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Birds Weekly: Ray Didinger, Derrick Gunn Preview Week 16 Philadelphia Eagles Vs. Washington Commanders · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: We are up and running with this preview edition of
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  Speaker 1: Birds Weekly presented by the Inside of the Birds Network
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  Speaker 1: for my colleague and friend Ray Didn't Jer. I'm Derek Gunn,
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  Speaker 1: And it's a short week the Las Vegas Raiders and
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  Speaker 1: now they have to get ready for a divisional showdown
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  Speaker 1: against the lowly but yet better than Raiders Washington Commanders,
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  Speaker 1: and Ray. We find out that Jadon Daniels, you know,
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  Speaker 1: who's had all kinds of problems with his elbow. He
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  Speaker 1: is being shut down for the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 1: And now this is the Marcus Mariota Show. What worries
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  Speaker 1: you about the Eagles facing a Marcus Mariota. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he was here briefly, didn't last long. He was a
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  Speaker 1: high draft pick in the National Football League's career hasn't
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  Speaker 1: panned out. But now this is his show with Washington
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  Speaker 1: for the remainder of this season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, every time I see Marcus Mariota, I think about
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  Speaker 2: Marcus Mariota. I think back to when he was coming
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  Speaker 2: out of Oregon. Yeah, and there was that big movement
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  Speaker 2: afoot about the Eagles need to make the trade to
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  Speaker 2: go up and get Marcus Mariota to run Chip Kelly's offense.
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  Speaker 2: Remember that. Oh yeah, I mean people are actually wearing
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  Speaker 2: T shirts that said do the deal, remember that to
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  Speaker 2: go get Marcus Mariota. Because the idea was, well, we
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  Speaker 2: got Chip Kelly here, let's bring in the quarterback, his
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  Speaker 2: quarterback from Oregon to run that offense here. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: to Wanta, heis a trophy. I mean, why not. Well,
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  Speaker 2: we see how Marcus's career it didn't quite translate in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL, and now he's just become sort of this. Actually,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he and Jameis Winston went one two in
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  Speaker 2: the draft, and their career trajectory is kind of the same.
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  Speaker 2: I mean here they are both still in the league,
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  Speaker 2: but they're both in backup roles. And you know Marcus,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you look at the game that he played Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: I mean they played against the Giants up at the
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  Speaker 2: Meadowlands and they won the game and Marcus threw for
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  Speaker 2: two hundred and eleven yards. But you know, he's still
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  Speaker 2: the same. He he'll make some plays, you know, he'll
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  Speaker 2: run some he'll he'll get he'll get you some you know,
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  Speaker 2: he'll get you some first downs, run on the ball,
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  Speaker 2: but he still makes mistakes. You know, he'll he'll he'll
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  Speaker 2: make one or two mistakes in the game that very
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  Speaker 2: often will cost you the game. And that's kind of
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  Speaker 2: been the way his career is going. And Okay, this Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: he kind of got away with it. I mean, he
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  Speaker 2: turned the ball over. He fumbled twice, turned the ball over,
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  Speaker 2: but they were playing the Giants, so it didn't cost him.
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  Speaker 2: But I mean this game, I mean, he'll he'll complete
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  Speaker 2: some passes because McLaurin is a is a real good receiver.
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  Speaker 2: It looks like he's healthy now and he had a
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  Speaker 2: good game against the Giants, so he'll make some plays,
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  Speaker 2: he'll complete some passes, he'll run for a few first downs.
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  Speaker 2: But somewhere in there, I mean, he'll make make a
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  Speaker 2: bad throw or he'll get hit and he'll fumble, and
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  Speaker 2: that'll and that'll be the game. I mean, that's just
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  Speaker 2: kind of the that's just kind of the trajectory of
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  Speaker 2: his career at this point. But if you're the Eagles,
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  Speaker 2: you can't afford to take it for granted. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the Eagles can't come off the Raiders game and think, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: we're good, all our problems are solved. You know, we're fine. No,
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  Speaker 2: I think right now, you want to keep You've got
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  Speaker 2: some nice momentum coming off that game. You want to
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  Speaker 2: keep it going in this game against Washington, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: I would, I would expect that they will. Do You
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  Speaker 2: realize when when the Washington and the Giants played this
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  Speaker 2: Meadowlands on Sunday, they came into this between the two
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  Speaker 2: of them, they had lost like fifteen straight games on
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  Speaker 2: each one of them. I mean, are you kidding me?
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  Speaker 2: I mean that's We've seen the NFC East be bad
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  Speaker 2: in some years. I mean, the NFC East has had
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  Speaker 2: some years where the bottom of the bottom of the
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  Speaker 2: of the division is pretty bad. Man, it is really
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  Speaker 2: bad this year. I can't figure this one. Washington team
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  Speaker 2: out to save my life. A couple of weeks ago,
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  Speaker 2: they take Denver to overtime. They had the perfect play
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  Speaker 2: call for the two point conversion. They had a running
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  Speaker 2: back wide open in the flats. All Marietta do had
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  Speaker 2: to float it out there and it was over. But
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  Speaker 2: the Denver defensive end, Bonita, jumps up in bats it
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  Speaker 2: away and Denver wins the game twenty seven to twenty six.
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  Speaker 2: Then the following week they played the Vikings and gets
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  Speaker 2: shut out thirty one nothing.
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  Speaker 1: And so they come back this Sunday they beat a
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  Speaker 1: Giants team that had a losing streak. As long as
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  Speaker 1: there's the Giants that have an eight game losing streak,
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  Speaker 1: Washington had an eight game losing streak going into that game.
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  Speaker 2: They hadn't won a.
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  Speaker 1: Game since October fifth. You know, and I look at
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  Speaker 1: this team. They have talent, ray but for some reason,
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  Speaker 1: they haven't been able to put it together. Sitting at
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  Speaker 1: four and ten right now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's not just losing Daniels. I mean, and
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  Speaker 2: he he clearly was. He was their spark last year.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he was the reason that they got to
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  Speaker 2: the Chairampionship game. I mean, he was fantastic. He really was.
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  Speaker 2: Uh and he's been hurt and out of the lineup mostly.
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  Speaker 2: But it's not just that. I mean they're just not
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  Speaker 2: they're just not playing well. I mean even this game
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  Speaker 2: against the Giants, even on a game that they won, Derek,
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  Speaker 2: they committed eleven penalties, they fumbled four times. I mean
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  Speaker 2: that's what they are right now. And you know, when
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  Speaker 2: you saw the moves that they were making this offseason,
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  Speaker 2: I think they really I think they really totally believed
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  Speaker 2: that they were there that they had arrived. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it went to the championship game, because some of the
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  Speaker 2: moves they made this offseason were geared we're sort of
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  Speaker 2: short term kinds of let's get some veteran players here
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  Speaker 2: to get us that final step. And I think they
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  Speaker 2: overestimated just how far along in the process they were.
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  Speaker 2: And you know they I mean, they had a real
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  Speaker 2: fun year last year and Daniels was sensational and won
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  Speaker 2: a lot of games right at the end and deserved
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  Speaker 2: all the honors and the accolades. But you know, they
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  Speaker 2: weren't that team yet, right, But I think they I
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  Speaker 2: think they fooled themselves into thinking that they were, and
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  Speaker 2: they made some short term moves to cocaine, Okay, now
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  Speaker 2: we're really going to go for it, when they weren't
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  Speaker 2: really a good enough team to go for it. And
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  Speaker 2: now this year, with Daniel's being hurt, the bottom has
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  Speaker 2: fallen out of it all together. And you know, to
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  Speaker 2: their credit, I mean, I will say this, they do
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  Speaker 2: continue to play hard. I mean, they played they played hard.
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  Speaker 2: They didn't play particularly well, but they did play hard
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  Speaker 2: and beating the Giants, and I suspect they're going to
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  Speaker 2: come in here and play hard against the Eagles in
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  Speaker 2: this game. So the Eagles can't afford to go down
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  Speaker 2: there and take this game for granted.
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  Speaker 1: I look at Washington's defensive personnel. You know, this is
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  Speaker 1: a defense that's basically ranked thirty first in the National
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  Speaker 1: Football League. You look at some of the personnel, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Deron Payne, Javon Canlaw, Preston Smith, Frankieluvu, Bobby Wagner. The
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  Speaker 1: personnel is there, and I can't believe that, as porous
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  Speaker 1: as they are, they give it up one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: thirty six yards a game rushing.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: But here's my concern, because we've seen this happen too often.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles offense seems to play down to these bottom
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  Speaker 1: dwelling defenses, you know, Giants, Dallas, Chicago, Tampa Bay, and
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  Speaker 1: then make these games a lot closer than they should be.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and they can't afford to let that happen. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that was one of the things that was most encouraging
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  Speaker 2: about the Raiders game was up against a let's face it,
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  Speaker 2: a bad team that the Eagles came out and took
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  Speaker 2: control right away. I mean they took They took the
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  Speaker 2: opening kickoff, drove at the length of the field, scored
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  Speaker 2: a touchdown, up seven to nothing, and they were in
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  Speaker 2: complete command of the game. But we've seen other other
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  Speaker 2: weeks when they go out there and the first quarter
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  Speaker 2: or three and out, three and out, and he winds
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  Speaker 2: up against an inferior opponent in the second half, all
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  Speaker 2: of a sudden, it's a three point game, a six
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  Speaker 2: point game. And you don't need to do that against
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  Speaker 2: a team that you outclass to the degree that they're
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  Speaker 2: going to outclass Washington. The Eagles really kind of have
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  Speaker 2: to take the same approach in this game, and that
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  Speaker 2: just get get on top right away and just don't
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  Speaker 2: ever let Washington feel like they have a chance to
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  Speaker 2: win MHM.
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  Speaker 1: Because it's a divisional game. You just never know what
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  Speaker 1: could possibly happen in this game, and I'm sure Washington's
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  Speaker 1: mindset has to be we played a role of spoiler.
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  Speaker 1: Now let's go see if we can spoil some of
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles joy right now. I expected to be another
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  Speaker 1: one of those backyard brass knuckle type divisional games between
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  Speaker 1: these two.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think I think it's I think it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be a rock fight. I really do.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it's going to be anything like thirty
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  Speaker 2: one nothing. I don't think it's going to be you know,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think you're going to cruise through this one,
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  Speaker 2: because again, this team is this team's playing pretty hard,
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  Speaker 2: not particularly well, not particularly smart, but they're playing pretty hard. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it's going to be a battle, you know.
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  Speaker 2: And I mean, the Eagles once again are the better team,
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  Speaker 2: but I think they I think they feel they know
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  Speaker 2: they know that right now, it's important with the way
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  Speaker 2: this season has gone, they need to build on what
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  Speaker 2: they came up, what they got going in the in
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  Speaker 2: the Raider game, I mean, they really had a get right,
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  Speaker 2: feel good kind of emotion coming out of that game,
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  Speaker 2: especially the quarterback. And you don't want to backslide now,
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  Speaker 2: you know you want to you want to take that
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  Speaker 2: and just keep moving it forward. And against this team,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think you're going to have a chance
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  Speaker 2: to do it. The one thing I will say, having
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  Speaker 2: watched Washington now a little bit, their safety play is
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  Speaker 2: pretty good. They have Antonio Hamilton and Kwan Martin or
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  Speaker 2: the safety pair. Uh, and they're pretty good. Uh, they're
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  Speaker 2: pretty good. And they they both played very well in
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  Speaker 2: the game against the Giants. And you know, they're They're
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  Speaker 2: an example of two guys that nobody's really heard much about. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: I haven't gotten much fanfare. But they play, but they played.
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  Speaker 2: They play smart and they played and they're very physical,
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  Speaker 2: tough kids, and you know, those are the kind of
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  Speaker 2: guys you can't get careless with. You get careless with them.
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  Speaker 2: They could wind up taking the ball away, which they
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  Speaker 2: did in the game against the Giants. So Washington has
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  Speaker 2: some players. I mean, even without Daniels, they still got
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  Speaker 2: some players, But I mean the Eagles have more.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Well, who do you like in this game?
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  Speaker 2: And why? Again? The Eagles are The Eagles are clearly
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  Speaker 2: the better team here. And I think that there's I
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  Speaker 2: think there's a little bit of a sense of urgency
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  Speaker 2: with the Eagles right now that the kind of season
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  Speaker 2: this has been, and Lord knows, with all the with
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  Speaker 2: all the concern and you know, all the all that
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  Speaker 2: was coming down on them a week ago before the
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  Speaker 2: Raiders game. You know, they don't want to open that
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  Speaker 2: door again. You know, they sort of have put that
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  Speaker 2: to rest for the time being, and I think don't
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  Speaker 2: want to go back there again. So I think they'll
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  Speaker 2: be pretty focused. I think they'll be I think they'll
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  Speaker 2: be more than pretty focused. I think they'll be very
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  Speaker 2: focused going into this game. Uh. And I expected to
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  Speaker 2: go down there and take care of business. And I
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  Speaker 2: would say, I'm going to take the Eagles to win
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  Speaker 2: the game. And I'm gonna say twenty seven to twelve,
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  Speaker 2: oh twelve. I have all numbers. You picked a twelve.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I couldn't.
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't agree with you more. I just think that
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  Speaker 1: when you line up man for man position position, the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles are by far the superior team. But as that
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  Speaker 1: old saying goes, when it comes to divisional games, throw
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  Speaker 1: everything else out of the out of the window. And
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  Speaker 1: so with that said, I think it's gonna be a
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  Speaker 1: little bit closer game, especially because it's down there in
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  Speaker 1: Washington's place. If it was up here, I think it
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  Speaker 1: would be a little bit wider margin. But because it's
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  Speaker 1: down there, I'm gonna say the Eagles win this game
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  Speaker 1: like twenty twenty four to twenty. All Right, that's gonna
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  Speaker 1: wrap up this preview edition between the Eagles and the
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  Speaker 1: Washington Commanders. For Ray Dinger, I'm Derek Gunn. We will
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  Speaker 1: talk to you next week after the game. So long, everybody,
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  Speaker 1: I'll let you let out