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The DiCecco Daily Postgame Pod: Takeaways, Insights From Eagles 24-15 Loss To The Chicago Bears · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? Everybody? Welcome into another edition of
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  Speaker 1: a Czech o Deli.
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  Speaker 2: Andrew Dicheco here Eagles beat reporter for Inside the Birds
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  Speaker 2: dot Com and the Eagles fall to the Chicago Bears
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  Speaker 2: on Black Friday by a score of twenty four to fifteen,
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  Speaker 2: and they now fall to eight and four on the season.
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  Speaker 2: The Chicago Bears have improved to nine to three on
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  Speaker 2: the season. And this game was concerning on a number
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  Speaker 2: of different fronts, and I think the first and foremost
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  Speaker 2: on the defensive front, because now for the second consecutive week,
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  Speaker 2: you've seen the Eagles in the trenches get sort of handled,
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  Speaker 2: and that's very uncharacteristic for a Nick Sirianni team, for
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  Speaker 2: an Eagles team that prioritizes and really puts an onus
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  Speaker 2: on physicality.
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  Speaker 1: That wasn't the case.
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  Speaker 2: This week, nor was it the case last week, though
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  Speaker 2: this week was much more substantial. Chicago Bears running backs
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  Speaker 2: DeAndre Swift had one hundred and twenty five yards rushing
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  Speaker 2: and Kyle Manungai, their rookie running who packs a punch,
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  Speaker 2: had one hundred and thirty on the ground and a touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: Both running backs, for that matter, score touchdowns and the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles have to get that cleaned up because in a
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  Speaker 2: game coming up against the Chargers in LA on Monday
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  Speaker 2: Night Football, the Chargers will also continue to run the football.
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  Speaker 2: And it was a little concerning, and I know I'm
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  Speaker 2: a little bit all over the place here, but we'll
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  Speaker 2: get to some of the takeaways. But it was concerning
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  Speaker 2: because the Eagles were facing a Chicago Bears defense that
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  Speaker 2: was undermanned at the linebacker position and they were unable
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  Speaker 2: to exploit that area of their defense. So let's look
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  Speaker 2: at it for a second, because in the lead of
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  Speaker 2: my story for Inside the Burros dot Com, I said
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  Speaker 2: Tom Petties won't back down post from a tailgate and
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  Speaker 2: a neighboring lot, and it to me, it foreshadowed what
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  Speaker 2: was to come, at least what I thought was to come.
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  Speaker 2: The Eagles really taking the bull by the horns and
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  Speaker 2: defending their home turf will. But it was the Chicago
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  Speaker 2: Bears who wouldn't take note for an answer and they
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  Speaker 2: grind out a really impressive win. So just some quick
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  Speaker 2: numbers here. Eagles quarterback Jay when Hurst completed seventeen to
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  Speaker 2: thirty pass attempts for one hundred and ninety yards, a
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  Speaker 2: pair of touchdowns, and an interception. As a runner, Hurts
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  Speaker 2: carried four times for thirty one yards. He also lost
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  Speaker 2: to fumble. Running Back Saquon bark We rolled up fifty
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  Speaker 2: six yards on thirteen carries. Wide receiver AJ Brown led
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  Speaker 2: all Eagles pass catchers with one hundred and thirty two
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  Speaker 2: yards and two touchdowns on ten receptions, and running back
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  Speaker 2: at running backs DeAndre Swift one hundred and twenty five
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  Speaker 2: rushing yards in Kyle mcnungai one hundred and thirty fuel
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  Speaker 2: Chicago's offensive attack. Bears quarterback Caleb Williams completed seventeen or
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  Speaker 2: thirty five pass attempts for one hundred and fifty four
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  Speaker 2: yards and a touchdown to go along with an interception.
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  Speaker 2: Inactive for the Eagles were outside linebacker Josh Uche, quarterback
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  Speaker 2: Sam Howell, who is the emergency third quarterback, cornerback Mack McWilliams,
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  Speaker 2: running back AJ Dillon, tackle Lane Johnson, wide receiver Xavier Gibson,
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  Speaker 2: and defensive tackle Ty Robinson. The Eagles also elected for
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  Speaker 2: two practice squad call ups this week, and they elevated
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  Speaker 2: outside linebacker Patrick Johnson, who took ushe spot on the
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  Speaker 2: game day rosters, primarily on special teams and safety Andre Sam.
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  Speaker 2: For Johnson, this was his third and final elevation, so
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  Speaker 2: if the Eagles won him back on the fifty three
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  Speaker 2: or for back involved in the game day operation, they're
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  Speaker 2: going to have to sign him to the fifty three
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  Speaker 2: man roster. If you remember, he was already signed to
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  Speaker 2: the fifty three at one point earlier in the year.
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  Speaker 2: And then for Andre Sam, his elevation was the first
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  Speaker 2: time this season and he was appearing in a second
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  Speaker 2: NFL game. He was the number three safety and he
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  Speaker 2: played on He didn't play on kickoff, but he did
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  Speaker 2: play on kick return. From what I noticed, I'll have
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  Speaker 2: to go back and look at the snapcounts when they
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  Speaker 2: come out tomorrow morning.
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  Speaker 1: But let's get to the observations.
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  Speaker 2: The Eagles opened a nickel with Adorri Jackson aligning opposite
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  Speaker 2: Quenya Mitchell at corner with Cooper Degen at nickelback. The
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  Speaker 2: first drive was an eleven play drive for Chicago covered
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  Speaker 2: forty two yards, but the.
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  Speaker 1: Bears had nothing to show for it.
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  Speaker 2: On a fourth and one, the Eagles got great push
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  Speaker 2: up front defensive tackle Byron Young, who I think is
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  Speaker 2: an underrated player maximizes the reps that he does get.
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  Speaker 2: He knife through and he stuffed Bears running back Kyle
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  Speaker 2: Manunguy for no gain, and he returned possessions to the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles offense at the at the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty five yard line.
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  Speaker 2: But the momentum was short lived because the Eagles offense
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  Speaker 2: covered just twenty yards over five plays before they were
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  Speaker 2: forced to punt and wide receive. Ray J. Brown I
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  Speaker 2: should also mention on that drive committed a false start
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  Speaker 2: and that followed a five yard Saquon bark which followed
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  Speaker 2: a five yard Saquon Barkley run, and that was Aja's
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  Speaker 2: second false start penalty in as many games. The Bears
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  Speaker 2: gashed the Eagles defense on the ground on the ensuing
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  Speaker 2: series with that thunder and lightning tandem of DeAndre Swift
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  Speaker 2: and Kyle Manungai. They ran through the teeth of the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles defense. Manunguy had seventeen yards on that Swift had
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  Speaker 2: the twenty three later, which spearheaded an eleven place seventy
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  Speaker 2: eight yard scoring drive that was capped by a three
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  Speaker 2: yard DeAndre Swift scamper. On that twenty three yard run,
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  Speaker 2: it looked like, at least at first glance that wide
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  Speaker 2: receiver Roma Doonza came across and got in the way,
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  Speaker 2: got at least enough of outside linebacker Jalen Phillips to
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  Speaker 2: create a sizeable gap to run through. The Bears did
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  Speaker 2: a really nice job changing it up with the different
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  Speaker 2: backs throughout the drive. Great design, It was well blocked.
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  Speaker 2: The Chicago offensive line really impressed me. Darnell right in particular,
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  Speaker 2: their left tackle I thought did a tremendous job. And
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  Speaker 2: again I'll have to go back and watch, but the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles were really able to take advantage of the misdirection.
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  Speaker 2: It was pure power football, a lot of motion and shifting.
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  Speaker 2: Those cutback cutback runs caused a lot of problems for
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles, and they weren't able to shed blocks and
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  Speaker 2: get free and be able to bring down ball carriers,
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  Speaker 2: and that has been an issue really over the last
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  Speaker 2: couple of weeks. Javonte Williams, remember he had eighty seven
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  Speaker 2: yards for the Cowboys last week, but he started to
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  Speaker 2: pick up some steam later in that game. And this
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  Speaker 2: is sort of uncharacteristic for the Eagles because their run
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  Speaker 2: defense has been largely improved. Jordan Davis had a nice game.
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  Speaker 2: He's been playing better this season. The Kobe Dean has
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  Speaker 2: been a dominant force in the middle, but still that
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  Speaker 2: wasn't enough to be able to bottle up the Bears
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  Speaker 2: running game.
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  Speaker 1: But I thought that a lot of what they were.
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  Speaker 2: Able to do that raswell dazzle offensive we under head
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  Speaker 2: coach Ben Johnson sort of confounded the defense and it
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  Speaker 2: prohibited them from settling in. Then Eagles engineered a seven
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  Speaker 2: play thirty nine yard drive on the second offensive possession,
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  Speaker 2: and it appeared poise for the first.
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  Speaker 1: Touchdown of the afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: But on a third and eight from the Bears twenty six,
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  Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts through behind a wide open DeVante Smith across
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  Speaker 2: the middle, and that forced the Eagles to settle for
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  Speaker 2: a forty four yard Jake Elliott field goal. For an
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  Speaker 2: offense struggling to find its footing, you have to connect
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  Speaker 2: on those layups. But you know what, for what it's worth,
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  Speaker 2: back struggle with accuracy and ball placement in this one.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm not absolving Jayalen Hurts. I'm not making an
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  Speaker 2: excuse because he may he missed a lot of throws
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  Speaker 2: in this game. But later in the game he started
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  Speaker 2: to to connect with aj Brown and it was a
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  Speaker 2: little too little, too late. But I thought that both
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks were struggling and clearly the wind was a factor.
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking at the flags right now at Lincoln Financial
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  Speaker 2: Field and there they're furiously blowing and you know, in
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  Speaker 2: a big direction in every direction because of the wind.
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  Speaker 2: And you could also see it in punt returns where
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  Speaker 2: the ball almost.
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  Speaker 1: Look like it hits a wall.
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  Speaker 2: And whether it's Braidon man or their punter punting the football,
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  Speaker 2: or it's Britain Covey tracking a football at Britain Covey's
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  Speaker 2: exceptional when it comes to that.
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  Speaker 1: He's smart and savvy.
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  Speaker 2: But there was another There was one play where he
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  Speaker 2: had to quickly track it and he made an eight
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  Speaker 2: yard gain out of it when most returners may have
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  Speaker 2: either fumbled the football or misplayed that. But I could
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  Speaker 2: tell you from being here in the press box at
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  Speaker 2: this game that the win was absolutely a factor. Let's
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  Speaker 2: see a common theme for the vast majority of the season.
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  Speaker 2: Friday proved to be tough sledding in the run game
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  Speaker 2: for Saquon Barkley and company. More often than not, Barkley
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  Speaker 2: was greeted by a swarm of defenders once he accepted
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  Speaker 2: the handoff, and there was little push up front to
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  Speaker 2: create running lanes or room to maneuver. So for perspective, Barkley,
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  Speaker 2: as I mentioned earlier, accumulated fifty six yards on thirteen
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  Speaker 2: carries for an average of four point three yards per attempt.
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  Speaker 1: That's not good.
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  Speaker 2: And for a Chicago Bears defense that was down to
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  Speaker 2: bare bones at the linebacker position, and they this season
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  Speaker 2: that's been a sore spot for their defense. The run
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  Speaker 2: game to not be able to get it going when
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  Speaker 2: the conditions and the matchup favored the Eagles in this one,
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  Speaker 2: that's concerning. That is concerning, and it's been a prevailing
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  Speaker 2: theme for the offense this year. And as it pertains
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  Speaker 2: to the running game and the passing game has been
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  Speaker 2: erratic throughout the season, and there have been moments of positivity,
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  Speaker 2: positive signs, but in this game they weren't early. It
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  Speaker 2: was a little too late. As I mentioned later in
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  Speaker 2: this one, dominant performance though from wide receiver aj Brown,
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  Speaker 2: who separated with consistency and used his body positioning and
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  Speaker 2: physicality to separate against a Bear secondary that was at
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  Speaker 2: full strength.
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  Speaker 1: They had Kyler Gordon back for this one.
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  Speaker 2: They had Jalen Johnson who went healthy as one of
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  Speaker 2: the best corners in the NFL, Gardner Johnson there Kevin
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  Speaker 2: Byerd had an interception in this game, so I thought,
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  Speaker 2: all things considered, that aj Brown really.
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  Speaker 1: Rose to the occasion in this game.
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  Speaker 2: And he also came back for several throws and was
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  Speaker 2: sort of reading the ball particularly well based off of
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  Speaker 2: the trajectory from the wind. I just thought he played
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  Speaker 2: a really sound game, aside from the penalty, but.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously that can't happen.
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  Speaker 2: But without his efforts, the offense might have been blanked
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  Speaker 2: or it may have looked a lot uglier than the
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  Speaker 2: score indicates. And I think that the twenty to fifteen
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  Speaker 2: score is a little misleading because this was not an
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  Speaker 2: esthetically pleasing game by any means, and the Eagles have
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  Speaker 2: gotten away from what's made them such a successful football team,
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  Speaker 2: detailed physical, being fundamentally sound, and in this game they
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  Speaker 2: just weren't. But what I can tell you is is
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  Speaker 2: that no one's making excuses. In the postgame locker room.
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  Speaker 2: You wanted to hear certain things from the leaders on
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  Speaker 2: that defense, and I thought Jalen Phillips accountable, the Kobe
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  Speaker 2: Dean accountable, Jalen Carter accountable. Those were the main names
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  Speaker 2: that I spoke to, But everyone took you know, was
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  Speaker 2: very accountable in this game. You didn't see anyone, you know,
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  Speaker 2: pointing the finger or discounting this game.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, as ah, you know it happens. It
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  Speaker 1: wasn't like that at all.
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  Speaker 2: This is a team that I thought that all the
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  Speaker 2: defensive leaders, which is really who I was prioritizing and
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  Speaker 2: speaking to because that was the big storyline emerging from
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  Speaker 2: this game. I thought that they all answered the bell
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  Speaker 2: and those are the that's the messaging that you were
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  Speaker 2: hoping to hear. But the game momentarily momentarily shifted in
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  Speaker 2: the third quarter when Jalen Hurts connected with aj Brown
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  Speaker 2: for a thirty three yard touchdown to seemingly draw even
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  Speaker 2: The Eagles failed to convert on the point after attempt. Then,
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  Speaker 2: on the ensuing drive, the Eagles regain possession when outside
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  Speaker 2: linebacker jay loox Hunt intercepts Williams and he returns possession
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  Speaker 2: to the offense at the Bears thirty six. The drive
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  Speaker 2: came up empty, though, with Hurts fumbling away the football
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  Speaker 2: on a fourth and one sneak. Bear's cornerback Nayseean Wright
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  Speaker 2: slipped in to dislodge and.
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  Speaker 1: Recover the football.
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  Speaker 2: The play Mark Hurts, his second turnover of the day
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned the first was that Kevin Byard interception in
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  Speaker 2: the third quarter. But unlike the Bayered interception, the fumble
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  Speaker 2: recover respawned a twelve play, eighty seven yard touchdown drive
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  Speaker 2: that was largely fueled by rookie running back Kyle Manunguy
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  Speaker 2: and he capped the drive with a touchdown quick story.
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  Speaker 2: And I know that Eagles fans, if you're listening, and
• 12:11
  Speaker 2: I presumably if you're an Eagles fan you are, I
• 12:14
  Speaker 2: know you don't want to hear this, but I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to tell you it anyway because this is my podcast.
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  Speaker 2: But it was a quick story on Bears running back
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  Speaker 2: Kyle Manunguy. Back in twenty fifteen, the Eagles signed his brother, Kevin,
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  Speaker 2: who played running back at Villanova, as a rookie free agent,
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  Speaker 2: and when I spoke to Kyle at Rutgers Pro Day,
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  Speaker 2: he vividly recalled watching his brother play at the link.
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  Speaker 1: He said he was thirteen years.
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  Speaker 2: Old at the time, and it's come full circle for
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  Speaker 2: the rookie running back out of Rutgers because he cleared
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  Speaker 2: the one hundred yard rushing Barrier had one hundred and
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  Speaker 2: thirty in this game, and he reached the end zone.
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  Speaker 2: The Eagles lost a collective battle in the trenches, as
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  Speaker 2: I mentioned, with the Bears driving the defensive line off
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  Speaker 2: the ball in the running game and swarming Jayalen Hurts
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  Speaker 2: for many of his dropbacks. Credit the Bears for playing
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  Speaker 2: a physical brand of football, but this was the second
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  Speaker 2: executive week that this has been a prevailing theme for
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles. They have to re establish that dominance in
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  Speaker 2: the trenches, and if they're not, teams are going to
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  Speaker 2: continuously try to move the football on them and lean
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  Speaker 2: on them and impose their will, and they're gonna have
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  Speaker 2: to snap out of it because it was very uncharacteristic.
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  Speaker 1: Some housekeeping notes.
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  Speaker 2: With Sidney Brown typically operating as the gunner opposite Keeley Ringo,
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  Speaker 2: remember Sidney Brown's starting at safety, so the Eagles elected
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  Speaker 2: to deploy wide receiver Darius Cooper is his replacement at
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  Speaker 2: kick returner. With both wide receiver Xavier Gibson and running
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  Speaker 2: back aj Dowen inactive, the Eagles paired wide receiver Brittan
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  Speaker 2: Cubby with running back Bill Shipley as the other kick returner,
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  Speaker 2: and as we close things out, the Eagles were penalized
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  Speaker 2: seven times for forty four yards, and the offense continued
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  Speaker 2: to struggle on third downs, going four for eleven.
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  Speaker 1: Look, the condition.
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  Speaker 2: Certainly impacted it, but let's not lose sight of the
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  Speaker 2: fact that this offense has not looked as expected most
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  Speaker 2: of the season. There's been points, there's been quarters, there's
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  Speaker 2: been moments, but it hasn't been consistent enough. And as
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  Speaker 2: the seconds ticked down from this game, I couldn't help
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  Speaker 2: but have this feeling that this feels like a turning
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  Speaker 2: point in the season. I want to see how the
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  Speaker 2: Eagles are going to respond from this game, a game
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  Speaker 2: in which they got out physical on both sides of
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  Speaker 2: the ball by the Chicago Bears, a game in which
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  Speaker 2: the offense continued to be unproductive and not rise to
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  Speaker 2: the occasion. I just don't know where there's going to
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  Speaker 2: where the answers are going to come from, especially as
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  Speaker 2: it pertains to the offense, because it feels like we
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  Speaker 2: have this conversation every week.
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  Speaker 1: But what I will tell.
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  Speaker 2: You is I didn't leave this game feeling like Kevin
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  Speaker 2: Patula was the primary culprit or, the primary focus coming
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  Speaker 2: out of this game.
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  Speaker 1: Was he great? Not by any means.
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  Speaker 2: Was the offense performing anywhere close to the standard that
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  Speaker 2: they set for themselves. No, does he have a part
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  Speaker 2: of it, Yes, But there were plays on the field
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  Speaker 2: to be made. Absolutely, there are plays in the field
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  Speaker 2: to be made. There was executional errors, and I go
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  Speaker 2: back to the same things that I was saying last
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  Speaker 2: week in Dallas. Not necessarily the penalties, but there are
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  Speaker 2: plays that the Eagles are leaving on the field every
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  Speaker 2: single week.
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  Speaker 1: And Jaywen did not have a good game.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not placing the onus on Jawen, but Patulo has
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  Speaker 2: some of this blame. Jaywen has some of it. The
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  Speaker 2: offensive line not being able to generate push. It's the
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  Speaker 2: same things that we're talking about every week. So when
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  Speaker 2: I say that this feels like a turning point in
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  Speaker 2: the season, it feels like the Eagles have to They've
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  Speaker 2: said all the right things.
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  Speaker 1: Now they have to do something.
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  Speaker 2: It feels like I don't know if that's what the
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  Speaker 2: measure is going to be, but I feel like whether
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  Speaker 2: that's change up the messaging or something, change up the
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  Speaker 2: play calling, the scheme, the offensive focus. It's just this
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  Speaker 2: is a point in the season where you can't just
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  Speaker 2: say we're going to put our hard hats back on,
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  Speaker 2: get back to work, and it's going to be business
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  Speaker 2: as usual because and I don't think that this is
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  Speaker 2: an overreaction. I think this is more looking at this
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  Speaker 2: Eagles team where it stands right now and seeing trying
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  Speaker 2: to identify trends, and when certain things continue to surface,
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  Speaker 2: you have to not not just go back to the
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  Speaker 2: drawing board you have, or I should say, you can't
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  Speaker 2: just try to you know, try and you know, get
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  Speaker 2: back on the on course. You have to get back
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  Speaker 2: to the drawing board and figure out a way to
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  Speaker 2: to rectify things and get it right. Because this, you
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  Speaker 2: know this, this feels like I didn't look at the
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  Speaker 2: Dallas game in this sense, but I look at this
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  Speaker 2: game based off of how it went, based off of
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  Speaker 2: the opportunities that we're there, and the defensive matchup and
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  Speaker 2: and the areas that I thought the Eagles could exploit
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  Speaker 2: and they couldn't do it, and some of those prevailing
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  Speaker 2: themes that I talked about that surface once again days
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  Speaker 2: later after losing in Dallas. This does feel like a
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  Speaker 2: turning point to me. The Eagles have the people in
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: this building to get it headed in the right direction.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: They have the leaders to get this headed in the
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: right direction. But they have to get it done because
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: the NFC just got a little bit more interesting and
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: the Eagles had a stranglehold on it, and they have
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: to figure out why they've sort of loosened the reins
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: a little bit, because that can't happen. This team's too
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: talented and I'm expecting something to a different look for whatever. However, whatever,
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: and however when they get to LA because that's a
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: team in the Chargers that can put up points too,
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: they will run the football, so they might they're going
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: to have to alter their approach if they wanted to
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: leave Sofi Stadium with a win. But we have plenty
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: of time to talk about that right now. It's all
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: about Eagles Bears. Where do they go from from here
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: and what can they hang their hat on offensively? Well,
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: we have plenty of time to mul that over. But
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: these are just some of my immediate thoughts coming off
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: this game. We'll see what that all means in the
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: coming days, how the Eagles look to approach this and
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: get back on the right track.
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: But yeah, there's a lot to unpack from this game,
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: this is this is just you know, my immediate reaction.
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: But that's gonna do it.
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: For this edition of a Checko Deily, I'm Andrew to
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: checko and I'll catch you on the next one.