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EAGLES SEASON PREVIEW! (PST Episode 684) · The Philadelphia Sports Table | Philly Sports News & Views

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  Speaker 1: Thank you. What's up, everybody? Welcome to the Philadelphia Sports
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  Speaker 1: Table podcast show, the longest running weekly Philly sports podcast
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  Speaker 1: show in the world, over 13 and a half years strong.
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  Speaker 1: Got a great show coming your way this week, as
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  Speaker 1: we always do. But this week, it is our Eagles
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  Speaker 1: season preview. The NFL season currently underway right now. A
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  Speaker 1: bore fest of a game last night in terms of
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  Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, a rematch of
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  Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Holy cow, it was a bore fest.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Warren. I'm here with my buddy, Eric Leonard,
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  Speaker 1: better known as The King. My friend, great seeing you.
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to this episode. And how are things going, man?
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  Speaker 2: They're good. That game brought back some bad memories. The
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  Speaker 2: last time they played, I was in a hospital bed.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right. Oh, geez. That's right.
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  Speaker 2: My son pointed that out to me. He's like, remember
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  Speaker 2: the last time they played, you were three days into
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  Speaker 2: a hospital stay. I was like, yeah, it was awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks, son. Yeah. Thanks, son. Thanks for the reminder.
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  Speaker 2: What a Super Bowl party that was. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my gosh. Well, we got a great show here, folks.
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  Speaker 1: So why don't we just like get into this upcoming
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  Speaker 1: NFL season? Of course, our Eagle season preview. We are
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  Speaker 1: going to have our good friend Brandon Lee Gouten, BLG
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  Speaker 1: from bleedinggreennation.com. He's going to be jumping on as he
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  Speaker 1: does every year for our Eagles season preview. Always appreciate
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  Speaker 1: BLG for jumping on whenever he has time to, whenever
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  Speaker 1: he has the opportunity to. So I wanted to get
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  Speaker 1: the NFL season preview. uh discussion started here with you
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  Speaker 1: eric by talking about some storylines that a lot of
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  Speaker 1: people are going to be following this upcoming year first
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  Speaker 1: and foremost like how the rams are going to respond
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  Speaker 1: to this whole super bowl hype because they're being hyped
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  Speaker 1: up at this point so much so that if they
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  Speaker 1: don't get to the super bowl somehow it's going to
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  Speaker 1: be a disappointment for their fans or even the league
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  Speaker 1: i think it's kind of a I think it's kind
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  Speaker 1: of a BS type of storyline and also wanted to
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  Speaker 1: get into whether or not Josh Allen can actually get
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  Speaker 1: over the hump in Buffalo and truly contend for a
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl. And then we want to get into a
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  Speaker 1: sleeper team as well before we start getting into some
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  Speaker 1: other NFL predictions and division winners wildcard who we think
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  Speaker 1: is going to win the Super Bowl. So I don't
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  Speaker 1: know what your thoughts are with regard to this Rams team, Eric,
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  Speaker 1: because I think they're being overhyped. They're a good team,
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  Speaker 1: you know, on paper. How many times have we seen
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  Speaker 1: Over the years when there are great teams on paper,
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  Speaker 1: but they don't necessarily perform the way we think they're
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  Speaker 1: going to. Case in point in baseball with the Dodgers
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  Speaker 1: right now. Look, the Dodgers are a good team. Don't
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  Speaker 1: get me wrong. They got a lot of talent and
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  Speaker 1: they're winning games here and there when they're supposed to
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  Speaker 1: be winning games. But like they're not like dominating like
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people thought and said they were going to.
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  Speaker 1: We see that in football. We see it in basketball.
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  Speaker 1: We see it in hockey as well. Teams may be
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  Speaker 1: good on paper, but what actually happens on the field
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  Speaker 1: is another thing. I think the Rams are being a
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  Speaker 1: little too overhyped at this point. Everybody's saying they're going
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  Speaker 1: to get to the Super Bowl. What are you thinking here?
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  Speaker 2: Well, if you think about it, I mean, what are
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  Speaker 2: the odds of them making the Super Bowl? It's pretty
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  Speaker 2: much the same as every good team right now.
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  Speaker 3: Right. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Hell of an offseason. But I've seen this hype thing
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  Speaker 2: so many times and it just doesn't work out. And
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  Speaker 2: especially teams, they get hyped up with older players.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And and even a player or two of like questionable,
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  Speaker 2: like going into the season, like, is that person OK?
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  Speaker 2: And I'm talking about Puka. You know, he had a
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  Speaker 2: he bit a woman this offseason.
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  Speaker 1: He was hungry.
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  Speaker 2: Apparently there's other he has a lot of money to
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  Speaker 2: hire a chef.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But I had to go to rehab. But then it
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  Speaker 2: said on July 4th that he walked through a plate
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  Speaker 2: glass window at a party.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. Those things are clear. Those things are clear. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't know they're there.
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  Speaker 2: Listen, I at my brother's college graduation party, we all
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  Speaker 2: watched Len show walk right into a plate glass window.
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  Speaker 2: He didn't break through it.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 1: But he hit it really hard.
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  Speaker 2: And it was the funniest thing I've ever seen in
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  Speaker 2: my life. So it can be done. but he must've
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  Speaker 2: been really moving. Cause he went through it anyway. I'm
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  Speaker 2: just saying like all this hype and it's still, there's
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  Speaker 2: still a lot of questions about that team. Like Matthew
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  Speaker 2: Stafford is what? 38, 39 years old.
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  Speaker 3: 52.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: 52.
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  Speaker 1: He's older than me.
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  Speaker 2: And last year he was in traction basically with his
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  Speaker 2: back going into the season. He had a great year,
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  Speaker 2: but like, and the addition of miles Garrett is, is
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  Speaker 2: really strong. They're secondary stronger.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Donald coming back as well.
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  Speaker 2: But not even making the trip to Australia.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And there's, I think there's a lot of unneeded pressure
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  Speaker 2: on them. Judge just stemming from all this hype.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And we'll see how they respond to it. That's the
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  Speaker 2: veteran leadership will help them through that piece of it.
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  Speaker 2: But like, there's just a lot of questions about a team. I,
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  Speaker 2: I hearken back to the 2012 Eagles, the dream team.
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  Speaker 2: Remember that Jeff?
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Where they brought in some, veteran players and they, they
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  Speaker 2: were stacked. This is a different situation, obviously, but, um, the,
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  Speaker 2: the Rams are in a similar boat and I just
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  Speaker 2: think there's so many questions across the board with that
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  Speaker 2: team that I don't think they'll live up to it.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think they're going to be really damn good.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Defense is going to be really good, but I, I
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  Speaker 2: just don't, I don't know. The, the, the, the ticket
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  Speaker 2: punch to the Superbowl, I think is like way worse.
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  Speaker 2: way too much.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I do as well. And, you know, on the
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  Speaker 1: flip side, when we move over to the AFC East too,
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  Speaker 1: and talking about the bills, talking about Josh Allen as well.
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  Speaker 1: And the question is, can they actually get over the
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  Speaker 1: hump this year? Can Josh Allen look, he remains an
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  Speaker 1: elite quarterback in this league, an MVP candidate. It seems
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  Speaker 1: like every single year, Kenny carried this offense through some
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  Speaker 1: pretty tough matchups as well. They've got DJ more now
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  Speaker 1: as well. a premier pass catching option, if you want
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  Speaker 1: to call him a premier pass catching option. But this
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  Speaker 1: is a team, again, that is talked about year after
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  Speaker 1: year after year of being in contention. And I'm not
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  Speaker 1: sure they're going to be able to do it. I
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  Speaker 1: think their window of opportunity to really get there was
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  Speaker 1: last year. Again, didn't happen for them. And I'm not
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  Speaker 1: sure they're as good of a team this year as
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  Speaker 1: they were last year. What are your thoughts on Josh
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  Speaker 1: Allen and this Bills team and the thoughts of them
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  Speaker 1: possibly contending for a super bowl.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I, I got, I have a second home
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  Speaker 2: now in Buffalo.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: My daughter goes, we go there all the time. And yeah, it's,
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  Speaker 2: he's impenetrable up there and, and kind of in the
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  Speaker 2: media across the U S as a whole, like he's
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  Speaker 2: just not, he doesn't, he doesn't take a lot of
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  Speaker 2: criticism and. Which is incredible to me.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: By the way, really quick, what Jalen hurts has done
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  Speaker 1: during his career, you know, it's a ridiculous playoffs every year.
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  Speaker 1: Superbowl trips.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Superbowl MVP. And he gets more criticism than Josh Allen does.
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  Speaker 1: It's crazy.
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  Speaker 3: It's crazy.
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  Speaker 2: I've seen Jalen hurts in like the third tier of
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks on some people's lists. Have we lost our minds?
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  Speaker 2: Josh Allen is, is incredible. He's a one man team.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But that team has not even gotten to the AFC championship.
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  Speaker 2: And I mean, it, it, and he, he always doesn't,
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  Speaker 2: he doesn't really come through in the playoffs. I just think,
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  Speaker 2: It's a new coach. Their defense is highly, highly questionable,
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  Speaker 2: unlike the Rams.
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  Speaker 1: And I just.
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  Speaker 2: The offense will probably be better with Joe Brady, his
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  Speaker 2: new coach. And he's an offensive minded coach. But I
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  Speaker 2: think the defense is going to take a huge step back.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't I'm not sure if Buffalo even wins
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  Speaker 2: the NFC or AFC East.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, who knows? Yeah, they could be a wild card.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to get to that. We're going to get
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  Speaker 1: to our division winners predictions and our wild card prediction
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  Speaker 1: winners as well. But before we take a break to Eric,
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  Speaker 1: wanted to get your thoughts because I've really been thinking
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  Speaker 1: about sleeper teams this season. We see them every year.
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  Speaker 1: And look, I don't want to call the Carolina Panthers
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  Speaker 1: last year a sleeper team. Yes, they made the playoffs,
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  Speaker 1: but that division was absolutely terrible. But I think my
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  Speaker 1: sleeper team this year is actually going to be the
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  Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints who are in that particular division you
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  Speaker 1: know they I think they are a prime sleeper candidate
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  Speaker 1: due to one a manageable division that they are in
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  Speaker 1: the division is not great by any stretch and they
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  Speaker 1: have some coaching stability finally under Kellen Moore who we
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  Speaker 1: all know Kellen Moore what he was able to do
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  Speaker 1: helping to bring another Super Bowl to the city of
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  Speaker 1: Philadelphia And that emerging upside at quarterback, that position with
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Shuck, he showed something last year. He showed some poise.
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  Speaker 1: And the fact that he can be developed, how high
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  Speaker 1: is his ceiling? We do not know. I think his
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  Speaker 1: floor is pretty high, which leads me to believe that
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  Speaker 1: they could be a sleeper team this year. That's my
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  Speaker 1: pick for a sleeper team to really surprise us this year.
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  Speaker 2: Do you have a specific team? It's the saints actually.
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  Speaker 1: Is it really? Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. We didn't talk about this folks.
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  Speaker 3: No, no.
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  Speaker 2: I i feel the same way it's a incredibly manageable
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  Speaker 2: division yeah um and i think they won however many
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  Speaker 2: games last year for the like last five or six
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  Speaker 2: games they went they lost one game yeah they they
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  Speaker 2: closed out really well i think tyler shuck you know
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  Speaker 2: it i actually heard somebody on a podcast call him
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  Speaker 2: be like the saints had a young quarterback i think
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  Speaker 2: he'll be 26 this year or 27 yeah yeah he's
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  Speaker 2: a little older yeah so they kind of have a
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  Speaker 2: better in there already but the offense is gonna be
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  Speaker 2: much better hopefully chris alave stays healthy and the defense
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  Speaker 2: is kind of you know they're not bad it's like
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  Speaker 2: a 12 to 15th ranked defense so it's a little
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  Speaker 2: better than middle of the road um i think between
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  Speaker 2: that and just the the the schedule they're gonna play
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  Speaker 2: and tyler shuck just if he can give you a
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  Speaker 2: B plus B, you know, BB plus, I think, I think,
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  Speaker 2: I think they could easily win that division and actually
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  Speaker 2: scare some teams in the playoffs. That's that's my sleeper
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  Speaker 2: team too.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Very good folks. We are going to take
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  Speaker 1: a break right now. When we get back, we're going
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  Speaker 1: to get into some NFL predictions and then Eagles predictions
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  Speaker 1: or Eagle season preview. Stick with us.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: We are back. Eric's phone's going crazy. If you're hearing
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  Speaker 1: it and on the video as well, I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it, it is work hours right now.
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  Speaker 1: So it was my phone. My phone's going crazy too.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get into our NFL predictions for the coming season
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  Speaker 1: winner of each division. We are just based on the
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  Speaker 1: time that we have to get into this. We don't
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  Speaker 1: have to go into extreme details here, but let's start
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  Speaker 1: off Eric with the let's start off with the AFC. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: I'd love to get into the AFC East right off
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  Speaker 1: the bat. Who do you think that division winner is
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  Speaker 1: going to be? I think it's going to be the Patriots.
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  Speaker 2: I'm actually taking the Bills.
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  Speaker 1: Are you?
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: By a slim margin. New England, I mean, that was
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  Speaker 2: a tough spot last night for New England.
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  Speaker 1: It was.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm not knocking them out of first place because
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  Speaker 2: of that game, but I just think they have a
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  Speaker 2: huge target on their back this year from the press, too,
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  Speaker 2: because the whole Rossini and Vrabel thing. That was weird
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  Speaker 2: last night, seeing him interviewed, and it was just normal
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  Speaker 2: football talk. You're just kind of like, where's Nick Moore?
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  Speaker 1: You're an arty boy. She was an arty girl.
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  Speaker 2: Some of the stories she did, journalism's in the toilet
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  Speaker 2: right now, sports journalism.
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  Speaker 1: It is.
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  Speaker 2: After that and the Clippers thing.
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  Speaker 1: Except for Pablo. Pablo Torre. I want to get him
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  Speaker 1: on the show. Do not want to get in that
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  Speaker 1: man's crosshairs.
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  Speaker 3: Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Holy shit. No, I think Buffalo is going to win,
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  Speaker 2: but just by a slight margin. By the way, the
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  Speaker 2: Jets are, I think, plus 200 to be in third
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  Speaker 2: place in the AFC East. I think it's the safest
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  Speaker 2: money in the world.
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  Speaker 1: It probably is, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Because Miami's being atrocious. There's no other spot for the
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  Speaker 2: Jets to go to. I saw this the other day.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, oh my God, I'm going to put a
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  Speaker 2: lot of money on that.
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  Speaker 1: There you go. I'd like that, actually. All right, let's
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  Speaker 1: move to the AFC North. I am going to be taking...
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  Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens, actually John Harbaugh is not there. So
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be interesting to see where this team goes,
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  Speaker 1: but I do think the Ravens are going to win
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  Speaker 1: this particular division. What are your thoughts?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Ravens in a landslide. I think that
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  Speaker 2: new coach is going to be really good. A lot
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  Speaker 2: of talk about him being like the next Mike McDonald
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  Speaker 2: situation in Seattle. So And it makes sense because that's
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  Speaker 2: where McDonald came from. I think Lamar is going to
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  Speaker 2: have a monster year. And I think Derek Henry has
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  Speaker 2: one or two more just just just trucking dudes on
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  Speaker 2: the other defense. And yeah, that's not a real I
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  Speaker 2: don't think that's a super tough division either. I think
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  Speaker 2: Steelers are going to be their typical nine and eight.
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  Speaker 2: And I just think Baltimore is going to have an
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  Speaker 2: awesome year and probably get to them a little later.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, all right. Sounds good. Sounds good. AFC South. I
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  Speaker 1: think this is a fascinating division because the Jaguars, Texans
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  Speaker 1: and Colts, I think all can do some sort of
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  Speaker 1: damage within this particular division. But at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the day, I'm actually going to go with the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: based on their season last year. I think they're developing
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  Speaker 1: a team, Parker Washington, upcoming wide receiver for us to
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  Speaker 1: keep our eyes on. I think he is going to
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  Speaker 1: be possibly a star in this league. Depends on how
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  Speaker 1: that connection chemistry is. with Trevor Lawrence. So I'm taking
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars. Who do you have?
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  Speaker 2: I love the Texans here.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I think their defense is probably the most elite in
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  Speaker 2: the league. And if CJ Straub can just give you
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  Speaker 2: like a B or B minus.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: I think they have the, the, the top, the sky's
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  Speaker 2: the limit for them, honestly.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Sounds good. Uh, let's go to the AFC West.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to, I'm going to be picking the Denver Broncos.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of people are, are hyping the chiefs. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be a comeback season, blah, blah, blah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry. The Eagles took their soul. They haven't given
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  Speaker 1: it back to them. The Eagles took their soul in
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  Speaker 1: that super bowl. And the team hasn't been right since
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  Speaker 1: I'm going with the Denver Broncos. Who do you have?
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  Speaker 2: We ate their soul and shit it out. That's how,
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  Speaker 2: that's how badly we beat them a year and a
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  Speaker 2: half ago. Um, I like Denver too. I just think
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  Speaker 2: that that's another defense. There were two really good defenses
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  Speaker 2: in the Superbowl last year. And defense was a big
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  Speaker 2: piece of the playoffs last year too. I just think like,
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  Speaker 2: give me the, give me the damn good, give me
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  Speaker 2: the best defenses and just give me like a top
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  Speaker 2: 12 to 15 offense. And that those are the teams
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  Speaker 2: to watch out for. So I think Denver is going
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  Speaker 2: to win as well. Didn't the homes just tear his ACL? Like,
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  Speaker 2: Eight months ago?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Eight, nine months ago.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That and the Kelsey thing, he's like 30-some years. I
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  Speaker 2: don't see it at all.
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  Speaker 1: I don't either. I don't either. Let's move over to
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  Speaker 1: the NFC now. NFC North, I'm actually going to be
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  Speaker 1: picking the Detroit Lions. I think this is going to
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  Speaker 1: be more of a, quote, comeback season for them. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not sure that the Bears are the real deal. Caleb
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  Speaker 1: Williams has really surprised me as a quarterback, quite frankly.
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  Speaker 1: And I think he has the potential to develop very
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: high floor. Not sure what his ceiling is, but I
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: think the Lions are poised to have a comeback season.
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: I'm picking the Detroit Lions to win the NFC North.
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: Who do you have here?
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: Man, honestly, this one, to me, the division almost looks
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: like an NFC South situation.
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: Where you're just like, who do I pick for this team?
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: Because Kyler Murray, if he's awesome, which I don't think
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: he will be, I think Minnesota could be really damn good.
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: But you're putting all your eggs in the Kyler Murray basket,
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: which I'm not willing to do, especially as a gambler.
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: So I'm going to go with Chicago here. I just
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: think the offense is going to be spectacular. I did
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: see the starting– somebody posted what their starting defense is
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: going to be this year.
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: And I got a little scared of my Chicago pick
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: after that.
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: A lot of guys I've never heard of.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: Right. And I just feel like Detroit is– I feel
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: like they're going to be neck and neck. I think
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: Detroit's going to make the playoffs, but I think the
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: bears are just kind of eke it out by a
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: little bit.
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: Maybe. Yeah. All right.
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: The NFC South. Look, I think the Panthers made some
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: pretty good off season moves and I think they are
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: going to be a better team than last year. They
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: won the division just by a hair last year, ended
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: up getting to the playoffs for the first time in
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: God knows how many years. I know I talked about
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: the saints being a sleeper team. We may talk about
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: them again in a bit, but, but I think this
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: is the Panthers division here as well. Baker Mayfield, I
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: think perhaps on the downslide of his career, that Buccaneers often,
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: what are we going to see of them? What we
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: know of them, a lot of inconsistency there. And the
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: Falcons are just going to really stink outside of Bijan Robinson.
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: So I think it's the Panthers division here. What are
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: your thoughts?
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: I'm actually looking forward to Falcons games because their quarterback
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: situation is like one of the saddest in recent history.
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: Do we put Tua, who probably should have retired two
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: years ago because of the concussions, or do we start Penix,
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: who we have no idea if he's any good?
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: And his knees are like pretty much mushed by at age, what, 24?
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: Yeah. 25 already.
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: I do like watching bad teams. I think the Dolphins
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: and Falcons are going to be atrocious to watch, but
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: like a dumpster fire kind of fun. I like the
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: Saints here. This... this division is another one. It's kind
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: of a toss up between those three teams that you
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: just mentioned.
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: Um, you know, if, if Baker's on the down slide
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: of his career, he just signed for what? $ 140 million.
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: It's good retirement money, man. I'll take that golden parachute anytime,
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: any day. Um, I, I kind of like the Panthers,
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: but they're kind of a meh team to me. They're
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: kind of like the, uh, like the Colts a little bit.
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: Like I don't, I, I think I know what I
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: have here and I'm not exactly impressed. So I, I
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: think the saints are going to kind of equal one
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: out nine and eight, 10 and seven kind of thing.
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: And if they get hit 10 and seven, that's kind
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: of a miracle for them, honestly, after last year.
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: So absolutely.
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. All right, let's move the NFC West before we
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: get to the NFC East here, Rams in a heartbeat.
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: That's what I'm taking in this division. Is that who
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: you have also?
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah, but I don't think it's going to be a runaway.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Like we talked about earlier in the show.
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: There's some good teams in that, in that division. I
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: don't think it's going to be easy. I mean, Seattle
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: just beat one of the best teams in the NFL
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: last night with drew lock is the quarterback.
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: Yep. Yep.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: We're already off to a bad shit start to the season.
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: Nobody knows anything honestly.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: Right. Exactly.
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: All right. Well, uh, the NFC East, oh my gosh,
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: are we going to be homers and take the Eagles
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: or will it be somebody else?
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: I'm taking the Philadelphia Eagles.
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: Actually.
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: We're going to get to what we think the records
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: are going to be, but it's going to be an
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: interesting division. I think with the Cowboys, I think the
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: Cowboys and the Eagles are going to be right there
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: with each other throughout the course of the season. I
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: really do. And who knows what the giants are going
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: to do. They've got new leadership. They actually have a
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: quarterback that is pretty damn aggressive and they haven't had
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: the quarterback like that in quite some time in New York.
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: So I don't know.
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: What are your thoughts here with the NFC East? So
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: when you say aggressive, you mean injury prone as well?
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: They got two guys on that offense that are a little,
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: little scary. And by the way, you know, when, when,
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: who's the coach of the giants now?
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: Sorry.
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: Harbaugh.
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: Harbaugh.
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: He took over and everyone's like, Oh, giants got a
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: real coach. I was like, Is he a good coach still?
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: Isn't he almost like 80 years old now? I think
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: he's in his 70s, right?
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: I don't know. John Harbaugh, I'm not sure. I think
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: he is.
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: And I'm like, you know, sometimes the game passes guys
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: by and like, I don't know if this is the
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: game changer. And I've seen some of the Giants like
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: body language and stuff.
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: He's 63, 63.
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: I thought he was like in the seventies. I don't
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: know why, but yeah, he's 60. That's, you know, he's
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: an older guy and I, I have no idea if
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: he's still a good coach. So that whole hype, the commanders,
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: I think are going to be atrocious. I think they're
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: going to be like bottom five in the league.
• 21:15
  Speaker 3: No way.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: Jane Daniels goes healthy for a full season.
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: No, I'm, I'm, I'm going to.
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: Pick Dallas for the division.
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: Oh, okay.
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: But just by a hair, I think they might have
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: the same record and it'll be like a division thing.
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: Yep. Tiebreaker type of thing.
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: Like, like, you know, 10 and seven ish, both teams
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: kind of, kind of in there, but I went through
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: everyone's both their schedules. I think Dallas, I think Dallas
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: is gonna be pretty good.
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: You know, Caleb Downs was a hell of a pick. Um, they,
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: they do have some, somehow they traded Micah Parsons away
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: and they still have pretty damn good depth on the
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: defensive line. Um, I hate them with all my heart,
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: but I think the offense is going to be really good,
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: and I think they're going to win the division.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: All right, very good. All right, let's get to the
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: wild card in both the NFC and the AFC. We're
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: on the NFC right now, so let's get to them.
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: My wild card predictions are going to be the Cowboys,
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: also going to be the Saints, who I had mentioned earlier.
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: I think they're a sleeper team this year for sure,
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: and the Chicago Bears. Those are my three wild card picks.
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: Who do you have, buddy?
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: I got Seattle, Detroit, and Philly.
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 22:21
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: Interesting.
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: I'll tell you, man, the way that the NFL is
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: anymore and the talent, you know, there seems to be
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: just a lot of balance anymore with certain teams. I mean,
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: not everybody is. I mean, the Dolphins stink, you know,
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: but there are a lot of good teams out there
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: that may be able to contend, may be able to
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: get to the playoffs. So I think it's going to
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: be really interesting. What do you think the AFC championship
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: game is going to end up being? NFC championship or?
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: I said AFC, but if you want to start with NFC,
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: we can do it. Yeah.
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: Did we do our playoff teams for AFC?
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: Oh, the wild card. I'm sorry.
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Okay.
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: I'm like looking at the time.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: Sorry.
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: It's in the middle of our work day. And I'm like.
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: AFC wild card teams. Maddie Jacksonville Chargers.
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: All right. I think that I am going to be
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: going with the Bills. Cause I do think the Patriots
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: are going to end up winning that division. Like I said,
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: so I'm going to be going with the bills, the
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: Bengals and believe it or not, I'm actually going to
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: be going with the, the Raiders. I don't know why
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: I think the Raiders have something. And I think, I
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: think they are, I would call them a sleeper team
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: as well. Not as much a sleeper team as, as
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: the saints, but I think they could equal out perhaps
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: in that division. I don't think the chiefs are really
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: going to do much of anything this year.
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: So I think I have something and it's a diaper
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: full of shit. I don't see that at all.
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: You don't see it. No, I mean, I'm just, I'm
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: pulling stuff just out of thin air. Hot take folks,
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: hot take. We never do hot takes on this show,
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: but that was their quarterback. You know that, right? Yeah.
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: But I think, you know, I think Mendoza, you know,
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: is going to end up playing at some point. And
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: I think he's going to be an X factor. I
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: think he is going to be a damn good quarterback
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: in this league. So, uh, all right, well now let's
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: get to AFC championship game. Who do you think that's
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: going to end up being?
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: Uh, I think Houston, Baltimore.
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: Ooh, wow. Yeah, that is great. You know, you know what?
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: I'm going to say this. I think Houston is going
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. I really do. I'm changing my
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: Raiders prediction.
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: Texans to the Texans. And, uh, uh, instead of, instead
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: of the Raiders, because, I think the Texans are actually
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: probably going to get to the divisional round. I don't
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: know if they'll get to the, the AFC, but I
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: think the, the AFC championship game, I think it's going
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: to be the Ravens and the Jaguars. Okay. That's why
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: I think it's going to be, I, man, I think
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: the Jags are going to be a pretty damn good
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: team this year. I really do.
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: So yeah, I feel like I still have some kind
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: of bias towards them because they're in Jacksonville.
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: And Trevor Lawrence just, he was that topic and I
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: don't know if I trust him.
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: Big spots still. So, yeah, I still I still still
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: scared to pick them.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, let's move to the NFC
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: championship game. Who do you think that's going to be?
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: I think I think I think Ram Seahawks again.
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: OK.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: All right. Yeah.
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: I swear to God, I know I'm doing Homer stuff.
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: I think it's going to be Eagles Rams.
• 25:19
  Speaker 3: OK. Yep. All right.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: What's the Super Bowl, Jeff?
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: Super Bowl. I am going to be going with Rams
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: and Jaguars for the Super Bowl this year. No, I
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: don't believe the Eagles are going to make the Super
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: Bowl this year. So as sad as that sounds, I'm
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: not going to do the Homer thing. Eagles are going
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: to win it all, everybody. But no, I think I
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: and I was talking before about the Rams and the
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: hype with them. You know, at the end of the day,
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: you know, there are teams that win the Super Bowl
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: sometimes that you're like, really, should they have? Case in point,
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks last year. I don't know.
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: Should have won it. So what's your Superbowl prediction here?
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: I think Texans Rams, Texans Rams. Okay. The Superbowl. Yep. Okay.
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: And I, I end up, I think the Rams are
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: going to win it this year.
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: We were talking about the Superbowl hype and stuff. Who
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: do you think? I like the Texans. All right.
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: I was going to, I was going to say they're
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: my sleeper team, but they actually made the playoffs last year.
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: So I couldn't put them in a sleep, but I,
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: Top tier sleeper team. I think my Texas were the team.
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: I think we're going to win the whole thing. I
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: just think that defense is going to be so fucking scary.
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: Like Ravens-esque in the early 2000s. And like I said,
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: if that offense can just give you enough, I think
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: that's the formula for them to win. Almost like with
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: Seattle last year, their defense by the end of the
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: year was just killing. It slaughtered the Patriots and their
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: offense was just good enough. A little better than good enough.
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: They had JSN and Darnold was good. I think Texas
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: will just have that same formula and write it to
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: a Superbowl.
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: I can't wait to reflect on these predictions. Oh, I mean, terrible. Oh,
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: I love it. I can't wait to reflect on them. So,
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: all right, we're going to take a break. Everybody, when
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: we come back, I'm going to start our Eagle season preview,
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: talk about the Eagles and going to talk to Brandon
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: Lee Goughton as well, BLG in a few minutes. So
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: stick with us.
• 27:09
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: We are back and excuse me to start this Eagles season.
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: season preview part of the podcast here. Who do you
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: think is going to be the offensive MVP on this
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: Eagles team here? So we've got offensive MVP. We're going
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: to get into defensive MVP and then a few other
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: categories here as well. Before we get to our interview
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: with BLG offensive MVP, who do you think that's going
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: to be, Eric?
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: I think Saquon.
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: He's, he's bound for another breakout season.
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: Yep. Just phenomenal.
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: And 24 didn't do shit last year for the most part. Um,
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: and it had a lot to do with poopoo holes,
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: I think.
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Offensive line stuff. Yeah. Yeah. I, I, I think.
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: If he, we talked about, you know, I, I, I
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: didn't even have them winning the division, but if Saquon
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: has a huge breakout season, like I think he can,
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: that might vault the Eagles into like, now we're talking
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: like maybe they're in the NFC title game. So I I'm, I'm,
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: I'm leaning in that direction. I'm hoping it happens. I
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: think Saquon is like the linchpin. I feel like Jalen hurts.
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: We just talked about like how he gets kind of
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: bad mouths and stuff.
• 28:14
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: I just, he just has to like not make mistakes
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: and just make, you know, three to four amazing plays,
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: keep the offense moving down the field. But I think
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: Saquon is the spark plug that can like lead them
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: to possibly going to the super bowl. But he's, he's
• 28:28
  Speaker 2: the key to it.
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: The whole thing. I think Jay, see, I was going
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: back and forth, whether this should be Jalen, actually going
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: back and forth between three, whether it should be Jalen hurts,
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley, or even Devante Smith, because I think, At
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: the end of the day, I do think Saquon Barkley
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: is going to hit about 1,400 yards. I think that
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: is absolutely possible. And I think that Devontae Smith, probably
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: around 1,300 yards. I think that's absolutely possible too. I mean,
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: he's had 1,000 receiving yards during the course of his
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: tenure on this Eagles team. And since he was drafted,
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: he absolutely can do that 1,300 yards. But if Saquon
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: gets that 1,400 yards, he is absolutely going to be
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: the MVP. So I'm with you on this one for sure. So,
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: all right. The defensive MVP, who do you think that
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: is going to be this coming season?
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: To me, I think it's, it's going to be Quinn Young.
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: I think this is the year he's going to get
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: vaulted up into the Patrick Sertan, you know, quarterback tier
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: or cornerback tiers.
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: Like just, just the, you know, the best in the league.
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: I think he'll be like mentioned as one of the top,
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: like one of the top three guys by the end
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: of this year. It's just, he has all the skills.
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: This is his third season. Um, he has far more
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: help on the other side now with the guy from Seattle.
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: I think, uh, Dajin is in the right spot now.
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: So I think they're secondaries. I mean, Makuba comes back
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: from injury.
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: Like they, they're just much, they're, they're, set up for
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: him to become like an elite, elite cornerback. I think
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: he's going to be the MVP defensively.
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: I actually am going to go with a gentleman who,
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: and I'm not trying to do a hot take here,
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: but I'm going to go with Jalek's hunt because I
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: think his trajectory is heading towards being a double digit
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: sack leader. Last year, he had six and a half sacks.
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: I'm predicting that this year he's going to get at
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: least 13 or 14 sacks. Yes, they brought Jonathan Grenard
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: in to be that next sack leader type of guy.
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: He's been dealing with an injury. We haven't seen much
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: of him. Yes, he's been practicing. He's going to probably
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: be here a little sooner than later. But I think
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: Jalex Hunt, his development and his trajectory is going to
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: end up Getting this team to that next level in
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: terms of sacks, something we've talked about, this team hasn't
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: been really huge with sacks except that one, what was it, 2022,
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: when they were just crazy with the sacks. I think
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: it's going to be JLX Hunt. That's who I'm going
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: with to be the defensive MVP this year.
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: I've liked his career so far, where they drafted him.
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: It was one of those, whatever you get out of
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: this guy is a bonus, and he's actually well beyond
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: that point.
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. All right. Let's get into some categories
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: here before we get to our interview with BLG, who's
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: going to be the comeback kid this season on this
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: Eagles team. Who are you predicting that to be Eric?
• 31:29
  Speaker 2: Uh, Dallas Goddard. I think he's got one more ride
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: in him. Like the, you know, the, the, like Billy,
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: the kid, like the cowboy, I think this is like
• 31:37
  Speaker 2: his last, last ride into the sunset. Um, The way
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: the offense is going to be run this year, hopefully,
• 31:44
  Speaker 2: we haven't actually seen it yet. I just think there's
• 31:47
  Speaker 2: a lot of opportunities for him over the middle to
• 31:49
  Speaker 2: make plays. And if Makai Lemon and Smith and Barkley
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: out of the backfield are just as explosive as some
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: think it might be, that just opens up the middle
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: of the field for Dallas Goddard. Like I said, I
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: think he's got one more good season. I think this
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: is going to be one of his best seasons, honestly. Yeah.
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: I'm actually not going to go with a skilled player here.
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: I'm going to go with a guy on the offensive line,
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: and I'm going to go with Cam Juergens. And yes,
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: the injuries played a major part in why he just
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: absolutely stunk last year, was one of the worst centers
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: in the NFL. But when you have that solid center position,
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: as we know he has done in the past, when
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: he's been healthy, if he is able to get back
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: to form, I think he is going to be the
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: comeback kid And it's going to bode well for the
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: rushing attack and Saquon Barkley, perhaps getting to that 1400
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: yards rushing that I talked about earlier. So I'm going
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: to go with Cam Juergens this year for the comeback
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: kid award. All right. So what do you think of
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: that one?
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: Oh, no, it's it's a really good one, because, you know,
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: if he plays well, he's there. He's your sturdy center,
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: like just like Kelsey was every game. Yeah, that just
• 33:02
  Speaker 2: helped the entire offensive line. You know, once the center
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: goes down, things can get a little shaky. Little Lane
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: Johnson goes down there like, oh, shit, we you know,
• 33:10
  Speaker 2: we're in trouble. But like if you have the steady middle,
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: the guard in the center, I I'm hoping. Like you said,
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: that'll open up the entire field for the offense.
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. All right. Well, got a couple more categories here.
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: The rising star on this team. Who do you think
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: the rising star is going to be here?
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: I love Nolan Smith Jr. this year. Okay. Seems like
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: he's finally healthy. And just the way his playing style,
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: he's an attacker. And Vic Fangio, I think, wants to attack,
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: especially with those guys in the middle, Davis and Carter,
• 33:49
  Speaker 2: just taking up all that space and allowing the guys
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: on the edge to come along. I just feel like
• 33:55
  Speaker 2: Nolan Smith is due for a breakout where he's also
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: mentioned like, top tier outside linebacker. I think he's due
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: for a really good season if he's healthy.
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: I like it. I like it a lot. I like,
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: I do. I'm going to go a little more, I
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: think unconventional and maybe because this is more, excuse me,
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: of a hope for me, but I'm going to go
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: with Andrew Makuba as being the rising star this season,
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: rough first year in the NFL, rough rookie season. It's
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: tough being a safety. We're going from the college ranks
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: right to the NFL and, But, you know, look, Fangio's
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: defense relies heavily on versatile, smart defensive backs who can
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: really excel in deep zones, make plays in space. And
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: these are traits that Andrew Makuba displayed early, including an
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: interception against Patrick Mahomes, by the way. So I think
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: he is going to continue to develop should he stay healthy.
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: And I think he's definitely a rising star on this
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: team for sure. So as we're moving along the dark
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: horse MVP of this season, I'm just going to say
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: what my prediction was. Cause you've already mentioned him, Dallas Goddard.
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: I think he's going to be the dark horse MVP
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: of this season here for everything that you just said.
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: So I'm not going to repeat what you just said,
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: but yeah, go ahead. Who's, who's your dark horse MVP?
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: Dark horse. Grenard. Okay.
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: I think he was, I think he left Minnesota. It
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: wasn't like, wasn't great for him there anymore. I have
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: no idea. Like the, To trade away that good of
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: a player for what they got back, it felt a
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: little weird. But I'll take it. It was a great
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: move by Howie. They need a semi-elite edge rusher because
• 35:40
  Speaker 2: they just don't have one. And he definitely fits the bill.
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: And he's definitely never played with two tackles like he's
• 35:46
  Speaker 2: about to with Carter and Davis. And that should open
• 35:50
  Speaker 2: up the edge for him. I'm envisioning an attacking defense
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: where Nolan Smith is over here and you got Grenard
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: coming off the edge and it's just pressure, pressure, pressure.
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: And that's, that's how they won in two years ago.
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: So he's another guy. If, if, if he has a
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: monster season, say as like 13 sacks and Saquon has
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: a monster season, I think he's the key to the
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: defense having a elite season. Cause they, I mentioned Quinn,
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: you got the two tackles, like Jay is going to
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: be great. Zach Bond's always great. But like, if they
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: can have, an edge rusher who just pressures the quarterback
• 36:27
  Speaker 2: and that's his only job, they need that. And that's
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: what they had two years ago with Josh Sweat. And
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: I think this is his opportunity to be an MVP-type
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: level player in this situation. And it's all set up
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: for him.
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: Great points. Great points. And I think what we're talking
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: about here is the fact that this Eagles defense can
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: really be a top five defense in the NFL at
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: the end of the day, they can be a top
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: five defense. And it leads me to, you know, why
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: I think the record is going to be what it is.
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: And it's why I think they're going to be the
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: division winner as well. Their record, I'm predicting 11 and
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: six on the season. And I think Dallas is probably
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: going to be right under that at 10 and seven.
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: That's why I have Dallas going into the playoffs as
• 37:11
  Speaker 1: a wild card. But what do you think the Eagles
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: are regular season records going to be here?
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: 10 and seven.
• 37:17
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: Um, went through the, went through their schedule multiple times.
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: And I, I came out of it once eight and nine.
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: I came out of it once 11 and six. It,
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: this is a tough one this year. I don't, I'm
• 37:30
  Speaker 2: not sure what to like there. I think they're playing
• 37:33
  Speaker 2: at Jacksonville, which is a really weird game. Um, they
• 37:37
  Speaker 2: got the chiefs again. I have no, like even within
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: the division, they're going to have one weird commander's game.
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: They always do. Even though it's command, I think the
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: commander is going to suck. They're always going to have
• 37:47
  Speaker 2: one kooky Giants game. I'm hoping they catch them when
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: Scataboo and Dart are in the hospital because that could
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: very well happen. And Dallas, who the hell knows? I
• 37:59
  Speaker 2: think they're going to be really good. But we've seen
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: this before with Dallas. And I haven't heard a lot
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: about them on ESPN. I don't watch ESPN too much,
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: but the fact that it's almost quiet about them is
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: good for them.
• 38:13
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: So that's why I think I went 10 and seven
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: to go in the division because like people aren't talking
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: about them.
• 38:18
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: But I, I, I just think like the Eagles on
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: a much better position than they were last year. And they, they,
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: they flamed out in the playoffs. I think they're, they're
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: a better team than they were last year. Better roster.
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: Even with losing, losing AJ Brown, who's probably already gone.
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: Apparently high ankle sprain.
• 38:36
  Speaker 1: High ankle sprain.
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 38:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: So I, I, I finally went through it again. I'm like,
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: all right, just, factor in the kooky games. They got
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: the bears in Chicago. Like it's, it's, it's not an
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: easy schedule. So I landed on 10 and seven. I
• 38:50
  Speaker 2: think Cowboys are gonna be the same record and they'll
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: just get the tiebreaker from the division record. But I
• 38:56
  Speaker 2: can totally see this team going 12 and five.
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: It wouldn't shock me.
• 39:00
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: We'll see. We're going to do a, we're going to
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: do a reflections episode at some point.
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: I absolutely like three and 14.
• 39:08
  Speaker 3: Exactly. Yeah.
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: The Raiders will go 14 and three, you know, But
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: I like this.
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: Other shows don't do this. They don't look back and
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: be like, oh, I'm an idiot.
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: Exactly. I was a total idiot. I love doing that.
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: Because we're idiots. Yes. All right, buddy. I'm going to
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: let you go. And we are going to be getting
• 39:28
  Speaker 1: to BLG here. We're going to be talking more Eagles.
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: We're going to talk Jalen Carter, Sean Mannion, the offense,
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: what we're going to see a Jalen hurts as well.
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: And how that receiver room is going to end up
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: hopefully gelling stick with us. We will be back in
• 39:44
  Speaker 1: just a bit. And now on the table, Joining us
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: to dive into this Philadelphia Eagles team in more detail
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: as this regular season is on the horizon here. I
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: cannot believe we are actually going to have real life
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles football right before us. We have from bleeding
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: green nation.com. He's been joining us for years and years
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: and years. The one and only Brandon league out in BLG.
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us, buddy.
• 40:13
  Speaker 3: Thanks for having me excited to be here prior to
• 40:16
  Speaker 3: the start of another Philadelphia Eagles season.
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: Absolutely, dude. You know, Eric and I were just talking,
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: giving some predictions and things like that. And we're certainly
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: going to be talking about some predictions as well as
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: we close our discussion. But to open the discussion, I
• 40:30
  Speaker 1: really want to start with what we're going to see
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: from this Eagles offense this season. We've all been talking
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: about it during the course of this offseason. We've all
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: been talking about it during preseason. during camp. We're seeing
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: what Sean Mannion is doing. And I want to really
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: just dive into the consistency aspect of what we may see,
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: because last year we saw one of the most inconsistent
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: Eagles offenses ever. You know, they go three and out,
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: say four or five times. And then all of a
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: sudden they would score like three touchdowns in a row.
• 40:58
  Speaker 1: Like it was nothing, or they would just come out
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: strong in the first half. And then they couldn't get
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: more than maybe 20 yards of offense during the third
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: quarter or even the second half at times. So BLG,
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: what will we see in terms of a more consistent
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: offense with Sean Mannion this coming season? And will we
• 41:15
  Speaker 1: actually even see a more consistent offense in an offense
• 41:18
  Speaker 1: that seems to maybe be more balanced, perhaps? What are
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: your thoughts here?
• 41:21
  Speaker 3: I hate to take the cop-out answer from the jump,
• 41:23
  Speaker 3: but I think the real projection going into this is
• 41:28
  Speaker 3: we don't know because there's so many unknowns here when
• 41:31
  Speaker 3: it comes to a new play caller who not even
• 41:35
  Speaker 3: just hasn't done it before, has very little coaching experience, period.
• 41:39
  Speaker 3: It's possible Sean Manion is a great coach. That's on
• 41:42
  Speaker 3: the table, but we don't know, and we don't know
• 41:45
  Speaker 3: based on what we've seen in training camp. There are
• 41:47
  Speaker 3: some positive signs, absolutely, There's also moments where it was
• 41:50
  Speaker 3: tough sledding for this offense, especially in the passing attack.
• 41:54
  Speaker 3: Looking out of sync, I would say a little bit
• 41:56
  Speaker 3: more than you would like to see. Yeah, which is
• 41:58
  Speaker 3: funny because I actually feel encouraged about the offense overall
• 42:02
  Speaker 3: and where I do think we could see more consistency
• 42:04
  Speaker 3: this year is the run game. And that's a huge
• 42:06
  Speaker 3: deal because if the Eagles can get this running game
• 42:09
  Speaker 3: back on track. You know, I have a hard time
• 42:11
  Speaker 3: believing it'll be on the 2024 level. It's obviously such
• 42:15
  Speaker 3: a high bar to reach. But I do think it'll
• 42:17
  Speaker 3: be better than it was last year and somewhere below
• 42:20
  Speaker 3: that 2024 level, which then I think and I think
• 42:23
  Speaker 3: the Eagles think about it this way. Everything in the
• 42:25
  Speaker 3: passing attack might kind of start to fall into place
• 42:27
  Speaker 3: a bit there on the whole. I just don't think
• 42:30
  Speaker 3: it's going to be smooth sailing for this offense all
• 42:32
  Speaker 3: the way through. I really don't, based on what we
• 42:34
  Speaker 3: saw in training camp and how just logically it feels
• 42:37
  Speaker 3: like they might need some time to find their stride.
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: First few weeks could be rough. First few weeks could
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: be really rough.
• 42:42
  Speaker 3: And even then, maybe it won't just because you look
• 42:45
  Speaker 3: at the schedule. Maybe they beat up on the Commanders
• 42:48
  Speaker 3: and Titans, but maybe it's a couple games after that.
• 42:51
  Speaker 3: Either way, I think there's going to be real ups
• 42:53
  Speaker 3: and downs with this offense, and it might come out
• 42:55
  Speaker 3: to the end of the year somewhere. Like, you know,
• 42:57
  Speaker 3: at a certain spot, like let's say just like middle
• 42:59
  Speaker 3: of the pack. But it might not feel like that.
• 43:01
  Speaker 3: It might feel like really good at times, might feel
• 43:03
  Speaker 3: bad at times. That's what I expect from them.
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: And I look at, you know, being an Eagles fan
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: and having been an Eagles fan my whole life, you know,
• 43:11
  Speaker 1: you see an offense doing one thing where it's not working.
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: You just want something different. And we're going to see
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: that with Sean Mannion's offense. I mean, there are going
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: to be differences there. And specifically, when we perhaps look
• 43:23
  Speaker 1: at Jalen Hurts. And I think that's a hope that
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: a lot of us in Eagles Nation have. Because look,
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: we know that Jalen Hurts, he loves his ISO routes
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: on the outside. That's his comfort zone. It always has been.
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: But I'm wondering, BLG, do you think we are going
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: to see something different from Hurts this year? And especially
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: since he's got a new wide receiver cast here. Each
• 43:44
  Speaker 1: of them bringing a little bit something different than A.J.
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: Brown this year. brought to the team for the past
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: few years. I do wonder if he might get outside
• 43:52
  Speaker 1: of that comfort zone and whether Sean Mannion will be
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: able to push him outside of that comfort zone. What
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: are your thoughts here?
• 43:58
  Speaker 3: I like the framing there you just used when it
• 44:00
  Speaker 3: comes to comfort zone. Because I think we're seeing evidence
• 44:02
  Speaker 3: of Jalen Hurts going outside of that in training camp.
• 44:05
  Speaker 3: I think he was passing over the middle a lot
• 44:07
  Speaker 3: more than he has in the past. It's obviously anecdotal.
• 44:11
  Speaker 3: And we'll see if it translates to the regular season games.
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 44:14
  Speaker 3: But I do think there's been an uptick in aggression,
• 44:17
  Speaker 3: which I think is needed for what this offense was
• 44:19
  Speaker 3: last year. It's not even just like, oh, the scheme
• 44:22
  Speaker 3: was bad or whatever. It's like also they just weren't
• 44:24
  Speaker 3: aggressive as they could have been and should have been really,
• 44:26
  Speaker 3: especially with the talent that they had. So I do
• 44:29
  Speaker 3: think we're seeing positive signs in terms of the on
• 44:32
  Speaker 3: field results and training camp, what we've seen there. And
• 44:34
  Speaker 3: then also just the way. jalen seems to be approaching
• 44:38
  Speaker 3: it and in the way everyone talks about him he
• 44:40
  Speaker 3: seems to really be embracing this and isn't just yeah
• 44:43
  Speaker 3: you know putting it aside and being like yeah it's
• 44:45
  Speaker 3: another new offense blah blah blah which he kind of
• 44:47
  Speaker 3: was in 2024 i mean there was that line about
• 44:49
  Speaker 3: how he said like 95 of the offense is new
• 44:51
  Speaker 3: or whatever he didn't sound very excited when he said
• 44:54
  Speaker 3: that it's different he does seem to be embracing and
• 44:57
  Speaker 3: kind of realizing that okay obviously he's had a lot
• 45:00
  Speaker 3: of success it's not like the Eagles are saying, and
• 45:03
  Speaker 3: everyone is saying you have to scrap literally everything you
• 45:05
  Speaker 3: did before. It's about building on what you've done and
• 45:08
  Speaker 3: introducing some new elements and evolving. And I think he
• 45:11
  Speaker 3: seems to be up for that challenge.
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: From all reports. And you mentioned the rushing attack earlier
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: and what we may be seeing. And I wanted to
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: hone in on this and dive into it a little
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: bit more BLG because, you know, we are, I think
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: we are going to see a little something different with
• 45:24
  Speaker 1: the rushing attack, what Sean Mannion is bringing to this offense.
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: I mean, we're going to certainly see more under center and,
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: more pistol formations, kind of moving away from that heavy
• 45:32
  Speaker 1: shotgun-based formations that we've seen in the past. And we
• 45:36
  Speaker 1: also may see, I mean, outside of Saquon Barkley, we
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: may also see Tank Bigsby getting a little bit more
• 45:42
  Speaker 1: involved in this offense. I mean, it was remarkable last year.
• 45:45
  Speaker 1: They'd run him three times. He'd get eight, six, five yards,
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: and then you wouldn't hear from him again. Tank Bigsby
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: hopefully going to be part of this offense a little
• 45:55
  Speaker 1: bit more than last season as well. Look, they were
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: ranked 18th in rushing last season. I think they can
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: be better. I think they will be better than 18th
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: in the league when it comes to the rushing attack
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: at the end of the season. But with this rushing attack,
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: do you think we're going to see that improvement from
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: last year? And how do you think the rushing game
• 46:12
  Speaker 1: really manifests itself throughout this season here?
• 46:15
  Speaker 3: I do think they will be better at running the
• 46:17
  Speaker 3: football in part because their offensive line is healthier. I'm
• 46:20
  Speaker 3: not saying there's no questions there. Cam Juergens has had
• 46:24
  Speaker 3: back injury. That's a significant injury. He looks healthy to
• 46:27
  Speaker 3: me now, but that's something you have to always file away.
• 46:30
  Speaker 3: Back injuries typically just don't get magically better. So we'll
• 46:34
  Speaker 3: keep an eye on that. I feel good about him, though.
• 46:36
  Speaker 3: I don't feel as good about Landon Dickerson, who just
• 46:38
  Speaker 3: did not look to be fully what he used to
• 46:41
  Speaker 3: be to me in training camp. It's not that I'm
• 46:43
  Speaker 3: worried about him not being out there, because Landon is
• 46:45
  Speaker 3: very tough. I have no doubt about it when it
• 46:47
  Speaker 3: comes to him suiting up. It's just like, how close
• 46:51
  Speaker 3: is he going to be to that previous Pro Bowl
• 46:53
  Speaker 3: version of himself? Like, I have questions about that. But
• 46:56
  Speaker 3: across the board, you know, Jordan Mailata looks healthy. Knock
• 46:59
  Speaker 3: on wood. Same thing, Lane Johnson. Tyler Steen is going
• 47:02
  Speaker 3: into a contract year. I think he had a good summer.
• 47:04
  Speaker 3: So the health of the offensive line. On the whole,
• 47:06
  Speaker 3: and obviously just not coming off of that same massive
• 47:08
  Speaker 3: rushing workload that they carried in 2024 over into 2025,
• 47:13
  Speaker 3: I feel better about them. I feel really good about Saquon.
• 47:16
  Speaker 3: He looks poised for another big year, involved maybe a
• 47:20
  Speaker 3: little bit more in the passing game and training camp.
• 47:21
  Speaker 3: Is that real? It's hard to say because we see
• 47:25
  Speaker 3: this every summer, and then it doesn't show up in
• 47:27
  Speaker 3: the regular season. So we'll see it then and actually
• 47:30
  Speaker 3: believe it then. But from what I'm seeing, again, in
• 47:33
  Speaker 3: the practices, that's what I'm seeing. So and then the
• 47:36
  Speaker 3: schematic changes go into that as well. And the way
• 47:38
  Speaker 3: the offensive linemen have talked about and even Saquon has
• 47:41
  Speaker 3: talked about how some of the things that Sean Manning
• 47:44
  Speaker 3: is bringing to the table can help them. So on
• 47:46
  Speaker 3: the whole. And also, I'm going to add this in there.
• 47:48
  Speaker 3: I think Jalen Hurts is going to be more involved
• 47:50
  Speaker 3: as a runner this year than he was last year.
• 47:52
  Speaker 1: I hope so. Yeah.
• 47:54
  Speaker 3: And he needs to be quite frank. Yeah, I think like.
• 47:57
  Speaker 3: It's a tough line to balance because if he's doing
• 48:00
  Speaker 3: it all the time, then there's going to be articles
• 48:02
  Speaker 3: and questions. You've got to protect Jalen. He's running too much.
• 48:05
  Speaker 3: So it's a fine line. But I think we can
• 48:07
  Speaker 3: all agree when you look at his rushing attempts over
• 48:10
  Speaker 3: his career and where he was at prior to last
• 48:12
  Speaker 3: year and you look at last year, there's a way
• 48:14
  Speaker 3: to bridge the gap there and put him somewhere in
• 48:16
  Speaker 3: the middle. Last year was too low. And apparently there
• 48:20
  Speaker 3: was a big factor in there of, you know, his
• 48:22
  Speaker 3: own preference. I'm kind of of the mind that maybe
• 48:25
  Speaker 3: he realized that he needs that to uptick a little
• 48:27
  Speaker 3: bit more. So when you combine all that together, there's
• 48:30
  Speaker 3: real reason for optimism for this running game.
• 48:32
  Speaker 1: I think there is as well. And I think better
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: than 18th in the league is certainly what they are
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: going to end with, uh, actually a top 10 league
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: in or a top 10 team in rushing in this league.
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: Absolutely possible. Again, folks, we're talking to Brandon Lee gout
• 48:46
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• 48:57
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• 49:00
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• 49:03
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• 49:19
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• 49:22
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• 49:23
  Speaker 1: Check that out. Oh, yes. I've downloaded it. It's nice.
• 49:26
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• 49:27
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• 49:29
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• 49:30
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• 49:32
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• 49:49
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• 50:07
  Speaker 1: Very good. We are going to take a break, folks.
• 50:08
  Speaker 1: When we get back, we've got more of our Eagles
• 50:10
  Speaker 1: season preview coming your way. All right, we're back with
• 50:15
  Speaker 1: our buddy, Brendan Lee Gowton, BLG from bleedinggreennation.com over at
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: PHLY every now and again as well. And just all
• 50:22
  Speaker 1: over the interwebs, like we mentioned right before the break,
• 50:25
  Speaker 1: just search him out. He is everywhere. So as we
• 50:28
  Speaker 1: are moving along with our season preview here, BLG, I
• 50:32
  Speaker 1: really want to get into the defense and specifically Jalen
• 50:36
  Speaker 1: Carter and where he goes with his career. what his
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: play is going to be like on the field this year.
• 50:43
  Speaker 1: I mean, look, he's one of the best at what
• 50:45
  Speaker 1: he does in the NFL. He's gotten paid at this point.
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: He can do things that not too many other defensive
• 50:52
  Speaker 1: linemen can actually do in this league, but he also
• 50:54
  Speaker 1: needs to put together some consistency. I think there's no
• 50:57
  Speaker 1: argument there. What is that next step for Jalen Carter?
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: And how does that correlate with what the defensive front
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: is going to need to do this season?
• 51:08
  Speaker 3: I think the message has seemed to resonate with Dylan
• 51:11
  Speaker 3: Carter and Jordan Davis when it comes to– the Eagles
• 51:14
  Speaker 3: paid those guys not because of what they've done to
• 51:17
  Speaker 3: this point, but because of who they're going to be
• 51:19
  Speaker 3: moving forward. And Dylan Carter wasn't healthy last year, clearly,
• 51:23
  Speaker 3: and I think that was a big factor. They need
• 51:25
  Speaker 3: him to get back to the player he was, certainly,
• 51:27
  Speaker 3: in 2024. And I think what really would help in
• 51:31
  Speaker 3: terms of like making it feel like this contract is
• 51:34
  Speaker 3: worth it and he's becoming the player they want him
• 51:37
  Speaker 3: to be is some of these more signature moments. Like
• 51:40
  Speaker 3: he had obviously the extreme example in a big way
• 51:43
  Speaker 3: is the Rams game. um in the playoffs a couple
• 51:46
  Speaker 3: years ago like i'm not saying you know it's not
• 51:48
  Speaker 3: realistic you're asking to do that every single week in
• 51:50
  Speaker 3: those big moments but yes we want them to but
• 51:53
  Speaker 3: you want some of those signature moments i think over
• 51:56
  Speaker 3: the course of the season along the way like a
• 51:57
  Speaker 3: big third down stop that he's involved in late in
• 52:00
  Speaker 3: the game or even like on first down in the
• 52:02
  Speaker 3: late drive where he gets a big sack and that
• 52:04
  Speaker 3: sets the other offense back we need some of those
• 52:07
  Speaker 3: like high leverage i feel like moments from him Or
• 52:10
  Speaker 3: if it's not going to be about him dominating in
• 52:12
  Speaker 3: those situations, maybe it's that he's drawing so much attention
• 52:15
  Speaker 3: that Mauro Jomo and Jordan Davis and other defensive linemen
• 52:18
  Speaker 3: are just like feasting on the quarterback. And it's apparent
• 52:21
  Speaker 3: that Jim Carter drawing all that extra attention is a
• 52:24
  Speaker 3: reason why.
• 52:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't wait to see where he goes and
• 52:27
  Speaker 1: if he is able to take it to that next
• 52:30
  Speaker 1: consistent level. But also, I think we need to talk about,
• 52:33
  Speaker 1: aside from the defensive front and what he's going to
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: do there, the secondary. Not that I'm concerned necessarily about
• 52:43
  Speaker 1: the secondary as a whole. I still think there's concern
• 52:46
  Speaker 1: about the safety position, especially with the development of Andrew Makuba,
• 52:50
  Speaker 1: what that's actually going to look like, BLG, and if
• 52:53
  Speaker 1: he's able to take that next step after some challenges
• 52:56
  Speaker 1: last season. We talked about consistency for Jalen Carter, but
• 53:00
  Speaker 1: Do we think and do you think we should have
• 53:03
  Speaker 1: any concerns with consistency regarding this secondary where there are
• 53:08
  Speaker 1: still some question marks with with Makuba, even with Rick
• 53:12
  Speaker 1: Wolin and what we're going to see from him? Yes,
• 53:13
  Speaker 1: he's a very good cornerback, but there are still questions
• 53:16
  Speaker 1: when it comes to this secondary. What are your thoughts here?
• 53:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, on Woolen, I'll say that the numbers over his
• 53:22
  Speaker 3: career are very good in terms of– the numbers portray
• 53:26
  Speaker 3: a picture of a cornerback who's just consistently excellent. And
• 53:29
  Speaker 3: I think Rick Woolen is really good, to be clear.
• 53:32
  Speaker 3: But I do think also when you look at what
• 53:34
  Speaker 3: happened last year and how Seahawks ultimately chose former Eagle
• 53:38
  Speaker 3: Josh Jobe over him and the fact that I saw
• 53:41
  Speaker 3: some inconsistencies in training camp. And there's some volatility to
• 53:44
  Speaker 3: Riquelon's game. And it's not even necessarily a bad thing
• 53:47
  Speaker 3: because I think he's going to take chances at times.
• 53:49
  Speaker 3: And I think more often than not, he's going to
• 53:51
  Speaker 3: make big plays and that's going to be worth it.
• 53:53
  Speaker 3: I do think there will be moments over the course
• 53:55
  Speaker 3: of the season where he frustrates fans a little bit
• 53:58
  Speaker 3: sometimes and cost them maybe in a big moment or two.
• 54:01
  Speaker 3: So I'm not worried about him on the whole, but
• 54:03
  Speaker 3: I just do think we have to be kind of
• 54:05
  Speaker 3: eyes wide open about that, that there could be some
• 54:07
  Speaker 3: downs as well as the high highs. So I feel
• 54:10
  Speaker 3: good about the quarterbacks, obviously. And then the safety position.
• 54:14
  Speaker 3: I just have never been as worried about this, I guess,
• 54:16
  Speaker 3: as much as the consensus. OK. And part of that
• 54:19
  Speaker 3: is because I think Andrew Makuba, I'm just not worried
• 54:22
  Speaker 3: about him. Like, I don't. Is he going to be
• 54:24
  Speaker 3: a pro bowler? I don't know about that. I think
• 54:26
  Speaker 3: I've seen enough to feel comfortable projecting him as a
• 54:29
  Speaker 3: solid starter, which I'm good with that. And then Marcus Epps,
• 54:32
  Speaker 3: who is currently the leader at the other spot, I
• 54:34
  Speaker 3: would say– and this is obviously talking about nickel defense
• 54:36
  Speaker 3: because Cooper DeGene will be playing safety in base defense.
• 54:40
  Speaker 3: Marcus Epps is fine to me. Again, I'm not losing
• 54:42
  Speaker 3: sleep over the Eagles' safety situation. They're obviously thin there
• 54:45
  Speaker 3: from an injury standpoint. I also think Michael Carter, the second,
• 54:49
  Speaker 3: rather had a good summer season. And I don't want
• 54:52
  Speaker 3: him starting, but if he has to fill in, like
• 54:54
  Speaker 3: I'm not, I'm not panicking about the safety position and
• 54:57
  Speaker 3: maybe that's me underreacting, but I just think that they're
• 55:00
  Speaker 3: so stacked on defense everywhere else. If that's your weakest point,
• 55:03
  Speaker 3: I'm like, I can live with that.
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: Okay. Very good. Well, buddy, before I let you go,
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: want to get some predictions from you, Eric and I
• 55:09
  Speaker 1: were making some predictions earlier and want to get your
• 55:13
  Speaker 1: thoughts here from a few things in terms of the
• 55:16
  Speaker 1: Eagles offensive rankings at the end of this season. Let's
• 55:20
  Speaker 1: talk about pass offense and rush offense. Where do you
• 55:24
  Speaker 1: think this team is actually going to be ranked in
• 55:26
  Speaker 1: terms of the passing game and the rushing attack? What
• 55:29
  Speaker 1: are your thoughts here?
• 55:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah. So I think they were at 23rd and passing
• 55:32
  Speaker 3: last year, right around there. And they were actually 30th
• 55:35
  Speaker 3: in 2024 in parks. They just ran the ball so much.
• 55:38
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 55:39
  Speaker 3: And so I think I'm going to go actually similar
• 55:42
  Speaker 3: to last year. And that's not even necessarily the worst
• 55:44
  Speaker 3: thing because I, From a game script perspective, like, you know,
• 55:48
  Speaker 3: it's not like passing yards are the number one goal
• 55:51
  Speaker 3: for this offense. I mean, it would be nice if
• 55:53
  Speaker 3: they shot up a big way, I think. But I
• 55:55
  Speaker 3: think realistically for what this team wants to play, like,
• 55:58
  Speaker 3: I don't think they necessarily need to go way up
• 56:00
  Speaker 3: for this to be a successful offense, for this to
• 56:02
  Speaker 3: be a successful season. So I'm only going to have
• 56:04
  Speaker 3: them like right around where they finished last year. I
• 56:06
  Speaker 3: think I put them at like 24th.
• 56:08
  Speaker 1: 24th? Okay, sounds good. The rushing attack, what do you
• 56:11
  Speaker 1: think in terms of that in your prediction there?
• 56:14
  Speaker 3: And that's why I'm going to go ultimately higher on them.
• 56:16
  Speaker 3: I'm going to have them at eighth. I think they're
• 56:18
  Speaker 3: going to be a top quarter of the league. And
• 56:20
  Speaker 3: maybe they could be higher than that. I might be
• 56:22
  Speaker 3: too low on that. Like, I feel... I feel good
• 56:23
  Speaker 3: about the rushing attack, especially relative to the passing attack.
• 56:26
  Speaker 3: I feel more comfortable projecting the level they're going to
• 56:30
  Speaker 3: reach at. And I think when you combine those together,
• 56:32
  Speaker 3: that's going to be somewhere around like 16th, which again
• 56:34
  Speaker 3: is a cop out. So I'm sitting on the fence
• 56:36
  Speaker 3: and just don't exactly know where to put this offense.
• 56:38
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 56:39
  Speaker 3: But that's how I feel about him right now.
• 56:40
  Speaker 1: We don't, and because we don't know what this wide
• 56:42
  Speaker 1: receiver room is really going to end up doing at
• 56:44
  Speaker 1: the end of the day. We're comfortable knowing what Devontae
• 56:46
  Speaker 1: Smith can do, but when it comes to Dontavian Wicks,
• 56:49
  Speaker 1: Elijah Moore, Hollywood Brown, Makai Lemon, if he's going to
• 56:52
  Speaker 1: develop his rookie season, there's a lot of unknowns. So
• 56:55
  Speaker 1: I don't think it's a cop-out at all, quite frankly.
• 56:57
  Speaker 1: But shifting gears over to the defensive side of the ball,
• 57:01
  Speaker 1: pass defense, rush defense, where do you think you're going
• 57:04
  Speaker 1: to be ranking them towards the end of the season?
• 57:07
  Speaker 3: I just say top five because I think it's going
• 57:08
  Speaker 3: to be a top five defense. I really do. There's
• 57:11
  Speaker 3: potential for things to go bad as there is for
• 57:16
  Speaker 3: any other team. Like, you know, maybe we'll all look
• 57:18
  Speaker 3: back at this and be like, we were way too confident.
• 57:20
  Speaker 3: Maybe the safety position is a bigger issue than I'm
• 57:22
  Speaker 3: making it out to be. But like, I really just
• 57:25
  Speaker 3: struggle to see it unless there's just, you know, like.
• 57:28
  Speaker 3: a ridiculous amount of injuries at a certain position that's
• 57:31
  Speaker 3: yeah that goes for any team no team is going
• 57:33
  Speaker 3: to survive that it's always the stacking of injuries like
• 57:35
  Speaker 3: that that can like really crush a team like barring
• 57:37
  Speaker 3: anything extreme like that like i think this defensive front
• 57:40
  Speaker 3: is really strong i feel couldn't feel better about them
• 57:43
  Speaker 3: basically an edge rusher and you know johnson ganard's health
• 57:46
  Speaker 3: is a little bit of an x factor here i
• 57:48
  Speaker 3: think the summers that joseph hunt and nolan smith have
• 57:50
  Speaker 3: had have made him a little bit less important in
• 57:53
  Speaker 3: terms of like Good point. They would be screwed without
• 57:56
  Speaker 3: him maybe otherwise before if those guys weren't looking as good.
• 58:00
  Speaker 3: But if you do get him back, that's a huge
• 58:02
  Speaker 3: boost in terms of him being fully healthy. He's obviously
• 58:05
  Speaker 3: going to play. He's not on the pup list at
• 58:06
  Speaker 3: some point. But we just don't know. Is he going
• 58:08
  Speaker 3: to be 100 percent? Is that injury– Is he going
• 58:11
  Speaker 3: to linger through the course of the season? Linebacker, you
• 58:14
  Speaker 3: have to feel great about Zach Vaughn. He still looks awesome.
• 58:16
  Speaker 3: Jihad Campbell, year two, he could make a leap. The
• 58:19
  Speaker 3: depth there is good. Jeremiah Trotter Jr., I feel good
• 58:21
  Speaker 3: about him. We just talked about cornerback. So I just–
• 58:24
  Speaker 3: and to make fans go. If all else fails, you
• 58:27
  Speaker 3: just have to give him the benefit of the doubt.
• 58:29
  Speaker 3: There were games last year that they weren't perfect. The
• 58:32
  Speaker 3: first Giants game, the Bears game, they got bullied. the
• 58:36
  Speaker 3: 49ers game in the playoffs, like that wasn't their A game.
• 58:37
  Speaker 3: So I'm not saying this defense, there's no world where
• 58:40
  Speaker 3: it's possible. They don't live up to expectation, but like
• 58:43
  Speaker 3: that just seems extremely unlikely to me.
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: Very true. Very true. Well, I'm going to let you
• 58:48
  Speaker 1: go in just a second here, but finally Eagles regular
• 58:52
  Speaker 1: season record prediction and will they get to the playoffs?
• 58:55
  Speaker 1: And if so, how far I have this team, as
• 58:58
  Speaker 1: I talked to Eric about it earlier at 11 and
• 59:01
  Speaker 1: six on the regular season, And I do believe that
• 59:04
  Speaker 1: this team could get to the NFC championship game. What
• 59:07
  Speaker 1: are your thoughts here, buddy?
• 59:09
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I see a lot of. 11-6 predictions out there,
• 59:11
  Speaker 3: including my own. I also have them slightly over the over-under,
• 59:15
  Speaker 3: I believe, set at 10.5. So, you know, that makes sense.
• 59:18
  Speaker 3: It's hard to say they're not going to make the playoffs.
• 59:21
  Speaker 3: That's all they do since... You know, Nick Sirianni and
• 59:25
  Speaker 3: Jalen Hurts have been here. I feel and that speaks
• 59:27
  Speaker 3: to I feel really good about the Eagles floor. I
• 59:29
  Speaker 3: really do. Like, I'm not like, oh, no. What if
• 59:31
  Speaker 3: they have a bad season? I just don't feel that way.
• 59:34
  Speaker 3: And if I regret that, then like I'll cross that
• 59:35
  Speaker 3: bridge when I get there. But right now, speaking to
• 59:38
  Speaker 3: my future self, like I feel good about the floor.
• 59:41
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 59:41
  Speaker 3: Ceiling like I'm less convinced on. I just I don't know.
• 59:44
  Speaker 3: I'm not saying they can't do it because we've seen
• 59:46
  Speaker 3: proof of concept. It's possible. I'm holding the door open
• 59:49
  Speaker 3: for that. But I can't– I'd be lying to you
• 59:52
  Speaker 3: if I'm sitting here and saying I feel like they're
• 59:54
  Speaker 3: going back to the Super Bowl. They're definitely going to win.
• 59:56
  Speaker 3: I don't feel like that. I feel like they're probably
• 59:59
  Speaker 3: going to be in the mix in terms of being
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 3: in postseason contention. I don't know if they win the division.
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  Speaker 3: I think divisions would be very close. I think that
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  Speaker 3: comes down to like– a tiebreaker or something. I think
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  Speaker 3: that's going to be a very close race between them
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  Speaker 3: and the Cowboys. But ultimately I think they make the
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  Speaker 3: playoffs and they probably win the playoff game. And then
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  Speaker 3: I don't know about that, which will also be very
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  Speaker 3: like different from what they've done. Cause usually it's either
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  Speaker 3: make the playoffs get balanced or make the playoffs go
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  Speaker 3: to Superbowl.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: But this year I'm just going to say they make it.
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  Speaker 3: And ultimately they just, they aren't quite on the level
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  Speaker 3: of let's say the Seahawks or the Rams or whoever else,
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  Speaker 3: the lions, I think are going to bounce back in
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  Speaker 3: a big way.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And ultimately, I think they just fall short.
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  Speaker 1: All right. He's B.L.G. Brandon Lee Gowton, Bleeding Green Nation
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  Speaker 1: dot com, folks. Just search him out online. You're going
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  Speaker 1: to find a lot of fantastic content. My friend, you
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.