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2024 Eagles Season Preview (PST Episode 582) · The Philadelphia Sports Table | Philly Sports News & Views

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  Speaker 1: What's up, everybody. It's Jeff here. I wanted to let
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  Speaker 1: you know. This podcast episode was recorded on Wednesday, September fourth,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. By the time you hear this, some
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  Speaker 1: things may have changed here or there, but we hope
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  Speaker 1: you enjoyed the show. Welcome to the Philadelphia Sports Table
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  Speaker 1: podcast show, the longest running weekly Philly sports podcast show
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  Speaker 1: in the world, eleven years strong. And this, my friends,
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  Speaker 1: is our Eagles season preview. We're talking Eagles, We're talking
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  Speaker 1: NF during this entire episode. It is going to be
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  Speaker 1: a fun it is going to be an interesting season.
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  Speaker 1: It is going to be won for the books with
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  Speaker 1: regard to the Philadelphia Eagles and this NFL league as well.
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  Speaker 1: I am Jeff Warren and I'm gonna be bringing my
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  Speaker 1: co hosts and buddies on in just a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: We had a little bit of a different format with
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  Speaker 1: regard to this week's show. We've got our good friend
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  Speaker 1: of the pod, Brandon Lee gouton BLG from Bleedinggreen Nation
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  Speaker 1: dot com. He's gonna be joining us first for our
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  Speaker 1: interview this week, and then I'm going to bring the
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  Speaker 1: guys on right after that. But I have to say
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  Speaker 1: excitement is in the air. Excitements in the air. We
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  Speaker 1: all know it. I mean, head back into our podcast
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  Speaker 1: Feed the Eagles pregame show that we put out this
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  Speaker 1: past week with text Western from Acmepackingcompany dot com and
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  Speaker 1: the Frozen Tundra Frequencies podcast. We got into what this
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  Speaker 1: upcoming Packers Eagles game may actually look like. It is
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  Speaker 1: going to be a hell of a game right out
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  Speaker 1: of the gate. So that being said, let's get to
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  Speaker 1: the interview. Let's get to talking with blg here, and
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  Speaker 1: then again, I'm gonna bring the guys on after that
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  Speaker 1: and we're gonna get into some predictions for this coming season.
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  Speaker 1: Let's do it. Joining us this week to get into
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  Speaker 1: our Eagles season preview from Bleedinggreen Nation dot com. And
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  Speaker 1: you can follow him on the Twitter slash x at
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  Speaker 1: Brandon Gouton. You're already following him, for God's sakes. I
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  Speaker 1: think he's got over eighty thousand followers on Twitter at x. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: we got Brandon Leagut and BLG Hey doing Buddy.
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  Speaker 2: Doing good, Jeff, glad to be here with you for
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  Speaker 2: this Eagles twenty twenty four season, which would be pretty interesting, exciting.
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait for Friday Night.
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  Speaker 1: I cannot wait to see where this team goes. And
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  Speaker 1: I feel like this offseason has taken a long time
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  Speaker 1: for some reason. BLG. I cannot seem to wrap my
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  Speaker 1: head around the fact that we have a team that
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  Speaker 1: really is the same in a lot of ways, yet
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  Speaker 1: there are some differences as well. And there's definitely some
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  Speaker 1: heat on Eagles head coach Nick siri as we're heading
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  Speaker 1: into this season two years removed from a Super Bowl appearance,
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  Speaker 1: and the team and Sirianni are looking to solve last
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  Speaker 1: year's late season collapse. So I guess the first question
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  Speaker 1: and topic for us to get into is can Nick
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  Speaker 1: Sirianni really provide the direction to get this team back
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  Speaker 1: to some stability of what we saw on twenty twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what are your thoughts here?
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  Speaker 2: Major question right it's the money question coming on in
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  Speaker 2: last year's collapse, And the answer is I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I don't feel encouraged from a standpoint of where we
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  Speaker 2: left off. Where the biggest thing I think that concerns
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  Speaker 2: me about Nick Sirianni and especially in this role moving forward,
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  Speaker 2: when it's all this talk about okay, he's going to
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  Speaker 2: be the CEO kind of guy. Well, I really need
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  Speaker 2: to see him give this team an edge, especially when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to being aggressive. And look, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: Toush push is great, but like that's not something I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to give him or the team a ton of
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  Speaker 2: credit for from the standpoint of like, those are pretty
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  Speaker 2: obvious situations to go where right right, and now I
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  Speaker 2: will say that maybe okay, not all teams will do that,
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  Speaker 2: so I do give him some credit, But I'm talking
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  Speaker 2: about how, you know, there's more situations that aren't as obvious,
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  Speaker 2: maybe like a fourth and four or something, And are
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  Speaker 2: you going to put you know, pedal to the medal
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  Speaker 2: and be aggressive and tie to try to give your
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  Speaker 2: team an edge and actually show that you believe in
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  Speaker 2: your players, or it could be like third and eight
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  Speaker 2: and instead of what we saw a lot last year,
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  Speaker 2: where I feel like it would be like a bubble
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  Speaker 2: screen or a coward's draw, Like, hey, maybe let's throw
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  Speaker 2: beyond the sticks and be aggressive and actually try to
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  Speaker 2: go for it. So I would like to see more
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  Speaker 2: of that from him. When it comes to the game
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  Speaker 2: management stuff, I will say I am encouraged about the
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  Speaker 2: culture aspect of Nick Sirianni. Obviously, the vibes went really
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  Speaker 2: south last year training camp, all the players seem to
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  Speaker 2: be getting along. The energy seems to be good. I
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  Speaker 2: feel good about that. And then to his credit, I
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  Speaker 2: will say that's probably been the strongest thing about Nick
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  Speaker 2: Sirianni during his time here. I think, with you last
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  Speaker 2: year's collapse as the exception. I think he's done a
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  Speaker 2: really good job keeping the vibes high on this team.
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  Speaker 2: That's obviously kind of hard to quantify, but it does
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  Speaker 2: go in hand with how much he's won here in Philadelphia.
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  Speaker 2: So I feel encouraged about that part, feel good about
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  Speaker 2: that part. There's some things in training camp, though, situationally
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  Speaker 2: still and I just think a DNA thing where I question, like,
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  Speaker 2: is Nick Sirianni gonna be truly aggressive just like we
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  Speaker 2: saw Doug Peterson be once upon a time, right legals
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  Speaker 2: win the Super Bowl? And I still have questions about
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  Speaker 2: that part.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think if one little tiny thing happens, it
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  Speaker 1: could take the culture and there would be some sort
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  Speaker 1: of one eighty that happens within the locker room where
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  Speaker 1: players I don't want to necessarily say, turn on him,
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  Speaker 1: but just aren't happy. You know, one little thing, say,
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  Speaker 1: you know, after week seven or something like that happens
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  Speaker 1: where a relationship between a certain player and Nick Sirianni
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  Speaker 1: kind of just starts to go south a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Do you see that possibly happening and that's the straw
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  Speaker 1: that breaks the camel's back.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's a fair question. I guess my
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  Speaker 2: concern wouldn't be that there will be adversity, because it's
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  Speaker 2: inevitable there's gonna be some kind of adversity at some
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  Speaker 2: point and in any given NFL season with very rare exception,
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  Speaker 2: so I wouldn't be worried about that. I think the
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  Speaker 2: more concern is like can he stop the free fall
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  Speaker 2: which they clearly couldn't last a great point. It's not
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  Speaker 2: a problem. I deals face adversity. That itself is not
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  Speaker 2: the problem. It's the problem if they just have no
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  Speaker 2: ability to dig themselves out of it, no resiliency at all,
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  Speaker 2: just like they did last year. And yeah, that's again
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  Speaker 2: a thing that I can't say I'm definitely confident can happen.
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  Speaker 2: Just based on the concerns of last year, I can
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  Speaker 2: only say that I'm encouraged with the direction of the
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  Speaker 2: things they're trending right now.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's get into the quarterback position. Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Hurts through for a career high three eight hundred and
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  Speaker 1: fifty eight yards last season, and he was named to
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  Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl, of course, but he had as many
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  Speaker 1: interceptions fifteen interceptions as he did the previous two seasons.
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  Speaker 1: He obviously needs to cut down on the turnovers this year.
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  Speaker 1: If this Eagles offense is going to be successful, he
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  Speaker 1: should be set up for more success this year under
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  Speaker 1: new offensive coordinator Kellen Moore in his scheme. That's how
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  Speaker 1: I'm seeing it, how a lot of Eagles Nation is
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  Speaker 1: seeing it. BLG. You know what of Jalen Hurts? Do
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  Speaker 1: you think we're gonna see this year more of the
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  Speaker 1: same or maybe an altered mind frame and altered way
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  Speaker 1: of looking at things on the field.
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  Speaker 2: Well, just based on training camp, I feel like encouraged
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  Speaker 2: about Sanherds because he looked really good. He only threw
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  Speaker 2: one interception. It was on the final day of practice, yep.
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  Speaker 2: And it wasn't like, oh, he's only throwing you know,
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  Speaker 2: short checkdown passes, or he's only throwing to wide open receivers.
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  Speaker 2: He was making difficult throws and big plays down the
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  Speaker 2: field and balancing that while also not putting the ball
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  Speaker 2: really in Harm's way too much at all. I think
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  Speaker 2: there were like three different instances outside of the actual
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  Speaker 2: interception he threw where I thought Jalen Hurts kind of
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  Speaker 2: put the ball in Harm's way unnecessarily and almost could
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  Speaker 2: have had a few more interceptions. But the fact that
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  Speaker 2: I can remember those stands out as like he did
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  Speaker 2: a really good job of not doing that regularly. So
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  Speaker 2: I feel encouraged about Jalen Hurts's outlooked, especially with Kellen
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  Speaker 2: Moore here now, and the fact that jale Hurts did
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  Speaker 2: not receive enough help from the coaching staff. That's not
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  Speaker 2: to say that he couldn't have reasonably played better better
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  Speaker 2: and he did everything he possibly could in his power
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  Speaker 2: and he was merely let down. I don't think that's
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  Speaker 2: the case, but I do think he was let down
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  Speaker 2: in a lot of regards. And then when you bring
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  Speaker 2: up the interceptions and not just throwing it also so
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  Speaker 2: a one hand avoiding them in training camp, but also
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  Speaker 2: just the natural regression that you know we saw with
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  Speaker 2: Dak Prescott in twenty twenty two. Yeahak through a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of interceptions uncharacteristically. So when you look at his career numbers,
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  Speaker 2: career high interception rate, it always seemed obvious to me
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  Speaker 2: and I'm probably a lot of others like that number
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  Speaker 2: was going to come down to some extent in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty three, and it did. And Dak had a really
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  Speaker 2: good regular season last year before the Cowboys inevitably choked
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  Speaker 2: in the playoffs like he always does and they always do.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: But the same kind of logic to spin it to
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles is that I think Jalen Hurts some of
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  Speaker 2: those turnovers were probably a little bit unlucky, a little
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  Speaker 2: bit uncharacteristic, didn't get enough help from the coaching staff.
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  Speaker 2: So I think I expect those to come down.
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  Speaker 1: This coaching staff and Nick Sirianni is talking about letting
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  Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley loose to open up the season here, and
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  Speaker 1: I have to tell you a BLG. The rushing attack
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  Speaker 1: with a prolific player like Saquon Barkley is something I
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  Speaker 1: cannot wait to witness week in and week out during
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  Speaker 1: this upcoming season. So I wonder what kind of balance
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  Speaker 1: do you think we're gonna see as it pertains to
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  Speaker 1: the rushing and passing game. When this team has so
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  Speaker 1: many amazing playmakers on the field, it's a great problem
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  Speaker 1: to have. But what are your thoughts here?
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  Speaker 2: I think anytime you have a team with a j
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  Speaker 2: Brown and DeVante Smith and now you add Johan Dotson
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  Speaker 2: and you have Dallas Goddard here and you have running backs,
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  Speaker 2: you can factor in as pass catchers as well. And
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  Speaker 2: it's an organization that is believed in passing the football
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  Speaker 2: dating back to Dandy Reid has been here. They're gonna
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  Speaker 2: pass the ball a lot, and they, I think, believe
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  Speaker 2: in pass thing to set up the run, as you know,
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  Speaker 2: whereas I think the more traditional old school mindset is
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  Speaker 2: just the opposite. I think you all just want to
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  Speaker 2: you know, pass a lot, get out to these big leads,
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  Speaker 2: and then run the ball late in the game to help,
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  Speaker 2: you know, run out the clock, to salt the game away,
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  Speaker 2: to control the clock.
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  Speaker 3: All those things.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously there's gonna be not I mean, they're not gonna
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  Speaker 2: run the ball at all early on, but I don't
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  Speaker 2: think it's gonna be like you know, it's the is
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  Speaker 2: the foundation of this offense. When you're paying Jale Hurts
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  Speaker 2: all this money and you're paying Dvante Smith all this money,
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  Speaker 2: and you're paying A. J. Brown all this money to
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  Speaker 2: do their jobs, and they're obviously very excellent, awesome players. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I'm fascinated to see Saquon's usage. I just don't think
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  Speaker 2: it's gonna be in the way that you know, the
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  Speaker 2: Giants were using him, or when people talk about like
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  Speaker 2: a twenty carry per game running back, That's just not
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  Speaker 2: how the Eagles have really operated for a long time.
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  Speaker 2: I just and also not that they think Kenny Game
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  Speaker 2: was a star, but like they do like him as
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  Speaker 2: a role player on the offense, so he's gonna play
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  Speaker 2: more than not at all. It's not gonna be like
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  Speaker 2: Saquon is literally the only running back checking the ball
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  Speaker 2: the entire game. So I do you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: you're maybe looking maybe like sixteen to eighteen somewhere in
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  Speaker 2: that range for Saquon touches last carries, however you want
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  Speaker 2: to parse that. I thought Saquon had kind of not
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  Speaker 2: like a bad training camp by any means. And I
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  Speaker 2: will add the caveat that it's kind of hard to
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  Speaker 2: evaluate running backs and training camp when they're not tackling,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and there's only someone you can kind of
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  Speaker 2: evaluate in that setting, but I don't think he like
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  Speaker 2: popped in this huge way where it was like, oh
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  Speaker 2: my gosh, this guy is electric, dynamic, like just can't
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  Speaker 2: miss kind of player, and in the way that like
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  Speaker 2: Kenny Gainwell had a really good final training camp in
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  Speaker 2: practice and I'm not saying game was better than Saquon,
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  Speaker 2: but I was kind of just like waiting for that
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  Speaker 2: moment or that practice from Saquon at some point this
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  Speaker 2: offseason and never really saw that. And maybe he's you know,
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  Speaker 2: pacing himself and saving it for the regular season. He
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  Speaker 2: really turns it on absolutely possible, But I just think
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  Speaker 2: I think the expectations for Saquon generally from fantasy, from
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  Speaker 2: fans and everything, are like a little bit high because
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  Speaker 2: of the perception of him Penn State thing, coming back
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  Speaker 2: to Philly wanting to take it to the Giants. I
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  Speaker 2: think he's going to be a good, slash fine player
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  Speaker 2: this year. I don't know he's going to be like
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  Speaker 2: the best running back in the NFL or like maybe
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  Speaker 2: top five even necessarily as a guarantee, but yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: mean the running game is obviously a big part of
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  Speaker 2: this team when it comes to ideally trying to salt
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  Speaker 2: those leads away.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'm a Penn State guys, you can see right here.
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  Speaker 1: I cannot wait. I'm going up to the game this
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  Speaker 1: week with my family and I cannot wait to see
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  Speaker 1: what Saquon Barkley does this coming year for sure. But
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  Speaker 1: let's move over to the defense here. Only six other
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  Speaker 1: teams gave up more total yards than the Eagles defense
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  Speaker 1: last year, and they gave up the second most yards
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  Speaker 1: and touchdowns through the air. I mean, it was abysmal,
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  Speaker 1: as we all remember in terms of that defense, just
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  Speaker 1: absolutely collapsing at certain key moments. It was a weaker
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  Speaker 1: pass rush last season though what we saw in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty two as well. And now there's no Hassan Redick,
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  Speaker 1: there's no Fletcher Cox, So Bilg, I have a genuine
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  Speaker 1: concern about where the pressure is really going to consistently
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  Speaker 1: come from with regard to the defense this season. I've
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  Speaker 1: been talking about it on this podcast platform for some
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  Speaker 1: time throughout this offseason. What are your thoughts on what
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  Speaker 1: we may or may not see from this defensive front.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's a very valid concern when you
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  Speaker 2: use when you lose a player who has the fourth
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  Speaker 2: most saxon the NFL IS in twenty twenty. Yeah, in
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  Speaker 2: hasan reddick and is this a proven commodity. I think
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  Speaker 2: Bryce Huff has the potential to be good, but it's
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  Speaker 2: a production. He has not done it before. The Eagles
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  Speaker 2: are taking a player who has been a role player,
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  Speaker 2: part time player and hoping slash projecting, counting on he
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  Speaker 2: will be also good when you increase his snap count.
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  Speaker 2: That might be the case. Sometimes you have these guys
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  Speaker 2: really good in a small sample, give them more playing time,
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  Speaker 2: Boom they take off. Sometimes it becomes apparent, oh, they
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  Speaker 2: were more meant to be a role player and a
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  Speaker 2: true star. So we've seen some good things from Bryce Huff.
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  Speaker 2: Still a lot to prove as the pass rush as
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  Speaker 2: a whole, it seems to be. I think the team
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  Speaker 2: sentiment and messaging is that it's not about that one
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  Speaker 2: dominant player as much as it's going to be like
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  Speaker 2: it takes a village, It's going to be kind of
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  Speaker 2: a group effort, everyone pitching in.
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  Speaker 3: Everyone.
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  Speaker 2: There's gonna be a rotation there at those spots. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: you still have Brandy Graham who can contribute. I also
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  Speaker 2: think more than ever the linebackers, the off ball linebackers
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  Speaker 2: are going to be a factor in this past rush.
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  Speaker 2: We saw a lot of blitzing, a lot more music
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  Speaker 2: Diegle Sanziers, a lot of blitzing from Vic Fangio in
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  Speaker 2: training camp, and they have And part of it is
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  Speaker 2: I don't think just because of like, hey, a philosophical
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  Speaker 2: we want to blitz. It's like the Kobe Dean, Zach
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  Speaker 2: Bond who has been a pass rusher in his career,
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah Chrotter Junior. These are guys who ken blitz. They're
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  Speaker 2: really good at doing that. They're good at operating downhill.
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  Speaker 2: So I definitely think that's going to be a new
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  Speaker 2: factor than what we're used to. So I can't say
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  Speaker 2: like I'm supremely confident in this pass rush, especially when
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  Speaker 2: they don't have that star player. But I guess when
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  Speaker 2: you think about it, you look back at twenty seventeen
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  Speaker 2: when the Eagles won the Super Bowl, like they didn't
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  Speaker 2: really have that guy either, right, There wasn't like there
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  Speaker 2: wasn't Hussant, that one dominant player. They'd brought a depth there,
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  Speaker 2: you know, between Chris Long and Vinnie Curry and Brandy
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  Speaker 2: Graham and everyone they had, you know, certainly a very
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  Speaker 2: good rotation, no, make no mistake about it, but I
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  Speaker 2: think they you know, that team was built on a rotation.
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  Speaker 2: I think this team's going to be built on a
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  Speaker 2: rotation as well. And there's still a lot to prove,
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  Speaker 2: but it is possible. It clicks with the rotation.
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  Speaker 1: You have preservation of health too, and I think that's
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  Speaker 1: that's a responsible aspect of any defensive coordinator. I think
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL these days and again, folks were talking
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: to Brandon lee gouton BLG from Bleedinggreen Nation dot com.
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  Speaker 1: Head on over there and check out everything they have
• 15:05
  Speaker 1: going on. Great great content as always, And as we're
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  Speaker 1: moving along with the conversation, if you had to say
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  Speaker 1: which position group is going to be more of a
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  Speaker 1: liability on the defense this season, would you say it's
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  Speaker 1: the linebackers or the secondary BLG, Because like, even though
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: Sligh and CJ. Gardner Johnson are really really good players,
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: there's a lot of young talent. There's a lot of
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: talent that hasn't proven much in the NFL. So I'm
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: wondering which group do you think is going to be
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: more of a liability heading into the season, Because again,
• 15:35
  Speaker 1: a lot of unknowns with this defense. What are your thoughts?
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: That's a really good question because I think, you know,
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: it's hard to disassume the linebackers are actually good for
• 15:42
  Speaker 2: the Philadelphia Eagles.
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah, until we see it.
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: I do think pretty much every off ball linebacker on
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: the team had an encouraging training camp overall, and Kobe
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: Dean at a rough start, he started to come on
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: later in camp and looks he was a really good
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: playing downhill, whether that's you know, rallying to the ball,
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: seeing it in coverage coming downhill making a tackle, or
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: in the rung game or as a blitzer. Still kind
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: of wonder a little bit about Nikobe Dean dropping back
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: into coverage that just was really not his drums scared. Yeah,
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: I mean this kind of makes sense too. He's a
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: smaller guy, he's not the best athlete, so it kind
• 16:14
  Speaker 2: of fits with you know why you would understand why
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: that would be the case. But did finish camp strong.
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: So intrigued by that, and also I just think, like
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: I don't think the linebackers need to be you know,
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: it's not like you need Fred Warner to have a
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: good defense, So that would help a lot for sure,
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: don't get me wrong, but I don't think that's like
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: the standard that they should be held to. Where's the cornerbacks?
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: I also think there was positive things there, but I
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: think there's some volative There might be more volative from
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: the standpoint of Darius Lay. No sign to me that
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: he's like cooked, can't play anymore, the same way that
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: you know it's all James Bradbury fall off a cliff.
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: But the point there is I think he turns thirty
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: three thirty four in January. Like cornerbacks do not age
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: well typically, so that is something to monitor, especially over
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: the course of the season. Obviously he was dealing with
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: an injury last year. We'll see how he holds up physically.
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: Quinnon Mitchell, I think probably couldn't be more realistically encouraging
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: from what we've seen. But he's also a rookie who
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: is being as yeah playing he's gonna be playing nickel
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: potentially and outside that's a lot for a rookie. He
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: might be able to handle it. He might be awesome,
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: but like that's a projection there. Isaiah Rodgers, ilight was
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: encouraged by We'll see if he is that top guy.
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: If Quinon's going to be rotating into the slot in
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: Nickel and Rogers comes in to play the outside. There's
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: reasons to be optimistic, I guess, but I could see
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: a scenario where those cornerback things don't quite click and
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: the past defense is an issue once again.
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: Well, I guess the overall question here before I let
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: you go blg and is your thoughts on how this
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: Eagles season may end. Do you think they're going to
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: get into the playoffs? Does Nick Sirianni keep his job?
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: Can they make it all the way to the NFC Championship?
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: When you have your crystal ball in front of you there,
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: my friend, what are your thoughts? What are your projections
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: with regard to this team?
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah?
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: So I've been getting a lot of heats predicting the
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: Eagles to lose to the Packers in Week one, all right,
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: But my thing with that is, like, that's not an
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: indictment of the Eagles to me.
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: I just think the Packers are really good.
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: They're a good team.
• 18:09
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: I did my NFL power rankings on Bleeding your Nation.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: I had the Packers second. They're my top team in
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: the NFC. I think they're a really good team. They
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: finished last year incredibly strong. Jordan Love literally looked exactly
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: like Aaron Rodgers at times. It was really scary to see. Honestly.
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: I think the Packers out Like, first of all, they
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: crushed the Cowboys in Dallas. That was really impressive. The
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: Cowboys always choked, but like they stomped them in their
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: own stadium. And then they I thought they outplayed the Niners.
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: They obviously lost to the Niners, but I thought like
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: the Packers looked like the better team for a big
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: portion of that game up until the end there. So
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: I think the pack and they're a really young team,
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: so I think they're only going to get better. I
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: think the Packers are going to take a big step
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: forward anyway. So I have the Eagles losing that first game,
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: but at the same time, I have that as like
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: one of their four losses this year, so I think
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: they're going to bounce back. I think they're going to
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: be really good. Thirteen wins. Thirteen and four feels a
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: little rich to me, but that's my production production that
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: I had when I did the game by game analysis
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: when the schedule came out back in May, and I
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: like wanted to lower it to twelve and five. Just
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: from a standpoint of maybe I'm being too much like
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: of a Homer here drinking the kool aid, But I
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: feel good about this team coming out of training camp.
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: Like I said, Jalen Hurts look good, They're healthy, knock
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: on wood. For the most part, the vibe seem to
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: be good. Like, why would I make my projection worse
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: when I feel good about the outlook here? So I
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: think they're gonna be a pretty good team. I think
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: they're gonna win one playoff game and then unfortunately lose
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: the next playoff, right, and I think it's gonna put
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: the Eagles in them probably the worst case scenario, not
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: from the worst case of like, oh, they lost all
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: their games and then it's a disaster season. I think
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: that could be good from a standpoint of they at
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: least like, Okay, there's clarity, and we need to change
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: head coach, we need to change some things here. I
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: think the worst case scenario would be like they get
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: in this middle ground of like, Okay, they're good, but
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: then Nick Sirianni was he a big reason why they
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: can kind of can't get over the hump, and he
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: didn't give them an edge in that playoff game, and
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: now what do you do is telling we're going to
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: get hired somewhere else, Like, what do you do? How
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: you are going to go through another offensive coordinator change?
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: I think that would kind of be the worst case scenario.
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: So in typical Adelphian fashion, that's what I'm going to predict.
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: BLG Brandon leak out and from Bleedinggreen Nation dot com. Buddy,
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: it is great talking to you as always. Thanks so
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: much for jumping on our Eagle season preview here. Looking
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: forward to talking with you down the road, my friend. Absolutely,
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: It's always a great time talking to BLG. And he
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: had a lot of great insights, of course, as to
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: what we're going to be seeing during the course of
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: this Eagles season. I love his predictions there as well.
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: I mean, except for the Eagles getting knocked out in
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: the first round, Well, we'll have to wait and see
• 20:43
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• 20:44
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• 21:54
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• 21:59
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• 22:06
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• 22:09
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• 22:12
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• 22:15
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• 22:18
  Speaker 4: I'd like to address the elephant in the room. Yes,
• 22:21
  Speaker 4: that Eric Leonard has been ducking my sports acumen for months,
• 22:29
  Speaker 4: if not years.
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: He's been ducking my hot take? Was that was that
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: Dusty Rhodes? It was supposed to be?
• 22:40
  Speaker 4: No, no, no, that was that was Yeah. Now I'm
• 22:44
  Speaker 4: hoping this just evolves into me and you like just
• 22:47
  Speaker 4: yelling at each other, like like Stephen A. Smith and
• 22:50
  Speaker 4: Skip Bayless and Jeff just not being able to get
• 22:53
  Speaker 4: a word in edgewise.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: You sounded like Dusty Rhoades there though. Yeah. I was
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: going for that, Are you okay?
• 23:02
  Speaker 4: Yeah?
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: No, I just I was not going for that at all.
• 23:05
  Speaker 4: Maybe I've just watched enough wrestling over the years.
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: It's just taking over.
• 23:10
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it's just completely just overtaken me.
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: Eric. Good to see you, my friend. How you doing, buddy.
• 23:17
  Speaker 5: I had this, I had this pre planned this line,
• 23:19
  Speaker 5: but uh, leave your boxes at the doors.
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: Boys.
• 23:22
  Speaker 5: We got ourselves a threesome. Yes, we haven't done this
• 23:28
  Speaker 5: together in like a long time, that's why.
• 23:30
  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was actually trying to think earlier today,
• 23:34
  Speaker 4: like the last time three of us were actually on together.
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: Remember, it was when I lost my voice. I think
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: it was when I lost my voice and I could
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: I could barely do the show, and I'm like, guys,
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: we can't do the Eagles that were going to Super
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: Bowl and I can't do the freaking show.
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: I forgot about that. Unfortunately, came back one day.
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: I did. Yeah, I know I should have jumped off
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: the bridge if.
• 23:57
  Speaker 4: I don't need that, But like, man, if you just
• 23:59
  Speaker 4: lost your voice.
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: Forever.
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: Didn't have to laugh anymore.
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: He lost the ability to laugh.
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's get into our Eagles predictions, some
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: NFL predictions here. Let's start with this Eagles team and
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: what we're gonna be seeing again. It was a great,
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: great discussion I had with BLG and interesting how he
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: believes the Eagles are gonna win thirteen games this year,
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: and we're certainly gonna get to our regular season record,
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: But he doesn't believe the Eagles are gonna beat the
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers, and the Green Bay Packers are certainly
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: going to be a powerhouse team this coming season. But
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: with that said, we're gonna get into those NFL predictions
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: in a bit, Eagles predictions. Guys, who do you think
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: is going to be the offensive MVP of this season?
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: Eric Buddy, I'll start with you.
• 24:46
  Speaker 5: I think it's gonna be Saquon Barkley. I think his
• 24:48
  Speaker 5: his impact on this team is going to be huge.
• 24:51
  Speaker 5: They've they've never had someone like him. I mean it's
• 24:56
  Speaker 5: maybe some running backs in their in their history, like
• 24:59
  Speaker 5: going back to wolver Montgomery. I mean, they've never had
• 25:01
  Speaker 5: an athlete like this that can catch the ball out
• 25:03
  Speaker 5: of the backfield. And Saran Stacey, Anthony Tony. I'm going
• 25:11
  Speaker 5: through the greats here, But I do think Saquan is
• 25:14
  Speaker 5: gonna be is gonna have a huge impact on this offense.
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: I think it's gonna be shaky at first.
• 25:19
  Speaker 5: We've discussed the offensive line concerns Jeff the past couple
• 25:22
  Speaker 5: of weeks, but I think his his presence will actually
• 25:27
  Speaker 5: help the offensive line and some of the just some
• 25:29
  Speaker 5: of the things are gonna be missing with Kelsey not
• 25:31
  Speaker 5: no longer there, and some you know.
• 25:34
  Speaker 3: We've talked about the oh.
• 25:37
  Speaker 5: My gosh, McKay Bectonky Becton, scary, scary, scary that he's
• 25:44
  Speaker 5: involved in this in this entire season. But I think
• 25:47
  Speaker 5: is gonna alleviate some of those issues. He'll think he'll
• 25:50
  Speaker 5: be the offensive MVP.
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: All right, Len, who do you think that offensive MVP
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: is going to be.
• 25:56
  Speaker 4: I don't know why I feel this, but I just
• 26:00
  Speaker 4: feel like Devonte Smith is really gonna maybe be like
• 26:03
  Speaker 4: the breakout player of the entire league this year.
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: I don't know why I think this.
• 26:10
  Speaker 4: I just think he's gonna just go nuts to the
• 26:12
  Speaker 4: point where he you know, I feel like there's co
• 26:15
  Speaker 4: number one receivers to begin with on this team, but
• 26:18
  Speaker 4: I feel like Devonte Smith is really gonna just stand
• 26:22
  Speaker 4: out this year. I could also believe Hurts, but I
• 26:27
  Speaker 4: have him in mind for something else here.
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, I think it's gonna be aj Brown.
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: I think he is going to take over and potentially
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: be the number one receiver in the league. Move over
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill, you know, move over ceed Lamb. I think
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: it's gonna be a J. Brown that really does take
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: this team to the next level. That connection with Jalen
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: Hurts and.
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: A J.
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: Brown. I think we are going to see that manifest
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: into something very very special. So let's move on to
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: the defensive MVP of this Eagles team is going to
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: be this year. Eric, I'll start with you, who do
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: you think that's gonna be.
• 27:05
  Speaker 5: I think it's gonna be the big man in the middle.
• 27:07
  Speaker 5: I think Carter is gonna have a monster year. I
• 27:10
  Speaker 5: think that was one of the smarter moves in you know,
• 27:15
  Speaker 5: recent draft history.
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: I know he wore down last year.
• 27:19
  Speaker 5: Or not not drafted, but like like draft history past
• 27:21
  Speaker 5: like ten years, that little trade up to get to
• 27:23
  Speaker 5: get Carter two years ago, I think that was a
• 27:27
  Speaker 5: massive And you see some of the other teams that
• 27:29
  Speaker 5: passed on him right now, like really lacking at defensive
• 27:32
  Speaker 5: tackle or the defensive line in general, Like the Bears
• 27:35
  Speaker 5: should have just taken him, the Falcons should have just
• 27:37
  Speaker 5: taken them, right Yeah, And I think they made a
• 27:39
  Speaker 5: grave air And I think he had a rough rookie
• 27:41
  Speaker 5: year because he got tired, like I said, and the
• 27:43
  Speaker 5: whole team just kind of fell apart last year and
• 27:45
  Speaker 5: his his his kind of his kind of end of season,
• 27:50
  Speaker 5: that kind of demise, you know, it was kind of
• 27:51
  Speaker 5: part of that. But I think he's I think he's
• 27:53
  Speaker 5: boys at like BA just dominant tackle with with the
• 27:58
  Speaker 5: guy from the Aaron Donald who retiring. Yeah, so that
• 28:01
  Speaker 5: that best defensive tackle thing is kind of up in
• 28:03
  Speaker 5: the air. I think he grabs the mantle. I think
• 28:05
  Speaker 5: he has a monster year and I think he's going
• 28:07
  Speaker 5: to be there MVP for defense.
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: Nice Len, what do you think defensive MVP for the Eagles.
• 28:14
  Speaker 4: It's funny because we have the same position from the
• 28:19
  Speaker 4: same college, but I have Jordan Davis. I think that he,
• 28:24
  Speaker 4: you know, realizes how much he kind of fell off
• 28:26
  Speaker 4: towards the end of last year. I think he is
• 28:30
  Speaker 4: going to kind of take that personally and do what
• 28:33
  Speaker 4: he needs to do to kind of make sure that
• 28:35
  Speaker 4: that doesn't repeat itself and really just kind of make
• 28:38
  Speaker 4: sure he's a little bit more of a complete.
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: Player this year.
• 28:41
  Speaker 4: And I think he's going to be a guy that,
• 28:42
  Speaker 4: you know, it's not like a guy that constantly shows
• 28:46
  Speaker 4: up in the stats and he doesn't have huge numbers.
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: But if you watch them play and.
• 28:50
  Speaker 4: You see kind of the attention that he kind of commands,
• 28:54
  Speaker 4: how it frees up everybody else, I'm going I think they're.
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: Both going to be really good.
• 28:59
  Speaker 4: I think they're going to be the you know, the
• 29:02
  Speaker 4: fulkrim of the defense and the bright spot of the defense.
• 29:05
  Speaker 4: But in this case, I'm gonna go Jordan Davis.
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: I think it's a good pick. And I got to
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: tell you talking to BLG lenn and Eric like just
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: talking about how concerned I am with this pass rush.
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: And you know, we know that this is this is
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: an Eagles team that I mean except for one year.
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: You know, they were the obviously they were the sack
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: leaders in the league. But a defense that traditionally is
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: not really getting too too many sacks. We didn't see
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: too too many sacks last season. I am worried and
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: concerned still about this pass rush. But I got to
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: tell you my defensive MVP I think is gonna be CJ.
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: Gardner Johnson coming back to the team. He had six
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: interceptions during his twenty twenty two stint with the Eagles.
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: I think he's going to bring that same intensity and
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: he's gonna need to bring that same type of play
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: to the field if this secondary is going to have
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: any type of real success. I mean, god, the secondary
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: last year, as we know and remember, was abysmal. They
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: were terrible. However, I think him coming back really sets
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: the stage for more turnovers with interceptions. You know, he's
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: really great at going up to the catch point. He
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: is really great at breaking up passes. I think it's
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: gonna be CJ. Gardner Johnson any responses with that.
• 30:19
  Speaker 4: Well, you brought up the the the pass rush, Like, hell,
• 30:23
  Speaker 4: how worried are you about the age rushers? Just because
• 30:26
  Speaker 4: I look at I got the depth chart in front
• 30:28
  Speaker 4: of me, and just from an edge rusher standpoint, I'm not,
• 30:33
  Speaker 4: you know, really that blown over blown away by it.
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: I guess I'm not either.
• 30:38
  Speaker 3: That do you both? You guys feel that way?
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah? Concern at a uh, eight out of ten, that's
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: what That's how I'm concerned. That's how much I'm concerned
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: about the pass rush at this point. When you lose
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: this on Reddick, that's huge. You lose Fletcher Cox, that's
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: absolutely huge. Eight out of ten for me. What do
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: you think, Eric?
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: What the our defense overall or no?
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: Just like the front of the pass for the edge.
• 31:01
  Speaker 4: Yeah, Edgers like that kind of thing.
• 31:03
  Speaker 3: It's I think it's huge.
• 31:06
  Speaker 5: I mean I was going to get into it my
• 31:07
  Speaker 5: dark horse MVP, but I, like I said the past
• 31:11
  Speaker 5: few weeks, I think the pressure up the middle is
• 31:14
  Speaker 5: where the entire everything, everything that Vic Fangy wants to
• 31:19
  Speaker 5: do is kind of contingent on what the middle does. Yeah,
• 31:22
  Speaker 5: talking Davis and Carter, and if they don't perform, I
• 31:24
  Speaker 5: think it's going to affect everything, especially your edge rush
• 31:27
  Speaker 5: because you are so thin up there, and.
• 31:29
  Speaker 3: You got Brandon Graham who's like our age, right.
• 31:32
  Speaker 5: I think I think it all hinges on what those
• 31:34
  Speaker 5: middle guys are going to do in London and I
• 31:35
  Speaker 5: both think they might beat the MVPs of the defense.
• 31:38
  Speaker 5: So I think the defense is going to take a
• 31:40
  Speaker 5: huge step forward this year because they started out good
• 31:43
  Speaker 5: last year, but they also played with a lot of leads,
• 31:45
  Speaker 5: you know, so they were able to here we go, Jeff,
• 31:48
  Speaker 5: here's our first cliche, pin their ears back. I love it,
• 31:54
  Speaker 5: and uh, but I I think you know, Fletcher Cox
• 31:58
  Speaker 5: did kind of kind of he kind of put a
• 32:01
  Speaker 5: sav kind of hid some of those those blemishes right
• 32:05
  Speaker 5: throughout the last year. Yeah, So I think because they're
• 32:08
  Speaker 5: gonna have such a good year, I think the edge
• 32:10
  Speaker 5: rush is going to be okay, and they also beefed
• 32:12
  Speaker 5: up their secondary, so again, I think this defense is
• 32:16
  Speaker 5: going to take a huge leap forward, whereas the offense
• 32:19
  Speaker 5: will probably kind of be where it was last year,
• 32:21
  Speaker 5: not at the end of the year, but maybe kind
• 32:23
  Speaker 5: of in the middle. I don't see them being a
• 32:25
  Speaker 5: breakout thing, but I think it's going to be kind
• 32:27
  Speaker 5: of but an improven over how they finished up last year.
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: All right, all right, very good. A comeback kid this year, Len,
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: Who do you think is going to be the comeback
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: kid this year on the Philadelphia Eagles?
• 32:40
  Speaker 4: To me, this is where I have Jalen Hurts, and
• 32:44
  Speaker 4: if he is the comeback kid this year, then chances
• 32:46
  Speaker 4: are he's got a pretty damn good shot to be
• 32:49
  Speaker 4: in the offensive MVP as well. But when I think
• 32:52
  Speaker 4: of him with this, you know, the comeback kid, it's
• 32:57
  Speaker 4: not so much staff to me as it is just,
• 33:00
  Speaker 4: you know, there were times when he just you know,
• 33:02
  Speaker 4: especially towards end of the year when you're trying to
• 33:04
  Speaker 4: play hero ball and all that stuff, and I think
• 33:07
  Speaker 4: he's gonna do a better job of reigning it in
• 33:09
  Speaker 4: this year. So I think there's just gonna be less
• 33:11
  Speaker 4: of the mistakes that you saw last year. And I
• 33:15
  Speaker 4: think that that's where I'm getting that from.
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, very good. I like your pick there, I
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: really do, because like he's got a like BLG and
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: I were talking about, you know, fifteen interceptions previous two seasons.
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: He has got to cut down on the turnovers, and
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: if he does that, he's gonna have a pretty damn
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: successful year. I think, Eric, who's your comeback kid of
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: the year.
• 33:36
  Speaker 5: I'm kind of cheating here because he never really had
• 33:40
  Speaker 5: a had a had a kid year, right, Okay, and
• 33:44
  Speaker 5: they actually had Yeah, I'm saying like he never really
• 33:47
  Speaker 5: had a big year, but he's kind of been under
• 33:49
  Speaker 5: the microscope since he got here. I think Nikobe Dean
• 33:53
  Speaker 5: is going to be your comeback kid of the year
• 33:55
  Speaker 5: just just for the simple fact. I think he's actually
• 33:57
  Speaker 5: gonna have a good year.
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 33:58
  Speaker 5: I think we talked about on the show couple weeks now,
• 34:01
  Speaker 5: whereas this is kind of it for him.
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I know he's.
• 34:03
  Speaker 5: Only twenty four years old, his third year in the league,
• 34:06
  Speaker 5: but he has been that guy, like man, we took
• 34:09
  Speaker 5: you early. You showed a lot of promise, and you're
• 34:12
  Speaker 5: just kind of not there. He had he has had
• 34:14
  Speaker 5: a good spring or summer or whatever, and I think, again,
• 34:18
  Speaker 5: I'm cheating because he never had a good year. I
• 34:20
  Speaker 5: think he's going to be the comeback kid of the
• 34:21
  Speaker 5: year just because of the reactions to his performance so far.
• 34:23
  Speaker 3: I think he's gonna have a good year.
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: All right, very good. I like it. I like that.
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: Pick a lot for me, guys. I'm going with Dallas
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: Goddard being the comeback kid. In twenty twenty one. He
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: had eight hundred and thirty yards on the year, twenty
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: twenty two seven hundred and two yards. Last year five
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: hundred and ninety two yards. Dallas Goddard has been trending downwards,
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: but I think with Kellen Moore running this offense, he's
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: going to get the tight ends involved. We know that
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: he loved getting the tight ends involved a lot, specifically
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: when he was in Dallas. You know, Dallas Goddard not
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: a touchdown king by any stretch at all. Twenty twenty
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: one he had four and then the previous two years
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: three touchdowns in both twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three.
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: I think with this offense and what Kellen Moore is
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: going to want to do, Dallas Goddard is going to
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: be a lot more involved. I'm thinking we may see
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: a player with over eight hundred yards eight hundred and
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: fifty yards quite frankly when it comes to Dallas Goddard,
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: making him my comeback kid. So those are my thoughts there,
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: but I like both of your both of your choices
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: as well. Let's get to the rising star this season.
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: Who do you think the rising star is going to
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: be for this Philadelphia Eagles team? Eric, I'll let you
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: go this time.
• 35:33
  Speaker 5: I really wanted to say kennyon Mitchell. Yeah, think they
• 35:38
  Speaker 5: drafted first round. Everything I hear from him is his
• 35:41
  Speaker 5: attitude is phenomenal. He's always telling the press, I'll play
• 35:45
  Speaker 5: wherever they want me to play.
• 35:46
  Speaker 3: I'll do whatever they want me to do.
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: And I love that.
• 35:50
  Speaker 5: And he's coming in as kind of a veteran, already
• 35:52
  Speaker 5: kind of rookie. You know, he's not young, so but
• 35:55
  Speaker 5: I honestly think that because the exit of Jason Kelcey
• 36:00
  Speaker 5: and Lane Johnson kind of getting a little older, I
• 36:03
  Speaker 5: think Jordan Mylotta is going to be kind of one
• 36:06
  Speaker 5: of the rising stars of the offensive line across the
• 36:09
  Speaker 5: NFL landscape.
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: I think it's built. I think it's set up for
• 36:12
  Speaker 3: him perfectly.
• 36:13
  Speaker 5: Yeah, to kind of take on like, oh my god,
• 36:16
  Speaker 5: is he the best tackle in football kind of situation.
• 36:19
  Speaker 5: And if I predict that Saquon Barklay and Jalen Hurts
• 36:23
  Speaker 5: have huge years, he's gonna be a big part of that.
• 36:25
  Speaker 5: And you know, eventually he's gonna have to transfer over
• 36:27
  Speaker 5: to Lane Johnson's position once he leaves. I think this
• 36:30
  Speaker 5: is the year that he kind of like kind of
• 36:33
  Speaker 5: you know, cements his his status in the league is
• 36:36
  Speaker 5: one of the best tackles.
• 36:36
  Speaker 3: I think it's gonna be a huge year for him.
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: I love that pick because I'll Len, I'll let you
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: go in a bit, but my pick actually has something
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: to do with what you were just saying, Eric, So, Len,
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: who do you think the rising star is going to
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: be here for this Philadelphia Eagles team.
• 36:51
  Speaker 4: Well, it's funny, much like Eric was saying everything about
• 36:57
  Speaker 4: Quinny and Mitchell's makeup to me, says, Okay, this guy
• 37:02
  Speaker 4: isn't really going to have, you know, as much of
• 37:04
  Speaker 4: a tough rookie transition as your typical rookie would have.
• 37:08
  Speaker 4: I think, just the way he is, I think he's
• 37:12
  Speaker 4: just ready for the league. So I was inclined to
• 37:15
  Speaker 4: say him. But I think and I don't think this
• 37:18
  Speaker 4: is you know, across a national level. I don't think
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: you know, you know, somebody that's like a Titans or
• 37:23
  Speaker 4: a Rams fan is going to know this guy. I
• 37:25
  Speaker 4: don't think he's going to be you know, on a
• 37:27
  Speaker 4: national level, but I think just the Eagles fans that
• 37:29
  Speaker 4: watch his team weekend and week out, I think are
• 37:32
  Speaker 4: going to see a little bit of a.
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: Rise with to me, Milton Williams.
• 37:38
  Speaker 4: I know that Fangio likes him, and I just think
• 37:41
  Speaker 4: there's gonna be opportunities there. They're going to you know,
• 37:44
  Speaker 4: they like coming in waves in terms of the line,
• 37:46
  Speaker 4: so I think there's gonna be opportunities there whenever Davis
• 37:49
  Speaker 4: or Carter need a break.
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: And I think he is going.
• 37:52
  Speaker 4: To you know, again, not on a national level, but
• 37:55
  Speaker 4: the people that watch his team weekend and week out
• 37:57
  Speaker 4: are going to notice him a little bit more this season.
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: Well, he's been developing, len I mean, he has been
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: developing really well over these past couple seasons, and he's
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: been making stops when he needs to make stops or
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: when he's in the position to do it. I think
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: that's a great choice. I really do.
• 38:14
  Speaker 4: Yeah, And I think with Fletcher Cox out it gives
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: him more of an opportunity.
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, all right, Well, my pick for rising star
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: actually goes to something you were saying, Eric, and it
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: is an offensive lineman, but it's the guy right in
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: the center, and that's Cam Jurgens. I think Cam Jurgens
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: is gonna end up being the rising star of this team.
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: I think after half the season, we're gonna end up saying,
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: you know what, the middle of this offensive line is
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: gonna be fine for the next ten years or so.
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: I think Cam Jurgens he was picked basically by Jason
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: Kelcey to be the heir apparent. Kelsey absolutely loved what
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: he saw from him in college and obviously has taught
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: him a lot. Do I think Cam Jurgens is the
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: next Jason Kelcey. No, However, I think we are going
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: to be fine over many, many years with Cam Jurgens
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: being the center position. And it goes to what you
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: were saying, Eric, If we're gonna see the success from
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley and Jalen Hurts. It's gonna have to come
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: from this offensive line. It's gonna have to come from
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: Jordan Malatta, Landon Dickerson, It's gonna have to come from
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: somebody like Cam Jurgens, who is right in the middle
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: calling out, you know what the defense is going to
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: be doing as well. So I think Cam Jurgens is
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: gonna be the rising star.
• 39:24
  Speaker 5: Well, I'll just say it for you. Screw Jason Kelsey, overrated.
• 39:29
  Speaker 3: Old, It's time for him to go. Right now. You're
• 39:32
  Speaker 3: trying to say, jee, no, no, he hates them.
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: All Right, Let's get to the dark horse MVP of
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: this season for this Eagles team. Len, Who do you
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: think that's gonna be? Buddy?
• 39:49
  Speaker 3: Just yeah, kind of a dark horse? I guess. For me,
• 39:53
  Speaker 3: this is where I have CJ. Gardner Johnson.
• 39:56
  Speaker 4: I think he is going to kind of I think
• 39:59
  Speaker 4: I feel like they missed him last year defensively, bring
• 40:04
  Speaker 4: a little bit of balling back, a little bit of
• 40:07
  Speaker 4: flagger and attitude back to the defense that it didn't
• 40:10
  Speaker 4: have last year. And I think I said, I think
• 40:14
  Speaker 4: they missed him, and I think that's gonna be you know,
• 40:16
  Speaker 4: is he gonna be the defensive MVP. No, but I
• 40:18
  Speaker 4: feel like it's like there's gonna be a couple of
• 40:21
  Speaker 4: times this year where you're like, man, I'm glad this
• 40:23
  Speaker 4: guy's back.
• 40:23
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, It's one of the reasons why I have
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: him as uh uh, where the heck did I have him? Yes,
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: defensive m VP, that's right, defensive great points, great points? Eric,
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: what about you the dark horse MVP this season? Back
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: to no, I'm kidding.
• 40:39
  Speaker 3: I'm kidding.
• 40:42
  Speaker 5: That dude has caught straight since the beginning of training camp.
• 40:45
  Speaker 3: I gotta stop.
• 40:47
  Speaker 5: I honestly think it's gonna be uh bryce ofugh. I
• 40:50
  Speaker 5: think like what we talked about, Like I said, it
• 40:52
  Speaker 5: tied into my choice for defensive MVP. I think Jaalen
• 40:55
  Speaker 5: Card's gonna monster year. I think Davis could only play better.
• 41:00
  Speaker 5: They needed it last year. He is a house down there.
• 41:03
  Speaker 5: If he could just stay in shape and stand on
• 41:05
  Speaker 5: the field. They have one of the they have the best,
• 41:07
  Speaker 5: probably one to pack, you know, package a defensive tackle,
• 41:10
  Speaker 5: which just allows huff to to just dominate. And you
• 41:15
  Speaker 5: see with this defense, you know what what uh Hassan
• 41:17
  Speaker 5: Reddick was able to do the past two seasons with
• 41:21
  Speaker 5: kind of the scheme. I know Fanjo is not the
• 41:22
  Speaker 5: exact same, but like it, really they're very similar.
• 41:25
  Speaker 3: Players, but Huff is better and younger.
• 41:27
  Speaker 5: Yeah, so I think I think if the tacticles do
• 41:29
  Speaker 5: dominate like they do, and the secondary's better, so they
• 41:32
  Speaker 5: might be a little afraid to throw the ball down
• 41:34
  Speaker 5: feel a little more the quarterbacks to playing against. I
• 41:36
  Speaker 5: think that allows Huff to become like like it set
• 41:39
  Speaker 5: some up for like fifteen sixteen sacks and all of
• 41:41
  Speaker 5: a sudden, like we're talking about he's the you know,
• 41:43
  Speaker 5: one of the best ends.
• 41:44
  Speaker 3: And is he is?
• 41:45
  Speaker 5: He is he actually the MVP of the team, even
• 41:47
  Speaker 5: though Saquon has three thousand yards or whatever. I just
• 41:49
  Speaker 5: think like Bryce Huff is, like I think he's like
• 41:52
  Speaker 5: the he's like the natural pick for that dark horse MVP.
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: I think that it's a great pick. And I'm actually
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: going on the opposite side of that defense line with mine,
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: and it's actually Josh Sweat because I look at Josh
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: Sweat back in twenty twenty two, and yes, I know
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: I'm going back two years, but eleven sacks, he had
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: forty eight tackles, thirty one solo tackles, fifteen tackles for
• 42:15
  Speaker 1: a loss and basically everything that you saw from Josh
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: Huff was split in half last year. It was a
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: down year for him. Do I think it was the
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: defensive coordinator? Absolutely? I mean the defensive coordinator was horrendous
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: for this Eagles team last year. He only had six
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: and a half sacks. Last year he had only seven
• 42:34
  Speaker 1: tackles for a loss. I think Josh Sweat is gonna
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: get things together and we're gonna see much of what
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: we saw from him in twenty twenty two with Vic
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: Fangio and like you said, Eric, having that the strength
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: of the middle of this defensive line, with Davis and
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: with oh my gosh, why I'm not forgetting his name,
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: Jesus John Carter, Jan Carter, thank you. I think it's
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: really gonna give the ends. As much as I'm concerned
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: about it, because we just haven't seen these guys perform yet.
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: Some of the youngest guys in the NFL on a
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: defensive line, I don't know. I think Josh Sweat could
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: really be the dark horse MVP of this season. So
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: before we get to our next break here, we want
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: to get into our regular season record predictions. Len, what
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: do you think the regular season is going to bring
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: to this Philadelphia Eagles team.
• 43:24
  Speaker 4: In terms of their record, I relatively optimistic. I have
• 43:32
  Speaker 4: them at twelve and five. I think the losses I
• 43:36
  Speaker 4: agree with BLG. I think Green Bay is one. I
• 43:39
  Speaker 4: think they drop one of the two in either Week
• 43:42
  Speaker 4: three or Week four with New Orleans on the road
• 43:44
  Speaker 4: at New Orleans or were on the road at Tampa Bay.
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 43:47
  Speaker 3: One of those two games.
• 43:49
  Speaker 4: I think they split with Dallas, so one of those
• 43:52
  Speaker 4: two games will be a loss. I think they lose
• 43:55
  Speaker 4: at Baltimore and I'm going to say at Cincinnati as well. Okay,
• 44:00
  Speaker 4: I think those those are their five losses for me,
• 44:04
  Speaker 4: so I'm a twelve and five.
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: I think it's a twelve and five season as well.
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: Much of what you're saying, I think they're gonna split,
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: believe it or not. I think the Commanders are actually
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: going to be a decent team this year. They have
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: a quarterback who is going to be I think, legit
• 44:18
  Speaker 1: in this league, and he's gonna show us some stuff
• 44:20
  Speaker 1: right off the bat. I think they're gonna be a
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: twelve and five team, this Eagles team, and get to
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: the playoffs. Eric, what do you think in here in
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: terms of the record.
• 44:28
  Speaker 5: I think eleven and six, mainly because of the beginning
• 44:31
  Speaker 5: of the season. I have to be I can't be
• 44:34
  Speaker 5: the only Eagles fan that hates that they're playing in Brazil.
• 44:38
  Speaker 5: That's terrible for one of our home against a really
• 44:42
  Speaker 5: damn good Packers team that's young and looking to come
• 44:44
  Speaker 5: out firing. I think they're gonna have an awesome year,
• 44:47
  Speaker 5: and I hate that we're starting up against starting out
• 44:49
  Speaker 5: against them.
• 44:49
  Speaker 3: I can't stand.
• 44:51
  Speaker 5: I think that next game is tough. I think they're
• 44:53
  Speaker 5: gonna be home, but they're gonna be playing a Falcons
• 44:56
  Speaker 5: team that little revamped. Who knows if Kirk Cousins might
• 45:00
  Speaker 5: come out firing. I have no idea, Like they're they're
• 45:03
  Speaker 5: playing teams up like the first two first two weeks,
• 45:06
  Speaker 5: I'm like, I don't know, like these teams.
• 45:08
  Speaker 3: Could beat good, have no clue.
• 45:10
  Speaker 5: I think the sayings they might maybe lose to the Buccaneers,
• 45:14
  Speaker 5: but then it kind of go on to run then
• 45:16
  Speaker 5: because like the Browns suck, the Giants suck. I mean,
• 45:20
  Speaker 5: I the Browns have a good defense, but their their
• 45:23
  Speaker 5: quarterback is just I don't know what the hell's going
• 45:24
  Speaker 5: on there, But just you go.
• 45:26
  Speaker 3: Through the whole the whole schedule.
• 45:28
  Speaker 5: I don't think the Bengals are going to be as
• 45:30
  Speaker 5: good as people say. I think the Jags are going
• 45:32
  Speaker 5: to be shaky. But they got them at home. So
• 45:35
  Speaker 5: it is really that middle, the middle of the where
• 45:37
  Speaker 5: they play the Rams in LA and then the and
• 45:39
  Speaker 5: then Baltimore at Baltimore that that is really tough. Yeah,
• 45:44
  Speaker 5: but again they split with the Cowboys, so it comes
• 45:47
  Speaker 5: out to eleven and six. If they go twelve and
• 45:49
  Speaker 5: five and be shocked, they make the playoffs, and then
• 45:51
  Speaker 5: who they hell knows after that?
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: Exactly. All right, Well, we are going to take a
• 45:55
  Speaker 1: quick break here, We're gonna pay some bills. We'll be
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: right back. All right, we are back, and now we're
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: going to get into our NFL predictions for this upcoming season.
• 46:04
  Speaker 1: Going to go through the each division and see who
• 46:09
  Speaker 1: are going to be the winners and the wild card
• 46:12
  Speaker 1: winners as well. So, guys, let's start with the AFC East.
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: I got the New York Jets winning, Eric, who do
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: you have?
• 46:20
  Speaker 5: I think the Bills. I think Josh Allen's going to
• 46:22
  Speaker 5: be the MVP of the entire league. It's all set
• 46:25
  Speaker 5: up for him to just have a monster year because
• 46:27
  Speaker 5: they kind of got rid of everybody. Everyone you know
• 46:30
  Speaker 5: was saying like this is just kind of a throw
• 46:31
  Speaker 5: a year going and I was in Buffalo just a
• 46:34
  Speaker 5: couple of weeks ago.
• 46:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's not what they think.
• 46:37
  Speaker 5: I think this is like Josh Allen showed he's going
• 46:39
  Speaker 5: to like throw for six thousand yards.
• 46:40
  Speaker 1: Because they have because I got rid of some of
• 46:42
  Speaker 1: the supporting cast. That's why I don't think they're actually
• 46:44
  Speaker 1: going to win the division. Actually, so they proved me wrong,
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: of course, Len, who do you think is going to
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: win the AFC East?
• 46:53
  Speaker 4: Yeah, just regarding the Bills, I think I think for
• 46:56
  Speaker 4: them to win the division, I think Josh Allen is
• 46:58
  Speaker 4: going to have to be the MVP. I do think
• 47:00
  Speaker 4: they lost a lot and didn't They're still to play
• 47:03
  Speaker 4: some I hate this pick because I'm just terrified to
• 47:07
  Speaker 4: pick them because they are who they are. But the Jets,
• 47:13
  Speaker 4: the defense is good, skill position is good, as long
• 47:16
  Speaker 4: as uh, you know, Rogers forty year old body doesn't
• 47:20
  Speaker 4: betray him. I I just I think they're the most
• 47:22
  Speaker 4: complete team. And I'm again I'm terrified saying that because
• 47:27
  Speaker 4: they are the Jets after all.
• 47:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that is true. That is true. All Right,
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: the AFC North, I have got the Baltimore Ravens. Does
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: anybody disagree with that? In terms of this division?
• 47:39
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: I know for all Okay, all right, the AFC South,
• 47:45
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with the Texans. I was actually a
• 47:47
  Speaker 1: little hesitant on this, to be perfectly honest with you,
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: because I viewed them. They were so incredible last year
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: and what they did C J. Stroud was amazing. They've
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: got an incredible wide receiver corps. But they seem to
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: be one of those teams where they do so well
• 48:03
  Speaker 1: one year, but then they just kind of crap the
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: bed the next year because they may have a little
• 48:08
  Speaker 1: bit maybe a little too arrogant coming into the season
• 48:10
  Speaker 1: based on what they did last year. But I still
• 48:12
  Speaker 1: think it's going to be them. It wouldn't surprise me
• 48:14
  Speaker 1: if they didn't win that division. But I'm gonna go
• 48:17
  Speaker 1: with the Texans. Who do you guys have for the
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: AFC South, Len, We'll start with you.
• 48:21
  Speaker 3: I also have the Texans.
• 48:23
  Speaker 4: I mean, I like, straight out I think Ryan's is
• 48:26
  Speaker 4: a good head coach. I think they've done a decent
• 48:29
  Speaker 4: job with that team. I could yeah, I could be
• 48:32
  Speaker 4: talking to New a scenario where the Jags beat them
• 48:34
  Speaker 4: out for the division.
• 48:35
  Speaker 3: But I'm leaning Texas.
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: Okay, are you gonna lead Texans to Eric?
• 48:39
  Speaker 3: I think it's Texans in a runaway Okay.
• 48:42
  Speaker 5: I think Stroud is poised to be like one of
• 48:45
  Speaker 5: the top five quarterbacks this year. And then they kind
• 48:47
  Speaker 5: of overhauled their defense too. Yeah, they brought in some
• 48:50
  Speaker 5: real talent and I think just like last year was
• 48:54
  Speaker 5: not a fluke. I feel like to if you want
• 48:58
  Speaker 5: to put money on them gamblers out there, I think
• 49:01
  Speaker 5: you're in safe territory.
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, very good AFC West. We all have
• 49:05
  Speaker 1: the Chiefs, right.
• 49:09
  Speaker 4: I think NFL Coach of the Year Jim.
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: Harbal Oh my gosh.
• 49:14
  Speaker 4: I just I just I know how much you hate him,
• 49:17
  Speaker 4: So I mean, most boring pick on the board.
• 49:21
  Speaker 3: Yeah, chiefs, I tell you what.
• 49:25
  Speaker 1: Though.
• 49:25
  Speaker 5: It's gonna be interesting though the Chargers team because they
• 49:30
  Speaker 5: they were bad last year and Harbaugh is such a
• 49:33
  Speaker 5: personality and I read some stack the other day his
• 49:36
  Speaker 5: first year coaching at college or the pros, like whoever
• 49:40
  Speaker 5: he's coached his first year, they have always improved.
• 49:43
  Speaker 3: By like four Yeah, so like I could see them.
• 49:47
  Speaker 5: Then I went in the division. But he just he
• 49:49
  Speaker 5: just made a joke that Jeff, you know, Harbaugh could
• 49:52
  Speaker 5: win the Coach of the Year. It's actually on the table,
• 49:55
  Speaker 5: my opinion, because of that personality. Because if they if
• 49:58
  Speaker 5: they improved by like five, win all of a sudden,
• 50:01
  Speaker 5: like they're nine and eight or ten and seven.
• 50:04
  Speaker 3: It's like, my god, this asshole.
• 50:06
  Speaker 5: Is winning winning.
• 50:08
  Speaker 1: Another uh I know, another championship. Yeah.
• 50:11
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's one of the top things. It's not the
• 50:14
  Speaker 3: top thing I'm rooting for this year.
• 50:15
  Speaker 4: I'm going to get to that later on, but it's
• 50:17
  Speaker 4: one of the top things I'm rooting for, just for
• 50:19
  Speaker 4: how angry it's gonna make Jeff.
• 50:20
  Speaker 1: God, I want to fart in his face so bad,
• 50:24
  Speaker 1: I really do.
• 50:25
  Speaker 3: What a threat?
• 50:26
  Speaker 1: Yes, all right? Wild cards for the AFC three wild
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: card teams, guys. I have the Bills, the Bengals, and
• 50:36
  Speaker 1: I have the Jaguars. I think the Jaguars are going
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: to be a team that takes a step forward. Doug Peterson,
• 50:42
  Speaker 1: I think he's been a pretty darn good coach. They
• 50:44
  Speaker 1: have had some unfortunate injury situations down there, very unlucky
• 50:50
  Speaker 1: over the past couple of years. But uh, I think
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: the Jaguars are going to take some steps forward. I
• 50:56
  Speaker 1: think the Bengals are also going to take some steps
• 50:57
  Speaker 1: forward as well, especially if Joe Burrow is going to
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: be healthy. So I've got the Bills, Bengals, and Jags
• 51:03
  Speaker 1: as my wild card teams. Eric, who do you have
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: for your wild card?
• 51:08
  Speaker 5: I got Jets, Dolphins, and Jaguars. I I think some
• 51:13
  Speaker 5: of the teams are going to have, Like really, I
• 51:16
  Speaker 5: looked at the Bengals one hundred times, but I'm just
• 51:18
  Speaker 5: scared to death of Joe Burrow, like hurting that him
• 51:22
  Speaker 5: all the time, and if he goes down, you know,
• 51:25
  Speaker 5: it's another six and eleven disaster, six and eleven disaster. Yeah,
• 51:30
  Speaker 5: And just looking across the other teams, I can't find
• 51:34
  Speaker 5: like people are talking about the Colts.
• 51:36
  Speaker 3: I watched Anthony and Richardson in preseason.
• 51:38
  Speaker 5: I don't know about you guys. I'm not seeing that.
• 51:41
  Speaker 5: They're too far away, I think.
• 51:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 51:43
  Speaker 5: And then jay A West is Assesspool. So it's Jets, Jags,
• 51:47
  Speaker 5: and Dolphins.
• 51:48
  Speaker 1: Leon, who are your wild card teams?
• 51:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah?
• 51:53
  Speaker 4: I don't really none of these teams jump out at me,
• 51:55
  Speaker 4: to be honest, I have a I have a fair
• 51:57
  Speaker 4: amount of fear with regard to any of these wildcard teams.
• 52:01
  Speaker 4: I'm gonna go Bills, I'm gonna go Dolphins. I feel
• 52:06
  Speaker 4: like with the Bengals, I feel like Burrows still going
• 52:10
  Speaker 4: to be there when when they play the Eagles. Yeah,
• 52:13
  Speaker 4: so that's why the Eagles losing them on the road.
• 52:15
  Speaker 4: But I think shortly after that is when he has
• 52:17
  Speaker 4: his yearly injury, and that's when they kind of go
• 52:19
  Speaker 4: in the tank. Oh boy, I'm gonna go Bill's, Dolphins
• 52:24
  Speaker 4: and Jaguars.
• 52:25
  Speaker 1: All right, Okay, sounds good, and let's move over to
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: the NFC. Now, predictions for each division here in the NFC, Well,
• 52:33
  Speaker 1: so I get we'll start over the NFC East. I
• 52:34
  Speaker 1: am going to pick the Philadelphia Eagles again twelve and
• 52:37
  Speaker 1: five on the season. Who do you guys have? Do
• 52:39
  Speaker 1: you have the Eagles or is it Cowboys Commanders? I
• 52:43
  Speaker 1: guess we'll start there.
• 52:45
  Speaker 3: Oh sorry, no, no, it's the comes Jet Thank you,
• 52:52
  Speaker 3: thank you.
• 52:54
  Speaker 1: I forgot all right, So we all have the Eagles here.
• 52:59
  Speaker 1: NFC North, the Packers, Green Bay Packers. I actually think
• 53:02
  Speaker 1: they're gonna do it. I don't think it's gonna be
• 53:03
  Speaker 1: the Lions taking that division this year. I think it's
• 53:06
  Speaker 1: gonna be the Packers, I think, and I gonna be
• 53:08
  Speaker 1: talking about the Packers a little bit more, uh in
• 53:10
  Speaker 1: this discussion. But Len, who do you think is gonna
• 53:13
  Speaker 1: take the NFC North?
• 53:15
  Speaker 4: I say the Packers as well, but I think Packers
• 53:18
  Speaker 4: Lions is probably gonna be the most fun division race.
• 53:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah? Absolutely, is that? What do you have? Eric?
• 53:25
  Speaker 5: I have the Lions, but the Packers gonna be right
• 53:27
  Speaker 5: there behind them. Yeah, that's that is by far the
• 53:29
  Speaker 5: best one two punch of any of these, any of
• 53:31
  Speaker 5: these divisions.
• 53:32
  Speaker 1: Yep, all right. The NFC South, I have the Atlanta Falcons.
• 53:35
  Speaker 1: I think, I really do think Kirk Cousins is gonna
• 53:37
  Speaker 1: help take this team to not that I don't. I
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: hate to say like the next level, but I guess
• 53:42
  Speaker 1: you would call it the next level. You can't fall
• 53:43
  Speaker 1: out of a basement window, and that's where the Falcons
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: have been. I think I think Kirk Cousins and Bijon
• 53:49
  Speaker 1: Robinson are gonna do some damage there in that division.
• 53:51
  Speaker 1: So I'm picking the Falcons. Eric, who do you have?
• 53:54
  Speaker 3: What was that cliche just dropped? You need to acknowledge it.
• 53:57
  Speaker 1: You can't fall out of a basement window.
• 54:01
  Speaker 5: But Jeff, you're not seeing the forest of the trees, buddy.
• 54:05
  Speaker 5: Any who h Yeah, that that division is a is
• 54:08
  Speaker 5: a dumpster. It's it's just horrendous the Panthers this I
• 54:11
  Speaker 5: think the Saints are going to be terrible.
• 54:13
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they are going to be have a huge step back.
• 54:16
  Speaker 5: I think the falcon are going to run away with
• 54:18
  Speaker 5: it just because that division sucks.
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: Len, who do you got, buddy?
• 54:25
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's kind of you know, put on a blindfold
• 54:27
  Speaker 4: and just throw it dark.
• 54:29
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 54:29
  Speaker 4: I think I think the only team that I think
• 54:32
  Speaker 4: is absolutely out of it is I think the Panthers
• 54:34
  Speaker 4: are once again going to be the one of the
• 54:35
  Speaker 4: worst teams in football. I don't love the Saint I
• 54:40
  Speaker 4: think it's either Falcons or Bucks. Okay, And I don't
• 54:43
  Speaker 4: have any degree of confidence with this pick at all.
• 54:46
  Speaker 3: I'm going to I just can't put my faith.
• 54:50
  Speaker 4: In Baker Mayfield to do well two years in a row,
• 54:54
  Speaker 4: so I'll stay Falcons by default.
• 54:56
  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, the NFC West, I got the forty
• 54:58
  Speaker 1: nine ers to both of you guys. Have the forty
• 55:00
  Speaker 1: nine ers, Len, We'll start with you.
• 55:02
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I do, Okay, Eric, I have the Seahawks.
• 55:05
  Speaker 1: Do you Okay, have the Seahawks, oh Gino Smith taking
• 55:08
  Speaker 1: them to the next level?
• 55:09
  Speaker 5: Yes, I think the intro introduction of that coach from
• 55:13
  Speaker 5: the Ravens defensive defensive coordinator. Yeah, but like their defense
• 55:17
  Speaker 5: sucked last year and they needed a guy to come
• 55:19
  Speaker 5: in and kind of kind of revamp, kind of like
• 55:21
  Speaker 5: redo their culture there because you know, the coach was
• 55:24
  Speaker 5: there for like was he eighty years old when he left,
• 55:27
  Speaker 5: like a long time. And they have a lot of
• 55:30
  Speaker 5: talent on that roster. I think the nine is gonna
• 55:32
  Speaker 5: have kind of a nightmare season.
• 55:34
  Speaker 3: I don't.
• 55:34
  Speaker 5: I think McCaffrey's hurt. I think the Ayuk situation was bizarre.
• 55:38
  Speaker 3: I hope.
• 55:39
  Speaker 5: But Williams is still not there. You still have not
• 55:42
  Speaker 5: signed him? He's their best? Well they did, but they
• 55:45
  Speaker 5: did finally, Oh they did. They signed him yesterday actually Yeah.
• 55:49
  Speaker 3: And he's thirty six and he hasn't played one preseason game.
• 55:52
  Speaker 1: That could be a problem. Yeah.
• 55:53
  Speaker 5: I just don't like to feel that team And how
• 55:56
  Speaker 5: many teams come back from the Super Bowl and just
• 55:58
  Speaker 5: kick ass yea after losing the Super Bowl.
• 56:01
  Speaker 3: It doesn't happen often. Yeah, I think the Seahawks take.
• 56:03
  Speaker 1: It all right. I like it. I like it my
• 56:05
  Speaker 1: three wild card spots. Guys. I've got the Lions, because
• 56:08
  Speaker 1: we were talking before, it's gonna be Packers Lions battling
• 56:11
  Speaker 1: for that division. Wouldn't surprise me if the Lions did
• 56:13
  Speaker 1: win that division. But I've got the Lions, the Rams,
• 56:17
  Speaker 1: believe it or not. And I've got the Commanders the Coms. Sorry,
• 56:21
  Speaker 1: I've got I've got them in the wild card. I
• 56:23
  Speaker 1: really think they're gonna They're gonna take steps this year
• 56:27
  Speaker 1: and kind of get things together with the with their
• 56:30
  Speaker 1: new quarterbacks. So, Eric, who do you have for your
• 56:33
  Speaker 1: wild card teams here?
• 56:35
  Speaker 5: So you think Jalen Daniel is gonna have like a
• 56:36
  Speaker 5: monster year like RG three kind of deal.
• 56:38
  Speaker 1: I think he's gonna have a great year. I really do.
• 56:40
  Speaker 3: He's a really good quarterback atally. Yeah, yeah, I agree,
• 56:43
  Speaker 3: and he's the more season than RG three was. I
• 56:45
  Speaker 3: I do with you. But they're the Cums.
• 56:48
  Speaker 5: Their defense is awful, so I couldn't take them. But
• 56:52
  Speaker 5: I actually like the Rams a lot. I have the
• 56:54
  Speaker 5: Rams as a wildcard team. The Packers sliding in, uh,
• 56:57
  Speaker 5: just because they don't lose. They don't they don't win
• 56:59
  Speaker 5: the division against the Lions by like one game.
• 57:01
  Speaker 3: And I have the Niners.
• 57:02
  Speaker 1: Nice, nice, Len, who are your wildcard teams?
• 57:07
  Speaker 4: With regard to the comms?
• 57:09
  Speaker 3: I just I can't.
• 57:11
  Speaker 4: I like Jayalen Daniels a lot, but just rookie quarterback.
• 57:15
  Speaker 4: It might be just a little bit too soon. So
• 57:19
  Speaker 4: I and I know from from basketball that their owner
• 57:23
  Speaker 4: is a wet fart of a of a person that's
• 57:26
  Speaker 4: gonna perme through the organization. I am going to go Lions.
• 57:32
  Speaker 4: I I can't imagine the Cowboys are going to fall
• 57:35
  Speaker 4: off that bad. So I have Lions, Cowboys, and seahawkss
• 57:38
  Speaker 4: my wildcard teams.
• 57:39
  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, I think those are all right picks there.
• 57:42
  Speaker 1: Let's go to the AFC Championship game and who we
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: think is going to be playing in that game? Guys,
• 57:47
  Speaker 1: I have the Chiefs and the Texans that are going
• 57:50
  Speaker 1: to be playing in the AFC Championship. Len, who do
• 57:52
  Speaker 1: you have going to the AFC Championship Game this year?
• 57:56
  Speaker 4: I have a rematch of the Chiefs and Ravens.
• 57:59
  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, I can see that happening for sure. Eric,
• 58:02
  Speaker 1: What about you, buddy.
• 58:04
  Speaker 5: I was on the fence Bill's and Texans or Texans Chiefs.
• 58:07
  Speaker 5: I'm gonna go Texans Chiefs.
• 58:09
  Speaker 1: Okay, oh, same as me? All right, Texans Chiefs. Man,
• 58:11
  Speaker 1: Texans are gonna be fun to watch this year. Man,
• 58:14
  Speaker 1: They're gonna be a fun team. NFC Championship. I'm thinking
• 58:17
  Speaker 1: it's gonna be the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions. Actually,
• 58:21
  Speaker 1: I think I think we're that division. They're gonna be
• 58:24
  Speaker 1: battling in that division, and then they're gonna meet each
• 58:26
  Speaker 1: other in the NFC Championship. Eric, who do you think
• 58:29
  Speaker 1: it's gonna be?
• 58:29
  Speaker 3: Same?
• 58:30
  Speaker 1: Is the same? Okay, what about you?
• 58:34
  Speaker 3: Yeah? It's actually is that what it is? All right?
• 58:37
  Speaker 1: Hold on?
• 58:38
  Speaker 3: Could just repeat last year?
• 58:40
  Speaker 5: Jeff and I had the exact same championship game convictions
• 58:43
  Speaker 5: and we.
• 58:43
  Speaker 3: Were wrong by a mile, by a mile exactly. Did
• 58:47
  Speaker 3: we pick Bengals Eagles in the Super Bowl?
• 58:49
  Speaker 1: Yes we did. We did not even close. No, it
• 58:55
  Speaker 1: wasn't close at all at all. Oh gosh, all right,
• 59:00
  Speaker 1: af or the sorry the super Bowl? So who do
• 59:04
  Speaker 1: we think is going to be in the Super Bowl.
• 59:06
  Speaker 1: I think it's going to be the Chiefs and the Packers. Actually,
• 59:09
  Speaker 1: with the Packers winning the Super Bowl, I think they're
• 59:12
  Speaker 1: gonna take this dynasty of the Chiefs and just just
• 59:16
  Speaker 1: punch them right in the face. I really do. I
• 59:18
  Speaker 1: think the Packers are the upcoming team in this league.
• 59:20
  Speaker 1: And that's why I have for the Super Bowl and
• 59:23
  Speaker 1: the Super Bowl winner. Lehn, who do you have, buddy?
• 59:26
  Speaker 4: I Well, all right, so AFC Championship game, I have
• 59:30
  Speaker 4: the the Ravens winning the rematch over the Chiefs. Okay,
• 59:35
  Speaker 4: NFC Championship Game, I have the Packers over the Lions.
• 59:38
  Speaker 4: I have the Ravens over the Packers in the Super Bowl.
• 59:42
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 59:43
  Speaker 4: But what I want most of all, where where is
• 59:45
  Speaker 4: the super Bowl this year?
• 59:46
  Speaker 1: I actually don't even know wherever it is.
• 59:49
  Speaker 4: What I want most of all is a Ravens Eagles
• 59:52
  Speaker 4: Super Bowl, so that wherever it is is treated to
• 59:55
  Speaker 4: that accent, just the Ravens fans and Eagles fans, just
• 59:59
  Speaker 4: that that's similar accent together, all those fans together, and
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 4: just the people of that town going, what is wrong
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 4: with these people and the way they talk.
• 1:00:09
  Speaker 1: It's down in New Orleans, by the way, I just
• 1:00:11
  Speaker 1: looked it up.
• 1:00:12
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a problem.
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 5: They won't notice the accent because their accents are crazy
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 5: down there.
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 4: Well, yeah, they're goofy cage and people that is true,
• 1:00:19
  Speaker 4: But yeah, I just think that would be a blast.
• 1:00:22
  Speaker 1: All right, Eric, who are your championship prediction? Your super Bowl?
• 1:00:28
  Speaker 1: And who do you think is going to win the
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 1: Super Bowl?
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 3: Can I just start with this is gonna be wrong.
• 1:00:33
  Speaker 5: I'll just say it because they're always wrong, it's insane.
• 1:00:37
  Speaker 5: But I think Texans Lions is going to be the
• 1:00:40
  Speaker 5: actual super Bowl. The Lions are man, they're stacked. If
• 1:00:43
  Speaker 5: you look at that roster. Yeah, and they should have
• 1:00:45
  Speaker 5: beat the Niners last year. You watch that game, Yeah,
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 5: they should have. And that'll be It'll be a fun game.
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 4: It will be two teams that you know, two new
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 4: teams like And that's the thing. Part of the reason
• 1:00:57
  Speaker 4: I picked the Ravens over the Chiefs is I just
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 4: made and the fatigue has fully set in. I am
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 4: so tired of the Kansas City Chiefs.
• 1:01:05
  Speaker 1: Yep.
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 5: I just think the Texans have so much talent. I
• 1:01:08
  Speaker 5: think Stroud is just gonna be awesome. I that's why
• 1:01:11
  Speaker 5: I'm not picking them because I hate the Chiefs. I
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 5: just think they're a better team and they have a
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 5: lot of weapons, and I think they're just gonna kind
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 5: of outrun that team and the Chiefs are older like that.
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 5: That's a long run. That's how many games each year
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 5: backed a back super Bowl. You know, that's tough. And
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 5: I think Texans lines. I think the Lions pull it out,
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  Speaker 5: and God bless that city. I hope they get a
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  Speaker 5: championship because what a drought for them. Like Allians, man,
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  Speaker 5: that like, that's one of those towns where like they
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  Speaker 5: show here's here's old uncle Floyd. He's been a fan
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  Speaker 5: for ninety years. He's gone to every game.
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  Speaker 3: Like it sucks.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna be a fun season, fun season. So do
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  Speaker 1: you guys think ause we're closing things out here? This
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  Speaker 1: upcoming game Eagles Packers opening game of the season down
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  Speaker 1: in Brazil, do you think the Eagles are gonna lose?
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  Speaker 1: Because guys, I do think they're gonna lose. I think
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna be a twenty six to twenty four Packers win.
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  Speaker 1: And I this is the most difficult game opening game
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  Speaker 1: that the Eagles have had to play in years and years.
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  Speaker 1: If you take a look at their previous schedules, they
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  Speaker 1: haven't had to play an opponent like the Green Bay
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  Speaker 1: Packers over the past few years. And Jalen Hurts certainly
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  Speaker 1: hasn't either, So I'm going Packers in this opening game,
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  Speaker 1: as much as it pains me to say. At twenty six,
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  Speaker 1: twenty four, Lenn, what's your scoring prediction for Week one here, buddy.
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  Speaker 4: I have that, sorry, Beth Dog, that's sir. I have
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  Speaker 4: thirty to twenty seven Packers.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, okay, Eric, what about you?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  Speaker 5: I think twenty eight, Luna, stop no, I think Packers
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  Speaker 5: twenty eight twenty four. I hate the spot for the Eagles.
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  Speaker 5: It's really bad.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's just the worst kind of open of just
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  Speaker 4: tough team, a home game that's not a home game everything.
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  Speaker 5: About, and a team looking to put themselves on the map.
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  Speaker 5: You know, after looking the ship out of the Cowboys
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  Speaker 5: last year in Dallas, like they were poised to become
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  Speaker 5: the next team. It took that next step, just like
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  Speaker 5: the Eagles did back in like two thousand and one.
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  Speaker 5: Them against the Rams, didn't quite win. I just had
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  Speaker 5: they have that feel. Jordan Love is gonna be awesome
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  Speaker 5: this year, and I hate again. I hope Jeffrey Lurie
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  Speaker 5: made some real bank for having one of his home
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  Speaker 5: games in Brazil, because that's some real bullshit, dude, it
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  Speaker 5: really is. Yeah, yeah, to deprive the fans of that.
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  Speaker 5: But I think, and of course we all know, we've
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  Speaker 5: been in Eagles fans our whole lives that Saturday morning
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  Speaker 5: afterwards on All All Talk Radio, complete planic by the
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  Speaker 5: Eagles fans.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, it's gonna be the disaster.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, it's gonna be all my well, even though even
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  Speaker 1: though there are gonna be sixteen more games being played,
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna be the end of the world.
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  Speaker 5: But Jeff, I will say this, we talked about this
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  Speaker 5: in the past few weeks, that I can't stand that
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  Speaker 5: Nick Sirianni is employing a soft preseason and that I'm
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  Speaker 5: stealing that from the GM shuff Micha Lombardo. Michae Lombardi,
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  Speaker 5: that's a term now like this soft preseason where your
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  Speaker 5: starters don't play it all. The Packers didn't do that,
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  Speaker 5: Jordan love Bright all preseason, they're ready to go. I
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  Speaker 5: have no idea what Hurts and Saquon and any of
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  Speaker 5: the stars are gonna look like on offense.
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  Speaker 3: No clue. So I'm definitely given that.
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  Speaker 5: That's probably it's one of the main reasons I'm giving
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  Speaker 5: the advantage to the Packers.
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  Speaker 1: Yep, it's a good it's a good rationale for it,
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  Speaker 1: for sure. So all right, guys, well that's it. Eagles
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  Speaker 1: season preview show done in the books. Oh Man, good
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  Speaker 1: predicted predictions here. I think we got some great predictions
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  Speaker 1: here too, Lend. Do you have anything else before we
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  Speaker 1: head out of here?
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  Speaker 3: Buddy, No, we should.
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  Speaker 4: We should do this again with all three of us sometimes.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, that'll be fun. Eric, do you have anything?
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  Speaker 5: Can we do my dream I've talked about on the
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  Speaker 5: show a couple of times where we do the sixth
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  Speaker 5: preseason game, we go through each game.
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  Speaker 4: Wins, losses, good, good four hour show.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, and then the next day, Eric, you can join
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  Speaker 1: Lennon I and we'll do all eighty two Flyers games.
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  Speaker 1: How about that?
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  Speaker 3: It'll it'll literally be me at the s A t's
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  Speaker 3: going A B C A b C.
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  Speaker 1: I don't.
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  Speaker 3: Utah has a team. When did this happen?
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  Speaker 1: All right, Well, that's gonna do it for us this week, folks.
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  Speaker 1: Hope you enjoyed. Subscribe on whatever podcast platform you're on
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  Speaker 1: if you're listening to us for the first time, and uh,
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  Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for us. Man, go birds. Hope
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  Speaker 1: it's a good season here. We're gonna be doing our
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  Speaker 1: Eagles postgame podcast shows. Oh, I have to ask you guys,
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  Speaker 1: if you're gonna be doing a postgame show that's coming
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  Speaker 1: the week.
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  Speaker 3: I haven't even had a single. All right, No, I
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  Speaker 3: will do Friday Night.
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  Speaker 1: All right, it sounds good.
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  Speaker 4: I was gonna volunteer, deal, but if you want to
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  Speaker 4: go for.
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  Speaker 3: It, let's have another threesome. Bo Okay, I'm good with that.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, and uh, Friday night nowhere to be the next day,
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  Speaker 4: all right. I think they're going to be doing some
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  Speaker 4: drinking during this.
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  Speaker 1: I was gonna say, I'm gonna have a few dull
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  Speaker 1: beverages there.
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  Speaker 4: I think that I think that it's it's going to
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  Speaker 4: be a show where you have to kind of steer
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  Speaker 4: the ship a little bit because uh and it's going
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  Speaker 4: to be uh the not suitable.
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  Speaker 3: For children's show. And okay, it's going to be a
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  Speaker 3: good time.
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  Speaker 1: All right, it's good.
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  Speaker 3: Just get the explicit morning ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I always yes, all right, sounds good. All right, everybody,
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  Speaker 1: we will catch you next time.