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Speaker 1: You are listening to Eagles Postgan Analysis here at the
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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Sports Table podcast show, the longest running weekly Philly
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Speaker 1: sports podcast show in the world, eleven and a half
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Speaker 1: years strong. And the Philadelphia Eagles are heading to the
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Speaker 1: super Bowl. Here in the NFC Championship game, they beat
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Speaker 1: the Washington Commanders by a score of fifty five to
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Speaker 1: twenty three. A very dominant game in so many ways
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Speaker 1: by this Eagles team. We're worried a few times here
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Speaker 1: and there, but we're gonna dive into our themes. We're
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Speaker 1: gonna grade each unit and the coaches. Oh my gosh,
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Speaker 1: we are so stoked here at the PSD podcast show.
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Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Warren, here, my buddy Len Sicker. My god, Len,
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Speaker 1: They're heading to the super Bowl. It's happening, man, I.
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Speaker 2: Know it's happening again. This is unbelievable. And and just
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Speaker 2: the way they won. And I mean I would have
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Speaker 2: never thought putting up fifty five points. I know that
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Speaker 2: that didn't even enter my mind at all. So yeah,
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Speaker 2: and there was a point, you know, even in the
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Speaker 2: third quarter where I'm still like they're only up eleven.
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Speaker 2: I know, I don't feel confident at all, Like all
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Speaker 2: that stuff and then and then they just pulled away.
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Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean it was touch and go there
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Speaker 2: for a little bit, but yeah, they pulled away and
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Speaker 2: they did it. They're going.
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Speaker 1: They did it. They're They're absolutely going. The Philadelphia Eagles,
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Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni, Jalen Hurts, AJ Brown, DeVante Smith, Dallas Goddard. Oh,
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Speaker 1: and yes, the front office led by Howie Roseman going
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Speaker 1: back to the Super Bowl for a second time in
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Speaker 1: three years. Let's get into our themes here, Len, I
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Speaker 1: want to go back to the start of the game. Here,
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Speaker 1: the Commanders, they had the ball to start the game.
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Speaker 1: Eagles won the toss, they deferred, but man, the Commanders
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Speaker 1: drove down the field eighteen play drive, their longest drive
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Speaker 1: of the entire season, and I was like, oh my gosh,
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Speaker 1: what is happening here? This Eagles defense cannot stop them.
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Speaker 1: And it wasn't like there were a lot of explosive
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Speaker 1: plays or anything. The Commanders averaged three point two yards
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Speaker 1: per play for only fifty four yards on that opening
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Speaker 1: eighteen play drive. But they were converting on like every
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Speaker 1: third down or fourth down. We know that the Commanders
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Speaker 1: go for it on fourth down more than any other
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Speaker 1: NFL team in the in the league here, but they
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Speaker 1: scored a field goal. Eagles kept them to not getting
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Speaker 1: into the end zone. Scored a field goal. The Eagles.
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Speaker 1: They get the ball on their first drive. It's a
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Speaker 1: pitch left to Saquon Barkley, Dallas Goddard, Landed Dickerson, I
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Speaker 1: think it was Landed Dickerson, if I'm remembering correctly, did
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Speaker 1: an amazing job on their blocks up front, and he
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Speaker 1: goes for a touchdown sixty yards the very first play
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Speaker 1: Eagles play of the game. Took eighteen seconds for the
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Speaker 1: Eagles to score. There, my god, and right there and
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Speaker 1: then we should have known it was probably gonna be
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Speaker 1: a dominant game.
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Speaker 2: A man, Well, it was. It was interesting because, yeah,
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Speaker 2: you talked about those those the juxtaposition, those first two drives,
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Speaker 2: this long, grinded out drive, Yeah, and then followed by
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Speaker 2: followed up by a quick strike, which is like, okay, awesome,
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Speaker 2: we're winning the same time, if it's going to go
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Speaker 2: like this, man, our defense is going to be gas exactly.
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Speaker 1: I'm glad you said it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, And you know, I mean, fortunately, you know kind
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Speaker 2: of you know, things kind of even out a little
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Speaker 2: bit on both ends. But it was just like, oh, man,
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Speaker 2: you know you got to give your guys a little
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Speaker 2: bit of a breather here.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, because you just said it right there, buddy, like
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Speaker 1: an eighteen play drive. I was like, Oh my gosh,
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Speaker 1: they're going to be able to do this, Like we
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Speaker 1: saw this in the second Eagles Commander's Game of the
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Speaker 1: regular season. We saw that methodical offensive push from Washington,
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Speaker 1: and I was like, oh my gosh, we're going to
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Speaker 1: see this again. Right off the bat. The defense, they
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Speaker 1: are going to get gas, they are going to get tired.
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Speaker 1: But my other theme that I wanted to dive into
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Speaker 1: it just really dealt with how, yes, the defense gave
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Speaker 1: up some plays here and there. Sometimes they gave up
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Speaker 1: some big law arge chunk plays or explosive plays, whatever
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Speaker 1: you want to call it. But at the end of
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Speaker 1: the day, they were creating turnovers. They were doing what
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Speaker 1: this Eagles team has been doing for much of this season.
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Speaker 1: And there's one guy in particular I really want to credit,
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Speaker 1: and it's Zach Bond. I mean, he has been on
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Speaker 1: eleven Eagles turnovers on this season, seven forced fumbles, two interceptions,
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Speaker 1: two fumble recoveries throughout the course of this entire season.
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Speaker 1: Zach Bond and the Eagles defense in terms of turnovers,
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Speaker 1: what they've done this year complete. It's a complete turnaround
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Speaker 1: from last year and it's one of the reasons that
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Speaker 1: they are going to the Super Bowl.
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Speaker 2: Len. It's so funny because I nobody predicted this. I
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Speaker 2: think out of Zach Bond. I think he was a
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Speaker 2: guy when they brought him in, you know, coming into
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Speaker 2: you know, training camp and stuff like that, You're just thinking, Okay, he's.
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Speaker 1: A guy special teams guys.
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Speaker 2: Maybe, yeah, he's a body. Yep, he's in the running
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Speaker 2: for Defensive Player of the Year. Who saw this coming.
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Speaker 1: Nobody, and he probably should be the deal.
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Speaker 2: Probably didn't see this game exactly.
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Speaker 1: It's incredible how this team was able to create turnovers,
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Speaker 1: turnovers on special teams, turnover again, the defensive turnovers, and
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Speaker 1: the fumble recoveries. I mean, it's a fifty to fifty
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Speaker 1: percent chance whether or not a team is going to
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Speaker 1: get a fumble recovery. The evil The Eagles got all
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Speaker 1: of them in this game. They got all of them. Washington,
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Speaker 1: they fumbled three times, they lost all three of them.
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Speaker 1: Usually doesn't happen, but we saw it in this game.
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Speaker 1: And I felt like watching this game, like, Yeah, the
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Speaker 1: Eagles are finally getting their due. How many years have
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Speaker 1: we been watching the Eagles when they don't get these
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Speaker 1: fumble recoveries?
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Speaker 2: Lenn, Yeah, And it was. And then that's one of
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Speaker 2: my key themes in this game is like when they
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Speaker 2: when they had I mean, you know, not a ton
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Speaker 2: of turnover turnovers, but when they had to get one,
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Speaker 2: they got it. And when they got it, they capitalized
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Speaker 2: on it. They scored a touch down after every single
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Speaker 2: turnover that Washington gave them. Yep. And that's how you win.
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Speaker 2: You when you at those opportunities, you make the most
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Speaker 2: of them. And they just came at the most opportune times.
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Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean that's that was gigantic.
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Speaker 1: I said to my wife. I was like, you know what,
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Speaker 1: I just want them to get a field goal, you know,
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Speaker 1: off the turnovers. I want them to get points. But
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Speaker 1: like you just said, they got touchdowns off of every
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Speaker 1: single turnover. You can't go wrong with that. And when
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Speaker 1: that happens in the NFL, the team that turns the
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Speaker 1: ball over you're just gonna lose. I mean the statistically,
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Speaker 1: you are absolutely going to lose. And I also thought
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Speaker 1: It was really incredible what the defense did with regard
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Speaker 1: to the Commander's run game. In the first half, the
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Speaker 1: Eagles defense held the Commanders to thirty nine yards on
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Speaker 1: the ground and then yes, Jayden Daniels, he had that
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Speaker 1: nineteen yard scramble towards the end of the first half
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Speaker 1: which put them up to what was it, what fifty
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Speaker 1: eight yards on the ground. But at the end of
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Speaker 1: the day they had less than one hundred yards rushing.
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Speaker 1: It was ninety nine yards rushing, four yards per rush.
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Speaker 1: The Eagles defense just did a tremendous job, especially in
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Speaker 1: the in the rushing game, Brian Robinson he averaged three
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Speaker 1: point three yards per carry on eleven carries, land only
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Speaker 1: thirty six yards. Eagles defense, man, they came to play
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Speaker 1: as they have been throughout the season.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they've been it's all year long. They've
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Speaker 2: been great all year long. I mean it's just, I
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Speaker 2: mean they're just really just a complete team. I mean
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Speaker 2: every position group they're just they're just solid. There's no
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Speaker 2: it's not like, oh, they're they're good everywhere, but the
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Speaker 2: secondary kind of stink. So they're good everywhere, but they
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Speaker 2: don't have it, you know, tight ends or well, like
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Speaker 2: whatever it is, they they got it, like, yes, it's
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Speaker 2: they're just solid all the way around.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, Let's head over to the offensive side of
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Speaker 1: the ball here, And of course we've got to talk
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Speaker 1: about Jalen Hurts because coming in, everybody was thinking what
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Speaker 1: was going to happen with his knee, his mobility, what's
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Speaker 1: that going to do for the RPO game? And look,
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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts did not run the ball effectively in this game.
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Speaker 1: He carried the ball ten times for sixteen yards one
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Speaker 1: point sixty yards per carry. It's like, it's horrendous. It
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Speaker 1: was horrendous in terms of the RPO game. But you
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Speaker 1: really don't need it when you have Saquon Barkley carrying
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Speaker 1: the ball fifteen times for one hundred and eighteen yards.
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Speaker 1: And yes, he had that long of sixty yards that
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Speaker 1: we talked about earlier at the first play of the game,
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Speaker 1: but he averaged seven point nine yards per carry three
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Speaker 1: touchdowns on the day. And let's not take anything away
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Speaker 1: from Jalen Hurts in terms of what he did passing
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Speaker 1: the ball. Not perfect by any stretch, Len, He's not perfect.
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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts, though, does not have to be perfect in
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Speaker 1: terms of the quarterback position. I think for this team,
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Speaker 1: he didn't turn the ball over. Sure, there were times
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Speaker 1: when he was frustrating when you did actually see that
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Speaker 1: Manda Man coverage. I remember seeing it. It was in
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Speaker 1: the second quarter. There's Manda Man coverage AJ Brown and
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Speaker 1: whoever the defender was. There was no safety over top,
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Speaker 1: no double coverage. But Hurtz was just holding onto the
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Speaker 1: ball for way too long. It was either him not
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Speaker 1: trusting himself to get the ball to AJ Brown or
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Speaker 1: not trusting Aj to go up to the catch point
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Speaker 1: and get it. But then, you know, we get frustrated
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Speaker 1: with plays like that, but then we see Jalen Hurds
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Speaker 1: do some good stuff that doesn't even show up on
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Speaker 1: the stat sheet. So there was a hard count that
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Speaker 1: I that I was remembering. I think it was in
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Speaker 1: the second quarter.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, I thought I thought you were gonna go
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Speaker 2: to the uh to the tush push.
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Speaker 1: We're getting there, Yeah, we're getting there. Yeah. So we
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Speaker 1: again some of the good stuff here that the intangibles.
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Speaker 1: That hard count in the second quarter got a commander's
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Speaker 1: safety to show his coverage pre snap, and at that
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Speaker 1: point he knew that he was going to be able
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Speaker 1: to hit Dallas Goddard on a third down conversion. You know,
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Speaker 1: it was little stuff like that. You know, he doesn't
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Speaker 1: have to be passing the ball like fifty yards down
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Speaker 1: the field, you know, every single series in order to
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Speaker 1: be a good quarterback on this team. But look at
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Speaker 1: the end of the half, he was twelve of eighteen
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Speaker 1: for one hundred and forty one yards two touchdowns, and
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Speaker 1: he had a passer rating of one hundred and eight
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Speaker 1: eight point eight. And he finishes the game forty eight
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Speaker 1: total passes. He completed twenty nine of them, two hundred
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Speaker 1: and fifty five yards a touchdown. Oh no, I'm reading
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Speaker 1: Jayden Daniels. Holy cow, I'm reading his stats. Sorry. Twenty
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Speaker 1: of twenty eight, Jalen Hurts went two hundred and forty
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Speaker 1: six yards for a touchdown. He averaged eight point eight
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Speaker 1: yards per attempt, which is pretty good and a one
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Speaker 1: hundred and ten point one rating. Lenn, people have been
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Speaker 1: kicking the crap out of him for weeks and weeks
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Speaker 1: and weeks, and I thought he played a damn good game.
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Speaker 1: The end of the day, he played a damn good game.
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Speaker 1: Doesn't have to be perfect, but he's got to be
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Speaker 1: a guy who's a leader out there. He shows it
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Speaker 1: all the time. I mean, I can't wait to give
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Speaker 1: the grade for Jalen Hurts, but he did a fantastic
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Speaker 1: job in my opinion in this game.
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Speaker 2: He wasn't like mind blowingly good, but her solid game
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Speaker 2: and he did you know what the Eagles need him
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Speaker 2: to do, like I had in the background as we're
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Speaker 2: doing have on the Chiefs in the Bills game. They
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Speaker 2: don't need him to take over the like if Patrick
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Speaker 2: Mahomes or Josh Allen don't have a good day, those
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Speaker 2: teams are in trouble where you know, and look, you
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Speaker 2: don't want Hurts to stink up the joint. But like,
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Speaker 2: I just don't feel like there is wholly dependent upon
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Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts as as a lot of these other teams
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Speaker 2: are with their quarterback.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely absolutely, And let's get seriously, let's get into
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Speaker 1: touchbush here.
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Speaker 2: Okay, I've never seen anything like that sequence.
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Speaker 1: I have never seen. I have never heard a referee
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Speaker 1: actually use the phrase, we're this type of behavior on
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Speaker 1: an opposing defense who used to get off sides.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and also if I've never heard them say if
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Speaker 2: this continues, yes, we can't award this team a touchdown,
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Speaker 2: like I've never I didn't even know they could, but
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Speaker 2: I've never actually heard that threat, Like, if you guys
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Speaker 2: keep doing this, we're going to a word. I've never
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Speaker 2: heard that. I've never seen anything like that in my life.
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Speaker 2: It was that was that was bomkers.
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Speaker 1: It really was three straight off sides penalties basically at
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Speaker 1: the two foot line and then like the one foot
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Speaker 1: line when the.
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Speaker 2: Guy Louva was just like, I have not watched you
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Speaker 2: know him all season. I don't really know him as
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Speaker 2: a player that much, but I'd like just watching him.
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Speaker 2: I'm just like, this guy's entire game is instinct. Yes,
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Speaker 2: I'm gonna, I'm gonna I'm going to try to time
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Speaker 2: everything and just go. And that's his entire game is.
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Speaker 2: From what it looked like.
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Speaker 1: There's going to be a narrative this week, So I figure,
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Speaker 1: you know what, why don't we just talk about it
12:38
Speaker 1: here on the pod Frankie Louvo. You know whether or
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Speaker 1: not he really is a piece of garbage as some
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Speaker 1: are going to say this week, just completely jumping off sides,
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Speaker 1: not even with just with the tush push off sides
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Speaker 1: that he had. There was another part of the game
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Speaker 1: where he's jumping off sides just trying to blow people
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Speaker 1: up on the field on the eagle side.
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Speaker 2: There was one play I think it was in the
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Speaker 2: third quarter where he tied it absolutely perfectly and he
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Speaker 2: did stop you know, Saquon, you know, for for like
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Speaker 2: a one or two yard losses. So I mean, you know,
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Speaker 2: but it just feels like, Okay, his his entire mentality
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Speaker 2: is I'm going to just swing for the fences every time,
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Speaker 2: and that's that's that's my game, Like, that's that's all
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Speaker 2: I do.
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Speaker 1: It's probably not the smartest way to play football, especially
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Speaker 1: in the a NFC Championship game. I don't know. I
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Speaker 1: don't think it's that smart, to be honest.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's got to be, I don't know, somewhat maddening
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Speaker 2: if you're if you're I mean, even like if you're
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Speaker 2: a fan, yes, but even if you're like a defensive coordinator,
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Speaker 2: like I don't know, it just feels like that would
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Speaker 2: be like, dude, come on, at a certain point, yep.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, I have a couple more themes. Do you have
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Speaker 1: any more that you want to get into. I've got
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Speaker 1: like two more that I wanted to touch on real quick.
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Speaker 2: I mean it's kind of a joke in a way,
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Speaker 2: but you know who says it's a passing league. Yeah,
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Speaker 2: seven rushing touchdowns, and that's the thing you mentioned hurts
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Speaker 2: his game, you know, Okay, only ten rushes for sixteen yards.
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Speaker 2: I mean three of more scores.
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Speaker 1: Three of them were scores. Yes, yes, yes, Well tousch
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Speaker 1: Push had a very nice run too, where he had
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Speaker 1: some great blockers out there. You make a great point, Len,
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Speaker 1: and it goes to my next theme, the second to
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Speaker 1: last theme I wanted to get into, which is the
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Speaker 1: resiliency of the offensive line coming into this game. Cam Jurgens, Yes,
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Speaker 1: he was active, but with his back injury, they weren't
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Speaker 1: starting him, so Landon Dickerson moves over to the center position.
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Speaker 1: Tyler Steen comes in at left guard, and at a
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Speaker 1: certain point in the game one, it wasn't working very well.
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Speaker 1: It just wasn't working well. There were communication problems and
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Speaker 1: Landon Dickerson ended up injuring his knee. Looked like he
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Speaker 1: was going to try to stick it out, but it
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Speaker 1: just didn't happen. Cam Jurgens comes back into the game,
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Speaker 1: or not back into the game. He just came into
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Speaker 1: the game. After being a non starter, comes in and
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Speaker 1: does damn good job with that back injury. And again
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Speaker 1: it just shows you the resiliency of this offensive line
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Speaker 1: and they were able to get it done. The depth
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Speaker 1: of the offensive line. Tyler Steen not perfect today at all.
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Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see what his PFF grade is.
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Speaker 1: Not perfect, but he was able to contain a defensive
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Speaker 1: front of Washington that's a prolific defensive front, it really is.
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Speaker 1: And for him to be able to step in and
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Speaker 1: then the communication improved during the course of the game.
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Speaker 1: The offensive line's resilience, I think is a major theme
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Speaker 1: in this game.
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Speaker 2: When it's funny, I got home because I was working
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Speaker 2: today and I got out at you know, my normal time,
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Speaker 2: shortly after three point thirty. So by the time I
15:38
Speaker 2: got home, there was only like a couple of minutes
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Speaker 2: left in the first half. But I was listening to
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Speaker 2: the game the whole time. Yeah, And they kind of
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Speaker 2: made that point of like, you know, wow, it's kind
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Speaker 2: of crazy that, like, you know, if Jurgens isn't going
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Speaker 2: to start that they had him active today. Yeah, And
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Speaker 2: as it turns out, it's a good thing that they did.
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Speaker 2: It left him active because he even my quick and
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Speaker 2: Merril research saying that, like this is not a conventional
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Speaker 2: move keeping him as an active member of the roster.
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Speaker 2: If you really don't think he's going to play, it's
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Speaker 2: a spot that could go to somebody else. But man,
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Speaker 2: it worked out big time in this particular case.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely did. The other theme I wanted to get into
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Speaker 1: before we go to our break and then get to
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Speaker 1: our grades lend was that we all wanted aj Brown
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Speaker 1: specifically to step up in this game. Look Davonte Smith
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Speaker 1: coming into this game. He actually had four targets in
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Speaker 1: both playoff games and caught all four balls. Like Davante
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Speaker 1: Smith has done what he was called upon to do
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Speaker 1: during these playoffs. The question was AJ Brown, especially after
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Speaker 1: last week in the divisional round against the Rams, when
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Speaker 1: he dropped two balls, first time he has dropped the
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Speaker 1: ball this season. But this week he was targeted eight times,
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Speaker 1: came down with six balls for ninety six yards. He
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Speaker 1: averaged sixteen yards per reception and a touchdown. His long
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Speaker 1: was thirty one yards. AJ Brown just a complete quote
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Speaker 1: bounce back game. It's amazing. You have to say that
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Speaker 1: about Aj Brown, But after last week only, or after
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Speaker 1: the past two weeks in the playoffs only three total
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Speaker 1: catches for twenty four yards. He bounced back in a
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Speaker 1: big way with ninety six yards and a touchdown in
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Speaker 1: this game. He needed to bounce back. It happened. We
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Speaker 1: wanted to see it, and it was part of this win's.
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Speaker 2: It was a really good heartening thing to see because
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Speaker 2: when you look at a guy like AJ Brown and
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Speaker 2: a guy like Devonte Smith DeVante Smith lately, and you
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Speaker 2: look at the Eagles team as a whole, their identity
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Speaker 2: as and offense is more I think geared towards a
17:42
Speaker 2: running team. Absolutely the passing team at this point. Yeah,
17:45
Speaker 2: that's kind of their identity. So it's it's tough for
17:47
Speaker 2: wide receivers and you know, you think of wider you know,
17:49
Speaker 2: your stereotypical star wide receiver, and you think of a
17:54
Speaker 2: guy that if he's not getting the ball and if
17:56
Speaker 2: he's not getting the touches, it's hard for him to
17:58
Speaker 2: remain engaged in the game. And that can be a J. Brown,
18:02
Speaker 2: I think, and don't get me wrong, I love a J. Brown,
18:05
Speaker 2: but that can be him to a point where you
18:08
Speaker 2: kind of like, you got to get this guy the
18:10
Speaker 2: ball a little bit and just keep him engaged or else,
18:13
Speaker 2: you know, whole he can show his frustration a little
18:16
Speaker 2: bit more. I don't think you get that as much
18:17
Speaker 2: out of Davanpa Smith. I think he kind of you know,
18:21
Speaker 2: I don't want to say mellow, but he just doesn't
18:23
Speaker 2: show his frustrations, I would say, as easily as Aj
18:26
Speaker 2: Brown does when when you know, the passing game kind
18:29
Speaker 2: of gets put on the back burner alone, right right,
18:31
Speaker 2: So to see him have the game he had today
18:33
Speaker 2: and have some important catches and have a touchdown catch,
18:36
Speaker 2: he's just a guy that you got to feed just
18:38
Speaker 2: to you know, just to you know, make sure that
18:40
Speaker 2: he's he's there with it. And so I was happy
18:42
Speaker 2: to see that today because he is an important he's
18:46
Speaker 2: a great player. So you want to keep a guy
18:48
Speaker 2: like that, you know, happy and engaged.
18:51
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, all right, Well buddy, I don't have anything
18:54
Speaker 1: else in terms of my themes here. You should we
18:57
Speaker 1: go to break and then come back and do the grades.
19:00
Speaker 2: Yeah, sure, all right.
19:01
Speaker 1: Let's do it. Let's take a break, folks, we'll be
19:03
Speaker 1: back in just a bit. All right. We are back
19:07
Speaker 1: and here with Len we're gonna get into our grades.
19:10
Speaker 1: We just got done doing the themes and again, folks,
19:13
Speaker 1: in case you hadn't heard, Philadelphia Eagles are heading to
19:15
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. My gosh, I can't believe I get
19:17
Speaker 1: to say those words over the course of the next
19:19
Speaker 1: two weeks. Amazing. All right, let's get to the quarterback position.
19:23
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts is a really good quarterback, and in this
19:28
Speaker 1: game I am going to give him based on what
19:30
Speaker 1: we were talking about earlier, He's gonna get a straight
19:32
Speaker 1: up A from me. Again, not a Patrick Mahomes type
19:36
Speaker 1: of quarterback who is asked to do a ton. He
19:39
Speaker 1: certainly had some hiccups in this game, as we mentioned
19:41
Speaker 1: earlier before the break Len, but I'm gonna give him
19:44
Speaker 1: an A because, look, he not only was using his
19:46
Speaker 1: arm effectively, but he was using his legs. Again. The
19:50
Speaker 1: tush push just it's it is unstoppable.
19:53
Speaker 2: You know.
19:53
Speaker 1: We had some Eagles postgame shows this past season where
19:56
Speaker 1: we're like, wow, is push being figured out? Because it
19:59
Speaker 1: was stopped a few times here and there throughout the season.
20:02
Speaker 1: But when it came to this game now it was
20:04
Speaker 1: it was very effective. Three four total touchdowns from Jalen Hurts.
20:09
Speaker 1: Damn good quarterback. He gets an A from me?
20:11
Speaker 2: What do you give him, buddy, I'm gonna go B plus,
20:15
Speaker 2: which Kenn talked up to a minus. I thought he
20:17
Speaker 2: had a good game and most importantly of all, you
20:19
Speaker 2: know you mentioned the knee. It looked good today. He
20:22
Speaker 2: had a lot of times where he was you know,
20:25
Speaker 2: rushes that he did make, and then other times where
20:27
Speaker 2: you know, just kind of just trying to scramble and
20:31
Speaker 2: keep a play alive. Where he looked good. He looked
20:34
Speaker 2: like more there was more of a noticeable burst like
20:37
Speaker 2: so and that was that was really heartening to see.
20:40
Speaker 2: And he he still had a couple of moments the
20:44
Speaker 2: only I mean, the main complaint I have with him
20:47
Speaker 2: is just holding the ball too long. Oh yeah, taking
20:49
Speaker 2: sacks that he and even there were a couple of
20:52
Speaker 2: plays today where he's holding it and holding it and
20:54
Speaker 2: running around and turn and making turns and stuff like that,
20:57
Speaker 2: and I'm screaming, throw the ball away, and you know,
20:59
Speaker 2: he eventually did do it. So you know, he kept
21:03
Speaker 2: himself out of trouble more than I think he has
21:05
Speaker 2: the past couple of weeks, which is that that's that
21:07
Speaker 2: was something that was big for me to see. But
21:10
Speaker 2: he's still he's just he makes me so nervous sometimes.
21:14
Speaker 1: I know, only sat two times, only sat two.
21:16
Speaker 2: Times, which is which is an important thing to note.
21:18
Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean I thought he had a really
21:21
Speaker 2: I used the word solid earlier. I'm nobody's gonna walk
21:26
Speaker 2: away going, oh, this is a star performance or whatever.
21:28
Speaker 2: Ye even even that Super Bowl loss of the Chiefs,
21:31
Speaker 2: that was a game where you were like, yeah, they lost,
21:33
Speaker 2: but man, he was a star in that game. I'm
21:37
Speaker 2: it wasn't quite at that level at all, but yeah,
21:41
Speaker 2: it was solid. I'll go, I'll go, I'll you know,
21:43
Speaker 2: hell that they're going to Super Bowl. A minus.
21:46
Speaker 1: Yeah, I could even do a minus two because just
21:48
Speaker 1: given some of the frustrations we did see with him
21:50
Speaker 1: holding onto the ball too long. But it's like for me,
21:52
Speaker 1: it's a a minus area for Jalen Hurts. All right,
21:56
Speaker 1: let's get to the running back position. Saquon Barkley again
21:59
Speaker 1: carried the ball for fifty times one hundred and eighteen
22:01
Speaker 1: yards average seven point nine yards per carry, three touchdowns.
22:05
Speaker 1: Will Shipley getting in there as well with four carries
22:08
Speaker 1: for seventy seven yards. He had a touchdown. He averaged
22:11
Speaker 1: nineteen yards nineteen point three yards. Because of that fifty
22:15
Speaker 1: seven yard or that he broke in the fourth quarter.
22:17
Speaker 1: Kenny Gainwell rushed the ball three times for eight yards.
22:20
Speaker 1: He averaged two point seven yards per carry. It's an
22:23
Speaker 1: A plus for the running backs this week. It's just
22:27
Speaker 1: what else are you gonna say? It's an A plus?
22:28
Speaker 2: Lin, Yeah, I'm gonna I mean, I don't want to
22:32
Speaker 2: single Saquon Barkley out just because I want to include
22:35
Speaker 2: the running game as a whole. I mean seven rushing touchdowns,
22:39
Speaker 2: you know, Yes, you're going to talk about Barkley getting
22:41
Speaker 2: the three herts had three, Will Shipley had one, even
22:45
Speaker 2: a couple of rushes which I didn't see coming. But
22:49
Speaker 2: Dallas Goddard had a couple rushes, yes, out of you know,
22:54
Speaker 2: coming out of motion that you know, we're an interesting
22:58
Speaker 2: wrinkle to see. But all in all, I mean, you
23:00
Speaker 2: look at what they did on the ground, you know,
23:02
Speaker 2: thirty six rushes in total, two hundred and twenty nine yards,
23:06
Speaker 2: six point four yards a carry, seven touchdowns. This is
23:09
Speaker 2: including you know, Kenny Pickett taking two knees at the
23:12
Speaker 2: end of the game too, factoring in those numbers, so
23:14
Speaker 2: he had negative three yards, you know. So yeah, I
23:18
Speaker 2: just you can't give the rushing attack as a whole,
23:21
Speaker 2: anything but an A plus today.
23:23
Speaker 1: Absolutely. All right, let's move to the receiving wide receivers
23:27
Speaker 1: and tight ends again. We talked about aj Brown's numbers.
23:29
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard had seven catches on eight targets for eighty
23:33
Speaker 1: five yards twelve point one yards per reception. We mentioned
23:37
Speaker 1: Devonte Smith's numbers as well, but again four receptions for
23:40
Speaker 1: forty five yards. Kenneth Gainwell had two receptions for sixteen yards,
23:44
Speaker 1: and Saquon Barkley had a reception for four yards. Two
23:47
Speaker 1: hundred and forty six total receiving yards on the day.
23:50
Speaker 1: The receivers did what they needed to do in this game.
23:52
Speaker 1: They were called upon at certain points in the game
23:55
Speaker 1: that came down with balls when they needed to. I
23:58
Speaker 1: give him an a him a straight up A. What
24:01
Speaker 1: do you give him?
24:02
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it was it was basically a three
24:04
Speaker 2: man show with Brown, Goddard and to a slightly lesser
24:07
Speaker 2: extent of Antae Smith. But still you look at Vonta
24:09
Speaker 2: Smith's numbers. Every time they targeted him, he caught it.
24:12
Speaker 2: Four targets for four receptions, so you know he did
24:16
Speaker 2: his job there in terms of when they needed him
24:18
Speaker 2: he was there, and then Brown and Goddard both had
24:20
Speaker 2: nice games as well. So yeah, again, it wasn't the
24:23
Speaker 2: focal point, but when they needed it, it was there,
24:26
Speaker 2: So I'll give him an a.
24:27
Speaker 1: All right, very good. The offensive line, I know we
24:30
Speaker 1: were talking about them earlier before the break, talking about
24:33
Speaker 1: the resiliency of the offensive line. It was not perfect
24:36
Speaker 1: by any stretch throughout the game. There were some miscues
24:39
Speaker 1: here and there, miscommunication, but they did end up getting
24:42
Speaker 1: it together in second half. For sure. I'm going to
24:45
Speaker 1: give them an A minus this week. What do you
24:47
Speaker 1: give the offensive line, buddy.
24:49
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's fair. I mean, you know, Herts, despite being
24:53
Speaker 2: a guy that does hold the ball, only sacked twice.
24:55
Speaker 2: They rushed for two hundred and forty six yards. You know,
24:58
Speaker 2: hard to ask for much more than that. So yeah,
25:02
Speaker 2: I'll go away minus there as well.
25:03
Speaker 1: All right, very good. Let's move over to the defensive
25:06
Speaker 1: side of the ball, the defensive line, and you've got
25:09
Speaker 1: one guy in Nolan Smith who was just wreaking havoc
25:13
Speaker 1: week after week after week. Yes, he had four total
25:16
Speaker 1: tackles in this game. He had one sack, a tackle
25:18
Speaker 1: for a loss, and a quarterback hit. But in total,
25:22
Speaker 1: the Eagles had three sacks, four tackles for a loss,
25:26
Speaker 1: that had eight passes defended, and four quarterback hits. But
25:29
Speaker 1: in terms of the defensive line, man, I love what
25:34
Speaker 1: we were seeing from him. There was a lot of
25:35
Speaker 1: times when Jadan Daniels was on the run, and sometimes
25:40
Speaker 1: those runs were plentiful in terms of the yards because
25:45
Speaker 1: he would forty eight yards on the day on six carries.
25:48
Speaker 1: Jayden Daniels had for eight eight yards per rushing attempt
25:53
Speaker 1: and a touchdown. But I think overall this defensive line
25:57
Speaker 1: really put a lot of pressure on him. We saw
25:59
Speaker 1: some miss passes. Jayden Daniels had to get rid of
26:03
Speaker 1: the ball a number of times, as I mentioned earlier
26:05
Speaker 1: when twenty nine of forty eight for two hundred and
26:08
Speaker 1: fifty five yards. I think from an overall perspective, the
26:11
Speaker 1: defensive line gets an a minus from me this week. Buddy,
26:14
Speaker 1: what do you give him? Just simply because of the
26:16
Speaker 1: pressure that they were constantly putting on him and and
26:19
Speaker 1: the holding but by the way that wasn't getting called.
26:22
Speaker 1: It was astonishing. So I'm given the defensive line and
26:25
Speaker 1: a minus? What do you give him?
26:26
Speaker 2: Yeah? I think that's fair. I mean you got you know,
26:29
Speaker 2: you know, Carter had quite a push up the middle.
26:32
Speaker 2: You know, you had Jordan Davis just doing what he does,
26:36
Speaker 2: taking up space. He had a nice game. Milton Williams
26:39
Speaker 2: had a couple of really nice plays as well, So
26:41
Speaker 2: especially like the middle of that line was really strong.
26:44
Speaker 2: And then yeah, you mentioned Nolan Smith. I mean, I
26:49
Speaker 2: don't know if I heard that race. He's got like
26:50
Speaker 2: four sacks in the playoffs. Yes, so, I mean he's
26:54
Speaker 2: been He's been on fire ever since the playoffs have started.
26:57
Speaker 2: Another another good game today, So yeah, I mean just
27:00
Speaker 2: all around. Jalx Hunt, you know, was in the mix two.
27:03
Speaker 2: He had a quarterback hit five tackles, four of the solo.
27:06
Speaker 2: So yeah, I think as a whole, as a unit,
27:09
Speaker 2: they did a hell of a job. So I'll go
27:11
Speaker 2: straight up a there.
27:12
Speaker 1: All right, Let's move to the linebackers, Zach mainly Zach
27:15
Speaker 1: Bond and Aaron Burks. Zach Bond leading the team with
27:19
Speaker 1: twelve tackles, one tackle for a loss. He's just constantly
27:22
Speaker 1: getting to the ball. The pursuit to the ball is
27:24
Speaker 1: incredible with Zach Bond. Aaron Burks had a really good
27:27
Speaker 1: game today as well. Nine total tackles, one zack, one
27:31
Speaker 1: tackle for a loss, a quarterback hit, really stepping up
27:34
Speaker 1: for Nacobe Dean. I thought we saw Aaron Burks do
27:36
Speaker 1: some really good stuff in this game. Again, his pursuit
27:38
Speaker 1: to the ball, you know, not as downhill necessarily as
27:42
Speaker 1: Nakobe Dean, but he's getting the job done as a
27:45
Speaker 1: very effective backup depth here on this Eagles team in general,
27:50
Speaker 1: we have seen come to fruition, especially in these playoffs
27:53
Speaker 1: and doing some good things. I'm gonna give the linebackers
27:55
Speaker 1: this week and again you know, yeah you have you
27:59
Speaker 1: have the turnovers that Zach Bonn you know, ended up making,
28:03
Speaker 1: and just he's constantly in there. He's constantly in the phrase,
28:07
Speaker 1: should be defensive player of the year, folks. I'm giving
28:11
Speaker 1: the linebackers an a plus this week. What do you
28:13
Speaker 1: give them?
28:14
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean there's that that one playing trickle. I
28:17
Speaker 2: think it was Austin Ekeler. I think it was him.
28:21
Speaker 2: He caught a pass and on the ground, he caught it,
28:24
Speaker 2: but he was able to get up. And they even
28:26
Speaker 2: mentioned it, like Nick Sirianni says stuff like, you know,
28:28
Speaker 2: if a guy's getting up off the ground, I want
28:31
Speaker 2: you to try to punch that ball out and they
28:33
Speaker 2: did that. I believe it was Orrin Burkes punched it
28:36
Speaker 2: out and then Bond recovered it. If I'm remembering that,
28:39
Speaker 2: Seau was correct, So you know right there. I mean,
28:42
Speaker 2: it's just a perfect encapsulation of what they did to
28:45
Speaker 2: They huge tackle numbers for for both you know, Bond
28:49
Speaker 2: and Burke's all over the place. Those guys had a
28:53
Speaker 2: phenomenal game. I thought, so, yeah, it's it's hard to
28:58
Speaker 2: give him anything but a Nate plus. Yeah it is.
29:00
Speaker 2: They were phenomenal.
29:02
Speaker 1: Yeah, they absolutely were. All right, let's head to the
29:04
Speaker 1: secondary where you have Oh yeah, had Quinnyon Mitchell getting
29:09
Speaker 1: that that interception in the fourth quarter. How beautiful was that?
29:12
Speaker 1: Love seeing it. He's got two on this season total
29:16
Speaker 1: including the playoffs. Probably should have had a few more,
29:19
Speaker 1: but CJ. Gardner Johnson throughout the season kind of took
29:22
Speaker 1: those opportunities away for him if you were watching the games.
29:25
Speaker 1: But anyway, Quinon Mitchell, Darius Slay, Reid Blank and Ship
29:29
Speaker 1: Cooper Degene and again CJ. Gardner Johnson just doing a
29:34
Speaker 1: phenomenal job. I was really hoping coming, you know, after
29:38
Speaker 1: it was all said and done, that Terry McLaurin would
29:41
Speaker 1: have less than sixty yards, and he did. He was
29:44
Speaker 1: targeted seven times, only came down with three balls for
29:47
Speaker 1: fifty one yards. Zach Ertz. Yes, he was the guy
29:50
Speaker 1: who was out there with sixteen total targets, came down
29:53
Speaker 1: with eleven balls for one hundred and four yards, And yes,
29:56
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin did have a touchdown. But when you look
29:58
Speaker 1: at the receivers, boy, they just I mean there were
30:01
Speaker 1: about nine different receivers that Jayden Daniels was throwing to
30:05
Speaker 1: in this game, whether it was Austin Eckler, whether it
30:07
Speaker 1: was John Bates. Their backup tight end, Diami Brown caught
30:13
Speaker 1: three balls for forty two yards on five targets. So
30:16
Speaker 1: like Austin Eckler, I mean, he was targeted seven times,
30:20
Speaker 1: seven receivers seven receptions or was thrown to seven times,
30:24
Speaker 1: caught the ball five times for seventeen yards. Like this
30:27
Speaker 1: Eagles defense was just all over the place. The secondary
30:30
Speaker 1: was all over the place. I give them an a
30:32
Speaker 1: plus in this game as well.
30:34
Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought they were exceptionally strong the whole game.
30:37
Speaker 2: I mean, they just you know, Jayden Daniels is a
30:42
Speaker 2: hell of a player. I mean, he's he's electric man,
30:46
Speaker 2: so you know you he's gonna get his You just
30:48
Speaker 2: have to try to contain him the best you Canada.
30:51
Speaker 2: I think they did that. You know, yeah he got
30:54
Speaker 2: a touchdown, but you know it was they didn't let
30:57
Speaker 2: him go off at any point in time, right, So yeah,
31:01
Speaker 2: I thought they did a phenomenal job. I'd like to
31:02
Speaker 2: see Quinnon Mitchell high point that ball and get that interception,
31:07
Speaker 2: but yeah, they all around, you know, just as soon
31:09
Speaker 2: as even if they did catch a ball, someone was
31:12
Speaker 2: on them immediately. So I thought they tackled well. I
31:16
Speaker 2: thought they just played a solid game overall, you know
31:19
Speaker 2: they Yeah, I'm running out of words, but yeah, I
31:24
Speaker 2: get them straight up. Back, I thought they were great.
31:26
Speaker 1: All right, Let's move over to special teams and the
31:30
Speaker 1: defense of an offensive coaching. Special teams this week was
31:34
Speaker 1: really bizarre. We saw some really good stuff. We also
31:37
Speaker 1: saw some crap from them as well. The crap really
31:40
Speaker 1: that started with special teams. The Eagles punt return team.
31:44
Speaker 1: They let the Commander's special teams and punt team complete
31:48
Speaker 1: a fake punt a twenty three yard pass, and Washington
31:53
Speaker 1: converted this when they were around their own I think
31:55
Speaker 1: it was their own thirty yard line or so. Jeremiah
31:58
Speaker 1: Trotter Junior really crap the bed. In terms of the
32:01
Speaker 1: guy who was going out for the pass, I'm forgetting
32:03
Speaker 1: the guy's name. Not a very not a very well known,
32:09
Speaker 1: well trustway through the pass. Yeah yeah, yeah, I'm forgetting
32:12
Speaker 1: who caught it. Who Jeremiah Trotter Junior was trying to cover?
32:16
Speaker 1: But not good, not good, Another not good land Jake Elliott.
32:20
Speaker 1: He just can't make field goals from past fifty yards.
32:23
Speaker 1: It's a problem. It's a problem. He has thirteen kicks
32:26
Speaker 1: this season that he has missed after missing only eleven
32:30
Speaker 1: over the previous three years combined. I got a feeling
32:33
Speaker 1: we are going to have a kicker competition during the offseason.
32:37
Speaker 1: We'll get to that at some point down the road
32:39
Speaker 1: because we've we've got a super Bowl bound team at
32:41
Speaker 1: this point. That was kind of the crap, But I
32:43
Speaker 1: really thought that the kick returns were really good in
32:46
Speaker 1: this game. They averaged twenty five point two yards per
32:50
Speaker 1: kick return in this game. Will Shipley averaged twenty nine
32:54
Speaker 1: point three yards per return. Kenneth Gainwell averaged nineteen point
32:58
Speaker 1: five yards. Isaiah Rodgers averaged twenty four yards. The kick
33:01
Speaker 1: returns were really good. Cooper Dejen had one punt return
33:06
Speaker 1: for ten yards, not too too bad. So I mean,
33:09
Speaker 1: outside of you know, Jake Elliott and then the fake
33:12
Speaker 1: punt that was successful with Washington, I'm gonna end up
33:15
Speaker 1: giving special teams a B this week. What do you
33:17
Speaker 1: give them?
33:19
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean there were you know that there was
33:21
Speaker 2: a fake punt, and then you know there was Elliott
33:26
Speaker 2: missing the field goal, which you know he had the
33:27
Speaker 2: leg for it. Yeah, he just pushed it. He just
33:30
Speaker 2: pushed it off the side. I mean, I don't know Elliott.
33:34
Speaker 2: First of all, kickers, you know, can if they're good,
33:37
Speaker 2: they can potentially play forever. Yeah, you know how many
33:40
Speaker 2: kick you know, guys like Morton Anderson and people like
33:42
Speaker 2: that feel like they were in the league for twenty years.
33:44
Speaker 1: And Justin Tucker still here.
33:46
Speaker 2: Justin Tucker is still there exactly. So like, yeah, I
33:50
Speaker 2: don't think it's an age thing. I just think you know,
33:52
Speaker 2: every now and again a kicker maybe more more so
33:55
Speaker 2: prone to it than people at other positions. You can
33:59
Speaker 2: just have it off here. I think Jake Elliott might
34:01
Speaker 2: be having one of them. Yeah, you know, it's not
34:04
Speaker 2: the not the ideal time for it, you know, in
34:06
Speaker 2: the of a Super Bowl push, but you know it
34:09
Speaker 2: could be happening. Ye, So yeah, I mean that, you know,
34:12
Speaker 2: he had the leg on that on that field goal
34:14
Speaker 2: attempt that just kind of sailed wide. So he's got
34:17
Speaker 2: to figure that out. That that wasn't good to say.
34:20
Speaker 2: You know, I thought towards the end of the game,
34:22
Speaker 2: they you know, they had the chance to really pin
34:25
Speaker 2: Washington down deep at the three yard line. Looked like
34:28
Speaker 2: they had kept the ball from going in. But Khille Ringo,
34:32
Speaker 2: I guess it's stepped on the line before he touched
34:34
Speaker 2: the ball and that kind of clause. I mean, that's tough.
34:37
Speaker 2: That's a tough play. I mean it's hard to do.
34:40
Speaker 2: So it's I don't know, kind of hard to ding
34:42
Speaker 2: him there. But I thought it was okay. I mean,
34:45
Speaker 2: there were glaring mistakes. The mistakes that were there were glaring.
34:49
Speaker 2: Everything else was I thought relatively solid. I'll go be
34:52
Speaker 2: minus B minus.
34:54
Speaker 1: Okay. Look, I forgot to mention this. You know, we
34:56
Speaker 1: gave our grades already. My grade wouldn't change either. But
34:59
Speaker 1: according to Tim McManus, the Eagles of the first team
35:02
Speaker 1: this century to recover multiple opponent fumbles on kick returns
35:07
Speaker 1: in a single postseason. They also did it against the
35:10
Speaker 1: Packers and they had two in the first half in
35:12
Speaker 1: this game, eight total in the playoffs. So Eagles special
35:16
Speaker 1: teams are are doing pretty good in terms of fumble
35:19
Speaker 1: fumbles and fumble recoveries on kick returns here in the postseason.
35:24
Speaker 1: So just wanted to throw that out there. Let's move
35:26
Speaker 1: to defense here, Lenn creating Vic Fangio and his coaching.
35:31
Speaker 1: There were times when I saw a little bit too
35:33
Speaker 1: much prevent and defense, and it was certainly before the half,
35:36
Speaker 1: and I was getting a little frustrated. But I think
35:39
Speaker 1: from an overall perspective, with everything we've talked about, from
35:42
Speaker 1: the D line to the linebackers and secondary, Vic Fangio
35:45
Speaker 1: definitely deserves a straight up A for his coaching in
35:48
Speaker 1: this game, as he usually does week by week. I
35:51
Speaker 1: think in a is fair. What do you think? What's
35:53
Speaker 1: your grade?
35:54
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was kind of the whole bend, but don't
35:57
Speaker 2: break thing going on there. You know they Washington was
36:01
Speaker 2: able to move the ball there, but you know they
36:02
Speaker 2: only gave up twenty three points. That's not a bad
36:04
Speaker 2: total by any stretch of the imagination and like I said,
36:07
Speaker 2: when they needed a turnover, they got it. So I
36:11
Speaker 2: mean that to me kind of overrules any yardage that
36:16
Speaker 2: Washington may have got or points or anything like that.
36:19
Speaker 2: When you had to have it, you got it. I'll
36:21
Speaker 2: go a they I thought they played a good game, all.
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Speaker 1: Right, Let's move to Kellen Moore and Nick Sirianni and
36:27
Speaker 1: the offensive coaching. This is kind of tough for me
36:31
Speaker 1: here because and I say tough because I don't know
36:36
Speaker 1: it's going to be in the A category. I don't
36:39
Speaker 1: necessarily know if it's going to be an A or
36:41
Speaker 1: an A plus. And I say that because there were
36:44
Speaker 1: a couple series that we saw and I know, maybe
36:46
Speaker 1: I'm nitpicking here, and it probably shouldn't be nitpicking as
36:49
Speaker 1: this team is heading to the Super Bowl, But there
36:51
Speaker 1: were a few series when I'm like, why is the
36:53
Speaker 1: play calling what it is? Right now? They have a
36:56
Speaker 1: lead and they're passing the ball, where we know that
36:59
Speaker 1: there have been challenges in the passing game, and perhaps
37:02
Speaker 1: they're trying to get passing game going, because we did
37:04
Speaker 1: see some good stuff in the passing game, especially during
37:06
Speaker 1: the second half. There were times that I was like, man,
37:08
Speaker 1: they need to be running the ball. They need to
37:10
Speaker 1: be running Saquon here, and they're passing the ball and
37:14
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts is taking sacks or he's throwing the ball away.
37:17
Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna go a I think I'm gonna
37:19
Speaker 1: go straight up a like I did with Vic Fangio
37:22
Speaker 1: for the offensive coaching. What are you gonna give him, buddy?
37:26
Speaker 2: Fifty five points? Fifty five?
37:31
Speaker 1: Maybe I'm being a little too eight plus.
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Speaker 2: Yes, okay, points in the game A plus.
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Speaker 1: You convinced me it is a plus. What am I doing?
37:43
Speaker 1: I'm being nitpicky.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm listening to this and going and I listen
37:50
Speaker 2: to your whole thing, and just the number fifty five
37:54
Speaker 2: is going off in bright red Neon numbers in my
37:58
Speaker 2: head as you're as you're saying that whole thing, You're
38:01
Speaker 2: absolutely right.
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Speaker 1: What the hell am I talking about? It's an A plus.
38:06
Speaker 1: It's not even a question. And what am I doing?
38:09
Speaker 1: I don't know, Oh God, letting their head in the
38:13
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, man, They are heading to the supercar.
38:15
Speaker 2: And it's kind of funny because to me, and I'm
38:21
Speaker 2: curious to your thoughts on it. Depending on the outcome
38:25
Speaker 2: of this game, they're either going to be America's biggest
38:28
Speaker 2: villain or America's last hope, because nobody, I think wants
38:33
Speaker 2: to see the Chiefs win again. But if it's Buffalo
38:35
Speaker 2: and Philly, literally, if they were playing anybody else but
38:39
Speaker 2: the Eagles, I would be rooting for the Bills in
38:42
Speaker 2: the Super Bowl. So and and if you know anything
38:46
Speaker 2: about sports, and you know Buffalo, and they only have
38:48
Speaker 2: two teams and they've never won anything, they're going to
38:53
Speaker 2: be the emotional favorite. Yes, so it is. It's a
38:57
Speaker 2: funny swing, like there's on the outcome of this game.
39:00
Speaker 2: There is no middle ground, no no. People are either
39:04
Speaker 2: gonna be begging for them to win or begging for
39:06
Speaker 2: them to lose.
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Speaker 1: It's gonna be interesting, gonna be fun. Buddy, Do you
39:11
Speaker 1: have anything else before we head out and conclude our
39:13
Speaker 1: postgame show here?
39:15
Speaker 2: Super Bowl?
39:16
Speaker 1: Super Bowl? Yes, Oh my gosh, I can't wait. We
39:21
Speaker 1: got two weeks still the Super Bowl, folks, and the
39:23
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles are gonna be facing either the Chiefs or
39:26
Speaker 1: the Bills. We recorded this right after the fourth quarter
39:30
Speaker 1: ended with the Eagles game, as we do every week.
39:32
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