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Speaker 1: What's up everybody. Hope you're doing well. I wanted to
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Speaker 1: let you know. This podcast episode and Opposition Territory pod
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Speaker 1: was recorded on Wednesday, January twenty second, twenty twenty five.
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Speaker 1: By the time you hear this, some things may have
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Speaker 1: changed here or there, but we hope you enjoyed the show.
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Speaker 1: Welcome to Opposition Territory here at the Philadelphia Sports Table
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Speaker 1: in the world. That's right over eleven and a half
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Speaker 1: year strong. We got a great discussion coming your way
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Speaker 1: here on Opposition Territory. As we do every week, We've
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Speaker 1: got a great guest. We're gonna be diving into this
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Speaker 1: matchup coming up this Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles taking on
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Speaker 1: the Washington Commanders at the Link in the NFC Championship Game.
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Speaker 1: There were a lot of folks out there that thought
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Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles would get to this point. Some folks didn't,
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Speaker 1: but I gotta tell you not too many folks thought
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Speaker 1: the Washington Commanders at the beginning of this season. We
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Speaker 1: get to this point. What a successful season. The Commanders
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Speaker 1: have had a powerhouse now in the NFC East, along
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Speaker 1: with the Philadelphia Eagles. It's gonna be an interesting matchup.
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Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a fantastic game in many
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Speaker 1: different ways. We're gonna be getting into the matchup. So
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Speaker 1: let's get right to it. Joining us this week to
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Speaker 1: get into this NFC Championship game matchup. He is from
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Speaker 1: Rigos Rag, great fan sided site that covers the Washington Commanders,
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Speaker 1: and you can find him on the Twitter slash x
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Speaker 1: at Seth Jones FFB. We've got Seth Jones contributor over there. Buddy.
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Speaker 1: How you doing, my man.
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Speaker 2: I'm doing good. What's going on everybody?
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Speaker 1: Hey, it's great to have you back on the pod.
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Speaker 1: You made your first appearance when we were talking about
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Speaker 1: one of the Eagles Commander's games during the regular season,
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Speaker 1: and I gotta say it's I'm actually not surprised the
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Speaker 1: Commanders have actually gotten to this point before the season started,
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Speaker 1: bringing in the coaching staff that the Commanders brought in,
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Speaker 1: the fact that they drafted Jaden Daniels. I actually predicted
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Speaker 1: that the Washington Commanders were going to be a wild
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Speaker 1: card team because of the overhaul not just of the team,
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Speaker 1: but the organization and the cultural organization of you know what,
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Speaker 1: we've just been seeing over the past couple seasons here.
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Speaker 1: I mean, are you surprised at this point, seth with
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Speaker 1: where this team is currently at.
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Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you this.
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Speaker 3: I predicted I predicted seven wins before the season started,
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Speaker 3: and my whole life. I'm twenty one years old, so
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Speaker 3: my whole life. This is the first year we've ever
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Speaker 3: had like true hope since like RG three.
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Speaker 1: Yep.
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Speaker 3: So I'm extremely surprised. I'm more of a pessimistic fan
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Speaker 3: because of that.
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of I think a lot of
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of sports fans, diehard sports fans,
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Speaker 1: are very pessimistic about their own teams.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, to be honest with you, Yes, So I am
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Speaker 3: extremely surprised. Whether we win or lose this weekend, I'm
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Speaker 3: counting the season as a complete win.
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Speaker 1: It's like gravy, you know what I mean. It's like
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Speaker 1: gravy for this season. And I remember if in the
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Speaker 1: same way years ago, and I know it's not football
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Speaker 1: but baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies, who we certainly cover
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Speaker 1: here at the Philadelphia Sports Table podcast show, and when
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Speaker 1: the Phillies actually got to you know, the World Series,
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Speaker 1: when they got to the the the NLCS. You know,
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Speaker 1: we were like, man, this is gravy. We had no
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Speaker 1: idea this was gonna happen. I would imagine a lot
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Speaker 1: of Commanders fans thinking the same thing for their team too.
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Speaker 1: But let's dive into what we may see this week,
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Speaker 1: but also, you know, reflect on this past week as well,
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Speaker 1: because the Commanders really took it to the Lions in
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Speaker 1: the divisional matchup. Frankly, I was a bit surprised the
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Speaker 1: Lions didn't really have an answer at all for the
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Speaker 1: Commander's offense. So to get the discussion started here, seth,
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Speaker 1: I'm wondering first here. You know, we talked about the
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Speaker 1: team surprising you this year, but also, how have you
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Speaker 1: seen this Commander's offense grow over the course of this season?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so.
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Speaker 3: Starting week one with the Bucks, you know Jane daniels
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Speaker 3: first game. Yeah, I was at that game and you
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Speaker 3: could see that.
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Speaker 2: I expected it from his first game.
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Speaker 3: He didn't know how to really properly go through his
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Speaker 3: progressions first, right, and then he would take off and run.
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Speaker 3: Since then, week after week after week, it's been so
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Speaker 3: much better going through progressions and uh, only running when
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Speaker 3: he needs to. He's been a lot smarter about getting
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Speaker 3: out of bounds, not taking those big hits, big shots.
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Speaker 3: And this offense is just such a poised offense now
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Speaker 3: with Jade and Daniels, and it's been getting more and
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Speaker 3: more poised every single week to the point where I'm
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Speaker 3: fully confident in the offense. I can no matter what happens.
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Speaker 3: You know, I used to watch a deep ball and
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Speaker 3: be scared for gonna be intersection. Now if I see
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Speaker 3: Jane Daniels on Cork a deep shot, I'm like, all right,
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Speaker 3: that's most likely a deep concletion to Terry or Dammy Brown.
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Speaker 2: Now he's broken out.
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Speaker 3: So yeah, yeah, this offense has not only unlocked players
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Speaker 3: like D'ami Brown, but it's just, uh, it's it's something
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Speaker 3: I'm fully confident in, which is something I don't know
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Speaker 3: if I've ever been able to say.
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Speaker 1: I'm really glad you mentioned Diami Brown on aside from
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Speaker 1: Jayden Daniels too, because Jaden Daniels, of course, he is
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Speaker 1: the focal point of this offense here. And I think
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Speaker 1: it's also important that you know, look, I'm not as
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Speaker 1: an Eagles fan, you know, I'm trying to be objective
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Speaker 1: on our opposition territory podcast here, But you have talent
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Speaker 1: like zach Ertz. Sure he isn't the zach Ertz maybe
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Speaker 1: of five or six years ago, but he has been
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Speaker 1: an incredible contributor to the offense. Terry McLaurin as well,
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Speaker 1: excuse me, has been an incredible contributor to this offense.
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Speaker 1: It all seems to be coming together really well. But
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Speaker 1: sticking with this offense, talking more, even about Jayden Daniels,
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Speaker 1: He's not He's not the most dominant quarterback in the league.
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Speaker 1: And I mean the same can be said as we're
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Speaker 1: heading into this matchup for Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. Both
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Speaker 1: have had a struggles, challenges, great moments as well this season.
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Speaker 1: But I think what's important for folks to realize is
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Speaker 1: we're heading into this game seth. Both of these quarterbacks
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Speaker 1: have intangibles that help their respective offenses during the course
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Speaker 1: of any game. Sure, there can be setbacks from time
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Speaker 1: to time, sometimes maybe not the best decision making, but
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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, those intangibles help their
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Speaker 1: teams win. They help their offenses. So I'm wondering, can
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Speaker 1: you talk about the intangibles that you have seen from
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Speaker 1: Jaden Daniels this season and as of late, that really
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Speaker 1: gives you hope that they could possibly get to the
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Speaker 1: super Bowl based on those intangibles.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: So, I'll say the biggest intangible Jadan Daniels has in
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Speaker 3: this is something no coach can teach, is just the
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Speaker 3: ability to win that clutch change that he has. I
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Speaker 3: think it's been six games now this season that he's
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Speaker 3: won in the last thirty seconds or in overtime, and
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Speaker 3: you just can't teach that. The ability to do that
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Speaker 3: week after week is kind of unheard of from a rookie. Yeah,
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Speaker 3: so that's the biggest intangible for me. Also, obviously, his
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Speaker 3: rushing ability is uh, he's one of he's already one
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Speaker 3: of the best rushing quarterbacks in the league. Behind I
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Speaker 3: wouldn't there to say he's exactly Lamar Jackson yet, but
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Speaker 3: he if there's no one open, he's able to to scramble.
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Speaker 3: As soon as he scrambles out of the pocket, I know,
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Speaker 3: all right, he's either going to pick up a few
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Speaker 3: yards here, or he's gonna uncork a ball in the
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Speaker 3: run to somebody.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: So it's it's that confidence with the running and also
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Speaker 3: his his deep ball is one of the prettiest deep
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Speaker 3: balls I've seen from any quarterback this season. So I'd
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Speaker 3: say those those three traits right there is what is
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Speaker 3: what gives me confidence that we can win this game
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Speaker 3: and make it to the Super Bowl.
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Speaker 2: Possibly it is.
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Speaker 1: It's going to be interesting to see how these offenses
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Speaker 1: match up in terms of execution, because at the end
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Speaker 1: of the day, I think this game is going to
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Speaker 1: come down to turnovers, and I think it's also going
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Speaker 1: to come down to which offense really is executing at
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Speaker 1: the highest level for sure or But look, I mean,
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Speaker 1: like I mentioned before, you know, there have been ups
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Speaker 1: and downs with this Commander's team for sure throughout this season.
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Speaker 1: The Commanders, they're not a perfect team. Neither are the
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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles. We've been talking about it a lot on
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Speaker 1: the on the podcast here about you know how in
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Speaker 1: certain ways the Eagles are not a perfect team. No
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Speaker 1: team is in the NFL. But I'm wondering, set, like,
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Speaker 1: where on the Commander's offense do you have the biggest
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Speaker 1: concern heading into this matchup when you're going against the
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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles defense that's you know, basically number one in
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Speaker 1: the league. They're at home against the at the link,
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Speaker 1: you know against you know the Philadelphia Eagles fan base too.
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Speaker 1: So where where Where's the biggest concern on the Commander's
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Speaker 1: offense that you have heading into this NFC Championship game matchup?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, my biggest concern is definitely the offensive line. You
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Speaker 3: guys have probably the best defensive line in the league,
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Speaker 3: and we lost our I would say, are only good
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Speaker 3: offensive linemen this past week with Sam Cosmi going now
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Speaker 3: with that torny, so as soon as he went down,
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Speaker 3: I was pretty nervous whether we won or lost that game.
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Speaker 3: So yeah, definitely, definitely the offensive line is going to
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Speaker 3: be an issue. We saw in the Tampa Tampa Bay
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Speaker 3: Division or wild card game. We couldn't get the wrong
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Speaker 3: game going, and if you watch the film, there was
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Speaker 3: a lot because of the run blocking was not doing
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Speaker 3: good at all and losing Sam Cosme and then going
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Speaker 3: to help that at all.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I really I'm glad you actually brought up the
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Speaker 1: run some of the blocking, especially the run blocking, because
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Speaker 1: when I look at this game, I really think the
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Speaker 1: Commanders are gonna need some sort of balance in terms
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Speaker 1: of the passing game and the run block game. I'm
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Speaker 1: not too sure how Brian Robinson is going to do
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Speaker 1: this week, especially when you have a Jalen Carter doing
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Speaker 1: what he has been doing recently, or do you have
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Speaker 1: concerns about the run game from an offensive perspective.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's my biggest concern is that we're not gonna
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Speaker 3: be able to run the ball at all and we're
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Speaker 3: gonna have to lean completely on passing the football. Because
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Speaker 3: it was one thing for Brian Robbins to be able
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Speaker 3: to gash the Lions defense even with Sam Cosmy going down,
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Speaker 3: but he's not gonna be able to do the same
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Speaker 3: thing with the Eagles defensive lines.
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Speaker 2: So yeah, I'm pretty worried about that.
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Speaker 3: I think it's going to be a pass heavy game
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Speaker 3: plan for us because of that. So that's something And
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Speaker 3: you guys have a great secondary too, so it's gonna
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Speaker 3: be something you guys can definitely exploit.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely well. Let's move over to the defensive side of
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Speaker 1: the ball, the Commander's defensive secondary. In my opinion, they
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Speaker 1: need to keep aj Brown and Devonte Smith quiet for
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Speaker 1: them to have a chance to win in this game.
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Speaker 1: In my opinion, the majority of the defensive focus I
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Speaker 1: think is going to be on containing Saquon Barkley. But
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Speaker 1: if the Commander's secondary is also able to somehow take
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Speaker 1: aj Brown and DeVante Smith, who quite frankly haven't had
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Speaker 1: the most dominant games here in the playoffs. So it
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Speaker 1: seems like it possibly can be done, which is a
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Speaker 1: concern for me as an Eagles fan. What, in your
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Speaker 1: pinion set do the Commanders need to do defensively to
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Speaker 1: really help keep them in this game.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, so I was I was thinking about this the
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Speaker 3: other day and in my opinion, now I'm not a
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Speaker 3: defensese coordinator, but in my opinion, we have seen the
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Speaker 3: passing offense from you guys struggle in the playoffs, so
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Speaker 3: and I am actually confident in our secondary now. They
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Speaker 3: stepped up in a big way this last week. Marsha
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Speaker 3: and Lottimore really worried me after Mike Evans was going
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Speaker 3: going at him every single play in the wildcard round,
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Speaker 3: but he played great last week.
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Speaker 2: I'm a big fan of Mike Sanders.
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Speaker 3: Still, I hope that we sell out to stop Saquon
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Speaker 3: because he's He's my biggest worry and this can this
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Speaker 3: can definitely screw us.
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Speaker 2: But I want us to drey All to pass the
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Speaker 2: ball on.
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Speaker 3: Us and sell out to and sell it to stop
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Speaker 3: Saquon would be what I would do, because if we're
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Speaker 3: going to get beat, we need to get beat with
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Speaker 3: big plays. We can't get beat with Saquon getting ten
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Speaker 3: fifteen twenty years Ard runs uh snap after.
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Speaker 2: Snap after snap.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, because that's that's that's how that's how we kind
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Speaker 3: of got away with uh or y'all pushed away the
12:09
Speaker 3: first time we played, y'all was we we kind of
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Speaker 3: stopped Saquon in the first half, but then we went
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Speaker 3: away from stopping Saquon and he he just kept on
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Speaker 3: gashing us play after play and y'all pulled away.
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Speaker 2: So that's that's what that's what.
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Speaker 3: I would do if either defensive coordinator uh, well, would
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Speaker 3: that plan work? I'm not really sure because your guys
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Speaker 3: passing offense is very good and can start hitting us
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Speaker 3: with deep shots after deep shot and AJ Brown with
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Speaker 3: his little uh short slant routes can.
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Speaker 2: Really hurt us. But so so we'll see what happens.
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Speaker 3: But I would kind of sell stop Saquon and then
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Speaker 3: as the passing offense is killing us, that just uh
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Speaker 3: through that. But I just don't want to get Saquon
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Speaker 3: going early.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's interesting you mentioned that seth because part of
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Speaker 1: the concern I've had is everybody, every team that the
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Speaker 1: Eagles play, it's sake stop Saquon. Stop Saquon, Stop Saquon.
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Speaker 1: And there are moments where you think during the course
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Speaker 1: of the game, especially early, Wow, Saquon's only getting two
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Speaker 1: or three yards a carry. Here, Wow, he's only maybe
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Speaker 1: picking up four yards at the most. And then all
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Speaker 1: of a sudden, the offensive line does what they do
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Speaker 1: very well, opening up those gaps and he, like you mentioned,
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Speaker 1: he's going for thirty yards, he's going for forty yards,
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Speaker 1: he's going for a touchdown. We certainly saw that this
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Speaker 1: past week in the divisional round, where you know, in
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Speaker 1: that snow, Saquon was absolutely hitting those gaps. He knew
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Speaker 1: that he could hit because of the Eagles offensive lineman,
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Speaker 1: and even though he was only getting maybe two or
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Speaker 1: three yards at a clip every now and again, being
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Speaker 1: able to break one off those huge chunk plays. The
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Speaker 1: commanders are gonna have to stop it. They're gonna have
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Speaker 1: to stop it at some point. I don't know how
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Speaker 1: they actually consistently do that, Like I think that honestly,
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Speaker 1: there's five runs. I think maybe three or four of
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Speaker 1: them they stop them for maybe two or three yards,
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Speaker 1: but that last one man it could. It's gonna be
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Speaker 1: really interesting to see because because the Commanders have a
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Speaker 1: good defense. So let's get into some of the matchups
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Speaker 1: that you may be concerned with as we're heading into
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Speaker 1: this NFC Championship game. I'm sure he've been thinking about it.
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Speaker 1: Excuse me this week. What is the strongest part of
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Speaker 1: the Commander's defense that you think really can match up
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Speaker 1: well with and maybe even possibly overtake the Eagles offense.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: So, I'm a huge fan of our linebacking duo. Frankulu
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Speaker 3: is my favorite free agent acquisition this past offseason. So
14:36
Speaker 3: we all know Jalen Hurts has rushing ability. I think
14:40
Speaker 3: having frank Luluvu as a quarterback spy on Jalen Hurts
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Speaker 3: will kind of maybe not completely eliminate hurts rushing ability,
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Speaker 3: but it'll help definitely sustain those third downs where Jalen
14:54
Speaker 3: Hurts doesn't see anyone open and he has a clear
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Speaker 3: lane to just rush of the first down. And I
14:59
Speaker 3: see that time time after time in Eagles games that
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Speaker 3: I watched. So having Frankie Luvu and even Bobby Wagner
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Speaker 3: kind of contain the contained the rushing from Jalen Hurts.
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Speaker 3: I think can maybe slow down your offense a little bit.
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Speaker 3: Obviously it's not gonna there's too many weapons to completely
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Speaker 3: stop it, but yeah, at least slow it down because
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Speaker 3: because that kind of takes a moment and away from
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Speaker 3: the defense kind of drains them out.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely. Yeah. Again, folks, if you have not been over
15:28
Speaker 1: to riggos Rag over at fan sided rigoswag dot com,
15:33
Speaker 1: we are talking to Seth Jones, you can follow him
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Speaker 1: on the Twitter slash x at Seth Jones FFB. Great
15:41
Speaker 1: great follow putting up some good content over there at
15:44
Speaker 1: riggos Rag. And as we're moving along with a conversation
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Speaker 1: here and getting towards the end here, Seth, on the
15:51
Speaker 1: flip side of what you were just talking about, I'm
15:54
Speaker 1: wondering where the weakest part of the Commander's defense is
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Speaker 1: that you hope does not get exposed by the Eagles
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Speaker 1: offense this Sunday. Where's the weakest part of the Commander's
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Speaker 1: defense that may have you a little concerned.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's definitely the defensive line as a whole, whether
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Speaker 3: it'd be the pass rush or the interior.
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Speaker 2: Jonathan Allen seems to be a shell of himself.
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Speaker 3: I was really hoping he would step up in these playoffs,
16:21
Speaker 3: and he did play a little bit of a better
16:23
Speaker 3: game last week, but yeah, he still needs to step
16:25
Speaker 3: up in a big way. Deron payned to step up.
16:28
Speaker 3: Johnny Noon is young. I'm hoping he can kind of
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Speaker 3: take another step forward. And then our pass rush is
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Speaker 3: just not exactly the best pass rush in the league.
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Speaker 3: You know, we're kind of playing with house of money
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Speaker 3: with the pass rush. We got one year deal. Guys
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Speaker 3: like Dante Fowler and Cleveland Farrell is our starters, so
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Speaker 3: it's kind of hard to ask for a lot from them.
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Speaker 3: But yeah, we're definitely gonna need the pass rush to
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Speaker 3: step up and put pressure on Hurts because if you
16:54
Speaker 3: don't put pressure on Hurts, he's just gonna stay in
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Speaker 3: that pocket and wait for an open man to go,
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Speaker 3: and open man goes, he's gonna step out and run
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Speaker 3: for a first round. So definitely a defensive line.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, defensive line for sure. I gotta tell you, man,
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a great, great game. I think I
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Speaker 1: think it's gonna be really interesting. But at the end
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Speaker 1: of the day, regardless of which NFC team gets to
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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. I don't know about you, Seth, but
17:19
Speaker 1: I think we are in agreement that anybody but Kansas
17:23
Speaker 1: City to win the Super Bowl is probably the goal
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Speaker 1: here at this.
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Speaker 2: Point, I agree agreement.
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Speaker 1: Okay, great, great. I'm honestly to the point where, look,
17:33
Speaker 1: Andy Reid came from Philadelphia and he was here for
17:37
Speaker 1: so long. I grew up with him being the coach
17:40
Speaker 1: and him taking the Eagles to four NFC Championship games
17:43
Speaker 1: during his tenure. But I've always wanted to see Andy
17:45
Speaker 1: Reid do well. I'm at a point where I don't
17:47
Speaker 1: care anymore. I do not want to see Andy Reid
17:50
Speaker 1: do well anymore. I'm tired of his dumb State Farm commercial.
17:53
Speaker 1: I'm tired of seeing them in the Super Bowl year
17:55
Speaker 1: after year. I am tired of Patrick Mahomes. I'm tired
17:59
Speaker 1: of the chief's narrative. I would imagine you are as well,
18:02
Speaker 1: my friend.
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Speaker 2: I'm completely in an agreeance there.
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Speaker 3: I mean, you know, it's bad when even players are
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Speaker 3: coming out yes and interviews and saying, uh, you know,
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Speaker 3: I'm not gonna say it for Bradom, but yes, they
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Speaker 3: they they they're saying they they know it's there and
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Speaker 3: the Texans players after their game. I mean, there's some
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Speaker 3: crappy calls in that game. I'm a little tired of
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Speaker 3: it too. I just yeah, I know you all are
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Speaker 3: division rivals, but I'm fully ruined for you guys if
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Speaker 3: you all make it.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Nas City isn't there.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, It's amazing how the Eagles fan base and the
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Speaker 1: Commander's fan base could potentially come together when we look
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Speaker 1: at the Super Bowl prospects.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure.
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Speaker 1: Again, folks, Seth Jones from rigosreag dot Com over it
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Speaker 1: Fans Sided, It was great talking to you, Seth. Thanks
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Speaker 1: so much for jumping on our Opposition Territory pod here
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Speaker 1: and I'd love to talk to you at some point
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Speaker 1: down the road. My friend, of course, just let me
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Speaker 1: know it was great talking to Seth. And really this
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Speaker 1: matchup is going to be, I think a phenomenal one
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Speaker 1: for both Commanders fans and Eagles fans to watch this week.
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Speaker 1: But in terms of the Eagles and something that we
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Speaker 1: need to keep in mind as we are moving forward,
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Speaker 1: and we're gonna be getting into some more content surrounding
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Speaker 1: this on our podcast platform this week as we head
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Speaker 1: into this matchup. Yes, the Eagles haven't turned the ball
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Speaker 1: over yet in the playoffs, but I think we can
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Speaker 1: all acknowledge that the passing game in Philly with Jalen
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Speaker 1: Hurts and just where they are at right now has
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Speaker 1: been kind of a mess. You know, Hurts is holding
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Speaker 1: onto the ball for an eternity, it seems in the pocket,
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Speaker 1: taking way too many sacks. He's not letting it rip
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Speaker 1: to receivers that are opened down the field. That we
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Speaker 1: talked about it on the postgame show this past week,
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Speaker 1: and it will be on the offensive staff Kellen Moore,
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Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni to figure out how to get Hurts back
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Speaker 1: into some kind of rhythm, and it's going to be
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Speaker 1: on Jalen Hurts as well to start playing better in
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Speaker 1: the passing game. And also can they get Aj Brown going?
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Speaker 1: I really do think Aj Brown, and it seems bizarre
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Speaker 1: one of the best wide receivers in the league, saying
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Speaker 1: that he could be the X factor in this game.
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Speaker 1: He didn't have any drops during the course of the
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Speaker 1: regular season, but he had two against the Rams. Can
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Speaker 1: he bounce back absolutely again? He's one of the top
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Speaker 1: wide receivers and premiere wide receivers in the NFL. I
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Speaker 1: think he's gonna get back to form two drops doubt doubtful.
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Speaker 1: I'm thinking that we are gonna see that from AJ
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Speaker 1: Brown again this coming week against that against that Washington Secondary,
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Speaker 1: So gonna be interesting matchups for sure. We've got more
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Speaker 1: Eagles Commanders NFC Championship game talk coming to you this
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Speaker 1: week on a regular show that's gonna be dropping Thursday morning.
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Speaker 1: That's gonna do it for us here on Opposition Territory.
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