.
24:17
Speaker 1: Offensive line rushing in the first half, it was tough
24:21
Speaker 1: for like we mentioned, Sakuon Barkley had twenty five yards
24:24
Speaker 1: in the first half, then broke things open because the
24:26
Speaker 1: offensive line I think was giving him those lanes a
24:29
Speaker 1: lot more in the second half. Rough first half for
24:32
Speaker 1: the offensive line in terms of the rushing game, but
24:35
Speaker 1: in terms of pass protection. Thought they generally did a
24:38
Speaker 1: pretty good job as well. I'm giving the offensive line
24:41
Speaker 1: in a this week. What do you give them?
24:44
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'd give him an A. I don't see really
24:47
Speaker 2: any reason to give them, Okay, any different of a grade.
24:51
Speaker 2: I thought they did a very good job. It kind
24:54
Speaker 2: of takes a lot for me to give the offensive
24:57
Speaker 2: line a worse grade than an A, just because they
25:00
Speaker 2: are such a good offensive line unit.
25:02
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, all right, let's head over to the defensive
25:06
Speaker 1: side of things. The defensive line this week, Boy, with
25:09
Speaker 1: all those batted balls, it was it was beautiful to see.
25:13
Speaker 1: I don't have the stats in front of me in
25:14
Speaker 1: terms of how many batted balls there were, but it
25:16
Speaker 1: was just it was beautiful. It was a beautiful thing.
25:19
Speaker 1: And again, just the pressure that they were getting doesn't
25:22
Speaker 1: show up on the stat sheet. You were talking about
25:24
Speaker 1: the fundamentals earlier and them going back to those fundamentals
25:28
Speaker 1: on defense, especially the defensive line. I mean they get Look,
25:32
Speaker 1: they gave up some rushing yards. I mean Rico Dawell
25:35
Speaker 1: had one hundred and four yards on the day on
25:37
Speaker 1: twenty three carries. But I think overall, I'm gonna give
25:41
Speaker 1: the defensive line an A minus this week. What do
25:43
Speaker 1: you give them?
25:44
Speaker 2: Did they get an as? For me? I mean, even
25:46
Speaker 2: for Rico, most of his yards came in the fourth
25:48
Speaker 2: quarter with they had backups, and I can't hold that
25:51
Speaker 2: against the defensive line. For the most part. Really, outside
25:55
Speaker 2: of that first, first and second drive, they really were unstoppable.
26:01
Speaker 2: They really they closed up holes. I mean really, just
26:06
Speaker 2: I give him an eight boss.
26:07
Speaker 1: Yeah, and look the fact that Cooper rush he threw
26:10
Speaker 1: the ball twenty eight times, completed fifteen balls. There's only
26:14
Speaker 1: one hundred and forty seven yards five point three yards
26:18
Speaker 1: per attempt. Yes, he threw a touchdown, but he had
26:21
Speaker 1: two interceptions as well. A future day from him, and
26:23
Speaker 1: a lot of that was because of the defensive line
26:26
Speaker 1: and because of the linebackers, which I am giving the
26:29
Speaker 1: linebackers and a plus this week again, Zach Baond did
26:33
Speaker 1: a fantastic job and Aaron Burks getting doing what he
26:38
Speaker 1: needed to do, filling in for to Kobe Dean. Is
26:41
Speaker 1: zach Aron Burks a plus for me?
26:43
Speaker 2: Man?
26:43
Speaker 1: What do you give him?
26:46
Speaker 2: Yeah? You know, I'm going to give him an A.
26:49
Speaker 2: And just to highlight your point, you know, I just
26:51
Speaker 2: pulled up Cooper Rush's stats. This is the lowest offensive output.
26:56
Speaker 2: The Eagles have posted the two lowest offensive outputs for
27:00
Speaker 2: Cooper Rush this season. So, like, I get that he's
27:03
Speaker 2: a backup, but last week he threw for like three
27:06
Speaker 2: hundred yards. Yeah, he was twenty six and thirty five
27:09
Speaker 2: for two hundred and ninety two yards. His quarterback rating
27:12
Speaker 2: was one hundred and eight point three. The week before that,
27:15
Speaker 2: his quarterback rating was one hundred and nineteen like, I don't.
27:18
Speaker 2: I don't want to hear that the Eagles defense was
27:22
Speaker 2: as good as it is because Cooper Rush was in there.
27:24
Speaker 2: Cooper Rush is a fine backup quarterback obviously. If they've
27:28
Speaker 2: won four of the last five games, they're able to
27:31
Speaker 2: win with him. So I don't want to hear any
27:33
Speaker 2: of that nonsense. The linebackers continue to be great in coverage.
27:37
Speaker 2: It doesn't matter who was next to Zach Bond. Yep,
27:41
Speaker 2: he really is key. They get an a plus for me,
27:45
Speaker 2: all right?
27:45
Speaker 1: Man, how he should have gotten that contract done weeks
27:48
Speaker 1: and weeks ago. At this point, man, he's gonna have
27:50
Speaker 1: to pay through the nodes at this point.
27:53
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm also partial Zach Bond because I have his haircut,
27:56
Speaker 2: you do, so, Yeah, you know I'm always here the
28:00
Speaker 2: ball guys, all.
28:01
Speaker 1: Right, Secondary this week, I mean you can you can't
28:04
Speaker 1: go wrong with given at least for me, this secondary
28:08
Speaker 1: with CJ. Gardner Johnson, we talked about him earlier before
28:11
Speaker 1: the break. His two interceptions, he's just been such a
28:15
Speaker 1: key component to the secondary over these past few weeks,
28:18
Speaker 1: really has stepped it up. I'm going to give the
28:21
Speaker 1: secondary and a plus this week. Yes, I know that
28:24
Speaker 1: I know that Mitchell gave up yet another touchdown. He yes,
28:28
Speaker 1: he is a rookie. Oh boy, though, folks, he gave
28:30
Speaker 1: up two touchdowns so far this year, one last week,
28:34
Speaker 1: one this week. It's okay, this guy's not falling. Not
28:36
Speaker 1: that anybody has been saying that, but still it's okay
28:40
Speaker 1: for them to give up a touchdown every now and again.
28:43
Speaker 1: The secondary, I thought performed phenomenally in this game. I'm
28:45
Speaker 1: giving them an A plus. What do you give them?
28:47
Speaker 2: I'm going to give two separate grades for the safeties.
28:51
Speaker 2: I'm going to give them an A. Okay, I thought
28:53
Speaker 2: safeties were great and coverage I'm going to give a
28:56
Speaker 2: B plus to the corners, okay, mostly because there were
29:00
Speaker 2: a number of wide receivers that were running absolutely wide
29:04
Speaker 2: open and that wasn't That wasn't great. But overall, there
29:11
Speaker 2: were seven points scored by the Cowboys. Like, I'm not
29:15
Speaker 2: going to be too hard on them. I think this
29:17
Speaker 2: is probably the worst grade I've given them all year. Yeah,
29:21
Speaker 2: not great, and I didn't do the post game last week,
29:23
Speaker 2: so that would have been worse. Yes, but they go
29:26
Speaker 2: to B plus from.
29:27
Speaker 1: That, Yeah, sounds good. And look, I know Dallas Cowboy
29:29
Speaker 1: fans are saying, well, ceedee Lamb wasn't out there. You know,
29:32
Speaker 1: you play who you play, You play who you play.
29:34
Speaker 2: At the end of the day, the Eagles had their
29:35
Speaker 2: number one and number two wide receiver missing for parts
29:38
Speaker 2: of the season. Yes, I don't want to hear it, yep,
29:40
Speaker 2: and they won games like I don't. I don't want
29:42
Speaker 2: to hear my philosophy Japon injuries much like officiating, it
29:46
Speaker 2: is what it is, right right, Like I kept hearing
29:48
Speaker 2: about officials being bad. The Eagles won by thirty five points. Yes,
29:52
Speaker 2: let's stop with officiating and then with injuries. I think
29:56
Speaker 2: every year when you look at the schedule, you have
29:58
Speaker 2: to give one automatic loss injuries. Every team goes through them.
30:02
Speaker 2: It's true for every team there's at least one loss
30:04
Speaker 2: that happens because of injuries. Like, it's just what happens.
30:07
Speaker 2: Both teams had a number of players out today. It
30:11
Speaker 2: just goes the show the difference between a deep roster
30:14
Speaker 2: and one that is very top heavy. That's what the
30:17
Speaker 2: difference is.
30:18
Speaker 1: Absolutely great, great points. Let's now move to the coaching.
30:21
Speaker 1: We're going to be starting off with special teams as
30:24
Speaker 1: we always do. You've got Kenneth Gainwell, who had two
30:29
Speaker 1: kick returns. He averaged thirty yards on those two kick returns,
30:35
Speaker 1: total of sixty yards total, as long as thirty six
30:39
Speaker 1: Cooper dejen In terms of punt returns, he had two
30:41
Speaker 1: of them for fifteen total yards. He averaged seven point
30:45
Speaker 1: five yards per punt return. Jake Elliott nailed all of
30:48
Speaker 1: his extra points today. He had two field goals. This
30:52
Speaker 1: is long on the day, thank goodness. It didn't have
30:54
Speaker 1: to be fifty yards or more. It was a thirty
30:56
Speaker 1: one yarder. But I will say Braden Man had two
31:00
Speaker 1: touchbacks today and one in particular. And maybe I'm being
31:03
Speaker 1: a little too nitpicky here. On the Eagles second drive
31:06
Speaker 1: of the game, Nick Sirianni decided to punt it on
31:10
Speaker 1: fourth and one on the Eagles forty six yard line.
31:14
Speaker 1: Braiden Man his subsequent punt rolls into the end zone.
31:18
Speaker 1: It was for a thirty two net yards on the
31:21
Speaker 1: change of possession. And that was after the second drive
31:24
Speaker 1: of the game. And as I mentioned earlier, it's where
31:26
Speaker 1: the Eagles had only had nine yards total up until
31:29
Speaker 1: that point. I don't know braiden Man. He was taken
31:33
Speaker 1: off of his kicking duties, the kickoff duties. So I
31:37
Speaker 1: don't know if there's something going on with him that
31:39
Speaker 1: leads me to my grade, which is I'm going to
31:42
Speaker 1: be giving this team the special teams a B plus
31:46
Speaker 1: this week. What do you give him, Josh?
31:48
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Jeff your comment that braidon Man and
31:51
Speaker 2: being hard on him, I think it kind of goes
31:53
Speaker 2: to show that with and kickers, when you have really
31:58
Speaker 2: good ones, not only do you not really say much,
32:02
Speaker 2: but you just kind of like take it for granted.
32:05
Speaker 2: And so I think one of the reasons why you're
32:07
Speaker 2: being hard on Brandon Man is because he's been a
32:10
Speaker 2: really good punter.
32:10
Speaker 1: For He's been solid, and so he's.
32:14
Speaker 2: Allowed to have one off game, right, Like, this isn't
32:17
Speaker 2: a Sason long thing. And honestly, Rianni maybe at the point,
32:22
Speaker 2: because they've already clinched the playoff spot, he may be
32:26
Speaker 2: at a point in trying players in different positions. In case,
32:29
Speaker 2: let's say Jake Elliott gets injured in the first playoff game,
32:32
Speaker 2: they need somebody to do kickoffs, or you know, insert
32:36
Speaker 2: whatever reason it might be. They have to have a reverse.
32:40
Speaker 2: Sorry Brady Man gets hurt, they need somebody to change
32:43
Speaker 2: to do kickoffs. They want to make sure that they
32:45
Speaker 2: have real game time experience. It is what it is.
32:50
Speaker 2: I'm not reading too much into anything. Braidon Man has
32:52
Speaker 2: been great this season. If you're not talking about your punter,
32:56
Speaker 2: you know you have a good one. I'm not worried
32:58
Speaker 2: about it. Can well, I know, I give him a
33:01
Speaker 2: hard He did have one good return, yes, probably his
33:06
Speaker 2: best return all season. So can he gain them? Well,
33:10
Speaker 2: here's your flowers. I'll give them to you for your
33:14
Speaker 2: one good punt return this year.
33:16
Speaker 1: There you go.
33:17
Speaker 2: Butpecially yeah, kick return I will give. I will give
33:22
Speaker 2: special teams. They'll probably get my lowest grade of an A.
33:26
Speaker 1: Okay, sounds good. Sounds good, Nick Fangio. As we were
33:30
Speaker 1: giving out the defensive unit grades, I think there is
33:33
Speaker 1: no other grade to give Vic Fangio than an A plus.
33:35
Speaker 1: When you're holding a team in the NFL to seven
33:37
Speaker 1: points at the end of the day, you see what
33:40
Speaker 1: the quarterback stats are, we read through them earlier. What
33:42
Speaker 1: Cooper Rush did do or what he did not do
33:45
Speaker 1: during this game? Uh, A plus for Vic Fangio, per usual.
33:50
Speaker 2: It seems like, yeah, you know, really the only gameless
33:55
Speaker 2: year that I wouldn't give it to him is last week, yeah,
33:57
Speaker 2: A plus.
33:58
Speaker 1: Yep, yep, great points in Nick Sirianni and Kellen Moore.
34:02
Speaker 1: The first couple drives of the game, I was like, well, well, well,
34:06
Speaker 1: I guess they're gonna be getting a D minus from me. However,
34:10
Speaker 1: things turned around and they were able to adapt, like
34:13
Speaker 1: I said earlier, able to adapt able to make changes
34:17
Speaker 1: not just throughout the week, but in game as well
34:19
Speaker 1: when your backup quarterback then gets injured. I'm gonna give
34:23
Speaker 1: Nick Siriani and Kellen Moore and a straight up A
34:26
Speaker 1: in this for this matchup, could be an A plus two.
34:29
Speaker 1: But they did a fantastic job per per usual. They
34:33
Speaker 1: really have this offense clicking. So what do you give them?
34:36
Speaker 2: Josh, Yeah, I'm going to give him an A plus.
34:40
Speaker 2: And I really think it's time and I'm gonna call
34:44
Speaker 2: myself guilty of this. You know, towards the beginning of
34:46
Speaker 2: the season, maybe it was post game week three or
34:49
Speaker 2: four where or no, I guess it was a little
34:51
Speaker 2: bit later on me. It was like six, seven or
34:53
Speaker 2: eight somewhere in there. I had talked about that the
34:57
Speaker 2: Eagles were winning in spite of Nick Siriani.
35:00
Speaker 1: Both talked about that, yeah.
35:02
Speaker 2: And that they were now in a position where they
35:04
Speaker 2: were winning and it was going to force Nick Sirianni
35:06
Speaker 2: to keep his job. I really think given this season,
35:11
Speaker 2: things could have really unraveled after last week, right, it didn't.
35:16
Speaker 2: I genuinely believe that Nick Sirianni learned from from what
35:22
Speaker 2: happened last year. Was it fun what the Eagles fans
35:25
Speaker 2: went through last year? Absolutely not. But all I can
35:28
Speaker 2: ask that you learn from mistakes that you made or
35:33
Speaker 2: when things aren't going well, and he definitely has and
35:38
Speaker 2: he has this Eagles team playing very well. My brother
35:42
Speaker 2: in law talked about it. The Eagles are hot, and
35:45
Speaker 2: they are and if I'm an NFC team, I absolutely
35:48
Speaker 2: have zero desire to come into Philadelphia and have to play. Yeah.
35:53
Speaker 2: And with the Lions, you know, talk about a team
35:56
Speaker 2: that's riddled with injuries. I know they're having a great season.
36:00
Speaker 2: But I think if you put the two rosters together,
36:04
Speaker 2: the Eagles definitely have the better roster. And I think
36:08
Speaker 2: the Eagles, because the lines will likely excuse me, have
36:11
Speaker 2: the one seed. The idea of going into Detroit is
36:16
Speaker 2: more favorable this year than last year. It had been
36:19
Speaker 2: so long and they were talking about how loud it
36:23
Speaker 2: was and how hard it was to do anything. I
36:25
Speaker 2: just think Nick Sirianni has this team ready. I'm not
36:29
Speaker 2: going to be upset if they give him an extension.
36:32
Speaker 2: I think Nick Sirianni much like I had said with
36:36
Speaker 2: Jim Curtin, it took me a while to win me over.
36:39
Speaker 2: But I don't really view him as a dope. I
36:42
Speaker 2: think how he interacts with the media and different people
36:46
Speaker 2: is purely I should say. It's very different than how
36:51
Speaker 2: he is in the locker room, and people like Brandon
36:53
Speaker 2: Graham and Jason Kelsey have talked about it. He rips
36:56
Speaker 2: players to shreds in these private meetings, but publicly you
37:01
Speaker 2: know he'll defend it, and so I I think Nick
37:05
Speaker 2: Sirianni has done a really great job for a coach
37:07
Speaker 2: that came in knowing that he's on the hot seat.
37:10
Speaker 2: They've lost three games this year, yeah, and next week
37:13
Speaker 2: they may lose, But if they're resting all their players,
37:16
Speaker 2: I don't really chop that one up to Nick. Yeah,
37:19
Speaker 2: it's just rustling players. Yeah, So yeah, I'm I'm just
37:24
Speaker 2: I'm very happy with Nick. I'm hoping that Kellen Moore
37:27
Speaker 2: can stay because I really think the two of them
37:30
Speaker 2: work very well together and are in sync.
37:33
Speaker 1: You make such great points there, especially with regard to Sirianni,
37:37
Speaker 1: and you know, we've said it a couple times on
37:38
Speaker 1: these postgame shows. We've said it on the regular show
37:41
Speaker 1: as well. The growth that Nick Sirianni goes through, and
37:44
Speaker 1: I think I think a lot of us who are
37:46
Speaker 1: open to whatever criticisms that there are out there with
37:50
Speaker 1: regard to our jobs, or our professions or whatever the
37:54
Speaker 1: case is. If we do have that open mind like
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Speaker 1: it seems Nick Sirianni has had this year, we're gonna
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Speaker 1: be successful if we're able to sit back, reflect and
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Speaker 1: even critique ourselves, as it appears Nick Sirianni has probably
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Speaker 1: done to then say, Okay, I'm going to implement a
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Speaker 1: different type of whether it's strategy or how I relate
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Speaker 1: to my players. That growth, I think is so incredibly
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Speaker 1: important and essential to this season. This season where this
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Speaker 1: team is three and thirteen I'm sorry, thirteen and three
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Speaker 1: on the season. You're not going to get there after
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Speaker 1: what happened last year, that monumental collapse without having internal growth.
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Speaker 1: And I think that's what Nick Sirianni has done and
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Speaker 1: like you, Josh, I think, and I hope that Kellen
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Speaker 1: Moore stays doesn't accept it coaching a position somewhere else,
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Speaker 1: because them meshing together seems to be working and clicking
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Speaker 1: to the point where they are just a steamrolling offensive
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Speaker 1: disaster for any defense in this league at this point.
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Speaker 1: And it's a beautiful thing to see that it's acted
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Speaker 1: that something like that has actually happened in the city
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Speaker 1: of Philadelphia with one of our teams that we love
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Speaker 1: so much. So yeah, I mean as straight up a
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Speaker 1: for me, for Nick Sirianni and Kellen Moore as I mentioned,
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Speaker 1: And dude, I can't wait to see what's gonna happen
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Speaker 1: next week with Saquon if he's gonna break Eric Dickerson's
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Speaker 1: single season rushing record. I can't believe that we're even
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Speaker 1: talking about the possibility of that happening. It's crazy. God,
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Speaker 1: thank you New York Giants for the gift, the holiday gift,
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Speaker 1: My goodness, I love it. And uh, where this team
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Speaker 1: goes in the playoffs, man, I mean I feel really good.
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Speaker 1: You know, we're watching a lot of our teams now,
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Speaker 1: whether it's the Philadelphia seventy six Ers, the Flyers, Flyers
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Speaker 1: have been doing some good stuff here and there, seeing
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Speaker 1: some decent things on the ice. But world of Philly
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Speaker 1: sports is very interesting right now. In the Philadelphia Eagles
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Speaker 1: are certainly at the top. It's really fun.
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Speaker 2: Man and the Union they signing players. Yeah, yeah, it's
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Speaker 2: just a crazy time to be alive the sports fan.
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Speaker 2: I think Hell is freezing over, frozen over. But you.
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Speaker 1: Spoken from the man of the cloth here folks, Josh, Buddy,
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Speaker 1: it was great talking to you. Thanks so much for
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Speaker 1: filling in for the guys. Very much appreciated. Anything else
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Speaker 1: before we head out here, Buddy, No.
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Speaker 2: I just think, well, two things. I really I really
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Speaker 2: would encourage Eagles fans to just reconsider their opinion on
40:28
Speaker 2: make Sirianni. If you look at this year, I really
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Speaker 2: think we really need to get behind him. Sure he
40:37
Speaker 2: doesn't always make the best decisions, but I don't think
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Speaker 2: any of us do right. We all make mistakes. He
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Speaker 2: owns them and he improves from them. The second thing
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Speaker 2: is thought some prayers out to the Carter family as
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Speaker 2: they are going through the loss of Jimmy Carter, as
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Speaker 2: we just found out before we started recording, so I
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Speaker 2: thought some prayers to them.
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Speaker 1: Great to end this Eagles postgame podcast show again Week seventeen.
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Speaker 1: Now in the books here in this Philadelphia Eagles twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty four, twenty twenty five season, beating the Dallas Cowboys
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Speaker 1: by a score of forty one to seven, clinching the
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Speaker 1: NFC East title. It's a great, great phrase to be
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Speaker 1: able to say here at the end of December twenty
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Speaker 1: twenty four, as we looked to twenty twenty five, got
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Speaker 1: a lot of great things coming here at the PST
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Speaker 1: podcast show. Head back in the feed, listen to some
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Speaker 1: of our recent shows. We had one of our good friends,
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Speaker 1: Mark lacass On recently. He's formerly of the band Gody Hook,
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Speaker 1: the punk band Gody Hook, and we, along with Eric
41:41
Speaker 1: took a look at some best albums of two thousand
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Speaker 1: and four. Yes, we went twenty years back, and we
41:49
Speaker 1: had a great discussion, a good hour over an hour
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Speaker 1: and a half discussion about those albums. We also talked
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Speaker 1: about some crap albums from that year as well. A great,
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Speaker 1: great show, very interesting during this holiday. Again, we close
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Speaker 1: out twenty twenty four wishing you and yours all the
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Speaker 1: best this coming week this coming year, twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 1: It's gonna do it for us. Folks. Take care, we'll
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Speaker 1: catch you next time.