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EAGLES POSTGAME: Eagles vs. Cowboys, Week 1 · 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 Table podcast show, the longest running weekly Philly
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  Speaker 1: sports podcast show in the world, twelve years strong. And yes,
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  Speaker 1: week one of this Philadelphia Eagles twenty twenty five twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six season is now in the books. They beat
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  Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys and the home opener by a score
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  Speaker 1: of twenty four to twenty and we are going to
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  Speaker 1: dive into the themes here of this game. We're gonna
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  Speaker 1: go through some stats as well, dissecting what we saw
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  Speaker 1: from this Philadelphia Eagles team on offense and defense, special
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  Speaker 1: teams as well. I'm Jeff Warren. I am riding solo
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  Speaker 1: here as man. This game ended a bit late, folks.
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  Speaker 1: If you were living under a rock, you'd know that
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  Speaker 1: this game was delayed for approximately an hour because of lightning,
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of us are just waiting around. Philadelphia Eagles,
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  Speaker 1: waiting around Dallas Cowboys waiting around. Cannot imagine being in
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  Speaker 1: the middle of a game, the heightened emotions and vibes,
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  Speaker 1: only to be told, Okay, you gotta stop playing football.
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  Speaker 1: You know you're trying to get back into football shape.
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  Speaker 1: First game of the year. There is a lot of
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  Speaker 1: rust all over the place, both teams, in all units
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  Speaker 1: on the field. Quite frankly, you're told you got to
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  Speaker 1: wait an hour until the lightning passes down at the link.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, we saw some slop in the second half.
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  Speaker 1: First half, a lot of high powered offense. The defenses
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  Speaker 1: did not look good on both sides of the ball
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  Speaker 1: as well. But again, gonna get into the themes here.
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's safe to say probably the most
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  Speaker 1: undisciplined Eagles game to start a season that we probably
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  Speaker 1: have ever seen. Of course, have to mention right off
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  Speaker 1: the bat here Jalen Carter getting tossed right after the
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  Speaker 1: kickoff for spitting on Dak Prescott. Now, I have to
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  Speaker 1: say it was circulating throughout the game on the socials
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  Speaker 1: out there that Dak actually spat at Jalen Carter first,
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  Speaker 1: or at least within the vicinity of Jalen Carter. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: Dak Prescott not being flagged for that. Jalen Carter making
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  Speaker 1: an absolutely stupid stupid move in spitting right on Dak
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  Speaker 1: right as a referee is next to him. It's just
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  Speaker 1: one of the dumbest moves. It's gonna be interesting to
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  Speaker 1: see how he handles this moving forward, how Nick Sirianni
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  Speaker 1: and the Eagles organization handle this moving forward. You can't
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  Speaker 1: do that. You can't be that dumb. You can't be
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  Speaker 1: that stupid. Again, yes, heightened emotions during this first game,
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  Speaker 1: but it can't happen. Jason Kelcey with the tweet, though, saying,
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  Speaker 1: this is the most wild start to an NFL season
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  Speaker 1: of all time. First play of the game, one player
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  Speaker 1: is carted off. We'll get to that in a second.
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  Speaker 1: The other rejected. I mean, everybody knows you don't spit,
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  Speaker 1: you swallow obviously. Oh thanks a lot, Jason. We did
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  Speaker 1: have a Jeff Kerr tweet. Our good friend the Show
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  Speaker 1: from CBS Sports said Jalen Carter has the fastest ejection
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  Speaker 1: in an NFL game since Jeremiah Trotter back in thousand
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  Speaker 1: two thousand and five. Trotter was ejected in a pregame
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  Speaker 1: fight with Kevin Mathis in Week one on Monday Night
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  Speaker 1: Football against the Falcons. A lot of us do remember that.
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  Speaker 1: It took Jeff's tweet for me to recall that, but
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  Speaker 1: absolutely remember that for sure. So that being said, Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Carter is kicked out of the game, disqualified, and it
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  Speaker 1: really hurt this Eagles defense right off the bat and
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  Speaker 1: essentially affected the whole team as well. Defense just looking
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  Speaker 1: soft right out of the gate, absolutely just letting the
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys drive down the field and score on the very
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  Speaker 1: first possession of the game. And in fact, by the way, folks,
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  Speaker 1: we didn't see any punts in the first half by
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  Speaker 1: either team. I mean, that's how much of an offensive
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  Speaker 1: juggernaut we ended up seeing. But really the defense not
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  Speaker 1: having Jalen Carter, it meant a lot, it did. It
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  Speaker 1: affected then the secondary too. It affected guys like a
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  Speaker 1: Dori Jackson who's just playing atrocious football. Look, there are
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  Speaker 1: a lot of us folks that during the course of
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  Speaker 1: the summer leading up to this game, we're saying to ourselves,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think Dori Jackson is cooked at this point?
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  Speaker 1: Is he really gonna make the team? I've been talking
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  Speaker 1: about it on this podcast platform, And yes, he really did.
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  Speaker 1: Looked cooked. Gave up a ton of yards in the
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  Speaker 1: first half, especially to Ceedee Lamb got called for just
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  Speaker 1: a passing or appearance calling the end zone as we know,
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  Speaker 1: in the first half, first quarter that was it looked horrible.
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  Speaker 1: Just the holding I just couldn't believe what I was
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  Speaker 1: seeing with the Dori Jackson. He appeared maybe he was injured,
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  Speaker 1: appeared to be benched at the end of the second quarter,
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  Speaker 1: right before the half Ja Cory and Bennett came in.
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  Speaker 1: He had a pass interference call on him. Then a
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  Speaker 1: Dori Jackson was back out on the field in the
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  Speaker 1: second half, giving up a lot of big yards for sure,
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  Speaker 1: But really, I mean, this Eagles defense again looking soft.
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  Speaker 1: The Cowboys were consistently running the ball on third and
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  Speaker 1: short right up the middle. Why you don't have Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Carter there? And they continued to do it throughout the game.
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  Speaker 1: There is you know, some I guess silver lining to
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  Speaker 1: an extent with the defense. There was a play in
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  Speaker 1: the third quarter that I want to briefly mention. Jihad
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  Speaker 1: Campbell had a pass breakup that was deep down the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the field that you just don't expect from
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  Speaker 1: a typical linebacker, you know, an off ball linebacker to
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  Speaker 1: be doing that. The guy is going to be special.
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  Speaker 1: The speed that we saw from him fantastic. And look,
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles defense again from a silver lining perspective, did
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  Speaker 1: show up towards the end of the game in the
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  Speaker 1: fourth quarter as the secondary was just battling it out
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  Speaker 1: in coverage was really solid on CD Lamb and yeah,
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  Speaker 1: ceedee Lamb was dropping some balls in this game. He
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  Speaker 1: probably should have caught and that's on him for sure.
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  Speaker 1: But the secondary really was battling throughout the course of
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  Speaker 1: the second half. Because look, you didn't have the Dallas
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys scoring any points in the fourth quarter. You didn't
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  Speaker 1: have the Philadelphia Eagle scoring any either. But there's definitely
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  Speaker 1: concern with this defense. Next week against Kansas City gonna
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  Speaker 1: be interesting to see if Jalen Carter being out there.
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  Speaker 1: Who knows, maybe he won't be out there, Maybe there'll
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  Speaker 1: be a suspension for this or something. If Jalen Carter
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  Speaker 1: is out there, how much this changes and alters the
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  Speaker 1: course of the defense because this defense again just looked soft.
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  Speaker 1: We obviously saw what not having veteran presence in the
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  Speaker 1: secondary with Darius Slay, with CJ. Gardner Johnson, what that
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  Speaker 1: meant to this Eagle secondary. Let's get into some other
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  Speaker 1: themes here. I mean, aside from you know, the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: team at general just being undisciplined. During the first half
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  Speaker 1: of this game. The Cowboys were penalized twice for twenty
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  Speaker 1: two yards. Eagles were penalized seven times for ninety three yards.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles offense did not lay a stinker in the
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  Speaker 1: first quarter like we have been so used to and
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  Speaker 1: accustomed to over these past couple of years. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's been an ongoing theme. Can the Eagles score in
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  Speaker 1: the first quarter. We saw good stuff from this team
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  Speaker 1: in the first quarter, Kevin Patulo and Nick Sirianni putting
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  Speaker 1: together a really good game. I like the fact that
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles went right down the field right during their
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  Speaker 1: first possession. I mean, Jalen Hurts was precise. There was
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  Speaker 1: precision with his passes, Saquon Barkley, Will Shipley getting involved,
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  Speaker 1: and the wide receivers blocking. Folks, if you go back
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  Speaker 1: and look at some of the tape in the video,
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  Speaker 1: you are going to see in that first quarter our
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  Speaker 1: wide receivers I'm talking Devonte Smith, John Dotson blocking. It
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  Speaker 1: was absolutely great to see that out there, allowing Saquon
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  Speaker 1: Barkley to get tons of yards in that first half,
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  Speaker 1: specifically the first quarter as well. We saw a lot
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  Speaker 1: more passes over the middle from Jalen Hurts I think
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  Speaker 1: than we have probably ever seen, and I have to say,
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  Speaker 1: always looking poisoned in the pocket, and that's what you
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  Speaker 1: want from your quarterback. That's what you want from your
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl MVP quarterback. Very very mature play on the
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  Speaker 1: field from Jalen Hurts, really not making any stinkers of
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  Speaker 1: any type of plays. We're seeing the growth of Jalen Hurts,
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  Speaker 1: folks continuing to see that, and it's really great to
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  Speaker 1: really great to witness, especially week one. With regard to
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  Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley. Look, I mean, it wasn't the most fantastic
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  Speaker 1: game in the world for him. Eighteen carries for only
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  Speaker 1: sixty yards three point three yards per carry. Not too
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  Speaker 1: great in terms of the stat sheet. Yes, he did
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  Speaker 1: have a touchdown, but look the inside runs by Saquon Barkley,
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  Speaker 1: especially in the second half, We're getting shut down by
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  Speaker 1: the Cowboys defensive line. And I gotta be honest, I
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  Speaker 1: have to be honest about how this Eagles offensive line
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  Speaker 1: looked throughout many points in this game. Extremely rusty a
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  Speaker 1: lot of the time, and in the fourth quarter they
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  Speaker 1: looked pretty gassed. And who knows, maybe it's just the
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  Speaker 1: first game of the season, Maybe it's getting that rusted off,
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  Speaker 1: maybe it's getting back into in game shape, as it's called,
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  Speaker 1: but really the offensive line and it looked a bit
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  Speaker 1: rough at times throughout this game. And let's not forget
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  Speaker 1: an important gentleman on this offensive line who ended up
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  Speaker 1: missing the last part of this game, and that's Landon
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  Speaker 1: Dickerson going out in the fourth quarter with a back injury,
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  Speaker 1: Brett Toath replacing him. What have we been saying on
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  Speaker 1: this podcast platform over these past couple weeks. What was
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  Speaker 1: a huge concern Lennon and I talked about it during
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  Speaker 1: the course of our Eagle season preview, and it was
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  Speaker 1: Landon Dickerson, his health, the maintenance of his health, how
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  Speaker 1: important and critical he is to the way this offense
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  Speaker 1: is run. This medical staff is going to have to
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  Speaker 1: do wonders in the future for Landon Dickerson if he's
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  Speaker 1: going to be on the field and contributing to this team.
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  Speaker 1: I'm very skeptical at this point. Wishing him all the best,
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  Speaker 1: of course, but extremely extremely skeptical. Also, folks, how about
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  Speaker 1: the fact and we have to recognize this fact and
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  Speaker 1: it's really bizarre and criticism of the Eagles offense, of
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  Speaker 1: the play calling of Kevin Patulo and possibly Nick Sirianni
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  Speaker 1: here recognizing the fact that AJ Brown did not have
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  Speaker 1: a target in this game until about a minute and
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  Speaker 1: forty six seconds left in the game. You can't tell
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  Speaker 1: me AJ Brown has not been open and had not
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  Speaker 1: been open all game long, especially with Dallas playing man
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  Speaker 1: coverage as often as they did, and him having no
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  Speaker 1: targets was absolutely wild. If you had told me that
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  Speaker 1: Johan Dotson was going to have more targets than AJ Brown,
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  Speaker 1: I would have said, you are absolutely crazy. If you
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  Speaker 1: had told me that Kylin Granson was going to have
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  Speaker 1: the same amount of targets as AJ Brown in this game,
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  Speaker 1: I would have said, you were absolutely crazy. We're recording
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  Speaker 1: this rate after the game. Gonna be interesting to hear
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  Speaker 1: the narrative this week about why AJ Brown was not
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  Speaker 1: targeted at all during this game. One catch on the
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  Speaker 1: game again, minute and forty six seconds left in the game,
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  Speaker 1: one catch for eight yards just absolutely unacceptable in my opinion.
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  Speaker 1: But really, I think we have to credit Jalen Hurts
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  Speaker 1: for the win in this game. I think we have
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  Speaker 1: to credit him. Not that we're gonna be giving out
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  Speaker 1: MVPs all the time per game, and maybe we should
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  Speaker 1: do that. Maybe it would make our Eagles postgame podcast
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  Speaker 1: shows a little bit more interesting. But you know, maybe
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts was the MVP in this game. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I think it was an entire offensive performance quite frankly,
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  Speaker 1: but Jalen Hurts made some huge plays in this game
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  Speaker 1: when it mattered, specifically with his legs. We look at
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  Speaker 1: the box score and you see the rushing Jalen Hurts
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  Speaker 1: led this team in rushing fourteen carries for sixty two yards.
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  Speaker 1: He averaged four point four yards per carry, two touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: I gave you a Saquon Barkley's stats a little while ago,
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, while the passing tack wasn't necessarily the most prolific,
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  Speaker 1: him getting the ball down the field. You know, there
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  Speaker 1: wasn't a lot of stretch in the field and not
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  Speaker 1: a lot of long passes down the field. We'll get
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  Speaker 1: to Jalen Hurts's passing numbers in a bit, but Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Hurts probably, I would say, and unequivocally the MVP of
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  Speaker 1: this game. But again, him making huge plays when it mattered.
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  Speaker 1: He is a top three quarterback in this league and
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  Speaker 1: it's not even close. So tired of the narrative that
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  Speaker 1: we've had to hear all summer. You know, is he
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  Speaker 1: even top ten? Is he you know, a top eight quarterback?
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  Speaker 1: People are ridiculous. He is a top three quarterback in
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  Speaker 1: this league. Real quick, before we go to break special teams.
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  Speaker 1: There were no punts in the first half, folks, none
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  Speaker 1: at all. It's like there was so much action in
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  Speaker 1: the first half and then there was a whole lot
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  Speaker 1: of nothing in the second half from both teams. But
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  Speaker 1: like like we mentioned earlier, Ben van van Sumerin going
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  Speaker 1: down on the first kickoff of the season. Wishing him well,
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  Speaker 1: but there's something else, a concern that I had. And
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  Speaker 1: if you have listened to this podcast over the past
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  Speaker 1: couple weeks, we've talked about Jake Elliott. Jake Elliott today
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  Speaker 1: nail the fifty eight yard field goal. Safe to say, folks,
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  Speaker 1: Jake Elliott is back. Seems like he's okay. As we know,
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  Speaker 1: last year he was one of seven on fifty plus
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  Speaker 1: yard field goal attempts. That fifty eight yard or today
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  Speaker 1: should make us feel a lot better about where he
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  Speaker 1: is with his leg, where he is in terms of
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  Speaker 1: field goal kicking. Again, he only had one field goal
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  Speaker 1: on the day for fifty eight yards. He had three
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  Speaker 1: extra points made all of those. I'm feeling good about
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  Speaker 1: Jake Elliott. We're going to take a break here, but
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  Speaker 1: when we come back, I want to get into some
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  Speaker 1: stats from the box score. Since I don't have a
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  Speaker 1: co host here this week, not going to actually get
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  Speaker 1: into any grades here, but I did want to go
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  Speaker 1: through the score here just to highlight some of these areas.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna get to it in just a bit. All right,
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  Speaker 1: we are back, and I'm gonna go through some of
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles and Cowboys box score notes here just to
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  Speaker 1: give some perspective about how this game really went. Look,
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts through the ball twenty three times in this game.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles rushed thirty eight times in this game, but
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts completed nineteen passes on those twenty three attempts
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty two yards, only six point six
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  Speaker 1: yards per attempt. He was sacked only one time, lost
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  Speaker 1: eight yards on that sack, but he ended with a
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  Speaker 1: rating of ninety four point two. Not a terrible day
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  Speaker 1: in terms of passing, but we know with Jalen Hurts,
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  Speaker 1: he doesn't have to put up four hundred yards and
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  Speaker 1: four touchdowns in order to have a great game. Why because,
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  Speaker 1: as I mentioned before the break, he carried the ball
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  Speaker 1: fourteen times for sixty two yards. He led this team
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  Speaker 1: in rushing. He scored twice. Saquon Barkley eighteen carries for
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  Speaker 1: sixty yards and a touchdown. Will Shipley carried the ball
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  Speaker 1: three times for twenty six yards. I mean he averaged
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  Speaker 1: eight point seven yards per carry on those three carries.
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  Speaker 1: Aj Dillon got the ball three times as well, for
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  Speaker 1: a total of ten yards. So it really was the
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  Speaker 1: rushing attack that really got the job done today at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the day, especially when it came to
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  Speaker 1: touchdowns as well. This Eagles team put up one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and fifty eight total rushing yards, four point two yards
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  Speaker 1: per rush, and three total touchdowns. But then you look
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  Speaker 1: at the receiving and again as I mentioned before the break,
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  Speaker 1: Johan Dotson was the leading receiver on this team fifty
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  Speaker 1: nine yards on three catches. He averaged nineteen point seven
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  Speaker 1: yards per reception as long as fifty one yards. And
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  Speaker 1: then you have Dallas Goddard being targeted seven times. He
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  Speaker 1: came down with all seven balls for forty four yards.
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  Speaker 1: Very very short passes six point three yards per reception.
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  Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley caught the ball four times for twenty four yards.
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  Speaker 1: Devonte Smith only targeted three times for sixteen yards in
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  Speaker 1: this game five point three yards per reception. Aj Brown,
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  Speaker 1: as we mentioned, only one target for eight yards, and
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  Speaker 1: Kylon Granson one target for one yard. The receiving corps
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  Speaker 1: have to wonder, and there's gonna be questions this week.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, there should be that narrative of why weren't
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  Speaker 1: some of these wide receivers targeted more. It's not like
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  Speaker 1: the Dallas defense and secondary is somehow the next greatest thing.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely not. Why weren't these Philadelphia Eagles wide receivers more
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  Speaker 1: prevalent within this game. Let's now move over to the defense,
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  Speaker 1: where you know what you have Zach Bond at the
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  Speaker 1: top of the box score again with nine total tackles,
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  Speaker 1: six solos, one tackle for a loss, one pass defended.
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  Speaker 1: I will say this though, folks, there was not one
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  Speaker 1: sack in this game by the Philadelphia Eagles. Dak Prescott
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  Speaker 1: stayed on his feet all game long, unacceptable in my opinion.
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  Speaker 1: They just weren't able to get to him. Dorri Jackson
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  Speaker 1: actually was credited for seven total tackles. In this game,
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Davis was credited for six total tackles, Cooper Dejen
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  Speaker 1: with five, Andrew mccouba with four, Quinjon Mitchell with four.
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  Speaker 1: I don't like having the secondary being the top six
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  Speaker 1: in terms of total tackles in this game. Don't like
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  Speaker 1: it at all. Tackles for a loss there were three.
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  Speaker 1: Jylex Hunt had one, Jordan Davis had one as well,
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  Speaker 1: and as I mentioned, Zach Bond too passes defended. I
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  Speaker 1: like seeing the secondary stepping up, but Zach Bond again
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  Speaker 1: stepped up in that regard. Dory Jackson did have one.
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Davis, Cooper Dejen also had a pass defended. Quinjon Mitchell.
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  Speaker 1: Jihad Campbell as well. I mentioned him and his athletic
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  Speaker 1: ability and quickness being that offline or I'm sorry, being
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  Speaker 1: that linebacker that's able to get down the field. My gosh,
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  Speaker 1: what an athletic guy. There was only one quarterback hit
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  Speaker 1: in this game by Moro Ojomo, only one, folks. This
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  Speaker 1: defense has got to get to work. This defense needs
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  Speaker 1: to rebound from this game. Yes, Philadelphia Eagles won this game.
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  Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys put up twenty points on them. But man,
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  Speaker 1: this defense this very soft defense needs the rebound before
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  Speaker 1: they head out to Kansas City next week. For Week two.
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  Speaker 1: In terms of kick returns, there was only one for
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  Speaker 1: John Metchi for twenty yards, one for Will Shipley for
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  Speaker 1: twelve yards. There were absolutely no punt returns in this
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  Speaker 1: game at all with either team, and Braden Mann on
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  Speaker 1: three punts he averaged forty eight point seven yards per punt.
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  Speaker 1: If we look at the Dallas Cowboys, look Dak Prescott.
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  Speaker 1: He threw the ball thirty four times, only completed twenty
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  Speaker 1: one of those for one hundred and eighty eight yards.
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  Speaker 1: He averaged five point five yards per tempt and he
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: ended with a rating of seventy six point six. So
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  Speaker 1: you're looking at the two quarterbacks here and you say, yes,
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts obviously outplayed Dak Prescott, and he did in
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: a lot of different ways. Javonte Williams was their leading
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: rusher fifteen carries for fifty four yards three point six
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  Speaker 1: yards per carry. Miles Sanders he had that huge rush
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  Speaker 1: for forty nine yards as we saw, and then ended
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  Speaker 1: up coughing up the ball and fumbling for Quinnon Mitchell. Boy,
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  Speaker 1: if it wasn't for Dak Prescott would have actually returned
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: that for a touchdown. But Miles Sanders had four carries
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: for fifty three yards. Ceedee Lamb thirteen targets in this game,
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  Speaker 1: coming down with seven of them for one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: ten yards fifteen point seven yards per reception. George Pickens
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: came down with three balls on four targets for thirty
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: yards as well. Jake Ferguson caught the ball five times
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  Speaker 1: for twenty three yards. Cavante Turpin caught the ball twice
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: for eighteen A lot of Dinson dunks, a lot of
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: short passes from Dak Prescott as well. The only time
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: he was throwing down the field strategically, he was getting
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: calls for pass interference. I mean that was part of
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboy scoring process in this game. Dak throwing
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: all the way down the field, there's a pass interference call,
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  Speaker 1: and you know the chains move from there. I'm not
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: going to get into the Dallas defense. You know, we
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: know what the Eagles offense did to them. But again,
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: you know, as we're closing down things here and getting
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: ready to get out of your ear drums, however you're
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: listening to us. Look, it was a sloppy game at
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: times by the Philadelphia Eagles. In general, the defense ended
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: up stepping up to the plate when it mattered at
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: the end. You know, teams grow. This is one of
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: the youngest defenses in the entire NFL. It is the
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: youngest defense in the NFL. There's gonna be some growing pains, folks.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: I think we need to get used to it. Got
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: sixteen more games to go. I think this defense is
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: gonna grow. Vic Fangio is a fantastic coach in this league.
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: He's a great leader, and I think you're gonna have
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: leaders like Zach Bond stepping up to the plate. I
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: think you're gonna have leaders on the defensive line stepping
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: up as well. I think that we need to be
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: patient at times, and I know it's difficult as Philly
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: sports fans to do that. I certainly know, but patience
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: is going to need to happen with this Philadelphia Eagles
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: defense for sure. Offense really clicking on all cylinders basically
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: until the second half, and basically clicking until the lightning
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: delay happened. But I'm very confident about where this offense is.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: So with that being said, that's gonna end our Eagles
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: postgame analysis here at the PST Podcast Show again. The
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles winning down at the Link in the season
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: opener by a score of twenty four to twenty against
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. Good division win right out of the gate.
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  Speaker 1: Happy about that, all right, folks, that's gonna do it
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  Speaker 1: for us. Take care and will catch you next time.