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All right, everybody, you're listening to Eagles postgame analysis here at the Philadelphia
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Sports Table podcast show, the longest running weekly Philly sports podcast show in the
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world, over ten and a half years strong. Week eight of this Philadelphia
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Eagles twenty twenty three twenty twenty four season is now in the books. They
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beat the Washington Commanders down in landover Maryland by a score of thirty eight to
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thirty one, a pretty close game, quite frankly, as it was during
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their first meeting this season. Eagles are now seven to one on the season.
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My goodness, what a freaking game here. I can't wait to get
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to our grades. I'm Jeff Warren. I'm here with our good buddy from
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Philadelphia Soccer now, and he's also doing some hockey writing as well with regard
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to the Philadelphia Flyers too. Got our buddy, Josh Schuster. How you
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doing, man? Well, Jeff? At least they won, because I
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was gonna come on and say we can talk any variety of topics from all
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our Christmas movies to the Liverpool match earlier today to the Unions win yesterday.
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Yes, but I guess we'll spend time talking about this dominant performance today.
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Look, before we really get into the game, just wanted to go over
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some brief injuries. Jalen Carter went out with a back injury. Darius Slay
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went out in the fourth quarter grabbing his mid section. I'm not one hundred
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percent sure if he actually did come back in, and Sua Opeta was out
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for the game for about a quarter or so and then went back in.
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Tyler Steen replaced him for a good quarter or so. So I just wanted
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to throw all that out there as as we move along here in this coming
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week. But all right, let's get into our theme here, Josh,
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and I think you know that the biggest theme for me with regard to this
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game, probably you as well as the defense just didn't show up for about
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ninety five percent of the game. I mean you could see it right at
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the beginning of this matchup. The Commanders just utilized short passes, bubble screens,
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slants early on in the game, Sam how Is getting the ball out
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quickly. There was absolutely no pressure either coming from this Eagles defense. When
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you talk about the amount of sacks in this game up until the fourth quarter
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garbage time, there was none. There was none. Then the Eagles actually
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ended up getting a sack, one sack in this game, six quarterback hits.
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It was. It was one of the worst defensive performances that I've seen
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from this team in quite some time. Yeah, I mean, while,
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Jeff, you know, they are going up against an elite offensive line here
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in Washington that has given up more sacks than any other team in the NFL.
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So thankfully they got that one. But yeah, it just you and
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I were texting throughout the game, and I have been very open about the
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fact of I have great disdain for this defensive scheme. I hate that they
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play off five to seven yards When you have players like McLaurin, he just
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feasts. There's it just happens. And my comment to you was, if
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they're going to play five to seven yards off the ball, then don't let
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them run right past you. That's the whole design of that is to not
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give up big plays. And today they just couldn't do anything. You had
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mentioned that Bradbury looks old last week your last Yeah, I guess it was
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last week, and then also you know you text me that today and it's
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true. But this defensive scheme is just it. It is not good and
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I am I am very concerned about facing Dallas next week because as much grief
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as we give Dak Prescott, he is better than Sam Howell, and Edie
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Lamb is much better than McLaren and McLaren's a good receiver, but these two
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are those two are just going to feast if they're going to keep doing this.
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So my main takeaway is that Sam Howell is the quarterback of my nightmares.
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I had said before to you before recording that he smoked South Carolina for
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years, and now he's smoking the Eagles, and so I guess I know
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how the Jets fans feel when they face Brady. Sam Howell is my Tom
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Brady. So that's my main takeaway. You talk about Dallas next week,
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I'm worried about the Chiefs. I'm worried about the Bills and what this defense
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is going to do against those dynamic offensive units. Look, I mean the
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Bills aren't necessarily one hundred percent of what they were perhaps last year or even
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maybe in twenty twenty one. However, they are a dynamic offense and this
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defense, I mean even the secondary seem to just not have a clue what
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was going on. You mentioned James Bradberry, my gosh, just getting burnt
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a number of times this season, certainly in this game one for a touchdown.
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It really does look like he's slowing down, as we talked about last
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week on the postgame podcast. And I will say that, yes, James
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Bradbury did have a nice pass breakup right before the half on a fourth and
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one for Washington, But brad Berry, even Darius Slay doesn't necessarily quote look
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like himself. The secondary in general just seems to be completely out of whack.
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These two guys, Bradbury and Slay, they just don't look like the
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dynamic duo that we've kind of been used to, and something is going on
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with the secondary. Kevin Byard, I mean just he was out there today
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but really didn't do much of anything. Reid Blankenship up until he had the
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interception in the fourth quarter, he had probably the worst game that I've seen
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from a safety in quite some time. He was terrible in this game up
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until that interception. The secondary is is really concerning me as we're moving forward
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here, and I know we're sounded like this team lost. It's a thirty
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eight to thirty one win on the road against the division opponent. But still
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I'm concerned. Know, yeah, I sometimes I think scores lie In a
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way, I'm kind of glad that Washington scored that last touchdown simply because if
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the Eagles had won this game by fourteen points like that is not even remotely
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accurate to this game. And we talk it feels like every single time,
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it's the tale of two halves, right, Yeah, the first half,
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every player, maybe outside of Jalen, gets an f just coaching staff,
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everyone. But the second half things turned around. But even it was much
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closer than a seven point game. They were. They were lucky to come
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out of this one with when And I think a lot of it comes down
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to expectations. Like we talk about grading Jalen Hurts on the contract curve,
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grading the Eagles on the aspiration curve. If your team is a Super Bowl
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hopeful, you should not be satisfied with this and just talk fucking flowers and
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rose petals. This was not a good game today. In fact, if
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they were playing pretty much any team outside of Washington, they probably lose.
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Probably. Yeah, yeah, I think you're absolutely correct. And look,
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it wasn't all gloomy and we're certainly gonna get to folks some of the positives
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in this game, because there were definitely a few. But I want to
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move over to the offensive side of things, and I gotta say I just
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once again, and Twitter absolutely blew up with it, and rightfully, rightfully
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so enough of Kenneth Gainwell inside the ten yard line. I mean, he
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fumbled in the second quarter as we know is are getting ready to score.
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The Kenny Gainwell touches in high leverage situations remains absolutely insane to me. I
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cannot believe it. And yes, they got him back into the game.
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He was catching some balls, he was getting some yardage after that, maybe
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to get his confidence back, Josh, but my gosh. And then seeing
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the second turnover and fumble inside the five yard line as the Eagles were getting
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ready to score that Jalen Hurts fumble on the brotherly shove, which we really
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don't see two too long often. Those turnovers in the red zone were absolutely
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enraging, but more so because Jalen Hurts. We're gonna get to him in
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a bit, had a phenomenal, a phenomenal and fantastic day. But Kenny
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Gainwell inside the red zone the way that they're utilizing him, I have no
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idea why Brian Johnson continues to do this over and over with the support of
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Nick Sirianni. I cannot imagine why they think Kenny Gainwell instead of DeAndre Swift
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in those high leverage situations is the better option. I just can't believe it.
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So you know this is team the Kenny Gainwell game. It'll go down
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in history if I told you at halftime and I text you this, Yes,
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who was tied for the most touches of the football next to A.
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J. Brown. Yes, it's the surefire Hall of Famer Kenny Gainwell.
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Jack Fritz. I think he tweeted it out best. He just simply said
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that Kennan came. Kenny Gainwell needs to be cut for the sake of this
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coaching staff because they just refuse to not play him. Like in life,
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all of us need to find someone who loves us as much as this Eagles
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coaching staff loves Kenny Gainwell, because we will never be unhappy if that's the
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case. Exactly, Ever, no matter what we do, we'll be loved'ct
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exactly. Look, he had two carries for negative four yards on the day.
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He had five receptions see caught on five targets for thirty yards average six
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yards per reception. Why do they love him so much? I don't know,
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change of pace, Jeff, Yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly.
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Well, talk about some of the good stuff with this with this Eagles team,
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and I guess first and foremost we got to talk about Jalen Hurts because
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yes, I mentioned the fumble. It was terrible again ready to go into
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to score. The Brotherly Shove is a fantastic play. We all love it
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as Eagles fans, and a lot of other folks don't like it, and
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that's what There other reasons why we love it. But it's so successful,
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but he freaking fumbled it so enraging. However, Jalen Hurts ends this day
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twenty nine of thirty eight for three hundred and nineteen yards. He averaged eight
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point four yards per attempt, four touchdowns, no interceptions, with a rating
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of one hundred and thirty five point seven. One hell of a day from
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Jalen Hurts, Josh, And what I love about him is that one him
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being injured hasn't necessarily been affecting his play that much. Perhaps it does when
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he is trying to break out of the pocket and a play breaks down,
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perhaps it is affecting him in regards to those type of situations. However,
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he fumbled the ball, knew that he needed to get up, needed to
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refocus, and he absolutely did and he did that for this offense and frankly,
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in my opinion, Jalen Hurts is the reason why this team won this
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particular game and no other reason than Jalen Hurt connecting with AJ Brown, I
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would say it's like if there's one A and one B for why they won
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this game. Jalen Hurts, one A, one B for AJ Brown eight
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receptions for one hundred and thirty yards on eight targets. He caught all eight
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balls for two touchdowns and AJ Brown recording an NFL record sixth consecutive game with
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one hundred and twenty five plus receiving yards. And I want to get to
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those receiving yards in just a bit. But going back to Jalen Hurts,
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what a game, What a game from him? The fact that we have
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this franchise quarterback who isn't one hundred percent perfect, but somebody who can make
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a mistake get into his head where he needs to get his just mind set
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and focus and make sure that this team ends up winning at the end of
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the day. I just I just love the guy. I love him.
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Yeah, folks, I promise we don't hate Jalen Hurts almost this podcast.
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We are a pro Jalen Hurts podcast. Yes, I'll walk back kind of
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the what I've said the last two times about his performances. I think this
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week he came out about his Bruce knee and Bruce bone. I believe it's
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on his knee. Yeah, that that kind of changes a lot of things
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in terms of how critical I was, because there's only so much you can
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do. I've I've had a bone Bruce once and it was really unpleasant to
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even just walk. He was. He was phenomenal today, And like you
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said, I think there's really three reasons why they won. You have Hurts
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one A Brown, one B and then Kenny gain Well one C. Obviously,
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so, but I think that he just he did everything that he needed
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to do. He didn't really throw into double coverage today. He was smart
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with the ball. He didn't do the run and slide for like two yards.
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He just was smart with the ball today, which is what we're used
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to with him. I think they need to put a pause on the brother
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least shove or the tush push, whatever you want to call it, because
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when I see my quarterback limping around, the last thing I want is him,
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you know, being put in unnecessary harm. When you have DeAndre Swift
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that can run it in, there's just no need. So I would say
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until after the bye, let's just kind of put that on ice. That
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way, Jalen doesn't get hurt anymore than he needs to be. That's a
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really great point. I mean, I think a lot of that depends on
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where they are on the field, what the actual situation is, what quarter
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they're in, the dynamics of the game. But I agree taking a break
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from it in certain situations I think is going to be absolutely necessarily necessary for
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Jalen Hurts his health moving forward here because he's got another half of this season
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to go here. But with regard to aj Brown, Josh, I just
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want to give his stats over these past six games, which is absolutely phenomenal.
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The fact that this Eagles organization and this team has a true we are
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talking a true oh number one wide receiver. Today eight catches for one hundred
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and thirty yards two touchdowns. Last week ten catches, one hundred and thirty
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seven yards and a touchdown. The week prior to that seven catches for one
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hundred and thirty one yards. Week prior to that, six catches for one
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hundred and twenty seven yards. Week prior to that nine catches one hundred and
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seventy five yards and two touchdowns. And then that first over one hundred and
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thirty yard game, he had nine catches for one hundred and thirty one yards.
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It's amazing what having a number one wide receiver with his strength, his
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body makeup what he is able to do. And how many times we were
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texting during the game. How many times have we been calling for that ball
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to be thrown? Just have Aj Brown go up to the catch point,
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get it, bring it down and it's going to be a touchdown. And
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we saw it twice today. How many times have we been talking about that
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draw. It's almost like it's almost like the coaching staff listen to PS two,
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especially last week. But in all serious ness, you know, Aj
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Brown, it is so amazing to have a number one wide receiver like him,
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and also great that Julio Jones got his first touchdown as a Philadelphia Eagle
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too, So I wanted to say that, but Aj Brown, man,
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God God bless him, really is fantastic, and it is It is a
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privilege, I think for us to be able to watch him on the field.
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Yeah. Absolutely, I'm not always right, Jeff, I know this
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may be a shock. Occasionally I'm wrong. Oh, but one of the
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things that I was really wrong about was AJ Brown. When he was drafted.
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I thought it was complete waste of a pick by the Titans. I
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thought there were better players on the board, and I thought to myself,
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you know, Tennessee is where wide receivers go to die, and I just
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I didn't see any way that he was going to be anything in the NFL.
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And I could not have been more wrong. He is just he is
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so much fun to watch. There's certain players that are divas that I think
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earn it, and I would put him in that category. I think that
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Aj Brown has every right to, like he did either Week three or Week
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four, just go over and be upset and demand the football. The way
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he plays backs it up and it is so rare that he drops a ball,
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kind of like McLaurin today with the two drops. It's very rare for
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either of those guys. To drop a ball, and I'm thankful he's on
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the team because I remember t O on the Birds. But aj Brown is
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really something special and he loves it here. And you brought up the Julio
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Jones thing. I think one of the things that makes makes the Eagles so
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special in a place where players want to come even on minimum contracts is you
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know, Julio barely finished catching that ball and getting back up, and everybody
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was already around him, ready to celebrate with him and making it about him,
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And that's just it was just so much fun to see. And I
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don't really know that there's other teams in the NFL that do that, to
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be perfectly honest, yeah, I don't think the total team mentality, Yeah,
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it absolutely is. Which brings us to some more stats that I just
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wanted to throw out there for folks. In terms of receiving, Let's not
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forget about Davonte Smith. He was targeted seven times, came down with all
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seven balls for ninety nine yards, almost got to that one hundred yard mark,
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but ninety nine yards fourteen point one yards per reception, one touchdown on
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the day. Dallas Goddard was targeted seven times as well, but he only
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came down with four balls for thirty six yards. Not the greatest day from
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Dallas Godder, but really he did make some pretty good plays when he needed
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to make them on the field. And again, the greatest, the greatest
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pass catcher in Eagles history, Kenneth Gainwell, like I said, five receptions
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for thirty yards, and I'm not gonna go through all of them, but
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gotta tell you, Jalen Hurts really spreading the ball around and those top guys
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AJ Brown and DeVante Smith getting it done today just absolutely dominant. Can't wait
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to grade the offense, can't wait to grade the defense too. So do
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you have any other themes, buddy, before we get to our grades this
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week? Yeah? I am really done with these tight end screens, especially
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on third and long. Yeah, they work really well on third and short
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or second in short, but on third and long these screenplays just they aren't
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They're scripted, and the defense knows they're coming on third and long. They
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have to change up. And so I think Goddard's performance today isn't so much
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on him as in the position that he was put in, using him far
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more in a blocking way, in a blocking role than I would really like
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to see with somebody with his abilities, but such a life. They get
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paid the big bucks. I don't. Absolutely, we haven't seen him too
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much over the middle of this season. We really haven't. It's bizarre to
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see. All right, Should we get to our grades, buddy, Yeah,
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let's do it. All right, Well, let's get to our grades.
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But first we're gonna take a break, folks. We will be back
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in just a bit. All right, we are back. We're here with
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our good friend of the pod, Josh Schuster and Josh. Let's get into
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our grades. We're gonna grade by unit and then grade the coaching as well.
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Jalen Hurts this week gets an A plus. We went over the stats
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earlier on the show. What a fantastic and phenomenal game. We just love
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what he did. One of the reasons why they won this game A plus
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for me? What do you give them? I would agree with you,
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except I'm gonna go B plus because the fumble and where it was at I
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got chumble took place on like the thirty. If it took place in their
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own end, it would be an A plus for me. But because it
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literally was cost seven points, it comes down a letter grade for me.
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But other than that, he was just spectacular. I gotcha. My reasoning
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for the A plus then is I completely get where you're coming from. But
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my reasoning for the A plus said earlier he was able to get back into
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that mindset of Okay, I need to put that in the past and I
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need to focus on what I need to do, and he was actually able
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to do it. But I completely get the B plus. Buddy, completely
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get that for sure. Let's head to the running backs here. They only
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carried the ball twenty two times. DeAndre Swift had sixteen carries for fifty seven
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yards. He averaged three point six yards per carry and a touchdown. I
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mentioned Kenneth Gainwell two carries for negative four yards, and Jalen Hurts wasn't running,
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and I'm glad he wasn't. With that, Bruce Knee four carries for
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six yards total of fifty nine yards on the day. This rushing attack quote
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attack two point seven yards per attempt, very very pitiful, But I think
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a lot of it was how this game was scripted and how the play calling
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was going. I still love DeAndre Swift what he's able to do out there.
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I'm going to give the running backs this week, A straight up Sea.
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I don't even know if that's fair, but I'm giving them a seed
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from what we're seeing here also on the stat sheet. So what are you
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think of Josh? Yeah, I think it Sea that fair? You know.
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The way I look at it is again, it's the kind of the
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roles the players are put. In the last couple of weeks, I understood
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why they were passing so much more. This is one of the weeks I
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didn't get it. Yeah, it's not like Washington had any significant players out
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in terms of cornerbacks and different things. They have a good pass rush to
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me, the way you offset the pass rush as you run it. And
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I would have liked to see more runs more specifically with DeAndre Swift. Oh
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yeah, so I think a C grade is fair. I think they did
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about what they could with the roles that they were given. Yep, all
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right, very good. Let's head to the receivers, tight ends and wide
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receivers this week. I am going to give these gentlemen an a plus.
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That's what I give them. What do you give them? Yeah? Same?
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The only turnover and really they didn't really have many drops today. The
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only turnover came from Gainwell and he's not a receiver, so they get an
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A plus from me. Yep, that's very it's fair A plus all around.
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I get three hundred and nineteen total receivers yards on the day, and
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again AJ Brown with one hundred and thirty and DeVante Smith with ninety nine.
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Fantastic. So let's move over to the offensive line. Some breakdowns every now
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and then in pass pro. I mean, we saw Lane Johnson having a
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couple of struggles throughout the game, which was really bizarre to see. And
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again Sua Opeta going out, Tyler Steen coming out. Tyler Steen did a
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pretty darn good job, whether it was in run block. Actually I don't
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even know if he got any run blocking, now that I'm thinking about it,
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I actually don't know if he did any run blocking because it was just
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so pass heavy when Sue Opetta went out. So anyway, I'm gonna give
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the offensive line this week. If I had to say, I'd say B
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minus because there were some breakdowns here and there. They weren't able to really
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generate too too many holes for DeAndre Swift on his sixteen carries, and some
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of those carries were kind of in garbage time as well. So I'm gonna
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give him a B minus. What do you give him? I'm actually gonna
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give him an A minus. Okay to me, Washington, they have a
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lot of deficiencies on their roster. The one place they don't is they've kind
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of adopted the Eagles model on that side of the ball, the defensive line.
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Not so much the offensive line, but the defensive line. They're a
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very talented young group, and so I have no problem with the two sacks
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and hurts. There were many times today that he had a good amount of
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time to sit back there. So I'm going to give him an a minus
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because I think they did a pretty good job. All right, sounds good.
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Let's talk about the defense now. The defensive line just not generating a
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lot of pass rushes today at all, not really getting into that backfield.
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There wasn't too too much pressure on Sam Howell, who ended the day by
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the way, three hundred and ninety seven yards and four touchdowns an interception.
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He ended with a rating of one hundred and fourteen. Just overall, tough
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day for the defense. I'm gonna give the defensive line this week a D.
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Quite frankly, what do you give them. Yeah, I give him
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a D minus. And the only reason why they aren't in F is because
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they did get the one critical sack at the end. Yes, and I
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think the one interception that Howell threw he was under pressure. But today was
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unacceptable from them against that offensive line. I'm sorry. I don't care how
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quick they were getting rid of the ball. Yeah, Washington's offensive line is
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the worst in the league. Just it's unacceptable. It's funny. I've read
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a tweet from our good friend of the pod, Brandon lee gouton BLG from
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BGN Radio. He tweeted out that the Eagles have more sacks actually than they
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did at this time last year, but the Commander's offensive line allowing the most
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sacks in the NFL. So naturally the Eagles are not getting any pressure against
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the Commanders. And that's it. That's what we saw. I was at
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great tweet from BLG. So yeah, very very fair grades here. And
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the linebackers I thought had a really rough game too, really, especially in
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past past coverage, just terrible. I'm gonna give them a D minus as
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well. It could be an F actually for me. So it's right around
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that area. I'll go D minus. What do you give them? Yeah,
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the middle of the field was just it was feast. It wasn't feast
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or famine. It was just feasted. Yeah. Really, the only time
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plays weren't made over the middle was because McLaurin dropped those two balls. Otherwise
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everything thrown over the middle of the field would have been completed. Yep,
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just it was. Today was a day. It was an example of when
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you don't invest in your linebackers, it will come back to bite you.
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The Eagles are lucky they got out of today with the win. With that
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being the case, absolutely good point. Secondary. I'm giving them an F
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this week. I do not care about read blanket ships in erse. Let's
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say I do care. I'm sorry, I do care. But up until
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that interception, as I mentioned earlier in the show, he was horrendous.
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He was horrendous. Kevin Byerd, Yes he had seven total tackles on the
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day. I just it's Sydney Brown. Yes he had a tackle for a
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loss. He had eight total tackles on the day as well, But just
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they were terrible. The secondary was pretty terrible today and I'm actually going to
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give them an F. What do you give him? Yeah. So I'm
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gonna take Sidney Brown out of this because honestly, I think he's a player
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that's generated in Madden that just happened to play today where it was a giveaway
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if the player a fan being able to play right. But he actually was
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pretty decent today, Yes, to be perfectly honest, and so I'm going
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to remove him. But everyone else you get an F. I mean,
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Thomas, he is, He's like a mediocre tight end and they made him
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look like an all pro. I just logan Thomas. I just can't just
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they Yeah, they get they get an F and I'll take Brown out of
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there. Yeah. Well, I think it's import with the Read Blankenship interception
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too. And I'll go back to a tweet that we received on our account
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during the game, you know, talking about I mentioned something about Reid Blankenship.
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The gentleman wrote back, basically saying if he wasn't playing ten yards off,
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he probably wouldn't have had that interception either. So it was a bad
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throw by Sam Hall. It's not like Read Blankenship actually made a play.
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Necessarily, the play needed to be made at that particular point in time.
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He needed to catch it because Sam Howe threw a terrible ball, so I
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think that's important for context too. That's why I'm giving an F this to
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this secondary unit. So all right, let's move to coaching special teams here.
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I thought special teams did fantastic, and I gotta say Brittan Covey with
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that twenty five yard punt return in the third quarter really helped set the team
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up and that offense up for a scoring drive. It was so necessary that
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twenty five yard punt return. There was a fifty eight yard punt by Braden
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Mann in the first quarter. Jake Elliott's making a fifty one yard or in
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this game. I've given special teams in a this week. I thought they
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did pretty phenomenal. Yeah, I agree, I give him the same grade.
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And Jeff enjoyed that Covey return because that's the one for the year.
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At least it was in a game where they needed it and it was momentous.
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It was, so, you know, they get an A for me.
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All right, let's move to the defense. Sean Decigh. You know,
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I was mentioned in this team before we hit the record by I'm not
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sure what I'm going to do with regard to the defense because up until that
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interception. It was an F for me, but that interception did. At
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the end of the day, there was a play that needed to be made.
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Like I just mentioned, the play was made and it helped shift the
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momentum. The Eagles were able to score. The offense was able to go
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down the field there and score. It was a short field, but they
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needed to get it done and it happened. So I'm gonna give Sean decigh
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a D minus this week. What do you give him? Yeah? He
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gets an F? Okay, got So I'm going to read a quarterback stats?
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Were you twenty four of twenty six, two hundred and twenty six yards
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and two touchdowns? Okay, that was Sam Howell in the first half.
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That was the first half. I'm sorry you get an F. This nonsense
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of playing way off is it's costing you the middle of the field. You
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don't have the linebackers to do it. And against really good teams, this
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is gonna bite them. It's gonna bite them and it's going to be a
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problem. They get an F. Yep, I think it's fair for sure.
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And Nick Sirianni and Brian Johnson the offensive side of things, offensive coaching
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this week. I'm gonna give these guys a B plus because there were times
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when I'm questioning the play calling on the field, but the players were the
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ones that really needed to execute, especially as we mentioned earlier, Jalen Hurts,
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Aj Brown, DeVante Smith not only with great stats, but they were
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able to lead the charge for this offense today. I think it came down
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to the players more so than the coaching. I'm gonna give the coach the
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offensive coaches a B plus today. What do you give them? You're you're
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really generous. They're they're getting a D from me. I mean you had
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just mentioned I think the players bailed the coaches out. Yeah, I mean
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the play calling today was just it continues to be puzzling the red zone,
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it continues to be a problem using Kanie Kenny Gamewell, continues to be a
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problem with These are things that Jeff, I think the first time I was
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on with you was week three. Yes, it's week seven. We're still
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talking about the same problems. And when we're talking about the same things,
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it's coaching, yep. And so I don't care that they put up as
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many points as they did. The coaching staff is getting a d all right,
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you know what, you know what, I'm gonna bring mine down to
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a C. You convinced me, buddy, You convinced me. All right
30:56
again, folks, Week eight is in the books here. It's a it's
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a win, and that's inevitably what we want. Happy for the win.
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This Eagles team is seven to one in the season. They beat the Washington
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Commanders by a score of thirty eight to thirty one. Another close game.
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And I do have to say too before we head out here, Josh,
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that these division games are close. I talked to former Washington wide receiver Anthony
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Armstrong on our preview podcast this week and he and I were talking about the
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fact that division games are just usually they usually tend to be close, and
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my gosh, the Washington Commanders, they just pose problems for this Philadelphia Eagles
31:33
team. And at the end of the day, I think we see that
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throughout the league. Division games are tough, and they're supposed to be tough
31:41
too. The Eagles got through it today, they did. You know,
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we think by the skin of their teeth basically, But you know, division
31:48
games are just a little rough man. Yeah, you know, I had
31:52
text you that my eleven month old threw up on me to point where I
31:56
had to change both shirts and had a diaper blowout, and that was better
32:00
than having to watch that first half. But really, what it is is
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that's divisional football, right. It's ugly, it's it's nasty. These teams
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know each other, and all you really have to do is it's not about
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earning brownie points. It's about just simply getting the W at the end of
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the day, and the Eagles were able to do that. I'm happy they
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won. Yeah, it was not pretty, but the reality is that they
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won. And if it were reversed and they had lost this game, that's
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one of those that's really hard to swallow. Absolutely, so I'm just glad
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they won. They won. They won a division game, folks. Let's
32:36
enjoy it this week. You know, we could still be critical here and
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there, and rightfully so with certain aspects of this team, but again,
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one of the best, one of the best teams in the NFC. So
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let's keep enjoying this given what we were given by the Philadelphia Phillies this past
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week. For our Philly sports brethren, yeah, oh man, I know
32:55
so rough. Make sure to follow Josh on Twitter at flag Hi, Josh
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ninety one, and head on over to Philadelphia Soccer now. They're doing some
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really good things over there with regard to the Philadelphia Union and Josh buddy,
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it was great having you on again. Thank you so much for filling in
33:10
for the guys who had some other commitments again this weekend, and I'll probably
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be talking to you at some point down the road, my friend, come
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back and join us and we'll do more Eagles talk, all right, anytime?
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