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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Opposition Territory here at the Philadelphia Sports Table
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  Speaker 1: We've got a great discussion coming your way on Opposition
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  Speaker 1: Territory as we preview the week four matchup between the
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  Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles and the Los Angeles Rams, two teams that
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  Speaker 1: are baffling. the professional football world at this moment, baffling
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  Speaker 1: both fan bases as well. Joining us this week from
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  Speaker 1: the Rams on SI, our good friend, he's always great
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  Speaker 1: to join us whenever we talk NFL, whenever we're talking
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  Speaker 1: about the Rams, we've got our good friend Blaine Griesack.
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  Speaker 1: My friend, thanks so much for taking the time here.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, it's always a pleasure, Jeff. I appreciate you
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  Speaker 2: having me on. Like you said, yeah, it should be
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  Speaker 2: a These two teams have gone back and forth the
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  Speaker 2: last couple of seasons, and they're both kind of at
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  Speaker 2: a turning point in 2026. It should be a good one.
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  Speaker 1: They really are, and I always enjoy chopping it up
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  Speaker 1: with you, Blaine. And, you know, both the Rams and
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles, off to shaky starts, to say the very least.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles were absolutely embarrassed on Monday Night Football this
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  Speaker 1: past week against the Chicago Bears, and a lot of
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  Speaker 1: glaring weaknesses were front and center. Yet the Eagles are
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  Speaker 1: two and one on the season. Not a terrible record
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  Speaker 1: to start off this year. The Rams, however, are one
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  Speaker 1: and two thus far in the season as the team
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  Speaker 1: that many thought would be heading to the Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 1: A ton of questions about where the Rams may be going,
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  Speaker 1: not just in week four, but beyond the And look,
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  Speaker 1: it's early in the season. You know, we don't want to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, play Negadelphia 2 too much here. And we
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  Speaker 1: don't want to completely crap on the Rams just after
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  Speaker 1: three weeks of play. There's still time to turn things
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  Speaker 1: around for both of these teams. But to get the
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  Speaker 1: conversation started here, Blaine, how would you define the early
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  Speaker 1: start of this Rams season?
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  Speaker 3: What are your thoughts here?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's one of those things where we've played
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  Speaker 2: three games and we really have no idea who the
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  Speaker 2: Rams are as a team. Offensively, they just obviously Pukunuku
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  Speaker 2: has been out the last two games. They wanted to
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  Speaker 2: run this 13 personnel offense and Terrence Ferguson got hurt
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  Speaker 2: early last week. I guess the, I guess the Denver Broncos,
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  Speaker 2: you had the early trip to Australia, obviously, which kind
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  Speaker 2: of threw a wrench in things. And I don't think they,
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  Speaker 2: you can certainly, I think, debate how they handled those
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  Speaker 2: travel plans. And they came out kind of late at,
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  Speaker 2: late at Dunn layer, came back the next week and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you, you beat, you dominated a Giants team,
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  Speaker 2: but Jackson Dart also left on the first drive. So like,
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  Speaker 2: What do you make of that? And then last week
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  Speaker 2: they looked like they are the superior team to the Broncos.
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  Speaker 2: And then they give up a 16 point lead at
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  Speaker 2: halftime and end up losing that game at the end.
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  Speaker 2: So it's just you really don't know who this team
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  Speaker 2: is right now. And we have three games to look at.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: And I think I think what you're really talking about
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  Speaker 1: is the fact that we as football fans watching the
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  Speaker 1: NFL and when we look at the expectations game, We
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  Speaker 1: don't know who the Rams are because they don't have
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  Speaker 1: an identity. And it's very much like the Philadelphia Eagles
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  Speaker 1: as well. They do not have an identity after three
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  Speaker 1: weeks of play as well. And look, no team is
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  Speaker 1: perfect by any stretch of the imagination. There are certain
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  Speaker 1: teams that are certainly... Surprising us thus far, I almost
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  Speaker 1: called them the Los Angeles Raiders, Las Vegas Raiders, being
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  Speaker 1: one of those teams. There are certain quarterbacks that are baffling,
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  Speaker 1: certain quarterbacks that are surprising us as well in the league.
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  Speaker 1: There are strengths and weaknesses everywhere. So let's get into
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  Speaker 1: some of the biggest strengths and weaknesses heading into this
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  Speaker 1: game and match up for the Rams against the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about the biggest strength on this Rams team
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  Speaker 1: thus far. What do you think that is? And feel
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  Speaker 1: free to expound upon it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, um, on the, um, on the offensive
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  Speaker 2: side of the ball, I think it's leaning into when
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  Speaker 2: they can lean into both Blake Corham and Kyron Williams.
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  Speaker 2: Those two guys say they, they just compliment each other
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  Speaker 2: so well. Kyron Williams is that he's that singles hitter.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to keep the, keep the offense on track. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: he ran really hard last week in the first half
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  Speaker 2: against the Broncos, and then the week before they both
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  Speaker 2: combined for over 150 yards rushing. So I think that,
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  Speaker 2: especially with Pukunukua kind of being an uncertainty with his injury,
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  Speaker 2: with Terrence Ferguson being out, I think the more they
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  Speaker 2: can kind of lean on that in the run game,
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  Speaker 2: that's also where their offensive line really thrives as well.
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  Speaker 2: You have the big interior guards with Steve Avila and
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  Speaker 2: Kevin Dodson, and then It's just the offensive line moves
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  Speaker 2: so well in the run game. And then you have
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  Speaker 2: two really good running backs where I think if they
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  Speaker 2: can kind of lean into that more, it'll help their
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  Speaker 2: offense overall and they can get into play action and
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  Speaker 2: things like that. And then defensively, you want to say
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  Speaker 2: the pass rush, because you have Kobe Turner, Aaron Donald,
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  Speaker 2: and all that. But you're also missing a pretty big
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  Speaker 2: piece there in Myles Garrett. So the pass rush has
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  Speaker 2: kind of been I think inconsistent at times, the defense,
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  Speaker 2: just like the rest of the team, doesn't really... Chris
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  Speaker 2: Chuba has kind of struggled early on to... how to
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  Speaker 2: get those pieces to gel together. Yeah. I guess they
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  Speaker 2: want to run the big Fangio stuff, but the cornerbacks
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  Speaker 2: that they signed are better off on man coverage. And
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  Speaker 2: we know that man coverage is in the Fangio.
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  Speaker 1: They might not want to run the Vic Fangio stuff
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  Speaker 1: at this point here, Blaine.
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  Speaker 2: Right. Exactly. But I do think that the, the, but before,
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  Speaker 2: especially before Jayden Watson got here, they kind of started
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  Speaker 2: to move, move more towards playing more man coverage the
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  Speaker 2: last two weeks. And, you really started to see Jalen
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  Speaker 2: Watson and Trent McDuffie really thrive and, and, and, and,
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  Speaker 2: and take over games before Watson got hurt in the
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  Speaker 2: first half. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about the biggest weakness on this Rams team.
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  Speaker 1: You know, what, what is that offensive and defensively, you know,
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  Speaker 1: feel free to go through that, you know, give us
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts after three weeks. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Offensively, I think it's just putting themselves in good situations and, and, and, and, and,
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  Speaker 2: and not shooting themselves in the foot. Um, against the
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  Speaker 2: 49ers in week one. They get an early interception on
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  Speaker 2: Brock Purdy. Matthew Stafford comes right back and turns the
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  Speaker 2: ball over. Early in the second half, 40 yards to
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  Speaker 2: go down and score. They get all the way down
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  Speaker 2: to the one-yard line. Rams get stuffed at the goal line.
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  Speaker 2: Last week, they shot themselves in front of the red
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  Speaker 2: zone multiple times with penalties. I think just offensively, it's
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  Speaker 2: finding that rhythm. It's just not something they've consistently done
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  Speaker 2: this year.
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  Speaker 1: It's interesting because I thought you were going to maybe say,
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  Speaker 1: from an offensive perspective, the biggest weakness might actually be
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  Speaker 1: Matt Stafford.
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  Speaker 3: Matt Stafford is Matt Stafford.
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  Speaker 1: And we are certainly not seeing the Matthew Stafford that
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  Speaker 1: we saw last season. You know, there's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: hiccups going on within his game right now. And I
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  Speaker 1: do wonder if he could potentially be the biggest weakness
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  Speaker 1: on this offense for the Rams.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he can certainly be better and make better decisions.
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  Speaker 2: I think after week one, I think he has played
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  Speaker 2: better the last two weeks. He's thrown for over 300 yards,
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  Speaker 2: threw for four touchdowns against the Giants, threw two touchdowns
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  Speaker 2: last week. um, he's been, he, he has been better, but, uh, certainly, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that, that pick six last week was, was, was,
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  Speaker 2: was backbreaking. It was a tremendous play by Hufanga, but
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  Speaker 2: still you, you, you don't want your, your veteran quarterback
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  Speaker 2: to make, to make, to make that decision in that spot. And, um, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And then I think just defensively it's, it's, it's those linebackers. It's, it's, uh,
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  Speaker 2: Nate Landman has not played well since signing his contract
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  Speaker 2: last year. And, Um, Omar space is good in the
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  Speaker 2: run game, but those two can certainly be taken advantage
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  Speaker 2: of in coverage. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 3: Defensively. What's the biggest weakness. Do you think?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. A lot. Linebackers. Okay. Okay. Yeah. All right.
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  Speaker 1: Well, let's talk about where the Rams are. offensively overall
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  Speaker 1: in a bit more detail and how they may go
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  Speaker 1: up against an Eagles defense who just isn't performing well
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  Speaker 1: at all. The Eagles defense has the fourth fewest sacks
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  Speaker 1: in the league, if you can believe that.
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  Speaker 3: They only have three.
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  Speaker 1: They give up third down more than any other team
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL, and they don't have a single turnover
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  Speaker 1: all season, Blaine. Meanwhile, again, you have Matt Stafford, who
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  Speaker 1: has been struggling a bit here and there, as we
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  Speaker 1: were just talking about. So how do you see the
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  Speaker 1: Rams' rushing attack and the passing game actually manifesting and
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  Speaker 1: taking shape this coming Sunday?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, if the Eagles can't get a pass, I see
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  Speaker 2: it being a very long day. Yeah. A very long day.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you saw in the first half, I think
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  Speaker 2: the Broncos had like a 24.3% pressure rate or something
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  Speaker 2: like that in the first half, and Matthew Stafford had
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  Speaker 2: all the time in the pocket, and that's really... when
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  Speaker 2: you saw the office have success and then, uh, Vance
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  Speaker 2: Joseph made some adjustments in the second half and they, they, they,
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  Speaker 2: and they really got after Stafford. And that's kind of
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  Speaker 2: when you saw the offense, um, kind of, uh, stifle out,
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  Speaker 2: stifle out a little bit, but, um, so if, if, uh,
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  Speaker 2: if Andrew can't get pressure on Stafford in one sense,
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  Speaker 2: it like McVay might get, might, might get pass happy. And, um,
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  Speaker 2: and that, that might, that, that, that might lead, lead
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  Speaker 2: to some things, but, um, Yeah, if the Eagles can't
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  Speaker 2: get to Stafford, it's going to be– when that happens,
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  Speaker 2: it's usually a very long day for the defense.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. And I'll say this.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles' pass rush has not been anything to write
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  Speaker 1: home about. I mean, I just was talking about some
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  Speaker 1: of the stats and the fact that Jalix Hunt, Nolan
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  Speaker 1: Smith– And Jonathan Grenard, who played for the very first
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  Speaker 1: time last week against the Bears, have done absolutely a
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  Speaker 1: whole lot of nothing this season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah i think i saw jayden carter didn't have a
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  Speaker 2: pressure for the first time in his career last week.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah it's just amazing incredible with what's happening with this
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  Speaker 1: eagles defensive front so that being said folks we're going
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  Speaker 1: to take a break but before we do blaine tell
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  Speaker 1: us where they can find you on the interwebs out
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  Speaker 1: there if they want to connect with you Yeah, you
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  Speaker 1: can find.
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  Speaker 2: All my work, all my written work over on Rams
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  Speaker 2: on SI. And then you can find me on Twitter
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  Speaker 2: at BG Media on SI as well.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Very good. We're going to take a break, folks.
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  Speaker 1: When we get back, more of our preview show here
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  Speaker 1: as we're talking about the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles
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  Speaker 1: Rams upcoming matchup.
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  Speaker 3: Stick with us. We'll be right back. All right.
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  Speaker 1: We are back and talking to our good friend, Blaine Griesack.
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  Speaker 1: And I wanted to really get into now, Blaine, Some
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  Speaker 1: of the offensive and defensive matchups that we're going to see.
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  Speaker 3: Week four, Eagles against the Rams.
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  Speaker 1: Let's start with the Rams receivers going up against this
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  Speaker 1: Eagles secondary. Man, we talked about it on our Eagles
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  Speaker 1: postgame show. The Eagles safety position is probably the weakest
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  Speaker 1: position on the team. Yes, they have made a signing
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  Speaker 1: in Moore, and I do not know if that's going
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  Speaker 1: to manifest itself into anything positive for this position group.
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  Speaker 1: How do you see the matchup between the Rams receivers
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  Speaker 1: and the Eagles secondary manifesting itself this week?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know last year, Cooper DeGene really gave the
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  Speaker 2: Rams offense a lot of troubles. And it's just because
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  Speaker 2: of the chess piece that he is. And I think
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  Speaker 2: this is a game where the Rams are really going
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  Speaker 2: to miss, really going to miss Terrence Ferguson. He'll be
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  Speaker 2: out with, he's dealing with it with a medial ankle,
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  Speaker 2: a medial ankle sprain. And I think this is a
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  Speaker 2: game where, you know, I think Fangio's kind of talked
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  Speaker 2: about it. G. God Campbell is a great player. He's
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  Speaker 2: a really talented player, but he's, I think he can
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  Speaker 2: be taken advantage of in coverage a little bit. Oh, yes,
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  Speaker 2: he can. And that's a spot where you wish you
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  Speaker 2: could run some of those 13 personnel packages that the
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  Speaker 2: Rams really want to run. And without Terrence Ferguson, I
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  Speaker 2: think you're kind of– they're kind of limited there. So
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  Speaker 2: Berkson being out, I think kind of benefits Eagles in
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  Speaker 2: that sense with it, with kind of some of their
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  Speaker 2: deficiencies at linebacker and, and, and safety. But I mean, potentially, potentially,
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, with Puka potentially coming back, he's,
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  Speaker 2: he's very good down the field. Devante Adams is looking
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  Speaker 2: like prime Devante Adams the last couple of weeks. And
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  Speaker 2: he can, he, he, he, he's shown to, to, to
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  Speaker 2: be able to, you know, work down the field and, and, and, and,
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  Speaker 2: and get behind the safeties a little bit. So, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I do like the Eagles quarterback group, but yeah, if
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  Speaker 2: McVay can find a way to, like you said, work
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  Speaker 2: those safeties or take advantage of those linebackers a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: I guess we'll see.
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  Speaker 3: I think we're going to see that for sure.
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  Speaker 1: And I will say, too, as much as we've loved
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  Speaker 1: Cooper DeGene over the years here in Philly that he's
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  Speaker 1: been here, he just hasn't necessarily been the same this year.
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  Speaker 1: He's already given up two touchdowns this year, sometimes being
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  Speaker 1: out of position in terms of his coverage. And we'll
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  Speaker 1: say that Rick Wolin as well had two penalties this
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  Speaker 1: past week. you know, kind of some old habits with
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  Speaker 1: Rick Wolin when he was on the Seattle Seahawks manifesting
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  Speaker 1: itself as well. So it's going to be very interesting
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  Speaker 1: in terms of that matchup. But on the flip side
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  Speaker 1: of things here, Blaine, how do you see the Eagles
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  Speaker 1: receivers matching up against the Rams secondary this week?
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  Speaker 2: I think Emmanuel Forbes and the Rams defense will be
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  Speaker 2: very happy not to see A.J. Brown this time around.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of Eagles fans don't want to see A.J.
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  Speaker 3: Brown either.
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  Speaker 2: But I think for the Rams defense, it really starts
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  Speaker 2: with stopping the run. Yeah. in the first game against
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  Speaker 2: the 49ers, they really couldn't stop Christian McCaffrey. I think
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  Speaker 2: with the Eagles, too, when they get Saquon going, that
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  Speaker 2: offense is very difficult to stop. I think with Jalen Watson,
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  Speaker 2: I think he's going to be out this week, so
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  Speaker 2: it will likely be a mix of Emmanuel Forbes and
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  Speaker 2: Josh Wallace opposite of Trent McDuffie. We know that... That
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  Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts likes to target outside the numbers and on
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  Speaker 2: the outside part of the field. And I think that's
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  Speaker 2: kind of where, especially when you're looking at Josh Wallace,
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  Speaker 2: I think where the Rams secondary can be exploited right now.
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  Speaker 3: All right, very good.
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  Speaker 1: So got a couple more topics to get into before
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  Speaker 1: I let you go, buddy. And I know it's a
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  Speaker 1: general question, but what's the biggest underrated storyline for the
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  Speaker 1: Rams heading into this? this particular matchup because it's always
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  Speaker 1: the under the radar stories that we'd never really get
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  Speaker 1: into too much. So what, what's an underrated storyline here
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  Speaker 1: for the Rams heading into this week for matchup?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's just their lack of a third
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  Speaker 2: wide receiver, a third wide receiver that they can, that
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  Speaker 2: they can trust. And, you know, they, they, they, and it, they,
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  Speaker 2: they had opportunity opportunities, opportunities to address that in the draft. And, um, it, they,
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  Speaker 2: it said that they, they took, they took tight, they
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  Speaker 2: took Ty Simpson to be, to be there at Stafford.
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  Speaker 2: And then, then they took, um, Max Claire in the
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  Speaker 2: second round, who is now their sixth tight end on
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  Speaker 2: their depth chart. So there's a lot of people kind
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  Speaker 2: of questioning those moves right now. They didn't sign a
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  Speaker 2: veteran guy in free agency or leading into training camp.
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  Speaker 2: And right now you have Xavier Smith, who is– fine. He's, he's, he's, he's, he's,
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  Speaker 2: he's not productive on offense. Canate Mumfield is still a
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  Speaker 2: second year player who could develop into a nice compliment,
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  Speaker 2: complimentary piece on offense, but he isn't that yet. And
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  Speaker 2: then I think also you have to look at, I
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  Speaker 2: think special teams, honestly, special teams play a huge role
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  Speaker 2: in this game last year with, with Cardi having, having
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  Speaker 2: two field goal blocks. You have the one on the
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  Speaker 2: end that, that the Eagles are coming for a touchdown. So,
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  Speaker 2: And special teams has not been good for Rams once
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  Speaker 2: again this year. So, yeah, I think, you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: very possible. Special teams plays a role in this one again.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Well, before I let you go here, we like to
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  Speaker 1: talk about sneaky players that the Eagles are going to
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  Speaker 1: potentially be playing against. So sneaky player for us on
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  Speaker 1: the Rams to look at from an offensive perspective, who
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  Speaker 1: would that sneaky player be for you?
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  Speaker 2: Um, it's, it's a guy that I, that I just criticized,
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  Speaker 2: but it's probably, it's probably cannot name on field. Okay. Um,
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  Speaker 2: just because I, I think in this game, um, without
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  Speaker 2: Terrence Ferguson, the Rams might have to go lean into
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  Speaker 2: more 11 personnel stuff. And he's kind of their primary third,
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  Speaker 2: third wide receiver right now. He had a huge play
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  Speaker 2: last week against the Denver Broncos. They kind of, um, the,
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  Speaker 2: he scores, scores a long touchdown after staff throws a
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: big six. Um, and yeah, so I, I think if
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: you're looking for options outside of Devante Adams and, um,
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: And Puka Nakua, um, Montfield is the guy to watch,
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: especially like I said, with the injuries of Terrence Ferguson, uh, Colby,
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: Colby Parkinson is banged up a little bit. Uh, Tyler
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: Higbee is, uh, he's an, he, he can still, he's
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: still a reliable target, but he's certainly not the tight
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: end that he once was. So if you're looking for
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: like a third target in the offense, I think Montfield
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: is the guy to watch.
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: All right, let's flip that coin.
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: Who is the sneaky player for us to look out
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: for on the Rams in terms of their defense?
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: What are your thoughts, Eric?
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's Josiah Stewart on the edge. He's,
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: with Miles Garrett being out, he's the guy that's kind
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: of stepped in that spot. And he's played pretty well
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: the first three weeks of the season and been a good,
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: confident piece across from Byron Young.
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: Awesome.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: Awesome.
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: Who's the dog? Because we got to introduce the dog
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: here that everybody's hearing.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: Who's the dog?
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: You know, they always do this. It's like, if I'm
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: on a work meeting, they'll be sitting here quiet all day.
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: And then I get on a work meeting and they're barking.
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: Absolutely. Absolutely.
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: Well, hey. But I have Gabby and then I have
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: a little dachshund chihuahua mix cow that I named after
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: Markel Fultz.
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: Oh, nice. Very good.
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: Believe it or not.
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: Very good. Who did nothing for the Sixers. Thank you
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: very much.
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: No, no.
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: All right, great way to end this Opposition Territory podcast. Again, folks,
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles going up against the Los Angeles Rams here
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: in week four during this 2026-2027 season. He is Blaine Griesack,
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: and my friend, I appreciate you taking the time. Come
• 18:07
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• 18:09
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• 18:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks, Jeff. Appreciate it.
• 18:13
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• 18:15
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